Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail at all (I wish I did though) and all rights go to Hiro Mashima and his publishers.
(Time Skip year 784 'Seven years after the arrival of Lucy and Xander)
In the port of Hargeon, a group of three could be seen walking along the docks. The blond girl then spoke, "Come on guys! How are we supposed to catch a slave trader if we're moving so slow? Pick up the pace!" she pushed her two friends.
The blue haired girl clearly was annoyed, and the other bluenette spoke up, "Relax Lucy. We were going to stop at the magic shop first." He said. Lucy seemed excited by this statement, and walked onward with a grin on her face.
This ragtag group of friends were none other that Lucy Heartfilia, Juvia Lockser, and Jellal Fernandes of Fairy Tail. Together they were Team Star. Jellal had the most popularity, however, for he was a Wizard Saint, one of the ten strongest wizards on the continent appointed by the magic council. He also gained popularity in Sorcerer Weekly Magazine by being on the top ten list of "Mages You Want as Your Boyfriend." Juvia however didn't need titles or magazines to be popular. She was and S Class Wizard who was called the Rainwoman, for she could make it rain whenever she wanted, and she could use that to her advantage. Lastly, there was the Celestial wizard herself, Lucy Heartfilia. She was no S class wizard, but still a powerful foe. She was named Celestia, thanks to Sorcerer weekly, much to her dislike.
The group of three finally reached their first destination and they walked into the small magic shop. Lucy saw so many items, but wasn't pleased. "Do you have any powerful gate keys?" Lucy asked the man at the register. Lucy was wasting no time, cutting exactly to the point.
The man seemed to be about sixty years old and he pondered to see if he had any gate keys. He walked to the back room and grabbed a small silver box. He placed it on the counter and opened the box. Inside was a total of three keys. Two of them were silver, while one was gold. The man then explained, "Those two are the gate of the owl and the gate of the Arctic wolf." he pointed to the silver gate keys.
Lucy began to be awestruck at the two gate keys. But nothing was more appealing than to add another gold key to her collection. She already had seven Zodiac keys. There are only twelve, so acquiring one is extremely difficult. "Which one is that?" she questioned.
"That one there is Scorpio, spirit of the scorpion," he replied.
"How much for all three?" she questioned.
"Forty thousand Jewel," he replied, a smile on his face."
Lucy seemed displeased with the answer, and did something any large chested girl would do. She hopped on the counter and made a sexy pose, "Come on now, how much is it really?"
Jellal and Juvia, who were looking around in the shop, scoffed at Lucy's typical tactic.
"I'll let you have it for thirty-eight thousand," he replied. Lucy seemed upset that her sex appeal only got her two thousand jewel. She slammed the money on the table and waited for her friends to complete their purchases. Juvia bought a few water magic books, and Jellal bought a bronze, gold, and iron alloy sword, although it's not for him. (*wink-wink*nudge-nudge*) The shopkeeper wrapped up the gift and waved them goodbye.
The group left the shop after saying their thanks. And they begun their search for Bora, the slave trader. They were interrupted from their conversation when they stumbled upon a group of girls surrounding this one guy. The guy was around his twenties, and he had a purplish-blue hair that fell to the tattoo above his eye. He wore tight red pants, and a white tunic. Over that, he had a purple cloak with gold accents. Lastly her wore two rings on his hand.
"Oh my god! Is that Salamander?" one girl cooed.
"He's so handsome and strong!" another cried out.
"Ladies, ladies, calm down. Yes, I, the mighty Salamander am here." The purple haired man made a smoulder that the crowd fawn over him even more.
Lucy was confused. She had no idea who this man was. She was about to ask Juvia if she knew anything, but she then felt her heart beat rapidly. She walked towards the man, drawn to him.
Jellal and Juvia saw their friend get pulled in so they decided to make a plan. Juvia noticed one of the rings Salamander was wearing had a heart on it, and she knew exactly what that was. "Jellal," Juvia said, "That's charm magic. It's been banned for years.If someone is aware of it's effects, then the magic won't work on them." Jellal nodded and understood what she meant.
Jellal went to work and walked towards the crowd. He clasped his hand and chanted, "Heavenly body magic: Light Beam." A bright flashlight-like beam shot out of his hand, and he aimed the beam at the ring on the guy's finger. Luckily the guy didn't notice. Lucy's head followed the beam and she saw the ring. She instantly broke out of her trance, and saw the situation she was in. She slowly walked out of the crowd, trying to leave unnoticed.
"All of you lovely ladies are invited to my yacht party tonight," he smirked and then chanted, "Red Carpet!" and in a wave of colored fire, he flew off into the distance.
"That seems suspicious," Jellal remarked.
"Do you think that was Bora? A yacht party seems like the perfect place to kidnap women," Lucy commented.
"Juvia thinks so too. Juvia thinks one of us should go to the party and ambush through the inside, while the other two attack from outside." Juvia suggested. The Rainwoman seemed to have the best idea out of everyone.
"I'll go. I want revenge for that charm magic he used earlier." Lucy said, fire burning in her eyes. The other two agreed with the whole plan, and Lucy went off to change for the yacht party.
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Lucy stepped out of the boutique in a fancy red dress. There was a slit that ran from half the thigh down to the bottom. She also adorned a set of pearls around her neck, and a silver bracelet. Lastly, she wore silver heels, sparkles making them almost blinding to look at.
Lucy walked down to the port where she knew Salamander's yacht was. She walked down to the yacht and was greeted by a suited man at the entrance. He greeted her and welcomed her inside to the yacht. She walked to a nice couch area and saw Salamander sitting down. She greeted the man, "Hey Mr. Strong handsome guy!"
The man smiled, completely satisfied about the untrue comment. Lucy almost rolled her eyes at the size of this man's ego. She walked up to him and made small chat. She pretended to be interested and dreamy eyed. Then the two walked to a couch area. "Here, have a drink," Salamander suggested. Lucy refused the offer, and then he tried a different tactic. He made all the wine turn into bubbles, and they started floating. Lucy fake giggled at the trick.
Lucy stared at Salamander. She noticed that he wore a second ring. 'That's sleep magic. That's been banned for years. I get it now. This must be how he kidnaps the women.' With no doubt that this was Bora, Lucy pretended to fall asleep. Bora then smiled, thinking that she really was asleep. He motioned to a curtain, and a few of his grunts came out.
From what Lucy could see through her semi closed eyes, there were three grunts, Buffy, Stocky, and Gorilla. Those were the nicknames she gave them at least. Buffy grabbed Lucy and was beginning to haul her towards the back room with the other girls. They forgot to tie her, leaving her hands free.
Once they left, Lucy got to work. Careful of being quiet, she pulled out a gold key. "Open Gate of the Giant Crab: Cancer!" she whispered. A dim golden light flashed and Cancer flashed out of nowhere. The celestial spirit was a tan man, with braided locks put in a styled bun. He wore striped pants, with a button down shirt. He also had large crab like legs come out of his back. Lastly, he held two large pairs of scissors.
"You called for me, baby," Lucy sweatdropped at the crab man's words.
"Cut all the binds on these woman, wake them up, and lead them off the ship," She ordered, "And I," she pulled out her whip, "will take care of the big guy."
Cancer nodded and began releasing the binds, in two seconds, all of the binds were cut. Cancer snipped his scissors, "Yeah, baby."
Meanwhile, Lucy peered from behind the curtain. Salamander, or rather Bora was using his sleep magic on someone else. 'that disgusting pervert,' Lucy thought. The grunts began to open the curtain with the girl in hand, when Lucy decided to take action. Before the grunts could say anything, she bound them with her whip and gave her signature "Lucy kick!" to knock them out.
Lucy knew Bora might be more difficult, so she decided to bring him herself to her friends to take him out. She went to the other side of the yacht where water was in arms length. She took out a golden key and inserted it into the water, "Open gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius," she chanted. The same mermaid she summoned the same day she joined fairy tail appeared out of nowhere above the water.
"Pfft. What do you want now Blond Bimbo?" Aquarius scoffed.
"I need you to send a giant wave to send this boat to shore."
Aquarius was not amused, "And why should I?" her rude attitude she had for all those years was finally getting to Lucy.
Lucy was fed up with this snarky behavior, "Why can't you just help me for once. I don't care if you blow me away to, just get this ship to shore."
Aquarius made her signature 'pfft' and raised the basin she always held. Water began swirling inside the basin. A tornado of the water was the only this you can see until Aquarius grunted and brought her basin forward. A twenty foot wave was summoned, pushing and engulfing everything in its path, which only included the yacht.
The yacht washed up on shore, but Lucy landed elsewhere. Aquarius floated right next to Lucy, "With that getup, you'll never get a boyfriend," Aquarius said. "Now I'm leaving for a date with my boyfriend, and he's hot." In a flash of light, aquarius disappeared, leaving Lucy alone near the ocean.
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Bora's yacht landed in the Hargeon port. Jellal looked on, realizing that Lucy completed her part. All that was left was getting the girls to safety, and arresting the slave traders. Jellal and Juvia started towards the yacht, but paused when they saw Bora walk out, completely drenched.
Jellal almost forgot about the loser, and he remembered that he was the main objective for this job. He was going to knock him out when Juvia stopped him, "He is Juvia's to take out," she growled. If Jellal wasn't a wizard saint, he probably would've wet his pants in fear.
Juvia slowly walked towards Bora. Bora saw her and immediately tried to defend. "Hell's Prominence!" he chanted. He raised his arm and a gigantic blast of fire. The fire consumed almost everything in its path, which was only Juvia and Jellal, since the city was too far away. He thought the blue haired mage was done for, but was surprised when he saw her unfazed, with her hand raised. She had a bubble shield of water, and then she let it deform.
Bora's overconfidence backfired when he tried a "Red Prominence" spell, and Juvia fired back, "Water Slicer!" she sent flat vertical saucers of water towards the fire mage. Bora thought that the water was harmless, but a slicer nicked his hair, completely slicing it off. He decided not to underestimate the Rainwoman, but when he tried to attack again, it was too late. "Water lock!" she shouted. Bora was then encased in a sphere of compressed water with no hopes of escaping. Juvia waited until Bora passed out out of lack of oxygen, and then released her hold on him. Once he crashed to to floor of the dock, she walked up to him and placed magic blocking handcuffs on him.
By then, Lucy had regrouped, and she and Jellal had been spectating Juvia's fight. However Juvia wasn't pleased, "Juvia is disappointed. Juvia thought Bora would put up more of a fight."
Jellal smiled at Juvia's comment and turned to Lucy. Lucy already knew what he wanted, so she went over to the yacht and dragged out Bora's three goons. She handcuffed them, and put them next to Bora. Once they were secured, she went inside where all of the girls were. "It's safe now guys, you can come out now." Cancer showed the girls to the doorway, once they were all out, lucy pulled out Cancer's key, "Thanks Cancer, you can go back now." Cancer disappeared in a flash of light.
The rune knights came running in, and saw that the three mages already took care of the target. "Thank you mages. We've been chasing that man for weeks," the captain of the squad said. "What guild are you from?" he asked.
"Fairy Tail, of course," Lucy winked, and held out a peace sign. "We always get the job done."
"Fairy Tail, really? I'm surprised you didn't destroy half the city!" a different soldier spoke up.
Jellal sweat dropped, "We have made a poor reputation for us, haven't we?"
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A scarlet haired teen was fidgeting with his glass at the bar. He slouched on his hand, boredom overtaking his concerns. He played with the spoon and spun it in the glass. A sigh was heard from him, "Mira, when did Erza say she would return?"
A white haired girl in a red dress the same age as the boy, presumably Mira, came up to the scarlet mage, "Xander, Erza said she would be here later today. You asked me that question five times already." Mira wasn't going to scold Xander. Instead she just smiled her perfect smile and continued on with her job as barmaid.
Then, another person spoke up, "Calm down kid, your sister is fine." The person was drunk, probably from the twenty barrels of alcohol she just downed. It was Cana Alberona. Instead of her previous dress attire, she wore brown capris, and only a blue bra, showing her unholy amount of cleavage.
"I know, I'm just worried that's all," Xander replied. Xander wore a rather interesting outfit. He wore a half- untucked black dress shirt with red cuffs with a red bowtie and suspenders. He adorned black skinny jeans with a red belt and red glasses. He wore red and white convers with black bottoms. On his belt was a keyring filled with an assortment of keys, and a rolled up whip. On his left side was a single sheathed katana, inlaid with designs and patterns.
Xander asked Mira for a strawberry cheesecake and as he was eating it, he saw three figures walk through the door. It was none other than Team Star returning from their job in Hargeon. He saw Juvia drift away, and Jellal decided to pay Master Makarov a visit upstairs, leaving Lucy to head to the bar. She was wearing a white blouse, and blue skirt that day, and it caught the attention of the Octuran wizard.
Xander brushed off his sudden interest in Lucy, and proceeded to finish his cheesecake. "Strawberry milkshake, please," he heard Lucy ask. He smiled at their common interest of strawberries.
Once he was done, he gave Mira the plate and decided to sit next to Lucy. "I see you like strawberry, Lucy. Although, I prefer the cake, honestly. How was the job?" Xander sat next to Lucy, who was engulfing her drink rather quickly. She tilted her head, only to see Xander.
Lucy's eyes widened, "I didn't see you come over here."
Xander stifled a laugh, "Probably because you were to occupied with that milkshake."
Lucy blushed in embarrassment, "Anyway the job was great. We had to catch this slave trader named Bora, and I snuck on his yacht, and pretended to be captured. Cancer set the girls free, while I took out the grunts. I then asked Aquarius to send the ship to shore, almost drowning me in the process. Lastly, Juvia easily took out Bora, and the rune knights took him for trial."
"Sounds like an eventful mission." Xander responded, clearly interested.
"Nah, it was easy. Jellal didn't even need to do much of anything." Lucy and Xander were caught in each others eyes. They did and did not want to turn away from each other.
The two were interrupted by a shout in the guild, "Give me back my pants!" The person who shouted was none other than Gray Fullbuster. However, you could tell his stripping habits haven't ceased. Grey had no clothes on, except for a pair of boxers, and was chasing a laughing Elfman across the guild hall.
Elfman was a lot different from how he was as a child. He was a giant, being way over six feet tall. Not only that, but he had so much muscle that he looked like he could rip a building to shreds with his bare hands. Elfman had spiky white hair, and a scar ran down his face. He was running across the guild hall with greys pants, his laughter emanating around the building.
Xander was getting annoyed by the two wizards' shouting. Lucy also was getting extremely annoyed. "Ugh they're always fighting!" Lucy complained. Just when they thought things couldn't get worse, the whole guild started fighting.
The constant fighting is one of the reasons for Fairy Tail's fame, and rambunctious reputation. The fight went on, with mages kicking and shoving anyone in their path. It seemed okay until furniture got involved. Chairs were flying all over the place. Some wizards, such as Juvia, who didn't want to get hit by projectory chairs, started to move to other parts of the guild hall.
Elfman could be heard shouting, "Fighting is for real men!" However, his preaching for manliness was cut short when Gray and Wakaba sent Elfman flying over the bar, right into Mira, and the pair crashed into a wall, causing a few wooden mugs to fall of a shelf.
"This is annoying. Something needs to be done about this monstrosity," and orange haired man spoke. He had blue sunglasses with a green coat. This was Loke, who was Fairy Tail's lady's man, who was also in Sorcerer Weekly magazine on the Top Ten Bachelors list. He was surrounded by a group of women whom he asked to wait for him for he joined the fight. Once he got up, though, he was hit in the face with a mug.
Gray ended up losing his underwear, causing many to look away. He went up to Lucy, "Excuse me, Lucy, may I borrow your underwear?" This caused Lucy to slap grey in the face, and once Gray fell to the ground, Lucy continued with her milkshake.
Cana was getting fed up with the fighting, so she pulled out a few cards. Xander noticed this, and he stopped her, "No I think I got this." Cana was a little disappointed, but she didn't complain, and a she proceeded to drink her barrel.
Xander took one of his white keys out of the ring and brought it up to eye level. "Open gate of the Sun Octuran, Helios!" in a flash of white light, Helios appeared in front of Xander. He had tan skin and orange hair, as well as orange eyes. He had red shorts but no shirt, showing his toned body. He adorned golden shackles around his wrist, with chains connected to them. He had no shoes and a golden belt. Helios also wore red snake tattoos, that were two snakes twisting together. They started on the torso, reaching out on both arms, and then came down and wrapped around his legs. One side then branched up and wrapped around Helios's neck forming a necklace, which came back down. The two snake heads came down like a pendent. Lastly, Helios wore a golden Athenian crown, like the kind Roman emperors wore.
"Helios," Xander called.
"Yes master Xander," Helios replied with a gentleman's bow.
Xander sighed, "You don't need to call me master, Helios. Just call me Xander."
"Of course master. As you wish."
Xander sighed in defeat, "Anyway, I need your help. Can you stop the guild from fighting. Maybe a blast of fire will do," Xander asked the Octuran Spirit.
"Yes, my Lord," Helios replied with a bow. 'At least he didn't call me master,' Xander thought. Helios faced the guild, and changed his expression entirely. His face grew serious and he concentrated. All of a sudden, his snake tattoos started to glow red as he chanted, "Oh great star of beyond. I ask thee to lend me thy power. Solar Flare!" Helios raised his hands and sent a wave of pure red fire at those who were fighting. They immediately stopped due to the immense heat. However, the spell resulted in some charred furniture.
"What happened?" Loke groaned from the floor. The mages slowly got up, realizing the fight went too far.
The mages tried to cover up their mess, but were stopped by a gigantic shadowed figure, "What do you think you're doing! You imbeciles almost destroyed the guild hall!"
"Oh hey master," Mirajane greeted after rising from the ruble. The master than shrunk to his normal tiny self. He climbed up to the second floor and glared at everyone.
Everyone looked at him impatiently, waiting for him to say something. He pulled a gigantic stack of papers out of nowhere. "I am sick and tired of this. Constant complaints from the council! This is the most complaints we've ever gotten. Look! The most recent one is how Lucy drowned over the Hargeon port, and Juvia almost tore up one of the docks! Luckily, nobody was hurt, mo any serious damage, but you guys were reckless as always! All you brats do is drive me insane!" A lot of guild members looked down in shame, especially Juvia. Makarov grinned, "However….." Makarov set the papers ablaze and let them dissolve in the air.
"I say screw the Magic Council! Now listen. Magic is found without reason, and we've come to gain reason because of that. Our magic is meant for greatness, and rules from the magic council keep pushing us down, but these rules only suppress our potential and fail to let us grow as individuals. Don't be afraid of those knuckleheads on the council. Follow your beliefs and strive for the future, because that is what makes Fairy Tail number one!" Makarov declared. Everyone cheered in agreement.
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Xander dodged a swing from a gigantic white monkey, also known as a vulcan. He pulled out his whip and managed to temporarily bind the Vulcan, "Lucy, a little help."
Lucy, who had decided to accompany Xander nodded, "Got it." Lucy also pulled out her whip and also bound the Vulcan. Now that the two shared the efforts of binding the monster, that left their other hands free. Lucy pulled out a golden key, while Xander pulled out a white key.
Flashback:
"My dad said it would be three days and it's been a week!" A little boy complained. This was Romeo Conbolt, the fire wizard Macao's son. Master Makarov was worried too, but kept a nonchalant façade.
"Now boy," Makarov said, "Your father is a very capable wizard. I'm sure he is having little trouble on Mt. Hakobe. Learn to be patient and have a little faith in your father. You should go wait for him at home." Romeo didn't seem to like this advice, for he punched Makarov in the face and called him a jerk.
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Lucy was quite cold from the icy cave she was in. The snowstorm outside of the cave in Mt. Hakobe wasn't helping either. Lucy twisted the key in her hand and swiped it diagonally, "Open, gate of the archer, Sagittarius!"
Lucy wasn't the only one to summon a spirit. Xander twisted his white key and made a 'v' shape motion, "Open, gate of the Polar Octuran, Glacea!" In two flashes of light, Sagittarius and Glacea appeared. Sagittarius appeared to be a man in a horse costume. He had black hair coming out of the head hole. The costume only trailed down the torso, however. Instead of the horse's body, Sagittarius wore green shorts and black shoes.
Glacea had quite an intriguing appearance. She had pale white skin, white her hair in a braid, which was put in a ponytail. Her hair was white at the tlye, and trailed down like an ombre until it was blue at the bottom. She wore lite sky blue pants, that had dark blue lines at the bottom. Little icicles spiked from the sides.She wore white, sky, and blue shoes that were high tops. She had a wavy top, that had the same ombre as her hair. She had calm blue eyes, and she adorned Icicle earrings, as well as a necklace. On one arm, was a curved Ice blade, while in her hand on the other side, she held an identical blade.
"Glacea, please take this guy out," Xander asked, still binding the Vulcan with his whip. Glacea nodded while she hyped for an attack.
"Sagittarius, can you aim for the Vulcan's weak spots?" Lucy asked. Sagittarius nodded as well, and loaded his bow.
"Icicle Crash" Glacea shouted. She created Icicles, and sent them flying toward the Vulcan. Each icicle hit its mark, sending the peverted ape flying.To put icing on the strawberry cake, Sagittarius also sent dozens of arrows, all hitting the Vulcan. The Vulcan passed out on the cave walls.
The two gathered around the ape, and it started transforming into a man. "Macao!" Lucy shouted in surprise.
"It looks as though he was possesed by the Vulcan," Xander explained. "Vulcans thrive by possesig bodies, much like a Take Over."
Lucy knealt down next to Macao. He was fully unconscious. "Don't you even think about dying on us. Romeo is counting on us and expects a father to come home," Lucy said. Macao stirred, and finally opened his eyes and groaned. He was in bandages, clearly from being injured by Vulcans.
"How pitiful," Macao scolded himself, "There were twenty of them. I managed to get nineteen, but the twentieth got me. I'm to ashamed to go back to my son."
"Nonesense," Xander encouraged. "Beating nineteen of those stupid apes is still a big acomplishment. Don't beat yourself up over it. Besides, its sets a good example for your son, how to go through jobs. I'm sure Romeo would be proud." Xander took Macao's arm and slung it over his shoulder, giving Maccao support.
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The sun slowly fell down to earth as the hours passed. It was still early in the evening. Romeo Conbolt sat near his home, depressed. This was because he was bullied by some kids, therefore making him make his dad go on a job.
Xander and Lucy came walking down Magnolia, now sharing the weight of Macao, and they came near Romeo. Romeo, seeing how his dad was back cried in joy."Dad!" Rome shrieked, compldtely tackling his father. "I'm so sorry. It's all my fault."
"Don't be. I was so worried about you," Macao said.
"It's okay, because I'm the son of a Fairy Tail wizard!" Remeo cheered.
"Next time bullies pick on you, tell them this: Can your dad take down nineteen monsters all by themselves? Because mine can!" Macao smiled. The father and son embraced each other for a while.
Lucy and Xander decided it was time to leave, and as they headed to the guild, Romeo muttrred, "Thank you, huys."
Lucy gave the boy her classic wink and Lucy decided to go home to ger apartment. However, Xander headed to the guild to meet up with a certain scarlet monster.
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Lucy walked into her apartment, clearly tired of what's been going on lately. She crashed on her cloud of a bed, only to be woken up by a certain blue cat.
"Where do you think you were young lady?" The bipedal blue cat said.
"Since when were you my mother, Happy," she replied, clearly groggy. She pushed the blue cat of of her. "You know you couldv'e gone with us." Lucy told him.
"Ya, but today was fishing day, and you ditched me." By now Happy was fake crying.
Lucy sighed, "I already told you. I couldn't come because I had to rescue Macao." Lucy replied. She picked up the cat and put him at the end of the bed. He quickly curled info a ball, and slowly closed his eyes. Lucy, finally able to sleep, got in the covers, and fell asleep with a certain blue cat huddled close to her.
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