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"Talking"
"Thinking"
"SHOUTING"
"Attack!"
["Dragon/Demon Talking"]
["Dragon/Demon Thinking"]
{Reading}
Chapter One: Divergence.
The sun was just starting to come over the edge of the horizon, banishing the darkness from the land as the light began to grow.
In a cave in a forest on the continent of Fiore, there lay a massive 100 foot long red scaled dragon.
This dragon had scales of the fiercest red and had a X shaped scar on his right cheek.
This is Igneel, King of all Fire Dragons in Earthland.
Lying on the right side of his face is a small boy about the age of 5.
The boy is small and lanky, with short salmon colored hair and small tan shorts as the only clothes he has.
This is Natsu Dragneel, son of Igneel, Fire Dragon Slayer Trainee.
Natsu slowly opened his eye's, reveling black colored orbs.
He slowly got up with a yawn, did a few stretches and then turned to his father and saw he was still asleep.
Natsu normally would have yelled to get his dad up, but on this day he decided to let him sleep in, so he quietly slipped away, wanting to get some training in.
He walked out the cave he and Igneel shared and just took in the crisp early morning air.
Being a Fire Dragon Slayer meant that Natsu doesn't get cold or hot very easily, so this fine morning was just how he liked them.
Natsu closed his eyes and took in an extremely deep breath, enjoying the early morning.
Natsu then walked towards the woods that surrounded his home.
After walking for about three minutes, Natsu stopped and began to do exercises to prepare for his morning training.
After doing sit-ups, chin-ups and a few other various exercises for about an hour, he then began to run around in a one-mile circle.
He did about 15 laps in an hour and a half and just as he stopped to get his breath, he heard the sounds of loud wings flapping.
He smiled and turned to his right, just in time to see his slightly irritated father make a landing.
["Brat, what are you doing out here so early in the morning?"] Igneel asked in his usual commanding voice.
"Morning dad, I just wanted to get some early morning training in before we really started today." Natsu replied with a smile on his face.
Igneel signed and then said, ["I will return in about an hour with breakfast. Then we can begin your training."]
Igneel then flapped his wings and began to fly away in search of food, while Natsu began to train up his physical strength by lifting large boulders.
After an hour of intense training, Natsu was panting and covered in sweat and that is when Igneel came flying back with a large cow in his jaws.
Igneel dropped the cow and then began to make a fire pit, which he then set on fire and began to cook the cow.
Natsu waited patiently for the food to cook, which had Igneel slightly worried, for Natsu was never patient nor was he ever quiet.
After breakfast was cooked, Igneel and Natsu ate silently.
Once breakfast once completed, Igneel began to train Natsu, not only in Fire Dragon Slayer magic, but he also began his daily studies in reading, math and he taught Natsu how to behave, although that area was a bit lacking.
All through it all, Natsu pushed himself harder than he has ever done before, making Igneel ever more worried.
Finally Igneel said, ["Okay brat, why are you acting so weird today? First you wander off to do some early morning training, then you wait patiently for breakfast and now you have not only listened to every single word I have said today, but you have pushed yourself beyond anything I have ever seen. So?"]
Natsu was quiet for a few seconds before he said, "I had a dream last night. You were fighting a black dragon, who was easily as large as you are, but he also had bright blue tribal markings on his body. He and you charged at each other and you took his front right leg while he...he tore your stomach apart and then you fell to the ground and he hit you with a bright blue breath attack. You died and then he flew away as your smoking corpse started to disintegrate. I saw you die, and I made a vow to get stronger, strong enough to protect you and every one I care for."
Igneel was silent as he processed what Natsu had revealed to him. ["So Natsu saw Acnologia kill me? I suppose it was inevitable. My soul has been stolen by that beast, so my power's are pathetic compared to what they once were. But I had hoped Natsu would never have to see that. That poor boy has lost so much in his life. He has lost both his parents, his brother killed him and turned him into the mightiest demon to have ever walked the Earth, he has had his personality split and turned back into a child and he found me and I became his foster father, but now he has seen the one thing he has had in his sort life taken away from him. No wonder he wants to get stronger, he wants to protect the things he cares about. This new drive is a good thing, but if he gets too wrapped up in growing stronger, he will lose the reason behind growing stronger."]
Igneel then said, ["Natsu, I know you want to get stronger to protect the things you care about, but you can't let this dream control your life. Taking your training seriously is a good thing, but if you let this dream control you, you will lose the reason behind getting stronger."]
Natsu then looked up to Igneel with tears rolling down his face and he said with a quivering voice, "But I don't want you to die."
Igneel moved his right hand close to Natsu's face and then he gently wiped the tears away from Natsu's face and said, ["Natsu, if that ever did happen, I would still always be with you and you would still always be my beloved son. There is nothing you can do that would ever make me stop loving you."]
Natsu's tear's returned in full force and he ran up and hugged Igneel's face with everything he had and he said in a quiet voice, "I love you dad."
Igneel closed his eye's and said, ["I love you too."]
After a few minutes of silence, Igneel then said, ["Now, if you still want to get stronger, I can increase your training and if you prove yourself to be strong enough, I may give you some of my soul. This will allow to enter a mode called "Fire Dragon King Mode." While in this mode, you will have strength that is equal to my own."]
Natsu's eye's widened at that one, never in all his life did he ever think that he could one day wield the strength of his father.
Natsu's face then contorted into one of unbelievable determination and said, "I want you to train me to the point in which I can one day wield such a power."
Igneel smiled and then said, ["Very well. To begin, pick up that boulder and walk 1,500 steps and then come back and if you fall once, you have to restart all over again."]
Natsu paled, but then regained his determination and said, "So be it."
Natsu walked up to the boulder in question, which was larger than him and with great effort, picked it up and began his new and much more intense training program.
Natsu smiled and thought, "Watch out world, for I, Natsu Dragneel, shall one day become the strongest wizard in the world."
Time Skip...
["Show me what you got!"] Igneel roared out.
Natsu nodded and then shouted out, "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Natsu's right fist burst into large amounts of bright orange fire and then he raised his fist and smashed it into the trunk of a massive tree, which exploded upon contact.
Natsu then shouted out, "Fire Dragon's Claw's!"
Natsu's left foot then burst into flames and Natsu jumped into the air about 25 feet and then spun in a circle as he came down and smashed his leg into a boulder, which exploded into tiny pebble's.
Natsu then shouted out, "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!"
Natsu rushed towards another boulder, while the area on his back where the wings of a dragon would have been ignited, sending two streams of fire from his back, forming a "V" that Natsu smashed into the boulder, destroying that one as well.
Natsu then shouted out, "Fire Dragon's Flame Elbow!"
Natsu cocked his arm back as a stream of fire came bursting forth from his elbow and smashed into another boulder, destroying yet another one.
Natsu then began to run at another boulder and shouted out, "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!"
Natsu's entire body ignited and he head butted the boulder, which like the one's before, exploded.
Natsu then began to chant, saying, "With the flames on my right hand and the flames on my left hand, when you put them together you get...Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!"
Natsu created a orange ball of fire in between his hands and then raised his hands above his head, making the ball grow even larger than himself, which he then threw at the forest, causing a truly massive explosion that rocked the ground and caused a 75 foot crater to be formed.
Natsu then ignited his hand again and yelled out, "Fire Dragon's Crushing Fang!"
Natsu swiped his ignited hand at a boulder, cleaving it into two even halves.
Natsu then grabbed a boulder and shouted out, "Fire Dragon's Grip Strike!"
With his arm supported by his other arm, a large amount of fire was released point blank into the boulder, reducing it to pebbles.
Natsu then shouted out, "Fire Dragon's Roasting Bath!"
Natsu released a large amount of flames that caused the surrounding 25 feet to be engulfed in flames, raising the ambient temperature surrounding them by quiet a lot.
Natsu then planted his feet and took an extremely deep breath, drawing the flame's that his earlier attacks caused into his mouth, were he ate them to replenish his magic reserve.
Natsu then arched his head back, taking another deep breath and then with a extremely loud voice he yelled out, "FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!"
A 4 meter wide tunnel of orange flames came streaming out of his mouth, reducing anything in its wake to dust.
The attack continued for about 100 meters away from Natsu.
Natsu smiled, that was his best Roar yet and then he got a serious look on his face again and then said, "Now onto the Secret Dragon Slayer Arts!"
Natsu then lit his fists on fire and shouted out, "Fire Dragon's Secret Slayer Arts: Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon's Fist!"
Natsu unleashed an absurd amount of fire punches, causing explosions to tear through the wall of rock he was attacking.
With the final punch, a 7 foot long tunnel had been created due to the extreme amount of fire coming from his fist's.
Natsu then said, "This is the finisher! Fire Dragon's Secret Slayer Arts: Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!"
Natsu swiped his hands in a circular motion, creating a circular and highly destructive torrent of flames that tore an additional 7 feet into the wall, while also melting a lot of the rocks around the tunnel.
Natsu fell to his knees, panting hard, but he was happy, his magic power and physical power had doubled since he asked Igneel to increase his training about a year ago.
Natsu stood up and then began to walk back to Igneel.
Natsu's bulk had increased a lot due to the increased training, he had also lost all of his baby fat and now was just pure muscle in his build, while he had also gained about five inches in height, making him now 3 foot 10 inches tall, impressive for a six year old.
Igneel had also beefed up his education, he was a lot smarter now, he knew a lot more, he could read chapter books now that Igneel got him, don't ask Natsu how Igneel got them, even Natsu didn't know, but he didn't care, reading was fun. Natsu especially loved books about dragons or fighting, preferably both at the same time.
Igneel and Natsu had also grown a lot closer since then, now Natsu respected Igneel and listened to whatever he had to say, something Igneel thanked the gods for every day.
Natsu had also gotten some lessons in manners from Igneel, so when he went to go join society, he wouldn't be a completely ignorant on how to act around other people. Due to this, Natsu was a lot more polite and patient, and not as hot headed as before.
Igneel was extremely proud of the man Natsu was shaping up to become. Igneel saw that Natsu would be kind, caring, selfless man that any women would love to be as their husband.
Igneel then sweat-dropped as he thought about his son's one glaring personality flaw: he was as dense as those boulder's he just tore apart when it came to love.
Igneel then sighed as he thought what it would take to get his son to recognize girls, but he was only six, so cut Natsu some slack, he still has time to grow out of his denseness.
Igneel then thought about his son's other weakness: Transportation.
They had discovered Natsu is extremely susceptible to motion sickness, or rather was.
Igneel grinned as he remembered how they cured him of his motion sickness: for two weeks Natsu had been stuck on a boat that Igneel had borrowed.
Needless to say, that although Natsu no longer had motion sickness, he now had an extreme hatred towards boats and took great pleasure in their destruction.
Natsu walked up to Igneel and said, "So how did I do dad?"
Igneel smiled and said, ["Natsu, you have grown immeasurably since you first began your training with me and what you just did was very impressive for a child your age. If I had to rank you using the human measurements, I would say you are a high end A-Class wizard, maybe low S-Class. But you are only six, you have much time to continue to grow. I estimate you shall be ready for Fire Dragon King Slayer Mode in about two more years of this intense training."]
Natsu grew giddy, Igneel had told him stories of how powerful Fire Dragon King Slayer Mode was, and in only two short years he could wield such power.
Igneel then said, ["It's time for bed Natsu. Come on."]
Natsu nodded and then father and son flew back to their cave and soon fell asleep as darkness covered the land.
Three hours later...
Natsu was awoken by the sound of thunder as lightning crackled nearby.
Natsu then had a very bad idea.
"Lots of people use lightning magic, I should learn how to use my magic to either redirect or divert lightning away from me and this thunderstorm is the perfect way to do so." Natsu thought.
Natsu then quietly crept out of the cave and climbed up to the top.
Natsu then drew a symbol on the ground in front of him, it was a Dragon Glyph, a special subset of Dragon Slayer magic that did a few things, like drawing lightning towards a certain spot.
Dragon Glyphs are very hard to do, due to them being so complex that most people never bother to learn them, even Dragon Slayers, they can read Dragon, but using Dragon Glyphs is very rare.
Natsu then turned towards the storm as several lightning bolts began to form.
Natsu turned his Dragon Senses to the max and watched as the lightning bolt began to descend from the heavens in slow motion, to Natsu at least.
Natsu then lit his fist on fire and waited for the lightning bolt to strike.
Time moved extremely slowly for Natsu as he watched the purple lightning bolt come straight at him.
Natsu then swung his right fist in front of him, hitting the lightning bolt away from himself.
Natsu smirked, then grimaced as a few bolts of electricity arched their way up his arm, showing that his lightning redirection wasn't perfect.
Natsu then smirked again, this was going to be fun.
Several hours later...
Three lightning bolts came charging at Natsu once again and Natsu knocked them away from him, striking the ground about ten feet away from him, causing small fires.
Natsu fell to his knee's and panted hard, he had been redirecting lightning continuously for the past four hours and his magic reserves were now depleted.
Natsu saw the fire's and began to take a deep breath in, drawing the flames inside his mount.
But then, a large purple lightning bolt came flying down and got sucked down inside his mouth as well.
Natsu's eye's shot open as unbelievable pain arched throughout his body, it felt as if every single nerve was on fire.
But beneath all the pain, he felt something, something incredible, he felt the lightning bolt being turned into magical energy just like his fire was.
Natsu bent his knee's and arms, took a deep breath.
"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRAGGGGHHHHHHH!" Natsu shouted out as his entire form was engulfed in not only flames, but now purple lighting as well.
Natsu had never felt as powerful as did right now in this moment, he felt as if he had eaten a raging tornado of fire and then dosed that in lightning.
Natsu looked at his fist's, they were engulfed in his regular flames, but now they also had purple lightning arching off of them as well.
Natsu grinned, he couldn't have planned for this training session to be this awesome.
Natsu then saw another lightning bolt coming at him and he got an idea.
Natsu opened his mouth and sucked the lightning inside, just as if it was fire and just like when he eats fire, he felt his magic grow as he ate the lightning.
Natsu was ecstatic, he was now a Fire Lightning Dragon Slayer, he was the most badass kid to have ever lived!
Natsu then heard chuckling from behind him and when he whipped around to see who it was, he saw his father standing about fifty feet from him.
Natsu laughed awkwardly and said, "Dad, hi. How are you?" while sweat began to roll down his face.
Igneel laughed as well and said, ["I am fine. I was having a nice dream and then I heard explosion coming from the top of the cave and once I saw you weren't by me, I knew you had something to do with it. But imagine my surprise when I saw my son using his fire to redirect lightning and then he ate some lightning and then merged the two elements together."]
Natsu then lowered his head as his fire and lightning disappeared and he said, "Are you mad at me?"
Igneel then said, ["No I am not angry, just surprised, you have done something no Dragon Slayer has ever done before, you have merged another element with your Fire Dragon Slayer magic. I believe a trip to an old fiend is in order."]
Natsu's head came back up and he said, "Really? Who?"
["The Lightning Dragon King, Thundreas. He is an old friend of mine. He will be able to teach you Lightning Dragon Slayer magic and while he is doing that, I will teach you a new aspect of your Fire Dragon Slayer magic."] Igneel replied with.
Natsu was super excited now, not only would he be taught a new aspect of Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, now he would be taught how to use Lightning Dragon Slayer magic.
Natsu ran up to Igneel and hugged him and said, "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"
Igneel chuckled and then said, ["You're welcome, now let's get to bed. You have a big day tomorrow."]
The two then went back to their cave and soon both were asleep.
The next day...
After both Igneel and Natsu woke up and had breakfast, they flew off towards another part of Fiore.
This part of Fiore was right next to Waas Forest, it as a series of mountains and they went to a specific one that was very close to where Mount Hakobe was located.
They landed at the base of the mountain and saw a deep dark cave.
From within the cave came a loud roar, accompanied by a voice saying, ["Whoever comes here, prepare for death!"]
Igneel then shouted out, ["What if it is a very old friend?"]
Silence rained until several loud steps were heard and from the cave came a massive dragon.
This dragon looked very different front Igneel. Where Igneel was crimson red, this dragon had light yellow scales, his wings had light yellow as well, while this dragon was also a lot thinner in terms of muscle mass compared to Igneel and he had four horns on the back of his head, not two and his eye's were light blue.
The dragon looked at Igneel with shock in his eyes and said, ["Igneel? Is that you old friend?"]
Igneel nodded and this new dragon began to laugh and then took Igneel into a hug.
["Igneel! It has been far too many years since I last saw you! How have you been?"] The new dragon asked.
["I am well Thundreas. I have come to ask you for some aid."] Igneel said to the now known Thundreas.
Thundreas then said, ["Anything you need, I shall help."]
Igneel nodded and then showed Thundreas Natsu and said, ["This is my adopted son Natsu. He is learning Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, but now a resent development needs your attention."]
Thundreas cocked his head to the side and said, ["What could possibly happen that would require my help?"]
Igneel then said to Natsu, ["Show him."]
Natsu nodded and then concentrated on that feeling of fire and lightning he felt last night and sure enough, after about fire seconds, his entire form burst into flames and then purple lightning began to crackle all over his body as well.
Thundreas looked absolutely gobsmacked, never in all his years had he ever seen a perfect mixture of both Fire and Lightning Dragon Slayer magic.
He turned to Igneel and said, ["Tell me everything."]
Igneel then told him everything that happened last night, Natsu going up to practice lightning deflection, him eating fire and lightning by accident and then his new Fire Lightning Dragon Slayer Mode.
Thundreas was quiet for a few minutes before he said, ["Igneel, I owe you more than I can ever possibly repay. I would be honored to teach your son Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic."]
Igneel nodded to Thundreas and then said, ["Thank you old friend."]
Thundreas nodded back and then turned to Natsu and said, ["Well Natsu, ready to learn Lightning Dragon Slayer magic?"]
Natsu nodded and then said, "I'm all fired up!"
Igneel and Thundreas chuckled, this was going to be fun.
Time Skip...Two years later...
["Natsu, show us what you got!"] Thundreas roared out.
Natsu nodded and then said, "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Natsu charged towards the set up training grounds set of boulders and smashed his fist into the larger boulder, turning the entire thing into dust.
For two years Igneel and Thundreas had trained Natsu to the uttermost extreme, nearly tripling his already incredible magical power's to absolutely bestial in terms of raw unstoppable strength.
His Fire Dragon magic was now stronger than ever before, he was now about 35% of Igneel's maximum strength, for an 8 year old, that was unprecedented.
He went through the moves, Fire Dragon's Iron Fist, Wing Attack, Sword Horn, Flame Elbow, Brilliant Flame, Crushing Fang, Grip Strike, Roasting Bath, Fire Dragon's Claws, and of course the Roar.
The Secret Slayer Art's were next, with Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon's Fist, and Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade.
Natsu was given some flames by Igneel to replenish his stokes and then he began to show off his Lightning Dragon Slayer magic.
"Lightning Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu roared out as his left fist was coated in purple lightning bolts as he drew his fist back and then smashed it into another boulder, destroying it utterly as electricity flew everywhere.
"Lightning Dragon's Thunder Kick!" Natsu roared as his right leg became engulfed in purple lightning and then he jumped into the air and smashed his leg into another boulder, destroying that one as well.
"Lightning Dragon's Electric Vortex!" Natsu yelled out as he gathered electricity into a sphere in between his palms and then he threw it towards the boulder's.
As the sphere traveled towards the boulders, it opened up and became a fie sided star that grew to become about the size of Natsu.
When the sphere struck the boulders, three of them were utterly annihilated, while the other two were charred beyond any recognition.
"Lightning Dragon's Zeus Cannon!" Natsu roared as his put both hands in front of him and a large purple magic circle appeared in front of him.
This magic circle looked exactly like the one that appears when using Fire Dragon Slayer magic, but the dragon in the symbol had four horns, had a much thinner snout and had two lightning bolts going along the snout.
From the magic circle came a lightning bolt that as 4 meter wide and 3 meters tall.
This massive purple lightning bolt came charging from the magic circle and struck the side of the training area.
A monstrous explosion came from the impact sight and then the impact's shock wave hit, causing Natsu to take a step backwards.
The impact crater was 100 feet wide and 40 feet deep, showing the incredible power behind Natsu's attacks since that wasn't even a Secret Slayer Art.
"Lightning Dragon's Warhammer!" Natsu yelled out as both fist's clenched together, gathering a massive amount of energy.
Natsu then jumped up into the air and then came crashing down, smashing his fist's into the side of the training area, causing a 50 foot section of the wall to become electrified and then explode.
Once the dust cleared, another crater was formed, this one being 80 feet wide and 32 feet deep.
"Lightning Dragon's Thunder Fang!" Natsu yelled out as his left hand was engulfed by electricity and then he cut a boulder in two as he swiped his hand through it.
"Lightning Dragon's Electric Dynamo!" Natsu yelled out as he raised both hands to the sky, and then two purple lightning bolts come both and strike the palms of the hands and then Natsu swiped his hands down in arcs, creating two purple lightning arcs that carved deep trenches in the ground and then struck the side of the training area once again, causing craters from the impact.
"Lightning Dragon's Thunder Dome!" Natsu yelled out as he body sent out a pulse of electricity that took the shape of a dome made up of lightning.
"Lightning Dragon's Thunder Drive!" Natsu yelled out as lightning engulfed his body, enhancing his strength, endurance, speed while also boosting his Lightning Dragon Slayer magic.
Natsu dropped the Thunder Drive and the Thunder Dome and fell to his knee's, panting heavily from using so much magic, but he still had a number of spells to go through.
Thundreas then gave him some lightning and said, ["Now Natsu, show me the Lightning Dragon Secret Slayer Arts!"]
Natsu nodded and then said, "Lightning Dragon's Secret Slayer Arts: Raiju's Rage!"
Natsu then sent a massive bolt of purple lightning that was 7 meters wide up into the air, and three seconds later, twenty more lightning bolts of equal size come screaming down all in the same place, not a millimeter of difference.
Said target sight was now a smoking crater 9 meter's wide, but was 20 meter's deep.
Natsu then said, "Lightning Dragon's Secret Slayer Arts: Thor's Hammer!"
Natsu then cupped his palms and concentrated a lot of purple lightning, which took the shape of a 15 foot tall hammer that had a rectangular head.
Natsu then let out a war cry as he smashed this behemoth hammer into the ground, causing yet another crater to be formed.
Natsu then yelled out, "Lightning Dragon's Secret Slayer Arts: Roaring Thunder Gauntlet!"
Natsu concentrated a lot of electrical energy into his right arm, where the electricity took the form a gauntlet that had dragon claws for finger's, dragon scale's for the armor and finally a yellow gem on the top of the hand.
Natsu let out another loud cry as he smashed apart another section of the training area.
Natsu fell to his knee's once again, those where some of his most power spells and they took a lot out of him, but he saw how much they had grown since he had started training.
Igneel then said, ["Now, show me the Crimson Fire Dragon moves that I taught you!"]
Natsu nodded and then focused on his internal flame, which began to change from it's usual orange, to that of crimson red, much like Igneel's scales color.
Natsu then shouted out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Cataclysm Fist!"
Natsu's right fist was engulfed in crimson flames and then he charged for the side of the training arena.
Once he punched the side, it sent out a massive shock wave as over 40 feet of the wall was just obliterated from the initial impact of the move.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Roar!"
A jet of crimson flames that was 6 meters wide came roaring forth from Natsu's mouth and carved a trench into the ground from the shear heat of the move.
The roar went for about 100 meters and then finally died down.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Eternal Flame!"
Natsu then threw out both of his arms with his hands open and from the palms of his hands came two streams of fire that struck the side of the training arena.
Crimson Fire Dragon's Eternal Flame is an interesting spell, it produces two unique streams of fire that cannot be put out unless the caster wishes them to be.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Hammer Strike!"
Crimson Flames engulfed all of Natsu's arm and then he ran towards the wall again and smashed it into the side of the arena, causing yet another crater to be formed.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Cannon Blaster!"
Natsu reared back his left arm, where a magic circle appeared and then Natsu's threw his arm forwards and from that magic circle came a large crimson dragon that roared as it flew into the opposing wall, blowing up a massive chunk of the arena.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Inferno Overload!"
Natsu's entire body became engulfed in crimson flames for three seconds and then the flames exploded, scorching everything in the next 50 feet in every direction.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Fire Drive!"
Natsu once again became engulfed in crimson flames, but unlike with Inferno Overload, these flames were not erratic, but were calm and collected.
Natsu then once again yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Meteor Impact!"
Natsu then flew up into the air due to two streams of fire that were coming out of his feet.
Natsu's flames were then formed into a sphere around his entire person and then the sphere that was Natsu went hurtling into the ground, causing another massive crater to be formed in the abused arena.
Natsu got out of the crater and yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Magma Core Implosion!"
Natsu formed a crimson/orange ball of pure fire above his head that was easily over 7 meters tall and then he threw it forwards.
When it stuck the ground, it caused a 70 foot wide, 150 foot deep crater to be formed and a incredible shock wave to be sent out.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Solar Blitz Assault!"
Natsu crossed his arms in front of him in an "X" form and then they glowed crimson red and then he threw them out in an arc away from his body and hundreds of small red balls of fire came flying out, striking the side of the area, causing yet another impressive crater to be formed.
Natsu's knees were starting to buckle from underneath him, using over thirty spells in rapid succession was extremely taxing, but he knew that he was almost done and this was all to better himself.
Natsu then said, "Fire Dragon Secret Slayer Arts: Crimson Lotus: Volcanic Purgatory Blast!"
Natsu's right leg glowed crimson and then Natsu smashed it into the ground, causing three lines of crimson energy to go out from him and travel towards a single target.
Once the reached it, the target exploded in a massive geyser of molten magma that lasted for about 15 seconds and then finally stopped.
Natsu smirked, that one had given a lot of problems in the past, but finally he had mastered that extremely powerful move.
Natsu then yelled out, "Fire Dragon Secret Slayer Art's: Crimson Lotus: Apocalyptic Firestorm!"
Natsu growled as his entire form glowed crimson and then five magic circle's appeared before him and then he roared out as the five circles spun around in front of him.
They then sent out a 5 meter stream of fire each and then the streams of fire combined to form a 25 meter wide stream of hellish flames that scorched the earth to dust if it was closer than 50 feet from the jet of flames.
When the river of flames struck the side of the training arena, it destroyed the side and anything near it for them next 300 meters, where it finally died out.
Natsu was panting heavily now, that was his strongest move that wasn't in the Lightning Fire Dragon Slayer Mode and it showed from the sheer devastation that came from that move.
Natsu was then given some Lightning and Fire from both Igneel and Thundreas and Igneel then said, ["Show us the final moves."]
Natsu nodded and then concentrated on both the Lightning and Fire that flowed within him and his form was engulfed in both crimson flames and purple lightning.
Natsu opened his eye's and yelled out, "CRIMSON LIGHTNING FIRE DRAGON SLAYER MODE!"
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Lightning Fire Dragon's Roar!"
A enormous 30 meter wide stream of crimson flames and purple lightning came out of Natsu and obliterated 350 meter's worth of earth in scant seconds.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson Lightning Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Natsu's right fist was engulfed in both crimson flames and purple lightning and he then smashed the super charged fist into the ground, causing yet another crater to be formed in the ground.
Natsu's next words were, "Crimson Lightning Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!"
Natsu's left hand formed a massive ball of crimson flames, while his right hand formed an equally large ball of purple lightning and once he put them together, they caused an absolutely enormous explosion to rock what little remained of the training arena.
Natsu's left arm was engulfed in both crimson flames and purple lightning as he yelled out, "Crimson Lightning Fire Dragon's Firing Hammer!"
Natsu smashed the devastating move downwards, creating a shock wave and a large explosion that tore through the barely remaining training arena.
Natsu then knew this was the final move so he poured everything into the next move, "FIRE DRAGON SECRET ART'S: CRIMSON LOTUS: EXPLODING LIGHTNING BLADE!"
Natsu's left arm was engulfed in purple lightning and the right arm was engulfed in crimson flames, then Natsu swung both arms around to create an enormous vortex of lightning and fire that tore through the entire training arena, destroying what little was left.
The shock wave from using this move was so create that even Igneel and Thundreas were moved a few steps backwards.
Once the attack was over and the place settled down, all that was left of the training arena was a large crater.
Natsu was on his hands and knees, panting heavily, that was his strongest move to date and it took all his remaining magic to pull if off, but he had given it his all, so he was happy.
After a few minutes of regaining his energy, Natsu stood back up on shaky legs.
Igneel then came over and picked the tired nine year old up and took him back to the cave.
While flying Natsu reflected on how much his life has changed these past two years.
He had grown to be 4 foot 5 inches tall, he now weighed 69 pounds, due to all his muscles he gained from all the strength increasing drills he did.
His hair had grown even longer and it was even shaggier than before.
Natsu now had a six pack, extremely defined biceps and triceps, while also now having much broader shoulders than before.
Natsu and Igneel had grown even closer these last two years, sometimes spending entire days just goofing off or spending time learning more about each other.
Natsu would spend hours at a time listening to Igneel's past adventures and he grew to love the fire dragon king all the more, while Igneel found the new more mature Natsu a wonderful son, but even if Natsu had continued to be a dense moron, Igneel would have loved him all the same.
Natsu and Thundreas had also formed a close bond, a brotherly type of bond, Thundreas being the older brother who loves to annoy the younger brother to the point of insanity. But the two of them would lay their lives down for each other in an instant if the situation called for it.
The three went into the cave and Natsu stiffly got off Igneel and walked over to the cooking cow.
After they had eaten Igneel then said, ["Natsu, these past two years you have grown stronger than I could have ever predicted for a child your age. Tomorrow, you and I shall return to our old cave and once there, we shall finalize your training. I shall teach how to achieve the Ultimate form of a Dragon Slayer: Dragon Force and once you have mastered that, I shall finally teach you how to reach Fire Dragon King Mode.]
Natsu's eyes widened, could he have finally achieved his dream of being able to freely use Fire Dragon King Mode? And he would also be learning how to use Dragon Force, he had read legends about what Dragon Slayers could do while in Dragon Force. This was almost too good to be true, but Natsu knew Igneel would never joke about something like this, so it must be true.
Natsu nodded and said, "I am ready father."
Igneel looked Natsu in the eyes and said, ["I know you are. Once you have completed this final stage of your training, you shall be the Fire Dragon Prince, second only to me in control of all Fire Dragons.]
Natsu nodded and then he felt his eyes growing heavy and then he let out a yawn and then began to fall asleep.
Natsu nuzzled next to Igneel's face and was soon out cold.
Igneel chuckled and little and said, ["Sweet dreams, my son."]
Thundreas then said, ["That boy is one of a kind. I know he shall not only beat Acnologia, but Zeref as well and he shall bring in a new age for the dragons."]
Igneel nodded and said, ["I know too, but my worry is that after the war, will there be anything left of this sweet boy, or will be become a damaged, broken soul like so many before him?"]
Thundreas then said, ["I have faith that he shall continue to be the wonderful little boy we have been training these last two years. I have hope. There is no way he won't find a wonderful mate for himself, one who will be his anchor to keep him sane and firmly in the light."]
Igneel then chuckled and replied with, ["I guess you are right my old friend. It is ironic, a hundred years ago I was the one giving you hope in your darkest hour and now here you are helping calm my worries."]
Thundreas smiled and said, ["What are friends for?"]
Thundreas then settled down and soon drifted off to sleep and Igneel followed suite.
His final thoughts before he fell asleep were, ["What did I do to be blessed with such a great son and a wonderful friend? I am just glad I did it. I don't think I could have stayed sane without the two of them."]
The next morning, after the three had eaten breakfast, they said their goodbyes and then the Fire Dragon King and his son flew back to their old home, but not before Thundreas gave Natsu a gift.
It was a massive two foot long, 10 inch thick book that had a massive golden dragon on the front.
["This is a book that was written by a Dragon Scribe, a person who dedicates their entire life to the study and understanding of everything that relates to us Dragon's. I was given this book a few years back by the last of the Dragon Scribes. They all died out due to numerous raider sad bandits attacking their monasteries to steal their artifacts. I pass the book onto you, for I know you shall keep it safe. For, within the pages of this book s the complete history of the dragons and everything you could possibly ever want to know about Dragons and Dragon Slayers. Keep it safe."] Thundreas said as he gave Natsu the book.
Natsu was in marvel of the priceless artifact that was now in his hands and he said, "I shall keep it safe uncle."
["I know you shall. Now, hod still. I am going to teach you how to place the book in a pocket dimension for safe keeping.] Thundreas said as he raised his middle and index claw to Natsu's head.
You cannot just be given information about how to use Dragon Slayer magic, you must practice and be taught. Even second generation dragon slayer are taught, they are just taught by the dragon's within the Dragon Lacrima's and they never know they are being taught, but that is a story for another time.
The magic Thundreas was teaching Natsu was a simple spell that only required a mental capacity, not a physical one like Dragon Slayer magic.
After a few seconds of glowing, the claws moved back and Natsu had the information on how to place the book in it's separate dimension.
The book glowed red and then disappeared into it's pocket dimension.
Natsu then gave Thundreas a hug and then Igneel and Natsu flew off back to their original home.
They reached their old home after about 6 hours of flying and once they got there, the first thing they did was get the place looking good once again.
Then they got lunch and then they began to train.
Little did Natsu know these next two years would be the toughest years of training he has ever faced.
Time skip...Two years...
["Alright Natsu, show me the results of these last five years of training!"] Igneel roared out.
Natsu nodded and then showed off all of his spells, each one now being well over 25 times stronger than what they were before they began the new training.
Natsu himself was now ten years old and he had changed a little since he was eight.
Natsu now stood at 4 foot 10 inches and now weighed 85 pounds.
His salmon hair was now able to touch his shoulders if it ever went down, but it perpetually stood up in thick spikes.
Natsu now had an eight pack and his muscles were even more defined, he looked like a small body builder and had a body most men would kill for.
Natsu still had his torn tan shorts on.
Natsu and Igneel had spent the last two years increasing his magic container even more so he could use all of his spells one right after the other and still be able to stand and move.
It was bitter work, but the results were worth it, he now had magic levels that would make him the fifth Wizard Saint and he was only ten! He has many more years to grow and become even stronger.
Natsu just finished up with all his spells when he activated one of is two new forms.
Dragon Force.
Natsu was engulfed in a massive amount of golden flames and then he shouted out, "DRAGON FORCE!"
Natsu then showed off his newest Secret Slayer Art.
Natsu shouted out, "Hidden Fire Form: Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade!"
Natsu rocketed off towards a nearby peak and smashed right through it, causing the entire peak to explode in a massive explosion.
Natsu grinned, Phoenix Blade was by far one of his favorite moves, even though he could only access it in Dragon Force, meaning he couldn't use it whenever he wanted to, it could kill somebody.
Natsu then went back to Igneel, ho said, ["You have done well my son. You have mastered Dragon Force and can access it whenever you want to. Now all that remains is for you to show me if you have mastered Fire Dragon King Mode."]
Natsu nodded and then the golden flames disappeared from his body.
Natsu then closed his eyes and began to focus on his inner flame and began to feed it more and more energy.
The area around Natsu began to heat up quickly until after about thirty seconds, Natsu's form was consumed in a massive amount of golden fire that caused the surrounding 100 feet to burst in flames.
On Natsu's right arm is a tattoo. It is a dragon in shape, with four wings, two on either side of the body and another two below them. The dragon tattoo is known as the Fire Dragon King tattoo and can only be given to someone by Igneel, making that person a recipient of a lot of Igneel's power.
The tattoo is currently glowing bright red, showing that Natsu is currently in Fire Dragon King Mode.
Usually, Igneel's power would be used to power this mode, but Natsu wants to earn that much power, so Natsu is using his own magic to power this mode and eventually, this mode will be as powerful as it would be if Igneel was the one powering it.
Natsu then opened his eyes and showed that they had changed, they were now slitted and draconic is appearance, as now his sclera being yellow now and his pupils black, making his eyes look almost exactly the same to Igneel's.
Natsu then shouted out in a loud voice that was much deep, more animistic, as if spoken by a dragon, "FIRE DRAGON KING MODE!"
Natsu then yelled out, "FIRE DRAGON KING'S ROAR!"
Natsu bent his head back, took a deep breath and then threw his head forwards and unleashed a 50 meter wide golden fire breath attack that instantly vaporized a nearby stream due to the insane heat being produced.
The attack continued for about half a mile and carved a 20 foot deep trench where the breath attack had gone.
Natsu then ignited his fist with the golden flames and charged up the power to his fist for about 15 seconds and then shouted out, "FIRE DRAGON KING'S DEMOLITION FIST!"
Natsu then punched the ground underneath him, causing the hill he was standing on to explode in a shower of dirt and rocks.
Once the dust cleared, the 100 foot tall hill Natsu was standing on was now a 45 foot deep crater.
Natsu smiled, he had finally master Fire Dragon King's Demolition Fist, his second most powerful attack, next to Fire Dragon King's Roar of course.
Natsu then closed his eye's and after five seconds his Fire Dragon King's tattoo stopped glowing and then golden flames receded, leaving a slightly panting Natsu, Fire Dragon King Mode was his most power form and so it drained his magic extremely quickly.
Natsu turned to Igneel, who had a massive smile on his face and then Igneel said,["Natsu, five years ago you asked me to increase your training and I did. You have grown stronger than I could have ever imagined in such a short time. You now have power equal to 52% of my own and at the age of ten? That is nothing soft of astonishing. You have grown up into a fine young man, I have no doubt that you will continue to grow up into an amazing man and I know your dream of becoming the world's strongest mage is going to be a reality, for I know your drive. When life knocks you down, you get right back up, all the stronger. They can break your body, but your spirit is all, but unbreakable and that is your greatest strength. I know you will go on to do amazing things. You are the son of Igneel after all."]
Natsu smiled up to his father and said, "I couldn't have done it without you dad.
Igneel smiled down to his son and then said, ["Come, it is getting late, it's time for supper and then sleep."]
Natsu nodded and got onto his dad and they flew back to their cave.
Once their, Igneel then went and got supper.
After they had eaten, the two settled in for sleep, but Igneel couldn't sleep.
["It's time. I will have to leave Natsu, as will the other Dragons, they too will have to enter into their apprentices bodies to prevent them from turning into dragons. My son, I never wanted to leave you, but this is for the best. We cannot allow them to turn into monsters like Acnologia did all those years ago."] Igneel thought.
The mighty crimson red Fire Dragon King then turned and looked down at his son's sleeping form and couldn't help, but smile at him.
["This boy has gone through things that no child should have to and now he is going to lose his remaining family once again. I am so sorry Natsu. I could stop this I would, but I can't. I can only hope that you will one day forgive this old lizard for his mistakes. Goodbye, my son."] Igneel thought as his form began to glow and then he broke apart in red particles and then entered into Natsu's soul, where he began to create antibodies to keep Natsu from turning into a dragon.
Natsu slept through all of this, unaware that he is now alone for the second time in his life.
Time skip...
Natsu eventually woke up and saw that Igneel was not in the cave with him.
"Maybe he is out hunting." Natsu thought.
However, after four hours of waiting, Igneel did not come back and this caused Natsu to start to worry.
"Something must have gone wrong. I have to find him." Natsu thought in worry.
Natsu stepped out of the cave and shouted out, "IGNEEL! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
Natsu then sniffed the air, but there was no recent scents of Igneel that were not earlier than last night.
Natsu then began to run through the forest, shouting Igneel's name, trying to find his father.
However. after eight hours of searching, Natsu came back to the cave defeated.
Natsu sat down pressed his legs against his chest and wrapped his arms around his legs and began to cry.
Natsu was tired, hungry, scared, lonely and angry.
Natsu then saw a glint of metal in the back of the cave.
Feeling curiosity, Natsu walked to the back of the cave and once there, he found a large red and orange chest and had a sealed lock on the front with the Fire Dragon King's symbol on it.
Natsu pressed his thumb up against the seal and then the seal opened up and so did the chest, allowing Natsu to see what was inside the chest.
There was an entire outfit worth of clothing, some boots and finally, there was an envelope on top.
Natsu took hold of the envelope and opened it and began to read.
{"Dear Natsu,
If you are reading this letter, then I have left you.
I never wanted to do this, but I have no choice in this matter, I have to do this.
I know you must be feeling hurt, betrayed, lonely, even angry, but please allow me to explain myself, if you listen to this old lizard's words.
I am not with you, but I have never left you."}
Natsu looked at the letter with confusion, if Igneel had never left him, there where in the name of Ishgar is he? Natsu began to read once again.
{"You see, I have never left you because I am within you. More specifically, I am within your soul.
What I am doing there is of extreme importance. I am creating anti-bodies to prevent you from transforming into a dragon.
Yes, such a thing is possible. How do I know this you may ask? I have seen it happen.
During the Great Dragon Civil War, there were a number of Dragon Slayers in the conflict. The most ruthless of them all was Acnologia, he personally slew dozens of dragons and due to his massive usage of Dragon Slayer magic, he eventually became a dragon himself. He then stole the souls of many dragons, myself included. This lowered our powers many times, making it nigh impossible to stop Acnologia. Acnologia then took the title of Dragon King and that is a title he has earned, due to his immense strength, only I could possible stand up to him, but as I am right now, I would most certainly die.
I know you Natsu and so as your father, I order you to stay away from Acnologia. He is a lot stronger than you are currently, but I know that one day you shall be able to fight and slay him, but as you are right now, you are not yet ready to face him.
I think that is high time that you go rejoin society, you have spent far too long trapped in my dingy cave.
Meet new people, make friends, fall in love, make mistakes, have insane adventures, but most importantly, live like a DRAGON!
Show the world that special spark that I saw in your eye's all those years ago, show them who Natsu Dragneel, Son of Igneel, Prince of all Fire Dragons, can really do.
And one day, we shall meet again and be a family again, but until then, LIVE.
Before I leave, I want you two know two things:
One: I love you more than anything else.
Two: There is nothing that you can ever do that would make me stop loving you.
Until we meet again, my son.
Your father,
Igneel."}
Natsu reread the letter three times before he then fell to his knees with tears freely flowing down his face.
"Dad." He croaked out.
Natsu then remembered what his father had said and then he stood back up.
Natsu then reared his head back and yelled out, "I AM GOING TO SEE IGNEEL AGAIN AND WHEN I DO I AM GOING TO SHOW HIM HOW STRONG I AM! I SWEAR!"
Natsu then went back to the chest and put the cloths on himself and then went to the lake to see what he looks like.
Natsu now has on a black T-shirt with a red dragon's head on the chest, while a large black full body cloak with a red dragon on the back is also worn. He now has a pair of dark blue pant's on that go all the way to his ankles and he is also wearing a brown belt that has a silver belt buckle on it with a dragon symbol etched into it. He now has black combat boots on that have seven silver metal straps on them, he also has a pair of black fingerless combat gloves on that had a blue flame symbol on the top of the glove and finally, he has a white scaly scarf that is wrapped around his neck.
Natsu saw his reflection and said, "Damn, I look good."
Natsu then began to walk off, he was headed towards the sea, he didn't know why, but the sea was calling to him for some strange reason and he was following his instincts, unaware that when he got to the sea and reached his destination, he would find the most important person in his life.
Elsewhere...
In a dark, depressing dungeon, there sat a little girl.
She was a petite girl, had scrawny limbs, but that was probably due to her being kept as a slave.
She was the same height as Natsu, but had very little muscle mass on her body.
Her most prominent feature was her shoulder length scarlet red hair that would have been breathtaking if not for the dirt in it.
She had a faded blue work outfit on that had a few tears in it due to all the wear and tear that was placed upon it.
Her name is Erza Scarlet, a child from Rosemary Village, a place that has been burned to the ground due to Zeref cultist's raiding it and kidnapping all the children to be used as slave labor.
The year is X777, the day is July 7 and Erza and some of the other captives are thinking about starting a revolt to try and escape this hell-hole.
Erza is about to go to sleep when she felt something, something at the edge of her consciousness, telling her to hold off starting the revolt for a few more days and then help will arrive.
She doesn't know why, but she trusts this feeling and decides to wait a few more days for this help to arrive.
She then starts to fall asleep, but before she does, she whispers, "Please, whoever you are, please, help us escape. Please."
Erza then falls asleep, but she feels an emotion she has not felt since she arrived at the Tower of Heaven, she feels hope.
With Natsu...
Natsu is currently at his makeshift camp when he hears a soft whisper in his head saying, "Please, whoever you are, please, help us. Please."
Natsu instantly feels his heart quicken at the sound of this melodious voice and feels an unexplainable urge to defend this voice's owner to his last breath.
Natsu then whispers back, "I am coming and when I arrive, I swear I will fight to my last breath for you."
Natsu then eats the campfire and begins running towards the sea, not caring if he has to run all through the night, he just cares that he reaches the voice's owner soon.
Natsu and Erza don't know it yet, but their long fated meeting is about to take place and soon the Dragon will find his Knight and woe be anyone who hurts the Knight, for they shall feel the wrath of a angry dragon.
Those Zeref cultists won't know what hit them until it is all over.
There, the first chapter of this story is now complete.
I just want to say, I will not be accepting OC's into this story, this is an AU, but I want to only have cannon characters in here.
That being said, a number of the characters will be getting an increase in power or a change in personality. Those characters for a boost in power is: Natsu, Erza, Grey, Lucy, Wendy, and Gajeel.
Those with a slightly different attitude are: Gajeel and Laxus.
The pairings for this story are as follows: Natsu X Erza (My favorite), Grey X Juvia, Laxus X Cana, Mira X Freed, Gajeel X Levy and that's about it. If you want another pairing, just PM me and I may attempt to write them in.
If you have any comments, please PM me, I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts about my story.
Thank you.
This is Strikefreedom10, signing out.