Fairy Tail: Tale of the "King"

Team Natsu had just returned from their mission of retrieving the book, Daybreak. Natsu, Happy and Fairy Tail's New Recruit and Celestial Mage, Lucy were taking a shortcut to Magnolia through a forest when they ran into Gray who also returned from a mission.

"We have to hurry back to Fairy Tail." Said Gray looking like he had to haul ass. Team Natsu looked at him with confused expressions.

"Why are you in such a rush, pervert?" Natsu asked.

"….Erza's coming soon." Replied Gray. Team Natsu excluding Lucy suddenly screamed in panic and ran around like chickens with their heads cut off.

"Wh-what's wrong? Why are you guys so scared of this Erza?" asked Lucy with a curious look in her eye mixed with a bit of fear at what a terrifying person Erza must be to have scared them all to near death. At her question, they began to go on about the terrifying temper and power of the most powerful female Mage in the guild.

"Y'know what this means, right? That Hiko'll be coming back, too." Said Gray with a dreadful expression. Aaaand then Natsu and Happy began to panic once again, so Lucy decided to ask once more.

"H-He's a terrifying demon. If anybody in the guild messes around, he tears them limb from limb. And he does it with a smile on his face which is the only time he is seen smiling." Said Happy.

"When he gets angry, its just as terrifying as it is with Erza, but when the two of them are angry. Its so bad I want to kill myself." Natsu and Gray both said with looks of terror. At that moment, the dust picked up around them at blinding speeds impairing their vision, but they then heard Happy cry out. When the dust cleared, they realized Happy was gone.

"Happy!" Screamed Natsu.

With Happy

Happy was now tied to a stick held by two other sticks over a soon-to-be lit fire. He was surrounded by quite a few men with malicious grins on their faces.

"Hehehe…..I can't wait for this Cat Stew" said one of the men. Happy squirmed around as if he were terrified from the talk of how they wanted to eat him.

"Yes…yes…it's good that you're terrified before you die..hehehehehe." said another member.

"No, it's not that I'm scared. I have to use the bathroom. ." said Happy. "If you don't let me do my business, I won't taste good." The men just ignored him and continued with making a fire on a separate stick held by one of the men. After succeeding, the man slowly made his way to Happy about to set the sticks under him on fire with his torch, however, there was one thing stopping him.

Gray's foot in his jaw.

The kick sent him flying into one of his allies, sending them both crashing into the ground. Natsu shot from a cliff, yelling at the top of his lungs while punching through another group of guys. They continued to beat down the guys and tied them to a tree while Lucy untied Happy.

"Wow….." said Lucy as she saw the two not even looking winded from their fight.

"L-Lullaby." One of the tied up men said before a large shadow in the form of a hand stretched out underneath all of them and they suddenly disappeared as a figure in white blurred in and out of the area.

"H-huh? Who was that?" exclaimed Natsu as the other members of the team looked just as shocked.

"I don't know….but what I DO know is whoever saved them has exceptional speed." Said Gray. And with that, they left to go back to Fairy Tail.

At Fairy Tail

"Can we get 4 more beers over here, Mirajane?" yelled one of the members.

"Comiiiinng." Sang Mirajane as she held a tray with four tall glasses filled high with beer. It was then an older member of the group with a pipe in his mouth began to flirt with Mirajane.

"So Mirajane, when are we going on that date?" asked Wakaba. Levy scowled at his advances and scolded him for it. "Oh would you just quit it?"

"I wish I could, Wakaba, but…"Mirajane stopped as a Pinkish-Purple Magic circle appeared and she transformed into a fat woman with too much make-up. "..sweetie, aren't you already married?" she asked with a smile.

Wakaba jumped up in surprise at seeing Mirajane transform into his wife. "O-oh don't do that, sweet Mirajane!" said Wakaba now down, knowing his chances were crushed.

Cana and Macao shook their heads as Cana muttered "I wish I could drink in peace for once…" she continued to sip some of her beer. Macao narrowed his eyes toward her "You drink waaaayyy too much."

Natsu and Lucy were at their table complaining about wanting a job and the 200,000,000 jewels they, they being Natsu, declined. Happy, on the other hand, was happily enjoying some fish.

"If I don't find a job soon, I won't be able to pay next month's rent!"exclaimed Lucy as she went over to the mission board. Mirajane walked over to her.

"If you're interested in any of them then you can just tell me." Said Mirajane with a smile as she taught Lucy about the Guilds and Dark Guilds.

Natsu and Happy then came up from behind Lucy "Choose our next mission for us, Lucy."

"I feel sorry for her that she has to be teamed up with a sick pervert like him." Said Gray.

"Wear a shirt, Gray." Said Cana without looking up. Gray screamed in surprise as he noticed he was just in his boxers. Natsu then attacked Gray and so started their fight. Then suddenly, the doors to the guild slammed open revealing Loke who was panting.

"Trouble's coming, guys! It's Erza and Hiko….they're coming." Said Loke with a solemn expression as the guild became silent in an instant before they erupted into cries of panic.

"Are they the same people Natsu and Gray were talking about earlier?" asked Lucy. Mirajane just smiled the same sweet smile she always had on which seemed to stay the worries Lucy had about the terrifying duo.

"Yes, they're most formidable wizards in the guild, alone and even stronger together. They are truly terrifying." Said Mirajane still with a smile on her face which caused Lucy to sweatdrop.

Footsteps that were extremely audible were heard coming closer and closer toward the guildhouse. Shadows of an armored figure carrying a gargantuan object which looked like a claw or fang on their shoulders while keeping it there with one arm next to another figure taller than the previous one carrying two katanas on their hip resting an arm on them were both seen growing larger and larger as the footsteps grew louder and louder.

"Those are definitely their footsteps." Said Wakaba looking unnerved.

"They're almost here." Said Macao.

"Wow. What a reaction! I can almost imagine what they look like" said Lucy as she imagined two silhouettes of giant, humanoid demons towering over several mountains crushed them with their foots while breathing fire and causing havoc. "Ahhh! So scary T.T" screamed Lucy with both hands on her face as anime tearfalls ran from her eyes.

The camera then shows the ground as two sets of feet in boots making their way into the guild. Their entire bodies were shown as sunlight shined brightly behind them, obscuring everyone from seeing them as anything more than silhouettes. Then the figure carrying the large fang slammed unshouldered it, slamming it into the ground and as if on cue, their appearances were revealed. The figure with their hand on the fang was a beautiful woman with long scarlet, red hair, brown eyes fixed in a stern glare wearing Heart Kreuz upper body armor, a blue skirt and black boots, the sight of her caused many males including Loke and Wakaba to grin lecherously, but soon stopped when they remembered who they were dealing with. Next to her was an equally handsome man with medium length, wavy black hair wearing a white samurai gi with intricate designs with black boots(imagine Kyoshiro Mibu's looks from Samurai Deeper Kyo and Ryuma's clothing in the Thriller Bark arc in One Piece). His first katana had a black hilt with a white diamond design on it, a gold flower-shaped guard. The sheath is also black decorated with red, circular designs along the side of it. His second katana had a dark brown hilt with a gold grip in the middle, a circular guard with the corners missing and a pure red sheath. However, his most striking features are his strangely colored, sharp, predatory and cold yellow eyes that resembled a hawk's. At the sight of Hiko, women such as Cana, Levy, Mirajane and even Lucy blushed despite Lucy also being a bit terrified of his eyes which were fixed in the same expression as Erza's were. However, the guys looked at him with pure terror and dread.

"Wow…" Said Lucy. Erza looked toward Mirajane.

"Has the master gone out, Mirajane?"

"Welcome back, Erza. And yes, the master went to a meeting." Replied Mirajane.

"Mira, it's a pleasure to see you again." Said Hiko in a rich, baritone voice which spoke with much softer feelings than the ones his expression portrayed though it was mixed with a flirting tone and cheeky smirk. Mirajane's blush deepened at his words while the other girls were torn between rolling their eyes and chuckling in amusement. Lucy was also blushing deeper at the sound of his voice which seemed to have a magnetic, chilling, and a very charged, flirtatious effect as well as from when her eyes trailed down to the opening in his gi which revealed some of his well-toned, chisled chest.

'I-I'm not under one of those Charm spells, am I? Like the one that Salamander impersonator had…' thought Lucy, but she could not spot any rings or other trinkets on him besides his clothing and sword.

Mirajane opened her mouth to reply "Y-yes, H-Hiko-kun. I'm glad you've returned safe and sound from another dangerous mission." She said with a slight stutter before she composed herself. Lucy was rather at a loss for words because it looked to her as if Mirajane was trying to school her features and remain composed as she did with the other members that flirted with her but it seemed Hiko's more exciting and charming nature was throwing her off guard. Fortunately for Mirajane's sake, two of the lesser known members near the two spoke up.

"M-M-Miss Erza, what's that you have there with you?" they asked with fear laced in their words.

Erza blinked before realizing they meant the object she was carrying, as if it weren't all that important.

"Oh this? This is the horn of the monster Hiko and I defeated. The townspeople decorated it and gave it to us as a souvenir….Got a problem with it?" asked Erza as she slightly turned towards them.

"Oh no no no no no!"they said as they waved their hands franticly. Then they felt an ominous presence and aura coming from Hiko's katanas. It was strange and prominent enough for their curiosity to be peaked.

"Hey Hiko," one started as they felt a little more at ease with Hiko as they didn't take him as seriously because he had a rather infamous reputation for narcolepsy, fun-loving, goofy tendencies and overall laziness even sometimes partaking in the chaos of the guild's activities but when Erza was around and in her disciplinarian mode, he cleaned up his act a little more to back her up. "what's up with your swords? They feel…..evil?" they asked again.

"Heh, they are katanas I found during the mission. These are legendary Meito swords, meaning the craftsmanship is far above the quality of any typical weapon, mundane or magical. However, these two happen to be 'problem children', in fact, the red sheathed katana, Shodai Kitetsu, is the first katana in a line of cursed swords which is said to have brought death upon all of its wielders." Said Hiko as if he were talking about the weather causing most people, but Erza to sweatdrop.

"S-so why do you have it? Won't you die" the other asked, as the other members around that decided to listen were unnerved not because they believed in the curse per se, even though some were less skeptical, but they were interested why he would wield a sword with such a bad reputation.

"Well this is me we're talkin' about here. How could I pass the opportunity to wield such an awesome blade? It's only fitting an equally awesome master wield it, dont'cha think?" he said blatantly arrogantly with a matching grin that caused everyone in earshot to roll their eyes in annoyance at his attitude while Hiko simply laughed in spite of it. However, some of the members were sporting slight smirks as if they weren't buying Hiko's bragging. "And also... I wanted to test my luck against this curse and see if I was fated to die by this blade…or master it." Said Hiko. This caused many of the lesser-known girl members as well as Lucy and Levy to blush with hearts in their eyes as they thought of how brave and cool he was while Erza, Cana, Mirajane, Bisca, and Laki rolled their eyes at him along with the guys though they slightly envied his cool line just then.
"If I'm lucky, the curse will be changed to whoever faces against me while wielding this blade will die." Said Hiko with some slight blood lust leaking out, unnerving them because of how he began to appear as this blood thirsty killer so suddenly, but Erza and Mirajane as they all knew the two words he was thinking, but didn't say. 'Will die horrible deaths, he means.' They all thought. After that, people started to ponder whether the two knew about Macao's run in with the monsters on Mt. Hakobi.

"Aww great, now I'm as good as dead." Muttered Macao.

"They're far from what I imagined…"said Lucy.

"Alright now listen up!" said Erza with her glare becoming even more terrifying which caused everyone to straighten up as she began to talk. "I've been hearing a lot of rumors while we were gone that some wizards from Fairy Tail keep getting into trouble. Now, our master might forgive your mess ups, but I will not. Cana!" Cana suddenly stopped guzzling a large barrel of beer while on her back with both legs wrapped around it and she sat up. "Stop drinking in such an unlady-like manner."

"Vijeeter, take your dancing outside!" said Hiko as said-wizard/dancer stopped dancing immediately.

"Wakaba, stop dropping ash onto the tables!" scolded Erza. And this continued for quite some time.

"Macao….." the two both yelled out. Macao looked at them with slight fear and in anticipation for what they might scold him for. However, they just kept staring at him which scared him even more.

"Please say something…" said Macao. The two sighed in disappointment.

"We'll let you slide for now." Said Erza.

"For all of your sakes, we'll stop talking." Said Hiko. Mirajane giggled as she whispered in a tone only Lucy could hear "I think you said enough already." While Lucy looked creeped out as she asked.

"Are they the guild disciplinarians?"

"That's just how they are!" exclaimed Happy.

"Well, they're pretty strict, but they don't look all that threatening." Said Lucy. "So why are they so afraid of them? I mean I know Hiko is kind of blood thirsty, but he seems to have it controlled and acts pretty decent and Erza doesn't even look scary if you don't count the stern glares." She continued to say.

"So where are Natsu and Gray?" asked Hiko. And the said-duo who were previously in a fight were now extremely close with arms around the other while holding hands with their free arms. They had painstakingly obvious forced smiles.

"He-hey guys, Gray and I were just being good and not fighting." Said Natsu in a happy tone with a subtext of fear and nausea from acting so chummy with his rival.

"I see. It's good to know that while you may have had your differences, you've become the best of friends now." Said Erza with her arms crossed under her sizeable chest.

"Well, I wouldn't go THAT far…"said the two simultaneously as Hiko smirked knowing Erza was fully aware of their dislike of their current position and that they were most likely in a fight before they entered.

"I've never seen Natsu act this way!" said Lucy sounding astonished.

"Oh that's because Natsu once challenged them both to a duel and they individually beat him to a pulp. The same thing happened with Gray. Natsu and Gray then thought they could win if they teamed up and they still got beat by them solo for both Erza and Hiko. Then Erza and Hiko also decided to team up the last time they got challenged….needless to say, they started to wise up about challenging those two recklessly." Said Mirajane. "Erza also beat up Gray when she caught him walking around naked" said Macao with a grin. "And when Loke tried flirting with her. Hiko beat them up after for indecency and for trying to put the moves on his closest friend respectively." Said Cana with a grin matching Macao's.

"Natsu! Gray!" called Erza. Said-wizards gave their attention to the armored wizard as she spoke.

"I have a very important favor to ask of you. I know this matter should be decided by the master, but since he is not here and because of the urgency of the matter, I'll have to deal with it myself." She said.

"We need your assistance on this mission we will be taking." Said Hiko. The other wizards began to talk amongst themselves at the prospect of the four wizards teaming up for a mission.

'So I'm in the same team as him?' thought Natsu as he looked at Gray with a glare.

'We're on the same team now, huh..' thought Gray as he looked back with a glare of his own.

"You get some rest as we will be leaving early in the morning as to not lose any more time." Said Erza.

"Erza, Hiko, Natsu and Gray… I never thought those 4 would be working together." Said Mirajane. "They could be…..the very best team Fairy Tail's ever had." She said.

Next Day at the Train Station

"WHY DID I HAVE TO GET STUCK WITH YOU?" yelled Natsu.

"YOU'RE TELLING ME! IF ERZA AND HIKO WANTED HELP, THEY SHOULD'VE JUST ASKED ME!" Gray yelled back.

"FINE WITH ME! I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO GO ON THIS STUPID MISSION ANYWAY!" Natsu exclaimed.

The two wizards' argument caused a commotion which caused people to stare at them as they argued. Lucy, on the other hand, was sighing while sitting on a bench with Plue in her lap and Happy sitting beside her eating fish.

"Why did I get tagged along?" Lucy muttered with a sigh as she watched them argue.

Flashback

"Natsu and Gray will be fighting whenever Erza isn't looking. Hiko doesn't really much care for their arguing unless they are doing it at important times. So, it's your job to make sure they don't kill each other, okay? ^_^" said Mirajane as she got some more beer for the guild members.

Flashback End

"You aren't really stopping them.." said Happy as he continued to chew on his fish while Lucy replied with her head hung.

"I know..."

"So are we all ready?" asked Erza as she walked towards the group with Hiko as she dragged a large amount of luggage tied to a cart with a rope. Lucy sweatdropped at the amount. Natsu and Gray immediately were in the position they greeted Erza and Hiko with when they returned which caused the two to smile.

"It's good to see you two are getting along." said Hiko with a smirk which caused Natsu and Gray to let loose a string of curses aimed at the samurai with their gazes, which they knew he wouldn't respond to violently as he was considered more lenient. The object of their hatred turned to Lucy as did Erza.

"Miss, I believe I saw you yesterday in the lounge when Erza and I returned." said Hiko as he smiled a warm smile that Lucy found contagious.

"Y-ye-, yes sir. I'm L-Lucy the new re-re-recruit." Lucy replied."M-Miss Mira suggested I come along." she added.

"Ah, I see. Well, I'm glad we'll be having the help of the talented new recruit who defeated one of the gorilla mercenaries of with a single finger."said Erza with a welcoming smile. This seemed to put Lucy at ease even if the information Erza had was untrue and she began to look more confident in their presence.

"Erza! Hiko! I have one condition before I go on that train with you two." said Natsu.

"Sure, what is it?" asked Hiko. Natsu's lips stretched into an evil grin as he bawled his hand into a fist.

"You have to beat me first before I agree to joining you in combat."stated Natsu.

"Are you crazy?" Gray exclaimed.

"This won't be like last time. This time I'm much stronger and she'll know it!" he said.

"Hmmm I'm sure you have gotten stronger."said Hiko. This caused Natsu to grin wider

"And honestly, I'm not sure if we can match your new strength now." said Erza. If Natsu grinned anymore, everyone was sure his face would split in half.

"But sure..."they both said as some of their hair fell into one of their eyes, covering Hiko's left eye and Erza's right as a sinister glint is seen reflecting off of their eyes especially Hiko's as they both smirked. "we'll take you on..." at that Hiko's smirk became a slightly manic grin which Lucy didn't find at all unattractive or creepy. In fact..she was kind of turned on. Natsu became enveloped in his own fire as he shouted into the air.

"ALRIIIIIIGHT! LET'S DO THIS! YOU TWO ARE GOING DOWN!" shouted Natsu with much vigor.

Timeskip to Boarding the Train

All 5 of them including Happy and Plue were in a booth. Lucy, Hiko and Erza sat on one side looking peaceful except for Lucy as she glanced worriedly at Natsu who was sitting on the other side next to Gray as he was covered in bruises and cuts.

"Idiot. I warned him not to challenge them. He should learn when to quit challenging people."said Gray.

"Yeah, but I kinda feel sorry for him, y'know?" said Lucy.

"Come here, Natsu. Sit next to me."said Erza. Lucy felt a bit offended as she and Hiko moved to Natsu's spot and they pushed Natsu to theirs.

"There, there. Now get some sleep, Natsu."said Erza.

"Oka-AGH!"He was cutoff when the wind was knocked right out of him when Erza's punched him in the gut, knocking him out which caused his head to fall in her lap.

"There. That should get him through the ride."said Erza, not even giving thought to her methods.

"So Erza...what exactly is this mission about, anyway?"asked Gray and at that, the emotion in the booth went from playful to serious real fast.

"Ah yes. You see this mission is about a Dark Guild known as Eisenwald and their scheme which involves a magical tool known as "Lullaby"." said Erza which caused Lucy, Gray and Happy's eyes to widen in shock.

"Lullaby?"they all exclaimed. "We heard that name when a couple of thieves kidnapped Happy." said Lucy.

Meanwhile at Eisenwald's Guild House

A dark building surrounded by dead looking plant-life and a gloomy sky is seen. Inside it are the men who were defeated by Natsu and Gray after they attempted to kill and eat Happy.

"Boss, Kageyama contacted us and said he got the instrument we need for our revenge."said one of the men.

"Ah...that is good. This is the perfect time to strike while those old guild masters are off to their meeting."said a silhouette carrying a scythe before turning it's head toward the people showing himself to be Erigor.

Back with the Team

"So the men you met claimed they were from Eisenwald..."said Hiko.

"Well not exactly, but they did mention something about the Lullaby."said Gray.

"I see. They probably were attempting to escape their guild because they didn't agree with the plan." said Erza.

"So, the plan has a lot to do with this Lullaby thing, does it?" asked Lucy.

"Looks like it. And the giant shadow you saw was probably one of Eisenwald's main forces who captured them to make sure their plan didn't leak out."stated Hiko.

"But what could their plan be?" asked Lucy.

"There's something I must tell you. Hiko and I had heard some information of a Dark Guild plotting some scheme during our time in a bar where wizards gather after we had finished our previous mission."said Erza.

Flashback

Hiko and Erza are seen sitting on stools holding tall glasses of beer in their hands as they hear a particularly interesting conversation being had between a particularly loud bunch of men.

"Hey barkeep! We need a refill!"said one of them.

"Shut the hell up! You're starting to get on my nerves." said another one of the men to the one who yelled. "So we find the Lullaby's location huh? But we couldn't get the damn seal open."said the same man.

"Relax, I got it all under control."said a man with black hair tied in a spiky not, reminiscent of a pineapple top wearing a white jacket. "Just tell boss Erigor I'll have the Lullaby in three days time." and with that the man left.

Flashback End

"Lullaby...like what we sing to make children fall asleep."said Lucy.

"Yes. And if it has a seal then it must contain a very potent and powerful spell." said Erza.

"Back then, we didn't know who they were or why they mentioned Erigor."said Hiko "Erigor...the most powerful wizard Eisenwald's ever had. He was known as the "Shinigami" because he only accepted assassination jobs."

"He kills people!"screamed Lucy.

"We all know assassination jobs were deemed forbidden by the Council, but because of Eisenwald's greed for money they continued to take them and eventually were expelled from the League of Guilds by the Council. However, they continued to do more dark crimes to this very day."said Erza. Lucy's legs were shaking as she looked scared for her life.

"M-Maybe I should've stayed home.."said Lucy, but then she stopped shaking as a warm, calloused hand touched her shoulder and when she looked to see who it belonged to, she saw Hiko smiling at her.

"Don't sweat it. Even if you feel a bit overwhelmed with Erigor, I'm sure the rest of his guild will be cakewalk for you. Just do what you can do, nothing more if you can't, nothing less." said Hiko and Lucy nodded with a starstruck look. 'Heh...she looks kind of cute like that' thought Hiko.

During Lunch

Lucy took a bite of her sandwich and swallowed before asking a question "So Miss Erza, Mister Hiko, what kinds of Magic do you two use?"

"No need to be so formal, just call me Hiko/Erza."the two replied.

"Oh, these two have really beautiful Magic."said Happy.

"It makes their enemies' blood splatter."Happy said with a smile which caused Lucy to sweatdrop.

"And what about yourself, Lucy? I'm quite curious to know what type of Magic a pretty girl like you uses."said Hiko with his amber colored gaze which looked gold in the sunlight piercing into her own with a level of focus and sensuality that shook her to her core in a way that she suddenly felt a degree of discomfort and self-consciousness due to his scrutiny but because of this state, her nerves felt super charged. His lips were set in a blatantly suppressed cheeky smirk with a hint of faux innocence she could see clearly to mask the teasing that annoyed her because it seemed like he was enjoying her nervousness. Despite this, Lucy couldn't help it as she blushed slightly.

"Stop flirting with the poor girl, Hiko. Can't you tell she is too good for you?" Erza said with an uncharacteristic joking smirk. Hiko, without taking his eyes off of Lucy, simply grinned and flipped his partner off.

"I use Celestial Gate Spirit Keys."she replied after taking a deep breath to calm herself, thanking Erza a million times over for the break in self-awareness she was experiencing by being focused on Hiko being focused on her.

"Oh those mages are interesting."said Hiko, not relenting the degree of his focus though genuine interest and wonder replaced most of the lust and seductive aura of his presence.

"You think so?"said Lucy looking happy someone appreciated her Magic.

"But Gray's powers are cooler."said Hiko in a jokingly disinterested manner as Lucy found herself shooting an equally playful smile of her own as she lightly slapped the exposed part of his arm that had his dark blue Fairy Tail stamp in between his shoulder plate and gauntlet. She let her hand linger for a couple moments longer than a usual slap, which really did nothing to help her already charged nerves.

"Oh really?" she replied before looking over at Gray.

"Cool is right."said Gray as he made a fist and placed it on his open palm as frost began to form and when he moved his fist away, the Fairy Tail emblem was made out of ice. "It's called Ice Make." Gray said as Lucy looked on in awe.

At Oni Bas Station

Hiko, Lucy, Gray and Erza were seen walking out of the train. Hiko then walked up, keeping up in pace with Erza.

"You think those Eisenwald wizards are still here?" asked Hiko as he looked at Erza. She turned her gaze toward him.

"I have no idea...but I intended to find out." she said as Hiko nodded. "I got your back"said Hiko with a grin that made Erza smile back, a kind of smile that Gray had never seen on her face which bewildered him, but he always knew these two were close as they even joined the guild together. At that moment, Lucy then remembered something.

"Where's Natsu?" and then it dawned on everybody that they left him on the train when they were so engrossed in finding Eisenwald. As they turned,, they saw the train leaving. "...Aw sh-" they were cutoff by the moving onto the next scene.

With Natsu

Natsu was sitting as he was slowly recovering from his motion sickness and from the beatdown courtesy of Hiko and Erza then Erza again. Kageyama made his way over to Natsu.

"Ah, so you're from Fairy Tail, are you?"said Kageyama. "One of the legally recognized guilds, I envy you, but..."He stopped to slam his foot on Natsu's face "being a part of a legally recognized guild doesn't mean much, now does it, Fairy-boy?" he said as Natsu then became angry and swung at him with flame-covered fists, but Kageyama jumped back to dodge.

"Whoa there, easy with those flames. You could hurt somebody with those."said Kageyama with a smirk. The flames dissipated and Kageyama smirked wider.

"Aww is that all you got? Here, let me show you REAL power."he said as a dark purple magic circle appeared under his feet and many tendrils of shadows slammed into Natsu's chin sending him flying into the air and slamming into the ground.

"And THAT'S how you show-off."said Kageyama with a sneer as the tendrils of shadows positioned around ready to strike again. The train stopped suddenly causing Kageyama to lose balance, making him drop a sinister looking flute with the head of a skull with three eye sockets: two regular ones and one in its forehead.

With the Rest of the Team

Erza is seen with her hand on a pulled lever which seemed to have stopped the train in its tracks. An employee of the station began to scold her.

"Now look here, you can't just pull the emergency lever like that!" he said.

"My friend was still on the train." Erza replied.

"But that's against procedure!"said the man.

"Look what's done is done, can you please retrieve our friend for us?"Hiko asked.

"And take our luggage to the nearest hotel, will you?"said Erza.

"What? Why are you telling me that?" he continued to bicker with Erza as the other members of the team sweatdropped.

Back with Natsu

Natsu looked at the flute wondering what it was before seeing Kageyama and grinning as he stood up, all better now that the train stopped moving.

"Heh, now I'm all revved up and ready to fight!" Natsu said as he slammed his fists together causing a fiery colored magic circle appeared and his fists caught on fire as he launched at Kageyama. Kageyama looked startled and desperately had the tendrils of shadow to cover for him. Natsu threw a fiery punch and the train exploded causing smoke to envelope the cart.

Once the smoke cleared, it showed Kageyama a good distance away from where he once was, at the end of the cart actually with a scorched chin as everything else there was completely destroyed.

"Agh...you damn maggot!"said Kageyama as he held his face in pain.

"Heh...that was just the practice punch."said Natsu as he rose his fist, but was stopped from doing anything else as a voice over the intercom spoke

"Excuse the sudden stopping of the train. We will now resume towards our next destination." Natsu cursed "Shit, I gotta get out of here." He grabbed his bags, but then Kageyama stood up. "You won't get away, you bastard. Not after hitting a member of Eisenwald."

"Tch, who cares if you're from Eisenwald, you had it coming when you said those shitty things about my guild. If you wanna throw down then come outside." at that moment, the train started moving and Natsu quickly put a hand to his mouth looking sick as he hurried over to one of the holes made by his attack.

Erza is seen riding a 4 by 4 with Hiko sitting next to Lucy inside and Gray on the roof, powering it with her Magic Power as she sped toward Natsu. Natsu jumped and Erza sped right by, but stopped once she heard screaming. Erza, Hko and Lucy got up and out of the 4 wheeler and saw Natsu and Gray spread out on the ground with bruises on their forehead from the obvious collision of Natsu's jump and Erza's vehicles speed causing him to hit his head against the only person high enough to get hit, Gray.

"You shouldn't have jumped, stupid!" yelled Gray.

"Oh shut up! I had to get out of there."Natsu shot back.

"The important thing is you're okay now."said Erza as she slapped his back with an armored hand that caused him to yelp.

"More or less."said Natsu with a pained voice. "I think I was safer on the train. Even if I did pick a fight with that jerk."said Natsu.

"What jerk?"asked Lucy.

"One of the guys who tried to eat Happy in the forest. He said he was from Eisenwald or something-AGH!" Natsu screamed courtesy of Hiko's and Erza's punch.

"You idiot!"Erza exclaimed.

"Didn't you know we were looking for those bastards?"yelled Hiko.

"I didn't even know we were looking for them."said Natsu as he rubbed his head.

"Ugh! Did you not hear me explain? Or do you have the attention span of a goldfish?"said Erza as she stormed off and got onto the four wheeler, strapping on the device that powered the vehicle using her Magic Power.

"Come on. If we can catch up to the train, I'm sure we can get him."said Erza. Gray then looked at Natsu.

"What was his magic like?"asked Gray.

"Hmmm well it wasn't really special, but what really was spooky was the three-eyed skull flute he had."said Natsu. At that, Erza, Hiko and Lucy's eyes widened.

"A Three-Eyed Skull? Oh man.."said Lucy.

"Why do you know it, Lucy?"asked Gray.

"I think I know that flute. The Lullaby, it creates a powerful tune...the Song of Death."she stated.

"The Lullaby...an ancient flute said to have been used by the Dark Mage, Zeref. Its a death curse."

"A death curse?"Natsu questioned.

"I've only read about the Lullaby in books. But isn't a death curse one of the forbidden forms of Magic?"asked Lucy.

"A death curse. Its a magic curse that slowly saps the life out of the target."said Erza with a grim expression.

"Then the Lullaby-"started Lucy "Could cause a genocide."Hiko finished.

With Eisenwald

The train had stopped at Kunugi station where the passengers had begun to be terrorized by the Eisenwald guild. Erigor chucked evilly as his men threw the passengers and their luggage out of the train. Kageyama then stepped off of the train with a smirk as he walked toward Erigor.

"Ah Kageyama, I was expecting you to be on this train. Did you do the damage to that cart?"asked Erigor upon seeing the crumbling cart Kageyama emerged from.

"Forget about that. I managed to undo the seal on the Lullaby heheheheh."he said as he pulled out the demonic flute, handing it to Erigor as he smirked.

"Hah! The Lullaby...centuries ago it was a simple flute that was used to cast curses, but when the great Black Wizard, Zeref happened upon it, he transformed it into a mass-murdering weapon, that killed anyone that heard its deadly song."said Erigor.

Back with the Team

They were now in the four wheeler, going at full speed heading for Kunugi Station. Everyone was hanging on for dear life except for Erza and Hiko who managed to stay pretty calm in the situation.

"Shit! Erza, slow down! You can't afford to waste much of your energy driving this thing!"shouted Gray as he tried not to fall off of the roof.

"We can't afford to waste anymore time! If we slow down for even a second, there's no telling what Erigor will do with the Lullaby in his possession!"Erza exclaimed as she began to speed up the 4 wheeler even as it began bumping against rocks and cliffs and whatnot. Inside, Natsu was extremely sick from the motion and Lucy and Hiko were trying not to fall off of their seats. On one particularly bump, Lucy was sent flying out of her seat, but safely landed in Hiko's lap. She looked up and began to blush while apologizing profusely, seemingly forgetting about the madwoman driving the 4 wheeler. Hiko just smiled and put a hand on her back and another on her calf, to secure her spot on his lap so she wouldn't keep thrashing about which caused her blush even deeper and look away so he wouldn't notice. Her hormones and nerves felt like they were channeling static electricity that put her over the top as she struggled to stay put. Hiko smiled a bit wider before looking out the window with a scowl.

'Shit if we don't get there in time, there's no telling what Erigor will do with that damned flute..'

"Here we go!"Erza yelled as they neared Kunugi Station. "Get ready because we're about to meet the man behind this all!'

With Erigor

Eisenwald took over the train and boarded it.

"Heheheheheh our amibition will soon come to fruition!"yelled Erigor.

Chapter End

Heh sorry for such a long chapter. I hope you like it. Next time on "The Tale of the 'King'", you'll see Hiko's magic, more of his lovelife and much more battling. Please review and tell me how to make my story better or what you liked! Thanks for reading and see ya next time