S.R: Okay now that I've gotten a few chapters for Soaring Dragons out of the way I can actually work on this one now.
Natsu: Couldn't you have worked on them at the same time?
S.R: Technically? Yes. Truthfully? No. Because I had to focus on Soaring Dragons really hard while I was working on those last few chapters otherwise my mind would slip out of Fairy Tail mode and back into the creative chaos it was in brainstorming a Danmachi story. Anywho let's move on to the story.
NATSU'S POV
roughly 3 hours after I started sharing stories of Igneel with Embressa and Blodaren, I decided to actually take a look at what was in the hoard they were guarding. By this point Wendy had already fallen asleep and Erza was nodding off herself. Before I could move to light a fire for them to keep warm Embressa curled up around them. Nodding in appreciation I followed Boldaren into the ruins.
"I don't know if you'll want to take everything but I do know that Igneel once forged a sword using his scales and one of his claws. That sword is here. I don't know if he knew someday that he'd have taught a dragon slayer that could use it or if he just made it so that he could fight in a human form during the dragon civil war, but I do know that it belongs in the hands of his heir." Boldaren explained as he turned the final corner before the treasure room. Sure enough right at the front of the room was an amazing sword.
The first thing I noticed was that the sheath was made of scales that matched the same vibrant shade I was used to seeing on Igneel. Noticing a faint scent I realized I could smell Igneel on the blade. I slowly walked up to the sword feeling nolstagia overwhem me, fulling proving that Igneel had made the sword. Looking over the sword I couldn't help but notice that the sword hilt was made of gold with a few fire rubies inlayed. Pulling the sheath off I couldn't help but read the draconic runes etched onto the blade. This is the sword of the Fire Dragon King, who named it Blazing Talon. Taking it in my hands I took a few practice swings noticing it feels more like an extension of my arm than something i'm just swinging around. "I will take this blade for sure, but why don't we go through the rest of the stuff in here" I spoke as I pulled myself out of the trance I had fallen into upon noticing the sword.
THE NEXT DAY (READ LIKE THE SPONGEBOB NARRATOR!)
"That's the last of it. Are you sure you don't want to take all of this?" Boldaren quitely asked sounding a little tired as well. "Yeah, I don't have the space to store all of this not to mention I can't hide any of the important stuff considering I have a few friends and people I see as family that are too curious for me to be able to hide some of these things. Especially with an older dragon slayer being nearby." I responded as I finished putting the items I was taking into a large chest I could carry out. "I know the small one with you is a dragon slayer as well so you've piqued my intrest. How many dragon slayers are out there?" Boldaren questioned eagerly. "Well I know Igneel said the light dragon and the shadow dragon had taken on slayers, but I haven't met them yet. Then there's me and Wendy. Plus Gajeel the iron dragon slayer so five true slayers, but I've met two second gen slayers." I answered after a moment of thinking. Before realizing he might not know what I meant by second gen slayer and told him about how some dragons had made lacrimas that people used to gain dragon slayer magic. "The only downfall with the second gen slayers is that they don't know the history, culture or language of the dragons" I commented to him as we exited the temple. He just nodded along.
"Morning Natsu!" Erza called which snapped Boldaren and I out of our quite talk. "Morning honey" I replied back kissing her cheeck as I sat down next to her. "There were a few things in the ruins I decided to bring back with us, but I can show them to you and Wendy later. Let's get some breakfast made and wake Wendy up since we've got a nice hike back to town." I told her as I reached down beside me to shake Wendy and her sleeping bag. "It's morning sweetie time to get up" I whispered to her. Wendy slowly sat up, yawned, rubbed her eyes, yawned again and told me good morning. I swear it was the cutest thing I've ever seen. Making a mental note to ask Reedus to recreate the scene when we got back to the guild I went about helping Erza make breakfast.
AN HOUR LATER
Erza had decided to make the trip back to town easy on me and re-equiped the chest full of things I had taken from the temple. Since she did that and our trek here was easy with her leading the way, while Wendy sat on my shoulders reading the map for us we decided to work that way once more. We had made decent progress as the path was still pretty clear from when Erza hacked a path for us. "You know we can move faster this time since the path is clear. I think if we go straight through the night we can make it back to town around breakfast so long as we keep this faster pace." Erza off handedly said over her shoulder to me as we followed the trail she had hacked for us. "Sounds like a plan" I replied knowing that I'd have to take the lead when it got dark so I could light the way.
"So Natsu… I know you want to show us the stuff you grabbed back there but could you tell me about it while we walk. The talk will help pass the time." Erza questioned me a few minutes after her comment about making it back to town by breakfast. Smiling at the idea I commented "I grabbed a few things that are supposed to be suprises for you and Wendy. I found a few documents I plan to study since they contain some special methods that reduce the amount of magic I use in my spells while increasing their power. I found a scroll I plan to give to Gajeel since it had a secret art for the iron dragon slayer."
After that I just listed some of the other items I had taken like a painting of Igneel and Sedamentaria, a book I was planning to give to the council as it explained the origin of Acnologia (hoping they'd make the information inside common knowledge), and some of the smaller artifacts that had been stored there. By the time I was done telling them about roughly half of what I decided to take from the ruins it was dark out. I heard Wendy start yawning so I slowly lowered her from sitting on my shoulders to being carried piggy back style and sped up the pace just a bit as I used one of the tricks I learned from one of the countless books I was bringing back with us to create a will-o-wisp in front of me to light the way.
S.R: Yes I know there hasn't been a lot of action in the last few chapters. It will be picking up again soon. But I had to throw in something besides constant fighting because then this story would be boring. Also more about some of the tricks Natsu will be picking up will come (with more of the tricks of course. as well as an explanation as to why Igneel didn't teach him these tricks).