A Little Birdie Told Me...P
Right after the events of Tautarus, Natsu, Gray and Erza are caught in a De-aging spell! How will this affect the young mages? And why are Natsu and Gray so distant? Gruvia and Natza!
Inspired heavily by opening 19! Hope you like!
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Prologue
Destiny.
Was what was going through the heads of Natsu Dragneel and Gray Fullbuster, a whole day after the Tautarus problem. It was funny; they both had their own destinies intertwined. Natsu was supposed to kill Zeref while Gray had to finish off Natsu when he completed the task.
Though they know their purpose in the world, they don't know why they were supposed to be destined for something that holds no point.
'Who the hell am I.'
Well that's simple. Natsu is, Etherious Natsu Dragneel -END if you will- the strongest demon in the Books of Zeref. His best friend, Gray, is the Demon Slayer meant to slay him.
Fate is cruel while destiny is brutal.
They both thought they knew their identities but now...
"Natsu? Gray? You've been awfully quiet." Erza pointed out to the rivals. On the way to the guild, Team Natsu had met up and decided to walk together. Natsu and Gray wanted to be alone. They have to find themselves before they could interact with their friends. Especially with each other.
"Yeah." Lucy agreed. "Are you two okay?"
Gray wanted to yell. Of course he's not okay! Just learning that you have to kill your best friend if the Books of Zeref ever opens wouldn't make you the most talkative! But they don't know that.
They don't know who he is or Natsu for that matter. To them, they're still the Fire Dragon Slayer and Ice Make Mage. But to each other they're Fire Demon and Ice a Demon Slayer. At the same time though, they're still...
'Brothers...'
They remained quiet. They were too engrossed in their own thoughts. Happy tugged on the pinkettes vest to try to get his attention but to no avail. The trio was worried for their friends. Sure, Tautarus caused much pain to the Guild, leaving them embarrassed and weak- especially since they didn't take down their Master- but had the events really affected them that much?
Then, they realized that the two boys probably had the worst of all, including the other Dragon Slayers. Natsu literally watched his own father get torn in two while-they didn't get much info about- Gray actually had to fight his own. Juvia managed to find the chairman that was controlling Silver, which resulted in Gray's father's demise.
Zeref.
When Silver had transferred the Devil Slayer energy to his son, Natsu felt the energy of END being vacuumed into him. It resulted in both boys having black markings, most likely symbolizing their demon sides. Natsu had wrapped his whole arm in bandages while Gray made sure to keep his shirt on when he strips so they couldn't see his.
Soon after Zeref's departure in Cube, Natsu and Gray spotted each other. Each of them recognizing the black markings on the others arm, instantaneously. Before their reunion, the darkness that was now inputted into them was taking over, fast. Natsu had visions of himself, destroying everything in sight, including his nakama. Gray had seen himself preparing for the biggest fight of his life. Just as soon as they were going to clash...
The brothers spotted each other.
Then the evil that was consuming them stopped. Gray's permanent tattoo had stopped on the bottom of his left pectoral while Natsu's stopped on his shoulder. It was ironic really. On the inside, they're just the demon and the demon hunter while on the outside they're best friends.
Natsu grunted in response to the girl's questions while Gray continued to stare ahead, pants missing. He quickly retrieved them though.
"Please, we're trying to help guys." Lucy too lost someone dear to her. She will truly miss Aquarius.
"Why don't you guys just lay of-" The Maker Mage was interrupted by a rather witch-like voice.
"De-evolution Three!" The witch chanted above the Fairies. A purple magic seal appearing on her hands. A burst of purple lightning charging at them. Lucy along with Happy managed to escape in the nick of time while Gray, Natsu and Erza stood still. Natsu and Gray were still stuck in thought while Erza was pestering them to get out the way. And Erza being Erza, very loyal, stood next to her comrades and braced for impact.
Lucy and Happy heard the witch-like voice laugh maniacally as they coughed because of the thick layer of smoke.
"Oh no! Not again!" She heard what sounded like Gray but younger, even a little squeakier. Lucy gasped at what she saw when the smoke cleared.
"Ohmygod!"She screamed. "You're kids!"
What the hell is going on?
Just the prologue I'm starting with guys. I'm really amped up for this story! I ship Natza hard (it's my OTP) and I ship Gruvia fairly well so I was like …"Why not?" If you like the story, why not give it a review? It would mean the world to me!