Here is the third chapter for the story and the final one for the night...

I must say that this is a very difficult story to right and keep characters in tone with the anime ive seen so far. I hope I haven't screwed too much with Erza but I think I am keeping her pretty close to what she is.

Natsu is OOC for the moment but you'll see his qualities are very similiar to those of the real Natsu, just right now he's not able to access such qualities.

Whelp, I hope to see more reviews about the harem issue. I am ok with not doing a harem... but I am curious as to why you guys dont want a harem.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this. I own nothing.

Natsu was walking along the tracks that headed towards Clover Village, looking out into the vast canyons that surrounded the tracks. 'Here… none travel on foot through here… would be the perfect place to hide' Natsu thought before he jumped off the tracks, disappearing into the dark abyss below.

Erza groaned and opened her eyes slowly, groaning in pain as she felt like her stomach was on fire.

"Ah Erza… you are awake." Makarov stated.

"Master, what happened?"

"The man you attempted to kill brought you back here. He saved you from becoming a centipedes lunch though you were still injected with it's venom. We should be grateful that the man wasn't what he seems." He said towards Erza.

"Master, who is he?" Mirajane asked, placing a cold glass of water in Erza's hands, who began to drink slowly. The tables surrounded Makarov began to get crowded as the guild members began to crowd around the master as if it was story time.

"I know not his name nor do I know much about his past." Makarov said, though he was lying about the second part. He, however, wanted to keep it secret as it wasn't anyone's business what Natsu's past was. "However, a few years ago a wizard that wielded a very dark aura appeared up in Fiore and began to go around guilds, stealing jobs from the requests boards."

"You mean he is the reason why we kept missing job requests?" Mirajane asked.

"Yes. His shadow powers allow him to sneak around almost perfectly…" Makarov stated. "But it was found out that this man would not take the reward stated, only getting enough money to buy groceries or what not. He's been spotted in every town in Fiore, keeping himself on the move so he wasn't pinpointed."

"He doesn't want to be found." Elfman commented.

"Exactly." Makarov stated. "Why would a dark wizard do jobs, not take the reward listed and keep himself from being spotted? He wants to be left alone." Makarov said with a chuckle. "It was out of fear of his aura that people began to hate him and put up the request for the guilds to take care of him."

"Did you know it was him when you sent me out?" Erza asked, sitting up now.

"I wasn't entirely sure but for the most part yes. He needed to be taken care of as it looks poorly on the guilds and the magic council if requests go unanswered so I had to send someone out to take care of him… and I chose you this time."

"Were you serious about him joining Fairy Tail?" Mirajane asked.

"Yes. That boy may have an aura and powers like those of the evil guilds, but he is no threat to us. He's had a very poor life up to now and I want to help him."

"I thought you said you didn't know his past?" Elfman asked, which the master sweat dropped as he was caught in the lie.

"I never said that."

"Yes you did." Mirajane stated.

"Anyways, Erza, do you think you can track him down again and bring him into the guild?"

'Nice job avoiding the question.' Mirajane stated.

"Anything you wish master!" Erza stated, standing up before heading out with a march only for Makarov to sweat drop.

"I didn't mean now." He said, though she didn't hear him.

"Master, you know who he is don't you?" Mirajane said, narrowing her eyes and crossing her arms.

"I do… but I didn't wanna tell Erza… as I want her to realize it on her own." Makarov stated.

Erza flew towards the forest near her old village, landing on the ground where the old home of the cloaked wizard was. She saw that the house was destroyed and it made sense to Erza, however, she spotted the foot prints that led up north towards the country of Seven.

'Clover town is up that way… if he wanted to hide…. Where would one go to keep hidden from magical guilds?' She thought, flying into the air once more in her armor. She was wearing her Heavens Wheel armor, flying in short bursts every so often, heading towards the town of Clover. 'What's up north for him?' She wondered. 'Once you reach Clover, it's a dead end… as the only way into seven is through...' She kept thinking before a light bulb went off into her head. 'The Clover Canyons! It's a mess of mazes but a man who controls shadow magic can easily traverse the terrain and get out!' She said, flying to the canyons.

Natsu was currently walking along the bottom of a canyon, looking for a suitable cave within the walls to build a home. It was getting late as the sun was preparing to set, but it had about two more hours of light left. As he walked along the base of the canyon, Natsu felt a presence familiar and he looked up, only to duck behind a rock as he watched as a flying armored figure flew over him, though she didn't seem to spot him.

'She's back to fight me again… she's stronger than I am… I need to just hide right now.' He stated, looking around his spot before spotting a cave above fifty yards deeper down the path of this part of the canyon. 'Ok… stay close to the shadow of the walls and hoof it!' He said to himself before he started moving, going into a jog which looked like a glide still with the long robe on him. He entered the mouth of the cave and looked around him, looking up and behind him before he quietly moved into the cave.

"So wait, that wizard is the one who saved Erza and allowed her to escape the Tower of Heaven?" Mirajane asked, surprised.

"You mean that is the dude she had been searching for for two years but never found?" Elfman asked.

"Yes." Makarov stated.

"But the mage had both arms and Erza said the man who saved him lost his left arm."

"Yes… but the boy isn't human. He is the spawn of a dragon and a human."

"A dragon… but what dragon h-" Mirajane asked though to herself before her eyes widen. She instantly shut up as Makarov looked at her, giving her a look that this was not information to spread around.

"So, he has a dragons arm? That's really cool." Elfman stated. "So why did he go into hiding exactly? I mean he was like this before he took requests right?"

"Didn't you see how the others looked at him, including yourself? Hate and disgust… His aura that he has no control over is like those of the evil guilds."

"Oh… no one would have accepted him… and we were no different." Elfman said, looking down.

"It's quite alright. All of us are prejudice at one point in our lives… but it is up to us to grow up to be better than that." Makarov stated, giving the tall teen a big smile.

Natsu finally sat down in the cave, a few hundred feet inside of it where he could no longer see the light before he began to light a small spark on a stick, only to jump back as when he did that, a face was right in front of him.

"I figured you would be in here." Spoke the Scarlet haired woman, grinning. Natsu was completely caught by surprise as a magic circle began to appear in front of his hood but Erza quickly removed her armor and bowed her head to Natsu which got Natsu to stop prepping his attack and stayed there, looking at Erza who now held a torch she just built.

"I… I'm sorry." She said. "You were wrongly persecuted and I didn't know this. It was just a job for me to kill you."

Natsu stayed quiet and stared at her, his outfit making him seem more terrifying than usual with the light of the fire.

"So, what is your name?" Erza asked but she was only met with silence. She stayed quiet, trying to figure out what to say for about a minute but she then heard his voice.

"I wish to be left alone." Spoke a male voice, though it was slightly distorted, which got Erza's eyes to widen as more memories flashed into her mind, reminding her of the distorted voice from the tower but she shook her head and focused on the task at hand.

"Would you join our guild? The master wishes you to join us."

"As I told him, I will never be accepted by anyone as all I am met with is hatred and disgust. You and your guild are no different which is why I wish to be alone." Natsu stated, turning around and leaving the light. Erza stood still for a moment as she process his words, remembering how she looked at him and his aura. She then jogged out of the cave, following the cloaked wizard who stopped when Erza exited out of the cave.

"Have you even tried to join society?"

"Why would I try to when I see people every day… watching them as I get my reward money… they don't give it out of gratitude." Natsu stated, his voice distorted but she could feel the sadness and venom in his voice. "They do it because they fear I will do something to them if I don't get paid."

"We're different. Our guild is a family and if you join us, you would be one of us!"

"I was there when I brought you to your family." Natsu stated, his voice full of venom. "So many of your guild looked at me like I was some evil person… even you."

"I told you I was wrong! Surely you also jump to conclusions about someone right?" Erza stated, trying to accomplish her mission plus for some reason, she felt like she knew this boy.

"When the entire world looks at you like this… it's different from a single persons view..." Natsu stated quietly. "I will never be accepted by this world and I would only be a burden." Natsu stated, looking down at the ground, feeling tears in his eyes. "I will only ever cause pain to those near me… only cause destruction and death."

"That's not true." Erza stated. "We can help you."

"Help me? No one can help me. You don't know anything about me! You don't know how horrible it is to have these powers." Natsu stated, his hands lit up with the black fire he uses.

"I don't know anything about you…" She stated, though more of her past began to flood into her head, the single image in her head was that boy who saved her in the tower. "But I wish to help."

"Why? Why would you want to help me."

"Because it is what is the right thing to do." She stated, looking at him.

'Because it is the right thing to do.' Spoke Natsu's mother in his head, a memory appearing. His mother had taken in a large bird of prey that had been injured. It's wing was broken. Natsu watched as the bird pecked and pecked at his mother's hand who held it. The bird made his mother bleed and Natsu didn't understand why. So he asked.

"Mom… why are you helping him? He's only hurting you!"

"Because Natsu, It is the right thing to do. The bird is injured… it's afraid that I am going to hurt it more… but I want to help it." She stated, a big smile on her face which got Natsu to understand.

"Because it is the right thing to do." Natsu said, his voice no longer distorted as he mimicked his mother though he said it out loud towards Erza. Natsu shook his head and looked at Erza. "I… I can't accept your help. I don't want to cause you or anyone of your friends pain or misfortune."

Erza smiled a bit. "You won't hurt anyone… you are too selfless to do such a thing." Erza stated, offering her hand out towards Natsu. "You hid yourself from the world because you are scared of your own power, scared that you will hurt others. Scared that everyone else is right about you… right about you being evil. So come home with us… and be part of a family that won't hate you for who you are… because you are a good person. Like everyone else in Fairy Tail." She stated.

"I… Is it really ok? I'm not like any of you."

"Yes. It's ok to come with me… just take my hand." Erza said.

Natsu reached out with his dragon hand, which was his dominant hand, gently grabbing onto Erza's hand in which she gave him a small squeeze, only to look down as a shadow began to form under her feet.

"I will take us there..." Natsu said quietly.

"Oh… alright." She stated, not entirely sure about going through shadow to travel though she had no choice when she began to fall into the shadow slowly. It was five minutes but felt like five seconds when she came out of the shadow in front of the door of the Fairy Tail guild. The wizard removed her hand from Natsu and opened up the door, in which everyone turned to see the armored wizard being tailed by the black robed mage.

The guild inside cheered as they spotted Erza.

"Welcome back Erza!" Spoke many of them in which she responded to with a nod and a wave. A few members looked at her with fear but most weren't too afraid. It was then they spotted the black haired mage and went silent, in which Natsu began to freeze up, getting ready to feel the fear and disgust from them, only for a young woman to come over. She had long white hair.

"Hi there! Welcome to Fairy Tail! I am Mirajane." She said with a big smile, handing him a glass of water. She watched as he sniffed in and stared at it before taking the drink. She smiled even bigger at this. "Welcome to your new home." She smiled, watching as Natsu walked into the guild. She shut the door behind him, hearing the guild welcome their new member into the fold.

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next chapter will be the reveal between Erza and Natsu... though Erza already has a suspicion. It will also be the chapter where he gets welcome properly by the guild and gets settled in.

I don't know what I will do with Lucy as I am not that far enough into the anime to know if she is a replacable character or not. If I can change the story, but if she's super important, I may just put her in. Dont know yet as for what ive seen up to episode thirty, I can replace her.