Firenze

Natsu looks down when he hears what she says and he shakes his head.

"No...I fought for us...to survive.
Um...I am glad you didn't hear everything we said...but you have to know the truth..
So...what I am going to tell you...might...be a shock...so let's just umm...sit down somewhere so we can rest."

He says with a soft smile and he kisses her cheek softly.

"You really will...be...suprised."

Natsu whispers in a serious tone when he puts her down on the ground when they were far away from the area that was destroyed but he raises his eyebrow.

"Does your...back hurt?"

He asks when he sits her down and he slowly sits down next ot her before he takes some bandages out his back pack.

Tsukiko looks up at him confused and worried when she hears what he says but she nods sadly at his next statement.

"Kay..."

She whispers before her eyes widen in surprise at his question and she immediately shakes her head before moving away from him with a scared expression.

"No! I-I'm fine.... the fire just scared me...."

Tsukiko says shouting first before she tries to calm herself down with a sharp breath.

Natsu looks slightly suprised but nods before he wraps the bandages around his wound on his shoulder.

"Ugh...it's okay...you don't have to be afraid anymore.
We're not there anymore..."

He looks down at the ground and sighes.

"Alright...Tsukiko...here it goes..."

Natsu closes his eyes and a serious expression goes across his face.

"Four years ago...there was a man that...was very powerful.
He was called a demon...he had no emotions...nothing...he was just cold...heartless..
People knew who he was when he they saw his eyes.
Yes...Demon Eyes...Kyo..."

He says while he opens his eyes halfway with the same expression.

"20 years ago...that same man...suddenly had a child..
That boy...had the same red eyes..like his father.
Kyo...didn't care about his child...but he brought with him...because...the kid wanted to fight him.
The boy wanted to kill Kyo...so he brought with him.
So that he could train to fight against his father someday."

Natsu closes his eyes again and clenches his fist.

"That boy trained to become the strongest...and so..a lot of years passed...
During their journey they met a few people..that joined Kyo's group
This group..was later known as the Shiseiten...The Four Emperors.
Their names are...Kyo, Bontenmaru, Akira and Hotaru.
These four became famous to them...to the Shiseiten, the world was their playground; they wiped out every nation on the planet.
They changed the history...The Battle of Sekigahara should've ended as the Mibu planned...but thanks to the Shiseiten that plan was a failure.
But don't think the Shiseiten are good people...they just killed everyone they fought during that battle."

He crosses his arms and sighes.

"The Shiseiten killed a lot of people for their own joy.
Their leader..Kyo..killed over a 1000 people..
But..in all the stories..about the Shiseiten...the people..forgot one person..Kyo's son..who killed a 1000 people.
His son...was known as Demon Eyes...instead of Demon Eyes Kyo...he was just known as Demon Eyes...because...no one knew his name."

Natsu whispers in a serious tone and looks up at the sky when he opens his eyes.

"This boy...has the same eyes as Kyo.
This boy...was part of the legendary group.
This boy...was born...as a demon...just like his father he wanted to kill people.
But...during that war...he lost his father...and the Shiseiten seperated."

He looks back at her with a small smile but a sign of sadness could be heard in the tone he was talking.

"That's what most people believe.
But that isn't true...Kyo...was defeated and his soul was trapped inside someone else his body..."

Natsu looks down again and sighes.

"Yes...in someone else his body..."

He looks back at her with a sad expression.

"After the Shiseiten split up I went to...people...that I could trust...and...I...started to live with my...so called...parents...and they really cared for me...I slowly started to love them as my real..parents..after three years.
But I couldn't stay there...so I left...and joined the assassin's to find my father's body and his soul.
There I gave them a fake ID...a sad story about how I went to my uncle to become a assassin and more...made up stuff just to get closer to the truth."

Natsu chuckles and looks down with a weak and sad smile.

"Who would've known...that they had my father's soul...that the assassin's are part of the Mibu clan..who tried to kill my father years ago.
Now my father's trapped inside my body...and...he hates me.
Just like Hotaru..he wants to kill me because..he wants to fight my father and prove that he is the strongest...anyway...after all these years...I still haven't figuared out what's...going on..."

He closes his eyes and sighes.

"Anyway...my question for you is.
Do you understand...who...I am?"

Natsu asks while in a serious tone while he raises his eyebrow.

Tsukiko looks up at him worriedly when she watches him wrap the wound and she shakes her head sadly.

"It's not only the fire...."

She whispers sadly but she watches him curiously when he begins and her eyes widen in shock during his story when she finds out "who" he is and she looks down sadly with a nod at his final question.

"Yes I do.... but that fact doesn't change my feelings for you...."

Natsu looks down with a sigh.

"I was acting like I was searching for my parents...
But that was a lie, I was searching for my father's soul..and I got it..just not the way I wanted.
Heh..."

He looks back at her with a suprised expression when he hears what she says and a soft smile goes across his face.

"Thank you..."

Natsu looks back at the ground and sighes again.

"My goals in life...I think we had this conversation before...but...my real goals in life are..."

He looks back at the sky with a serious expression.

"To kill the three other members of the Shiseiten, to kill everyone of the Mibu clan and to find my father's body...
It's not for revenge...but these people...toy with life like it's nothing.
I understand how I should atone for my sins...I think...that this is the only way."

Natsu whispers in a sad tone but a small smile goes across his face.

"Anyway...I just thought..that I should tell you the truth..instead off finding out on your own."

He whispers before he looks back at her.

Tsukiko looks at him sadly but she nods before looking down again.

"I understand.... But.... I'm actually kind of hurt right now.... I've trusted you this whole time..... I found out I loved you..... I still trusted you... and now I find out you haven't truly trusted me at all... it's actually quite depressing...."

She says while keeping her gaze down and she sniffles.

"So what's your "real" name...?"

Natsu sighes and nods slightly.

"I know..but I am pretty much wanted.
I am...worth a lot...I dunno how much though but there are some bounty hunters around.
Not that I thought you were one...I just had to be careful."

He says in a serious tone.

"My real name is Natsu.
People just don't know my name because it was never mentioned."

Natsu looks around and looks back at her when she sniffles.

"Would you still be friend if I told you killed a 1000 people..now..even more?"

Tsukiko looks at him sadly but she nods at everything he says. But her eyes widen in shock at his question and she sinks even more to the ground.

"Yes I would.... but I don't think we can just be friends anymore.... not after our feelings for eachother were more.... unless you were lying about that to...."

She says sounding a little cold but hurt and she looks at the ground afraid of his response.

Natsu looks away slightly with a serious expression.

"My feelings for you..."

He looks back at the ground with a calm expression.

"Those weren't lies..."

Natsu whispers while he closes his eyes.

"But...I might be lying...about something...
The years...I spend with the Shiseiten...they weren't...all about killing.
Being with the Shiseiten...those days...were the best....
So I don't know...If i really want to kill them...if that would really...help..."

He thought with his eyes closed.

A hurt expression goes across her her face and she closes her eyes. But her eyes widen in surprise when she hears what he says next and she looks at him con.

"Natsu...."

She murmurs in surprise before smiling softly. But her eyes widen in surprise at what he says next and she nods with the same smile.

"Well I'll support you all the way as long.... as long as you trust me enough to tell me the truth...."

Natsu nods with a soft smile.

"Thanks I'll tell you the truth from now on."
"Well...guess I'll find that out when I meet Hotaru and the others again.."

He whispers with the same smile and someone's humming a song not far away from them.

"Hmm?"

Natsu looks around and hears the sound coming from behind a tree that's standing next to Tsukiko.

"Who's...there....hello?"

Hotaru sticks his head from behind the tree and Natsu's eyes widen in suprise.

"Hello."

He moves back behind the tree and tries to push a caterpillar into the bushes with his hand.

"Ho-Hotaru?!"
"Hello."

Hotaru answers while he still sits behind the tree.

Tsukiko tilts her head cutely with a warm smile when she hears his response but she looks around confused when she hears the humming, and her eyes widen when she see's Hotaru and she looks confused again.

"Oh.... your still around.... thought you went to hind when that guy came to "pick you up"...."

She says sounding calm but she looks back at Natsu with a soft smile.

"Anything else I should know?"

Natsu shakes his head with a soft smile but looks slightly confused when Hotaru stands up and quickly sits between the two and with a lazy expression.

"Pick me up........................................."

A long pause follows when Hotaru stays quiet for like 30 seconds and he throws a small rock on the ground.

"Hm...............................what were we talking about again?"

Natsu sighes and laughs with a happy expression.

"H-Hotaru...heh...you haven't changed one bit!
Tsukiko asked why your still....here...."

He says the "Here" in a serious tone and Hotaru looks at Tsukiko.

"Oh did.......................................Takeshi really ask that?"
"It's...not Takeshi..."

Natsu thought with a chuckle.

Tsukiko looks at Hotaru with a raised eyebrow when he sits down between them and she chuckles at what he says.

"Guess I shouldn't talk to someone who can't even get a simple name right..

She says with a sigh before moving over a bit and leans against a tree nearby.

Hotaru nods not understanding what she means.

"Okay........Yun-Yun."

Natsu chuckles and Hotaru looks at him with a raised eyebrow when he sees Natsu's looking at his stomach where the cut should've been but it isn't there.

"Hmm?
The...cut I gave you...is..."
"Cut........?"

A long pause follows again and Hotaru looks at Natsu like he's crazy.

"Cut......?"
"Ah..nevermind."

Natsu chuckles but he looks at Tsukiko before he looks at Hotaru.

"Why are you here?
Are you...going to kill me?"
"Kill...you...?
No...I just...realized...that the...warm feeling I had...when I was with you guys...
I feel like...I changed because I've haven't felt that feeling until I saw you and..Yun-Yun.
I've been following you for a little while...and you look happy.
Nothing like the old you...but...I felt like...that warm feeling was back.
Like the five of us were together again."

Hotaru says with a calm expression when he throws another stone at the road and a small smile goes across his face while Natsu chuckles again.

Tsukiko looks confused at what Hotaru calls her and she looks at Natsu confused.

"Yun-Yun?"

She asks with a raised eyebrow but she giggles softly before shrugging at Hotaru when he looks at her and looks at him surprised at his explanation and she tilts her head cutely.

"Well... I'm glad we could help..."

Natsu looks at him with a small smile and Hotaru looks at the two with a smile.

"You two really saved my lif-"

Hotaru stops when Natsu stands up and he laughs.

"That's right we saved your life and your in our debt which means your my servant from now on!
You stupid fool from now on you will protect Tsukiko with your life.
You will not die or let her die!
Whatever happens don't let her die got it Hota-"

Natsu stops when he sees that Hotaru chuckles and he closes his eyes.

"Natsu...you can stop.
I know that you've changed..no need to act like the old you.
I get what you mean...in order to repay you for saving my life...I'll...do whatever I can to let Yun-Yun life."

Hotaru says with a small smile and Natsu looks suprised when Hotaru found out he was acting but he nods with a soft smile before he sits down.

"Alright..."

Natsu whispers with the same smile and Hotaru looks back at Tsukiko.

"............................Yun-Yun.
I was listening to your conversation with.......Natsu.
What do you think of the Shiseiten?"

Hotaru asks while Natsu closes his eyes with a curious expression.

Tsukiko looks surprised at what he was about to say and she grins before looking at Natsu surprised at what he says and she giggles softly while looking at Hotaru surprised at his question and she looks down in thought.

"Well I'm not a big fan of slaughtering or just killing people because you yourself think they deserved it..... basically senseless killings.... but I can see it's had it's good parts considering that Natsu thought it was the "best time" and we seem to give you "warm feelings" that remind you of it.... so.... I think it's alright..."

She says while tilting her head cutely but she looks a little worried.

"Is that alright...?"

Hotaru looks away with a serious expression while Tsukiko was talking.

"...................I am hungry."

Natsu chuckles and punches his shoulder softly.
Hotaru quickly looks back at Tsukiko and nods.

"That's great...Yun-Yun."

Hotaru says with a small smile and he looks back at the road but a lazy expression soon goes across his face.

"Are you a guy?"

He asks with the same expression when he looks back at Tsukiko and Natsu looks suprised but chuckles when he understands why he asks that.

Tsukiko looks at him dumbfounded and she blushes in embarrassment before looking down hurt.

"Do I really.... look like a guy....?"

She asks as if insulted and she looks a little depressed.

"I'm a woman thank you...."

Natsu chuckles and shakes his head and Hotaru nods.

"You don't look like a guy Yun-Yun.
But I just need to be sure.....why was that again?"

Hotaru thought with a curious expression and Natsu chuckles.

"Maybe because of "that" Shinseiten member.
The Sixth member..."
"Oh......you maybe right."

Natsu chuckles and Hotaru nods.

"I think your right."

Tsukiko looks at him with a small pout while she keeps her insulted expression.

"The sixth member....?"

She asks confused and and she tilts her head worriedly.

Natsu and Hotaru turn to Tsukiko.

"Yea the sixth member isn't a bad pers-"
"The worst person ever alive."

They say at the same time while a distgusted expression goes across Natsu's face.

"Let's talk about something else like how can Tsukiko look like a guy?!"

Natsu asks when he moves closer to Tsukiko and puts his hand on her head.

"Come on look at that face, those lips, those eyes, their beautiful.
She isn't a guy and she definetly doesn't look like one.
Tsukiko's cute...no...hot."

He says wtih a wink and Hotaru looks in the sky deep in thought and after a few seconds he looks back at the pair with a lazy expression.

"Did I ever........said Yun-Yun was a guy?"

Hotaru asks and Natsu puts his hand on his face.

Tsukiko looks at them confused and she looks between them wondering who was right but she blushes at what Natsu says and she looks down embarrassed.

"Thanks Natsu...."

She says with a soft smile before looking up at Hotaru confused at what he says and she nods.

"Yea... you asked if I was a guy...."

Tsukiko says with a pout before looking at Natsu with a raised eyebrow.

Natsu puts the hand that was on his face around Tsukiko waist.

"Your brains...are really scattered."

Hotaru looks down in thought for 20 seconds and looks back at them.

"Uh-huh."
"Wait..you agree?"
"Uh-huh."
"Really?"
"Uh-huh."
"Hmmmm..?"

Natsu raises his eyebrow when he sees Hotaru's lazy expression.

"Tsukiko's name isn't Yun-Yun."
"Uh-huh."
"My name is Yun-Yun."
"Uh-huh."

Hotaru keeps the lazy expression on his face and Natsu sighes.

"Your in a state were you only reply with uh-huh because your bored."
"Uh-huh....."

Natsu sighes again but suddenly Hotaru looks around.

"What....................."

Thirty seconds later.

"Were we talking about?"

Natsu sighes again but chuckles.