Blessing y'all with another chapter. This takes place during season 4. Also it does get intense at some parts and there will be a bit of blood and stuff so skip this if u don't like all that.

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Colin put his hand on Viper's back as the poison dragon slayer vomited over the side of the boat.

"D-don't touch me you-" Viper's sentence was cut off as he began to get sick again.

Colin cringed a bit at the sight and turned away. "I told you you should've used that potion. But you had to be stubborn."

The older male finished vomiting and lifted his head up to face Colin. His face was pale after puking his guts out. "Don't get smart with me carrot head."

"Wow that's a new one." Colin muttered under his breath.

"What was that?" Viper spat.

"N-nothing!" The ginger stuttered, knowing full well that the man in front of him could beat him up even after getting sick off the side of a boat.

Viper rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He sat down and began to anxiously drum his fingers onto the wooden floor of the boat. "I hope Bryan and Mario are doing alright."

Colin sat down next to him. "I'm sure they are. They seemed good last time we met up."

"If you say so." Viper responded.

For about a month now the dragon slayers had grown close, much to their surprise. Of course they fought a lot, but there was something almost instinctive that made them feel very protective of each other. Almost like brothers.

So they decided to meet up every week now. To just talk, tell each other what's been going on in their lives, and assure one another that they were okay.

Of course they didn't let anyone else know. They couldn't have anyone else knowing that they could actually get along. It was their secret.

Finally the boat docked and the two men walked out.

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Bryan was sitting behind the building that he and the other dragon slayers usually met up at. He was so excited to see them. His week had been super eventful and he had so much to tell them!

"Hey Bryan." A voice said behind him. He snapped his head to reveal the Earth dragon slayer, Mario.

"Oh hi Mario! Didn't see ya there."

Mario nodded his head and leaned onto the building. "Hopefully Viper and Colin are going to be here soon. I don't want to wait that long."

"Ya me too." The fire dragon slayer smirked. "How much you wanna bet that Viper refused to use the potion again and is currently puking his lunch off the side of the boat."

Mario let out a laugh. "No point in betting. We both know he's doing that right now."

Bryan smiled and the two waited at that spot for a couple minutes, until two figures could be seen in the distance.

"Oh there they are!" Bryan said and the raven haired boy next to him nodded.

"Hey." Mario said as the other two came up to them.

"Hey Bryan, hey Mario." Colin said as the blue haired boy next to him nodded his head in greeting.

"Hey guys! How are you doing?" Bryan asked.

"I'm doing fine right now." Colin responded with a smile. Viper simply shrugged his shoulders.

"Wow someone's talkative today." Bryan commented sarcastically. The older dragon slayer glared at him with his purple and blue eyes.

"Hey take it easy on him Bryan. It's obvious the idiot just finished getting sick off the boat." Mario teased with a smirk.

"I- N-no I didn't!" Viper stuttered out.

"Viper, your face is currently as white as snow. You aren't fooling anyone." The earth dragon slayer sounded like a disappointed mother who just caught her child eating out of the cookie jar.

The other man just rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Whatever. Unlike you three I don't cry like little babies when I get sick."

"What!" Bryan's voice raised. "I do not cry like a little baby! You're the one who's acting like a baby by being too stubborn to just drink a damn potion!"

"Oh ya fire breath? At least I-" Before Viper could finish his sentence, Colin walked in between the two and put it his hands up.

"Guys this is the only time when we get to see each other a week so let's not waste it by fighting over dumb things okay?" The shadow dragon slayer said.

Bryan crosses his arms and Viper rolled his eyes. "Fine." The two huffed at the same time.

Colin smiled. "Good! So how have your weeks been? Anything new happen?"

Bryan's look of annoyance quickly faded away and his eyes light up. "Ya something new did happen! Y'know Jakey? The boy I told you guys about last week?"

"You mean the time wizard who can barely control time." Viper commented. Bryan gave him a glare but he wouldn't let blue haired boy ruin his good mood.

"Well me and him, kinda maybe sort of went on a date. I-I mean I think it would be considered a date? We had like dinner and everything."

Mario smiled at the younger boy's happy expression. "That's nice Bryan."

"Y-ya." The brunet put his arm behind his neck. "I just don't know if I have a chance with him though. I mean, how do I know if he even likes boys? And he's been spending so much time with Kay, what if he likes her instead of me? Oh man I don't know if-"

"Bryan you are amazing, I don't see why Jakey wouldn't like you. And even if he didn't there's plenty of fish in the sea." Mario said to ease the other dragon slayer's worries.

"Bryan nodded his head. "I know...I just really like this boy y'know?"

"Well you said you already had a first date?" Colin said. "That's a great first step! I think you guys will hit it off."

"Thanks you guys" The fire dragon slayer's gaze then goes to Viper. He says in a playful tone "Well Viper do also have any encouraging words for me?"

Viper rolled his eyes yet again. "If you get with him just respect him and treat him well okay?"

Bryan blinked in surprise. "Wow Viper. I didn't expect that from you."

"Ya don't get use to it fire breath."

The younger boy chucked. "Will do snake brain."

Before anyone else could say another word, someone suddenly grabbed Bryan from behind and held a small knife up to his throat. Viper immediately went into went into action and summoned his scythe.

Just as he was about to bring it down on the stranger, who seemed to be a man, brought the knife closer to Bryan's neck.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. If any of you make a move I'll slit his throat." The man chucked. Bryan's brown eyes were as wide as dinner plates.

In the corner of Mario's eyes, he could see that Viper was about to do the exact opposite of what the man was telling them to do. So he slowly went up to him and held his arm as a way to tell him "Don't do it stupid."

The blue haired male forced himself to breath out and control his anger, something which was very hard while seeing his fellow dragon slayer being held at knifepoint.

Mario, realizing both Viper and Colin, Colin who was seemed to be frozen in fear, were in no condition to speak, so he did. "Just tell us what you want from us and then let him go."

The man let out a crooked smile that showed his yellow teeth. "Give me all your money." The Earth dragon slayer's heart skipped a beat. He was pretty sure none of them had any money on them.

"D-do any of you have money?" He asked the other two, who simply shook their heads in response. Well shit. "Um s-sir we don't have any money."

The man's ugly smile fell and he brought the knife closer to the young man's neck. "Bullshit! Stop lying to me and give me the money!" Colin let out a whimper.

"Listen! You don't have to do this! I use to be just like you. Stealing from innocent people from the streets! It's not worth it! There's so many better ways then to do this..." Mario said.

As Mario talked to the man, Bryan gathered up his fire magic and slowly brought it to his hands. "Fire dragon fi-!" Before he could even get a flame out the man grabbed Bryan's wrists and twisted them painfully. The brunet let out a pained howl at the action.

Viper had enough after seeing that and his anger overtook him. He began to run as fast as he could at the man's direction.

"Haha that's how it's gonna be I guess." Before the man could even get the blade onto Bryan's throat, Viper grabbed the knife, threw it to the ground and stabbed the side of the man's hip with his Scythe.

The man screamed and fell onto the ground. Being released from the man's hold, Bryan ran over to his two fellow dragon slayers, who currently had their powers at the ready.

The man laid pitifully on the ground, his blood seeping onto the city sidewalk. Tears flowed from the man's eyes. Viper had his Scythe held above the man, ready to bring in down on him.

"P-p-please! I'm sorry! I'm just trying to feed me and my family! Please I won't hurt anyone again! Please don't kill me!" He cried pitifully.

"I'll kill you you bastard! How dare you touch my little brother! I'll kill y-" Before the scythe could come down or the poison dragon slayer could finish his sentence, Mario grabbed onto Viper's arm.

"Viper! Don't do it! Give him a second chance!" The raven haired boy shouted.

"Why would I?! He almost killed Bryan! What if he kills someone else!?" The blue haired boy shouted back.

"Viper, look at his face, I don't think he will." The Earth dragon's voice fell down into a whisper. "Please Viper."

Viper's gaze went from the crying man onto his fellow dragon slayers. He was ready to ignore Mario's words and kill the man but the looks the 3 younger boys were giving him made him stop.

Viper let out a growl and threw his scythe onto the ground. "Run before I change my mind." The man frantically nodded his head ran off while holding his bleeding side.

Mario whipped his head towards Bryan. "Bryan are you okay?!"

"Y-ya I'm okay. Just a little shaken up." The smaller boy was practically shaking like a leaf.

"What about your wrists?"

"A-a-a little sore but I don't think they're sprained or anything."

"D-do you think w-we're gonna get in trouble?" Colin asked quietly.

"Colin you've destroyed villages before I doubt that one man getting stabbed is the thing that's gonna get you in trouble." Mario tried to joke but it didn't seem to help bring up the mood at all. After he said that the four fell into a silence.

The thing to break that silence was a sob. A sob from Viper.

The three younger boys looked at the man in surprise. The one they least expected to cry after that was Viper himself.

"V-viper." Colin walked over to his guildmate, who was hiding his leaking eyes into his arm. "You okay?"

"N-n-no I'm not okay! I-I-I'm just so angry. A-and scared." Viper took his face out of his arm and looked at the youngest boy there. "B-Bryan you almost died! I-I-I can't lose anyone else in my life. I can't..."

Watching Viper cry immediately started the waterworks out of Bryan's eyes. He walked over and enveloped the taller man in a hug.

"I-I-it's okay. I'm alive. You're n-not gonna lose anyone else." The brunet said.

The other two glanced at each other, and then joined in the hug. Before they knew it, they began to cry as well.

After a few minutes the cries died down and the boys were calm. "H-hey Viper." Colin was the first to speak again.

"What Colin?" Viper asked.

The ginger smirked. "You called Bryan your little brother earlier."

"Shut up."

"I-I mean-." Bryan stutters. "We all are kinda like brothers in a way."

"Ya I-I guess." Viper said.

"Brothers." Mario smiled. "I like the sound of that."

So there the brothers were. Holding each other in their arms, and keeping one another safe.

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You get 2 chapters of wholesomeness and then I'm back to making characters I love cry again. Also this one-shot was based off a lot of other fanfics I read where the dragon slayers have a brotherly relationship and are v protective of each other. I just love the concept of that. Also I'm also planning on making the next one shot on Divinus Magica cuz I need to write some different characters.

Once again thx so much for the reads and votes guys. The last chapter I'm pretty sure is my most voted chapter yet lol.

K bye!