HELLO! I'm coming at ya with a whole new crossover everybody! …I know, I really need to stop, but with RWBY volume 4 already coming out and with my newfound writing ability growing…I just have to write this crossover! I'm so pumped to write this story!

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Fairy Tail. They each belong to their respective owners.

Outskirts of Patch

A calm wind blew through the dark woods that surrounded a little cottage. This little cottage, while still strong enough to endure many hardships from various Grimm, was home to just one man. Now this one man was no ordinary man. No, he was quite the unique man. One who prided himself on being exceptional…but at the same time hating himself for it. It was quite the conundrum the man had to often face, but he got through it like he did everything else. But like every man, or woman, this man had his secrets…a secret so vile…so disgusting…that if uttered it would cause him to spiral into a rage that could rock the very heavens themselves!

"Oh for fuck's sakes! I'm out of peanut butter?! Come on! Now how am I supposed to make my special peanut butter cookies?!" The man yelled from inside his little cottage.

…yes, this man, this "manly man", did indeed bake.

Inside the cottage, a man with a distinct hue of hair, salmon, slammed his hands against the counter inside his kitchen, taking careful measure not to destroy it like the last one. His current clothing consisted of a black and white scarf tied to his forehead, a plain black t-shirt, a pair of white trousers, and sandals. "Ugh…all I'm gonna here is complaining from her now. 'Natsu, you didn't put peanut butter in here! You always put peanut butter in here!' Geez…ah well. She'll just have to deal with it." Natsu said with a slight air of indifference. Looking at his clock near his television stand, Natsu slightly jumped up in the air. "Ah crap! I'm gonna be later for work!" He yelled, quickly untying the apron from his body and grabbed the other cookies he had finished. Turning off the oven and taking out the rest, Natsu quickly wrapped the cookies in foil, threw it in his knapsack, and headed out the door. It was an early morning, and there was still plenty of light out to shine through the various trees; dead, dying, and still quite vibrant. Natsu took a breath of fresh air as he began walking through the woods. Whistling a show tune he had heard on the radio a couple days prior, although he couldn't remember the particular name of the song, but decided he would just ask her when he saw her.

Crunch

A sudden noise rang out through the woods, prompting Natsu to take a sigh of annoyance. Turning around, he could see several Beowolves walking towards him. These ones were still novices and hadn't found the strength to put themselves upwards on their hind legs. "Alright, listen, we've done this a million times now. Or what at least seems like it and I'm getting pretty tired of it….like really tired of it!" Natsu growled, his eyes suddenly changing from a normal white to a darker black and red. One of the Beowolves growled at seeing his eyes change color, crawling closer to him. Damn…what the hell was he thinking? Of course, his demonic aura would just incite these monsters. Truth be told though, he wouldn't mind giving into his demonic urges and just pummel these creatures into mist like so many times before. Ever since he came here, these black and red creatures had been obsessed with him. Consistently stalking at him at every chance he got…like they were obsessed. 'Guess it makes sense why they would be….a demon doesn't necessarily have happy thoughts roamin' around in his head. Especially me…'

Sighing, Natsu forced his eyes back to their normal color and ignited his hands to try to ward off the beasts before they attacked, but it only angered them more. Seeing he had no choice, Natsu calmly unraveled his knapsack from his body and placed it on the ground. Natsu quickly got into a battle stance afterwards and rubbed his scarf for good luck. "You guys are gonna seriously regret this!" The dragon slayer roared, charging straight towards the Grimm. The lead Beowolf leapt forward, in the hopes of ripping open the man's jugular, but was blocked by Natsu's forearm, effectively burning its mouth. The Beowolf whined from the pain and was caught guard when it received a flaming fist straight through its stomach. The Grimm moaned as it disintegrated, forcing it's brethren to roar in despair at seeing its comrade die. "Hey, I said you would all regret this! Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu bellowed, spewing red-hot flames onto the rest of the Beowolves, causing most of them to retreat and the rest to disintegrate. Seeing the rest of his enemies run away, Natsu's flames ceased to exist and the dragon slayer sighed in relief. Adrenaline pumping through his veins, Natsu smiled as he felt the thrill of battle; a feeling that he hadn't felt in years. Remembering all those battle he had faced…caused his smile to fade and to remember where he really was…

Natsu heaved another sigh, however, this one of a different kind of tiredness. One of regret, remorse, and one he constantly sought to atone for. Grabbing his knapsack, Natsu slowly walked towards his workplace, this time without any semblance of enjoyment.

He had so much to atone for…

From Dust till Dawn

Standing outside his place of work, Natsu sighed again and willed his face into a grin before stepping inside. 'Today's a new day…let's take it one day at a time.' The door swung open as he walked inside, seeing numerous rows of stock that he himself had previously slaved over the day before. Hearing a grunt to his right, he saw his boss, an elderly man with the only hair he had growing from the back. "Hey, boss, I know I'm late, but there was this pack of Beowolves that surrounded me and-" He was interrupted by a twirling of his boss's index finger, to which he had translated to a "What's new?" sort of gesture. "I know I've said that a million times before, but I swear these damn things are freakin' obsessed with me or something!" Natsu yelled.

His boss merely stared at him and gave him a slight shrug. He then pointed to several boxes in the corner of the store, as a way of telling him to get to work. "Fine…but one of these days I'll find out why you don't talk." The fire mage grumbled, walking over to the fridge behind the counter, and placed the cookies in his knapsack on top of it. Natsu then opened the fridge to see if there was any milk inside and saw that there was about half a gallon left and sighed in relief. 'Well at least I'm good on milk. Maybe she'll forgive me then about the lack of peanut butter…' Shaking his head, Natsu quickly walked over to the boxes and got to work.

After about a couple hours of stocking and restocking, Natsu leaned on the counter at the front of the store. He then turned to his left to see a disapproving look from his boss, "Oh come on! I've been working nonstop because you always pull that 'my back hurts' crap!" Natsu shouted, getting a look of shock from his boss, which forced him to point at his wrinkles and balding head to emphasize why his back was always hurting. "Hey, man, I knew plenty of old men who could easily lift those tiny boxes over there. It's time you step up and quit complaining, huh?" The salmon-haired man teased. His boss replied to his answer by pulling out his next check and igniting a lighter right under it. "AAAAAAHHHH!" Natsu screamed, jumping forward and grabbed the check. "Are you crazy?! That's my food money! The sole reason why I'm working in this damn place is because I need the cash!" The dragon slayer growled, eliciting a slight chuckle from his employer.

Suddenly, the door immediately swung open and closed. Natsu turned to see who it was, but saw no one by the door. He then turned around to see his employer a shrugging of his shoulders. "Don't worry, if it's who I think it is, then I've got the perfect plan to weed her out." Natsu chuckled, walking over to his cookies and unwrapped them. "It's a shame no one's here to help me eat these cookies…why, if my stomach can't hold all of them, then I guess they'll just have to be…thrown away." He whispered to the "empty" room. A red blur then zoomed in front of him, revealing a cloaked figure who then swung its arms upwards and wobbled them eerily.

"Ooooooooo I am the ghost of Christmas cookies! Do not throw away my precious babies!" An eerie girly voice uttered, waving her arms around.

"Hey, Ruby." Natsu smiled, leaning against the counter.

The figure stopped waving her hands suddenly, but quickly resumed. "I-I have no idea what you are talking about, human! I am a ghost that haunts people who have the evil urge to destroy a precious source of enjoyment to me and everybody else who loves peanut buttery chocolate goodness!"

Natsu rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. "Yeah…hehe I sort of had to make these cookies without any peanut buttery goodness. My bad…"

"WHAT?! But how can you enjoy a chocolate cookie without any peanut butter to match the sugary goodness of chocolate!" The "ghost" yelled, waving her hands angrily.

"Oh…why you're right. Whatever was I thinking? I'm truly sorry, spirit. Please forgive me!" The dragon slayer said with faux sadness.

The figure immediately remembered what she was pretending to be and resumed the act. "U-Uh that's right! You must pay for your actions…by giving me the cookies!" She lunged for the sugary goodness, but hit the counter instead. The figure looked up to see Natsu holding up the cookies with his hands. "Hey! You know how short I am! Just give it! Give it!" The "spirit" whined, jumping up several times to try to grab the cookies, but failing every time.

"Why, what would a ghost need with cookies anyway? Your ethereal form couldn't possibly digest something solid like a cookie. It's quite a shame…and to think I made these cookies for dear…" Natsu chuckled, seeing the figure pull down her hood.

Dropping her hood, Ruby showed herself to be a young, silver-eyed girl dressed in a black blouse, a black waist cincher with red lacing and a skirt with red trimmings, completed by a red, hooded cloak. "RUBY! It's me, Ruby! Not a ghost! See!" She shouted, poking her hungry stomach. "Now give me the COOKIES!"

Natsu busted out laughing as he put down the cookie plate, finally allowing Ruby to gobble down the sugary goodness in all of its glory. Munching on the cookies, Ruby beamed as she finished all of the delicious little treats and ended her feat with a burp. "Hey, do you have any milk?" Ruby asked, ignoring the scene of social mores that just happened. Not even having the chance to answer, Ruby leapt over the counter and opened the fridge to grab the milk. "Never mind, I got it!" She beamed, opening the carton and chugging it. Natsu's boss could only shake his head at this disgusting show of a lack of social cues the girl had had since he first met her.

"Don't worry, boss. I'll pay for whatever she messes up." Natsu chuckled, eliciting a roll of his employer's eyes while he walked into his office, shutting the door to keep whatever these two numbskulls talked about out of his ears. Ruby finished all the milk in the carton and burped again, throwing the carton in the trash can near the counter. "Wow…you certainly are special." Natsu mumbled.

Ruby chuckled while rubbing her head. "Yeah…you're the only person who can say that without a hint of sarcasm. Or…maybe you did just say it and I didn't pick up on it. You know, I have a really hard time with that. Like…since birth. Yang said she used to always be sarcastic to me when I was a kid, but I never really got what she was really saying. I mean, what is the point of being sarcastic? Why can't you just say what you really mean? It's just so confusing! …you weren't being sarcastic, were you?" Ruby asked, innocence prevalent in her tone.

"No, Ruby, I was not being sarcastic. Now that you're here…wait, why the heck are you here? It's like 11 in the morning. Shouldn't you be in school?" Natsu asked.

Ruby rubbed her head awkwardly, "Well, I sorta…kinda…I mean technically…skipped school." She muttered that last part.

Natsu gasped as he heard that. "RUBY! Why…how could you! Knowledge is the key to salvation! It's the sole reason why we exist as a species and you should be ashamed for ditching school!"

The hooded girl took a few steps back at hearing the angry tone in her friend's voice. Why would he be so angry? Since the moment they had met, Natsu never really cared if she had ditched school and hung out with him at his work. Yang didn't even care. Sometimes she would ditch too and hang out with them. The only person who really cared was her father…at least, when he found out he did. So, why would Natsu suddenly be angry at her for…oh. "A-Are you being-"

"Sarcastic? Yes, I was." Natsu replied.

"Oh darn it! I should have known that! Ugh…being socially awkward sucks." Ruby bemoaned, lowering her body onto the ground depressingly.

Natsu chucked as he leaned down to pat Ruby on the head. "Hey, don't beat yourself up. Like I've told you a million times, who cares about what other people think? I certainly don't and your sister doesn't either."

"You guys don't get it. I NEED people to like me if I'm going to be a huntress. Otherwise, every time I come to save someone, I'll probably just be booed or something. But…it's not just that…I WANT people to like me. I know I'm not the most normal of people, but…why don't people like me?" Ruby whimpered, lowering her head dejectedly.

Natsu reached for Ruby, but was slightly taken aback by the girl's look of vulnerability. Usually, Ruby would just brush off any rejections or sadness with a sense of ease, but this time was different. Something was off… "H-Hey, Ruby, it's okay. Come on, you're a great girl. Just you wait! Soon enough people are gonna be lining up to be your friend once you become a famous huntress. They're gonna be all like, 'Oh my gosh, it's Ruby Rose! I want to be just like her when I grow up! And then all of my friends will be all like SUPER jealous of me! They'll be all like, "Oh my gosh! You're the next Ruby ROSE! No, I was gonna be the next Ruby Rose! Then, everybody would want to be my friend like her! This isn't fair like-" Natsu stopped when he saw Ruby laughing at his poor excuse for a girl's voice and wiped away the tears that were gathering in her eyes.

"Hahahaha….you do a terrible girl voice." Ruby laughed.

"Pshh…like it's any better than your guy's voice?" Natsu retorted.

"Hey, my guy's voice is like a bajillion times better than your high-pitched girl's voice!" The hooded girl replied back with a pout.

Natsu just waved her off and noticed her headphones. "Oh shoot! Hey, what was that song that we were listening to last week…it was like, 'This is the day we've waited for…' You know that song?"

Ruby scrunched her face in thought as she tried to remember what the two were listening to last week. Until suddenly, a light bulb went off in the store, that for some reason was off, signaling that Ruby had found the answer. "OOOO that was Casey Lee Williams' song! I was just listening to that on the way here! Isn't it just amazing!"

Natsu had been staring at that strange occurrence of the light bulb turning on, but just chalked it up to the crappy electricity. "Yeah! I was just whistling that on my way here too!"

Ruby beamed as she heard her only friend loved the song that she introduced to him. "Totally! She's my number one favorite artist right now. I always listen to her when I polish up Crescent Rose! It gets me super pumped!" She yelled, thrusting her sheathed weapon up in the air. Crescent Rose…her pride and beauty. One of Ruby's sole treasures besides her family, Natsu, and the cloak that resembled her mother's.

Natsu chuckled as he watched this upbeat girl ramble on about how her weapon had improved since the last time they saw each other…which was yesterday. Honestly, this girl was just a blast to be around. Most of the people on this little island were…well…boring to say the least. Not this girl though and certainly not her sister too. Nope, these two were the rare exception on this island, besides himself and all the Grimm that kept popping up, that were of a unique breed. "So, Rubes, what do you wanna do? Since you're now a wanted criminal for ditching…"

"Hey, I am not! It's not my fault school is so boring! If it was just weapons training, weapon building, weapon history, weapon repairs, weapon…hehe I think you kind of get where I'm going with this." Ruby giggled awkwardly.

"Yeah…still obsessed with weapons as always. Ah well, that's what makes you unique, Ruby. Don't ever forget that!" Natsu grinned, affectionately rubbing Ruby's head which causes the girl to flush embarrassingly.

The two continued to converse for what seemed like hours until Natsu looked at the clock to see that it was nearing three. "Uh oh. You better make it back to your school before Yang goes to pick you up. Otherwise-" A loud roaring noise was heard coming down the street, causing Natsu to cover his ears with his index fingers. "Too late."

A loud, black and yellow motorcycle suddenly parked outside the shop. The driver slowly hopped off of the motorcycle and pushed open the door to the shop. The driver was a beautiful blonde teenage girl who was wearing a tan vest with gold piping over a yellow low-cut crop top with a black crest that resembles a burning heart. The vest had puffy cap sleeves with black cuffs. On the sides of the cuffs, there are two small golden buttons. She wears a brown belt with a buckle, a pouch, and a small banner-like object. The same burning heart crest appears on this banner, except golden in color. She wears black shorts under her belt, which resembles a pleated skirt in the back. Over the short shorts but under the belt is a white asymmetrical back skirt. "I knew I'd find you hear! Tut tut Ruby, you know Dad is not gonna like that you cut school today." Yang teased, moving her finger side-to-side.

"Yang! Your ears must have been burning because we were just talking about you. Pretty suspicious if you ask me." The dragon slayer said with squinted eyes while rubbing his chin in thought.

Yang grinned as she shrugged her shoulders. "Of course you were talking about me. I mean, what can I say…I'm just so YANGtastic!" She grinned.

"Hmm…that was too easy." Natsu groaned.

"Man, and I thought I was embarrassing." Ruby mumbled.

"What?! Come on, I was thinking about that one on the way here! That pun is amazing! C'mon, Ruby, wasn't my pun great!" The blonde teen asked her sister.

Ruby looked behind her and looked back at Yang. "I'm sorry…do I know you?"

Natsu busted out laughing as he heard Ruby say that, holding his sides to keep his sides from splitting. Yang's jaw just dropped as she heard her own sister's betrayal of her, "You traitor!"

"I'm sorry, Yang…but that was bad. Really, really bad. Like…Dad's puns bad." Ruby shook her head with a sad smile.

The blonde huntress-in-training stumbled backwards as she heard what her sister said, holding onto the counter to keep herself from falling. "That…was the worst thing you can say to a pun master. To compare my puns with…his." Yang drooped down to the floor dejectedly as she thought about her Dad's terrible puns and shivered at the thought at ever being that bad at puns.

Rolling his eyes, Natsu grabbed ahold of Yang's arm and pulled up. "C'mon, Yang, stop being so melodramatic. Your dad has…perfectly acceptable puns…as long as your deaf or ok with pulling off your own ears that is." Natsu muttered.

"See! Even you think so too! Ugh…Dad should really just leave the ouns to the professionals." Yang said, crossing her arms under her ample bosom.

"Since when were you a professional?" Ruby asked, tilting her head.

"Hahahahahahaha! Oh my gosh, Ruby, you're the best!" The fire mage snickered.

"Alright, that's it! You're on your own tonight! I'm out!" Yang growled, turning around to walk out the door until Ruby jumped on her.

"NOOOOO! I hate walking home! I always get lost and have to ask for directions. And I hate talking to people…that I don't know…because sometimes they smell. And not the good kind of smell!" Ruby shouted, causing Natsu to cover her mouth.

"Could you be any louder?! Come on, Ruby, I need this job and if my boss ever utters the words, 'you're fired!' from his mouth, then I'm holding you responsible!" Natsu growled.

"Sorry." Ruby mumbled through his mouth, causing Natsu to take his hands off of her mouth.

"Alright then, Ruby. You can come back with me to the house…BUT, you have to listen to all my PUNtastic…puns!" Yang grinned, eliciting a groan from her little sister. "Oh…is that a no I hear?"

"NO! I mean…please take me with you." Ruby whispered.

Yang's grin broke a bit at hearing those words come out of Ruby's mouth. She never wanted to hear those words…she always would be there for Ruby. Always… "F-Fine. Guess I'll just let this slide this once. 'But never let anybody outside the Family know what you're thinking again.'" She said in an Italian accent.

Natsu clapped his hands together. "Nice! Godfather reference. I like it!"

Yang bowed. "Thank you. I just watched it last night. It was either that or study for Finals…I like to think I made the right decision."

"Ewww studying…I'd choose anything over that." Ruby moaned, sticking her tongue out.

"Yep. Hey, speaking of which, is a future Huntress currently standing in my shop?" Natsu grinned, until his boss poked his head out at hearing Natsu say it was his shop. "Ok, ok, our shop." His boss merely continued to stare at him. "FINE! Your shop! Are you happy, you old kook!" He screamed at him, getting his boss to grin and retreat back to his office. 'Dick…'

Yang rolled his eyes at her friend's weirdness. Although, that's what sort of drew herself to him so…hey she was sort of attracted to that sense of weirdness. Nothing wrong with that. Her eyes trailed down her friend's toned body, taking careful pleasure to remember every inch of him for her dreams tonight. Nope…nothing wrong with that at all. "Well…YES, I'm going to Beacon!" Yang shouted with glee, jumping up and down.

Natsu beamed as he grabbed ahold of Yang and spun her around, her legs wrapping themselves around his back as they jumped for joy. "Congratulations! Now I don't have to help you study anymore so…yay me too!" Ruby immediately joined the group celebration by hugging Natsu from behind while yelling 'No studying!' at the top of her lungs.

The group huddle broken, Ruby was still jumping for joy. "Awesome! My sister is going to Beacon! Oh man, just a couple more years and I'll get to go! Then, we could be roommates! Oh better yet! Natsu, you should come too! Although, you don't have a weapon, but we could make one together! OH MY GOSH, WE HAVE TO DO THAT!" Ruby screamed, forcing Yang and Natsu to shut her mouth. "Shorry." She mumbled.

Both of them sighed as they let go of her mouth. "Alright, well I head out in a week I think so we gotta plan something. What do you think, Natsu?" Yang smiled, rubbing her fingers across his chest seductively.

Natsu merely shrugged. "Hmm…I don't know. We could get something to eat or whatever. I know a great noodle place. Forgot what it's called, but it'll come to me."

Yang's eye slightly twitched as her advances were once again misinterpreted. Geez…did she have to spell it out for him? 'I like you, you big dolt!' Yeah…that could work. Not entirely romantic, but it would definitely get the job done. While this had her plan for a while now…there was always a problem that stuck her adorable little head in every time she got close…

"OOOOOO can I come! PLEASE! I promise I'll be super good! You won't even know I'm there! I promise!" Ruby begged, getting on her hands and knees.

Oh…how Yang wished she could believe that. Honestly, if her little sister had a crush on the boy too, then it wouldn't surprise her. Although, it was strange because Ruby had NEVER shown any interest in any sort of the opposite gender that it honestly worried her. Granted…she could be a lesbian, and there was nothing wrong with that at all. Yang herself was a little bisexual so why judge her sister for liking girls? Granted though, Ruby seemed to show a strange amount of affection for the salmon-haired boy so maybe her crush was there and her constant interference was just her subconscious at work. Shrugging her shoulders, she pushed that question out for another day. "Ok, Ruby, I think it's time we go. Dad is gonna kill us if we don't get in by curfew."

"Curfew? He still has that on you two? It's around 3 in the afternoon!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Yup…our Pops never changes. But we love that about him…while also hating that about him too. Oh well! C'mon, Ruby. Catch ya later, Natsu!" Yang said, walking outside towards her motorcycle.

Ruby was about to walk after her before turning around. "Hey, are you working tonight?"

"…Yes, and thank you for reminding me." Natsu sighed.

"You're welcome!" Ruby smiled, while causing Natsu to facepalm at Ruby's miss at another social cue. "Anyways…I just wanted to know because…I may come back tonight. I mean, even if you weren't here, then I would still come. B-But, I would like it if you were b-because you know…we're cool together." She chuckled to herself, while looking at her feet shyly.

Natsu shook his head in bemusement at this act of cuteness. "Yes, Ruby, I'll be here. Feel free to come whenever you like because…we're cool together." Natsu winked.

Ruby looked up and smiled as she heard that. "Great! I can't wait! See ya later!" She shouted in glee as she sprinted out the door and jumped onto Yang's motorcycle. 'Now ride, Bumblebee!" The cloaked girl screamed as the motorcycle roared to life and proceeded to drive them home.

The dragon slayer smiled as he watched them go and as he saw their figures disappear…dropped it. Sighing, Natsu slowly hobbled over to the boxes that he had to unpack and proceeded to unload everything that was trapped inside of it. Sure, his life wasn't the same as it once was… but hey…he was alive! Yup alive…still. Closing his eyes in pain, Natsu ceased to work and pushed his back against the wall. None of this felt right…something was missing. And he knew what that something was…but he couldn't get it back. No matter how hard he tried, it was gone for good. Even now, he could still hear the droning of his inner demon…whispering to him, but luckily he had learned to contain it, even if it was limited. But still…he missed adventures. He missed having friends to go on those adventures with. The funny thing was though that he could still do that…he had honestly nothing better to do now with his life. But…it always ended the same. No matter how much he wished it could change…and nothing could change that.

.OR COULD IT? Well…yes it will, but soon! In the next chapter! …if this gets popular enough. But nonetheless, I give you Remnants of a Demon! I've been wanting to do a Fairy TailxRWBY crossover for quite some time and now…I can! I can't wait to continue this! For this story, I'll be doing somewhat shorter chapters because since RWBY has only four volumes, I don't want to catch up too quickly. BUT, it gives me a chance to have fun with the characters so…WIN-WIN!

Anyways, as for the pairings, I gave some hints, or just outright told you, about some of the feelings some people had for Natsu…or might have. If you want to know the pairing, it's gonna be…A HAREM!

"Oh geez, another harem fanfic from you…of course!"

Hey hey, calm down over there. Now, yes I am a harem fanfic writer, but what's wrong with that? What I'm going to strive for in this story is a connective Polyamorous harem. Now, the polyamory will come from not just the girls falling in love with Natsu, but the girls also falling in love with…well the girls. So, it's gonna be like a mix of all the fan-favorite pairings, just with Natsu added in there. Now, the only thing I'm kind of unsure about is whether I should add Pyrrha into the harem. I mean, whomever I pair her up with….is gonna end up with a broken heart. So…yeah, I think I should leave that up to you. I'll make a poll as to who I should add Pyrrha with and hopefully I'll get a definitive answer from the poll!

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