His Demon and Her Dragon ★

Characters

Natsu x Mira, Igneel x Grandeenye

Description

What would happen if our favorite dragon slayer and she-devil weren't showing the world everything about themselves like the world thought they were? What would happen when an event forces Mira and Natsu to show that their inner demons still torture them and how would this change our story? Rated M due to paranoia.

Foreword

Hello there my fellow readers and writers of fanfiction, M.D. Knight here. First off, I want everyone to know that this isn't a ripoff. I am the original author, however, when I was first starting out, I was only writing for the fun of it. Now, I am writing for not only the fun of it but because I am trying to build up a fan base for my writing style, as I am trying to become an author. As such, I am working on the book that I am going to officially publish as I work on building my fan base. Which, also means that I am needing to clean up the stories that I have written so far and branch out to other sites. Thus, the reasoning for my new account here on fanficoverflow.com. Now, how about we get on with our story, and as always, please remember to review.

Chapter 1

Natsu had grown more and more frustrated over the years. For some unknown reason, he couldn't get his inner Dragon to choose his mate. Sure, his inner Dragon had started to emerge just before Lisanna had died as he had unknowingly reached the age in which his instincts for finding a mate to begin to kick in. Something was proven by Natsu's extremely increased desire to mate. However, it still refused to choose a mate and then Lisanna died, and as she when she did, she had seemingly took Natsu elevated desire to mate with her. Yes, Natsu still had feelings for different women in the guild at different times throughout his time with Fairy Tail, he was still human after all. Even if that humanity was only a small part of his genetic makeup. Hell, he would continually end up going back to his first crush but would always find some reason why he didn't stand a chance with her. Though he recently had been finding himself wish and hoping with every fiber of his being that his inner Dragon would awaken and choose the woman that he had already secretly given his heart to already. Yet he knew that there was a chance that his inner Dragon would choose someone else. Which, really scared Natsu due to Igneel having warned him to never give his heart to anyone besides the one his inner Dragon choose. Something that Igneel had told Natsu due to the fact that whenever the dragon king had watched a Dragon Slayer do that during the dragon war, he had witnessed it literally destroy the Dragon Slayer from the inside out. So when Natsu had done this very thing that Igneel had warned him not to do, Natsu began to get worried as to why his inner Dragon had yet to do the same let alone even wake up.

For those that had grown up with Natsu or had watched him grow, they all could see the distress that the young man was in. At first, they had been as blind to it as the rest of the guild. However, when the first year anniversary of Lisanna's death passed, the Slayer's behavior made it became as clear as day just how troubled he really was. Many had even tried to get him to open up about just what was bugging him, yet still, nothing he ever did or said gave them the slightest idea as to what it was.

Which, was why the guild was extremely thankful when Natsu had brought Lucy into the guild as she seemed to help Natsu with whatever had been eating at him. Sadly, that didn't last. Sure, Natsu was still better than before Lucy had joined the Guild, but everyone could tell that Natsu was only using Lucy as a distraction from his problems. Well, everyone but one as said person's emotions blinded them from seeing what was really going on with the Dragon Slayer.

So when the newly formed team Natsu finished the with the Lullaby Incident and Natsu had reminded Erza of his challenge, every member of the guild that was close to Natsu all had the same thoughts. 'Dammit not this again, why the hell is he so obsessed with beating her?' were the collective thoughts of all those close to Natsu. However, as they watched the fight go on, they all placed their bets to avoid raising the suspicion of the other members about what was really going on with the pyro. Well, everyone but one of the guild's most beloved member, who simply gripped the cloth in her hands into a tighter and tighter hold as she watched the depressed look grow on the pink haired boy's face. As well as when he tried moves that made it clear that he was getting more and more desperate to win. She also cringed at every time Natsu would make one of those rookie mistakes that she knew Natsu knew better than to make.

Thus, as the fight came to an end, they were all stunned by what the consequences would be for their lack of willingness to find out what was really wrong with Natsu.

Erza stood over Natsu with the tip her sword set a hair's with away from piercing the salmon haired mage's neck.

"I've won Natsu. Accept your defeat, you're almost completely out of magic and you don't stand a chance against me without your fire so just accept that you have lost." Erza said in a commanding tone hoping, her small lecture might help to break Natsu out of whatever it was that drove his apparent need to beat her. However, as the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. As such, Erza was ignorant of the fact that it was her good intentions that would be the straw that broke the dragon's back.

"Fine, I give up," Natsu spoke in a very dejected tone. Which quickly caught the attention of the entire guild.

As Erza let Natsu up, she carefully watched his every movement with her mind going straight into red alert due to her sensing that Natsu's words weren't just in regards to their fight. So, after he gotten up onto his feet, Natsu put his left hand just below his right shoulder. The exact spot with his guild mark, when everyone saw this they thought that Natsu might have hurt his shoulder. However, for those that had realized that something was up with Natsu, this action caused a sinking feeling to grip their guts. A sinking feeling that escalated to feeling like they were being forced to watch someone murder their loved ones when Natsu's hand light on fire for a mere moment only for it to extinguish itself in the next. What they didn't know was that was nothing compared to what they were about to feel when Natsu pulled his hand away to show their fears were true. As Natsu removed his hand everyone was in absolute horror to see that Natsu had burned off his guild mark. Then, without a word, he turned from the group as he began to walk away from the closest thing that he had, had to a family since Igneel had left him.

After Natsu was gone

Once Natsu had vanished from sight, Mira was the first to snap out of her state of shock and move into action. Yet she didn't move to go back to the guild. No, she moved in the direction that Natsu had walked away in. However, as a few others went to join her, Mira turned on them with the same demonic fury that she had held all those years ago.

"what the fuck do you think you're doing," Mira snapped when she realized others were trying to follow her lead.

"Mira, please, let us come with you," Lucy said with a clear fear being present in her voice as she had never seen this side of the always sweet Mira.

"Just why in the hell should I let any of you even get close to Natsu," Mira hissed with a malevolent aura of dark purple mixed with black surrounding her as an Oni mask materialized behind her. Causing many to fear that they were about to see a very violent rebirth of The Demon of Fairy Tail.

"What are you talking about Mira, I'll be the first to say that I'm not the biggest fan of the Pyro, but you know that we all care about the flaming idiot," Gray said in a slightly braver voice, not caring if the image of his rivalry with Natsu was damaged by his ever so slight showing of concern. Though despite that, Gray was still scared shitless as the look Mira was giving them truly scared the entire guild to the point that they thought that Mira might actually kill one of them as she hadn't ever shown this level of rage, even when she had access to her magic.

"Oh, really, you all care about Natsu huh," Mira said as her head bent down slightly and a shadow fell over her eyes. "Well, you sure as hell have a funny way of showing it. ALL THIS GUILD HAS DONE SINCE LISANNA DIED WAS TAKE, AND TAKE, AND TAKE FROM HIM ONLY TO THEN TURN AROUND TO MOCK HIM WHEN HE TRIED TO DO A GOOD JOB!" Mira raged as her head snapped back up to show her eyes light ablaze with an unquenchable fury. Yet before anyone could even begin to attempt refuting her claim, Mira's wrath continued to be unleashed upon the guild "ERZA TREATS NATSU, my sweet Natsu, LITTLE BETTER THAN A SLAVE, LUCY ACTS LIKE HE'S HER PERSONAL MONEY MAKER AND ATTACK DOG, AND..." Mira yelled, unknowingly revealing just what the full extent her feelings were for the pink haired pyro as her tone softened when she made her slip up. "Forget it, I could stand here all day, yelling about how you all mistreat the heart of our guild, but it would be pointless to waste my breath on you people. As of right now, the only one I would let come with me is Romeo as he and I haven't taken advantage of Natsu, AND ROMEO ISN'T EVEN PART OF THE GUILD YET! You all should be ashamed of yourselves, and to think this guild is supposed to be a place where we treat each other like family. You know what, if I can't get Natsu to come back I am going to follow his lead and leave this guild as well, as I am sick of this behavior." Mira stated in a defeated tone that quickly became venomous as she turned and stormed off, leaving everyone else behind as not even Erza was willing to test Mira's patience right now.

With Mira

Mira had finally found herself in front of Natsu and Happy's home. It had taken every single ounce of her skills to follow the route Natsu had taken to his home as the only other member who ever knew were his home was beside happy was that of Lisanna, as her little sister had been the only one that had been permitted to help Natsu build the entire house. A permission that had been established by none other than Natsu himself during the one time that he had somehow outclassed even that of Gildarts in terms of a display of raw power.

Knowing that she was going to want privacy, Mira did a quick check as to how many magic pressures she could feel from the building. So when she only felt his pressure radiating from the house, Mira let out a sigh of relief. Sure, she liked Happy as much as everyone else did, but this wasn't the first time that she had rather private discussions with the Dragon Prince. As such, Mira knew from all of those prior experiences, that the conversation she was about to have with the pyro would force her to show herself at her most vulnerable. A fact that had been all but impossible for her when others were around. Well, that was with the exception of Natsu, as he had always had a way of stripping away her defenses and making her show herself.

"Natsu, are you in there," Mira called out.

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"Natsu, it's Mira, can you please let me in," Mira called in a bit more of a panicked tone.

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"Natsu, please, it's really important, if you're worried about it being about the guild it's not. I just want to talk to you about something that I should have told you a long time ago," Mira pleaded.

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"PLEASE NATSU, I DON'T CARE IF YOU NEVER EVEN LOOK AT ME AGAIN! I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU! I CAN'T HIDE THIS FROM YOU ANYMORE!" Mira said with tears brimming the corner of her eyes.

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It was by this point that Mira had collapsed to her knees and had her head pressed against the door as she cried into her hands as she feared it was already too late and that she had missed her chance to tell him something that could have brought them both extreme happiness.

Yet the full extent of Mira's sorrow was soon hidden when a downpour of rain with countless lightning flashes in the distance that were each followed by a deafening thunderclap.

Soon, Mira's hair was matted, every fiber of her dress had been drenched, and her tears were seemingly washed away as her tears blended seamlessly with that of the rain. Though the fact that Mira's were being hidden by a force of nature would have mattered little when one was to witness the body jarring shakes that were resulted from Mira's tears.

After some time had passed, Mira found herself being picked up in a bridal carry.

Turning her attention to the one that was now holding her, Mira was stunned to find her brother.

"Your wrong Onee-chan," Elfman said without looking at Mira, as he simply continued to look straight ahead. "You weren't the only one that didn't take advantage of Natsu-oniisan or cared for him either," Elfman said due to him seeing the Dragon Slayer in the same light as that of an older brother despite being the same age as Natsu, or so they all thought. "I would rather die than hurt him. He's helped me in more ways than you will ever know, we may not let others see it but we are as close as brothers could ever be. Also, I must that I approve of your choice of Natsu-oniisan," Elfman finished in a serious tone as he continued to carry Mira home, having forgone his habit of referring to every action as either manly or unmanly.

However, rather than comfort his grief-stricken sister, Elfman's mini-speech simply caused Mira's sorrow to deepen as she sobbed into her brother's chest.