AN: I've had an awful day. Have an update!
An hour later Juvia found herself sitting on a train, with Happy in her lap, wincing at Natsu who was spread out on the seats opposite to her, moaning and heaving.
"I shouldn't….have had…..breakfast….ugh" Natsu gagged and immediately covered his mouth with his hands.
"NATSU! How could you say such a thing!?" Happy cried.
"It was a better idea at the time" Natsu said in a strained voice before closing his eyes. Surprisingly he managed to fall asleep, Juvia had been beginning to wonder if she should knock him out like Erza has been known to do and she wasn't relishing the idea. She turned to stare out of the window. She'd never been in a team before, other than the Element Four, Gajeel would sometimes go on missions with her, but he was usually with Levy and her team. Sometimes she'd tag along with the others but none of that really counted. She'd been surprised by the enthusiasm Natsu had shown towards going on a mission with her. She knew that while Fairy Tail accepted her some of them did find her strange, none of them would volunteer to go on a mission with her and none of them would be as excited about it as Natsu seemingly was. Let alone happily go along with Mira giving them a team name before she sent them off. While she was sad for Natsu about how the others reacted…she was also a little bit grateful, because otherwise she wouldn't be setting out on an adventure with her brand new team. And she hadn't obsessed about Gray in a good 20 minutes!
Some time later, the train ground to a stop at the station. Natsu got his second wind and immediately jumped up and ran from the train, with a speed only usually seen when he's chasing down a villain. Or food. Juvia joined him on the platform at a more sedate pace with Happy flying next to her.
"All right, we made it! What do you wanna do first?"
"Juvia thinks we should find a hotel first, then locate our client"
"Wait" Natsu sniffed the air, "Whatever that is, it smells really good!"
"Aye sir, my stomach's eating itself"
" Now that you mention it, I am a little hungry…..LET'S GO!" Nasu grabbed Juvia by the hand and started charging off in the direction of the scent.
"Juvia thought Natsu wouldn't be able to eat this soon after being sick?"
"Juvia thought wrong, nothing gets between Natsu and his stomach" Happy laughed.
Natsu located the source of the smell and dragged Juvia in to a bright and airy restaurant.
"Natsu….that sign…..it….it says…THE B WORD!" Happy looked at Natsu. Natsu looked at happy. The pair of them started to drool.
"BUFFET" they shouted in unison before Natsu started towing Juvia over to the tables laden with food. As Natsu and Happy started to pile their plates high, they where surprised to see Juvia doing the same thing. As far as they where aware…no-one in the guild could eat quite like they could. It wasn't long before the trio where making their way to a table close by, plates piled precariously high with food. When they where seated Natsu looked at Juvia and her mountain of seafood, raising his eyebrows.
"Juvia needs to eat lots of food to help fuel her water body"
"Really? I would have thought that would have been the other way around" Natsu mused.
Juvia just shrugged and started tucking in to the plate of seafood in front of her. Natsu decided not to think on it any longer and immediately did the same. It wasn't long before their plates where practically licked clean….and then their second plates…and their third….they would have gone back for fourths but the restaurant owner actually wanted to pay them to leave.
As they walked out of the restaurant they spotted a hotel not too far down the street. Checking in and dumping their packs in their rooms didn't take long and they where soon back on the streets in search of their client. It wasn't long before they found him. He was standing on the beach staring in horror at all the dead fish scattered about on the sand, washed in with the tide.
"Yo, are you the Mayor we're supposed to be lookin' for?" Natsu called as they got closer.
"Juvia thinks Natsu should be more polite!"
"Well Natsu thinks that Juvia should loosen up a bit!" Natsu retorted. He had been about to open his mouth and say something else when a jet of water slapped him in the face. Juvia just looked at him smugly while Happy snickered at him from her shoulder. Before Natsu could retaliate the man spoke up.
"Yes, I am the Mayor, you must be the wizards from Fairy Tail who took on the job yes?" Juvia and Natsu nodded in response. "Thank God. Things have gotten so much worse since we posted that request. As you can see, it's killed all the fish in this part of the sea, they all washed up this morning."
"What's all the black stuff over 'em" Natsu asked.
"Ink. It does it periodically to keep its cover I assume. The water in this entire bay is full of it. Please just….just kill it. Before it does anymore damage" he begged.
"No problem, how hard can a Leviathan be to defeat?"
"Do you even know what a Leviathan is Natsu?" Juvia asked.
"Nah. But it sounds like it's a giant fish that shoots out ink, how hard can it be?!"
Happy started drooling, "Giant…..fish…."
"It won't be easy Natsu, they're incredibly powerful, and big and-"
"Yeah yeah yeah, I get it! It'll be fine, don't worry Juvia! What does this thing look like anyway?" Natsu asked, oblivious to the shaking of the ground and the frothing of the sea not too far from shore.
"…..kinda like that" Happy said and pointed out to sea.
Natsu and Juvia whirled round while the Mayor let out a squeak and ran as far away from the beach as fast as he could.
There was a creature rising out of the ocean. It's had was narrow and sharp with a mouthful of hundreds of needle sharp teeth. It's head and shoulders looked like a jagged piece of rock, with shards jutting out. The thing had four tentacles that where currently waving around above the water, each ended in a jagged shard of whatever the hell that stuff was. The rest of its body past the rock like shoulders, looked snake like, the end of its tail thrashing about above the water ending in another shard of rock like substance. He could also see it's two fins…or where they flippers? He wasn't sure but they sure looked a lot like bat wings. Natsu stared. It roared.
Happy hid behind Natsu while Natsu catalogued every inch of it looking for weaknesses. Juvia turned towards the town, throwing up a wall of water to seal off the beach and keeping the destruction to a minimum and away from any buildings.
Natsu turned to Juvia. "We won't be able to do any damage if we hit it from above, it's soft underneath, we need to hit its belly or its throat" Natsu said decisively. Juvia nodded as they both turned to eye it again.
"I'm gonna need you to get it out of the water so I can attack it"
"No problem, Juvia thinks this will be a piece of cake"
"Natsu agre-I agree. Damn. We'll work on that later" He rolled his neck then lit up his right fist.
"I'm all fired up now" Natsu grinned.