A Second Chance 8
Lately I've been wanting to do everything Natear, Natza and Katsu...which is all I write about.
I've got a Oneshot comin thru on Katsu, a Natza story, another Natear story, an END story (with a whole lot of Tartoros) and I'm pretty sure thats gonna be a harem.
But to give you more detail, here's what their about, essentially.
The Natsu X Kagura is really about the day in lives of Natsu, Kagura, their teenage son, Mikon, and Happy.
The Natza is really just Natsu being sent to the tower of heaven. (I plan to have a lot of Ultear in that one).
Natear- Natsu in Grimoire Heart.
And finally the Tartoros story will actually be something deep. It will really consist of angst, loneliness and other moody feelings like that. Pairings will be Natsu X Erza, Ultear, Sayla and possibly Eileen.
Just to say, since Natsu will obviously be strong in the Tartoros story (cuz he's END), the only man that could rival his strength is Gray. Hey, if Mashima's gonna say Natsu's a fire demon and Gray's an Ice Devil Slayer, I'm gonna make them equals and rivals.
Besides, having a guy who would just blow away every character that faces him in a fight would be boringly. Plus, the Natsu and Gray rivalry is my fav..followed by Naruto and Sasuke.
Annnnd Ima stop now.
Read away.
"There was this one time where Happy-pfft-H-happy ate a-a-pfft!"
For the hundredth time, Natsu found himself being Ultear's personal blanket and pillow. The Salamander's head resting on his father's arm as she listened on as he told more stories of Fairy Tail, before Tenrou.
It fascinated her, seeing as the place she called home then was a dark guild, she didn't really have the type of life he had. Carefree and joyful, yet when you're feeling down, your guild mates would be there for you. Always.
She couldn't see anyone in Grimoire doing that except for Meredy and, on occasion, Hades. I mean, does Zancrow look like the type of person to console you? If you're idea of consoling is torture with the flames of a 'god', then you're right.
Flames~
"A-a giant m-m-mush-pfft! AHAHAHA!" He couldn't help himself with exploding with laughter. The memory was way too funny, excluding the part when it happened to him though, he didn't tell her that.
Natsu was explaining the story of when he, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Makarov and Happy went to this long forgotten city for some reason.
To be truthful, he forgot.
Anyway, apparently one thing led to another and Happy, Natsu and Gray developed mushrooms on their heads. The pinkette was laughing his ass off while Ultear was giggling, silently. Igneel smiled from his spot behind them. He always knew his brat would be alright, even if he was a little rowdy. That couldn't be helped though as he was raised by a dragon. How the hell would he act in a human civilization?
"But then droopy eyes said something so I kicked his ass."
Well, he attempted to. Gray was a fighter as well and he wouldn't let some pink haired punk think he could win a fight against him. Plus...
"That red head was there to keep you in check brat. You tried and failed."
Natsu scowled at the Fire Dragon while Ultear smiled. She already knew Erza would be there to keep them in their place. As she always did.
"Shut up old man! I'll show you that you tried and failed!"
Igneel squinted and tilted his head. "What?"
The purple haired Dragon Slayer shook her head as well. "That didn't make sense."
His attention was placed on her as he lifted his arms away from her, breaking their contact, and stood up at light speed, finally letting loose his rage. "You don't make sense!" He roared, pointing at her. Then he went back to screaming at the Crimson dragon, who had long before tuned him out. This only made the pinkettes anger soar as he jumped up and down trying to get his attention.
With a growl and a dark aura surrounding her, Natsu didn't notice the source of his impending doom right next to him. Old man tried to confuse him huh? Looks like he was going have to use his cunning and wits to get Igneel back.
Oh yes... all his cunning.
"You're an old man an-and you forget things because you're old!" Haha! Beat that Igneel!
Natsu Dragneel. Ending careers by the minute.
Sensing that his dad was not going to talk anytime soon, Natsu danced around happy. He showed him!
"That's right! Don't talk! You'll only hurt yourself mo-AGH!"
As fast as he got up earlier, he was back down twice as fast and once again felt legs wrapped around his own- a little tight for his liking- and his arms forcefully wrapped around her. Ultear growled as she felt him resist, but with a slight scowl and a glare, Natsu was trembling in complete, utter fear.
She clung to him tighter, making sure her message got across to him. "If you even think about moving, I'll make sure this will be your last memory. Understand?"
"UNDERSTAND?!" Her glare intensified- same as her voice. Natsu nodded his head until his neck felt like it was going to fall off. "AYE MA'AM!"
"Good." She was back to smiling, which scared the pinkette even more. The sudden mood swing almost made him want to cry and run to Gray for help.
Almost.
"Now you be a good blanket and keep me warm...move your arm, I need a pillow." The purplette snuggled deeper into him, causing a slight look of un-comfortability to wash over him. After almost two years of this going on, Natsu's brain finally asked the question he desperately needed to know.
"Wait...you're a Fire Dragon Slayer, why do you need a blanket?" His eyebrow rose as he turned his head to look at his element partner.
"B-because-...d-don't w-worry about it!" She hid her face to conceal her blush, not liking how he made her nervous to the point where she blushed like Juvia whenever Gray says 'I'm thirsty! You have any water?'
"Jeez fine. I was just asking a question! I'm okay with it but can you at least let me breathe!" He screamed, tired of what the outcome was during each and every time he woke up.
"What're you talking about?" She pouted cutely, knowing it was one of the pinkettes weaknesses, followed by red hair and books. She had the true cunning.
Natsu gulped. That face...is too cute! It's not fair! How could he look away from something like that? But even though his weakness was clearly exploited in front of him, the Salamander powered through.
"You're always hugging me too tight! If you want to hug me a little more while Ima sleep just tell me but last time I almost died!"
With her face now even more crimson than what it was originally, Ultear bit her lip, stopping her from saying something she didn't want to. Eventually, she released her lip and spoke, in stutters.
"Y-you're exaggerating!" She exclaimed as she sat up, not believing him. Natsu prepared to retort but a voice cut him off.
"I damn near had to give him CPR, but as a dragon, I cannot. You wouldn't let the hatchling go, but thankfully you did it yourself so the problem was averted."
It took a moment but Igneel's last sentence went to her brain.
"WHAT?!" 'I gave him CPR? So I kissed him..again?!'
"Oh...!" Natsu yelled. "Ultear saved me?"
Igneel nodded once more before closing his eyes.
"Oh...well never mind. Thanks for savin' me Ul!" It was as if every single light in Earthland suddenly glowed, rewarding his face, and her, with a beam.
She tried to smile, she really did, but the fact that her lips had touched Natsu's a second time shocked her still. It wasn't a bad thing, but it was still embarrassing. How the hell did she give him CPR while asleep?
"You know what?" Her trance was slightly broken as Natsu tapped her shoulder. "If you promise not to squeeze too much, you can hug me as much as you want!"
With eyes wider than the sun and a blush darker than blood, Ultear blacked out, falling into Natsu's arms. Said boy panicked.
"AHH! ULTEAR! WAKE UP!"
"Calm down Natsu." Igneel said calmly, taking the purplette from his arms and laying her down on his arm, his boy following suit. "She'll be fine when she wakes up but until then..."
"What dad?"
"Don't embarrass her again. She can't take anything you say without doing what the humans call blush. You're a weapon of sorts to her." His eyes widened at the last moment. He shouldn't have said that! He messed up! The almighty Fire Dragon King Igneel messed up! He had to stop him!
"Natsu don't-"
But it was too late.
"A weapon? I'ma weapon?!"
Damn.
•••
They were sparring.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Igneel took the pinkettes roar head on, slurping up the flames while evading an iron fist from Ultear. Since his eyes were on her he didn't realize Natsu was coming straight for him.
"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" His head slammed into the dragons neck, causing him to grunt in pain. His boys sheer power was immense! It will take time, but by the time the Dragon King festival draws near once again, Natsu might be able to slay a dragon.
As he stuttered back as Natsu flew the other way, Ultear jumped on his chest when he allowed fire to spew from it. Getting a boost from the pinkettes flames, she leaped from him- gathering flames in both of her hands and bringing them together over her head. As the flames grew, her eyes turned more dragon-like with slits similar to the resident Fire Dragon.
"Give me your strength, Natsu!" She roared, getting the pinkettes attention, whose eyes also turned dragon like. He grinned insolently as let loose a roar, aiming right at the great ball of fire above her. As soon as it came in contact with her flame, it tripled in size.
Igneel tried to fly to the sky to avoid the attack but the girl was too quick. Plus the sky wouldn't help him in this situation anyway.
"With the flames inherited directly from both Natsu and Igneel, I bring my two flames together!"
With little time, Ignnel countered with his roar. It was devastating, enough to burn normal mages alive with little issue, but knowing he was training with his children- who were Dragon Slayer's- he decided to go twenty-five percent.
His twenty-five percent were roaring flames of hell and burning a whole forest and maybe five or six towns.
The fire raced closer to her, causing her eyes to widened, but she closed them almost immediately. She trusted him.
"Natsu!" She screamed as Natsu appeared in front of her, consuming the Kings fire, pupils gone as the only part of his eyes visible was the whites. Igneel smirked as Natsu finished, a sense of pride washing over him.
'You've grown so strong. Both of you. You continue to surprise me every day Natsu, and I know that you will continue to do so.'
With an angry expression, most likely from heat of the battle, Natsu hovered with flames coming from the bottom of his feet. He raised himself until he was above Ultear's great ball of fire. Her expression was the same as Natsu, pissed.
The pinkette slowly allowed himself to sink into her flame, making the dragon raise his eye. This was new. Then again, with their teamwork, nothing should be surprising anymore.
"Lightning Flame Dragon Mode!" Natsu roared from his spot within the fire. Igneel put his guard up.
The Lightning he took from the Lightning Dragon Slayer mixed with his flames made him a threat that Dragons that were lower than himself fear. If he learned to harness that power, which Igneel's been teaching him how to do; he would be quite the threat.
Which he is now.
Ultear held the ball of fire and lightning in pain, but held it just so she could empty the last of her flames into it. When Natsu's lightning became too painful for her to handle, she threw it at the dragon with rage.
"FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT FLAME!"
The sphere of fire tripled him in size but he faced it head on. The real issue was the lightning. What was his brat-
"CRIMSON LOTUS: EXPLODING LIGHTNING SWORD HORN!"
He spun his way out the flame and collided directly at his father's torso causing a tiny grunt in pain to escape the Flame Dragon Kings mouth. Out of instinct, he caught his son who inflicted the tiny amount damage upon him as he fell from exhaustion. But the moment he did that, Ultear's globe of fire collided into him, catching him off guard and minorly knocking the breath out of him, but he recovered quickly.
Natsu woke to seeing Ultear's falling form. With a yell, Natsu leaped from his father's hand and flew toward Ultear. He grabbed her and held on to her tight as they descended. The closer they got to the ground the more Natsu knew it would hurt but the pinkette allowed his back to take the hit, just so she wouldn't get hurt.
That was the last thing Natsu saw before his vision went black.
When he awoke, he only felt the presence of one. He knew it was Ultear, since Igneel's presence was huge and his and the purplettes were normal.
'He probably went to go get food.' He concluded, opening his eyes after a while.
Ultear was staring at him while biting her lip softly, not enough to draw blood. She was worried for the boy, seeing as soon as he took the hit for her on the way down he passed out. She was just happy he was okay.
"Hey..." He grunted in pain. "You 'kay?"
"Me?!" She exclaimed, causing Natsu to wince slightly. "You're asking me if I'm okay?!"
Natsu concluded that she was pissed.
"Well..." He shakily tried to answer. "..yea-"
"Don't be an idiot!" She rammed her forehead into his with all the strength she could muster. Even though he was still holding her, she found a way to flex her limbs to where she was facing him. He removed his hands away from her back and clutched his head, the feeling of pain overwhelming him. "OW! What the heck?!"
"You're the one that took a fall from the clouds to protect me! Don't ask me if I'm alright!"
"But I was just-" He was once again interrupted.
"This isn't about me! I'm fine! My body may ache a little but you can barely move without wincing...are you alright?" She finally asked with a gentle tone. Natsu's ears perked slightly.
"Don't worry about me Ul!" He beamed, not wincing in pain this time. "I'm fine! Just happy you're alright!"
Upon hearing of his worrying for her, Ultear's eyes turned into slits- red pupil gone and swallowed by green.
"And why wouldn't I protect you? I just want to make sure you're always safe." He grinned slightly. "I'm getting stronger to protect you, Erza, Wendy, gramps, Lucy, Gray and everyone else in Fairy Tail. I'm making sure that those freakin' dragons won't hurt a hair on any of you!" He exclaimed, his face serious as ever.
Ultear's mouth opened slightly.
"And don't you worry! On the way there, I'll be there with you! We can protect each other as we live on."
His next sentence made her crazy.
"You mean a lot to me Ultear." He confessed, honestly. Everything he says to her is never a lie. Ever since they started this adventure, she was important to him. She was just as important to him as Erza or Wendy or even Fairy Tail.
She was special.
"Natsu..." She began, her dragon like eyes clear as day to him. Her sharp fangs exposed to him but didn't really think about that. He payed attention to her- her lips to be more exact- to see what she was going to say.
"...you..."
"What?" He urged her on.
Then finally, her dragon eyes were the only thing visible to him. He was slightly startled, but his curiosity was peeked so it didn't matter.
"I think..."
"You think what?"
Out of nowhere, she opened her mouth wide and brought her fangs down to the Salamander's neck, emitting a roar of pain from him.
"HOLY MOTHER OF SHIT!"
She pulled her fangs away from his neck and after a moment, her eyes went back to normal, revealing her deep shade of crimson eyes. She shook her head, trying to snap out of whatever trance she was in. When she stopped her eyes landed on Natsu- his expression kinda made her giggle- then his neck, which seemed to have two holes going through. She was about to fret over the wound, but the metallic taste that seemed to occupy her mouth took her attention- specifically, her fangs.
It took a moment.
"O-O-O-OH M-MY! I-I...D-DID I-I-"
"HOLY CRAP THAT HURT! Natsu screamed, not knowing at all what the purple haired girl just did.
"N-N- I...I-J-JU-JUST...!"
It was at that moment when Igneel returned with several carcasses in hand. Some Vulcan, some Wyvern and little half bodied deer, but that was all instantly dropped when he looked at the two scoundrels.
"YOU DIDN'T..." He began, flames seeping through his body.
On Natsu's neck was a tattoo of a Fire Dragon and on its chest was a clock but instead of the two hands going clockwise- it went the opposite. (I wonder why)
Now, Ultear wasn't dumb. She was clever enough to get by the Magic Council and work for them, while being a double agent working for the dark guild Grimoire Heart. She studied and memorized many magic books, learned a Lost Magic with little help from Hades, used her own creative strategy to break Jellal from prison and even conducted a plan to kill Rogue so his future self wouldn't bring harm to others in the future.
So when she looked at Natsu's neck, watched the tattoo appear on his neck, and the taste of blood lingering around her mouth she knew...
She mated with Natsu.
She fainted for the second time that week.
After a few hours of Ultear unconscious, she awoke to the sounds of the dragon and boy talking.
"Well I didn't know!"
"You do now!"
After hours of trying to explain the entire concept of mating, not the watered down version that Gajeel gave him, he finally understood, but his problem wasn't the actually never loving anyone other than that person again. It was the fact that getting bit hurt like hell.
The sound of fallen branches breaking broke the two from their bickering as they looked at the intruder.
Ultear's still held a face of uncertainty- her eyes looking down, trying their best not to meet Natsu's. She would deny that it was hard to do so.
"Hi Ultear!" He greeted ever so cheerfully.
"Er..." She began awkwardly. "H-hi...Natsu."
He frowned knowing that she still felt unsure about the whole deal. He decided to make her feel better.
"If it's alright with you Ul, I'll bite your neck so we can do that mate thing."
"Brat I swear to hell if you even think about doing that in my presence, I will rip your body in half, take out your intensities and feed them to the sharks."
For the third time, Ultear dropped unconscious while Natsu hid himself in the forest, screaming for his young, rage filled life.
A couple months later, July 6, X777
In the area the three called home; was home of something else as well. It belonged to two of the three occupants living there. And it was an argument.
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?!"
"I TOLD YOU ONCE, I CANNOT TELL YOU!"
"WHY NOT? IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONES STRONG ENOUGH TO FORCE YOU NOT TO TELL ME!"
Ultear tried to be the peacemaker but the sheer anger emitting from the two told her she wouldn't be able to stop much of anything, but she still did try. Natsu was on the dragon's giant snout as they both roared their incredible lungs out at each other.
"Hey, come on you two. You've been fighting over this for three days. All we can do is accept it Natsu." She tried to reason.
"I DON'T CARE!" He screamed before looking right at Igneel again. "LAST TIME YOU LEFT YOU DIDNT TELL ME AND I WAS REALLY SAD! THIS TIME IM GONNA FIND Ouu...t-"
Igneel lightly tapped the center of his hatchlings forehead with the tip of his claw, instantly making him sleep.
"Why'd you do that?" Ultear asked, walking to the pinkette and using her hand to go through his pink locks.
It was silent for a moment but he eventually answered.
"...It was starting to hurt."
When he awoke, Igneel would be gone but he will always in his heart. Same as Ultear's.
Always.
"If you want to talk on our last day, lets but please...let's not speak about him."
The purple haired girl nodded and softly let Natsu's head touch the ground. She followed him into the cave where they could talk.
She might be sad that he's going, but Natsu's depression about it could never reach hers.
But they will overcome it.
Together.
Well that's done. I wanted to go into more detail about Igneel and him leaving but I wanted to update this ASAP. Hope ya like it.
I just realized, Ultear passes out of whole lot in this chap. Oh well.
Next chapters gonna be fun.
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