"Okay so this is my Natsu X Angel/Sorano story re-written, I did this because the way I did it the first time around with making Natsu a devil and dragonslayer and starting it off at that early a stage in the timeline i just thought that the story would take too long to get up to the main point of the story even using time-skips so this is the story completely re-written taking place shortly after the end of Edolas arc. On a different note I decided to draw some of the images for my stories two of which are a drawing if Igneel which is currently my profile image and the other one of Acnologia, there are other drawings I have done I'm just waiting for the right story to use them anyway so I hope you enjoy this re-write .

"Natsu come here!" Master Makarov shouted across the guild while holding a piece of paper, a pink haired who would argue his hair was salmon came running over. He had short spiky pink hair, onyx coloured eyes, he wore a gold trimmed black open vest along with a white scale pattern scarf, a brown belt with a silver buckle and baggy ¾ length trousers and to complete the on sample wore black open toed sandals. This boy was the soul of Fairytail and his name was Natsu Dragneel, son of The Great and Almighty Igneel the flame dragon king and was a fire dragonslayer.

"Yo gramps what's up Gramps?" Natsu asked excitedly, Natsu the council has requested you help on a transport job there is no information on what they're transporting just that the last they tried to transport whatever it is they were attacked by a group of fire mages that why they are requesting you and you alone this means that you can't take you team not even Happy" Makarov explained to the dragonslayer in front of him.

"Okay so what's the reward for this mission?" Natsu asked curiously a little down trodden that he wasn't allowed to bring his best buddy with him, "I doesn't say, what it does say and if it wasn't a job specifically asking for you I wouldn't let go on it is that the job is S-class material so I assume the pay is negotiable, all you have to do Natsu is escort the transport from ERA to Mine town now go they're expecting you by tomorrow." Makarov said before giving the now very excited dragonslayer a dismissive and before the Makarov knew he was forgetting something Natsu had taken off so fast he left a after image of himself in place.

"Oh god what have I done, t-this is Natsu working for the c-council…..the money…" Makarov suddenly realised his mistake as his soul floated out from his body in a comical manner. "Master, Master, where is Natsu going?" Erza asked while shaking the small old man violently who could only give fragmented words "Natsu…S-class…council" Makarov managed to say mustering his remaining will power. "What we have to find him before it is too late" Erza said with authority in her voice as she gathered up her team but before she could leave with them she was stopped by a now fully recovered Makarov.

"Sorry Erza I can't let you go" Makarov said sternly as he removed his extended hand from the re-quip mage's shoulder. "Master how can you say that, Natsu isn't ready for S-class yet!" Erza replied in more of a shout gaining the attention of the other guild members specifically two white haired Strauss siblings. "What Natsu went on an S-class quest by himself?!" Lisanna shouted as she shook the only slightly drunk Makarov.

"Look I wanted to send someone with him but the damn council requested him by himself as there was information they couldn't afford being leaked if a team were to do the job" Makarov said he took a swig from his drink, "Besides the job is almost perfect for Natsu, apart from having to work for the council damn lazy numpties all he has to do is escort something from Era to Mine Town and prevent a group of fire mages from hijacking the caravan so all in all it's a pretty good job for him to do and it will be good experience before the S-class exams in a couple of weeks. He should be back in a week that's if he doesn't do something stupid like pick a fight with some of the council members hahaha…he wouldn't would he?" Makarov said in fatherly tone letting out a chuckle before immediately supressing it remembering who he was talking about.

The next day at Era

"Natsu Dragneel the council will now see you so please mind your tongue" a man dressed in the ruin knight's uniform wearing glasses with his black hair done up in a bun. "Sure, wait aren't you the guy who took Jellal away?" Natsu asked curiously thinking he recognised the man, "Yes I am my name is Lahar and had it been up to me I would have arrested you and everyone else in that ILLEGAL coalition of yours for getting involved with that vile fiend. But seeing as you took down one of the pillars of the Baram Alliance you were spared" Lahar confirmed for Natsu as he further went on to make his point at how he believed things should have went down and how he liked to do things by the book when he emphasised the word illegal.

Natsu had to supress the growl threatening to escape from his mouth, he wanted to punch this guy so badly but decided against because he remembered when he received 'that' as punishment the last time he was in Era trying to bust Erza from 'jail' so he could finish his fight and he definitely didn't want 'that' as punishment so he decided to suck it up and walk into the main council chambers.

"Natsu Dragneel the council has summoned you here today because we require your 'skills'" a large shadowed figure said from atop a large pedestal and even though Natsu couldn't see any of the council members' thought projections he could still tell that the voice belonged to that of an old man. "So old man what do I have to do?" Natsu asked bluntly with no hint of respect in his voice, "Mind your tone Dragneel!" The voice boomed causing the dragonslayer to jump a bit. "Sorry…then if you wouldn't mind telling me sir what is it that I have to guard during transportation?" Natsu asked this time with what you'd call a sarcastic respectful tone but knowing that that was the best they'd get from the fire mage they decided to let it slide.

This time a female voice spoke up one that Natsu could recognise as that of an old woman's voice similar to Porlyusica's, "As of late the council prison here in ERA has been attacked several times where they have been singling out the same prisoner's cell over and over again. The group in question responsible for the attacks is still unknown, the numbers fluctuate with each attack and we've only heard from eye witness reports that the majority are fire mages. This is why we need you , as a dragonslayer you have an immunity to fire magic and also have the ability to consume it to replenish your magic" the elderly woman's voice said in an exhausted tone.

"As you may be able to understand in these attacks other holding cells have been damaged allowing prisoners to escape luckily we've managed to recapture them but if we continue to keep their target here we are risking the chance of the other more dangerous prisoners escaping that is why we want your help in escorting this prisoner to the new prison that was built in Mine town. As of right now there are currently no prisoners there so there is no risk of prisoners escaping." The fist voice said but there was something about his voice he didn't trust, there was something evil hidden behind.

"What will you do with the prisoner if the prison in mine town were destroyed before we got there?" Natsu asked curiously but he felt disturbed when with his enhanced hearing picked up a silent chuckle which he recognised coming from the old man. "Should the inconceivable happen we will kill her" he replied simply greatly angering he dragonslayer in the way that he said it as if it was the easiest thing in the world. The council members despite only being thought projection could sense the magic along with the temperature rise in the room.

"Is there something you wish to say Dragneel?" the old man asked sarcastically as he had to stifle a chuckle, "Damn right there, how can you talk about killing someone so easily? Regardless if they're good or evil this is life we're talking about here, how are they supposed to atone for their sins if you won't allow them to live to do so? Huh?!" Natsu half asked half shouted as his magic mimicked his emotional state. "There are other options, did you even consider putting them under guild protection or observation while you rebuild the prison?" Natsu continued this time in a slightly more calm tone allowing his magic to dye down.

"Those sorts of thing are for the council and the council alone to decide boy, you Fairytail members are all the same. Now leave Dragneel the caravan is waiting for you." The old man replied with as much venom as he could. Resulting in Natsu leaving the room with a rather bad taste in his mouth, as soon as the doors to the council chambers closed the members of the council started conversing. "Do you really think this plan is the best way to go about things?" one member spoke up causing the old man from the beginning who was the chairman of the council to speak up. "I believe this to be the best way, Dragneel is a stupid, reckless and impulsive child making him easy to manipulate whatever way this plan works out it's a win situation for us." The chairman replied with an evil smirk before the council members' thought projection started flickering out of existence one by one.

With Natsu

Still rather furious Natsu wanted to get this job over and done with a quick as possible which he knew wasn't going to be very quick and the fact that he might have to ride on transportation added further to his discomfort. Still Natsu wanted to do this job properly and he was going to make sure that he got the prisoner to the prison safely, the way he said we'll kill her "Wait her? Who's her?" Natsu thought to himself but soon shrugged it aside when he realised he'd find out soon enough, that and Lahar was blocking his way holding out something for the slayer.

"The fuck is that?" Natsu said bluntly and although it aggravated him at how simple this man was he needed to let it go and put up with the dragonslayer for the next week for the councils plan to work. Which brings us to the next order of business, it was a well-known fact that Natsu Dragneel was the only dragonslayer (apart from a secret lightning dragonslayer who would be too proud to ever admit such a stupid weakness (for now anyway)) that had motion sickness so that is why the council had been over the last number of weeks while simultaneously fending off attacks had been combining all sorts of healing magics to create a single pill that could cure someone of motion sickness albeit temporarily.

Lahar knew that while there were secret motives behind getting the dragonslayer to do this mission the threat from the group of dark mages was quite real even if they did lie that there was only reports of fire magic. "Take this now, it will temporarily cure you of your motion sickness and may last from anything between a week and a month" Lahar said in a demanding tone while holding out a blue pill and while it was one worry off the dragonslayer's list it still didn't get rid of the feeling of discomfort, the same one he always had before some serious shit went down. Taking the pill he swallowed it quickly before proceeding to follow Lahar.

"So who am I helping you guys transport?" Natsu asked before they came to a stop in front of a small wooden carriage, "actually 'IT' is someone you know" Lahar said as he opened the door to reveal a familiar face to Natsu, "Salamander" the feminine voice said in surprise and confusion. "As you can see 'IT' has been the cause of our trouble so the faster we get 'IT' to Mine Town the better because all…" Lahar said making a hand gesture to the cuffed prisoner every time he said it but before he could continue Natsu was up in his face. "Stop calling her 'IT'! She has a name it is Angel so stop referring to her as if she isn't a person!" Natsu growled out while giving Lahar a death glare that could kill several men.

Angel could only stare in surprise at the man who used to be her enemy and couldn't help but blush at what he said, she didn't know why she got flustered all of a sudden but it felt nice to have someone talk up for her but it also felt weird for with that person as Salamander after all she only actually tried to kill the dragonslayer in their last encounter. Lahar just looked at Natsu with a distasteful look plastered on his. "Whether or not she is a person doesn't change the fact that her past crimes and actions have stripped her of the right to a name" Lahar spat out with venom before motioning a rather pissed of dragonslayer to the carriage.

"Okay before we get underway I'm going to cuff you to the prisoner and before you ask why it's an order from the council because they fear if the carriage is somehow destroyed in an attack that the prisoner will make a break for it" Lahar said with particular venom in the words the prisoner before cuffing the dragonslayer to the former member of Oracion Seis.

Natsu got into the carriage sitting opposite Angel in the rather cramped space before Lahar closed the doors and order his troops to move out. Now that Natsu actually had a good look at her he could see the subtle changes in her appearance the most noticeable one being her now slightly longer hair that was midway down her back but another not as noticeable but still rather disturbing change was that her skin was far paler than what a normal person's should be and she had definitely lost weight. "Why did you speak up like that for, we're enemies are we not?" Natsu heard Angel ask snapping him out of his observation.

"Well we were enemies, you're no longer a member of Oracion Seis besides I forgave you for trying to kill me ages ago. There was also something else I noticed back then" Natsu answered while closing his eyes in concentration. "What?" Angel asked nervously unable to decipher what he meant. "Well the way you talked about killing that Karen person from blue Pegasus and even the look in your eyes when tried to kill me it just screamed total discomfort" Natsu said in a neutral tone shocking Angel "You don't like killing do you…Angel?" Natsu asked sympathetically to a still shocked Angel.

"N-no, I don't but I feared Brain too much to do otherwise" Angel admitted in a timid voice, an awkward silence ensued between the two as the carriage continued to move along before Angel decided to speak up "T-thank you…for speaking up for me Salamander" Angel said shyly trying to avoid any awkward eye contact with the pinkette. "No problem, you actual seem like a pretty decent person, I mean sure you've killed but I'll let you in on a little secret that nobody in Fairytail knows not even the master" Natsu said gaining a surprised look on her face as she edged closer to the dragonslayer who did the same making the distance between the two almost non-existent.

"So have I" Natsu said in a solemn whisper just loud enough to hear but not enough do that others outside could hear, to say that the once stellar spirit mage was shocked was an understatement she wasn't even able to form words. "While I can never forgive myself I can put it behind me, move forward and atone for what I did" Natsu said while he put his hands together before placing his head onto them for support.

""I don't know what to say salamander other than I'm still curious as to why you took the mission after you found out it was me that you were guarding?" Angel asked curiously and then she noticed the look of anger on his face but it wasn't directed at her instead to Lahar who was riding atop a horse a bit away from them. Calming down before he spoke Natsu let out a sigh, "Even if I had have known it was you beforehand I still would have taken the job, but I then I heard what they planned to do to the prisoner should the prisoner be destroyed I had to do it, I wasn't going to let them kill you" Natsu said sternly as he looked Angel directly in the eyes.

"Maybe I'd just be better off dead" Angel said in an emotionless tone but was soon confused by the pinkettes actions. "Don't ever say that ever!" Natsu said sternly as he hugged Angel closely causing her face to take on a shade that rivalled that of a certain re-equip mage's hair. "S-salamander?" Angel asked in embarrassment and confusion. Grabbing both sides of her face and staring intently into her eyes Natsu said "Please don't say that, all life is precious that includes yours. Dying is a cowards way of running away from their sins, is there no purpose in your life? Is there not something you want more than anything else?" Natsu asked in a stern yet caring tone.

It took Angel a while to register everything he said and to calm down due to the way he was intently staring at her, she felt like his eyes was boring into her very soul. "My sister, before the tower I was separated from her. That's why I agreed to joining Brain and the Oracion Seis because he told me he would give me the power to find her as long I did what he said" Angel admitted getting a slight smile from the dragonslayer who had settle back down into his seat beside his pack.

"Then live for her, until the day you are finally able to find her" Natsu said in a gentle tone but Angel could only manage a sad smile, "Even if you say that I'm being imprisoned for life so I'll never be able to find her" Angel said in a sad tone starting to cry at the end. "I'll find her" Natsu said plainly instantly gaining Angel's attention. "What?" Angel asked in disbelief knowing exactly what he said but just wanting to clarify. "I said I'll find her…" Natsu repeated Natsu repeated but found himself stopped mid-sentence when Angel practically leapt across the small space between them tackling the dragonslayer causing him to lose his seating and somehow end up on the floor with Angel atop of him, her tears staining his jacket.

"Really Salamander you'll find her?" She asked almost in a tone that said you're not fucking with me right, now looking directly into Natsu's eyes with tears rolling down her face and a massive smile on her face causing the dragonslayer to blush and scratch the back of his head as getting flustered was a rare thing for the fire mage the only other people who could do that to him were the Strauss sisters. "Of course all I need is a name and by the way I'd prefer it if you would just call me Natsu only my enemies and asswholes call me by that and you're definitely aren't either of those" Natsu said before flashing his trademark grin and for a second the celestial spirit mage could have almost swore that her heart skipped a beat when she witnessed his smile.

"Yukino, her name is Yukino Aguria" Angel said regaining her composure that quickly fell apart when she noticed the position she was in and the scarlet red face the dragonslayer had, "H-h-h-hey d-don't go getting the w-wrong i-idea" Angel said in a rather embarrassed tone as she jumped back up onto her seat from the pairs straddling position. Once again an awkward silence filled the carriage for a few minutes allowing Natsu to pick up the familiar scent of ash and flames that told him the bandits were close.

"Hey Angel listen…" "Sorano" Angel interrupted gaining a confused look from the dragonslayer, "Only the other members of Oracion Seis and my enemies call me Angel and you're neither, my name is Sorano Aguria" Sorano said with a bit of a blush on her cheeks as apart from her family, Brain and most likely Cobra because of his super advanced hearing knew of her real name so Natsu was the first person she actually told about her real identity. "Huh that's a very pretty name, well then it's a pleasure to meet you Sorano" Natsu said offering the same smile as earlier causing Sorano to smile in return "It's very nice to meet you too Natsu and thank…" But Sorano was cut off by a deafening noise.

"BBBBBOOOOOMMMMM!"

A large explosion occurred near the area with carriage containing Natsu and Sorano sending it toppling and flipping in the direction of a cliff edge before finally falling over causing Lahar's eyes to widen in shock and fear while Angel according to the council was expendable the same couldn't be said about the dragonslayer because if he died doing a job for the council then it would result in an all-out war with Fairytail. "Shit this isn't going to plan" Lahar said as he parried his sword against another.

Inside the carriage a few seconds prior

"AHHHHHHH! Sorano screamed out as the explosion caused the carriage to flip wildly resulting in her and Natsu being tossed around the place while also sending her down memory lane of a few very unpleasant memories of the tower resulting in her curling in t a ball and stiffening. Catching a quick glimpse of the impending cliff Natsu did what came naturally taking Sorano in his arms he held her tightly before saying "Hang on to me Sorano!"

The carriage fell into a deep ravine with Natsu holding a still frozen traumatized Sorano very protectively. The carriage continued to fall further into the darkness of the ravine until Natsu couldn't take it anymore, he wasn't gonna let Sorano died because she had people that needed her to live, that and for some reason he couldn't stand the thought of Sorano dying and for another strange he felt almost connected to her. Natsu knew she wasn't as bad a person that people made her out to be all she really wanted was to be together with her family again at any cost and Natsu could relate to her on the same level, if there was any chance of reuniting with Igneel Natsu would have taken it no matter the cost.

"Fire Dragon Talon!" Natsu shouted out lighting his foot ablaze before you the spinning momentum he gained he spun around slamming the blazing foot into the side of the carriage cause the door of the carriage to explode outwards, then using his two feet shot out streams of fire propelling him and the still petrified Angel out of the carriage but was unable himself high enough to escape the ravine and could only use his flames to slow down his descent.

"Dammit! Why is this place so fucking deep?!" Natsu shouted out in frustration while Sorano pulled herself as tight as she could to the dragonslayer it was then that Natsu finally the bottom of the ravine was quickly approaching and from past experiences he knew how painful fail against water was at such speeds it was just as bad as falling from the same height and landing on concrete, so tried increasing the amount of flames from his feet but to no avail as there speed didn't decrease.

So instinctually Natsu turned his body so that his back was facing the impending river making sure he was going to take the brunt of the fall, "Shit this gonna hurt" Natsu mentally told himself before both he and Sorano mainly Natsu hit the surface of the water with what almost sounded like the braking of bones. Surface of the water rippled angrily as it slowly turned a crimson red colour staining a portion of the area where they landed in contrast to the crystal blue waters surrounding the area. A few moments passed before a concentrated area of bubble appeared and then from underneath the murky crimson red water Natsu burst out barely maintaining consciousness while Sorano lost hers upon the impact.

Natsu hauled his weary, bruised, aching and injured body over to the banks of the river every step he took sent a millions jolts of pain through his lower back but that could wait right now he needed to focus on protecting Sorano. Setting her down on a grassy patch of the bank Natsu checked all her vitals, "Breathing…ugh…normal, Heart rate a little high nothing to serious though and injuries minimal, a few bruises possible fractured wrist but overall she's fine thank Igneel." Natsu said breathing a sigh of relief before starting his own checking.

"Let's see don't need to check breathing and heart rate so injuries." Natsu said before moving his hand along his lower right side stopping when he felt something warm other than his skin at his touch. Taking his hand back Natsu could see it was coated in a thin layer of blood, "damn, two broken ribs on the right, one fractured on the left, a large gash on my lower right side and definitely some spinal damage that fuck for my advanced healing abilities although this s gonna take a while to heal…ahhhh" Natsu started in an annoyed tone before turning into a pained shout upon cauterizing the wound on his lower right side prevent any further blood loss and decreasing the risk of infection from anything that may have been in the water. His shout of pain caused Sorano to stir and look at the dragonslayer with half lidded eyes that just allowed her to the pained expression on his face

Turning his attention back to Sorano Natsu looked at the cuff connecting them together and started thinking about what the council had told him should the situation as it is gets any worse and Sorano's sister Yukino, clenching his fist Natsu came to a decision, "Alright Sorano I hope you can hear me because this will be your only chance to find Yukino and I'm sorry but it's the best I can do" Natsu said to a barely conscious Sorano before lighting his hand aflame and slamming it down on the joint connecting his cuff to her cuff, "Why?" was all she was able to say before succumbing to unconsciousness.

Meanwhile back at Fairytail

In the guild hall everything was normal and well that was the problem, no chairs, tables or bodies were flying through the air. The guild hall was silent apart form a few quiet conversations here and there but most out of place was a sullen team Natsu part from Gray that is. The team bar the ice make wizard were seated in their regular booth too worried to go on a mission to pass the time, but none more so than Erza. While she knew the dragonslayer was strong she just couldn't allow herself to believe Natsu was ready to be an S-class wizard.

"He's not ready, what if he gets hurt" Erza said under hr breath but it was still heard by the resident barmaid, "I didn't know you had a thing for Natsu Erza" Mirajane said causing the scarlet haired mage's face to mimic the colour of her hair, "D-don't be stupid Mira I'd never be interested in such indecent relationships" Erza replied rather shakily. "Oh but your face is saying different" Mira said in a teasing tone pointing to her nose.

Doing exactly as Mira did Erza brought her hand to her nose before pulling it away seeing blood staining her gauntleted fist causing steam to rise from the red head in embarrassment, "Anyway Erza just have a little faith would you, Natsu has done missions by himself that could easily be classed as S-class material, Natsu looks up to you so the fact that you keeping telling him and saying he isn't ready to be S-class really hurts his pride as a wizard." Mira said in a slightly aggravated tone as after losing her magic all Mira could do was man the bar she was able to watch the dragonslayer getting stronger, she could sense it and even when she still had her powers she knew that Natsu would soon surpass both her and Erza and quickly become S-class, so it annoyed her the scarlet mage kept putting Natsu down by saying such things as not being ready but in Mira's opinion Natsu was the most capable person in the guild to become S-class.

"Um Mira do you like Natsu?" Wendy asked shyly fidgeting with her thumbs in embarrassment at having asked such a question but Mira just smiled not being bothered by the personal question. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't but Natsu is a very sweet guy after all he helped me through the worst time in my life." Mira said in a fake love struck tone. Erza, Wendy and Lucy just looked at Mira in shock at what she had said so plainly, she had openly said that seamy or may not like Natsu but the way she said it made it sound like she was really taken by the pinkette.

Mora could see the reaction on the faces and couldn't help but want to have a bit of fun in this, "Well there's that and Natsu was my first time, I'll never forget how amazing he was" Mira continued with her S-class acting making her voice sound as dreamy as possible but saying it load enough for a lot of the guild to hear.

"WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTT!" they all yelled in a collective unison.

The guild's resident perverts Makarov included had spit out there drinks and were bailing their eyes out that Natsu had taken Mira first, (Like they even had a chance) "I'LL KILL YOU NATSU, IT'S NOT MANLY TO SLEEP WITH YOUR FRIENDS SISTER!" Elfman shouted out before stampeding out of the guild along with a mob carrying pitch forks, torches and an effigy of Natsu to burn while they went on the hunt for said man's blood.

Erza, Lucy, Wendy and Now Lisanna were gathered in the one spot jaws dropped at what Mira had confessed to, however Erza's shocked soon turned into a murderous but still jealous aura that rolled off her in waves "YOU WENCH! How dare you do such indecent thing with my… I mean a member of our team" Erza shouted in rage drawing her sword and pointing it at Mira. "Sis your joking right?" Lisanna asked still struggling to get over her shock.

"Aw is Erza jealous she didn't get to take Natsu's virginity?" Mira asked with an evil smile while she placed her head in the palm of her hand, "And I'm not Lisanna sorry but you were too slow I just couldn't wait any longer" Mira said in a neutral tone trying to contain the roars of laughter threatening to escape form her mouth. "You bitch I'll skin you!" Erza shouted out before jumping at the white haired barmaid but was stopped by a magic shockwave that sent her skidding back. Looking towards the source furiously she saw a slightly drunk Gildarts at the bar.

"Stay out of this Gildarts, she must paying for defying Natsu's innocence!" Erza said sternly while Gildarts just gave her a look that said 'are you shitting me', "Erza she obviously joking and besides Natsu's 'innocence' was destroyed long ago when we had 'the talk'." Gildarts said in a neutral voice just before Mirajane burst out in fits of laughter while she banged the palm of her hand against the counter top. "Hahahahaha…heh…heh…wow you should have seen the looks on your faces especially yours Erza" Mira managed to say in between fits of laughter.

Wendy, Lucy and Lisanna breathed a collective sigh of relief while one scarlet haired mage was still slightly livid about the stunt Mira just pulled. "Aw come on Erza don't be like that, I promise I won't steal 'your man'" Mira said in a sarcastic tone along with hand gestures for the 'your man' bit. Erza wanted to beat Mira up so bad and she would have but remembered it wasn't that long after Mira's powers had returned for the first time in two years so It wouldn't be fair on the waitress, secondly Gildarts was here and so was the master and even if they were completely out of it she knew she didn't want to get on their bad sides and lastly was Natsu, so she began to walk away with a rather furious expression on her face that made Mira think she went too far.

"If I were to hurt her I don't think Natsu would ever look at me the same way again and then there would be no hope for me and him" Erza thought to herself as she walked along the pathways of Magnolia a shade of pink gracing her cheeks when thinking about the last part causing her to stop where she stood "Natsu, do I really love you and in what way do you see me?" Erza asked herself aloud before another thought came to her mind "Jellal, great caught between two guys" Erza thought solemnly realising she was still in love with her childhood friend but also with Fairytail's resident fire breathing pinkette but unbeknownst to her a reporter from Sorcerer's Weekly happened to overhear the scarlet haired mage talking aloud about the dragonslayer and thinking he had scored a major scoop decided that he would try and follow the mighty Titania to get a few photos for his scoop.

Back with Natsu and Sorano

A few hours had passed since she had lost consciousness and now Sorano lay out on a grassy bank feeling a strange sensation of heat beside her that began to finally stir her from her unconscious state only to discover upon opening her eyes he source of the heat was not that of a fire but from the sleeping half naked dragonslayer beside her. Sorano's eyes were soon fixated on his well-toned muscular torso taking in every detail of his muscular chest to the minute finer details of the few scars covering his body, she couldn't help but slightly drool at the sight. It was only when he felt a pair of eyes locked onto him did Natsu finally start to wake up but seeing this Sorano quickly looked the other way.

"Hey you okay, you hungry or something?" Natsu asked while he stretched, "I'm okay, I'm not…" however before Sorano could finish a very large rumbling sound that would give Natsu's stomach a run for his money, Sorano covered her face in embarrassment but she didn't know why it never bothered her when it did this when she was a part of Oracion Seis. But when she expected Natsu to laugh all she heard was a grinding sound, turning around she saw Natsu had an angry expression plastered on his facing and was grinding his teeth. "I knew it" he spoke up in an angry tone "What do you mean?" Sorano asked with a puzzled expression on her face wondering if he was angry because she lied over something so stupid.

"I mean when I first saw you today, you've lost a lot of weight since the Nirvana incident so I take it those council bastards have been starving you for the last while in prison?" Natsu more stated than asked because he knew he was right the moment Sorano's confused face morphed into a sad one "Well then onto a brighter subject how about some food?" Natsu asked with a cheery tone, "Um Natsu where's your vest and how are we gonna get food down here.

"One I already got the food" Natsu said pointing to a giant fish that had several wooden spears put through it and must have easily been 9-10ft long "and two you're wearing it" Natsu continued but said the second part in a slightly more embarrassed tone, Sorano looked down and sure a god she was wearing his vest over the tattered prison rags she was given, she also noticed that her arms and legs were bandaged up, "Hey why am I bandaged up?" Sorano asked Natsu as he was slowly cooking the massive fish from all different angles with an appropriate amount of fire.

"Well after we fell I busted us out of the carriage, I don't know what happened but you stiffened up all of a sudden and curled into a ball. I couldn't get us back to the top so all I was able to do was take the impact for you, while I took the brunt of the fall you were still injured with nothing to serious but your wrist may be fractured, I'm just glad you weren't hurt to badly" Natsu said before flashing her his trademark smile causing Sorano to feel that same feeling again, the same one from earlier in the carriage except this time her stomach felt like it was full of butterflies and her heart started to beat faster.

"What's wrong with me" she thought to herself before being snapped out of her thoughts when Natsu handed her a bowl of only slightly charred fish smiling at her, "I know I'm not the best cook in the world but I bet it better than the whatever crap they gave you in prison" He said kindly with his fangs still showing which didn't help much in terms of decreasing her heart rate. Taking the bowl she leaned her head down causing her fringe to shadow over her eyes "Why?" Sorano asked her voice sounding broken and hoarse. "Huh?" Natsu simply replied unsure what she meant, "how, how can you be so kind to me after everything I've done, I tried to kill you and you risked your life to save me why? My life isn't worth saving…ow" She started in an angry yet confused tone but was halted when Natsu flicked her in the forehead before crouching down to her.

"Idiot, yes there is a certain point at which a life is too far gone in the darkness to turn back but you aren't one of them. You have a worthy purpose for which to live, you don't seek power for yourself, you sought out power to protect those you hold dear so yes your life is worth living Sorano" Natsu said a little irritated at the start but it turned into a more kind and caring one towards the end. Placing his hand on top of her head he gave her a small smile "Now eat up before it gets cold" Natsu said in kind tone before walking over to the to his pack hat he fished out of the river and drying it with his magic.

As he walked away Sorano tugged on his vest that she was wearing when a thought came to mind "It's warm" she thought before taking a bite of the fish. "Oh my god this is amazing!" Sorano shouted out in awe of how delicious a simple fish was, "What it's just fish" Natsu said slightly surprised by her over reaction, "Hey…you try eating… prison crap…starved…week" Sorano said in-between stuffing her mouth which in Natsu's opinion looked more like she was inhaling the fish and that she definitely would give him and happy a run for their money.

Meanwhile a few miles away from Natsu and Sorano a group of dark mages were circled around a tall cloaked man with a long silvery beard being the only visible facial feature but the magical aura he exuded was filled with anger and malice causing the group to cower in fear.

"What do you mean you lost her? Have you any idea how valuable she may be, according to my sources she may be a possible key I need to discover 'it'!" The man boomed, it was clear he was an elderly man by the tone of his voice but t commanded an authority to it. "N-no not exactly my lord, the Salamander and the target fell into a ravine but we saw fire so we assume that they are both alive somewhere down there were mounting a search team to go down there now" one of the men said the fear evident in his voice, luckily what he said pleased the cloaked figure as his magical presence faded. "Very well, this is a minor setback but I will give you a chance to redeem yourself providing that you succeed and bring her too me. A word of warning…don't underestimate Fairytail wizards especially the Salamander." The cloaked figure said before flickering out of existence revealing to all the mages that it was a thought projection and however it was must have been extremely powerful to have a thought projection that had a stronger magical than all of them.

"You heard the master get a move on find the target capture her and if the salamander gets in your way kill him!"

Chapter end

Well I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of my re-write. I really hate the fact I written and started so many new stories when my other ones aren't complete and I've got some many ideas like a Natsu and a fem Jellal story where Igneel leaves early and Natsu is taken to the tower for probably about a year or so, Erza would still be there but instead have a thing for Natsu and then because of some of that the canon events would be seriously changed while other only minor changes. Anyway I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.