Chapter 10: She Wolf and her Dragon
Late at night, a massive roar and foot stomps was heard throughout the forest, making all the crows fly away. Also, a pack of wolves, along with a young girl with red hair tied into pig tails with an iris worn in it, small eyebrows, green eyes, and wears a headband over her fore head, white fur draped over her shoulders, white fur skirt, fur instep and armguards, supported no footwear, and head a red and blue armor breastplate. Her name was Ayame, the granddaughter of the wolf elder, and the future wife of Koga. They were being chased by an enormous, dark blue skinned Oni with three large horns, razor sharp fangs and claws, glowing green eyes, and a wild, spiky black mane. Then all of a sudden, Ayame tripped over her foot and fell down to the ground with a thump, letting out a painful grunt, she closes her eyes and waits for the beast to strike, but it never came, she opens her eyes and tunrs to see a large wolf taking the blow, she covers her mouth and widens her eyes in horror.
"Grandfather!" She cries out in agony as she ran up to him. "Grandfather! Are you okay!?"
"A-Ayame, g-go, s-s-save yourself." He stammered out. Ayame shook her head furiously, as a sign of refusal.
"NO! I WON'T LEAVE YOU!" She yelled out with tears in her eyes. She heard the beasts' loud trembling roar and lifts up her grandfather and drapes him over her shoulders. "Come on guys! Lets go!"
The other wolves nodded in response and ran as fast as they could to get away from the treacherous demon. "Koga, anybody! Please come and save us." Ayame pleaded in her mind. Meanwhile, it was late at night, it has been several days after Sesshomaru's defeat to Natsu Dragneel. Inuyasha and the gang were resting in a small hut next to a nearby forest, while Natsu and Happy were nowhere in sight. In the woods, Natsu was doing pushups on his left arm with a large boulder on his back, sweating vigorously while Happy was rooting for him.
"1,995, 1,996, 1,997, 1,998, 1,999…2,000!" Natsu finished while tossing the boulder off his back and catching it with his right hand.
"Aye! You did it Natsu!" Happy chimed, Natsu gives him his classic toothy grin in response.
"All this trainin' is really starting to pay off!" Natsu replied. He then then holds the boulder on his back and starts doing walking lunges while sweating and counting down.
"Yeah! That's the spirit Natsu! Put some backbone into it!" Happy rooted, they then heard a feminine scream and Natsu stops dead in his tracks, putting down the boulder. "Natsu, who was that?"
"I don't know lil buddy, but it sounds like someone's in trouble. Lets go check it out." Natsu told him, Happy gives him a nod in response and ran to the direction to where the scream is coming from. Along the way, they heard a loud, trembling roar, making Natsu and Happy pick up the pace faster. "Damn it! Whatever that thing is, we need to hurry!" Natsu thought hurriedly, he then all of a sudden, slipped and fell into a large burrow, and fell to the ground with a loud thud.
"NATSU! YOU OKAY?!" Happy asks with concern, Natsu lets out a grunt in response while getting up slowly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He replied while dusting himself off. Natsu then picks up an unfamiliar scent with a mixture of flowers, wolf, and a hint of blood. "Hey Happy, I smell something, it must mean someone's down here to."
"You may be right Natsu, lets go check it out." Happy suggests, earning a nod from Natsu. He lights his hand on fire and went through a tunnel from where the scent was coming from. The scent kept getting stronger and stronger, which meant that they were getting closer. As they walked further into the tunnel, they stopped to see a young teenage girl, who looked around Kagome's age, with long red hair tied into pigtails, small red eyebrows, and green eyes. She wore an iris in her hair and had white fur draped over her shoulders, wearing a white fur skirt, fur insteps and arm guards, blue and red breastplate armor, a headband over her fore head, and was completely barefoot. Sitting next to her was a large wolf with gray fur and thick, white eyebrows, and was lying on the ground unconscious. She gasped in surprise as he saw Natsu and Happy and slowly backed away.
"Hey it's okay, we ain't gonna hurt ya." Natsu said trying to calm her.
"W-Who are you?" The girl asked still slightly scared, to which Natsu gave her a toothy grin.
"The name's Natsu Dragneel, and this is my partner happy." He greeted.
"Aye! Nice to meet ya, so what's your name?" Happy asked innocently.
"M-M-My name's A-Ayame, and this is my G-G-Grandfather the wolf elder." She introduced shyly, making Natsu and Happy tilt their heads in confusion.
"You mean this mangy mutt is your old man?" Natsu questioned, earning an icy cold glare from Ayame, making him flinch and pale.
"Don't you dare speak of my grandfather like that!" She growled, making Natsu pale even further, along with happy.
"Hey hey! I-I didn't mean anything like that!" Natsu stammered while putting his hands up in defense, he decided to change the subject. "So what happened to him, and how'd you to get down here?" As he asked that, her facial expression softened. "Well…Me and my pack were running away from a very treacherous Oni demon." Ayame trails off. "We were trying to escape, until I suddenly tripped and fell. I waited for it to strike until…I found out to see my Grandfather took it for me." She said softly, with tears forming in her eyes, Natsu and Happy stared in shock. "H-He told me to leave him, but I refused. I p-p-picked him up and ran off, then I slipped fell, ending up here in this dark scary burrow, it should've been me who took the hit!" She finishes and then sobs into her Grandpas' fur. Happy gave her a sympathetic look, while Natsu's hair covered his eyes and he tightens and shakes his fists in anger. Happy lands in front of her and places his paw on her shoulder while she sobbed.
"I'm sorry Ayame." Happy apologized sympathetically. Ayame lifts her head up, with tears streaming down her face and smiled weakly at him. "Thank you happy." She said softly, pulling him into a hug.
"Hand your Oldman over." Natsu said softly, making Ayame and Happy stare at him.
"I-I don't understand…" Nastu then cuts her off.
"Just do it!" Natsu says in firmer tone, making her flinch. She immediately pushed him over to Natsu. He then rips his sleeve from his over coat, making it sleeveless, and wraps it around the wolf elders' body nice and tight, in order to stop the blood loss. He slowly stands up and walks towards the exit. "Come on Happy, lets go."
"Hey, where are you going?" Ayame asks with a puzzled tone while walking up to him, making Natsu stop in his tracks.
"I'm going up there and kick that mosnters' ass." Natsu growled, making Ayame stay at him with shock.
"No! Don't do it, I don't want you to get killed or-Oof!" Ayame was cut off as Natsu wrapped his muscular arms around her small frame. She blushed as she felt her head rest on his taut, muscular chest.
"Don't worry Ayame, I've faced tougher monsters than this thing, I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem." Natsu told her as he released her, she was in awestruck by his gentle smile.
"Aye! Jutst leave it to Natsu!" Happy said confidently, making her give them a small smile and a nod, while Natsu gave her his signature toothy grin.
"Anyways, grab your old man." Natsu told her, making her nod and grab the wolf elder in her arms, Natsu then lifts her up bridal style, making her yelp in surprise.
"Happy! Fly us out of here!" Natsu told him. "Aye sir!" Happy chirped, as he lifts Natsu by the scarf and flies them out of the burrow and places them on the ground and Natsu gently puts Ayame down. "Oi happy, ya see anything?" Natsu shouted.
"No, not ye- LOOK!" Happy exclaimed while pointing to a large, three horned beast with dark blue scaled armor, wild spiky black hair, large razor sharp fangs, sharp claws, and glowing green eyes. As Ayame and Natsu saw the beast, her eyes widen in terror while he just grinned wildly and slams his fist into his palm. "YEAH! I'M ALL FIRED UP NOW!" He shouts with excitement then dashes towards the beast. "Natsu! Be careful!" Ayame called out, Natsu then cocks his right fist back and ignites it in flames. "ALRIGHT UGLY! BRING IT ON!" Natsu taunted, making the Oni turn its attention to him, lets out a loud, trembling roar and charges towards natsu. Natsu the leaps in the air and yells. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" He bellowed as he threw a blazing right hook to its face, making it tumble. It soon recovers and claw swiped natsu, to which he dodges and lights his left leg on fire while rearing it back. "FIRE DRAGON'S CLAW!" He shouts, delivering a powerful, devastating side kick to its jaw. It roars in annoyance and tries to crush natsu with its jaws. He then rears his head back and puffs out his cheeks. "EAT THIS! FIRE DRAGON'S…ROOOOOAAAAAARRRRR!" He roared as he spat out an enormous stream of flames into the Oni's mouth, making it roar in pain. Ayame gaped at Natsu with a mixture of awe and disbelief, while Happy was routing for him. "Wow…Natsu really is strong." She whispered.
"Aye! Natsu's doing what he does best!" Happy said cheerfully. Natsu then lands on the ground and looks at the beast with red, glowing eyes, along with a menacing grin. It then lifts its foot, proceeding to stomp Natsu. "NATSU! LOOK OUT!" Ayame called out, it appeared to them that it successfully stomped Natsu, but once the dust cleared up, it shows that Natsu actually stopped the attack with just one arm, Ayame stares in shock, amazed by his physical strength.
"Is that all ya got ugly?" Natsu mocked with a wild grin, showing off his fangs. Natsu then pushes it off like a ragdoll, causing it to tumble back. Then in a blink of an eye, Natsu delivers a wicked, skull shattering uppercut to its jaw, making it fall on its back with a loud thud. Natus lands on the ground, walks up to it, grabs its leg, and spins it around, causing Ayame and Happy to duck. "AYAME! DUCK!" Happy yelled out, as they did to do so. Natsu then throws it in the air like a ragdoll, blasts fire from his feet flying up, and engulfs his arms in flames while spinning them in a circular wing like motion. "FIRE DRAGON'S WING ATTACK!" He screamed, slamming them Oni to the ground and breaking its scales. Natsu stays airborne while shooting blast of fire from his hands towards the demon while letting out fierce battle cries. "I'M NOT DONE YET DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART: FLAME LOTUS EXPLODING FLAME BLADE!" He roared at the top of his lungs as a torment of flames hurled towards the beats, burning it to ashes and causing an enormous explosion. Natsu lands on his feet and wipes the sweat from his brow. "Well that was fun." He muttered. He then walks up to Ayame and asks. "You okay?" There was still no answer, the wolf elder begins to stir his eyes and flutters them open. "Grandfather! You're awake!" Ayame screamed happily.
"W-What happened?" He asked in confusion. "You were knocked out for a while, but Natsu burned that monster to a crisp!" Happy told him, the Wolf elder looks at Natsu with surprise.
"You mean this boy defeated it?" He asked, earning a grin from Natsu. "You know it!" He replied. "Well in that case, thank you, I'm forever grateful for you taking great care of my granddaughter." He thanked meekly.
"No sweat! It's what I do!" Natsu said with a toothy grin, making Ayame giggle.
"Can you stand?" She asks softly by placing him on the ground, he was slightly wobbling, but not too badly.
"A little whoozy, but I'll be just fine." He replied. Then heard numerous howls
"That must be our pack, well, gotta get going!" Ayame said.
"Alright! See ya soon!" Natsu said with a toothy grin and a thumbs up. Ayame then approaches him and gives him a kiss on the cheek. "OI! THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" He exclaimed while jumping back and holding his cheek while blushing furiously, making Ayame giggle. "That's for helping us silly." She said with a sweet smile. "Anyways see ya guys!" She shouted while running off to her wolf pack
"Bye! Take care!" Happy called out as she waved at him. Natsu chuckled at the sight and turns to see happy smiling smugly at him. "What?" He ask with a raised brow.
"SHE LIIIIIIKES YOU!" Happy taunted, making Natsu grunt in response.
"Whatever, anyways lets go back to the others, I'm sure they're worried sick." Natsu suggested
"Aye Natsu!" With that, they walked off out of the forest to return to the others, as the sun began to rise. Ayame was happily running with her pack and had a cheerfulu smile on her face.
"Natsu, thank you for helping us." She thought happily as they ran off into the sunrise. (Fairy Tail: Merry go round)
To be continued… I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED IT! SORRY I TOOK SO LONG! DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW TO SEE WHAT YOU THINK!