Project Freelancer: Agents of Fiore
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Red vs Blue.
Chapter One: Betrayal
Today is the day." Lucy thought as she packed her suitcase with clothing and supplies to last for around two days, it has been three months, but I finally get to go on a mission with the whole of Team Natsu again!"
Three months ago, an old member of Fairy Tail returned. Her name was Lisanna Strauss, the youngest sister of Mirajane and Elfman Strauss, as well as being believed to have been killed two years prior to Lucy joining the guild.
When Lisanna had returned three months ago, the entire guild had held a massive party that had lasted the entire week. Not too shockingly Makarov found a pile of noise complaint letters on his desk the following week.
However, during those three months, people began to ignore Lucy, Natsu and Grey stopped doing missions with her and instead went with Lisanna. The only ones who didn't ignore her were Erza, Wendy, Levy, Mira, Cana, Juvia, Happy, Carla and the Thunder God Tribe, the last one being the most shocking of all.
But that all changed yesterday when Natsu came and told her that the Master had assigned their team, Wendy and Lisanna a special mission. Hence the reason why Lucy is packing her bag.
She had decided that she would wear a pink tank top that went to just above her belly button, a black pleated skirt that fell just above her knee, a brown belt around the skirt to hold her keys and whip and a pair of calf high brown boots. Her hair was place in an off centred pony tail.
She spent nearly half an hour packing before she was ready to depart to the train station. She locked up her apartment and set off down the road, walking along the edge near the river, summoning Plue to keep her company.
When she arrived at Magnolia Train Station, she noticed that Erza, Wendy and Carla were already there.
"Good morning you three." Lucy happily said as she stopped just in front of them.
"Good morning Lucy." Erza greeted back, a warm smile gracing her face as she did.
Erza was wearing her Heart Kreuz armour, which had a shine to it, suggesting Erza had waxed it. It consisted of a chest plate which donned a golden cross on it, with the Fairy Tail symbol behind it, gauntlets that went up to her elbow, a blue pleated skirt that fell just above her knee and black knee high boots. Her scarlet hair was left to flow freely.
"Hello Lucy." Wendy replied, a cheerful grin adorning her young face.
Wendy was wearing a blue and yellow sun dress, that had a white bow on it. On each arm she wore a white band that flayed out around the back of her arms. On her legs she donned similar band that flayed outwards around the back, however theses ones pointed upwards instead of downwards like the ones on her arms. She wore simple blue strap shoes.
"Hello Lucy." Carla said in her usual regal tone with her face seeming to remain emotionless, but everyone knew that that was normal for her.
Carla was wearing a black tank top that had pink trims around the arms, neckline and the hem of the shirt. She wore a black pleated skirt that ended just above her knees.
"Where are the others?" Lucy inquired, looking around the station for the missing four.
"Gray and Lisanna are most likely still packing, whilst Happy is probably trying to drag Natsu here." Erza responded, using her knowledge of the four's personalities.
Ten minutes passed by before the rest were spotted entering the station.
"Hurry up you four, we are going to miss the train!" Erza bellowed, causing the four to sprint towards them as they began to head to the train, their tickets having been bought by Lucy before they arrived.
Erza, Lucy, and Wendy sat in one booth, whilst Natsu, Gray and Lisanna sat in the booth across the aisle from them. Happy and Carla sat with the three girls, Carla sat on Wendy's lap and Happy was curled up on Lucy's.
The train set off, chugging along the track as it left Magnolia. It was almost immediately after setting off that Natsu's motion sickness kicked on. His face became a sickly green and his cheeks became bloated. He laid his head down in Lisanna's lap whilst she stroked his unruly, salmon coloured hair. This sight sent a pang of pain to Lucy's heart as she witnessed this.
"Lucy are you alright? You seem distressed." Carla stated, noticing the look of sadness that crossed the blonde girl's face.
"Yeah, I'm fine Carla. No need for you to worry." Lucy lied, hoping to spare the exceed the burden of knowing her heartache.
"What this mission Master gave you anyway?" Erza inquired.
"It's a simple pest extermination mission in the middle of Worth Woodsea. Apparently this pest had become a nuisance to the magical community and needs to be taken out." Gray replied, taking his shirt off as he did.
"Gray, clothes!" Erza growled, growing tired of Gray's stripping habit.
"Ahh shit! Not again!" He panicked, quickly scrambling to put on the discarded piece of clothing.
The train travel along passing through different towns before arriving at the station that was close to the forest. Six hours were spent on that train, six hours of having to hear Natsu groan in pain and everyone else either chatting or in the exceed's case, sleeping.
"Whoo, we're here!" Natsu cheered, humping in the air as he did, "I'm never getting on that death trap again."
"Natsu, you do realise we have to take a train to get back to Magnolia right?" Lisanna questioned.
His face went white and he began to sweat.
"You're an idiot Natsu." Lucy said as she sweat dropped at his stupidity.
They walked for about an hour before reaching the edge of Worth Woodsea, not thinking twice before entering the dense forest which had once held Nirvana, the reason why the forest was dark and gave off a deathly aura. Despite it being months since the Nirvana incident, the pollution caused by the magic being sealed had yet to diminish, so most of the plants in the area were still dead.
The group walked for another hour before reaching a clearing. This clearing was quite wide, and was surrounded on either side by dense forest. The grass around here was a brown colour, almost blending into the dry dirt below it.
"This looks like the perfect spot." Natsu said, looking around, surveying the area.
"Agreed. Let's just get this over with." Gray said, becoming completely serious.
"What are you two talking about? There aren't any monsters around here." Carla stated, not understanding why this spot was such a good spot.
"Don't you worry Carla; we already have the pest right where we want them." Natsu said with his famous pre-fight grin.
"Have you two gone blind, the monster we are here to fight isn't here, heck there isn't anything here but us!" Erza exclaimed, growing increasingly frustrated with the two boys on their team.
"Oh but that is where you are wrong Erza, the monster is nothing more than a weak little pest and it's been following us since before we left Magnolia." Lisanna stated, sporting a grin so sinister, that it would've fitted better on one of Mira's demon forms.
"What are you getting at, if it was in Magnolia, then why did we need to come this far out to fight it?" Lucy asked, confused why the three had withheld such information from the rest.
"Because Lucy," Natsu said, turning to look at her, a glare set on her, "that pest is you and you've been nothing but a nuisance to Fairy Tail since day one."
Everything around Lucy seemed to freeze, her breathe froze, her pupils shrunk and eyes widened. She was in shock, her heart was racing and felt like it was about to explode out of her chest.
The same could be said for Erza, Wendy, Carla and Happy, all of them being shocked by Natsu's statement, all of them suffering from a mixture of sadness, confusion and, the utmost important one, rage. They were all angry at him, no, they were pissed at him.
"What you are saying Natsu is completely preposterous and when Master finds out you'll be banished from the guild!" Erza exclaimed, her voiced filled with rage and a glare that made him happy glad that looks couldn't kill.
"Who do you think gave us this task Erza?" Gray asked rhetorically, knowing that the answer was clear.
"No!" Wendy shouted, tears welling up in her eyes as she felt torn between wanting to believe her new family were kind and accepting the fact that they were nothing but snakes in the grass, "Master would never do that! He views us all as his own flesh and blood!"
"Well he did and as much as you want to deny it, he still wants the weak and useless weeded out of his guild." Lisanna said, sneering as she did.
"Move it you four, Lucy is the only one that needs to be removed, no need for any unnecessary fighting." Gray said, slamming his left fist into the palm of his right hand, frost beginning to rise from his hands as he summoned his magic.
"How can you three say that she is weak?!" Happy exclaimed, tears flowing down his cheeks.
"Happy! You be quiet or you'll suffer the same fate as she's about to!" Natsu snapped, getting annoyed at his exceed defending the weakling of their guild.
"You and Carla are weak compared to someone like Pantherlily, but you still serve more of a purpose than Lucy does." Gray stated, hoping to discourage the two so that they wouldn't get in their way.
"We won't let you hurt Lucy!" Carla said in a confident voice.
"And how are you going to protect that lousy bitch?" Lisanna said with a sickly smile on her face.
Something inside Carla and Happy snapped, allowing a huge burst of magical power to be released from their bodies. It was like a dam had burst as the amount of magical power continued to rise. Both had been covered by smoke, Happy's was blue and Carla's was white. For the second time in less than an hour, Lucy was shocked.
The smoke around the two cleared to reveal an astonishing sight. Before them stood two tigers where once had stood two exceeds.
One had light blue fur with dark blue stripes all around its body. Its underbelly was white and on its back was a green Fairy Tail symbol. He stood on all fours with paws as large as an average human's hand. Its claws were extended and we as long as a small curved knife, as sharp as one too. The mouth of the tiger was filled with razor sharp teeth, revealed to them all as it growled at the three who had been preparing to attack Lucy prior to this. This one stood at around three feet in height and the muscles it had made it look like it was ready to pounce at a moment's notice. All of this added up to them realising that this one was Happy.
The other tiger had white fur with pink stripes all around its body. This one had a white Fairy Tail symbol that was outlined in black. Like Happy, this one had its claws extended and ready to slice into its intended target. Its teeth were on show as it snarled angrily at Lisanna. It was around two and half feet tall and the way it stood suggested it was raring to go. It was clear to them that this one was Carla.
Everyone stared at the two with a bewildered look, not knowing if what they were see was real. They all stared at the tigers for what felt like an eternity, but were broken out of their stupor when Happy began to talk.
"If you try to so much as lay a finger on her, then I'll make you rue the day you were born!" Happy growled out, displaying so much confidence that he seemed nothing like he was when he was smaller. It was also noted that his voice was no longer squeaky, but deep enough that a person could feel the vibrations.
"Happy?! Why are you protecting her when you could do so much better without her?!" Natsu asked, hoping to sway the exceed to their side.
"That is where you are wrong!" Happy bellowed, "Sure she may not have much physical strength, but that's because all her strength lays with her heart, the love she has for her spirits, the love she has for us! It's because of that love that we've all been able to push on through battles!"
"You sound like Sherry." Gray stated, smirking at the thought.
"You three are the weaklings here!" Carla exclaimed, her voice much deeper, but not as deep as Happy's "short-sighted weaklings who lust for power!"
"You know this is getting annoying!" Natsu snarled, "Just because you've got a new form, doesn't mean you can stop us!"
"Ha! That's what you think!" Carla said smugly, "There is a reason the Exceed Queen sealed this power in us!"
"Oh, and why is that?" Lisanna asked in a condescending tone, "A simple transformation won't help you!"
"Why don't we test that theory." Happy said, activating his Aera magic. With his transformation, his wings had grown to about one and a half metres in length when fully extended. A major difference wasn't the size though; it was the colour. Instead of being a pure white, they were a midnight black.
"You should be warned, exceeds tend to lose control when fighting in these forms." Carla stated, extending her wings as well, also being larger and black.
Without so much as a warning, they shot forward at a blinding speed, tackling Gary and Natsu to the ground, roaring as they went. The fight had begun.
"FIRE DRAGINS'S ROAR!"
"Ice make: Lance!"
Both attacks were able to remove the two from them and give them time to make some space between them and their opponents.
As this was happening Lucy, who had finally broken out of her shock, spotted Lisanna trying to get behind the two tigers for a sneak attack.
"Animal Soul: Tigress!" She whispered, transforming into a white tiger print bikini, with paws where her hands and feet should be.
She extended her claws and drew back her right arm as she prepared to strike Happy, an evil glint in her eyes as she did. Unfortunately for her, she soon found Fleur D'Etoile wrapped around the offending limb, holding it firmly in the air and keeping it away from the fierce exceed, who was to engrossed with trying to maul the person he thought was caring and compassionate.
"YOU BITCH!" Lisanna screamed, rage overtaking her as she fought to remove the whip from her arm.
Lucy snapped her whip back, causing it to rub and burn the fur on Lisanna's arm. Lisanna hissed in pain, becoming more enraged at the blonde.
"You'll pay for that." She hissed, charging forward at the girl.
"Open, gate of the lion: Leo!"
"Why hello princess. Did you miss me?" Loke teased as he appeared next to Lucy dressed in his usually suit, which consisting of: a white button-up shirt, red tie, black jacket, black dress trousers and black formal shoes.
"Not now Loke, I need your help dealing with her."
"Oh then, leave it to me princess, I won't be but a minute." Loke said, beginning to walk towards thee charging girl, a scowl on his face. "You really should've stayed in Edolas Lisanna. REGULAS IMPACT!"
With a thrust of his fist, a huge burst of magic flew out at Lisanna, striking her head on. The force of the attack was so massive, it flung her off her feet and through the air, only coming to a stop when she collided with a tree, rendering her unconscious.
"LISANNA!" Natsu bellowed, shocked at what he had witnessed, then enraged at the people who had caused it.
Lucy and Loke were forced to jump out of the way as Happy was thrown at them. Natsu charged towards Lucy flame covering both of his arms as he prepared to unleash a wing attack on her. As he leapt in the air to complete the attack, Erza and Wendy intervened.
"SKY DRAGON'S ROAR!"
"REQUIP: HEAVEN WHEEL! DANCE MY BLADES!"
The breath attack struck him, pushing him away from Lucy and back towards Lisanna and Gray. Unfortunately, he was able to dodge most of the swords, only being cut slightly by the ones he failed to dodge; nothing major though.
"Natsu! Lisanna is hurt bad, we need to fall back!"
"Fuck! Fine, but if I see any of you fuckers again, I will kill you!"
With that, the two left, carrying Lisanna with them. The ones that remained didn't relax for what felt like hours, not wanting to risk a surprise attack.
Eventually they did, believing that they were in the clear; at least for now. Erza returned to her Heart Kreuz armour, everyone else just stopped looking tense.
Lucy and Wendy collapsed to the ground, the stress of the day and the battle that they had just been in finally taking its toll on them.
"What are we gonna do?" Lucy asked.
"I don't know." Erza responded, "What I do know is that we can't risk going back to the guild, Magnolia even."
"But what about our stuff? What about Mira, Levy, Cana and Juvia?" Lucy questioned, worried they were in danger too.
"I think they'll be fine. As far as I can tell they were only aiming for you."
"We should get out of here in case they return with more." Carla stated, her eyes not leaving the gap in the forest the three had disappeared through.
"I agree, we'll head in the opposite direction and set up camp in the next clearing we come across!" Erza ordered, walking in the direction opposite to where Carla was looking.
Lucy and Wendy stood up, quickly following after the red head. Happy and Carla followed after, both on edge in case the group was jumped.
They walked into the forest, thinking they were alone and safe to move. However, they failed to notice the shimmer that followed after them.
A.N – Hope you enjoyed this first instalment to my new fanfiction. Please follow and favourite and leave a review on what you thought about it.