What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you the next chapter of Saiyan of Fairy Tail. If you still wish to add a character in this story such as a Time Patroller then please be descriptive on your OC, their clothing, and don't forget their techniques. Also, if you have a suggestion for a pairing for Ren, I'm all ears.
Now I present the Galuna Arc where our Saiyan hero along with Team Natsu will take an S-class job and meet an old enemy from Ren's earlier adventures.
Now for the disclaimer: I do not own, except my OC, Dragonball Z or Fairy Tail; all rights go to their respective owners.
Now let's get this party started… BEGIN!
The Red-eyed Saiyan of Fairy Tail
Chapter 3: Galuna Island! Part 1: Training and S-class Job
Ren's Secluded Home
It had been roughly a week since the gang had returned back to the guild. Ren used his new amount of money to pay for lumber, nails, tools, and the works to build himself a house. He couldn't build one in the town, too overcrowded plus he liked to have his space for training. So he decided to build it on the outskirts of Fiore.
It was pretty nice. He had plenty of things to hunt in case he got hungry, a nearby water source, and plenty of space to train.
Now he just needed to get his vic- I mean, 'students' ready to train. And who better to start with than his first friend, Lucy.
Placing two fingers onto his forehead, Ren used Instant Transmission to teleport right into Lucy's bedroom after finding her energy signature. Grinning widely, the Hero of Toki Toki City strolled into the living room, busting in boisterously. "Hey, Lucy!" He shouted before gagging when a hand impacted across his cheek. "Ite!"
"Ren, you pervert!" The blonde girl exclaimed with her cheeks bright red while holding a towel close around her voluptuous body.
She had just finished taking a shower and all of a sudden the Saiyan busts into her apartment. Talk about surprising.
"Why did you do that?" He whined, tears building up at the corner of his eyes.
"You snuck into my room, jerk!" She yelled, obviously pissed off at the young man in front of her. "And right when I got out of the shower!"
Ren chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. "Sorry about that, I just wanted to come in and tell you that the time for training was about to begin."
From an outside point-of-view, Lucy's home shook crazily. "YOU COULD'VE WAITED UNTIL LATER, YOU IDIOT!" She yelled.
(Begin CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA by Kageyama Hironobu)
(Instruments) The screen opens to show brief looks of Ren's Time Patroller clothes before he punches the camera with a grin as it cuts to reveal the title as the background switches to show outer space with the sun and a few planets as well behind the title
(Hikaru kumo tsukinuke Fly Away (Fly Away)) The Dragon Balls fly through space before landing on Earth before it changes to show Ren flying through the sky as the Z Fighters pass by him
(Karada-juu ni hirogaru panorama) Images of Supreme Kai of Time and Future Trunks appear beside Ren as the Saiyan grins and boosts forward with a blue aura surrounding him
(Kao wo kerareta chikyuu ga okotte (okotte)) Shows Ren flying by Tien, Yamcha, Krillin, Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Piccolo, Vegeta, and Goku as the fighters boost upward towards the sky with the sun blocking their forms to the camera
(Kazan wo bakuhatsu saseru) Cuts to Ren fighting against a Namekian Time Patroller at the World Tournament Stage before the two fire off a ki blast that engulfs the screen
(Toketa koori no naka ni) The setting changes to reveal Towa & Mira with the demoness having a smirk while the android crossed his arms with a frown on his face
(Kyouryuu ga itara tamanori shikomitai ne) Shows the various Dragonball Z villains encased in a dark purple aura with glowing red eyes while a shadowed figure stands behind Towa & Mira with glowing red eyes and a devious smirk on their face
(Instruments) The screen cuts to show the Fairy Tail Guild and the Z Fighters charging forward with battle cries
(CHA-LA HEAD CHA-LA) Cuts to Natsu punching various soldiers with his fist covered in flames while Krillin and Yamcha bash away soldiers from Frieza's army
(Nani ga okite mo kibun wa heno-heno kappa) Shows Gray freezing a group of Saibamen while Lucy summons Taurus to knock them away as Piccolo blasts soldiers with his Special Beam Cannon before cutting to Erza, Vegeta, and Gohan dealing with the Ginyu Force then shifting to reveal the gathered group facing off against the Villainous Mode fighters
(CHA-LA HEAD CHA-LA) Shows Goten, Trunks, Vegeta, Gohan, Goku, and Ren transform into Super Saiyans
(Mune ga pachi-pachi suru hodo) Ren flies toward Mira as the two clash with each other with fast punches and kicks before the android fires a red energy wave at the Saiyan which he responded by firing a Kamehameha wave with the two attacks colliding into an explosion
(Sawagu Genki-Dama) Shows Gohan fighting Cell, Vegeta fighting Kid Buu, Gotenks fighting Frieza, and Goku fighting Broly
(CHA-LA HEAD CHA-LA) Shows Natsu use his Fire Dragon Roar, Gray using his Ice-Make Magic, and Erza using her Black Wing Armor
(Atama-karappo no hou ga yume tsumekomeru) Shows Future Trunks in his Super Saiyan form punching Great Ape Baby Vegeta, knocking him down before it cuts to Hirudegarn knocking Ren, Goku, and the other Saiyans with a swing of its large arms as the camera shifts to show Ren standing up along with the other Saiyans
(CHA-LA HEAD CHA-LA) Cuts to Ren releasing a mighty roar as he transforms into Super Saiyan 3
(Egao urutora Z de) Shows Ren along with Goku in his Super Saiyan 3 form as the two fly towards the large monster
(Kyou mo ai-yai-yai-yai-yai -Sparking!) The two deliver powerful punches to Hirudegarn before Goku attacks with his Dragon Fist and Ren attacks with his Super Kamehameha with both moves piercing through the monster's chest and causing a large explosion
(Instruments) The camera cuts to Ren looking back to see the shadowed figure power up while he grins and gets into his martial arts stance before the two fly towards each other in a fierce clash before the screen pauses to reveal Ren in his Super Saiyan 4 form with the shadowed figure preparing a purple energy wave
(End of Opening)
Later - Ren's Training Area
The young Saiyan stood before his new students. The four Wizards he had befriended (five if he counted Happy).
Natsu looked sleepy but he was dressed in his usual outfit. Lucy wore a sleeveless white shirt, a pair of pink short shorts, and white tennis shoes. Gray, as always, had stripped out of his clothes into only his boxers. Erza still wore her Heart Kreuz armor. Happy was munching on a fish.
"Good morning, students!" Ren grinned stupidly as he walked back and forth in front of the teens. "You're wondering why I've brought you here. It's simple: to train!" He reached into his pocket and brought out a red-white capsule. Pressing the button, the Time Patroller tossed it onto the ground then in a fit of smoke, a chest appeared which he opened to reveal training uniforms. "As of now, you will all be wearing these during training. Pick whichever you'd like just remember that they will be your uniforms."
The four humans rummage through the trunk then pulled out several clothes to use. However, they didn't count on some of the stuff being heavy.
"Why is this stuff so hard to lift?" Lucy questioned, struggling to hold up a training gi.
"Well, I can't make it easy for you guys." Ren smirked in amusement. "The girls can change in the house. Boys can change out here since Gray has no problem stripping."
"What!?" Natsu and Gray exclaimed while Lucy and Erza marched inside of the Saiyan's home, shutting the door behind them.
"Get moving now or I'll have to bump up your training regime." Ren playfully threatened.
"Aye!" Both Natsu and a half naked Gray shouted before they ran to get ready…leaving behind a dust cloud in their appearance.
In ten minutes, the four Fairy Tail wizards were all outside in the training gear that they had chosen to wear.
Natsu wore a red Turtle Hermit gi with black boots and arm bands, an orange sash, and he was shirtless underneath. He also decided to keep the scale-like scarf on around his neck.
Gray wore Piccolo's gi only it was dark blue in color with a black sash, blue boots and fingerless gloves.
"Ha! You look stupid!" Natsu shouted.
"Shut up! You look even stupider!" Gray shot back with a tick mark above his head.
Lucy sighed at the boys' usual behavior. She opted to wear a regular gi colored pink with a white undershirt, pink armbands, and white boots. "There those two go again…" She muttered.
Erza folded her arms under her impressive bust. Her training uniform resembled Gohan's old purple karate gi but hers looked a bit tight around the chest for some reason and showed a generous amount of cleavage. "You two! Keep quiet or suffer the consequences!" She yelled.
"Aye!" The two boys suddenly started to get all buddy-buddy, dancing around like fools once more.
"One Happy is bad enough!" Lucy shouted.
"Hey!" Said blue feline exclaimed undignified.
"It's true and you know it!" Lucy shouted at the blue flying cat.
"Shut up!" Ren yelled. "No more arguments!"
"Yes sir!" Lucy said frightened.
Ren grinned. "Now, let's start off with something easy. Natsu, Gray, and Erza, you three will be doing three hundred pushups, situps, and squats. Lucy will do half that."
"Uh, why only half?" Lucy asked in confusion.
"Because you're physically the weakest out of everyone here." The Saiyan stated bluntly with closed eyes and a grin.
Lucy just gave him a deadpan expression and said, "You don't have to say it like that."
"Well, it is true." Ren chuckled.
Lucy just looked down as a storm cloud floated above.
"Now get to those exercises or I'm gonna get rough with you." The Saiyan ordered.
The five began their exercises with Natsu and Gray butting heads from time to time. All the while, Ren watched their progress. He had Natsu and Gray spar with each other while having Erza and Lucy practice channeling their ki energy.
It was slow but each of them were slowly getting stronger hour after hour even Happy had shown some improvement. If they kept up with their training then they'd reach Krillin's level of strength in a month's time.
"Man, I'm so sore!" Lucy complained.
"I think it's time for a lunch break!" Ren grinned widely, quite happy with how much progress the four had shown throughout the morning.
"Yeah! Food!" Natsu shouted cheerfully.
"Aye!" Happy cheered with the pinkette.
"And since we're so far from the Guild, I want you all to jog there. No flying and no magic." Ren smirked, floating a few feet off the ground.
"But what about you? You are flying right now!" Happy complained.
Ren chuckled. "Well, I'm already leagues stronger than you plus I've trained with gods so training like this won't make much of a difference."
"I bet I'll reach the guild before you, popsicle!" Natsu shouted to Gray.
"In your dreams, flame brain!" Gray growled.
"They're at it again…" Lucy muttered as she slapped her forehead in annoyance.
Erza sighed. Just her luck once more to have these two quarrelling like children once again. Why couldn't they just get along for once?
"That's Natsu and Gray for yah." Happy stated.
"If you guys don't hurry up, I'm gonna eat all the food before you." Ren called out, already flying towards the Fairy Tail guild hall.
"No fair!" Natsu whined.
Guild Hall - Later On
Ren sat at the bar, eating his 'fill' for lunch while the doors burst open to reveal the out-of-breath forms of Team Natsu.
"I win!" Both Natsu and Gray shouted before they butt heads which transformed into a fistfight.
"You two need to quiet down like real men!" Elfman stated, about to quiet the two quarreling boys down only to receive a fiery and ice punch to the face which sent the large man crashing into Ren's food.
The Saiyan looked in silent horror at his ruined meal. All of that innocent food gone to waste…
Vengeance must be seized!
"You two are dead!" The Time Patroller yelled, glaring angrily at the Dragonslayer and the Ice Mage.
And soon the entire guild erupts into a brawl…again.
Lucy could only watch with a frown while Erza cracked her knuckles, ready to intervene. Meanwhile, Ren was going to town on Natsu and Gray for harming his precious food.
Until Natsu punched Gray into a table with strawberry cake.
There was a cold silence in the air. An aura of dread filling the souls of every member of Fairy Tail, except for Ren, as they all cautiously glanced at Erza. Her eyes were shadowed by her scarlet locks but everyone could tell that she was pissed.
"Every man for himself!" Natsu and Gray shouted at the same time as they hugged each other in fear before everyone minus Ren began running for their lives.
"Get back here, you two!" Erza yelled, angrily chasing after the fire and ice wizards while punching or throwing anybody who stood in her way.
Ren appeared in front of Natsu and Gray; a dark gleam in his scarlet eyes. "Oh students…" He grabbed the back of their heads. "It's time for a long chat in what not to do to a man's meal."
The next few minutes were filled with nothing but girlish screams of terror and pain.
"Those two are really scary." Lucy mumbled.
"They're just playing." Happy stated while munching on a salmon.
Mirajane giggled at the display between Ren, Natsu, Gray, and Erza. "They're almost like siblings quarreling over the simplest thing."
Suddenly Ezra sent Ren flying and smashing through the ceiling.
With a nervous chuckle, Mirajane releases a sweatdrop at the sight of Ren's dangling form. "Almost, I suppose."
"That's Erza for yeah!" Happy said cheerfully.
Comically, Ren popped his head out from the ceiling seemingly unaffected. "Huh, were you holding back your true strength during training, Erza?" He asked.
"He said that so casually!" The entire guild minus Natsu, Erza, and Gray shouted.
The Saiyan floated down to the floor then grinned like a goofball. "That was fun."
This caused the entire guild to comically faceplant.
Ren chuckled with his grin still present before he noticed someone up at the balcony leering down at him. It was a buff-looking spiky blonde-haired man with a scar under his eye. "Hello!" He waved with his usual goofy grin. "I've never seen you before. What's your name?"
"Laxus! Fight me!" Natsu shouted as he got away from Gray and Erza.
A bolt of lightning shocks the Fire Dragonslayer which sent Natsu crashing through a table with a small muscle spasm.
"Whoa!" Lucy shrieked as she jumped out of the way.
"And he's out!" Happy shouted as he waved a red colored flag.
The Time Patroller frowned then floated up in front of the man named Laxus. "You didn't have to do that. That wasn't very nice to do to a friend."
"HA! That weakling wasn't my friend! He was just a poor excuse of a wizard!" Laxus stated arrogantly.
Ren glared at Laxus in irritation. "Poor excuse? Natsu is strong just like everybody here."
"Everyone?" Laxus asked before he bursts out laughing, causing everyone to glare at the blonde mage.
"Bastard!" Macao growled.
"Laughing at others that you believe weaker than you proves that you're nothing but a weakling yourself." The Saiyan stated almost coldly to Laxus.
"What?" Laxus growled while everyone else just widens their eyes in surprise.
"You heard me." Ren glared at the spiky-haired blonde.
Suddenly Laxus turned into a bolt of lightning that flew at Ren with the intent to attack.
However, the Time Patroller merely raised his hand and quite literally slapped the lightning bolt straight to the floor with nary a twitch of his finger.
Everyone was caught completely by surprise at the action, mostly the sight of Laxus hitting the ground.
Ren landed on the ground with an almost unreadable expression. "And you call others weak but here's a lesson: There will always be someone stronger than you as I've just proven right now."
Laxus growled in anger before standing up and storming off.
The Super Saiyan watched the man storm up to the balcony and disappear before he felt the eyes of the entire guild on him. Glancing back, he raised a brow when everyone looked at him in shock and awe. "What?" He asked innocently.
"You just beat Laxus." Macao said in awe.
Ren blinked once. "All I did was slap some sense into him. It's not like I sparred with him." He shrugged.
"But no one in the guild has ever laid a pinky on him!" Macao shouted.
"Were you all scared of him or something?" The future warrior asked with a raise of his delicate black brow.
Silence was all that answered and for some reason you can also hear a cricket chirping in the background.
"Wait, seriously?" Ren questioned in surprise. He actually thought all of Fairy Tail was filled with brave, strong warriors that weren't afraid of anything but all living things were afraid of something.
"You have to understand that anyone who tries to fight him were brutally beaten. Not even flame brain could beat him." Gray said causing Natsu to growl.
"What did you say stripper?!"Natsu shouted.
"You heard me charcoal head!" Gray shouted as they slammed heads.
Everyone, even Ren, sighed at the two wizards' usual antics and rivalry.
"There they go again." Macao muttered.
Suddenly an idea came to mind for Lucy.
"Hey, Ren, do you think you can do something about those two?" Lucy asked.
"Gladly." The Saiyan picked the two quarreling wizards up by the hem of their shirts then slammed their heads together hard enough to knock them both unconscious.
"Thank you!" Lucy said with a smile as Erza nods her head in appreciation.
"No problem." Ren grinned widely then looked at Mirajane. "Hey, Mirajane, can I get an extra serving please?"
"Sure thing!" Mirajane replied happily.
"Thank you!" The young man grinned widely.
"Would you like anything to drink." Mirajane asked.
"Anything will do, thanks!" Ren sat at the bar with his usual goofy grin.
"So…have any good stories?" Macao asked.
The young Saiyan looked confused. "Like what?" He wondered.
"Maybe what job you had the most fun with." Lucy suggested.
"Or the toughest fight you had." Erza added.
The Saiyan thought about it then decided to tell the story of his battle against the Legendary Super Saiyan known as Broly. "Well, this was before I became an elite Time Patroller. I'll never forget that day. It was where I almost died but how I awakened to a higher level of Super Saiyan. Two friends of mine decided to partner up with me to go on a quest. We were given the jump to help correct an anomaly in history that led us to a point in time where the sons of my teacher Son Goku battled against a terrifying foe named Broly…" His normal cheerful look went grim almost like he dreaded that fateful day. "Broly is like me; a Saiyan but not just any Saiyan, he was the Legendary Super Saiyan. You see he was born on the same day as Goku with a power level higher than any Saiyan infant especially those of the royal family but Goku while he had a low power level made up for it with his lungs. He cried and cried practically irritating Broly and almost making him cry. That proved to many that Goku was a true Saiyan if he could make even a being stronger than himself weep with tears. The rest of Broly's tale is rather...tragic so I won't go into that. At one point when they were adults, Broly and Goku fought each other to a battle to the death that Goku almost lost but managed to gather his strength to defeat the Legendary Super Saiyan. Everyone believed him to be dead until he resurfaced on Earth in a healing coma. He was awakened due to Goten's cries which were similar to Goku's when he was an infant. Oh, Goten is Goku's youngest son by the way. Anyway, Broly awoke and decided to take his anger out on Goten, Vegeta's son Trunks, and a human girl named Videl. They tried their best to fight back but Broly merely toyed with them like a child with a puppy."
"Sounds like he was unstoppable." Lucy muttered with a bit of fear.
"He practically was. Even with the arrival of Gohan, Goku's eldest son, it was proving too much for them to handle. That's why my friends and I traveled to the past, to correct the anomaly in that timeline." Ren's frown deepened. "We tried our best to fight him but he was too powerful for us. We figured out that something was boosting his already insane power levels, making nigh invincible. You guys should've recognised it; the dark aura that surrounded the Vulcan a week ago. Anyways, I was the last one still standing and I was fighting my heart out but it just wasn't enough. Broly threw a punch right into the joint of my left arm, popping it out of its socket. After he defeated me, he advanced on my friends with the intent to kill them both. I wouldn't allow that to happen. I was so angry at the sight of my fellow Time Patrollers getting hurt and my own weakness that something snapped inside of me. I awoke the third level of Super Saiyan by sheer accident but it gave me the necessary power boost to beat back Broly and give the Son brothers time to unleash their father's greatest technique on the Legendary Super Saiyan. Thus, the monster that destroyed countless galaxies was finally dead; burnt up in the Earth's sun. My friends and I were safely returned back to Toki Toki City, the home of the Time Patrol. But when we got back, my friends were too injured to even move. The fight proved to be too much for them and they were taken to an emergency ward at a hospital. Doctors told me that they were lucky to even still be breathing. They had so many broken bones and internal bleeding that they were bedridden for months. They still are." His fist tightened hard enough to turn his hidden knuckles ghost white. "I promised myself that I would get stronger than anyone in Toki Toki City so no one I cared about would ever get hurt like that ever again. That's why I took on solo missions from then on until I rose up to the rank of elite."
"Admirable." Erza said with a smile.
"Yeah, but in a way, I felt sorry for Broly." Ren replied with a sad smile.
"Why is that?" Lucy asked.
"As an infant, he was undeniably strong for his age and his father pleaded with King Vegeta that Broly would be a great warrior one day but the King didn't want anyone stronger than him or his bloodline so he had Broly and his father...executed." The mere memory of this tale still hurt. It made him hate his Saiyan blood at times whenever he fought against Broly.
"What?!" The entire guild minus Laxus and the unconscious idiots shouted.
Ren didn't answer but nodded all the best.
"That's fucked up." Macao muttered as he holds his forehead.
"Saiyans at the time weren't really nice. They were more like businessmen and proud warriors. The King being rather pig headed that day as well." Ren admitted.
"Man, what an asshole." Loki said with a stern expression.
"His son wasn't much better but he slowly began to change." The Saiyan stated.
"Change comes to all so it's not unexpected." Makarov said from his location on a table with a beer mug in hand.
"You've got that right, Master Makarov." Ren replied.
"Fight me!" Shouted the recently conscious Natsu as he leapt at Ren.
The Saiyan merely slammed his fist right into the Fire Dragonslayer's stomach.
Happy appears from nowhere wearing a referee outfit and blowing a whistle before he throws his hand up saying, "And he's out!"
The rest of the guild along with Ren laughed out loudly while Lucy gawked at the Saiyan once again.
"OW!" Natsu groans as he got back up.
"Glad you recovered so quick, Natsu!" Ren grinned then slapped the pink-haired boy on the back but neglected to hold back his insane strength which sent the wizard slamming into the ground again.
"I'm okay…" Natsu quietly said in pain as he twitched.
"That has to hurt." Lucy muttered.
Ren chuckled nervously. "Hehe, my bad."
"You really need to be careful with that strength." Macao said with concern.
"I would but then I'd just forget what you'd say." The Saiyan grinned.
The Next Day
Ren came in to find the entirety of the guild quiet. It was strange seeing every one of his new friends all silent with surprised and shocked expressions. Master Makarov however was utterly furious for some strange reason. His crimson eyes scanned the room and found a few occupants missing.
"Where's Natsu, Lucy, and Happy?" The Saiyan asked from out of the blue.
Mirajane, who still had her usual smile, looked at the confused Time Patroller. "Oh, Natsu got mad at what Laxus said about him being weak then stole an S-Class Mission to prove him wrong. He took both Lucy and Happy with him."
"Oh…" Ren nodded with a goofy grin then asked another question. "What's an S-Class Mission?"
"They are really hard missions that only S-class wizards can take." Mirajane answered.
"Huh…" Ren thought about it. They seemed like a real challenge. "Sounds exciting."
"And you aren't S-class." Said a drunk Makarov.
Ren deflated with a pout. "Well, why does Natsu get to go on them!?" He complained.
"Because he stole it!" Makarov shouted before falling off the table.
"So?" The Saiyan folded his arms across his chest childishly.
"When they get back they are getting 'that'." Makarov said as he got back onto his feet and causing everyone minus Ren to gasp in terror.
"That?" He repeated in confusion.
"Oh god! Not 'that'!" Loki shouted as he squats, grabbing his head in terror.
"They might as well be dead." Wakaba said as if mourning someone.
"They're goners." Macao muttered.
"It is not manly to deal with 'That'." Elfman said sadly.
Now Ren was utterly confused. What could he so terrifying that the other guild members would quake in their shoes.
"Let's hope Gray brings them back." Macao said.
"Knowing him he'll get goaded by Natsu and start a fight." Wakaba said with a smirk.
So Gray had already gone after the others. In that case, he might as well go along. "Well, see you guys later." Ren grinned widely then focused on tracking Gray's power level. Once he found it, he used Instant Transmission to teleport out of the guild hall and to the ice wizard.
"Where did you come from?!" Gray shouted in surprise.
"I used Instant Transmission after locating your energy signature." Ren replied with a goofy grin.
"I don't think you ever told us." Gray muttered.
"You never asked." The Saiyan deadpanned.
"Wait, why are you even here?" Gray asked.
"I wanted to join you in getting Natsu and the others back." Ren replied while putting his hands behind his head lazily.
"Did you tell the others before coming?" Gray asked.
"Nope." The Time Patroller stated bluntly with a grin.
"Great…guess the master might give you 'That'." Gray said with a shiver.
"Just what the hell is 'that'?" The black-haired Saiyan questioned.
"You don't want to know." Gray said with a shiver.
"Okay…" Ren blinked. "Well, are we going to go find Natsu, Lucy, and Happy now?"
"Now approaching Hargeon." Said the conductor.
"We're close." Gray said.
The Saiyan finally realized that he was on a train. Most of the tenants were also surprised to see a strange young man with a monkey tail appear out of nowhere. "Huh...awesome!"
"Let's get ready to go." Gray said as he got up…wearing only underwear.
"Your clothes." Ren reminded the wizard.
"CRAP!" Gray shouted after looking down.
Some Time Later
After their train arrived at the station (and Gray got dressed again for publicly stripping once more), the two Fairy Tail members asked around town for any sign of Natsu, Lucy, and Happy.
"Alright so they should be at the harbor." Said a shirtless Gray.
"Clothes." Ren deadpanned.
"Shit!" Gray shouted before he runs off to get his shirt.
After the ice mage returned with his shirt, the two made their way to the harbor. There they found the ones they were looking for. Natsu, Lucy, and Happy were talking to a fisherman with a mustache. "Found them." Ren grinned.
The Fairy Tail stripper smirked and held up his hand, stopping the Saiyan. "Stay here, alright?"
Ren blinked once then shrugged and stood in place while watching the other man walk toward the two wizards that hadn't noticed him yet. "I found you!" Gray declared in a singsong voice. Both Natsu and Lucy jumped skyward in surprise as the Saiyan chuckled in amusement.
"What are you doing here?!" Lucy asked as she tried to slow her beating heart.
"We came to take you back. Well, Gray is, I want to have a bit of fun." Ren grinned widely.
"Thank you Gray! They took me and I was so scared!" Happy cried.
"You big liar!" Lucy shouted.
"Yeah, the master also said something about punishing you with 'that', whatever that means." The Saiyan stated.
"Oh crap!" Natsu said in terror while Lucy just looked in confusion.
"What is it anyways?" Ren asked.
"Wait, why are you even here if you wanted to have fun?" Lucy asked in confusion.
"Because I'm bored!" The Saiyan whined.
"I'm not going back and you're not going to do anything, Popsicle!" Natsu shouted as he ignited his hands.
Ren merely karate chopped the back of Natsu's neck to knock him unconscious. "No fighting."
"Wait, you're wizards?" Asked the boatman who stood on a boat next to them.
"Yep." The Saiyan grinned widely, shouldering Natsu.
"Hop on." The boatman said.
Grabbing Gray by the collar of his shirt, Ren carried him and Natsu onto the boat with Lucy and Happy following onboard.
"Wait why are you dragging me along?! We're supposed to drag them back to the guild!" Gray shouted.
"Well, we're already here and adventure is calling!" The monkey-tailed grinned widely.
"Bu-" Gray never got the chance to finish as a fist slammed into his stomach, rendering him unconscious by a now conscious Natsu.
"Sorry, no backseat driving." Ren grinned innocently.
The boatman looked at the teens with a raised brow only to shrug his shoulders as he started rowing the boat towards Galuna Island.
The second Natsu was even in the boat he falls over, hanging off the side with his face pale and cheeks bloated.
Ren laid back against Lucy to take a much needed nap for the trip there.
Lucy blushed in embarrassment while Happy did his best to try and not laugh.
Gray… Well, he was still unconscious.
"And why are you leaning against me?" Lucy asked.
"Because you're comfy." Ren answered innocently, nuzzling against the human girl's lap.
"You liiiike each other~." Happy said causing Lucy to blush even more.
"SHUT UP YOU DAMN CAT!" Lucy shouted.
The Saiyan however was already deep asleep on the blonde's lap; soft snores being the only evidence of his slumber.
Soon day turned into night and Gray had regained consciousness.
"Okay, now I'm scared." Lucy said with fear because of how quiet it was.
"Look on the bright side, at least you're not tied up!" Gray said in annoyance before he looked at the boat driver, "This is your fault too buddy! Why did you decide to let us on?"
Said driver shrugged. "I figured you guys would be the ones to help the poor people on Galuna Island. You are wizards after all." The driver then looks to them, "And my name is Bobo. I used to be a citizen of Galuna island. But I had to flee. I just couldn't take it anymore. I should warn you: tragedy befalls anyone who sets foot on the island. There's no avoiding it, that is unless you're able to lift the curse."
Soon he lifts his left hand to reveal to their surprise a purple deformed arm that went up all the way to the elbow.
"This vile demon's curse." Bobo said in a scary way.
"Whoa, your arm! What happened to it?!" Gray asked in surprise.
"Is that...the curse?" Lucy asked in concern.
"Looks cool…" Ren muttered in slight exhaustion.
"We're almost there. That's Galuna island." Bobo said as the island was within sight.
The Fairy Tail wizards looked at the island slightly awed while Ren was still napping.
"What is that light on the mountain?" Lucy asked as she could see a bright light on the top of the mountain.
She looked to Bobo, only for him to vanish.
"What the?! Where did he go?!" Lucy asked in alarm as she stood up, causing a still sleeping Ren to hit the floor.
"Did he fall out?" Gray asked in confusion.
"It's like he disappeared into thin air." Happy said in alarm.
"Uh, what's that sound?" Lucy asked in confusion as they began hearing a strange sound.
Gray looks back and his face adopts an expression of alarm, "Uh, Lucy!"
The Celestial wizard looks back before screaming, "AHH! TSUNAMI!"
"Now don't panic! Just hold on!" Gray said alert.
"Happy! Can't you grab onto the boat and fly?!" Lucy asked in concern.
"I'm not strong enough!" Happy shouted before the tsunami struck the boat.
Island Beach
"Where am I?" Lucy asked as she regained consciousness to see that she and the others were on the beach with Happy's head in the sand, Gray laying face first in the sand, Natsu hunched over, and Ren lying on his back.
Soon everyone was awake once again.
"Looks like we made it you guys!" Natsu said in excitement.
"We're lucky that wave washed us ashore." Lucy added.
"Well, I wouldn't call it lucky." Gray added his two cents.
Ren however seemed to just yawn. "That was a nice nap." He stretched his body.
"And you wake up only now after we get shipwrecked?" Lucy asked.
"Wait, when did we get shipwrecked?" The Saiyan asked innocently confused.
"A few hours ago." Lucy answered.
"Oh…" Ren blinked once then grinned. "Awesome."
"I can't help but wonder what happened to the guy that brought us here?" The blonde girl wondered aloud. "Right after he told us about the curse, he vanished."
Ren yawned. "He probably sunk into the cold, dark depths of the sea."
"How could he have sunk that quickly without a sound? He just vanished seconds before the tsunami even came." Happy pointed out.
"I'm starting to get hungry. Should cat be on the menu?" The Saiyan looked at the blue feline almost predatorily.
"Save me Natsu!" Happy shouted as he hid behind the pink haired dragon slayer.
"That's what I thought, cat." Ren smirked with folded arms.
"Forget about that stuff for now and let's go exploring!" Natsu said enthusiastically with his arms swinging up and down.
"Aye!" Happy shouted cheerfully.
"Hopefully, we find a village with some food." The Time Patroller grinned.
"We've been here thirty seconds and already you've forgotten the mission?" Lucy asked mostly to Natsu and Happy.
Ren tilted his head in confusion. "What's the mission again?"
Lucy takes out the request saying, "Apparently there's only one village on this island and the village chief was originally the one who put in the request. I guess we need to find him."
"It shouldn't be too hard. We just gotta find an old dude in robes with a walking stick." Ren grinned like a goofball.
"Not so fast." Gray said as he stood up.
"Give it up Gray. You can't take us back to the guild now that the boats been destroyed." Natsu pointed to the wreckage of the boat.
"You're right. I'm coming with you." Gray said catching most of them by surprise.
"Whoa, seriously?" The Saiyan looked at the ice wizard with wide eyes.
"There's no way I'm letting the three of you clowns reach S-class before I do. And if you were kicked out, the guild would be pretty boring. Gramps will be upset but if we pull this off he won't stay mad at us for long." Gray said with a smile.
This caused everyone to smile before Gray said, "Let's go."
This caused everyone to cheer in agreement.
"Yeah! Food awaits us!" Ren cheered happily.
Hours later night fell.
"Well, we found the village, now what?" Gray asked as they all stood in front of a giant wood gave with a 'Keep out' sign in big bold letters on the gate.
"Check out that gate. When they say keep out they mean it." Natsu said as he looked at the gate.
"Anyone home? We came to help you!" Lucy shouted, only to be met with silence.
"Let's bust in!" Natsu said with an evil grin.
"NO WAY!" Lucy shouted as she glared at Natsu.
Ren already had a ball of ki ready in his hand. "Must have food!" A dark gleam in his eyes as he grinned with Natsu.
"Who goes there?" Someone from on top of the gate asked.
"We're wizards from Fairy Tail. Responding to your request." Lucy answered back proudly.
"Why weren't we notified when you accepted the job?!" The person asked.
"Uh, well…" Lucy didn't get the chance to finish as Gray said, "Sorry, it was probably a mix up with the paperwork!"
"Then let me see your emblems! Right now!" The same person shouted.
They did as asked before the gate began to open.
"It's like we're entering a monster's mouth!" Happy said.
"Are you trying to freak me out!" Lucy asked.
"Look at the bright side, Lucy," Ren chipped in. "We're inside. We do this, a whole lot of money awaits us."
"I'm Moka, the village chief. On behalf of everyone here, I welcome you." Said a cloaked man…among everyone who was wearing cloaks, hiding all of their features.
"Pleasantries asides, there's something you need to see." Moka said as he and the entire village remove their cloaks to reveal a surprise that shocked even the Saiyan.
Each villager had a single demonic appendage, a foot, hand, arm, horns, even a tail.
"Wow, and I thought Janemba had a freaky appearance." Ren scratched the back of his head.
"It's just like what happened with the boat guy." Gray said as he looked at the villagers.
"Yeah." Lucy said lightly.
"Oh, wow your sideburns!" Natsu shouted, ignoring the village chiefs demonic arm and focused on his extremely long sideburns.
"Not that! I was trying to show you my arm!" Moka said as he waved his demonic right arm. "Everyone on this island has suffered horrible disfigurement because of this curse. Not even the animals have been spared." He explained.
"Oh, I'm sure they couldn't be that bad." The Saiyan laughed it off.
"Please excuse me for asking but what makes you think it's a curse sir? It could be some infectious disease." Gray said to the chief.
"We've consulted with dozens of doctors, young man, but they all agree that no such disease exists. You see, our symptoms began around the same time the moon fell under an evil spell. Since ancient times, this island has absorbed the light of the moon. Hotting it to glow like as beautifully as the moon itself. However several years ago the moon's color began to change, and an eerie purple glow was cast upon the island." Explained the village chief.
"So the moon turned purple?" Natsu asked.
"It's coming out from behind the clouds!" Happy said in concern.
And he was right, a purple cloud was coming.
"Oh wow, it really is purple." Lucy said frightened.
"Man that's creepy looking." Gray said slightly unnerved.
"Stay back. The change is about to begin." Moka said and like he said, the entire village began to transform.
"Whoa! What the?!" Lucy shouted in surprise.
"They're changing!" Gray said in alarm.
"Yeah, I see that!" Lucy shouted.
"Why is this happening to them?" Natsu asked in concern.
Ren scratched the back of his head, not really understanding the problem. "Maybe the moon is having a tantrum?" He suggested.
"Are you for real?" Lucy asked as she glared at the Saiyan.
Said Saiyan shrinked back a bit, slightly afraid of the blonde's glare. "Uh, I'll shut up now."
"I'm sorry if our appearance frightens you." Said a now demonic looking Moka.
"It's okay, I'm just completely confused." Said Gray.
"You poor people." Said a concerned Lucy.
"Oh man, you guys look so cool!" Natsu shouted causing everyone to be dumbfounded.
"Meh, I've seen uglier." Ren shrugged.
"...Huh?!" The villagers said, mostly to Natsu while Lucy glares at Ren.
"Besides, in my experience, your appearance doesn't bother me one bit." The Saiyan casually grinned with his hands behind his head.
"It's awesome! You've got horns and stuff! Oh man I'm so jealous!" Natsu said cheerfully while everyone was still dumbfounded.
"He thinks we're cool?"
"No one has said that to us before."
"Natsu, Ren! You're being insensitive! They don't want to look like this!" Lucy said as she glared at the two.
"Seriously? Oh my bad. I guess we should help them out." Natsu said rubbing the back of his head.
"That is why we're here." Happy pointed out.
"Get a clue man." Gray muttered.
"Anyway, as you've witnessed, whenever the purple moon shows its face to the sky, everyone takes on a horrific demon form. If it isn't a curse then what could it be?" Moka said with the villagers showing their despair. "We'll return to normal once the morning comes and the sun has risen. However there are some poor souls who could not transform back to their human forms for they have lost their minds. The fate for them, these unfortunate souls in the grip of madness. We've no choice but to put them to death." Moka explained sadly.
"But they might change back to normal some day!" Natsu said horrified.
"If we wait for that to happen the monsters would surely kill us all. We've tried capturing them but they always broke free. It's no use. Once it takes fold there is no way of saving them." Moka said as he cries, holding a picture.
"I should know. I was forced to kill my very own son." Moka said as he showed the picture, of the boat man who brought them to the island.
"That's the guy from the boat! But we just saw him yesterday he-" Lucy was shushed by Gray who said, "Now I understand why he disappeared like that. He's dead but his soul can't find peace."
Lucy's eyes widen in horror as she thought, 'A ghost?!'
"There's no such thing as ghosts." The Saiyan deadpanned then realized something. "Well, actually there was this one time that Gotenks actually burped up a couple ghost versions of himself to blow up enemies."
"Aren't you from another dimension?" Happy pointed out.
"If you don't shut up, I'm going to eat you." Ren playfully warned.
Happy just remained quiet with fear.
"Please lift this curse off our island! If this goes on much longer we all may forfeit to do it! We'll die!" Moka said in despair.
"We're not gonna let that happen!" Natsu said, causing Moka to raise his head.
"We can fix this. I promise." Natsu said to everyone.
"There's only one way this wretched curse can be lifted." Moka said before he looked to the sky and said, "The moon… The moon must be wiped from the sky!"
"That simple? Okay." Ren aimed his palm at the moon, charging an energy blast to destroy it completely.
"Whoa!" Both Lucy and Gray shouted as they pulled his arm away, sending a blast of energy into the sky and away from the moon.
"Lets not go that far yet!" Lucy shouted at the Saiyan.
Ren pouted. "Spoiled sport."
Later That Night
"I never knew the moon could be so creepy." Happy said as he looked at the moon.
"Hurry up and close the window! You heard what the chief said: we've got to stay out of the moonlight. You may not care but I don't want to turn into some freaky monster!" Lucy said as she looked through her drawer.
"Oh relax, I bet you'd still look pretty even as a monster." Ren reassured the blonde.
"Uh…" Lucy just blushed as she could not come up with the right words.
"Anyways, what are we supposed to do now?" The Time Patroller questioned, placing his hands behind his head lazily.
"I'm not so sure about this job guys." Natsu said as he laid back in a chair.
"Do these people really think we can destroy the moon?" Gray asked.
"I wonder how many punches it will take? You think I can handle it?" Natsu asked, thinking with his fists instead of his head.
"Are you kidding me?!" Gray shouted at Natsu.
"Don't be stupid man." Gray said as he looked at Natsu like he was stupid.
"Natsu, there's not a wizard alive who can do that." Lucy sighed.
"I could." Ren threw in his two cents.
"Right but let's leave you as plan D." Natsu said.
The Saiyan gave the pink-haired boy a thumbs up then brought out a turkey leg and started munching on it.
"Anyway that's the job we've been hired to do isn't it? We can't just accept a job and then back out. It would just make Fairy Tail look bad." Natsu said.
"What they're asking can't be done! How do you think your going to the moon anyway?" Gray asked.
"With Happy." Natsu said, causing Happy to say with a deadpan expression, "I don't think so."
"Okay we can't destroy the moon. But if we do some investigating we might be able to find a different way to lift the curse from the island." Lucy said before a shirt collides with her side, causing her to look to see Gray in only his underwear taking a sock off.
"You kids can do what you want but after the day I've had I need some shut eye." Gray said tossing his sock away.
"Please don't take off any more." Lucy whispered.
"Okay our investigation starts first thing tomorrow morning! I'm hitting the sack." Natsu said before he and Happy fall face first into a bed.
"Me too!" Happy said with his voice muffled by the bed.
"Sounds like a plan to me." Gray said as he falls into a bed.
"Okay, I'm pretty sleepy too. Good night." Lucy said rubbing her eyes.
"Good night, guys." Ren grinned, patting the blonde's head as he moved to the door. "I'm gonna go out and train for a bit."
A few hours later, Ren returns to find both Natsu and Gray snoring very loudly.
Suddenly Lucy sits up wide awake, "So loud! How am I supposed to sleep when the beast and the perv keep snoring?!" Lucy asked to no one.
"I could always knock their mouths shut for you." The monkey-tailed boy suggested.
"Please do." Lucy begged as she covered her ears in a vain attempt to block out the sound.
The Saiyan reached behind his back and brought out two comically large corks which he uses to stuff both Natsu and Gray's mouths closed. "The job is done, milady." Ren grinned widely, bowing politely at Lucy like a gentleman as his mother once taught him.
"Thank you." Lucy said with a smile as she finally was able to sleep.
"No problem." The Saiyan nodded, removing his jacket, shirt, and cape then finally his boots as he climbed into his own bed to rest.
Morning
"GAH! Why was there a cork in my mouth?!" Natsu shouted after getting the cork out of his mouth.
"Yeah, it felt like my jaw was being ripped off!" Gray shouted after throwing away the cork that he took out of his mouth.
"Shut up or I'll blast you both to the sea." Ren grumbled, obviously not a morning person.
"Aye…" Both wizards moaned as they all got ready before they were out the village.
"Stop whining and let's go!" Lucy said full of energy before she summoned a Celestial Spirit in the shape of a clock…and climbed inside.
"What the hell!?" Ren exclaimed, his eyes wide and his mouth gaping at what the blonde girl just did. "Lucy, what are you doing?!"
"She does this whenever we travel. Get used to it." Natsu and Happy said in sync while Gray just nods his head in agreement.
"Right…" A sweatdrop materializing behind the Saiyan's head. "I'll keep that in mind." And he thought his world was strange; this one was filled with weird things.
Hours later they were walking down a path talking.
"You think we'll be able to find another way to lift the curse?" Natsu asked.
"Well we don't have much of a choice. The village might think the moon's cursed but everyone else likes it. And destroying it might mess things up." Said Gray.
"You're right! If we didn't have the moon the tides would go crazy and at night the sky would be pitch black!" Natsu said in alarm.
"Without it, salmon could go extinct and they're my favorite fish!" Happy said in concern.
"Too bad you don't have any Dragon Balls. I could've always wished it back if I did destroy it." Ren stated with his hands behind his head in a lax manner.
"Do you have them with you? She asked curiously." Horologium said as Lucy could not be heard.
"Nope." The monkey-tailed boy replied with a grin.
"And if you don't have them how can you even find them? Aren't you from a different dimension?" Happy asked in confusion.
"Why do you think I said it was a shame that your dimension didn't have any Dragon Balls?" Ren looked at the feline.
"And do you even have a way to get back to your world?" Gray asked.
A solemn expression appeared on the Saiyan's face. "No…"
"Guys we need to be quiet. We don't know what is out here. The lady demands impatiently." Horologium said.
"You should walk on your own." Natsu said to Lucy.
"He's right. You just summon your spirits lazy?" Gray asked.
"Listen, this curse is freaking me out. We have no idea what we're up against and I'm scared. She says nervously." Horologium said as Lucy looked scared.
"So, we're out here and you don't see us turning into monsters." Ren deadpanned. "Plus, you'll get fat if you just let your spirits carry you."
"This is awesome! S-class quests rule!" Natsu shouted.
"Yeah, I bet I could freeze that stupid curse." Gray said.
"You guys are idiots. She retorts disparaging." Horologium said.
"Aye." Happy said.
Soon the ground began shaking, causing everyone to stop as Natsu, Gray, and Ren look back. Only for their faces to have looks of surprise as they see a giant figure behind them.
"Whoa! What the?!" Natsu shouted.
"It's huge!" Gray shouted as well.
"What are you waiting for!? Beat it up you guys!" She yells frantically.
Suddenly the being stands straight, breathing in.
"Ice Make: Shield!" Gray shouted as he creates a shield between the wizards and Saiyan and the creature as a cloud began covering all around them, despite the shield.
"GAH!" All three shouted in disgust.
"Oh no! What's wrong?" Lucy asked before she looked down to see Happy inside with her, "Did you seriously just sneaked inside here?"
"Aye, answers the little blue ca-" the clock didn't get a chance to finish as he began coughing before he returns to the Celestial spirit world.
"Stinky!" Both Lucy and Happy shout in disgust.
Soon the creature starts laughing and reveals itself to be a giant rat wearing what looked like a maids dress.
"It's a rat!" Lucy shouted in concern.
"Come on Natsu, Ren! Get up!" Gray shouted to the unconscious Dragon Slayer and Saiyan.
"The smell knocked them out." Happy said.
Suddenly both Natsu and Ren stand up and they all start running away from the rat.
"LET'S GO!" Natsu shouted before they began dodging the breath attacks while Ren just flew up.
"Ice Make: Floor!" Gray shouted as he slammed his hands down and froze the ground.
The rat trips and is rendered unconscious by that.
"You should have done that in the first place!" Natsu said to Gray.
"Shut up, Natsu!" Gray growled at Natsu.
"Look, there's a building over there! We should hide while we still have the chance." Lucy said before she looked to see Gray, Natsu, and Ren punching and kicking the rat.
"We should kick its butt while we still have the chance!" Natsu, Gray, and Ren shouted.
"Give me a break." Lucy muttered.
Minutes Later - Moon Temple
"This place is massive." Lucy said in awe.
"Yeah, and it's falling apart." Natsu said seeing the debris.
"I wonder how old it is." Gray muttered.
"Maybe it has treasure!" Ren exclaimed excitedly at the prospect of finding lost gold or jewels.
"Hey what's that?" Natsu asked, gesturing to symbols of moons.
"They're moons. It makes sense, Galuna used to be called the island of the moon." Gray explained.
"A moon island, a moon curse, and weird moon symbols? You've got to wonder what it all means." Lucy said in curiosity.
Ren stared at the symbols intently. For some reason, a primal feeling in his chest started to build up but he shook it off.
"Man this place is a wreck. This floor doesn't even look safe to walk on." Natsu said as he began stomping on the ground a few feet away.
"Well don't go stomping on it!" Lucy said only it was too late as Natsu's foot smashed through the ground.
Suddenly the ground under their very feet crumbles and they all fall down.
"Natsu you idiot! Look what you did!" Gray shouted as they fell.
The Saiyan of the group quickly grabbed Lucy in a bridal carry. "Gray, grab a hold of me! Happy, get Natsu!" He ordered.
But it was too late as Gray, Natsu, and Happy smashed into solid ground while Ren and Lucy floated down.
And three of them were covered in rocks.
A few seconds later Natsu's head pops out from the pile and looks around.
"Hey! Is everyone okay?" Natsu asked.
"I'd have been better if you hadn't knocked off the floor!" Lucy said with a blush evident on her cheeks.
"Here's a thought! Maybe if you'd think before you act, maybe you wouldn't cause so much destruction!" Gray shouted as he got up.
"Shut up!" Ren shouted with a death glare. "Listen."
They were met with nothing but silence.
"I don't hear anything." Natsu said before he looks excited, "And wow it's a secret cave!"
Natsu begins running down a path waving his arms around, "This is so cool, let's check it out!"
"Would you quit running around like a crazy person!" Gray shouted in annoyance.
"Do you ever deal with people like that?" Lucy asked as she was set back to to her feet.
"In my case, yes. My teacher, Son Goku and his youngest son, Son Goten. They tended to be troublemakers ignorant of their own actions at times." Ren replied, scratching the back of his head.
"Must have been annoying." Lucy said with a sigh.
The Saiyan sighed. "Trust me, it was. They were both so childish."
Natsu turns a corner that had a cold mist on the ground before he froze in place.
"Natsu?" Lucy asked as she turned the corner.
"What? Is something wrong?" Gray asked in confusion.
"Hey guys, what's that?" Natsu asked as he points…to a giant demonic monster frozen in ice.
Lucy and Happy had a look of surprise while Gray had a look of horror and recognition.
"That's impossible… That's Deliora!" Gray said horrified, "But how? How could this happen? Why is it here? What the hell is it doing on Galuna Island?!"
"Deli-who now?" Ren blinked in confusion.
"You've seen this thing before?" Natsu asked equally confused.
"There's no…no way." Gray said as horror slowly took control.
"Gray, please. Try to calm down." Lucy said in concern which seemed to work.
"Now can you tell us about it?" Lucy asked.
"It's Deliora, the Demon of Destruction." Gray said with anger.
"Demon of Construction?" Natsu said in confusion.
"De-struction." Happy corrected.
"But why is it here? It doesn't make any sense!" Gray said in alarm.
Soon they began hearing footsteps coming towards them.
"We need to hide." Lucy said in alarm.
Ren scooped up Lucy into his arms. "Not a problem! I'll fly us above to hide our presence!"
"Or we could hide behind those rocks." She said with a blush as she pointed to a large stack of rocks which would be easy to hide them.
"That too!" The Saiyan sprinted off behind the rocks still carrying the blonde in his arms.
"The voices seem to come from down here." Said a guy who had long spiky blue hair while walking next to him was a guy who almost looked like he had a dog face with ears on top of his head.
"I hate being awake during the day. So Toby were you exposed to the Moon Drip? You've got the pointy ears." Said the blue haired man.
"I already told you, they are a fashion statement you jerk!" Toby shouted and for some reason it sounded like there was some barks as well.
"Lighten up, I was only teasing you." The blue haired guy said.
"You don't have to be so mean about it." Toby mumbled.
"The Moon Drip? Could that be the name of the curse?" Lucy mumbled.
Suddenly a new person came in with this one being a red haired woman.
"Yuka, Toby, something terrible has happened." Said the woman.
"What is it Sherry?" Yuka asked while Toby just waved.
"It's Angelica, she's been attacked and I'm sad." Sherry answered.
"Your moping around because someone beat up your stupid pet rat?!" Toby shouted in annoyance.
"She's not a rat! She's a brave hunter prowling the jungle to protect us. She is, love." Sherry said with that last part somehow echoing.
"I don't know who these guys are but they're a bunch of weirdos. Especially the chick with the pet rat." Lucy whispered.
"Judging by the scent I picked off from them, they aren't from the island." Natsu whispered.
"And they don't look like they have the demon curse." Happy said as he popped up next to Natsu.
"Intruders you say?" Yuka asked.
"And it's almost time to start collecting moonlight again. Oh this makes me so sad. This news will displease the Cold Emperor. We should get rid of them before he finds out. Yes, we must find them before the moon's first light." Sherry said to her companions.
"Agreed." Yuka said with a creepy smile.
"Since they've seen Deliora we can't allow them to live. We'll give them the gift of eternal rest. We'll give them, love." Sherry said with the last word echoing again.
"You're talking about death right?" Toby sweatdropped before they hear a noise.
"What was that?" Sherry asked alert.
"Over there!" Yuka said before they all ran away.
"Nice job cat." Lucy congratulated the floating blue cat.
"Aye." Happy said with a smile.
"Come on, we should have grabbed them and beat some answers out of them." Natsu complained.
"Not yet, we've got to do some investigating." Lucy said.
"But they know we're here." Ren pointed out.
"Man, this job just gets more and more complicated." Natsu muttered.
"Right, like who is this Cold Emperor guy?" Happy asked.
"Deliora, I still don't understand what anyone would want with it. And how the hell were they able to find it?" Gray said looking at the frozen demon.
"Was it hidden somewhere?" Lucy asked in curiosity.
"It was sealed away, inside a glacier on the northern continent. A decade ago, this immortal demon ravaged Isvar. Countless people lost their lives. The woman who taught me magic, my master Ur, sacrificed everything to seal it away." Gray answered as he had a flashback of the demon.
"I don't know if it has anything to do with the curse but I do know that it doesn't belong here." Gray growled as he clenched his hands into fists and a cold mist began forming around the fists as did some bits of ice.
"This Cold Emperor, we have to find out who it is! If they tarnish my master's legacy, they are gonna regret the day they were born!" Gray growls with pure rage evident on his face.
"Actually, you human trash, you're the ones who will regret the day you were born." A familiar voice caused Ren's eyes to widen.
"That voice…" The Saiyan looked up and found a middle-aged man dressed in black, white, and brown armor unlike anything the Fairy Tail wizards have seen but Ren knew exactly what it was. There was also a brown fuzzy 'belt' wrapped around his waist with a scouter placed over his left eye. "Raditz!"
"Who the hell is this guy?" Natsu asked.
"A Saiyan just like me as well as Goku's older brother." Ren replied then grinned. "But not to worry, he's the weakest opponent you'll ever face and should be relatively easy to beat."
A flash of red gleamed Raditz's eyes. "Sorry, but all of that is different now." A familiar dark purple aura shrouded the evil Saiyan's form.
"Is this normal for you?" Lucy asked scared out of her mind.
"It should be but…" Ren's eyes narrowed. "Even when he gained this dark power, he was still pretty weak. Now, he's almost at the same level as me!"
"And that's new?" Gray asked.
Before Ren answered, he quickly shoved his friends out of the way just as a violet-colored blast of energy slammed into the Saiyan's chest. He released a cry of pain as he crashed against the temple walls, a cloud of dust shrouding his form.
Raditz had an evil smirk on his face. "I'm sorry, am I boring you?" His hand was raised, signaling that he had been the one that blasted Ren.
"You bastard! Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu shouted as he sent a stream of fire at Raditz.
However, the evil Saiyan clapped his hands forward, releasing a shockwave that dissipated the Dragonslayer's flames. "Pathetic." Two balls of red energy formed in Raditz's palms. "Double Sunday!" He fired two ki blasts at Natsu.
"Yikes!" Natsu shouted as Happy flew down and picked him up, saving him from the ki blasts.
He failed to realize Raditz appearing behind him in a burst of speed then drove his knee directly into Natsu's back.
"GAH!" Natsu shouted as he crashed into the ground.
"Natsu!" Lucy shouted in concern.
Bad luck for her since her shouting attracted the attention of the long-haired Saiyan. "Well, well, you seem like fine breeding material for a human." He smirked evilly, appearing before the blonde in an instant. "Such a shame I have to harm this pretty face." He forcibly grabbed a hold of Lucy's chin.
Lucy was frozen in terror as her eyes looked at him.
"Get your damn hands off her!" The familiar voice of Ren snarled then a fist impacted Raditz across his cheekbone, sending him slamming back-first against the giant demon ice sculpture.
Lucy looked beside her to see her Saiyan friend but shrinked back when her eyes noticed the dark, almost cold rage on his face.
"R-Ren?" Lucy said still scared.
The evil Saiyan removed himself from his human-sized dent and smirked at his fellow warrior. "What's this? Protecting your woman?" He taunted. "How adorable."
"If you touch her again…" Ren spoke lowly, his crimson eyes once filled with warmth now filled with nothing but a merciless killing intent. "I will vaporize you to ashes."
"Ren." Lucy muttered in concern.
"Damn that hurt!" Natsu growled as he stood up with Happy sliding off his back.
"Heh, I already made enough noise as is." Raditz stated as he floated up to the opening in the ceiling. "If I were you, I'd be more worried about the other wizards here. Make no mistake my fellow Saiyan; we will finish what we started and that woman will be the prize." With nothing left to say, he flew out of the ceiling, laughing sinisterly like the villain he was.
"We need to go!" Natsu shouted as he picked up Happy and began running.
"Gray, let's go." Ren told the ice wizard as he lifted Lucy up into his arms and took off after the pinkette.
The ice wizard stole one last glance at the frozen form of Deliora before following after his guildmates.
One thing was for sure, this was far from over…
A/N: That's it for the chapter. If you have any questions or concerns, leave them in the review box or PM it to me. Also, apologies for the late commission, been busy with other things that I'd rather not go into detail about.
Next chapter, the Fairy Tail gang is now caught up in a sinister plot. One which Ren faces off against Raditz in a grand battle. Along the way, Gray tells his tale of how he learned magic and how Deliora was defeated. Not only that but a certain redhead is on her way to dish out punishment…
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