BOOOOOM
"GOD DAMN IT ALL! WHY CAN'T I HIT YOU!"
Ignis, in his human form had his eyes closed as he smirked at hearing the frustration in the dragon slayer's voice. Natsu was lying in a crater he created in an attempt to get a hit, but so far during their sparring session, he has yet to even get close to hitting him.
The old fart hasn't even opened his eyes!
"I'm glad to see that even when you lost your magic, you haven't neglected training, Natsu." He said, opening his eyes and taking a seat by a nearby tree.
Today was the first day of training for both Natsu and Izuku. Where as All Might went to train Izuku's body so he could be a worthy vessel, Ignis wants Natsu to grow used to being able to use magic again.
Natsu sat up, looking at the old dragon curiously.
"Oi Jiji. Do you have any idea why my magic wouldn't work til now?" Ignis frowned, wondering whether he should tell the boy or not. He decided not to since in the end, it would lead to revealing the location of his long time rival and Natsu's father. At least, he wouldn't tell him the whole truth.
"Natsu. You are aware of 'quirks' right?"
The question caused Natsu to snort. "Well yeah of course I am. It's the closest thing to magic in this world."
Just remembering the fact he was in another world made his head spin a bit. The first thing Ignis did before any kind of training was explaining to Natsu he was in another world as delicately as the old dragon could.
This meant flat out saying, 'We're basically aliens from another planet.'
...Please emphasize the word, delicately.
"Do you know what powers these quirks?" He asked. Natsu tilted his head in confusion. Didn't it just run on the users stamina?
When Ignis saw Natsu shake his head, he mentally noted to make sure to get Natsu to meditate so he can become more attuned of this world's strange energy.
"It runs on something similar to Ethernano. Please tell me your father at least told you what that is."
Natsu put a hand on his chin in concentration, trying to remember his father talking about Ethernano. Ah!
He put a fist vertically in his palm as his mouth became an 'O'
"Oh yeah! Ethernano is like soup right?" He asked in confirmation. Although he became confused once more when Ignis looked at him baffled.
"What? Igneel told me that Ethernano is like soup, and we have something in our body that acts like a bowl. When we use our magic, it's like drinking the soup and when we run out, there's always more we can take from the pot, Earthland." He explained the analogy his father explained to him.
The old dragon face palmed. 'I can't tell which is more pathetic. The fact my rival came up with such an explanation, or the fact he actually had to use it. And knowing this kid I know Igneel had to use it.'
Sighing to himself, he decided to roll with it. "Right. Whatever works for you. So then think of Ethernano as beef soup I guess. Quirks are powered by a strange energy that's unique to this world. Think of it as chicken soup. However, the humans in this world don't have a bowl to contain this soup. Rather, their bodies themselves are the containers. It's why some people are mutated. Since they have no bowl to contain the soup, the possibility for a permanent mutation appears. The energy can cause a change in their body." He explained, using Igneel's messed up analogy.
"One For All however, may possibly be an exception. One For All is a quirk that stores power and passes it down for the next generation. Right now, you could say All Might has multiple bowls of soup in his body.
Natsu was staring at him, actually understanding what he was saying. Although Ignis couldn't tell if the teen was staring because he was discovering that quirks ran on something similar to Ethernano or because the analogy was getting him hungry. Was that drool?
His eyebrow twitched in irritation, grumbling something about like father like son.
"However, seeing as how we actually have a container which originally store Ethernano, when suddenly thrust into a world where Magic doesn't exist and instead a world with an energy that people subconsciously take in and use to power quirks, well... We need time to adjust. If there's still left over Ethernano within our container then it starts to drains fast. Even faster when using our Magic."
Natsu suddenly thought back to when he first met Izuku and Katsuki. The time when he unleashed his magic to fight against the latter.
"It takes a decade for our bowls to adjust to this new soup."
That was a lie. In truth, it takes quite a few decades. The only reason Natsu's container adjusted faster was because of Igneel. Igneel controlled the flow of the energy to help get Natsu's magic container to adjust quicker. Although it could've gone faster, Igneel couldn't spend all his time on controlling the flow of energy since he had focused on the reason he hid himself inside Natsu's body in the first place.
Ignis looked up at the sky and noticed the sun starting to set. "I guess it's time for you to go. From what I know, All Might will be training Izuku to build up his body. I want you to build your body too. You also need to use your magic whenever you can. Rushing into battle with power you haven't used in years is almost the same as rushing into battle with power you've never used before. Also, one more thing."
Ignis cracked his neck as he looked down at Natsu with a predatory grin plastered on his face. "You have ten months until you face the trials to get in UA Natsu! If you can't land even a single hit on me by then, I'll make sure you'll never become a hero." He growled out in a menacing voice with a smirk, his dragon side coming out a bit at the end.
Natsu stared back him with a cold sweat, but at the same time, an excited grin on his face. "I'll beat ya to a bloody pulp by the end of ten months Jiji. I'm all fired up!"
Timeskip
"Owwwww..." Natsu collapsed on his bed in exhaustion, his body littered with bruises. "The sadistic old bastard..." He was gonna feel this shit in the morning.
Slam
Natsu tiredly turned his head and saw Izuku at the door, all muddy and tired. Their eyes met and they stared at each other for awhile, before they both nodded in what seemed to be agreement. "These are gonna be some looooooooong ten months." They deadpanned in sync.
And so time went on, and both boys were making some progress. Natsu and Izuku would train their bodies, except Natsu would always have his whole body lit ablaze and try to prevent his fire from burning whatever it came in contact to so he could see how long he can use his flames, so he could build up his magic container and for control. The amount of magic he can use and the size of his container will increase the more he uses it. Kinda like a muscle. This way his attacks will be stronger, he has more control over his fire, and he can use magic much longer.
Sadly he hadn't made any progress on landing a hit on the old man.
Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months.
After Izuku successfully completed his training and inherited All Might's power through a...bizzare method -eating a strand of his hair- Izuku and All Might made their way to Ignis and Natsu.
"Just how far out did they go into the forest. At this rate we'll be late!" Izuku panicked.
FWOOOSH
Fire suddenly burst out into the air, thankfully not burning any trees. Izuku and All Might shared a look before they dashed to where the flames came from.
Their eyes widened when they reached their destination. The grass burned off and the ground was charred everywhere. There in the middle of the clearing stood a panting Natsu and a smirking Ignis.
Natsu charged at Ignis with his fist raised and a battle cry, but the old dragon didn't move a muscle. Just when Natsu got in front of him, the boy punched the ground causing a cloud dust and dirt to appear and block Ignis' vision.
Nothing happened for a few minutes, before Ignis closed his eyes and tilted his head to avoid a fiery punch from behind him. He then sidestepped to narrowly avoid another punch, and ducked under a roundhouse kick. He kept on narrowly dodging any and every attack Natsu threw at him.
"Did you really think my vision would matter with a nose like this?" Ignis questionned while pointing to his nose.
A growl was his only response before he went back to narrowly avoiding attacks.
"Fire Dragons..." Ignis sighed before he sidestepped another punch aimed at him, although because he had his eyes closed, he didn't see the shit eating grin on the boys face or the fire coating his whole arm.
"...Lariat!!" The fire around his elbow shot outwards, propelling his whole arm towards Ignis and because the old dragon had only narrowly avoided the attack, he had no time to avoid the flaming arm coming straight to his neck.
The attack launched him far into the forest, breaking a couple trees as Natsu fist pumped while panting. "Haha! Finally! How'd ya like that Jiji!?"
It silent at first, before full blown laughter was heard. Ignis walked back to Natsu with a grin, his body covered in dirt but otherwise uninjured. "Not too shabby Natsu! Looks like you managed to land a hit on me. You passed! Now get going gaki. You two will be late."
Natsu tilted his head before he followed Ignis' gaze and saw Izuku and WF All Might. "That was amazing Natsu! And surprisingly a little smart!" Izuku inquired causing Natsu's eyebrow to twitch. "Whaddya mean by 'Surprisingly a little smart?'"
Izuku was saved from answering and from a noogie by All Might. "That doesn't matter right now. Chop chop young Dragneel! It's almost exam time!"
Panicking, Natsu was quick to follow them and go back home to clean up and get ready for UA.
Timeskip
Izuku and Natsu arrived at UA sweating, and took a break to catch their breath right by the entrance. "*huff huff* We somehow made it on time *huff huff*" Izuku managed to say.
Natsu raised his head to look at the giant building that was UA and wiped the sweat off his forehead with an arm, grinning. "This is UA huh? Aren't you getting a little bit excited Izuku?" He looked back to his brother and sweatdropped when he saw the boy muttering to himself. Something about not being able to test All Might's power.
Just as he was gonna snap him out of it, an irritatingly familiar voice did it for him. "Get out of the way Deku."
Izuku snapped out of his mutterings and paled when he saw Katsuki coming his way, a scowl on his face. Natsu made a move to stand beside Izuku with narrowed eyes. Meanwhile Izuku had a panicked look on his face and started to flail his arms around. "A-Ah! Kacchan! G-Good morning! Lets both do..." He trailed off when Katsuki just walked past the two without even sparring them a glance.
"Oi Katsuki. Don't fail the exam. I still have a score to settle with you, ya landmine." Natsu smirked.
Katsuki's scowl deepened and a tic marked appeared on his forehead, but he still didn't turn to the duo. "Thats my line you fucking lighter. I'll kill you if you fail the exam before I get to beat your face in."
With that, the explosive teen left. Leaving Izuku to berate himself for being scared of Katsuki on habit.
Shaking his head, the greenette stared at the school building in determination as Natsu walked up beside him with a grin. The greenette stepped forward, and somehow, tripped on his own foot.
Just as he was gonna land on the ground, he felt himself stop in midair. Confused, he finally realized he was floating and started flailing about wildly.
He turned his head around and gained a kind of bewildered look on his face when he saw a girl, not noticing Natsu step behind said girl with a grin, stuffing his face with popcorn he got from who knows where. The girl picked him up and placed him back on his feet before smiling at him.
"That was my quirk. Sorry for using it on you without asking." She apologized with a sheepish smile.
She clasped her hands together and her smile seem to brighten as she spoke again. "But it would be bad luck if you fell on the first day right?" She asked rhetorically while Izuku could only stare at her with a stupid expression and a blush on his face.
The girl was a petite, slender teenage girl. She has fair skin, big round brown eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair which sports 2 long locks beside her face and a short bob at the back. She wore a brown coat along with a yellow scarf wrapped around her neck.
"Isn't this a bit nerve wracking?" She asked in a laidback tone that contradicted her statement.
Izuku finally broke out of his stupor and started sweating buckets while trying to form some kind of coherent sentence.
"Huh!? Oh- Well- Uh-"
Welp. He tried.
"Lets both do our best. See ya!" She ran off, waving to him. Izuku just stood there, frozen, before a weird smile appeared on his face.
'I-I talked to a girl!'
An cry of excitement was heard by everyone is UA.
Timeskip
After calming down and growing a bit depressed when Natsu pointed out he didn't actually say anything -just like last time- to the girl, the two brothers made their way into a lecture hall, where Izuku went full otaku when Present Mic appeared to tell the examinees about the exam.
Natsu didn't really pay much attention to the hero. All he got was that they would be fighting robots in fake cities. He narrowed his eyes however, on the glasses dude when he openly pointed out how annoying Izuku's muttering was after pointing out how there were four robots in the exam sheet when the pro hero only explained three.
Yesh hasn't the dude ever heard of patience?
Timeskip
The rosette
"READY! START!"
Natsu's body moved on its own the moment he heard Present Mic give out the signal to kick ass.
He ran far ahead of the other examinees and when he turned a corner, a robot with the number 2 painted on it appeared and thrust it's arm at Natsu.
At the last moment, Natsu raised his arns up into a cross to block, letting the attack hit him. It barely made him budge.
He grinned.
'Igneel, are you watching me?'
"If this is all it takes to get into UA then I won't even break a sweat!"
He spread his arms out, launching the bots arm off him and jumped straight towards the robot with both hands lit ablaze, his fingers bent and arms pointing towards the robot, mimicking claws or fangs. "Fire Dragon's Pulverizing Bite!"
He put his hands together as if shooting a Kamehameha wave and went straight through the robot, destroying it and leaving a large, hole of flames in the center of the robot.
'Watch out because this is it. My first step to finding you!'
Landing on the ground with a grin, the boy shot off to look for more points. "Nothing beats the thrill of a fight!" He cried out in excitement. Sure Ignis was strong, but damn it he could've at least went on the offensive once in a while!
Natsu was easily able to crush any robots that he came across. It was too easy really.
All of the sudden, buildings were destroyed, forming giant dust clouds. Everyone's attention suddenly turned to the giant shadow that could be seen within the dust.
When the wind cleared all the dust, there in all it's glory, was the zero point robot.
Everyone started to panic and run away. Natsu however, stared at the robot as if someone gave him an early birthday present.
"Awesome! This thing's gigantic! Alright, I'm getting all fired up!"
He heard people yelling and screaming, running in fear of the giant robot.
But not him. Size didn't matter. This thing was slow as hell and would never be able to compare to a dragon.
The robot reached for Natsu, only for the teen to jump on its hand and climb all the way to its head.
"Eat this you bucket of bolts!" He climbed down from the head of the giant and punched the red crystals that looked like eyes. The robot staggered back, causing Natsu to almost lose his grip and fall, but he managed to leap into the air above the robot.
He lit his right hand on fire... "With a flame on the right hand..."
...then his left hand "...and a flame on the left hand! When you combine the flames together..."
He brought both flames together over his head, forming a large ball of flames that only grew and grew in size.
"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" He shot the giant ball of fire towards the robot.
Natsu landed on the roof of a building and watched as his attack got a direct hit. He didn't bother running from the flames that covered his body due to the explosion. Not like it would burn him anyway.
When the dust cleared, there lay the robot. Fire burning all around the area. It's broken head all the way to it's shoulders were coal black.
It was broken all over.
Natsu looked down at his work and grinned. "Yup. Nothing sure beats the thrill of a fight."
Timeskip One day later
The Midoriya family all sat at the table for dinner. They were all quiet, albeit for different reasons. Izuku had been sitting there, staring at his food with a dead look in his eyes and a hollow smile while Inko watched him worriedly.
Natsu was too busy scarfing down the food his chef for a mom had made for a feast.
"Izuku? Izuku?"
The dead look in the Izuku's eyes faded as his brain registered the his name being called. He looked at his mom to see her looking at him with a panicked look on her face.
"Why are you smiling at the fish?" She questioned in a panicked and worried tone.
"Ah! I'm sorry!" With that, Izuku started to eat his lunch.
"Bwah! I'm stuffed!"
The two greenettes looked at Natsu, unsurprised to see his belly suddenly become much bigger.
It was a usual occurence. The first time, Inko had panicked, but soon became puzzled when his stomach practically deflated in a few minutes.
They learned not to question it. It was easier to leave it as a Natsu kind of thing.
"Oh! Izuku did you get the giant zero point robot in your place too?"
Izuku looked at Natsu in surprise. "Yeah I did. How did you esca-nevermind that was a stupid question. How did you deal with yours?"
Natsu grinned at him. "How else? I broke it!" It said cheerfully
Izuku's eyes widened before he closed them and shook his head with a sigh. "Of course you did. Why am I not surprised."
"How did you deal with yours?" Natsu asked curiously. Izuku blushed a bit in embarrassment. "Well. I...broke mine too."
Inko almost choked on her food, before gaping in horror. "Oh no! What do I do! Both my sons have become so destructive and violent!" She panicked.
Natsu laughed while Izuku himself started to panic and tried to explain the situation at the time. Inko managed to calm down, before smiling widely at Izuku which sent a bad feeling in said teens gut.
"So then should I be expecting your girlfriend to come over soon?" She asked teasingly.
Izuku went redder then a cherry.
"MOM! SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!"
Seeing the reaction, Natsu started rolling on the floor laughing.
"You totally should mom! I'm betting in a few months time!"
"NATSU!"
The Midoriya family sans Izuku found themselves laughing at Izuku's expense. Even Izuku found himself laughing eventually, forgetting all about the exam.
After some time however...
"I-I-I-IZUKU! N-NATSU!"
The door to the living room burst open as Inko scrambled on the floor with a letter in hand. "I-It's here!"
Natsu grinned excitedly while Izuku stared at it blankly.
Timeskip
Inko was currently pacing around in front of Natsu and Izuku's room nervously. She had been waiting for over an hour now and she was worried. Just when she was thinking of entering the room...
"NATSU!"
The door burst open and Natsu flew out of the room and into the wall with a fist mark embued in his cheek, unconscious and leaving a crater in the wall.
In the room was a cherry red Izuku, an uncharacteristic scowl on his face.
"Izuku! Did you do it?" She asked, ignoring what just occured. Izuku snapped out of his anger and embarrassment when his mom called his name. He looked at her, and smiled. That was all she needed to see.
Timeskip to ????
"Oi. How much longer until we can go through this plan Kurogiri."
We come to a bar, on one of the stools sat a man with light blue messy hair, and a hand covering his face. No literally, a hand -no arm- with nothing attached to it.
By the counter was a strange purple kind of gas with yellow eyes, somewhat shapped like a human, wearing a bartenders uniform cleaning one of the glass cups.
"Patience Tomura Shigaraki. We'll be striking on the day one of the classes with All Might as their sensei arrive at the USJ."
The gas, or rather, Kurogiri responded.
"I can't wait..."
The two turned their heads to one of the tables of the bar and saw a man standing there, smiling down at one of the many pictures of the UA students on the table. He had short black hair, and was dressed in a black robe and a white toga, his hair shadowing his eyes.
His eyes were suddenly revealed, and they glowed red, a black ring in his eye staring right back at the picture with a certain grinning, pink haired dragon slayer.
"...Natsu"
A.N. Chapter 6! I did it! Go me! Anyways, there it is. I'm kind of contemplating whether to make Zeref the evil Zeref or the one who wants to die. I want to go with the evil Zeref but his curse would be a bit too much for the USJ arc. I might just make him an in between or something like that.
onto some reviews. Someone asked why i rated this story K and thats cuz...well i didnt bother changing it. I was lazy. Now i changed it tho.
I will make Natsu's hero uniform different from the Fairy Tail outfit.
I added an OC instead of Atlas Flame cuz why not.
No Izuku will not get any form of Magic.Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia or Fairy Tail