Ire

Hours after the disappearance of Igneel, Natsu was captured and was forced to work as a slave. Day by day, he slowly begins to lose his will to live but a girl named Erza helps him keep it in tact. When a rebellion occurs and Jellal banishes them, Natsu promises to protect her with his life and get revenge on Jellal so her life wouldn't be plunged into the darkness like his has.

He had been wandering for quite some time now.

He was angry, oh so very angry. His expression that of a scowl he placed on his face when he continued to think and walk to his unknown destination. He was only...well, he didn't know how old he was because that damn dragon never told him. He knew he was young, younger than… that number. One of those numbers Igneel taught him. Was it three? No...two? It doesn't matter! Igneel taught him a lot of things! He just wasn't good with numbers...

The one having the emotional quarrel in his head was a little boy with spiky pink hair, dark onyx eyes and a scowl still plastered on his face. Wrapped around his neck comfortably was a scaly scarf he would claim his father gave to him. His chest was bare as he wore no shirt and his lower body consisted of black shorts that were a size too big for him- thankfully it had that thing where you could tie it up so they could fit but that didn't change the fact that the ends reached far below his knee caps.

Tears threatened to spill, and at the same time rain started to fall as he continued his way through the forest, not even bothering to avoid dead branches on the ground because each time his foot touched one they would burn to ash; not even giving time for the rain to cool it down itself.

"Where'd you go?" The pink headed boy cried to himself as the rain started to pour harder. He huffed a couple of times as he tried to steady his breathing; it worked to no avail and he found himself on his hands and knees struggling to breath. He choked on his sobs when he thought about his father again; abandoning him and not even saying goodbye.

Why did he have to do it? Huh? What was so freakin' important that he had to leave his kid all by himself? The only thing he left behind was a scarf. A scaly scarf that smelled so much like him, felt so much like him...

But it wasn't him.

"Dad!" He yelled, punching the ground with his tiny fist, ignoring the fact that the rain put out the growing fire under him. He screamed again, this time his tears flowing freely.

"IGNEEL!" He roared loudly, too lost in thought to see the trees blowing wildly and birds scattering off in random directions because of him.

"Did you hear that? It came from over here!"

Natsu turned sharply when he heard the voice of a human behind him, somewhere in the forest. The pinkette glared in their direction. Why we're humans in this forest? He and his dad had been occupying it for years and no one bothered to show up, why now. The first time he meets them of course would have to be the worst day of his young life.

The humans cut through a bush and soon enough, Natsu found himself face to face with several people, all wearing weird mask and clutching weapons.

"Ooh~ looky here! Looks like we got another brat!"

"Well the more the merrier! Besides..." One of them paused. "It would look bad on our part to leave a little boy in the woods. He could get hurt." He chuckled darkly.

Natsu didn't know why, but he did know that these people were not good, so he thought it over and planned his next move.

"What the hell are you doing here ya' weirdos?" He questioned, unknowingly stirring up anger within the men.

"Hey, I would watch my mouth if I were you brat. If you're lucky Zeref will forgive you for talking to your elders that way!" He laughed again.

'Zeref?' A question mark formed above the pinkettes head.

"Anyways, we don't have time for this. Get the kid and let's go." Their leader ordered, earning his a "Yes boss!" in return.

Two men came at him and that was the moment Natsu knew they were definitely of no good. Instead of fleeing and trying to hide like a normal kid, Natsu smirked challengingly and decided to fight back. He lit his fist ablaze and ran toward the man on his left, effectively kicking him in the knee causing him to grab it in pain. It was a bad move because as he did that, he was earned with a flaming uppercut from the flame-wielding boy, instantly knocking him out.

"What the hell?" A rather round guard screeched in shock. "What kind of magic is that?"

"The flame is wrapped around his fist and it's not even burning him? What is this kid?!"

"Quiet!" Their leader roared. He too was surprised to see the display of magic, but it didn't matter to him. "He's just a kid! The magic may be different but it's still very low! He's still nothing but a runt right now!"

Natsu narrowed his eyes in anger. "Hey! I'll show you a runt!" He charged at them.

He fought long and hard, bringing down three fourths of the platoon down but he was eventually knocked unconscious from behind. As the guards picked him up and hauled him to who-knows where, Natsu could only think of one thing in his unconscious state, tears dripping down his face as he did so.

'Igneel...'

•••

As the day began with its warm rays of sunlight seeping windows of the train, a very unlikely pair began to crawl themselves out of it. One was a blue cat with a white belly and the same color was the tip of his tail. He kept a green knapsack around his neck, covering a certain marking on his back.

"Natsu." He called out to someone in the train. "We have to go! The trains about to leave again!"

"I-I require a-a-assistance." The man now known as Natsu stuttered out, a certain green color adorned his entire face.

He was young, probably the age of eighteen, with spiky pink hair and onyx eyes. His attire consisted of a scaly looking scarf, a dark gray, skin tight tank with brown straps going in every direction on his chest, ending on his back, tightening something. He had red and white armor pieces on his shoulders and his elbows that were decorated to look like dragons, the same color gauntlets on his hands. On his side was a black metal scabbard that held a rather sharp looking sword. Placed on the blade of the sword was inscripted "King". Continuing on the man's appearance, a red belt held up all white trousers and finally black combat boots.

The most distinctive trait about the boy was the tattoo that covers his the length of his left arm, but most of it was covered thanks to his shoulder and elbow armor.

"Don't worry Natsu! I gotcha!" The cat gave him a thumbs up before grabbing his arms and, using all the strength his little arms could muster, pulled the pinkette out of the soon to be moving vehicle.

The moment he was outside, the pink headed man stood up and sighed, ignoring the after assault of motion sickness that always comes back at him. After waving it off, Natsu gave a tiny smile to the little blue feline.

"I appreciate your help, little buddy." Happy shook his head.

"Now now Natsu. What did I tell you? You don't have to thank me for little things like that! We're best friends!" The blue cat beamed at the man, who tried not to smile too bright, but it could not be helped. The little fur ball meant so much to him.

"I suppose you're right. And best friends always stick together, do they not?" His eyes followed his partner, who flew up until he landed on the pinkettes hair.

"Aye sir!"

Then the two began their journey through town.

•••

"What!?" A blonde squeaked out. Her brown eyes sparkled and her shoulder-length blonde hair, which was kept in a tail by a blue ribbon, bounced as she jumped in surprise. Her outfit consisted of a white zip up collared shirt with blue trimming and she wore a small blue skirt and a brown belt with a pair of black boots on her feet. "Did you say there is only one magic shop in this whole town?"

"Sorry little lady. The folk here are more fishing than magic folk. Most people in this town don't even know how to use magic. This shop could be called a passing through wizard shop." The old shop keeper told her.

The girl let out an exasperated sigh. "I came all the way here for nothing." The shop keeper noticed her pouting and since he didn't want to lose any business again, he decided to show her some of the "new" toys.

He pulled out a "Colors" magic good and explained that the young girls love it. "It lets you change the color of your clothes anytime you want!" He showed off how his clothes changed from a dirty yellow to purple with a rather unique show.

"I already have one of those. I just want some unique Gate Keys." She turned away, looking around the store. Her eyes landed on a silver key that had a picture of...A miniature version of Frosty the Snowman?

Weird.

"A little Doggie!" She shouted and was granted the shop keepers attention.

"It's not really powerful you see." "I know but I really really want it!"

"How much?!"

"20,000 jewel!"

It got quiet. Fast.

She creeped up closer to him but he didn't notice it. That or he was a perv and was expertly checking her out. Either way. "Excuse me but how much you say?"

"I said 20,000 jewel!" She sweat dropped.

It got quiet again. Faster.

She sat up on the counter and put her hand behind her head, her keys flinging, striking a pose."Ah, come on now Mister; how much is it really worth? Surely, you can cut me a deal!" She winked at him, not exactly knowing what to do afterwards. It was obvious from her little show that her seduction skills were mediocre at best.

"Tch, only a thousand jewel!" The blonde spoke angrily as she stomped off. "Stupid old bat must be blind! It worked every other time, why must he be different? There goes my pride...and sex appeal."

She stopped her stomping when she heard nearly a hundred fangirls screaming.

"Are you serious, he's really here?" The blonde turned around to see two girls squealing and making their way down stairs.

"SALAMANDER!"

Then, the blonde gasped in delight. "The wizard that uses fire magic that doesn't come from stores?! He's here?" She questioned. "Why would he be in a ragged up place like this?"

•••

"Hey Natsu?" Happy started, still sitting on the pinkettes head. Said pinkettes previous look of happiness was completely diminished and replaced by a scowl as the duo made their way through the town they were currently occupying. They were seemingly walking aimlessly, but Happy trusted Natsu's sense of direction and knew he wouldn't just start a journey not knowing where to go.

"Yes Happy?" The sword wielding man asked back, checking out his surroundings. The port town of Hargeon was as normal as ever. People from all kinds of places walked by, chatting away with others.

"Do you think this Salamander guy is Igneel?"

He stopped walking then, right in the middle of the road, his bangs shadowing his eyes. Happy looked down worriedly at his owner, thinking he upset him but frowned when felt Natsu grow a sad smile.

"No...he's not here. A dragon wouldn't just end up in a middle of some town. Especially Igneel. He always tried to avoid human civilization." Natsu answered. He sighed and continued his voyage into town.

"Don't worry Natsu! When we find him well all be just one happy family! You, me, Erza and Igneel!"

Before he could answer, Natsu was interrupted by a bunch of idiotic girls chanting the name Salamander. He couldn't even see who this 'Salamander' was because of said idiots.

"Hey..." Happy growled, suddenly on edge. "I don't know why their calling some guy Salamander when the real one is right here!"

"..." Natsu didn't say anything but continued in his path...which was through the fangirls. He was trying to be proper, saying "excuse" and "pardon me" so he could get through without trouble but that didn't work, so he resorted to just pushing through without saying those. He didn't even need to thrash around as he was suddenly pushed in the middle of the crowd.

Everyone was silent.

The 'Salamander' was a relatively tall and slim man with short, spiky hair jutting outwards, with a long fringe left hanging over the upper left part of his face. His hair was the color of dark blue and his eyes were brown. His most distinctive facial feature was the dark tattoo covering the right part of his forehead, just above his right eyebrow that resembled a horizontal pair of tongs. His attire consisted of a simple short sleeved shirt and pants that were held up by a belt. To top it off, a dark blue, high collared cape around his neck.

"Tch." Was the only thing Natsu said before continuing his voyage through the other side of the fan girl circle.

'Salamander' jumped back in surprise as the boy continued walking. The blue cat on his hair giving the man a death look and stuck his tongue at him. The girls surrounding the Salamander all screamed in rage and went to attack the pinkette. One went in to tackle him from behind but he pivoted and turned his body so it was facing the man again, causing the girl that jumped at him to miss and crash near some garbage. Two more girls ran at him at top speed but Natsu grabbed their fist as they threw them backwards and tossed them where the first girl went.

"What th- Hey kid? What the hell do you think you're doing?" The blue haired man yelled in surprise.

Natsu scowl deepened as he took his "King" from his holster and sliced through the air, effectively hitting and breaking something hard.

'Salamander' cowered in fright, thinking this his last day alive but when the blade in the pinkettes hand hit his own, he looked in surprise. Natsu retracted the sword and put it back in his scabbard as the other man looked at his hand in shock.

The magical ring that he kept on his finger to attract all these women to him was broken into many part and started crumbling to the ground. As soon as the act took place, the girls in the crowd shook their heads, confused as to what was going on. When moved on from initial shock, the blue haired man glared at Natsu.

"What did you do!?"

Natsu's face turned emotionless. "Just doing these girls a favor. They don't need to pay attention to some poser like you, who uses Charm Magic to get their attention. You're scum." He scoffed disgusted.

"P-poser?! Who are you calling a poser kid? I'm the Salamander!"

The onyx eyed man looked at him for a moment before walking away, not really caring. "If you want to be, then go ahead. No one's stopping you. But be warned, there's not a lot of people in the world that particularly like the Salamander." And with that, he continued walking, carrying on with his day, his cat looking down on him worryingly.

The fake Salamander growled. He wanted to go after that know it all punk but he had other issues to solve. Like getting all those girls back.

"Wait ladies! Come back!"

A certain blonde haired girl glared at him before running off to catch the duo that had just left.

"Hey! Wait up!" She called out to them. The pinkette stopped and briefly glanced at the blonde. "Yes? Is there something you need?"

Lucy shivered. There was something about his voice that made him seem obscure; like there was a certain darkness residing in him. She shook it off for the moment.

"Uh..uh..." She laughed nervously. Why couldn't she come up with words to speak to this guy?

The boy shook his head and continued walking. "If you don't have any further words to speak with, we'll be going now." The cat on his head nodding his head.

"W-wait! I just wanted to thank you for stopping that guy with the Charm magic and maybe I could take you out to eat to thank you." She asked with a friendly smile, despite the man's dark aura.

"What like a date?" Happy questioned cheekily. Lucy's pale visage turned bright red.

"No! N-nothing like that!" She shook her head ferociously. "I just wanted to thank y-"

"Sorry, we have other things to-"

"Aw come on Natsu!" Happy chimed. "We've been out since last night and we haven't ate a thing! I've never gone without fish for that long!" His expression turned to that of desperation.

Natsu tried to come up with something to get out of this situation but realized he lost this little quarrel. He turned around and shook his head.

"Very well." Lucy smiled and led the way to the restaurant.

•••

"My names Lucy! It's nice to meet you." The blonde introduced herself when they sat down at the restaurant near the ocean.

"Heya Lucy! I'm Happy and this is Natsu!" Happy introduce the two of them munching on a fish. Natsu simply nodded his head, looking outside afterwards. Lucy's eyebrows furrowed in thought.

"...Natsu...I know I've heard that name before but where?" She put her index finger on her chin. "Hmm..."

Natsu held back the urge to roll his eyes. "I suppose Natsu isn't that uncommon of a name."

Lucy thought about before shrugging her shoulders. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Anyways, that Salamander guy was using illegal magic, a charm spell, making the girls think they were in love with him. They have the power to attract people to you against their own will. The funny thing about it is that they've been banned for years. He must have to be some big creep to get a pair to get his filthy hands on it!" She continued.

"I fell victim to his spell but I snapped out of my daze thanks to you two. Thanks a million!"

"Aye!" Happy said. "But I didn't do much. It was all thanks to Natsu. His senses are way better than mine are."

Natsu, not paying attention to their conversation, simply kept staring out the window.

"Oh really? How did you know he had the Charm Ring? Are you wizards?"

"Yup!" The feline exclaimed. Natsu decided now was the time to actually pay attention to their little chat.

"That's so cool! This is the first time I met real wizard since I left!" Her expression turned to one of sadness for a moment but it quickly flipped again. She wanted to talk to actual wizards!

"What kind of magic do you use?" She questioned as her eyes turned into stars.

"Well, I can fly but I'm also working on Transformation! It's really hard though." He said before calling the waiter, ordering even more fish. "Natsu uses a rare type of magic called Dragon Slayer magic!"

"Really?" Lucy eyed Natsu, wondering why he wasn't telling her this. He briefly looked away from Happy to look at her. After a moment, he nodded and looked back at Happy. 'What's that supposed to mean?!'

"Aye! It allows him to take the qualities from a dragon! Well in his case, a Fire Dragon!"

Lucy's eyes began to shine. "That's amazing! How'd you learn it?"

Natsu took this time to interrupt Happy, seeing as he was going to give away personal information. "I was born with it." He casually told, ignoring Lucy's gaping mouth. It was a lie, but he didn't care. It wasn't any of her business.

"You were born with that type of magic? That's insane!" He shrugged.

"I know you might not believe it but I'm a wizard myself! Thing is I haven't joined a guild yet or anything." Lucy explained. "But the guild I'm gonna join, Fairy Tail, is the best guild ever! When I join, I'm gonna take a bunch of jobs, go on crazy adventures and meet lots of new friends!"

Happy snickered behind his paws. "Well *snicker * good luck with that!"

Lucy ignored him. "I'm actually a Celestial Spirit Mage!" Natsu attention turned to her immediately.

"You're a Celestial Spirit Mage?" She nodded. "That is quite impressive. You are the first I've met that possesses that type of magic." He spoke monotonously but he was still quite amazed at how she herself held magic that's full potential was quite unknown.

"Oh..." She blushed. "Thank you."

"Do you have any golden keys?"

Lucy blinked. He knew about what types of keys there were? He must've studied the magic.

"Yup!" She exclaimed happily. "I have a Taurus- the Golden Bull, Cancer- the Giant Crab, and-"

"A GIANT CRAB!?" Happy screamed. "Is it good? I bet it taste like fish!"

The blondes face dropped. "He's not for eatin, cat!"

She kept going as if she wasn't interrupted. "And Aquarius- the Water bearer." Natsu merely hmm'd, no longer interested but still surprised nevertheless.

"But I'm also working on a second magic! I don't know what it is but when I find out what I want to do, I'm going to become an expert!" She grinned at them confidently. Natsu, once more, resisted the ever so growing feeling of rolling his eyes.

"Well, Natsu here has-" Happy was cut short of his sentence when the pinkette suddenly grabbed him by his knapsack.

"We're leaving." He abruptly stated, putting a few jewels on the counter and walking away. "I apologize if there was any inconvenience." And with that they left.

Lucy stared dumbfounded for a moment before shaking her head slowly.

'Well that was strange...'

•••

We begin this next part of our story with a chuckle from the blonde Mage that ate with Natsu and Happy. "Wow, Fairy Tail's at it again I see! Devon Bandit Clan wiped out, seven homes destroyed? Talk about going overboard!"

She turned to the next page and nearly squealed. "Oh, it's the centerfolds Mirajane! She's beautiful. Isn't she in the Fairy Tail guild?" She folded the paper again, showing another picture of the gorgeous model. "How do you get to become a member? Is there paperwork involved?" She sat upright and showed the world a bright smile. "Who cares, I'm so gonna join Fairy Tail!"

"Fairy Tail you say?" said a voice that came from the bushes. It was the same exact voice that Natsu had the pleasure of greeting and scaring half to death.

Said jerk jumped from the bushes, surprising the blonde even more than she already was. "Salamander!"

"You want to join the Fairy Tail Guild, do you not?" He asked as he lifted his ringed fingers so it was in her vision. In attempt to seduce her or whatever it is he does to attract women, Salamander activated his newly found Charm Ring.

"Yeah...what of it?"

"Well, I'm having a little party on my yacht later and was wondering if you would like to come. Since I am a member of the Fairy Tail Guild it's only safe to say I can get you in no problem." He smirked.

"Like I would believe that! Why would a Fairy Tail member stoop so-low and use a Charm Ring just to get attention from a bunch of girls? And Didn't that guy break it?" She glared at him, only making him smile deviously but upon hearing about what happened a mere hour ago, he growled and ignored the question. "Have you ever heard about Salamander? A Fairy Tail wizard?"

Her eyes widened. "Of course I have!" She pointed her finger at him. "Are you saying you're him? You're the Salamander?"

"Correct. If you want to join I can put in a good word for you."

That got her attention.

"I would love to go to your party Mr. Salamander, sir!"

'That went quicker than I thought it would go.' The blue haired man thought.

"Remember; I'll get you into Fairy Tail if you come, and you can't say anything about the Charm Spell."

"I won't say a word!"

"Fantastic! I'll see you at the party tonight!" He exclaimed before taking off with his Red Carpet.

"You got it Salamander...! I was so not charmed by him!" She argued with herself. "No matter; I'm getting into Fairy Tail!"

•••

You know what happens here Lucy finds outs 'Salamanders plans, Natsu comes, gets sick, Aquarius washed them to shore. We start again there.

This part was never my favorite anyway.

•••

"Natsu!" Lucy called as she looked at the pink headed man, Happy on her shoulder. She stopped though when she noticed the eerily calmlook he had somehow embedded on his face. Happy watched intently, already knowing of what's to come.

"You claim to be a member of the Fairy Tail guild?" It wasn't a question. He squinted his eyes slightly as 'Salamander' smirked. "What's it to you." He questioned. "Go get him men!"

They charged at Natsu, confident smirks etched into their visages. The pinkette sighed and merely closed his eyes while taking off his shoulder armor pieces. He simply tossed one of them to the goons and it hit him square in the face, knocking him out. It came back to him like a boomerang. The power of the fallen hitting the deck of the broke yacht shaking the whole thing. Natsu felt a brief sense of motion sickness that went away just as fast as it came.

"What?" Salamander breathed out. How could a simple toss of armor knock someone out?

Natsu made it seem as though he had tossed it but in reality he threw it like a baseball player, straight to the cranium.

His right piece came off next, revealing a certain guild mark, but he quickly tossed them both to Happy, who had hopped off Lucy's shoulder to do so.

"I hope you understand the level of evil, of you stating you belong to Fairy Tail, that has affected me." Natsu suddenly gave of a malicious aura. It was black and deadly but strangely enough, it seemed to be fiery. Then he glared.

Salamander shuddered in fear at the mons- kid before him. So some random pest believes he could take him on? He had a lot to learn.

But then when the kid reached for his sword, he saw it.

Natsu's glare disappeared when he noticed the imposters eyes wander to his shoulder. He felt amused enough to smirk slightly. "Ah yes. I probably should've told you from the very beginning who I was but where would the fun in that be."

On his shoulder was a scarlet colored stamp. The stamp of Fairy Tail.

Lucy and the impostors eyes widened in shock. "No way... Natsu is a Fairy Tail wizard?"

"Aye! Plus he the true Salamander!"

"WHAT!"

A man, a rather heavyset, gasped as a look of fear crawled on his face. "That mark on his arm! He's the real deal Bora!"

"Don't call me that you fool!"

Happy crossed his arms. "Ah~ I know him. Bora the Prominence. He was kicked out of the Titan's Nose guild for bad behavior."

Natsu smirked once more. "Don't be scared. I usually like my targets to be ready to defend themselves from a massacre at any moment." He stopped and sighed. "I suppose I shouldn't hurt you that much. If I did, I wouldn't be there for Erza's return. And we both don't want that. So I shall end this quick!" He flipped his sword and caught it again.

Two thoughts went through Bora's head. 'Target? Shit, he must be here to take me in...MASSACRE!?'

Despite his nervousness, Bora kept his cool. "Oh~ what are you going to do about it? Stop me?" He spread his arms out, a purple magic circle appearing in front of him. "Prominence Typhoon!" A swirl of purple flames rushed to him at a hasty speed. They quickly swallowed him up.

"Natsu!" Lucy called. She heard Happy giggle next to her, making the blonde stare at the cat incredulously. "What's the matter with you?! Isn't he your friend?"

Happy quit his giggling for a moment. "Oh come on! You think a lame attack like that would stop Natsu? Besides, it's fire." Lucy quickly lost negative emotions toward the feline before a thought entered her head. 'What did he mean by "It's just fire?"'

Bora chuckled as he seen the explosion expand from where the pinkette was. "Well that's how it goes. You can talk the talk but can't walk the wa-"

"Well, you've disinterested me... It would appear as though you're a Fire Wizard."

The explosion was shockingly started reducing the flames smaller and smaller until it all got consumed in the never-ending black hole we all call Natsu's stomach. Taking a breather from eating his meal, Natsu let out a sigh before looking down toward Bora calmly.

"How disappointing." He spoke with both a monotone voice and expression. The blue haired man stared at the pinkette in horror.

"Wh-wh-what the HELL ARE YOU?!" He screamed in terror. Natsu swiftly threw his blade at Bora, who dodged it in the nick of time with eyes closed; it impaled the ground directly behind him. When his eyes opened again, Natsu was gone, scaring him further.

"...A dragon!" A voice growled from behind him. Bora jumped in fright but was caught by the collar and slammed into the ground. The blue eyed man gazed into the horrific red glowing eyes of his predator before him.

"H-how did he do that?" Lucy asked, slightly scared as well. Happy merely smiled.

"Which one? The fire eating or the teleporting?" His answer hurt his eardrums.

"BOTH!"

After recovering, Happy explained the powers of Natsu all while the said sword wielder was destroying Bora. He explained to her that his magic allowed him to be take characteristics of Fire Dragons, such as claws, scales and lungs. "There's also this other one, magic, but judging from how he pretty much stopped me from saying it earlier, I don't think he wants me to say anything about it."

"That's amazing!" She yelled in amazement, watching Natsu throw Bora into the sky, following up with an attack. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" His head connected with the Prominence's stomach, causing him to spit out blood.

"What about the teleporting?"

"Oh yeah!" Happy started with a large smile. "He can't actually teleport his body, but his sword is special. It's actually made of fire!"

"Are you serious?!"

Happy nodded. "Yup! It's just designed to look that way...or maybe it's an actual sword too...you know, now that I think about it, Natsu has used it as a sword." Happy continued to think. "Oh! He said there was a crystal completely made of fire in it and he ate some of it, so wherever that fire goes, he goes!"

As he finished the rather long and confusing lecture, Natsu was dragging a charred Bora the Prominence over to them, with his usual emotionless expression. He put his sword back in his sheath when he was in front of them. "Now that that's finished, we shall be on our way!"

"So that's why we came here? To get this bozo?"

Natsu nodded.

Before Happy could reply, his ears were currently being held captive by the sound of Rune Knights approaching at a rather fast pace. Natsu raised an eyebrow in surprise. "They arrived faster than I thought they would."

Happy looked closer, sensing the Knights anger. Then their expression came into view. They...didn't look too happy.

"Uh...Natsu? They don't look to happy. We should go."

"Nonsense. They'll be happy enough that I've captured a slave trader." Apparently, the pinkette didn't sense the eager feeling of Knights wanting to arrest him...again.

Not taking no for an answer, Happy grabbed his pink haired partner by his scarf and flew off, calling out Lucy's name, telling her to follow them.

"Happy!" His voice said sternly. "Return me to the ground! I would like to speak with them!"

"Trust me buddy, that's not a good idea! I don't want you to get arrested again!"

Natsu sighed in reply.

Running to catch up to them, Lucy was damn near out of breath. "Where are we going?! And I'm in heels! These hurt ya' know!"

Happy smiled at her while Natsu glanced, shaking his head. 'I hope she doesn't cost too much trouble.'

The irony.

"To Fairy Tail silly!"

Temporarily forgetting she was in heels, Lucy ran faster than she ever did in her life.

"To Fairy Tail!" She repeated, a large beam plastered on her visage.

She was beginning to live her dreams

•••

Yo!

So as you can see, this is the beginning of Ire. The mini prologue (i guess) briefly tells you how he was sent to the tower. And if you're thinking what I'm thinking "why didn't you show him in the fucking tower meeting Erza?" Well my answer to that is (You have a dirty mouth) it will all come in due time.

nevertheless, I hope you enjoyed this...annd im gonna write some more.

Send me that smexy review!