CHAPTER 1: PROLOGUE

He had, finally, done it.

The son of the Fire Dragon King, Igneel, had defeated the enemy of all creation on Earthland.

Natsu Dragneel, brother of Zeref Dragneel, while also known as E.N.D., had defeated Acnologia.

Though, he didn 't do it alone, of course.

Another six Dragon Slayers were with him inside the dimension, where Acnologia's human form was waiting for them.

Outside of it, every single wizard was fighting against his Dragon form.

Yet, they managed to pull off a Fairy Sphere spell on it, because nothing else worked, no matter how hard they faught.

At the same time, however, this was what the Dragon Slayers were waiting for.

With Natsu being the only one left with enough power and resolve to fight, while also having extremelly rough time against the Dragon King, the spell managed to do its work.

And that was to keep Acnologia still and unable to use any kind of power. His Dragon form was connected to his humain one, whether in another dimension or not.

So, the other six Dragon Slayers (Laxus Dreyer-Lightning, Rogue Cheney-Shadow, Sting Eucliffe-White/Holy and Shadow, Wendy Marvell-Sky, Gajeel Redfox-Iron and Shadow, Eric/Cobra-Poison) projected the last of their remaining power to Natsu, in a last ditch effort to give him the much needed boost to end the war right then and there.

It worked.

Seeing that his friends worked in tantem with all they had, Natsu powered through his fatigue and, with his flames burning brighter and hotter than ever before, created a Secret Art on the spot.

The spell's name being Dragon Slayer Secret Art-Hidden Fire Form: Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon King Roaring Fist.

True to its name, a gigantic fist, the shape of a Dragon's, made up from Natsu's flames, fell upon a defiantly scowling Acnologia.

Its power was enough to completely vaporize the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse, in both dimensions.

Subconsciously, Natsu thought of how proud his foster father would for him and his friends, taking a great deal of satisfation at having taken his revenge for Igneel's death at the hands of the same man/Dragon/Dragon Slayer he had just killed.

There was one problem, though. And a big one at that.

While the war was over, Natsu's attack damaged the dimension.

Meaning that he, accidentally, created a black hole.

His fellow Dragon Slayers could only watch in shock and horror as the pinket was sucked in it, before it closed, follwed by themselves being transported back to Earthland and to their friends.

The explanation they had to give about Natsu's whereabouts when they were all reunited, was definetely a sad one.

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Natsu opened his eyes, feeling extremelly tired, famished and dirty.

Lucy and Erza would kick his butt for the last one.

He almost chuckled at the thought.

With no strength to lift himself up, he could only look wherever his eyes landed upon.

Up, left and right.

Immediately, the sight was quite a weird one.

Apart from the tall and strange trees, that made the scenery around him feel creepy, the sky was a strange green colour, without clouds, sun or moon, which didn 't help matters at all.

"Where am I?" he wondered, not expecting an answer, since his nose would definetely 'tell' him if somebody was near. "What kind of forest is this?" he continued his self-rant, not being able to take his eyes off of what he could actually see.

His nose, suddenly, twitched and tiredly turned his head to his right. It wasn 't a person that he smelt, but an animal.

Thankfully, it was a small one that appeared from the dark shadows, which made him feel at ease. He was in no condition to even stand, let alone fight against a wild, and possibly strong, animal.

Lastly, it had a very familiar shape, even if its scent was strange, yet dinstictively feminine.

"Hello there, little kitty...!" he actually tried to sound inviting as he smiled. Instead, he came off as dead tired and ready to fall into a coma for the next dacade.

True to his words, it was a cat of normal size. Though, it could be considered a little creepy as well. Its eyes were golden, staring right into his own, and its fur was as black as the night istelf.

From what he could tell, the cat, that was slowly aproaching him, had high intelligence. There was curiosity, suspicion and aprehension in its gaze.

It made him curious. Yet, for some unknown reason, he found himself wanting to reassure the animal about its wellbeing.

"Don 't worry, little girl...I 'm in no condition to even lift up my finger..." he said tiredly, trying to actually form a fist, while also making the cat stop its advance and staring at him even more intently, as well as taking a defensive stance.

Natsu failed at his attempt to close his fingers and smiled bitterly, the cat watching his every move, which he could feel. "See...? No reason to be afraid of me..." he murmured and closed his eyes, turning his head to the sky.

The cat, for its part, visibly relaxed after hearing him. Even more so when he turned away and confirming his revious words.

What Natsu didn 't know was that, even out of magic power, he radiated enough heat for even himself to be comfortable.

So, in a dark, creepy forest, where the sun and moon never shown, it made sense that there would be some cold.

In other words, the cat was attracted to the heat. Which was pure luck, considering that it was really close to where the pinket 'landed'.

The animal felt, also, lucky because its 'personal heater' didn 't seem to mind its presence. In fact, it seemed that he welcomed it. Meaning that, he had experience with cats.

Natsu felt the cat sniffing his outstretched arm and smiled softly.

Unavoidably, his thought went to his life-long partner/surrogate son, Happy. He smiled bitterly, somehow knowing in his gut that he would never see his 'lil' buddy' again. Nor the rest of his friends, for that matter.

Without him noticing, but the cat most certainly did, a stray tear ran down his right cheek and splashed to the ground.

It was with that last thought that he fell asleep.

And it was because of that, that he never saw the puff of purple smoke that engulfed the black cat right at that moment.

Neither that out of it came a drop-dead gorgeous young girl, dressed in a black yukata, tied with a golden obi on her thin waist. She, also, sported twin black tails, that were long enough to come from under her yukata and reach her mid-back. The tips of the tails were moving slowly as her golden, cat-like eyes gazed on his face, curiosity still being the main sentiment in them, while also displaying an unusual seriousness as they were narrowed. That is, after she inspected the rest of his body, subconsciously licking her lips at his well-toned lean and muscular figure.

She allowed herself to speak her thoughts about him aloud, since he seemed to be in deep sleep.

"How the hell is it that you feel like a human, a Demon and a Dragon, all the exact amount...? And how did you end up in the Familiar Forest in this shape...?"

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Author's Notes

And that 's the prologue of the story I 've wanted to write since 2 whole years ago...

So, yeah. Natsu ends up in the DxD universe, after his fight with Acnologia.

For the record, the latter is dead, so don 't expect him to make an appearance.

This story is some years before DxD cannon. About the time Kuroka escaped the Devils chasing her, after she killed her master.

Meeting Kuroka first is, literally, something that I made up on the spot.

I don 't know if you 'll like it, but I really hope you do.

Please, don 't ask for specific pairings. I have my reasons for this request. Also, don 't ask for yaoi, because I 'm not into it.

That goes for genderbent too.

And OCs. I really don 't like OCs.

I 'll try to keep the characters as they are, while adding Natsu's craziness into the mix, which, hopefully, will make this story interesting for you.

Of course, due to that, there will be adjustments, but not to the extreme.

Also, I haven 't decided whether to make Natsu a Devil or not. So, an opinion from you would be appreciated. Not just 'make him a Devil' or something along this line. Like this: 'make him a Devil because I hate Issei and Natsu would be funnier to be in Rias' peerage.'

Keep in mind that Natsu is, as Kuroka pointed out helpfully, 100% human, 100% Demon, 100% Dragon. Meening that he CAN be in Rias' peerage if I choose to. However, if that 's to happen, Issei will have to be killed off by Raynare, or saved and stay a human. Whether the brunet will have more important role afterwards, or not, is certainly depended on this decision - make Natsu a Devil or not.

Lastly, don 't expect regular updates. Not because I 'm lazy. My job and personal life take 98% of my time. The other 2% is my free time and sleep. Which might become even less, considering that I 'm planning on going to an island for work from April to October. That means that I won 't have my PC with me, nor internet to post anything. Also, I don 't have the patience to do that on my phone, so there 'll be six months without posting anything right off the bat. Only before and after, whenever I 'm capable of writing.

For those who don 't know, I 'm Greek, so expect some grammar and spelling mistakes down the road.

That 's it from me, for now.

Read, review, PM and have fun in your lives.