Lucy Heartphilia sat in the Fairy Tail guild. She was complaining to Mirajane about how Natsu and Happy always broke into her apartment. She was going to continue when said dragon slayer barged into the guild hall. He made a straight path towards the celestial mage who sighed. "Yes, Natsu?"
"There's something we got to check out!" The pinkette said excitedly, bouncing over to the mission board. He scanned it quickly before ripping one off.
"Natsu," She sighed, rubbing her head. "I don't feel like taking another job. After the book one, I'm done for a while."
"Ah, come on, Luce! Look," He pointed at the paper in his hand. "It says here that possible award is a golden key!"
"What?!" She snatched the paper, looking closely. "It's not a Zodiac key.. I've never seen it before. It has a weird design to it, like waves.. Whatever! Let's do it, Natsu!"
"Alright! I'm all fired up now!" The dragon slayer blew fire in the air to emphasize his point. He took the mission, handing it to Mira who stamped it off. "Yo, Happy! Come on, we're taking a job!"
Happy flew over, munching on a fried fish. "Aye! Where are we going?"
"Um.. someplace between Clover. It has a weird name. I can't read it that well.. Oly...Olm..."
"It's Olympianus," Lucy said with one hand on her chin and the other on her hip. "I've only heard rumors about it's existence but if it's true..."
"Let's go then!" Natsu grinned brightly. "Let's get that key!"
"Right. At least we know it's just before Clover."
Aye!"
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"Wow," Lucy, Happy, and Natsu looked up at massive golden gates. They towered a good fifteen feet over them and seemed to be decorated with multi-colored jewels. There were symbols on the sides; an owl, a helm, a lightning bolt, a moon, etc. When they saw a guard on the other side of the gate holding a bow, they quickly showed their guild marks.
"We're terribly sorry for not greeting you properly." An old man spoke, wringing his hands. "Bandits have been coming by destroying our sacred grounds and shrines. The Heavenly Gates had used to be open to all travelers until a group named Dragon's Mane came around and destroyed a shrine." He pointed to a group of people, citizens of Olympianus, who were trying to lift what seemed to be blue-green rubble. It shimmered in the light, appearing as if waves from the ocean graced it's surface. "That is the shrine of Neptune. Those thugs destroyed every bit of it."
Natsu clenched his fists, "Old man.."
The man blinked, "You may call me Jaruan."
"We'll get those jerks for you!" The pinkette said determinedly.
"That's right!" Lucy nodded. "What time do they usually come by?"
"8:50 at night." Jaruan answered.
"Looks like we'll be staying for a while, Natsu." Lucy told the dragon slayer who nodded with a thumbs up.
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It was 6:30, thirty minutes later, when Natsu and Happy decided to do a but of exploring. He held a hot bun wrapped in tissue in his hands while Happy held some fish, for once not eating it. The dragon slayer made his way to the destroyed shrine he saw earlier. It made him angry thinking that someone would destroy something others held sacred. He made his way over to the site, noticing how only a woman stood kneeling next to the rubble in front of another makeshift shrine to Neptune. In front of her was a bowl full of apples, bananas, oranges, bread, grapes; all offerings to the sea god.
"Hi," He spoke when the woman was done praying.
She glanced up, brushing a strand of long brown hair behind her ear. "Hello, my name is Saki. Have you come to pray to Lord Neptune?"
"Yeah. I'm Natsu." Natsu knelt, placing the hot bun into the bowl before lacing his fingers together to pray. Happy did the same, using his fish as an offering.
Hey, Neptune. My name's Natsu. I'm sorry about what happened to your shrine. Those guys are real bastards! I promise that I'll kick their asses and fix your shrine! I know, you don't know me but, please, trust me. They will pay for what they've done!
Unknown to Natsu, the small shrine shimmered, giving off a tiny, barely noticeable, sea-green glow, before disappearing.