Saving You

Sayla is a young girl who no longer has family. Shunned for a physical feature that she has, she is constantly harassed by the other people from her village. From there, she meets a young boy who is also without family. What will the two do? Natsu X Sayla. AU. May contain spoilers. Fem Gray because why not.

AN: I like pairing. I make story. Welcome to another one shot. Or is it? I don't know. I'll decide as I write. I recently began Cupid's Chocolates! It's pretty good. You should like, watch it. Like… Eventually.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" An eleven year old Natsu shouted as he torched the rioting people of a village he had wandered into. They had threatened to attack him because he was siding with the "demon" that lived in their village. His flames knocked some unconscious and caused the others to run away. He quickly melted the door and entered the house in an attempt to find the young girl they were terrorizing.

"Leave me alone!" She shouted. Suddenly, Natsu's body began betraying him and began to turn around to exit the house. Using his sheer will power, he was able to break free from this, and ran further into the house where he found a girl around his age. She had dark blue, beautiful long flowing hair. He then noticed what the villagers were talking about. She had small golden horns.

"I'm not here to hurt you." Natsu said with his hands up. "I just wanted to get you out of here so that these people don't hurt you anymore." He said to the girl. He could see how much she wanted to go with him. He could tell that she couldn't fully trust him yet, and that was why she hadn't sprung at the opportunity. "Look, I burnt some of the villagers just to get in here. Can you at least work with me?" He asked.

"Okay…" He heard. It was faint, but he heard it. He slowly walked towards the girl, hands still in the air. When he reached her, he slowly brought her into a small comforting hug, which she gladly accepted. She fell onto his shoulder crying. "W-why do they hate me so much? I never did anything to them, so why do they want me gone?" She said through sobs.

All Natsu could do was stroke her hair and pat her back to try to get her to calm down. "Shhh, it's alright. I'm here. We can leave this place, just you and me. I've been looking for my father, and by the look of it, you don't have anyone else left either." Natsu said.

"O-okay… Promise me you won't leave me." She said. "I promise with all my heart that I will never leave your side for as long as I live." Natsu said. "My name is Sayla… What's yours?" She asked after calming down. "Natsu Dragneel." He said with a smile. "I like your name." He said causing the girl to blush. "I like yours as well." She said shyly.

"Well then Sayla, how about we get out of here? Travel the country for a bit." He asked. "That sounds nice." She said before standing up. "Let's go."

2 Months Later

"What the heck is a guild?" Natsu asked the old short man in front of him. "You've never heard of a guild?" He asked. "No, I've been traveling the country with my friend and before that, lived with my dad in the forest. No one ever said anything about a guild." He stated. "Well my boy, a guild is made up of a group of people. Mine for instance is one of the most well known guilds, that puts family above all else. Think of it as a new family. A new place to start." He explained.

"So you want us to join your guild thingy?" Natsu asked. "Well, that's true, yes, but the end decision is up to you on whether you join or not." The old man explained. "Eh, I don't see why not. What about you, Sayla? Wanna join with me or go on exploring the world?" Natsu asked his companion. "Well, you're really the only person I have left… I'll join." She said. "Well then, children, I believe you'll have good company when you join. Quite a bunch of other members are around your age." Makarov explained as they walked down the streets of Magnolia en route to the Fairy Tail guildhall.

"Alright you brats, listen up!" Makarov yelled as he entered his guild. "We've got two new members joining!" He announced. "You know what that means, right?" He said with a grin. "Party and make them feel welcomed!" He yelled before the guild burst into cheers. The two were picked up and were brought over to a chair where a white haired girl was waiting for them.

The moment Natsu laid eyes on her, he could see the years of teasing he would get from this girl. "Welcome to the guild you two, before we start, don't let ol' tomato over there mess with your minds" she said with a smirk before getting out the guild stamps. Said girl heard her remark and was in her face immediately. "Mirajane Strauss, you take that back now you witch! Don't go around trying to make the new members think I'm evil!" The redhead yelled.

"Oh, you wanna fight you piece of scrap metal?" She asked before setting the stamps down and getting into the redhead's face. "Maybe I do? Got a problem with that?" She asked. Soon enough, the two girls were a ball of dust with stars coming out occasionally as they rolled around the guildhall.

"Yo, give me the stamp. I'll do it for you…" A brown haired girl said. "The name's Cana." She greeted. "Natsu Dragneel" he said with a smirk. "her name's Sayla. No last name." He told her. "So, where and what color do you want your guild mark?" She asked. "Red. Right shoulder." Natsu said. "Um, can I have it in scarlet on my right shoulder as well?" Sayla asked.

Cana did as asked, and moved onto her next question. "So, what type of magic do you two use?" Cana asked. "I'm not too sure on what it's called." Sayla said. "It allows me to force people to do things, though. The only person that's been able to resist it was Natsu when he found me." She said with a smile, looking at the pink haired boy.

"Woah, you can just say something and they'll do it?" Cana asked. "Yeah, but I have to actually use magical energy in order for it to work. Otherwise everything else is normal." Sayla said. This got the attention of Makarov. 'Thank Mavis the boy found her. Who knows what might've happened has she been left unattended? Would she have become a dark mage?' He thought to himself.

"And what about you, Natsu?" Cana asked. "Oh, I use Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. I have qualities of a dragon which allow me to manipulate fire in a way that no other fire mage can do. I can set my entire body on fire without it bothering me, I can eat flames for extra energy, or I can even fly, though not for long with flaming wings." He said before igniting his hand. "The fire burns things I want it to. That's why I won't suddenly go nude if I set my body ablaze when in battle." He said.

"Thank god… One exhibitionist is already enough…" Cana said with a facepalm. "Ayumi has a habit of stripping for whatever reason. She claims that it was her master's training, but I think she might be a closet pervert." She said with a shake of her head. "Who's Ayum- never mind…" Natsu said as he observed a dark blue haired girl stripped down to her bra and panties currently running from the redhead who seemed to have recovered from her fight with the white haired girl.

"You'll never catch me alive!" She yelled as she ran from the knight. "Ayumi, put on your clothes this instant! Have you no shame?!" The redhead yelled as she continued to run after the girl. She wasn't looking where she was going however, and ended up running into Natsu. "Ah, geez, watch where you're going ya pervert!" Natsu yelled as he pretty much threw her off of him. "The hell do you mean watch where I'm going? Watch where you're standing!" She yelled back. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" Natsu yelled. Before he knew it, he had a half naked girl up in his face. "What do you think it means you idiot?"

"Natsu, hold her so she can receive her punishment!" The redhead yelled as she charged. Natsu, being the good boy he was did as he was told, and lunged at the girl, bringing her to the ground. A small beating later, and Ayumi had her clothes back on, and Erza was introducing herself to Natsu. "I don't believe I've told you my name, but U heard your introduction to Cana. My name is Erza Scarlet." She said with her hand out. "What type of magic do you use? I only caught your name." She asked.

"Fire Dragon Slayer magic." Natsu replied. "Dragon slayer magic? What's that?" Erza asked. "Well, as the name implies, it's a type of magic that excels at taking down dragons." He explained only to hear a snort from Ayumi. "Dragon's don't exist you idiot." She said while her arms were crossed. "Oh you wanna bet?" Natsu asked with his face right in front of hers. "I lived with a dragon for the first 10 years of my life. I know what I'm talking about." He said.

He stepped back before setting his body aflame to prove his point. "How else would I be able to be completely fireproof?" He asked. "Pfft whatever. Still doesn't prove that dragon's exist." She said before unconsciously stripping her shirt before walking away.

"Anyway… What do you plan on doing? You came here with the purpose of?" Erza asked. "Well, the old man said it's sort of like a second family. Both me and Sayla don't have a family, so I was kind of happy about being able to have other people to call family." Natsu explained as he brought Sayla into a one armed hug causing the girl to blush.

"I also want to find my father." Natsu said. "I know he's out there somewhere. There's no way that a dragon like Igneel could die like that." He said. "I wish you luck in your goals, Natsu. What about you, Sayla? Care to demonstrate your magic?" Erza asked.

"Well, um, sure. Is it okay if I use you as an example?" She asked politely. "Well, I don't see why not." Erza said. "Erza, walk over to Natsu and… Oh, I don't know… Give him a hug?" Sayla said after not being able to think of anything else. Sure enough, Erza felt her body obeying to Sayla's command. She requipped back to normal clothing before hugging Natsu. 'He's warm…' Erza thought to herself as they hugged.

"Alright, now stop." Sayla said. Erza then felt herself able to release the hug, and did as so. She backed up and simply looked at Sayla in respect. "That's a very strong and useful magic, you know?" Erza commented. "Thanks…" Sayla said with a small blush from the praise.

"So, when can we take these job thingies?" Natsu asked. "I'm itching to get some stuff done. Standing around is too boring."

"Well, you simply need to take a request and have it approved by an s class wizard or the master." Erza explained. "So I just grab one of these paper thingies and bring it to gramps." Natsu said as more of a statement than a question. "Yep. That's about it. Good luck on your first job." Erza said with a small smile before going to fetch herself some strawberry cheesecake.

"So… Bandit control, delivery mission, escort mission, monster extermination, demolition, and… Gardening? The heck? Eh. Sayla, what do you wanna take?" Natsu asked his friend. "Well, I think a delivery mission would be easy for our first job." She stated. "Eh, I don't see why not. It's worth… 15000 jewels? For delivering an item? What do we even need to- oh. We're delivering a custom made sword." Natsu concluded as he read the report.

And so, Natsu had the job approved before he and Sayla headed out. "Sure is nice out today." Sayla commented at the relatively warm and sunny weather. "Eh, I guess you're right. Nice and bright. Just like fire." Natsu said as the two walked over to their designated item pick up. It was a mission from a local blacksmith, so they simply needed to locate the place in town. From there, they would need to travel to Crocus where a collector would pay them and take the sword.

It wasn't a difficult job. The most difficult part was the two train rides that they had to take. It ended up with Natsu pretty much on top of Sayla as he tried to not throw up. Of course, the physical contact caused Sayla to blush. It's not every day where your friend of the opposite gender is practically laying on top of you. Not to mention how she had always like the dragon slayer because of his attitude towards the world and others around him.

"Yo, we're back!" Natsu yelled as the two entered the guildhall. "Welcome back, Natsu. How'd the job go?" Makarov asked, hoping that nothing was destroyed as his mages had a knack of doing that. "Well, apart from those steel death traps, the job went down perfectly fine… Though there wasn't any fighting…" He said with a bored expression.

"Steel death traps?" The third master asked. "Yeah, you know… trains?" Natsu said. "You're afraid of trains?" Makarov asked. "No, not afraid. It's just… I can't really uh… hold myself together when I'm on one." Natsu said with a sheepish grin.

"Pfft, the so called 'son of a dragon' can't even handle a train?" Ayumi said, half naked. Of course, Natsu was quickly up in her face. "You don't see dragon's on trains, do you?!" Natsu yelled. "I don't see dragons at all!" Ayumi yelled back. "And these dragons you talk about are probably just some overgrown lizards!" She added. "Why you-" Natsu started before tackling Ayumi to the ground as a small brawl started between them. The other members couldn't help but facepalm at the sight of the two.

"Ayumi, put your clothes on immediately! And both of you stop fighting!" Erza yelled in an authoritative voice. Sure enough, Ayumi's clothes somehow were put on pretty much immediately and the two were interlocking arms. "Don't worry, Erza, we weren't fighting! Isn't that right, Natsu?" Ayumi said nervously. "Y-yeah! Of course f-friend, we weren't fighting at all! Just some friendly playing, right?" He said back, also extremely nervous. "Of course! That's what best friends do, right?"

This went on for quite sometime as the rest of the guild watched on, either amused or confused by their act.

Fairy Tail was certainly going to be a lot more interesting.

AN: Ayy, I decided that this is gonna be a full story, though I won't update it soon as I have other stories to update! Be prepared for those! First will be TLG, then FC, then ALF. Those haven't been updated in a while. Also, this is my 20th story! Whaddya know!? Thanks for all that have been with me since the beginning, or anyone, really. Shoutout to my most active readers, DraigTrueEmperor9 and Suppergoddad! Thanks for consistently reviewing and such. It kind of pushes me to put out more content, as I know for sure that people are reading these. I think it's safe to say that I'll be updating and posting a bit more often than in the past two months. CS:GO has taken up a bunch of my time, but I've decided that I'll make a lot more of an effort to update the story.

Last but not least, should I turn this story into a harem like most of my multi chapter stories?

My original idea was to keep it Natsu X Sayla, but I can mess with the plot line to accommodate Ayumi, Mira, Erza, and maybe some others like Kagura, Minerva, and such.

Song of the Story/Chapter (this'll change every chapter or story from now on. I have a lot of music that I'd like to share with others.):

Fortress (ft. Joni Fatora) By Illenium.

Category: Chillstep

Hope you enjoyed, and I'm out!

(P.S. MANGA SPOILER! SHE'S BACK, BITCHES! WOOOOOOO)

(P.P.S. ALSO MANGA SPOILER Lyon and future Lyredy shippers, don't you fucking think about it, dammit. pls no h8. I just don't like her shipped with other people cause am an Natsu fegboy. srry. I honestly think that Natsu is the only likable male character because of his attitude and because I'm a feg. no homo.)

(P.P.P.S. I don't read manga. I just heard about it and had to check it out to see if it was true.)

(P.P.P.P.S. P.P.P.S. isn't a real thing. It's supposed to stop at post-post script but we'll leave it at post-post-post-post script. It's getting a bit out of hand…)