Chapter 2: Unbroken
The following morning arrive down in Fiore, the previous night went on for Adrien, Lucy and Kita, the three paired with their lovers and had an amazing passionate night with Erza, Cana and Natsu.
Now the morning was dawn as the team along with Grey were at the train station, the four were waiting for Erza and Adrien while waiting by at the station.
"It's about time you guys got here." the boy said in agitation.
"Is Grey always this impatient Natsu?" Lucy asked while they walked side by side.
"Only when he gets a brain freeze." Natsu joked.
"Shut it flame face!" Grey growled, getting in natsu's face.
"My my, such a temper for one with ice magic." Kita said bluntly while she was filing her nails.
The two growled at each other, but then immediately changed their tune when Erza looked over her shoulder.
"Is there a problem?" She asked while Adrien was next to her.
The two simply smiled and hugged it out. Only to return to fighting when she wasn't looking. Lucy sighed. "Why are they always like that?"
"Not sure myself." Kita spoke. "But maybe you can influence Natsu to stop."
Lucy thought about it before smiling. She pulled Natsu back and whispered in his ear. "Natsu dear, be a good boy, and if you behave, i'll reward you handsomely." She purred, slightly licking his lobe.
He grinned and felt giddy. "Okay." he grinned.
Grey watched with a confused look. "What the hell was that about?"
"Seduction." Kita said as she past him. "Always works."
"How do you know?" Grey asked.
"Cause I know much about seduction Ice boy." She replied.
Grey didn't say anything as they all got on board the train. As the train went in, Natsu felt sick, so he held his stomach while looking down. "Ooooh…." he groaned.
"How is he sick? He was fine a moment ago." Kita asked in confusion.
"It's because Natsu is a dragon slayer, they get motion sickness easily." Happy answered, who he got to know Kita when they got on the train.
"I see…" The girl nodded.
"Hmph!" The pinkette upchucked while sweating. "Someone please kill me…"
Lucy gave a small smile before she gently took Natsu in her arms and laid him on her lap. "Shhh, it's alright Natsu, just relax." She cooed, stroking his salmon pink hair.
"You really gotta get a grip on that natsu." Grey said, not noticing he had lost his shirt and jacket.
"Grey your shirt." Erza sighed with a sweatdrop.
The black haired man looked down and yelped. Lucy sweatdropped. "Why do you do that?" she asked.
"Hey, don't blame me blondie, it's how I was trained by my master." The ice user countered. "You see i can do this." he then made a fairy tail insignia.
Lucy smiled. "Cool….say, do you think that's why natsu and grey hate each other? Ya know, since they're fire and ice?"
"That's partly the case." Erza nodded.
"It's just I don't like how flame brain is such a dunce." Grey added.
Natsu groan on Lucy's lap. "...fuck you...Ice princess.."
"Anyway, mind filling me in on the details of the mission Erza?" Kita asked.
"We have been getting reports about the dark guild, they have stolen a powerful and dark artifact which is called lullaby." The scarlet woman answered.
"Lullaby?" Lucy asked, never to have heard of an object like this before.
"It's a flute that kills who hears it. It was created by a dark mage named Xereth, it's one of his demons." Adrien said. "And if the Crimson Cabal want it, their probably after...those things."
"What things?" Lucy asked.
"Soul gems. Stones in the cores of Xerath's demons, there are six in all, if you control those stones...you can wipe half the life from every dimension in existence with a snap of your fingers." the boy said.
Needless to say, Lucy was sweating while her face lost all color. "S-seriously? They're that strong?"
Adrien nodded. "And Gaul their leader beat my guild master who thought Xerath eons ago, and won. And his lap dog thumos sliced off my arm and broke my back, just to see me totally and utterly broken."
"And you plan on taking out Gaul and Thumos huh?" Grey asked.
"Yes. i will crush them." the volcano mage growled, clenching his fist as everything from his hair to his arm, to his clothes became Magma red. "Killing them instantly is far too humane though, i want to watch them burn alive."
"Calm down Adrien." Erza cooed, stroking his shoulder.
The fiery glow died down and Adrien slowly returned to normal. Lucy noticed this and decided to change the subject. "So Adrien, how come you change color when your magic activates?"
"Well, while some mages can use one type of magic, my type involves using two." The white haired boy answered. "Earth and fire combines to make magma, and i utilize it in its most archaic form, Volcanic Soul magic. When i'm calm i look like a dormant volcano and have complete control, but when i get angry my volcano magic changes my appearance and personality and enhances my spells."
"Wow, i never knew you were that strong." The busty blonde spoke. "I mean, Natsu is strong, but this is a whole new level."
"I once turned an entire desert into obsidian glass, if that gives you a comparison." the boy said.
"Seriously?" She gasped. "That's insane."
Adrien nodded. "Then there's my sword, as you already know it can level a city and summon a dragon. But it can't summon the whole dragon, you see iron jaw is actually a robotic dragon comprised of twelve ethereal robotic celestial knights, they can be summoned separately or all together. They only obey those who wield the sword."
"You can summon celestial spirits as well?" Lucy asked in shock.
"Well, yes and no. While the knights may hold celestial magic like the spirits in the spirit world, they're just made of nuts and bolts." Adrien answered.
"Oh." she said, nodding. A few minutes later they arrived at their destination, and Natsu was still feeling queasy and no one noticed they had forgotten him on the train until it was too late.
"Wait...where's natsu?" Lucy asked in a slight panic.
"There he is!" happy said, pointing at him, hanging out the train window.
"Natsu!" Lucy yelled as the train pulled away. "Gah! I can't believe we forgot him!"
Erza clenched her fist. "This is all my fault, i foolishly forgot to make sure he got off, adrien please i need you to hit me for my penance for this atrocious mistake!"
"Erza i'm not gonna hit you, it was only an accident." The volcano user assured. "Honestly you need to lighten up."
"Seriously is no one going to go save him?!" Lucy said in even more panic as the train began to leave out of sight.
"To the station controls! Hurry!" Erza snapped as they ran for the control room.
Meanwhile, Natsu groaned as he opened his eyes. "Huh? where is everyone?" A shadow loomed over him. "Huh…?"
It was a man in white clothing who had black hair. "Well well well. Look what we have here." he said.
"Kageyama! Get back here!" a booming voice said as a giant of a man walked in, he was wearing black plated armor and carried two huge swords.
"Hey, Mr. Thumos, look." the black haired man said. "It's someone from fairy tail."
The man gazed at the woozy Natsu and grinned. "Well, looks like we got ourselves a fairy."
Natsu groaned. "W...what do..you want?"
The bigger man cracked his knuckles. "You'll soon find out, when i break you." Thumos said. "I am Thumos the unbroken, Torture Master of the Crimson Cabal."
"And lets not forget how his guild has such fine women." Kageyama grinned.
Something about his tone triggered natsu a bit as he tried to sit up. "What...did you say?" he asked before the black haired boy pinned his chest with a foot.
"You heard me. Oh boy, wonder if they sent Mirajane this time? Or maybe Erza Scarlet? Those two oughta be a trip!" Kageyama laughed.
"I even heard they have a new recruit, Lucy if I recall, the blonde girl." The bigger man mentioned.
Natsu's eyes widened a bit when Thumos mentioned her name. 'Lucy…'
"Ah yes, the busty blonde." the boy smirked. "I think she will be a good catch with those big tits of hers, I wonder when she'll break and become a straight up whore to the dark guild?"
The mages words blasted a surge in Natsu, having to finally ignore his motion sickness as he threw a fire kick into Kageyama's face, sending him skidding back with Thumos. The two faced Natsu as his body was engulfed in flames while his eyes sharpened that of a dragon with a fierce look.
"How dare you talk trash about my girl! Insult her, or my family again and I'll kill you both!" He roared dangerously.
"Finally. I do so love a challenge." Tumos grinned.
"Alright fairy tail scum, here i come!" Kageyama said. "Shadow punch!" Streams of shadow fists flew to Natsu at high speed.
Natsu's anger made his high pain tolerance grow as he took the blows like they were nothing. "Is that all you got scum?" He snarled.
Thumos was next. "Master's whip!" he yelled, as a whip of blue lightning cracked and lashed the salmon haired boy.
Electricity ripples in Natus' body as he groaned, but he was not backing down, not when these two insulted his girlfriend. When Thumos whipped him again, Natsu grabbed the whip in his fist as the lightning surged, he looked up with his scowl. "You can't break me that easily!"
He roared and swung the whip around sending the two flying. "Fire Dragon: ROAR!" A stream of fire blasted from his mouth as he burnt the two to a crisp as they blasted in the sky like a rocket ship. Natsu panted as he wiped his mouth. "Good riddance….huh?" he saw something nearby that one of them dropped. It looked to be a wooden flute with a skull. "What's this?" he asked while grabbing the flute. "Hmmm...maybe Erza or Adrien might know."
(back at the station)
Erza and Adrien were waiting for natsu to get back, when they saw the explosion.
"Bet cha ten bucks i know who did that." grey said.
"Agreed." Lucy nodded.
At the control room, Erza, Kita and Adrien were telling the commander to stop the trains. "One of our friends is on that train! You have to stop it!" Erza demanded the commander.
"I'm sorry I can't, it's not apart of my job to schedule a full emergency stop." the man spoke.
The scarlet woman growled and was about to summon her sword before Kita gripped her shoulder. "Allow me." She spoke before approaching the man, she glowed before she turned into a cat woman in a skimpy tight blue jumpsuit that showed her every curves and assets. She leaned on the table in front of the man on her side. "Can you pretty please stop the train mister? It will make us puuuuuurfectly happy." She purred, slowly unzipping her jumpsuit, showing a good amount of cleavage.
The man blushed and nodded, ordering the train to stop and turn around. Adrien looked at her. "You know, for a self proclaimed lesbian you sure do like seducing men."
"It's all part of getting the job done." Kita giggled as she approached the two. "Men are always horny for a sexy woman."
"Not all of us." Grey and Adrien say, rolling their eyes.
"Well I know you won't since you're dating Erza." Kita giggled at Adrien before turning to Grey. "And why is that Grey? Oh...don't tell me you're into guys, are you?"
"No!" he snapped. "I just, haven't found the...right girl, is all."
"Guys!" They heard Natsu yell as they saw him running to them in the sand.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried and ran to him as they embraced. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah i'm fine." he nodded as they others approached.
"What happened flame brain? What was that explosion on the train?" Grey demanded.
"If you want to know Ice princess, I was attacked by two mages." Natsu answered.
"Who?" Erza and Adrien ask.
"One had black hair and the other with big axes, the other called him...uh..tu...tumo something." The dragon slayer spoke.
"Thumos…" Adrien growled. "Did he by any chance use a spell call the Master's Whip?"
"An electrical whip." Natsu answered.
"That was him." the boy yelled.
"I blew their asses to the sky though." The boy smirked. "But I also found this." he dug in his bag and pulled out the wooden flute form the train.
Everyone looked at the flute. "Natsu, why didn't you pull this out first?" Erza asked.
"Am I supposed to know what it is?" natsu asked, scratching his head.
"That's lullaby you peabrained Salamander!" adrien yelled.
"Were you not paying attention!?" Erza snapped.
"He was dead cold in Lucy's lap remember?" Kita reminded while filing her nails again. "Not that i blame him, she has a nice lap."
Everyone looked at her, then happy started itching. "Oh Geez! What is going-oh!" then a golden key flew out of his fur. "Oh, so that's what's been stuck in my fur...huh, i thought it was some left over fish, bummer…"
Lucy blinked as she saw what came out of Happy. "A golden Celestial Spirit key!"
"Oh yeah, i wanted happy to give that to you, he got it from that big maid at the mansion we blew up remember?" Natsu reminded.
Lucy shuddered. "Don't remind me."
"Well, with everything cleared up, what should we do now? We have lullaby in our possession." kita spoke.
"We should take it to Makarov." Erza told them.
"Good idea." Adrien nodded.
(Later)
Thumos and Kageyama entered a building no far from the mages as they faced a man with a scythe. "Well, do you have lullaby?" he asked them.
The two groaned. "Afraid not...we lost it from a fairy tail wizard." Thumos answered.
"What?!" the man growled.
"Peace, Erigor. Let us allow them to explain themselves." said a deep voice from the shadows. A man standing at a massive 10 feet tall walked out of the dark area, he was wearing white plated armor with two wing-like structures on the back, they had the Crimson Cabal's insignia on streamers hanging from them. He also had a mouth mask on, he was bald and had pale white skin, and red eyes.
Erigor growled. "Fine…"
"We were struck by a powerful fairy, he's called Natsu Dragneel." Kageyama answered.
"The legendary salamander….interesting." the man said. "Did anything seem to provoke him when you approached him?"
"Kageyama was telling how he and the guild wanted to claim the girls of fairy Tail, when we mentioned Lucy, he blew up." The bigger man spoke.
"That will be useful for a later time." the man chuckled. "Did you get the gauntlet at least, Thumos?"
"Yes my lord." he held the glove out to his master. "It was all too easy for me."
"Excellent." the man grinned. "All goes according to plan."