Dragon Family Values

Disclaimer – I do not own Fairy Tail

Summary: This is pretty much a collection of drabbles using our favorite dragons: Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Sting, and Rogue. Possibly some Laxus. And anyone else who wants to join in.

Author's Note #1 – I'm using the 100 Theme Fanfiction Challenge for this collection. I thought it'd be something different.

Author's Note #2 – This collection will mostly be rated T, but some drabbles may be subject to change. I'll make sure to indicate the rating on each one.

Introduction (Rated T)

No one really knew what to expect when Sabertooth's Sting and Rogue entered the Fairy Tail guild about a month after the Grand Magic Games. And no one really knew what to do when Sting suddenly tackled Natsu to the ground in a giant hug, nearly squeezing the life out of him.

It wasn't until Erza cleared her throat that the guild sighed in relief. It seemed someone knew what to do.

Sting, startled out of his glomp-like reverie, sprung to his feet and gave a nervous laugh, his hand awkwardly scratching the back of his head. "Uh, hi."

Erza raised an eyebrow at him as Natsu got back to his feet, dusting off his pants. "May I inquire as to why you suddenly attacked one of my fellow guild mates?"

"Attacked?" Sting echoed glancing at Natsu. "I didn't attack anyone. Did I Natsu-nii?"

A pink hue stained Natsu's cheeks at the familial endearment while Rogue averted his eyes at his friend's disgraceful behavior. Honestly, had he no decorum whatsoever? They were in their former enemy's guild for crying out loud!

The requip mage's eyes narrowed. "Natsu…nii?" Her eyes flashed over to Natsu. "Explain."

It was the fire dragon-slayer's turn to scratch the back of his head awkwardly. "Um…well, you see…uh."

"If you can't spit it out, Salamander, I will," cut in Gajeel. "The Salamander, myself, Wendy, Sting, and Rogue—we were all raised by dragons. At the Grand Magic games, we connected kinda like real dragons do. Sting calls Natsu that now because he's probably the second oldest out of us. I think I'm actually the oldest. It's just a dragon family thing." Feeling that he'd clearly explained the situation, the iron dragon-slayer turned to leave, only to be interrupted by Levy.

"What do you mean you connected like real dragons do?" she asked curiously.

"Tch, you wouldn't understand," grumbled Gajeel.

"Maybe I can explain?" suggested Wendy hesitantly. "Since we were raised by dragons, what we lack in appearance, we make up for in ability and personality. Instinctually, we have a very structured social apparatus, which makes the five of us a…what would you call it?"

"A clan," Rogue offered.

Wendy smiled. "Yes. A clan. A grouping of dragons, or as is our case—dragon-slayers—is called a clan, which has a leader and a purpose. Natsu, being of royal descent, is technically our leader."

"Pfft," chuckled Gray. "You've gotta be kidding me. Flame-brain? Royalty?"

"Hey!" Sting cut in. "I don't see what's so funny. Igneel is King of the Fire Dragons and Natsu is his son. Put it together, would ya?"

Gray sobered up. "Wait! Are you serious?!" He looked at Natsu, who nodded hesitantly. "Well, they just give those titles out to anybody, don't they?"

"What's that supposed to mean, stupid stripper?!"

"Just what you think it does, ashbreath!"

"Boys!" Erza snapped. "I would like to hear the rest of Wendy's explanation. If you would, Wendy."

The young girl nodded and continued. "As I was saying, Natsu is technically the leader of our dragon clan. As such, we also have strong familial ties when together. Families have very close bonds."

"It didn't seem like that at the Grand Magic Games," muttered Lucy. However, Natsu caught her words.

"That was…a special circumstance," said Natsu. "We were trying to find our standing with each other."

"Standing?"

"Dragons are also divided into social classes," added Rogue quietly. "Lesser Class, Mid Class, and Greater Class. None of us are considered Lesser Class because that would consist of something along the lines of wild beasts, or something very primitive."

"We're technically Mid Class," said Sting. "All of us. At the Grand Magic Games, we were trying to overcome each other in an attempt to reach Greater Class. That standing still belongs to our dragon parents, who possess the greatest magical power of any mortal race. Considering we couldn't…defeat a dragon when we needed to, it became sort of a wakeup call that our battle for higher standing was all for nothing."

"We just ended up hurting our family," Natsu added solemnly. "It's just too bad we couldn't have all been together in the beginning, huh?"

The other dragon-slayers gazed at him sadly, knowing that in their hearts, they wished for that same thing.

"But we're together now, right?" said Sting cheerfully, trying to lighten the mood. "We're one big, happy family. So, who's up for a group hug?"

"No!" shouted Gajeel, looking embarrassed. "Count me out!"

"Rogue! If you would!"

The shadow dragon-slayer smirked. "Of course." Shadowy tendrils slithered across the guild and grabbed the other dragon-slayers, dragging them closer to himself and Sting, the latter of whom wrapped his arms around all members of his dragon family.

"Okay. You've had your touchy-feely moment, now let me go!" growled Gajeel as he struggled to free himself.

"Aw, Gajeel. You don't have to smell so embarrassed," taunted Natsu with a huge grin on his face, making everyone else in the guild laugh.

"Stop lying, Salamander! I'm nothing of the sort!"

As the dragon-slayers started squabbling with one another, Erza smiled. Perhaps something really good had come out of something so devastating. Her precious guild members had found a family amongst all the destruction at the Grand Magic Games, and it seemed that their bonds were deeper than anything she could possibly comprehend. And those bonds would only continue to grow.

"Oh, yeah?!" shouted Gajeel. "How about I take that strawberry cake and shove it up your fire-breathing ass!"

But sometimes, bonds were meant to be severed. "NO ONE LAYS A HAND ON THAT CAKE!"

Author's Note – I felt like this one got away from me. I hope the next one is better.

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