Author's Note: Hallo once more, readers of my story! If you've made this far, please, seek medical help, cuz you've caught a serious case of GOODASS FANFICTION.
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Enjoy this chapter, where you see Fairy Tail's Strongest Team duke it out with the Dark Guild Eisenwald…
Well, they certainly are an interesting bunch. Between Happy and Lucy's bickering and the three Strongest Fairy Tail Wizards, it makes for an exciting raid. Though, based on my knowledge, our chances of success are 36.59%, while our survival rate is slightly higher. Eisenwald is a Guild fully prepared to murder us all, no hesitation. I'm willing to kill in defense, but are they? They're certainly destructive people, especially that Salamander and Titania, but never have I gathered information about them killing. I may very well be the only one. [Activating Damage Absorption Protocol]
We all walked into the main train platform to see a huge group of Wizards in front of a train car looking smug as hell. And sitting high above them all, scythe in hand and half-naked: Erigor the Reaper. "Well, well, well. If it isn't a group of Fairy Tail flies. Trying to stop our plans, are we?" He inquired snarkily, shifting his scythe. "Well, too bad for you, flies! We've already set our plan into motion! With so many people crowding around this train station, Lullaby's song is certain to claim a few hundred lives today."
A few hundred? What is he- The PA system! Shit! "There's no chance in Hell we'd let you get away with this, Reaper!" I shouted, fists clenched. Hundreds of innocent lives.. In a matter of moments. That is the power of the Demon Flute Lullaby. I couldn't- No, WE couldn't- allow that to happen.
"DA's right! We won't allow you to use Lullaby on these innocent people! What good will come of killing them? It won't give you back your rights!" Lucy shouted as well, gripping one of her Golden Gate Keys, Cancer from the looks of it. From her voice patterns, I detected fear and apprehension. Apparently, she didn't see much combat even if she was a fully fledged Wizard. This fit up pretty well with my data.
"Ahahahahahahahah! You flies think we care about our rights? We know those Magic Council fools won't give those back! No, what we want is to show the world what suffering we have endured," Erigor declared, floating upwards, with the biggest shit-eating smirk on his face. "We will make all those who looked down upon us suffer!"
He looked down at his men and commanded them to, and I quote, "Put an end to the Flies of Fairy Tail." Then, he flew off. Once he left the building I couldn't discern his location. [Initializing Attack Pattern Analyzation Sequence. . . ] Well, it's time to fight.
I heard the sound of magic being activated, and turned to see, of all people, Erza Requipping her armor. "Which armor are you using, Titania Erza?" I murmured as five or six of the Eisenwald Guild members attacked me. Once they had tired themselves out, I turned back. "How disappointing… I had hoped you lot could do more. But only 23% power increase? Even HAPPY could do more damage, and he doesn't even have offensive magic!" I sighed. "No point in using such a low amount of power boost, so get lost," I said dryly, knocking them out easily with my wings. I watched as Erza tore their ranks using Circle Sword and her Heaven's Wheel Armor (Thanks for the info, Happy), and snickered when Lucy and Cancer turned them all bald and knocked them out from sheer embarrassment.
"Natsu, Gray, go stop Erigor before he uses Lullaby on those people! Lucy, Happy, go after the fat one!" The redhead shouted, panting. She overdid it, her magical energy is dangerously low. The boys ran to the PA room, but split off. Lucy and Happy ran back through the main hall, leaving just me, Erza, and the hundred and thirty-six unconscious Eisenwald members. She fell to one knee, Requipping back into her normal armor. "I overdid it on the Magic Mobile.. Gray was right.."
Sighing, I walked over and placed a hand on her shoulder. "It ain't much, but take this," I offered, sending the built-up extra charge from those losers into Erza. "I have some pretty neat perks as an android. Building up extra magic is only a small part of that."
She smiled, standing up. "Thank you, DA. I really appreciate it. Now, we have to get those people away from here."
"Well, then, go send them away! I'll make sure none of these morons try anything stupid," I responded, smiling a bit myself. Meanwhile, I was running a scan on her body and discovered something very interesting. 'I'll have to file that one in a special folder…'
"What do you think about that DA girl, Lucy?" Happy asked, gliding alongside her. The blonde girl wasn't too sure how she felt about the robotic little girl. She appeared out of nowhere, flew Natsu to EXACTLY where they were, and offered to help. The girl clearly wasn't a normal person, no one in their right mind would want to help crazy people like them. But she didn't have a Guild mark, so she isn't a member of any Guild.
"I… I don't know, Happy. I want to trust her, but so much just doesn't add up," she finally conceded, slowing to a stop. "She just sort of… Popped up, you know?"
Happy landed. "Well, yeah! But that isn't too much different from your Celestial Spirits, is it?" He asked, looking up at her. "They appear out of the Celestial Realm, sure, but it's still nowhere to us."
Lucy scoffed a bit. Of course the cat would say that. "I don't expect you to understand, cat. But that's different. When my Spirits come out, they come out because I summoned them. This girl quite literally dropped from the sky, Natsu riding in her arms." Something just wasn't right about this girl, no matter what she says her intentions are. "Ugh, this is hopeless! We should just get back to Erza, because the guy got away.."
Happy's color drained a bit. "Lucy, we can't go back to Erza until we've done what she's asked us to do! She'd beat us to a pulp if we did!" Somehow Lucy didn't find that so ludicrous, after having witnessed Erza's *ahem* 'methods.'
Erza heard giggling coming from behind her, and turned to find DA laying on her stomach with her feet in the air. She had that kind of smile people get when they read a really good story. "What is it you found funny, DA? And especially in a situation like this?" She asked, using that tone that usually scares people into line, no matter who they are. The redheaded woman was surprised when DA just looked at her.
"Well, I'm reading some spicy smut, and the two main characters just got super kinky. They travelled to a dimension where a simple thought can alter their bodies, and the dom just gave herself some tentacles." She replied, her grin growing wider. "As for your second part, I'm not all that concerned at the moment. Natsu and Gray have handled their jobs, and Lucy is on her way back; the cat is with her but no one else is. Erigor left when he vanished earlier. We've taken care of just about ever-"
Gray came running over, out of breath. "Guys, it's a trap! Their real target was the Guildmasters' Conference! They used this station as bait so they could trap us!"
DA stood up, stretching her wings. "Okay. NOW I'm concerned."
"Gray, what do you mean? They used this place as a trap?" Erza asked, eyes widening. Before Gray could answer, the entire building shook and they were all knocked off balance. "What was that!?"
DA was first up, looking toward the entrance. Her face had worry scrawled across it. "I think Erigor just used a Barrier Spell. I can't feel anything outside of this station, and I lost Erigor." She turned to the other two. "I think he plans on leaving us to die." She concluded gravely.
Erza was quick to get Natsu and Lucy and Happy rounded up. Heading outside, they all saw a huge wall of high-speed winds. "How do we punch through this thing?" Natsu asked, punching his hands together. "It doesn't look that tough."
DA grabbed his wrist, looking him dead in the eye. "Natsu, you touch that barrier, you'll get ripped to shreds. It's a special type of Wind Magic, highly advanced and nearly impossible to get through unless you know Dispel Magic, or have a Spirit that can get you through somehow." She stated matter-of-factly, in her autonomous voice. Apparently, something she said got Happy thinking.
"Lucy! I remember what I was supposed to tell you!" He shouted, reaching his paw into his backpack. "I have something that Virgo wanted you to have!" The blue cat pulled out a Golden Gate Key, presumably Virgo's, and handed it to Lucy.
The blonde haired girl stared at it in disbelief. "Where did you get this?" She demanded. "And how could you forget that we're in huge trouble here if we can't get out!"
Happy shied away, looking defeated. "Virgo gave it to me after we kicked Everlue's butt. She said she wanted you to be her next master. I just thought, since she can drill through the ground, she could dig us a tunnel out of here…" He said, head hung down.
Lucy's eyes lit up, and she did a complete 180, hugging the little blue cat. "Of course! Happy, why didn't you mention that before?"
"*ahem* Lucy, if you would be so kind as to summon Virgo and get us the hell out of here?" DA interjected. "I need to go check on something. I'll be back." She added, running off. Erza and Gray looked at one another, while Lucy began to summon Virgo.
"I call upon thee, from the World of the Celestial Spirits!
And now, I beckon you to my side at once!
Pass through the Gate!"
Her body began to glow as she poured her magical energy into the Key.
"Open, Gate of the Maiden!
Virgo!"
The ground begins to crack, and a beautiful pink haired woman in a maid outfit and chains burst out, landing in front of Lucy, bowing. "Mistress, you called me?" She asked.
Natsu walked over. He smiled at Virgo. "Hey Virgo! How've you been? Lost a lot of weight, huh?" The pink haired fire eater asked. "You look pretty good, but I think I like the other form better."
Virgo reverted to her gargantuan gorilla form. "This form?" She asked, her voice five times as deep and gravelly. Natsu jumped up onto her shoulder, beaming.
Lucy stamped her foot. "I am your master, and I like your new form better!" She shouted, causing Virgo to return to her normal sized beautiful form. "Listen, Virgo, I need to ask that we work on the contract later. For now, I need you to help us get out of here! Can you dig us a tunnel?"
Virgo nodded, a Magic Circle appearing under her feet. A few moments later, Erza, Gray, Lucy, Happy, Natsu, DA, and one of the Eisenwald Wizards, Kageyama, were on the other side of the barrier. "I felt his energy fade way too quickly," was her only explanation. Filling Natsu, Lucy and Happy in, the six Wizards began getting into the Magic Mobile when DA spread her wings, grabbed Natsu, and flew off again. "Where are they flying off to, Princess?" Virgo asked.
Lucy poked her head out of the Mobile, watching Natsu's flames speed them away. "Honestly, Virgo, I have no clue.. Now, about that contract."
"Uh, DA? I appreciate the ride, but why the heck did you just grab me out of nowhere and Erza me into using my fire as a booster?" I asked, looking at the girl as we flew over a canyon.
She looked down at me and smiled. "Well, since we got out, I found a trail of magical energy that went this way. It belonged to Erigor, and according to data I have, the Guildmasters' Conference Hall is in this direction. That train station was the only way in and out of Clover Town, unless you're Erigor, Happy, or myself. Happy's wings aren't exactly reliable, so I grabbed you," she said. "Besides, I get the distinct feeling you really wanna kick Erigor's ass." She added. She was right
Up ahead, I saw him. He was flying around with one leg on top of the other, like he was sitting. "HEY, ERIGOR!" I shouted. He turned and saw us flying toward him at mach speed. "Didn't think we could escape, didja?"
"That's impossible! You Fairy Tail flies should still be trapped by my Wind Barrier!" He retorted, shocked but quickly smiling. "No matter. I'll end your miserable existences myself!"
"Actually," DA cut in. "Can you not rope me in with Pinkie here? I'm not actually a member of Fairy Tail. Just decided to help them out. Sorry. Just thought you needed correcting."
Erigor looked at her as she dropped me. "Does that mean I shouldn't kill you?" He asked, sarcasm dripping from his words. She shook her head.
"Oh, no, you're still certainly welcome to try. I just wanted you to have your facts straight before Pinkie knocks your teeth out." She responded, hovering above the railroad track. "Kick his ass, Natsu."
I grinned, punching my fists together. "No need to tell me twice! Now I've got a fire in my belly!"
Without saying a word, a flurry of wind blasts shot from his hands, tearing up the tracks and leaving me solely on the defensive. "Come on, fly, show me the same strength you used to break through my Wind Barrier! Or was it perhaps dumb luck that allowed you to break out?" Erigor taunted. Man, this guy is annoying. "I'll end your life without even touching you!"
It took me far too long to realise what he meant before I got blasted off the track from a sneakily timed blast of wind. I heard Erigor's echoing laugh and DA's cry. She shouted something about using my Fire Magic as an extension of myself. Suddenly, time froze as I remembered a conversation I had with Macao when I was younger.
-Flashback..-
"How come your fire doesn't burn everything it touches? Mine always turns things to ash.." A young Natsu asked, disappointed with himself for his destructive tendencies. Macao smiled, using a small amount of his Magic to make a finger width band of fire, holding his mug.
"The reason my fire doesn't reduce everything to ash is because I know how to control it. And not the control you're thinking of," He added. "It's the control of the fire's properties. You have to will it not to burn things. That's how I can hold things using my fire."
-Flashback End..-
Finally, it clicked. I used my Fire Magic to create a giant hand, and willed it to be substantial and not to burn the tracks. I felt the flames grip the tracks, and I pulled myself up. I saw Erigor staring at me in shock, and DA still floating in the air, smiling. "Way to go, Fire Fist."
"Alright, "Erigor The Reaper", let's turn up the heat!" I shouted, putting my hands in front of my mouth, a Magic Circle appearing in front. "Fire Dragon Roar!"
Flames erupted from my mouth, passing through my hands and using the Circle as a reverse focal point, spreading out like I was a flamethrower and headed right for Erigor. That is, until he used a Wind spell to put my fire out. "Please. Did you really expect me to just let your flames touch me? I'm not like the rest of my Guild, or any of your other enemies. I am-"
"Geez, you never shut that mouth of yours, do you, Eri?" DA interrupted, bored. "You're a villain. Everyone here gets that. But you're getting into that monologue "I'm tougher than anyone else you've faced so far" cliché. Honestly, I expected you to be above that." She snickered. "Get it?"
Erigor growled at her, totally forgetting I was the one who was kicking his ass. "What did you say to me, you buzzing little fly?" He readied another Wind Spell, but I used the opportunity to kick him in the face with Fire Dragon Claw, sending him crashing to the ground.
"You forget who you were fightin' pal? I'M the one you're losing to, not her! Don't go turnin' your back to me!" I shouted, punching him in the stomach hard. Unfortunately for me, I was on my ass five seconds later and nearly off the tracks again as high power winds starting billowing all over the place.
When I looked to Erigor, he had this cocoon of wind surrounding him that looked similar to his Wind Barrier. "This is my Storm Mail Magic, Fairy Tail fly! No magic can penetrate it, nor can solid objects! It's the ultimate singular defensive spell!" The silver haired Reaper proclaimed, laughing. "Now it's time for you to die!" He copied DA's Magic Circle trigger, except it's his index and middle fingers in an X shape. "Emera Beam!"
Lucy was staring out of the window of the Magic Mobile, worrying over Natsu and DA, and mulling over something the latter had said before they got free of the Wind Barrier.
"Hey, Lucy, you okay? You look like you're lost pretty deep in thought over there," Gray asked, breaking the pretty awkward silence. "What's up?"
The blonde snapped back to reality. "O-Oh, nothing much. Just… Trying to make sense of what DA said. She said something to me before we got out, but I was pretty distracted by escaping to really take in what she was saying, you know?" She shook her head to clear her mind, at least a bit. "I'm fine, Gray. Promise."
The high-speed drive continued in silence as they raced along the tracks, four of the five Wizards having the same thought on their mind: 'Please be okay, Natsu.. Don't do anything that could get you killed.'
"Holy shit, Natsu!" I shouted as the pink haired Dragonslayer took the full brunt of Erigor's Emera Beam spell. I was charging up my Magic when the guy just shrugged it off. There was a small fire in his eyes, one that needed fuel. From the data I had collected, his Magic seems pretty emotionally affected. "Jeez, man, you couldn't even dodge that attack? Honestly, you aren't as powerful as I thought you were. Oh well. I guess you'll just have to hold Erigor off until someone stronger shows up." I smirked, striking the nail with a flaming hammer. "Like Gray. He would've already finished off Erigor by now."
That struck a very, VERY sensitive nerve. "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?" He shouted, erupting into a human bonfire. "I AM NOT WEAKER THAN GRAY! HOW DARE YOU!" I'm sure even the rest of his friends could hear him from that far away. The flames grew stronger and stronger, heating up the air and drawing Erigor's Storm Mail away.
"W-What? Impossible!" The Wind Wizard cried, before Natsu slammed into his stomach. The wind knocked out of him, Erigor floated up, panting. "What kind of Magic is this!?"
Natsu cloaked both of his fists in fire, but instead of charging Erigor, like I predicted he would, he stayed on the ground. "The flames of my right hand, and the flames of my left! Put them together, and what do you get!?" He shouted, combining his flames and heighting its size into a giant blazing death sphere. "FIRE DRAGON BRILLIANT FLAME!" He threw the ball straight at Erigor, who couldn't escape in time.
Let me just say, the resulting blast was extraordinarily magnificent.
The Wind Wizard fell to the tracks, unconscious and badly burned. Assuming it was over, I floated down just as the others showed up. "Hey guys! You missed the party!" I called out as they surrounded Natsu, congratulating him. The pink haired firebreather glared at me.
"The hell did you say those things for, DA?" He half shouted.
I held my hands up in defense. "Easy there, Natsu. I didn't mean any of it. I was just exploiting a buff to your Magic. You won, didn't you? Even if I did mean those things, you proved me wrong."
That seemed to reset him. "Yeah, I guess you're right." He smiled. "I beat the hell outta Erigor!"
Before any of us realized it, Kage had snatched up the Lullaby flute (Seriously? How in the hell was this thing not totally incinerated by that attack?) and stole the Magic Mobile, speeding off toward the Guildmaters' Conference Hall.
"Oh, like hell you will!" I shouted, pointing a finger gun at the car. "Single Vertex: Plasma Shot!" A Magic Circle manifested itself in front of my finger, firing off a singular burst of Magical Plasma energy, decimating the Magic Mobile but not stopping Kage. "Shit! How did that not nail him!?" I looked to the others. "We gotta catch him before he kills them all!"
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this late chapter. Seriously, I need to get, like, a schedule set up or something. Anyways, I'll be starting school in a couple weeks, so get ready for more infrequent uploads (most likely).
But be hyped for the next chapter! It'll be badass, and maybe you'll get to see why DA will end up fulfilling her role as Titular Character. And you'll get to see what she told Lucy.
For now, though, my lovely Seraphim,
Tata~~!
