Winds of Hope

by AveryScarlet

Years later Avery has moved on and changed from the person she once was. Av has made a title for herself over the past few years in the guild going by the name of 'Avery the Typhoon' by many. All dark guilds fear her and rarely live to tell the tale of their encounter of the girl. But her past will soon back to haunt her no matter how hard she tries to forget. NatsuxOC

3. Chapter 2

~Azul's Intro~

'I may not be strong... but I use my

magic to keep up with that person.

It's because of her that I was able to

become as strong as I am today!'

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~Chapter 2 - Shinigami Vs Dragon~

::Clover Town::
-Normal-

Me: I tried using the eng dub as a way to help... but I just hated some of the voices so I just went back to sub. This is what I get for listening to Japanese dub for too long! I don't know if the subtitles is right since I'm too lazy to translate on my own. At least I'm honest here!
Cat: Japanese is usually better than the english dub depending on the show.
Me: Why are you here!?
Cat: Haru said that since Reinhart is a newbie here he wanted me to fill in for a bit till everyone get's used to her.
Me: *glares*
Haru: I thought it would be alright!

"Makarov-chan, your mages are so energetic!" Bob, guild master and founder of Pegasus, comments. The guild meeting was as boring as ever to Makarov; eating, drinking, and etc were the only reasons why he even wanted to go in the first place, besides the free booze they have at these meetings. Also he knew a few old faces would be there so he might as well join in since it would be nice to be away from the guild just for a little while. Bob continues on, "Ooh! I heard that you gave some aristocrat a thrashing." He didn't know what the man(?) meant when he remembered someone. "Oh, that was my new recruit Lucy," answers Makarov as he takes another gulp of his beer.

He even said this, not only because he's drunk, to mess with Bob, "She's great! What a boyoyoing figure she's got!" Bob turns away to cover his eyes and exclaim, "Stop it, you flirt!" "Is this something to be laughing about, Makarov?" a voice spoke up behind his back. Makarov looks over his shoulder to see his old pal Goldmine, master of Quatro Cerberus (Me: Or puppy! XD), acting as serious as ever whenever it comes to situations such as Fairy Tail's usual problems. "Yeah, it's great they're energetic, but they go way overboard. There are people on the council who're worried Fairy Tail's gonna crush an entire city one day you know," Goldmine points out.

As usual Makarov didn't really care what the council thought, for now his drunk mind couldn't care less if they were listening to what he was saying at this very moment. "I wouldn't mind to be crushed... by Lucy's body, that is!" the tiny old man cheers happily. Bob waves it off when he heard this, "Now that's not proper!Don't go laying hands on your own little wizard wizardies!" Things were fine until a messenger bird flew into the room. "Master Makarov! A letter from miss Mirajane!" it tells him before dropping the letter into his hand.

"Thanks."
"You're welcome."

He circles his finger around the stamp seal till a green magic circle appears above the envelope and reveals a projection of the girl smiling up at him. "Master, hard at work at your regular meeting, yes~?" was the first thing she asked. Makarov starts to show off the image of the girl to the other guild masters asking around, "What do you think? This here's our poster-girl! Quite a looker, eh?" All of the men surrounding the table gawk at the sight of Mirajane. "Mirajane, huh? She sure looks like she's grown up," Goldmine comments.

"Actually, something wonderful happened while you were gone. Amazingly, Natsu, Gray and Erza formed a team! I think this is the most powerful team in all of Fairy tail! I figured I should report this, so I wrote you a letter," Mirajane informs me happily. I could feel my world shatter at what I was hearing, my best and most powerful mages are in the very same team, meaning ten times more destruction than ever before. What else could go wrong...? "Oh I almost forgot to tell you master~ Avery just arrived home not too long ago," I almost felt relief wash over me when Mirajane suddenly finishes, "she went after Natsu and the others on their mission as well~" I fell back in defeat with my soul flying out. 'We're doomed!'

-Lucy-

Right as soon as Avery left, Natsu immediately went green again. "You need to stop depending on Avery flame brain, or else she'll get sick and tired of you," Gray smirks at Natsu knowing he won't be able to able to talk back at him. The only thing that came out of Natsu's mouth while trying to hold back his vomit was, "Shut it..." I sigh, "She even get's sick without him..." I then look back up at the sky where Avery and Azul flew off to, the way she just accepted to go off and take on an entire guild by herself was really incredible of her but it's also scary to think about since the Lullaby is with them. "Say Happy... Has Avery ever fought with both Natsu and Gray?" I ask.

Happy ponders on this for a few seconds then finally answers, "About 200 times in total they've tried!" "200 times!?" I repeat in terror, an evil image of Avery standing over their beaten up bodies and laughing evilly like a monster. Happy nods, "Mostly it's about this weird competition those two make whenever they fight her! Usually about who can last longer in a fight against her." "They already know that can't beat her... and yet they still continue to challenge her," hearing all of this from Happy amazes me even more. I've heard many stories about her so many times in and out of the guild, and most times it's about those she took down two dark guilds in a day all by herself.

I never thought those stories were true to begin with, but after what Happy just told me and how everyone else here has so much confidence in her abilities on facing Eisenwald all by herself I can see she's as strong as they say she is. "Avery Reinhart... the Typhoon of Fairytail."

-Me-

"Av I see it! The train's down there!" Azul points out. The train was just about to entire a very crooked mountain pass, but it's nothing we can't handle. I nod in approval and ordered, "Azul! I want you to go back to the others and tell them I'm charging in! Knowing Natsu he won't be able to answer if he's still travelling with the others! Not to mention let anyone answer for him...!" Azul salutes and then flies off, "Yes ma'am!" All I could do is sweat drop as she flies off and leave a trail of hearts behind her back, I never understood why she likes Happy so much, as you can see she changed 'Aye Sir!' to 'Yes Ma'am!' just to show it.

"Azul needs to put her feelings aside and remember what's at stake here!" I shook my head as I turned my back from her and swiftly flew at high speed towards the stolen train.

-Azul-

"Happy Happy~!" I hummed to myself happily. I sadly look back over my shoulders as Avery flies off by herself towards the train. "You have to depend on others Av... you can't always be their shield forever...!" I whisper under my breath, a small teardrop threatening to come out.

++Flash Back++

I watch as Avery continuously attacks her personally made practice dummy, that wore badly made garments that were meant to look like a dark mage, and never wasted a second on casting another spell. "Fūryū no Rasengaku!" she made the final blow on the test dummy but... "Av you went too far!" I cry out when I see the practice dummy shoot up all the way up into the atmosphere, and it didn't seem that there was a chance for it to ever come back down to earth. I started sweating all over and began to imagine it, 'What if she used that spell on a real enemy...!?' "A-Av...! How 'bout you use less destructive spells next time?" I ask her nervously.

Avery looks at me in confusion and asks innocently, "What are you talking about Azul? All of my spells are destructive! Besides I'm supposed to defeat the enemy right?" I quickly answer, "Yeah but not send them to outer space!" We had to take a short break since Avery launched her last dummy out into a random direction, again, This isn't the first time she's done this, there are times when she sends it straight into town and would, rarely, hit the guild by accident. I watch silently as Avery sews up another dummy using the last remaining animal hide she had left and use tree bark for god knows what. "How you train so hard Av? Aren't you already strong enough to defeat Natsu?" Avery stops what she's doing.

"I want to protect my friends... they saved me from myself... So I'm going to do whatever it take to protect my nakama! Even if I have to be their shield it won't matter as long as I can protect them!"

++End of Flashback++

-Me-

"Fūryū no Hōkō!" I made a gigantic hole on one of the train carts as soon as I caught whiff of that shadow bastard from before. I lower myself down carefully and make sure I didn't touch the ground, if I did then I'll be screwed on the spot like earlier. I used the large cloud of dust filling up the train as a smoke screen so I can get to where that one person was, facing all the other members would be too much to handle in an area like this. 'That lullaby has to be with him... it has to!' I then spoke a large figure though the smoke. I launched myself towardms the figure, "Ranryū no... Nijū tsume!"

But instead of hitting my target, it just disappeared and my wind acted as a fan instead, allowing all the dark mages to see me. "Crap..." I cursed under my breath and prepared myself for an upcoming battle. That is until- "So those flies sent out the big guns to do their dirty work," I quickly turn around and flash a glare (me: Not a finger!) at the man floating a few feet higher from where I was. "I must say I'm quiet surprised to see you again Typhoon. Back so soon or did you flee like the weakling you are?" I spat at the man, "Shut it! You sure have a death sentence to talk about my nakama like that... Erigor!"

This seemed like a joke to him, and the more he chuckled at my words the more I felt the inner dragon in me ready to kill him right when I have the chance. I aimed a blade of wind at him which Erigor easily dodged with his eyes closed. "You must really have a death wish to face the storm Erigor," my eyes darken the wind around picks up, "you better take back what you same about my nakama... or you won't get out of this alive." "Hahahahaha! So the battle between the shinigami and the dragon has finally arrived," he aims his scythe down at me with a crazed smile on his face.

-Normal-

Gray went back outside since he didn't want to go near Natsu, not only because he can't stand being near him but to avoid getting puked on him if Natsu throws up. (A/N: I entirely forgot the episode of that arc so when I tried to fix it there was no way I could at that point.) Most of them knew this, even Lucy understood just by how the two act whenever Av is around or even mentioned, Gray just didn't want the girl to be left alone with (fire) dragon slayer. Happy suddenly feels a shiver run down his spine, "My Azul senses are tingling...!" Lucy sweat drops and looks at the cat with a weirded out look asking, "What are you going on about now?"

Me: Pffft! Bahahwahahaha! I'm sorry I just had to write that! XD I ended up having a spider man marathon while typing this!
Gray: That's really weird...
Me: Says the guy that strips a lot... and is naked at this moment! X_X Put some pants on for god sakes!

The next thing they knew, a flash of bright orange zooms in at Happy and then causes him to instantly crash down to the wooden floor along with the orange figure on top of him. "Happy! I'm so glad I caught up with you guys! I was so worried you'd forgotten me!" it was Azul, cuddling Happy to death with hearts not only in her eyes but also hearts flying everywhere. Practically hitting the faces of those who were inside the vehicle. "Wait a second...! What are you doing here Azul? I thought you were going to help Avery stall the train?" Lucy asks her, saving Happy in the process from further cuddling with Azul.

The only response that came out of the female cat was, "She wanted to do it alone." Natsu suddenly stops puking out the window when he hears this, this was all to familiar to the boy and he knew exactly what Avery was planning to do. 'Av...'

-Back to Me-

"Gah!" I scream as I was forcibly pushed back at the sudden attack. I landed on top of the damaged part of the train, and in the rumble were other members of the dark guild that were caught in the blast when I crashed. I burst out of the debris and got on my feet, but then- "Shit... why now!?" I covered my mouth as my motion sickness started to kick in again. At the corner of my eye I saw a purple flash for one second and then I heard Erigor's voice cry out, "Storm Shred!" I dodged the attack in time as multiple wind blades crash on the wooden floors of the train as well as his collapsed comrades.

"Bastard! Don't you care what happens to your comrades!?" I yell at the wind mage. I ran up to one of the bodies and tried my best to help the man out, without puking my guts out in the process, then placed his safely on the floor. I may not like dark mages, but to treat your comrades like this in such disgusting actions makes me sick to the bone. "Comrades? Ha! Don't make me laugh Typhoon! You and I both know that a guild such as mine has no need of thoughts like those," I could feel every ounce of my body boiling while Erigor smiles down at me in a sadistic many.

I slowly started to float back up as wind around me started to pick up. "Even so... to treat humans like this..." I immediately launched myself at him, "is despicable!" I aimed my fist right at his head except all I punched was nothing but air, enraging me even more seeing that he was ale to move his head to the side with that stupid smug look on his face. "Ranryū no Hassei!" My leg sticks up in the air as I happily watch the wild winds fly towards Erigor's direction. But the moment I thought I got him, he disappears right when the spell was about to hit him and appears a few feet behind my back.

In an instant, it felt like my back was being shred into pieces. "Wind blade!" I was sent flying forward but I was able catch myself in time before I was far from where he and the train are. "For a dragon slayer you sure have gotten soft over the years," he aims his scythe at me, "still following that stupid vow of yours?" I tried to make a move but pain instantly shot in my back. I clutched my side muttering, "You bastard... using a cheap trick like that on me..." With that said, purple like smoke started to slowly rise from my wound.

He frigging poisoned me. I knew it was a good idea not to eat his wind. Not only because I know it'll taste like shit, there was this small gut feeling that it would've been to simple to simply eat his attacks then win just like that. "Tch... how come I had a feeling you'd pull off such a dirty trick?" I wince when I felt the pain spreading across my back. "I've heard about what you truly are by her," he spoke up making my freeze in place, "she told me so much about your past deeds. I must say it makes my work look small compared to yours."

I immediately attacked him on the spot, grazing the side of his face as Erigor is caught off guard at my sudden actions. "I'm... not... like... you!" I roared as I continuously hit every part of his body without wasting a single second. Images of my past appeared in my head as I cried out, "I made a promise that day never to let that happen again...! I swear I will defeat you! No matter what it takes!" "Let's see if you can Typhoon," he dares. I snap and lunged at him at full speed, but what I never expected was for a purple cloud of smoke to appear right in my face. "Like I said Typhoon she told me everything about you... especially on how to defeat you."

-Normal-

Almost at their destination, Erza quickly stops the vehicle as soon as she spots a certain orange haired girl laying on the ground a few feet ahead. On the inside everyone was toss around and Gray almost lost his grip again for the rough, unprepared for the sudden stop. "Hey what going on-" Erza immediately slaps her hand metal over Gray's mouth. After she pulls her hand away a red hand mark was left on his face. She puts a finger to her lips then points. Confused, Gray follows her direction until he spots the girl in the distance.

"Stay quiet...! I'll handle the others while you take care of Avery," Erza orders as she takes the cuff off her wrist. They both knew if Natsu found out he would lose control and run off after Erigor, it would cause problems for both the team and Avery in calming the dragon slayer. Gray jumps off and runs to Avery's side as Erza stayed behind to quietly explain to Lucy and Happy without Natsu and Azul in on what's going on. "Avery...! Get it together...!" Grays mutters as he carefully lifts her up in his arms.

"Ore...? Gray...? What are you doing here?" Avery asks after regaining consciousness. "I should be asking you that," Gray's frown deepens at the sight of her body, covered in bruises and multiple cuts all over her. There was no way to keep this from Natsu. She blankly stares up at him before realizing what's going on. "Where's Erigo- Itte!" she screams in pain as a sharp pains shoots through her back. Shocked, Gray pulls Avery and forces to to turn around to get a better look. "Gray? What's wrong?" He tightened his grips on her shoulders.

"Av... don't fight anymore," he blurts out all of a sudden. She felt her anger bubbly up at this, "Don't tell me what to do Gray! I can still fight!" She tries to turn to face her but he had a tight grip on her shoulders. Suddenly, she felt Gray lean in and place his forehead against the back of Av's head. "If you won't do if for me... do it for Natsu," he begs, his body shaking in fear.

Avery looks over her shoulder and weakly smiles at the boy, "You know I can't do that Gray. I can't just wait around and do nothing as long as my friends are in danger. Taking Erigor down is my number one priority in this mission. That's why I followed you guys!" Grays sighs at her stubborn attitude, but that one of the things he knew he can never change in the girl. "Hai hai..." he gives in. Gray shifts around behind her much to her confusion until she felt herself being lifted up from the ground without warning.

Avery wraps her arms and barries her face in his chest much to Gray's embarrassment. "A-Avery..." he stammers at the sudden closeness between the two. He did have good intentions on carrying the girl since she's unable to move properly, but he never expected THIS to happen! "H... up..." her words were muffled. He could barely hear the girl with how fast his heart was beating at the moment. "Eh?" This time Avery orders him in a louder tone, "Hurry up! This height is too much!" He sweat drops at this, reminded of how strange her fear of heights is.

A depressing aura surrounds Gray as he thought to himself, 'I should have known... Never get your hopes up Gray.' As he carries Avery towards the vehicle, Erza and Lucy look over at two with relieved looks in their eyes. Avery didn't really care much at all what was going on right now, all she could focus on is that fact she's off the ground and is stuck up in the air, it was the only thing that made her stay in Gray's arms. On the inside of the vehicle, the once sick dragon slayer picks up on their scent and immediately recognizes Avery's scent, but a vein pops on the side of his head when he recognizes a disgusting scent wraped around her.

"Gray!" he roars in rage much to Lucy and Happy's shock. They both sat there petrified as Natsu bursts out, a piece of debri hitting the side of Erza head, and charges up at the two with a blazed first. Avery saw this in time and throws herself out of Gray's arms and leaves him to let Natsu punch him. She didn't bother trying to save the ice mage, after the first 20 failed times she tried to make peace between them Avery saw that there's no hope of that ever happening.

"Why you...! What was that for!?" Gray yells. holding his throbbing cheek. "Get your hands off Av! You know how much she hates perverts!" Natsu growls. "I keep telling you I'm not a pervert!" and with that another fight ensues between the two. Avery just smiles at their usual antics and tries her best to keep her wound hidden from Natsu. "Avery!" Azul flies towards the girl and jumps into her arms. "What happened!? Where's Erigor?" Azul looks up at her worriedly. Even though the pain was still there on her back, Avery tried her best to force her usual smile at her partner.

"Well he pulled a dirty trick on me and the next thing I knew I was on the ground beside the train tracks," she lies as she tries her best to smile with all her might. Not entirely believing her story, Azul floats out of Avery's arms and goes behind her back and is shocked to see the large wound. "Avery... your back..." Avery freezes as Azul floats in place petrified at the sight. Avery whips around and hugs the cat. "Please don't tell Natsu... None of you were suppose to know but I collapsed on the way back..." she admits.

Azul could understand why she would hide something like this from them, they both knew that they'll find out no matter what. "Enough already!" the both wince at the sudden crashes behind them and turn to see Erza angrily looming over the two as their heads were stuck to the ground and the lower parts of their body sticking up in the air. "We need to focus on the mission right now! Avery! Where were they heading?" Erza asks Avery, keeping her killer eyes on the two. "They were heading towards Oshibana station," that was all Titania needed to know.

She pulls out the two by their legs, drops them to the ground, then leaves as if nothing happened. Avery rushes to the two and asks them worriedly, "You guys okay?" "A-Aye..." Natsu responds as he tries to sit up. "That hit was nothing compared to how you hit us..." Gray grounds and sits up ruffling his hair. "Hehe..." the next thing they knew, Avery leans in and kisses them both on the forehead. "Arigatou," she smiles at them sweetly. They both sat there steaming while Lucy, Happy and Azul watch the trio.

"Hey Happy... when you said those two always challenged Avery... what was it they asked if either of them won?" Lucy asks still watching with wide eyes and a small blush of her own just watching the sight. 3...2...1 "I don't know," Happy blurts out. "Ah! You're such a useless cat! I don't even know why I asked!" she fumes and crosses her arms. Azul just shrugs, "I want to tell you Lucy but if I do those two will be at me non-stop."

-Back to Me-

As we rode our way to Oshibana station, I couldn't help but wince every time we hit a bump below. I know Erza is in a hurry to get there but if this keeps up I think I might snap any moment now, or lose all feeling in my back. It was even harder at this point to keep a straight face with Natsu on my lap constantly staring at me whenever a small sound escapes my lips. "Wh-What is it Natsu? You've been staring at me weirdly for a while," I painfully smile down at him. "Your scent... it's different than usual."

I froze on the spot when he said that. Natsu has told me many times, thankfully only around me, that my scent changes whenever I'm feeling sad or- "What did that bastard do to you? Did he hurt you!?" the moment Natsu gets off my lap, both of us turn green and started to get sick at the same time. "They're useless..." Lucy sighs and lightly pushes Natsu so that would fall on top of me. What we didn't expect was for another bump and for the both of us to end up having trouble inside after Erza ran over a second bump. My back slams on the seat, sending a whole new wave of pain.

I cover my mouth before I could scream, that is until Natsu and I found ourselves in the most awkward position possible. His arms were outstretched from side to side on both sides of my head, it was to prevent him from crushing me in the process but being this close to him was too much. Especially feeling how close his body heat is radiating on me. I immediately turn red and punch him away, "Don't get so close to me pervert!"

Me: As Natsu pointed out before, Avery hates perverts. :3
Haru: So considering how almost everyone in Fairy Tail are perverts it's nerve wrecking for her.
Me: ...
Haru: What!? What's with that look!?
Me: Hmph! I'm still pissed at you! *walks out*
Haru: Wait Avy! Uh... on to the chapter!

-Azul-

Not long after they arrived at their destination, Oshibana Station, everyone was already charging towards the train station and also trying to get past the huge crowd that was swarming by the minute. I was following them as best as I could, until something had caught my eye. Evil aura was seeping out of the building and there was one spot that took her interests. Flying towards the area even faster, Happy then saw as to where I was going so he tried to stop me from going.

"Azul wait! The others are already making their way to the station," but was already too late to stop me. I snuck into an open window and tried my best to be as quiet as possible. Down below, I saw few men with the marks of Eisenwald on their bodies so I had to be careful. "They mentioned a flute so..." I flew to the other side of the building. After the long wait of seeing who would have the Lullaby, I was about to give up until suddenly appeared with the very thing I was searching for in his hand.

"Is everything prepared?"
"Yes Erigor, but there is a problem."
"And that is...?"
"Fairy Tail has come to interfere with our plan."
"And what is the problem there Kageyama? They are nothing but a stupid guild."
"That's not the problem... Avery the Typhoon is among them... the 'key' that we all have been trying to avoid."
"I see... so she still breathes. I'll take care of that pest once and for all."

'Key...? What do the mean Avery is the 'key'?' Confused,I turned to make my leave until a sudden burst wind surrounds me. It wasn't anywind. Erigor had used his wind magic to trap me, the poor cat. Even though I tried to get out, the wind just slices every bit of her body, like as if a million scissors were slicing my skin. "And it seems that her little feline spy has caught in our conversation," Erigor smirks at how hard I was trying to get out. He brought me down to their level to take a closer look at the spy.

"What should we do with a spy like you?" he asks in a amused tone, pulling me closer to his face. He then starts to snicker evilly as well as gives a very dark, but happy, face.

-Me-

I watch as Erza made her futile attempts to ask the workers of what's happening. "What's going on inside?" she asks, then bangs her forehead to the guys before he could give her an answer. She kept this up for a while and it had caused both Gray and Lucy, who was carrying a very weak Natsu, to get frightened at Erza's actions. "She only likes people who answer immediately, doesn't she?" Lucy quivers in fear. "You know her better now," Gray answers just as scared as Lucy was.

I wasn't really paying attention to what was going on. I was actually more worried about Azul then the mission itself. I stared up at the sky and thought worriedly, 'Azul... you stupid cat. Where are you?' Lucy notices how worried I was so she decided to give me a light pat on the back. "Don't worry Avery, Azul will surely contact you!" her reassurance had really made me slightly happy. Lucy's encouraging smile got me to smile as well. "You're right Lucy," I put on her shoulder and smirked, "let's go and show those bastards what we're made of."

When the both of us decided to take a look at the armored girl, we both sweat drop at the sight of people lying down on the ground either dead or just passed out. "Everyone let's go inside," those were the orders we all wanted to hear. Throwing the poor guy away, Erza goes on ahead of us, along with Gray by her side. An announcer starts to do a little announcement which gave us good details of what happened earlier. "A military platton went in but they have yet to return," the guy shout from the inter-com."A battle's probably going on inside!"

Oh man that person was wrong, we had already entered the building but the whole entire army wad lying all around us as we made our way up the steps. I felt sorry for them, even though I hated the royal army, they didn't deserve this kind of treatment. "Hurry the platform is up ahead!" Gray hollers from ahead, giving us the signal to get prepared to for what lies. The wind around me was suddenly thick for some odd reason, I couldn't put my finger on it as to why it felt so heavy. We were inside, right? "I've been expecting you... Fairy Tail," the voice of Erigor spoke up as soon as we came up to the surface.

Every member was waiting for us, Erigor himself was there as well and was, surprisingly, not attacking us yet. "It's been a while Avery," he snickers in amusement. "Yeah... it's been a while since I've smelled that horrible stench. You really need a bath," I say sarcastically, plugging my nose and used my other hand to fan the air in front of me. In truth, the guy literally smelled bad! Or maybe it was just that I hated his wind way too much. "Natsu wake up! The enemy is here!" Lucy panics and tries her best to wake him up.

"Impossible! It's futile after the three trips he made, " this sudden information from Happy shocks the blonde. "I'm considered a transportation!?" Lucy asks. "What do you intend to do? Depending on you answer, I might have to make you pay for it," and not nobody, and I mean nobody should take Erza lightly when she's mad. Trust me, been there done that. "Here's a clue, it's inside the train station," and as he said that, Erigor uses his wind magic to fly up in the air. "Yo air head! We don't want to smell something that came from your rear end!" I yell back with sarcasm in my voice, crossing my arms and made my own wind as well.

"Uh... are you really sure it's okay to intimidate him!?" shouts a very scared Lucy, trying her best to keep Natsu from flying. He flew up towards one of the posted speakers up ahead as all of us try to figure out his intentions. My eyes widened in shock after I realized what Erigor's plan was. "'Time's up," he announces, tapping on the metal speaker. "You're going to broadcast the lullaby!?" this was the most shocking thing ever to come out of Erza's mouth.

"Of course... even if you can play it, you'll only waste your energy since it can only be heard in a fair distance. And this is the best place to test it," I compiled everything all at once, which shocks Lucy a bit as to how much I've gathered. "Avery maybe a hot head," I glared at Happy who just ignored it, "but she has a knack to figure an enemies plan quickly and can even see through their attacks weakness." The wind around bursts around me to give a perfect display of my anger.

This was like a stand off between two wind users, but this is more like a dragon versus a shinigami. "I am a shinigami! The God of Death! If we play the lullaby to those people outside... they will listen to a melody of death," while Erigor was enjoying himself up in the air, I for one was getting even more mad. "So you plan do to mass murder on innocent people!?" Gray shouts in anger. I wasn't taking it well either.

"Those fools who live their lives enjoying their rights, not knowing that there are people who have revoked their rights. Living life oblivious to the unfairness of the world of sin. Thus, the shinigami has to punish them. A punishment called 'death'!"
"You sick twisted bastard!"
"Ah ah! Don't you care about your feline friend?"
" Wait... what have you done with Azul!?"
"So that's... the cat's name... She's just having fun in her little cage."

I cringed at his words, it felt like something have stabbed me on my back really hard. "You bastard... if anything happens to her I'll shred your body up into tiny little pieces until they can no longer be seen!" as I said this, the wind started to blow even more by the minute. Lucy was the first to respond in disgust, "Your rights will never be returned if you do that! Besides, you're the bad one to begin with... how disgusting!"

"We've come this far, it's not the 'right' that we seek but 'authority," the shinigami explains. "With it, we can wipe out the past and control the future." That did it, I could no longer hold back any more. I charged up to him with a fist full of wind and cried out, "Not only have you threatened to kill these people... but you also have Azul locked up in a cage!" But before I could even get close to the guy, a shadow hand popped out at my left side and hit me away from Erigor.

Sliding away from the area, I ended up crashing into a nearby wall. "Avery!" I hear my friends shout, accompanied by the laughter of the Eisenwald guild. "What a pity," the same guy from before appeared, "for you little flies." Flies... that guy really thinks of us that low!? Oh he's so dead! Before any of us could do anything, he decided to make his first attack on both Lucy and Natsu. I lunged towards them, but I was too far to even get close when out of nowhere, Natsu shot up and attacks the shadow with his fire fist. "I knew it was you!" Natsu yells, finally recovering from his motion sickness.

We all gathered up together as Lucy announces, "This is Fairy Tail's strongest team ever, prepare yourself!"

-Normal-

Lucy was right, except for the fact she's not really part of it (me & Av: Sorry Lucy!), with Fairy Tail's strongest wizards joined together, there was a huge chance for them to win against a whole dark guild. The atmosphere suddenly changed around everyone, but only the shinigami was unaffected by the events below. "I'll leave the rest to you guys," a sudden swirl of wind starts to surround Erigor's body, "so make sure they feel Eisenwald's power." The dark mage escapes by crashing through the large window that was behind his, but not everyone could let this slide. "Come back here you stupid excuse of a wind mage!" with that said, Avery takes off in a blast of sudden wind.

"Avery wait! Let's think rationally here!" Erza's efforts in stopping her failed. Once Avery was completely gone, the armored mage turns to Natsu and gray. She orders the two, "Go assist Avery in catching Erigor! And make sure to calm her down in the process!" The two mages were quiet. "If you work together there's a better chance in capturing Erigor!" once again in utter shock, they stayed quiet and stared at one another. After a long explanation of the plan, both boys had finally reacted to Erza's order's. "Say what!?" they both shout in unison. "I'm not gonna stop that psycho path!" one blurts out while the other shouts, "I'm gonna lose my head again if I face her!

Erza gives them a dark look and had immediately taken off after from the intense gaze. Lucy was lost at this order, but at the same time scared when the fact of facing the rest of the enemies. "I hope Avery will stay calm..." Happy mutters nervously as he looks back at the hole. "Why? Isn't it normal to be mad?" "Actually," the cat starts, "the last time Avery was that mad was about 5 years back. Natsu stole her precious ice cream... the guild was almost destroyed." Lucy's wild imagination started to run through her head. Avery in her furious rage scared her far more than her thought of Erza. A sudden blast was heard from the outside, along with roars of hate, "Come out you bastard and face me like the man you are!"

-Back to Me-

I was successful in following Erigor, but there was one problem now. In his ball of wind trapped the one thing that I had been looking for. "Erigor! Give back Azul you bloody bitch!" I roar as I launched myself towards the Shinigami. Wind gathered around my fist and gotten bigger as I got closer to Erigor. But right when I was near his face, a sudden blow hit every part of my body. My body was pushed downwards to the stations roof. "Gah!" I screamed in pain as my body collided with the wood.

I felt pain throughout my whole body, it shot through every nerve in my body. I sat up from the rubble and looked back up at Erigor. "Is this the best the 'grand typhoon' can do? I can hardly believe you are as powerful as they say you are," mocking my magic wasn't the best call. Wind started to blown as we both glare/stare at one another. My magic was running low so I had no other choice but to, "Show why I'm called a typhoon. " Raising my hand up, I summoned up all of my magic onto the palm of my hand and gathered a large amount of wind.

"So you're going to use your best magic spell with every last ounce of magic you got-" but I stopped him midway by yelling, "Don't you dare underestimate a dragon you shinigami!" Taken aback by my sudden claim, Erigor then realizes what he was up against. I open my mouth and sucked in my own wind, more like eating it though. "You're much more powerful than I thought...! I never thought dragon slayers were like this!" he exclaims, sweat rolling down his cheek as Erigor stared with a horrific look.

When I finished up me 'meal', I breathe in and mocked Erigor back, "Thanks for the meal... I would have eaten your's Erigor, but I know it would've taste like crap." He grits his teeth. Both of us knew who was going to win if this keeps up and how long it would last, but what I didn't know was that he had a trick up his sleeve. "Furyu no Yokugeki!" a magic circle appears at both of my fists, and with it sudden gusts of wind. I aimed it at Erigor and the slicing wind went towards him, like millions of scissors slicing in the air continuosly, and continues until it reaches it's target.

But when I thought I got him- "Ahahaha! So that's you true nature!" echoes of the shinigami's laugh rang through my ears like loud speakers. I covered my ears as the sound got louder. A tornado suddenly bursts around me. I looked all around the gray evil winds, looking for a way out. "It's a good thing I learned this spell from her... Sealing magic!" Before I had time to react, a giant magic circle glows in front of me. Everything went white for a while...

-Natsu-

"I think you'll be wanting this back," and out of nowhere a cage of wind appears beside him and poofs away, revealing to be Azul. "Azul!?" we all cried out in shock. Erigor tosses Azul away only for Lucy to catch her. "Azul! Are you okay?" she asks and goes down on her knees to carefully place the injured cat on her lap. Not responding to her words, I watch as Erza runs up to check on Azul. A sigh of relief escapes her lips, "She's fine... She just passed out." "Thank god..." tears formed in Lucy's eyes.

For some reason I could smell Av all around us. "Hey air head! Where's Av!?" I demand. Lucy yells at me in shock, "Don't go around insulting the enemy!" Erigor chuckles at first before bursting out into a laughing fight, which enraged me seeing he knew something that I don't. "Haven't you realized it Salamander? She's right here!" he raises his hands up in the air and summons a large ball of wind above his head. Av's scent was even stronger than earlier and it didn't take me long to realise where she is.

"Av!" I cried out as I launched myself towards the ball of wind. It hurt at first but the moment I saw a figure through the dark harsh winds, I instantly grabbed it and jumped out. "Avery-san!?" yelps Lucy as I land onto the ground. Av laid limp in my arms, her body covered in cuts and bruises. "Now way... Av actually lost..?" Happy asks in a state if loss. "You'll pay for this! Ice make: Cannon!" Gray shoots at Erigor in retaliation for what's happened. Instead of hitting Erigor, he only hit the wall behind Erigor as he disappears and reappers in a different spot.

Slowly, Azul wakes up. "Huh...? Where am I...?" Her eyes widen in horror at the sight of her friend in pain. Azul's face turns dark and in a flash lunges at Erigor. She didn't stand a chance against him. One moment she was flying at the bastard with her claws out and then, without even trying, manages to knock Azul a few feet away. "Azul! Bastard! What did you do to Av!?" I yell, holding Av closer to me. "Itte...!" Av winces in pain. Erza stares at Av worriedly for a moment then her faces darkens, "Erigor... you've gone too far this time... How dare you poison Avery!"

I felt something snap inside me. My body lit on fire as my anger started to blaze up. Gray grabs my shoulder and roughly pulls me to stop, "Quit it you idiot! You'll make things worse!" Avery coughs really hard, causing us to go quiet. "Till we meet again," and that's when Erigor makes his escape and creates a giant wind wall all around the station.

-Back to Me-

...The next thing I knew I ended up inside the train station again, but I ended up on more than what I bargained for. "Natsu!" I gasp in surprise when I saw the pink headed dragon slayer underneath me. He just smirks at me and taunts teezingly, "You should be more careful than to fall for someone like me." I blush instantly and punched him in the face as I squealed, "W-Why would I fall for someone like you!?" After I got off from Natsu, I noticed a dark wind wall nearby. "Erigor trapped us inside the station after he knocked you out," Lucy informs, nervously staring at the wall blocking our way.

Erza, worried at my current state, asks me unsure, "I know this is too much to ask of you... but do you think you can do it Avery?" I smirk and give her a thumbs up, "You can count on me! This'll be a piece of cake!" A weak laugh was heard behind our back, it was that Shadow bastard from before.

That reminded my sudden defeat by the shinigami, again. "Er! I'll get him for what he-" just when I was about to punch the wall, my spell rebounded on me as soon as I summoned my magic. My body flung to a random direction and ended up against another wall. "Avery! Are you alright!?" a cry of worry screams in my direction. I sat up and groaned from the harsh impact, rubbing my poor head with my hand. "Yeah... but what the hell happened there?" I wondered out load as I stared down at both of my hands.

Once again, I got up, ready for another round with the magic wall. "How about this!?" I inhaled the wind and started to eat it, but something was off about it. Erza gasps in surprise and shouts, "Avery, the wind is poisoned! Stop eating it!" Too late, I had taken enough wind inside me to trigger the deadly poison. "Gah!" Pain had instantly coursed throughout my entire body. Voices rang in my ears, but I became deaf from all my cries. This was the second damn time that stupid shinigami got me! If I keep falling for his stupid tricks... then I'll never hear his endless laugh! A strong pair of arms wrapped around me, it was Gray. "G-Gray...?" I mutter weakly.

The poison was really strong, it made my legs were already weak from the sudden intake. "Why would you try to take in that wind any way!? Unless you're a-" Lucy was interrupted when Natsu and Happy cheered, "She's a Dragon Slayer!" "Eh!?" the stellar mage gasps in surprise. I couldn't blame her. I only told her that I used wind magic, but not specifically meaning that I was a dragon slayer. "I'm surprised that you can do that Avery... but doesn't that mean you can use two types of magic?" Lucy asks curiously as she got closer to me. Everyone, except Erza, stares at her with a blank look. They suddenly scream in surprise, "That's right!"

"You only realized now!?" Lucy and I scream at the same time. But I ended up having a coughing fit because of that. "Don't push yourself Avery, you'll end up being a burden to us," Erza warns, which was suppose to be her way of showing her concern. I sweat drop at this and complied, "Yes m'am." "Now we have to figure out how to get out of here..." All of us stared at the wall of wind that blocked our path. I was too weak to do anything, and now my feline partners is in the grasp of the enemy at this very moment. 'I'm so pathetic...' I thought to myself, 'I can't believe I was so gullible enough to not even see through Erigor's trap...'

"Hang on Av! I'll get us out of here!" I hear Natsu shout along with charging feet stomping on the ground. We all watched as Natsu charges towards the wall with a fist full of fire and tried to blow away the barricade, but ends up hitting himself as soon as his fist touches the wind. "AAAAAGGGHHH!" Natsu flew and was spinning in the air continuously, until when he ends up crashing into the wall to our side. Poor guy, but he did deserve it.

"There's gotta be a way to- agh!" Pain coursed through my body once more. "Stop moving around Avery! If this keeps up, you'll end up dead before we get you to a hospital!" Gray warns me as he tries to keep me still. Natsu gets up and wips the blood from his mouth, "Damn it! We're stuck in here like trapped bugs and our only hope in getting out!" All of us were lost on what to do next. " "Ah! I got it! That big scary maid!?" Happy suggests. I sigh at this and correct him, "I think you mean Virgo." "You've met Virgo before?" Lucy asks. I sat up slowly and nodded. "I met her two years back during my missio..." Everything went black.

-Natsu-

"Av...? Av wake up!" I cry out. Right when I took out Avery from Gray's arms, I tried my best to wake her up. "Natsu stop it! We can now get her to a hospital by using Virgo!" Lucy places her hand on my shoulder in reassureance. I didn't bother looking up anymore. Avery was weak now and I can't do anything for her. "Alright, but I'm gonna get Erigor for this!"

Ending: MAD Fairy Tail Ending HD - made by ALL Anime -MAD-Op-ED-AWV

To Be Continued

I'm cringing right now at how I made the first chapter... I missed out one thing, ONE thing that I entirely forgot and that was when Natsu saw the Lullaby flute! DX I'll try to fix it but I just don't know how I'm going to fit it after the many screw up I made on that chapter... THEE very first chapter of Winds of Hope! Anyway, sorry for the extremely long wait! My head has been stuck in college (which I'm failing miserably at the moment), been sent to the hospital multiple times (thanks to this god damn horrible cough that's keeping me from breathing!), and don't even get me started at the recent chapters of the Fairy Tail manga! WTF!? Seriously!? And if there are those out there who haven't been updated on the manga, you'll be really pissed if you find out later in the anime cause the tartarus arc has really pissed me off beyond satan! *Cough* *cough* God I yelled too much there... Trust me I did that when I saw Lucy died and I wasn't prepared for it.

Me: Today Haru here has an important announcement! *elbows him* Get on with it!
Haru: Fine fine! I now have an account here in fanfiction...
Ne: Finally...
Haru: *glares* And I go by a slightly new name now after thinking for a while. My name here is Haru Kazeyuki! Don't believe me? Just look up my name just to check.
Me: Dont'! You'll be pissed at what you learn about him! I sure am!
Haru: You always told me before to be honest!
Me: Yeah, but not like that!
*as the two continued to argue*
Av: Ano... should we stop them?
Az(ul): They'll be fine. I hope... Ah! The camera's still rolling!
Av: Huh? Oh! Tadaima minna! While our two authors are talking about what to do on the next chapter we'll be doing the usual trivia question today!
Az: Let me do the draw this time! *digs in the back* Let's see... oh! Oh...! *blushes*
Av: What? What is it?
Az: Nothing! *eats the question*
Av: Are you serious- Alright I'm drawing the question! *takes a random paper out* How many times has Gray stripped in the series since his first appearance? That counts how many times he's been seen walking around shirtless.
Az: That's a hard one... what's your estimate?
Av: Seeing as how humans are all born naked and we all take a bath... 17,000,000,000 times is my guess.
Az: Ah I see- chotto! That's a big number for you to guess!
Av: Eh? Is it? Jah should we finish this off properly?
Az: Right! AveryScarlet (and slightly that haru guy) do not own Fairy Tail. All rights belong to Hero Mashpotatoe-
Av: Pffft!
Az: Eh? Nani? Doushite?
Av: N-Nothing... Ahem... she only own's me, Azul here, and many more Oc's to come in the near future.
*starts to read lines*
Az: Ah what now!? Avery is sick with a deadly poison...! How did Erigor even learn such a trick like that... Wait- what is that thing!? The Lullaby!? No way! It's too big for anyone to blow on!
Av&Az: Next time on Winds of hope! The Storm's Retaliation!
Az: Thank you all for all the support and patience for this chapter.
Av: Also, please make a suggestion whether AveryScarlet should let us chant out spells in japanese or in english for you all to understand! She really had a hard time earlier on our liens for that part...
Av&Az: Bye bye!