Fairy Tail

And the Tailed Fox

Part 1

(Narrator) In the land of Fiore east of Magnolia stood the enchanting forest known to many as the Golden Garden. Named so for its tiny gold lights that sparkled within the canopy including the many beautiful fragrances, that Natsu and his friends are sent to collect a rare flower, but soon discover something else lying in wait.

"Wow." Lucy's eyes sparkled of the dancing lights, "this place is incredible." Spinning all around her. "I know right, the flowers smell like perfume." Wendy kneeled sniffing one of the orchids.

"Nah, I don't see what the big deal is, I mean what's so important about some dumb flower!" Natsu kneeled against the tree, "I came here to fight! I spent the night getting myself fired up! Right Happy."

"Aye, Natsu!"

"We're not here to fight anything." Erza stared on ahead in her armour letting the lights land gently on the shoulder plates.

"Then why drag all of us out here?" Gray sighed.

"Because the flower we're after is called: Scale Root. As so because its entire stem and petals are covered in lizard scales."

"So then why bring all of us?" Natsu shrugged.

"Because the flower is so rare it's better to have more eyes than ears, and the client is paying us four-hundred million just to find it!" Making Lucy's eyes widen in excitement, "So let's move!" Her voice lifted their hairs turning Natsu's face blue.

"I swear her voice gets scarier every time we go on missions." Wendy looked up at Lucy.

"Uh, Lucy?"

"Money, money, money."

"There she goes again." Happy smiled.

The sun's rays pierced through the leaves in a pleasant gold keeping Lucy's eyes and Wendy's fixed at the sky.

"Child, keep your eyes open, that flower could be anywhere." Carla hovered above her ignoring Happy's face.

"I'm sorry, Carla. But look at this place, it's just like what you read in a story book."

Wendy smiled openly with arms out stretched. Carla sighed shaking her head, "What am I…" In the corner of her eye something reflected from the sun from it's hide she turned lured to the golden shape.

"AHHH! I am so bored!" Natsu yelled.

"Will you be quiet, Natsu you're giving me headache with your whining." Gray said back to him.

"What was that? You want to fight me Gray!" Pushing his forehead,

"I can melt you away if I could."

"Oh yeah? Like you could ever hope to melt me away, I can freeze in an instant if I could."

Happy hid behind the Lucy.

"I can make you barf that ice of yours."

"Oh that's rich coming from someone who can't hold it in on the train!"

"My stomach is sensitive!"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Erza blew them away with her voice Freezing Lucy and Wendy.

On their knees apologizing, "We can't fight in here even if we wanted to, besides…"

Carla called out to them waving her paw above the canopy. "Come this way, I think it could hurt." Confused they followed her quickly over the exposed tree roots and bushes.

"Carla what is it?" Wendy looked up.

"Is there something wrong?" Erza called to her.

"Well…I'm not sure, you better have to look at it yourself."

Leading the way she took them back were they came making a left to a small cleared area of wood to a giant tree burrow.

Gasping they stared down at what looked like large tail. Its fur was a bright beautiful yellow, shaped like a paintbrush but longer it narrowed the more they followed surprisingly finding three others the same leading to the den beneath the tree.

"It has four tails? What kind of creature has four tails?" Gray rubbed his neck.

"None of I know." Erza kneeled down.

Half the creature body was out showing its back hind legs of what looked like a dog or a wolf.

"Maybe we should…Natsu." Lucy shouted whispering.

"What are you doing?"

"Well if it's interesting then we might as well look, besides it could be harmless."

"You don't know that, idiot!"

Wrapping his arms around the tail he heaved the creature making his eyes almost come out. Happy laughed at his face. The creature's thighs had swirl S-like markings with its back having swirls to its shoulders, its front paws were human-like with a thumbs and claws until finally the head came with its eyes shut.

"AH! IT'S A DOG!" Happy panicked.

"It's not a dog, Happy relax," Gray looked down at the giant creature.

It was at least the size of a large horse.

"It, kind of looks like a fox."

"A fox?" Lucy kneeled down.

"Hey, Erza don't you think…?" Natsu looked back.

Finding her staring wide opened at the dog-like creature she seemed frozen as if she'd been struck with a sword. "Hey, Erza are you still in there?"

"I'm fine, but that thing…it's impossible."

"What is?" Then Natsu stepped on one of its tails.

"Uh, oh."

It swung its head so fast bearing its pointed teeth Wendy was pushed to the ground one it hands touched Lucy's chest. It leaped over Natsu and passed Erza clawing the ground away from them.

"THAT PERVERT! It touched by chest." Lucy cried. "Finally, some action! See' a." Natsu charged off after it. "Wait Natsu!"

Natsu was already behind the creature's four tails leaping through the forest like a wolf. Fire flew passed its ear turning it faced him glaring at Natsu with it piercing blue eyes and slitted pupils. The ears were long like a jackal or a wolf's with hairy tips.

"Fire dragon iron fist!" Leaping over the ground. The fox grabbed his arm putting out the flames. "What the hell?" Just near its neck, what's that under his…? The fox punched Natsu in the stomach swinging his tails sending him against a tree. Snorting on all fours he turned, "Drop something?" Grinning Natsu held a long gold necklace dangling out his fist. The fox's pupils narrowed peeling back his lips bearing his fangs. "You want it? Come and get it." And the fox roared.

"That idiot where did he go now?" Gray followed Erza and others. The ground shook with echoing explosions, "Let's move."

Natsu flipped over missing the bite landing behind it. "Now you're going get it, Fire dragon Roar!" covering the fox in flames the trees blew away from the flames blowing away the ground.

"Ha! How'd you like, what?" The flames were sucked in down the throat of the fox as if drinking. It grinned at him with the necklace dangling out it's mouth. The magic circle appeared and fired. Natsu dodged the bright yellow fire lifting the trees from their roots; surprised the flames were unlike anything he'd seen all bright yellow and gold.

The fox's fur lit with the fire bristling its fur, "So, you're fire user, huh? Well then bring it, I've always wanted to fight fire with fire, it gets me all fired up."

"Ice-make Lance!" Shifting his eyes quickly the fox leaped above the canopy watching the ice smash into the ground.

"Bout time you guys showed up, I was just having fun over here."

"Yeah, we heard you from a mile away."

Erza stared at the fox standing on the tall rock looking down at them. Its yellow gold fur blew with the breeze with its four tails, it was beautiful and majestic and yet ferocious like a wolf standing taller than a large horse. Shifting his eyes he jumped heading north of the forest. I don't believe it. They're not supposed to even exist. The legends are true after all. She awed.

"You're not getting away!"

"Natsu, hold on!"

Igniting his feet he jumped soaring over the forest with the fox insight. "Fire dragon wing attack." Heading straight for it. The fox swung his body fanning out his tails set ablaze he spun like a disc smashing Natsu to the ground.

"Ice make Hammer!" Suddenly he blocked the attack with his arms still floating in the air. "Damn you're strong." Gray tried to keep the hammer down. The fox clawed into it pulling himself over it its ignited nearing Gray's chest. "Requip Holy hammer!" Sending him smashing him into the ground.

"Nice timing, Erza."

"Thanks but save it Gray, we have more to worry about."

Shaking off the fox looked up, "Requip Heaven's wheel." He snarled at her leaping back from the first attack clawing into the soil.

"Open Gate of the golden bull!" Summoning Taurus he landed mooing in excitement.

"What will my hot lady want me to dooo?"

"That fox touched my chest!"

Suddenly Natsu appeared with Wendy, Erza and Gray arrived all surrounding the fox with serious looks. Suddenly he began to act strangely as if he began to panic Wendy noticed this with a glare from its eyes. "It's scared."

Natsu was the first with Taurus. Missing the fire fist he swung his tail at his back backing flipping over the bull coiling his third tail around the bull's throat. "Taurus!" The fox smashed him into the ground. "That's it!" Sending the bull back, "Open gate of the Water bearer!" Aquarius snarled at Lucy.

"Next time summon me when you're at the beach! I hate being in forests!"

"I'm sorry ma'am, but could you just…"

Narrowing his eyes the fox's mouth ignited facing them.

"Water beam!" The fox fired back meeting water to her shock the water evaporated from the flames pushing back the water, "Sorry but I'm gone." Soaking Lucy.

"Flame empress!" Erza and Gray charged, "Ice make Excalibur!" And claw met sword. Slashing near Gray, Erza missed from her first attack being kicked under her jaw, Gray came in swinging Excalibur with a tidal wave of ice but froze Happy instead. The fox backed flipped over the wave and Erza smashed through clashing her sword with his claws.

Wendy hesitated waiting for an opening. Natsu punched the Fox's side and Gray across the face. Bearing his fangs his tails swung smacking their stomachs hard against tree. Turning he clapped around Erza's sword struggling to push bearing her teeth the look in the Fox's eyes narrowed to sharper points. "Requip Flight Armour!" Startled on all fours she vanished, "Behind." Meeting her foot. Rolling on the ground his back met the tree, "Now, Wendy."

"Sky Dragon Roar!" The bushes were torn from their roots sending a gust of wind at the fox like a hurricane. Happy was blown away, "Sorry Happy." Screaming he met a branch bending back firing him back over the trees.

Suddenly his hind legs ignited leaping above the canopy in amazement. Happy and Carla could only watch. Flipping his entire he smashed into the ground an all fours behind Wendy.

"Wendy!" Lucy called out. Shaking near the tree the Fox's lips peeled back hunching his neck down at her. Wendy's chest pounded seeing her reflection in its eyes staring back. Suddenly his lips calmed, pulling back his neck stepping back from her Wendy's heart paced slowly in surprised.

"Fire Dragon Wing Attack!" Startled he arched back missing the attack charging into the trees. "Damn it, it's getting away!"

"Not if I can help it. Ice Make Floor!" The entire forest floor froze behind the Fox's tails. Turning he jumped stabbing his claws into the frozen forest floor scaring the ice until he came to a stop snarling back at the team ready. "AHHH!" Happy rolled in the sky landing on something hard but ruff like a brush. Shaking his head the pupils narrowed again staring back at the cute cat. "Hi," And the Fox roared sending him back to Natsu.

"Are you okay buddy?"

"I…I…" Rocking his head back and forth.

The Fox's roar was loud waving the leaves above them charging full on Natsu was the first missing just below the Fox's ankles.

"Requip Water Empress! Water Slash!" Threw the water soaking the forest Erza caught a glimpse through the waves, the Fox's nuzzle moved, "Fire Dragon Sword Horn!" Head butting the side of his face the forest exploded.