Yo hello guys! What's up everyone? The fourth chapter of "Fairy's Sin" is finally here after a short R & R break which including sleeping on my comfy bed for just a few days lol and thank you for your patience, support and reviews! :D In this chapter, Lucy does her first solo mission on her own and later meets Erza, the strongest woman in Fairy Tail and Team Natsu discuss about the Dark Guild Eisenwald.
In response to other reviews of the previous chapters, I will be planning on making an appearance of the members of the Seven Deadly Sins in this story when the time is right and ready. Not that I'm telling you though. It might ruin the fun. ;) Meanwhile, I will be enjoying reading more of Nanatsu no Taizai chapters all over again. Ni-shi-shi!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Nanatsu no Taizai and their respective characters involved in the story. They belong to Hiro Mashima and Nakaba Suzuki, the two awesome authors of the popular shounen manga and anime series. Except the OC Lucy, a product of my imagination. ;)
Anyways enjoy and don't forget to review. Comments, advise, ideas, suggestions and criticisms are always welcome. :D
Chapter 4
Today has been a good day for Lucy Heartfilia after she had successfully completed the Job Request that involves taking out a group of thieves a few days ago as a member of Fairy Tail in her first solo mission on her own since after the Everlue Incident. And the pay was good, very good.
After the Everlue Incident and a brief skirmish with the group of unknown Mages, Lucy had left Natsu, Happy and Gray on their way back to Fairy Tail where she arrived at her apartment to rest and recuperate for few days while adding the Perfect Cube around her new place to prevent future unwanted break-ins mostly from the firebreathing pink-haired teen and the annoying talking blue cat and then took the Job Request that Natsu was supposed to take but abandoned it just to venture to Mt. Hakobe to save Macao for Romeo's sake, with the Master Makarov's permission of course.
It was kinda pretty easy for the blonde Fairy Tail Mage after taking the Job from a client who's just a concerned citizen of this town nearby Magnolia and had given the thugs' location, she had simply walked in an abandoned warehouse where the group of thieves used as their hideout and easily took them all down with her Rhitta's broken blade form, not even switching her weapon's giant axe form as it was completely unneeded and unnecessary.
None of the thieves didn't stand a chance at all as they're swiftly taken down by Lucy in great speed as if a speed of wind passing through them and knocked them down hard even if they grouped together after watching their fallen comrades get knocked down individually which made them easier targets. The other thugs who tried to escape the warehouse were intercepted by Taurus who was summoned by Lucy recently to prevent any of them from running away and managed to subdue them with ease.
The results of the Job Request were no casualties, just unconscious targets and mild collateral damage due to some of the thugs were sent crashing to either on walls or crates by Lucy in a quick but brief skirmish.
The remaining thugs surrendered and were tied up along with the rest of their unconscious comrades. The client was brought in and oh boy he was surprised of the results. A whole building of thieves taken down, with particularly no casualties or much collateral damage and the Job was accomplished by a member of Fairy Tail, a guild well-known for destroying everything in their Jobs. The client paid Lucy the reward with a little extra for the effort done much to the blonde girl's surprise but the man insisted, stating that she deserved it. Then the man called in the town's local militia to arrest and take away the subdued thieves to jail.
So I got 170,000 Jewels instead of 160,000 as stated in the reward. Not bad on my first solo mission. This must be my lucky day. Ni-shi-shi!, Lucy thought in joy of the success of their first solo Job as she returned to Magnolia where she paid her rent money to the landlady, leaving only 1,000 Jewels left just enough for her basic needs and necessities.
Entering the guildhall of Fairy Tail in midday, Lucy in her casual outfit with an orange skirt casually walks in among her fellow guildmates who were drinking and socializing while passing by a pipe-smoking man with an ostentatious pompadour-style brown hair panicked at the sight of his own plump wife Mirajane transformed into just to playfully scare him and then noticed Natsu and Happy at the table, the one looking glum and the other eating fish.
"Hey Lucy. How did your day go?", Mirajane cheerfully asked after turning back to her original appearance with a pink Magic circle manifesting in front of her.
"It was fun, Mira. I went in my first job alone after the incident at Shirotsume with Natsu and Happy. It wasn't so bad. Ni-shi-shi!", the blonde Fairy Tail Mage answered that some of the people's attention in the guild.
"Which Job was it, Lucy?", the bluenette girl named Levy asked.
Lucy answered, "It was a Job of taking out a group of thieves, Levy." This caught Natsu's attention within his earshot as he quickly got up from the table as if the glum look had left him and went up to the blonde girl.
"Wait, take down a bunch of thieves?! Hey, that's the Job I was looking at yesterday!", the pinkette guild exclaimed in surprise as he pointed his finger at her.
"Aye, it was. So you did pull it off and the pay was good right?", Happy asked, joining in the conversation with half-eaten fish at his paws.
"Yup, Happy. And the reward was worth it with my rent money already paid off. Not to mention, it was a compensation considering the incident with Duke Everlue at Shirotsume right?", Lucy cheerfully said that the talking cat noted.
Mirajane rested her chin on her arms, looking innocent as she looked at Lucy and asked, "So, how much damage was done, Lucy?"
"Just some minor damage done at the warehouse where the thieves hid, Mira. You know broken crates and cracked walls.", Lucy replied the white-haired girl's question that several of the guild members are now staring wide-eyed at her, even Happy paused eating his fish.
Looking confused, Lucy wondered curiously with her head tilting. "Uh... was it something I said?"
"No way! You couldn't have completed the Job without destroying something, Lucy! I saw you break stuff a few more times lately", Natsu exclaimed as he pointed a finger at her in surprise.
"Unlike you, Natsu. I try not to destroy other people's property unless it can't be avoided. I really needed the money to pay off the week's rent.", the blonde woman retorted logically.
Levy and Mirajane were in awe and surprise of Lucy managing to pull that off as the latter had a warm smile on her face, stating. "Oh my! That's a wonderful thing, Lucy! You're the first member of the guild in months to complete the Job without completely damaging public property!"
That got the attention of several members of the guild, including Gray, Cana, Loke, and Elfman, as well as Macao who were pleased that one of their fellow guild mates was able to finish a Job without even destroying public property too much and make Fairy Tail's infamous reputation a little bit better as they congratulated her but Lucy was feeling a bit embarrassed and stated that she was just doing her best.
After the commotion had calmed down slowly and everyone returned to their usual daily time schedule, the blonde Mage looked at the Request Board to find another Job to pay her next week's rent while standing next to Nab. "Wow, I never knew these Jobs look so varied."
Mirajane gave Lucy her mug full of ale and said, "Well, let me know if you find another one that got your interest you'll be taking on. The Master is away at Conference at Clover Town, so I'm covering for him."
"Hmm? What kind of Conference, Mira?", the blonde girl asked.
The bar maid of Fairy Tail answered. "The one for Guild Masters. Every once in a while, they all get together to talk about the state of things. It's like the Magic Council but not." She then asked Reedus, a large round-looking man wearing a wizard hat for a Light Pen, a Magical Item that allows the user to write in the air, which she used it to draw a chart in mid-air in order to explain how the Magic World is organized in all countries with Legal Guilds under the Magic Council, a powerful organization headed by 10 members, well except Britannia of course that remained independent from any outside influence.
Then Mirajane explained about the Local Guild Leagues that work together on a regular basis as it is the duty of the Guild Masters to pass on the decrees of the Council as well as communicate with each other in conferences, stating it as a glue that holds them all together.
"Wow, I didn't realize that all guilds were interconnected like that.", Lucy commented in understanding of Mirajane's explanation while sipping on her ale. Too bad Britannia wasn't officially part of the Magic World under the Council but still part of this world nonetheless. Probably for a good reason according to Grandpa Escanor.
"It's important that we cooperate with one another otherwise their system would fall apart.", Mirajane noted.
A spark of fire lit on Natsu's fingers as he sneaked behind Lucy and tried to spook her with his sinister grin. "And then the guys from the dark will show up!"
But sadly, Lucy looked rather unimpressed and indifferent of the Fire Dragon Slayer's antics much to Natsu's utter disappointment. "Really, Natsu?"
"Aww you're no fun Lucy!", Natsu grumpily said to which Lucy simply pulled down her eyelid and forked out her tongue in response.
"But seriously, the guys Natsu was talking about exist. They're the Dark Guilds. They've chosen not to join any of the Leagues. They're the bad apples and most of them were involved in Magical crimes.", the white-haired girl explained after writing down the word 'Dark Guild' in midair that intrigues the blonde woman.
"Would you just go and pick a Job already?", Natsu cheerfully asked.
Lucy looked indifferent and said, "Uh... sure why not Natsu, considering last time we ended up without the reward money after completing the Job at Shirotsume but it felt kinda worth it for some reason."
"Well, we are a team after all, aren't we? Team Natsu as we called it.", Natsu said with a smile.
Happy joined in the conversation and added. "Yeah! We picked the Job last time, so it's your turn to pick. So get to it!"
"Gee, thanks guys. But why did you ask me to be on our team in the first place?", Lucy asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Because we picked you because you're so nice of course.", Natsu simply said much to Lucy's slight blush in response.
Gray spoke after overhearing their conversation while sitting next to Cana at the table. "Hey, Lucy! I wouldn't stay with those losers if I were you. You'll get plenty of offers from other teams. And Team Natsu? That sounds kinda pathetic for a name after a sore loser like Natsu."
Looking at Gray other than without his clothes in a blink of an eye for some reason, Lucy mentally thought after sensing him. Gray Fullbuster... He has great amount of Magic power, very skilled in hand-to-hand combat and full of confidence and spirit despite his... stripping problem but a formidable wizard in near Natsu's level. I guess I know why those two are rivals. Ni-shi-shi!
"Your clothes, Gray.", Cana pointed out that the black-haired Mage looked for his clothes in panic.
"And what would you know jerk?", Natsu asked, leading to the renewal of their childish rivalry as they were arguing nonstop with everyone watching except Loke on the other hand was 'asking' Lucy to team up with him or rather he's hitting on her but soon freaked out a bit way too much at the sight of her Celestial Spirit Gate Keys on her waist and ran away in tears dramatically.
"Uh... what the heck was that about?", Lucy wondered in a deadpanned look.
"Loke has had a bad history with Celestial Wizards. Rumor has it he dated one and it didn't end up very well.", Mirajane explained, which the blonde swordswoman doesn't seemed to be surprised before quickly evading Natsu about to crash on her thrown by Gray.
"Would the two of you just knock it off already!", Lucy scolded.
"Natsu started it! I'm just following it through.", Gray defended himself before being reminded of the lack of clothes by Cana again.
The pinkette teen retorted angrily. "You're the one's who's provoking me! You dirty slimeball!"
"Oh yeah? And what exactly did I do to provoke you, you fire clown!", the black-haired teen retorted back.
This leads to more childish and lame insults between the two teens at each others' faces much to the amusement of everyone in the guild watching the scene.
However the mood was immediately ruined when Loke came back through the front door, startling everyone with the sudden barging in of the door and had a look of fear written on his face. "We got bad news! It's Erza! She's on her way here!"
That scared everyone in a state of panic including Natsu and Gray, well except for Mirajane who's surprisingly calm, by the name of the strongest woman in Fairy Tail which didn't go unnoticed by Lucy. The latter wondered out loud, "Wow, he just mentioned Erza and the whole place freaks out."
"Well, she is the strongest female wizard we got in Fairy Tail. More than a bit intimidating.", Mirajane commented.
Then the sound of footsteps clanking metal quieted everyone in the guild with only whispers and mutterings from various individuals, clearly knowing that Erza is coming. Entering the doors of the guildhall is a girl with a long scarlet hair, brown eyes, and wearing an armored suit with the symbol of the guild in the waist up complete with gauntlets along with a blue skirt and knee-length high-heeled boots. And with her is a decorative giant horn that doesn't seem heavy for the likes of the Armored Mage who put it down and causing a loud boom on the floor.
"I have returned. Where is Master Makarov?", Erza asked after setting down the giant horn beside her.
"So that's Erza...", Lucy muttered. And to see her carry such a huge horn makes me wonder if she can lift my Rhitta..., she mentally wondered about her weapon sheathed behind her back before sensing the scarlet knight's immense Magic power. Coming from Erza, her Magic power is monstrously high. A very powerful fighter in terms of greatly skilled swordsmanship no doubt and indomitable will and spirit too. I guess that's what makes her the strongest woman in all of Fairy Tail for a reason. She's way too beyond Natsu's level and Gray too if I add. I just hope I won't get on her bad side as a new member of the guild and also not ending up crossing swords with her in a wrong impression.
"Welcome back Erza. The Master is at a Conference right now.", Mira answered.
Erza nodded in response to the white-haired woman's answer. "I see."
One unfortunate guy had asked what was with the horn she carried which Erza replied that it was a horn of a monster she slayed and the villagers she helped in subduing it decorated the horn in celebration of her success of the Job and then sternly asked him and his companion if they had a problem with it that the two immediately refused in fear of invoking her wrath upon them.
"I bet she heard what happened at Mt. Hakobe.", Cana drunkenly commented while chugging down an ale barrel.
"You think so? Man, I'm a goner.", Macao lamented, fearing the worst while Nab's heart pounded in a fast rate.
"I wonder why everyone is scared of her like that?", Lucy wondered out loud.
Then the redhead went on about what she heard about Fairy Tail do recently or rather some of the bad things mostly trouble while on the road back home, stating that while Master Makarov may not care but she does as she sternly scolded Cana for her excessive drinking, Vjeeter for his weird dancing style, Wakaba for his smoking habit, Nab for standing around the Request Board all day and still has yet to pick a Job, and Wakaba for the week's disappearance at Mt. Hakobe but couldn't find words to scold him much to his chagrin.
Now I understand why everyone is scared of Erza. She sounds like a person of great power and authority here. It's almost as if she's taking over the guild. Still, she looks saner than everyone else here although I have a bad feeling that either I may be right or wrong about her., Lucy mentally noted while looking at Erza feeling so stressed of her guild mates' actions.
"Are Natsu and Gray here?", Erza asked.
"Aye!", Happy directly pointed the redhead's direction to a really pathetic and obviously unconvincing sight of Natsu and Gray had their arms over each other and hands shaking while sweating nervously and scared.
"Oh hey there Erza! We're just hanging out like good friends tend to do.", Gray said nervously.
"Aye.", Natsu said weakly in response.
"He acted like Happy!", Lucy exclaimed in surprise to see Natsu's out of character moment.
"That's great. I'm pleased to see you getting along so well. However, it's only natural for the best of friends fight now and then.", Erza said in content that the two boys weren't fighting each other at the moment.
Lucy wondered out loud. "I wonder what has gotten into those two? How can they be so afraid of her?"
Mirajane used the Magic Light Pen to draw some pictures portraying the Fire Dragon Slayer getting pulverized by the Armored Mage and answered the blonde swordswoman's question. "Natsu challenged Erza to a fight years ago and got beaten pretty bad."
"That was really a stupid thing to do.", Lucy said in a sweat-drop, recalling about something her Uncles Meliodas and Ban were mentioned to have a friendly rivalry with the blond boy easily defeating the white spiky haired man in every challenge of strength by her relatives and the same thing goes on and on even now during the family visits that nearly destroyed the Heartfilia Konzern Mansion in their 'friendly' arm wrestling if not a severely irritated Grandma Merlin putting a stop to it by teleporting the two somewhere far away to continue their games.
"After that, she found Gray walking around naked so she decided to beat him up too.", Macao remembered with a smug.
Cana then added. "And let's not forget she also beat up Loke for trying to hit on her. He totally deserved it though."
Loke simply does one of his cool guy poses in response of Cana's remark about him with Erza beating up real good in the face and was proud of it. Is he a masochist?, Lucy mentally wondered.
"Before I ask anything else, I wanted to confirm something.", Erza said to the bar maid of the guild.
Mirajane wondered, tilting side-ways in feigned confusion. "What would that be, Erza?"
The redhead answered. "I've heard a recent rumor about someone from Fairy Tail who did the Job without causing much collateral damage. I'm glad that someone is finally doing right for the guild, but it's who did the Job is what I'm concerned about including other rumors related to that person I've also heard."
Everyone in the guild went silent and wide-eyed in surprise of what the armored girl just said as several had the idea of where this was going and Lucy, who's the person in question, silently gulped in surprise and feeling a little nervous.
Is Erza talking about me?... Oh God, I hope I won't get in trouble for this..., she thought in a hint of nervousness.
Erza then continued as she said, "I heard that this person was able to defeat a group of thieves hiding in a warehouse single-handedly without even breaking a sweat. What intrigues me is that it was someone wielding a broken sword that did it and from what I hear is a girl blonde of hair with our guild's symbol on her right hand. As for the other rumors, they stated that she was the one behind the forest sliced down in one swing when stopping a group of bandits from attacking a passing-by caravan and defeated a gorilla mercenary with just a pinky finger. I also think she may have something to do with the massive fiery blaze erupting above Hargeon that was seen all around Fiore because I seriously doubt even Natsu could pull off such attack in that magnitude. So, can anyone tell me who this person is?"
After the question by Fairy Tail's strongest woman was asked, all of the Fairy Tail members felt tense and scared to answer the redhead as if their eyes were going to pop out of their sockets while others sweat-dropped in response, fearing a conflict may ensue in the process while Natsu felt a bit offended by Erza's remark about his Magic. But thankfully, the answer came.
"That would me. Ni-shi-shi!", Lucy care-freely called out to Erza's question that turned everyone's attention including the armored girl to her as she stood casually with a sweet smile and an innocent wave of her right hand in front the female scarlet knight herself. Guess there's no point in hiding it now. Oh, well time to meet Erza in person face-to-face. I wonder where did all the rumors about me come from... That is just so wrong., she mentally decided in relent.
The redhead raised an eyebrow, seeing that this blonde girl in her very modest casual clothing had an ornamental winged-shaped weapon sheathed at her back and a pouch set of Gold and Silver Keys at her side as well as noted of the latter's brown eyes and a somewhat carefree face she displayed.
"Hm? And who you might be?", Erza asked while sensing quite an amount of immense Magic power within the new member of the guild she looked upon. She had that so much Magic power inside her... That weapon... is she a Sword Wizard? Although she has Gold and Silver Keys at her side, I guess that makes her a Celestial Wizard also., she thought.
"My name is Lucy and I just joined Fairy Tail recently, Miss Erza. Nice to meet you.", Lucy answered with an straightforward introduction along with a humble polite bow to the Armor Mage.
Erza nodded in greeting to her introduction and said in a demanding tone, "Please, just call me Erza. A pleasure in meeting you too Lucy. So you're the girl I heard about in the rumors. Tell me. Are the rumors I heard about you are true or not?"
"Hmmm... yeah sort of. I kinda did cut down an entire forest when fighting off the bandits but it was unintentional and the people there mistook me for a member of Fairy Tail before I even met Natsu and Happy at Hargeon. The gorilla mercenary you mentioned, it was the Vulcan from Mt. Hakobe behind Macao's disappearance a week ago and the Vanish Brothers of the Southern Wolves that Natsu defeated in Duke Everlue's mansion at Shirotsume Town a few days ago. And, uh... it's true what you said about the massive fiery blaze erupting in Hargeon. Ni-shi-shi!", Lucy said in a carefree and sheepish honest manner that gave the Fairy Tail members sweat-dropping.
"I see, you're pretty honest about the rumors of you I've heard, Lucy. I'm impressed.", the scarlet knight noted of her honesty.
You think? Grandma Merlin used to tell me scary stories before bed about Galan The Truth that if I lie, I will be turned to stone just like she did during her unfortunate encounter with him a long time ago as mentioned by Uncle Meliodas so I have to be honest at all times when needed to, even now., the blonde swordswoman mentally thought in sweat-drop, recalling her childhood days of her beloved grandmother telling her to be honest or the elite Demon warrior of the Ten Commandments will come and get her if her little granddaughter lies. "Y-yeah, something like that.", she commented, feeling quite embarrassed.
"Fair enough, if the rumors were true then. And how are you behind the massive fiery blaze at Hargeon by any chance?", Erza asked again in curiosity.
"Lucy had reflected Bora's Fire Magic attack right back at him with her broken blade, Erza!", Happy said immediately to the redhead knight that surprises the Fairy Tail guild members once again when they heard that.
The Armor Mage noted after taking Happy's words about Lucy's Magic, Full Counter. "A Reflecting-type Magic, I assume? Quite rare for a defensive Magic to be used offensively in combat. Particularly against Bora the Prominence, formerly of Titan's Nose."
"Sometimes in the old saying, the best defense is the good offense. Although, I did that to stop that fake Salamander from taking Natsu off guard even after his defeat. He's the one who caused the whole lot of destruction at Hargeon, you know. Ni-shi-shi!", the blonde woman said cheerfully which Erza nodded.
"Oh yeah, Erza! She's also crazy strong too! She easily took down that fake Salamander's thugs, a Vulcan in the first round, and Duke Everlue too!", Natsu added with Happy supporting his best friend. "Aye!"
This gave chilling shivers to everyone's spines and shocks and gasps when the Fire Dragon Slayer said about Lucy's strength right in front of the strongest woman in Fairy Tail and greatly feared that something really bad is going to happen. Gray called him an complete idiot for saying that in Erza's face and Mirajane feeling worried and concerned for Lucy.
"Crazy strong, you say Natsu? Well then, I will be the judge of that.", the redhead said, clearly wanting to test Lucy if this was true or not.
However, Lucy tried to defend herself, knowing better than to fight against the veteran Mage of the guild as she politely said, looking innocent, "Uh-huh... Please forgive them, Erza. Natsu and Happy tend to exaggerate a lot about me ever since after the incident at Hargeon. I'm just new to Fairy Tail and wanted to learn a thing or two in the guild, not challenging anyone who has a lot more experience than me, and not bragging around here."
"It seems you're humble too which is good, but still I need to see it for myself. Now, prepare yourself for battle and face me!", Erza noted of the blonde Mage's humility but still insisted to test her strength despite some protests from the other guild members as she summoned a red Magic circle and out came an elegant sword as she charged swiftly at Lucy who then quickly evaded the frontal sword strike and appeared behind her back casually.
"I don't want to fight you Erza. I was just being polite you know.", Lucy commented with a carefree grin before mentally adding with a verbal tic, ...And I ended up crossing swords with Erza. Natsu, Happy. We'll have a long talk when this is over. If I survive that is.
"If Natsu and Happy claimed that you're that strong, then prove yourself to me.", the redhead said. Swiftly turning around, Erza had repeatedly swung her sword to hit the blonde woman in quick speed at all sides but the latter easily dodged them as if by teleporting and finally decided to go on the brief offensive as Lucy drew her broken blade and clashed swords with Erza, temporarily forcing her to kneel on the floor with signs of moderate cracking she stood on before the blonde sent her back in a few inches with a receiving roundhouse and back-flip kick combo but was blocked by the redhead's gauntlets she raised in relative ease.
This shocks everyone to see the Erza, the strongest woman in Fairy Tail being pushed back by Lucy who was just a new member of the guild and held her ground well but this is Erza they are all too familiar with and knew that the match may be already be over in the Armor Mage's favor.
"What the heck?! Did she just pushed back Erza?!"
"No way!"
"Did my eyes just deceive me?"
"Poor girl. She's gonna be destroyed once Erza gets serious."
"That is so manly!"
"Aye."
"Yet, Lucy wasn't even fighting back."
"It looks like she's on the defensive."
"I see. So that is the broken blade you wield yet your fighting skills seemed a bit crude yet efficient. But... is that all you got?", the armored girl said analytically of the weapon and skills of the blonde girl before summoning another sword through her Magic circle and charged with her dual blades swinging gracefully towards Lucy head-on, trying to beat her down to submission but the latter endured and parried most of her assaults with ease, clearly showing that she doesn't want to fight but Erza wouldn't allow this.
Blocking the broken blade with her sword for a short time after series of clashes, Erza raised her free armored fist and Lucy responded with hers as she simply blocked out the former's strike with a grip while indirectly causing a small dent on her gauntlet. And both women backed off for a short while. The redhead recovered shortly after looking briefly at her near dented gauntlet and resumed the clash with the renewing the assault but Lucy held her ground quite well.
"What are you doing? Fight back!", Erza said while swinging her dual blades at Lucy.
Continuing to easily parry or dodge any of Erza's fast dual sword strikes coming right at her with no intention to fight back, Lucy spoke in a tone of seriousness as if she have discarded her carefree side. "Like I said Erza, I'm new to the guild and I'm not here to challenge anyone nor go bragging around of my strength or even making a name for myself in the guild. Doing so will be a sin."
Then the fight between them came to a short quick end with both women stopping almost immediately with one of Erza's dual swords cut in half and a few strands of red hair slightly sliced by Lucy's broken blade in a fast gust of wind and blink of an eye but the blonde received a small wound slash on her right arm before started backing down.
"Well said. It seems that you're humble and polite to say that for someone like you to take pride of using a broken weapon in a fight. Impressive for a fairly skilled fighter like you.", Erza said in acknowledgement as she returned her dual swords through the red Magic circle but sensed something off from her new guild mate as she thought. But Lucy was holding back and didn't use her full power, only went on the defensive and cut my swords in half. She really doesn't want to fight me at all. Still... she only used a little of her strength yet it was enough to cause a big dent on my gauntlet had I lingered that long and not to mention she's very fast in quick dodges of all my attacks. I wonder why...
"That's what Happy said about this broken sword here when I first showed it to him and Natsu. Anything can be made into a weapon in a hands of a skilled fighter although mine was kinda sluggish I'd admit. And as for fighting, I only do it when it's necessary. Ni-shi-shi!", Lucy said as if her carefree side has returned much to everyone's confusion. And yet she doesn't know about Rhitta's true form, then. Perhaps, I'll tell her when the time is right., the blonde woman thought after she casually spun her broken blade and sheathed at her backpack scabbard again as she stood silent while still looking carefree, having nothing else to say.
However Erza wanted to ask more of the blonde girl but decided not to press any further questions on her... for now. "Well, I'm glad to meet you, Lucy. It'll be great for a wizard like you to be in Fairy Tail. Before I was 'sidetracked' at the moment, Natsu! Gray!"
Both boys who were still doing their pathetic fake friendship pose after recovering their surprise and shock of Lucy managing to stand her ground with the likes of Erza had quickly stood straight when their names were called by the redhead.
"Now that I've met Lucy. I needed you two to do me a favor.", Erza stated before continuing with the two listening to her. "While traveling, I overheard that has me worried. Normally I would consult with the Master for acting but he's not here right and it is a matter of utmost urgency. The two of you are the strongest wizards here. I could really use your help."
The last sentence of the Armor Mage had stirred gasps and whispers among all the guild members in the guildhall after they recovered from the surprise of the brief 'friendly' sparring match between Lucy and Erza.
"Erza's asking for help?"
"She's definitely the first."
"I did not see that one coming."
"Wonder what the request is..."
"Must be something bad if she needs them."
Mirajane murmured in signs of surprise of the trio teaming up together and gasped. "Erza, Natsu and Gray working together? I never saw that one coming. This could be... the most powerful team Fairy Tail has ever seen!"
Hmm. That should be interesting. Three of Fairy Tail's strongest wizards as a team..., Lucy thought after overhearing the white-haired girl's statement about the trio teaming up together for the first time in the guild's history.
"We'll meet at the train station tomorrow morning. Get your things packed and ready to move out.", Erza ordered before turning back to Lucy. "And, Lucy, you're also welcome to join us if you want to."
The blonde girl casually shrugged in response yet nervously. "I'll...uh... think about it but don't get your hopes up just yet, Erza. I still got to pay my next week's rent. Ni-shi-shi!"
Erza merely chuckled. "Right. You have quite a strange laugh, Lucy. Well, then have a nice day." Turning around, the armored girl left, leaving many of her fellow guild mates baffled and surprised. Lucy on the other hand sipped on her ale drink and think about Erza's offer despite what happened recently with the conclusion of her decision with plans of her own.
At the Magnolia Station, next day
In the morning at the train station of Magnolia where people and Mages travel through the land of the Kingdom of Fiore by train. However, two individuals weren't in a good mood today as of late.
"Arrrghhh! I hate this! This is freaking unbelievable! Why do I have to team up with you of all people?! This is the worst idea ever!", Natsu yelled, clearly not pleased to work with Gray. He had his backpack with him.
"Yeah, tell me about it! Erza made a huge mistake asking a loser like you to come along! I'm all she needs", Gray shouted back. Thankfully he's wearing clothes with a white and black coat this time and has yet to lose them at any moment. He also had a handbag at his side.
The pinkette Fire Dragon Slayer retorted. "Fine! Then why don't you just take care of yourself?! I don't wanna go anyway!"
"Sounds like a plan to me! Then I get to watch you get beaten senseless!", the black-haired Mage retorted back.
As they bicker and argue childishly, the two didn't notice how much attention was on them as their fighting knocked some people's bags over, as well as making some get out of their way or just watch them from the sidelines.
Sitting at bench were Lucy holding with Plue she summoned at her lap she summoned along with a small backpack she brought along and Happy eating fish to her right. "Let's just sit here and pretend we didn't know them. They're utterly hopeless.", she commented in a deadpanned and sweat-dropped look at the sight of Natsu and Gray fighting each other.
"Huh, I've been wondering. What made you decide to come with us?", Happy asked.
The blonde swordswoman sighed in response. "Well, it's because Mira asked me to tag along, Happy."
Recalling yesterday after Erza left with asking Natsu and Gray for their help, Mirajane at the bar serving more drinks and gave one to Lucy who's given a band-aid on her right arm by the former as she sweetly said, "Those two haven't always gotten along and will be on each others' throats when Erza's not around, so I want you to be around to stop them. Okay?"
"Me?! Why?", Lucy exclaimed in surprise, nearly spitting out her ale.
"Because, according to Happy you managed to stop Natsu and Gray while on your way back to Magnolia after the Everlue Incident. It wouldn't be a problem for you right? And besides, Erza has extended the invitation to come along if you want to.", the barmaid explained which the blonde reluctantly relented and decided to come along, probably out of obligation.
Back to the present day where Lucy and Happy still watches Natsu and Gray furiously glaring daggers each other so intensely that their auras of Magic power exerted and clashed with one another.
"You are't doing a very good job.", Happy commented while eating with his mouth full.
"Well, trying to beat them up to stop fighting makes me no better than Erza, Happy. What else can I do? If you have a suggestion, I'm all ears.", Lucy straightforwardly said to the talking blue cat before overhearing the voice at her side.
"Sorry, I'm late. Did I keep you all waiting?", a familiar voice called out to them that gave pause to Natsu and Gray who are now sweat-dropping in fear and got Lucy's attention who turned around to the voice's direction.
Lucy Heartfilia had no words for the sight of a large cart of many bags and luggage carried by Erza. "Whoa, is all the luggage yours?!", she exclaimed in a deadpanned look. Geez, what is she packing with all that? Extra armor and weapons?!
Now in the presence of Erza, Natsu Dragneel and Gray Fullbuster quickly put up their friendly facade immediately just to save their skins and making it look really real and convincing as possible.
"It's time to go good buddy!"
"Aye!"
"Seriously? One Happy is enough...", Lucy commented in a sweat-drop.
Erza said after putting down her cart. "Good. At least you two were getting along. Oh it's you Lucy. It seems you have accepted my offer. Good of you to join us. Thanks for your help."
"Uh... yeah. It's my pleasure to tag along with you and learn something from the experience. I only came here because Mira asked me to.", the blonde Fairy Tail Mage said awkwardly.
The redhead briefly tilted her head sideways a bit as she said, "Is that so? Still, it'd be great to have you on board. Well, the more the merrier."
"Hold on a second, Erza! I'll come with you under one condition.", Natsu said in demand, ignoring Gray's protests.
Turning around, the Armor Mage asked the Fire Dragon Slayer. "Oh? Well then let's hear it."
Clenching his fist tightly, Natsu stated his demands. "Okay when this is over, I want a rematch with you again back in Fairy Tail."
"Hey, are you out of your mind?! You got some kind of death wish!", Gray exasperated in panic.
Where did his sudden backbone come from?..., Lucy thought in deadpanned look.
"Nope. I've gotten a lot stronger than last time and this time, it will be way different because I gonna beat you!", the pinkette teen said full of determination.
The armored woman merely chuckled and said, "Very well then. I can see you've improved. As to whether you can beat me, I suppose we'll have to see in this time around. I accept your challenge."
In response, Natsu was literally fired up with flames exerted around his body after Erza willingly accepted his challenge with the others facepalming or sighing at the childish sight. "Oh yeah! I'M FIRED UP!"
"And speaking of challenge, I wanted to ask you something Lucy.", Erza brought up when it came to her mind lately after taking Natsu's challenge that got the blonde girl's attention when her name is called.
"Uh, yes, what is it, Erza?", she asked in wonder while holding Plue.
"With the recent rumors going around about you and with confirmation by you personally and the other guild members, I wanted to see for myself how you really made of in an all-out fight. Unlike our brief skirmish back at the guild, you were merely holding back and on the defensive at that time but still managed to keep up with me and broke my sword but received a small wound from me in return. So when I'm through fighting Natsu, would you care to show me what you can do and not hold back?", the scarlet woman asked in demand.
The blonde swordswoman stared indifferent at the redhead as words processing in her head with Natsu, Happy and Gray were looking to see Lucy's reaction to the challenge personally imposed by Erza and gave her answer. "I'm sorry Erza, but I can't."
"And why's that exactly?", Erza asked.
"Because, sometimes I don't know how to control my own strength in me and I fear that I might go really more overboard than Natsu when he's fired up if I had went all out in a fight and hurting someone directly.", the blonde girl explained in a hint of fear of herself.
The redhead raised an eyebrow and asked skeptically. "Are you saying you can beat me if you went all out?"
"No, Erza. I'm saying that as a new member of the guild with my crude sword fighting skills despite my Magic, I have little experience and may not last long against someone like you. I was just lucky to have survived the unexpected short skirmish with you by instinct.", Lucy explained before adding. "...But I may learn a thing or two if you teach me, Erza to refine my skills."
The armored Mage raised her chin and think for a moment before deciding, "Very well then, I will be your sparring partner to refine your fighting skills and when the time is right, we will have a fight between each other and no holding back, okay? Deal?"
"Deal. Just don't blame me if you get beaten when the time comes, okay? Ni-shi-shi!", Lucy accepted with a mischievous carefree smirk.
"Dream on. I will be looking forward to it.", Erza muttered with a small smile in return.
Natsu, Gray and Happy were surprised of the recent development after witnessed it but think that she is lucky to not have a challenge with Erza for now after the latter accepted the pinkette's challenge.
Regardless of the events had transpired recently, the Fairy Tail group have boarded the train with their luggage stored in as the transportation headed towards its destination: Onibus Station...
On route to Onibus Station by train
After boarding on the train and leaving Magnolia, the Fairy Tail group were seated in a booth fit for 4 people and they're in a comfortable position,... except for Natsu of course who got motion sick again as he looked like he ate something really awful down to his stomach and is struggling to vomit it out of his throat.
"I swear, you're totally pathetic Natsu. One minute, you're picking a fight and then the next you're like this.", the black-haired teen dryly commented while looking through the window of the booth, sitting beside Happy and Natsu.
"It's gotta be really tough on him from getting place to place.", Lucy commented, sitting next to Erza.
Erza folded her arms and assured them with the short raise of her shoulders. "Don't worry. He'll be fine. I've got an idea. Lucy, would you kindly switch places with Natsu for a moment?"
The blonde nodded and quickly swapped places with the pinkette as the redhead put a hand on Natsu's shoulder as if bracing him at her side.
"Now just relax...", she asked while raising her clenched arm ready to strike.
"Aye...", Natsu weakly replied before receiving a punch in the stomach with extreme force by Erza which really knocked him out much to Lucy and Gray's surprise as they backed up a bit in their chairs and gave a sweat-dropped look when the redhead claimed that will make the trip a little easier on him as she set the unconscious but quiet Natsu on her lap.
Okay I was wrong. Maybe she's not as sane as I think she was..., Lucy thought deadpanned.
Gray spoke up after shrugging off the sweat-dropped look. "Erza, I think it's about time, you start filling us in. I mean what kind of mission are we going on here?"
"Of course. I have reason to believe the Dark Guild Eisenwald was planning something big. I'm not sure what exactly but it has something to do with the Magic Item called Lullaby.", the scarlet knight explained.
"Lullaby?", Happy and Gray wondered together of that name.
"Wait. That thing from before?", Lucy wondered that got Erza's attention as the latter asked what they know about it which the former did, explaining the encounter with a group of unknown Mages trying to kidnap Happy and eat him for lunch, and one of them mentioned that name before they disappeared by an unknown individual with Gray helping in the explanation as well.
Erza nodded after hearing their story. "I see. So you've run into the Eisenwald Guild before."
"Well, I'm not positive they were part of Eisenwald but they did mentioned Lullaby before.", Gray stated.
"It sounds like they were members who dropped out of the guild and had gone into hiding. Perhaps they wanted no part of whatever it is that's coming.", the armored girl speculated.
"So this thing is so bad that it even scares Dark wizards?", the black-haired teen wondered.
"I'm only hypothesizing. But whoever you saw dragging off Happy's kidnappers that day must have been from Eisenwald. It's obvious that they didn't want their plans getting out.", Erza said.
"What do you think they're gonna try?", Lucy asked.
The Armor Mage then explained just the other day when she was heading home after completing the Job, she took a brief stop at the pub to eat a meal and drink, a gathering spot for local wizards at Onibus where she overheard a conversation of four men discussing about Lullaby and its hidden location they managed to find including its seal which one of them assured them and tell their boss, the man named Erigor that he will have it unsealed for three days.
"Lullaby? That's like the kind of song we used to sing kids to sleep.", Lucy asked. Although Grandma Merlin felt a bit tense of that word when she used to sing to me to sleep and Uncle Meliodas a bit too but I didn't know why., she thought.
"Yes, and the fact that it has been sealed away means it must be a powerful Magic.", Erza nodded.
Gray raised an eyebrow. "You sure the guys you saw at the pub are with Eisenwald?"
"Yes. I can't believe I was such a fool that day.", the armored Mage said before continuing with a serious glint in her eyes. "I didn't recognize his name. Erigor, the Ace of Eisenwald. He only accepts Assassination Requests which is why he earned the name 'Erigor the Reaper'."
As if her carefree self had flew off the window of the train, Lucy gave a serious look in hint of anger. "You mean... he kills for money?!"
Erza nodded again and continued. "Yes. When the Magic Council outlawed Assassination Requests, Eisenwald continued as though nothing has changed as they decided that money was more important than the Council's laws. As a result, they were kicked out of the Guild League and were ordered to disband six years ago but it didn't stop them. They disobeyed orders and remained active to this day in the shadows."
Eisenwald huh? These bastards take lives for the sake of profit. That sickens me! Even I won't resort to that cruel Job to earn money for my next week's rent., Lucy mentally said in a tone of upset about the Dark Guild.
Hitting Natsu unintentionally, Erza gritted in anger. "How could have I been so careless? If only I had recognized Erigor's name that day, I could have pulverized them! I could have forced them to reveal their scheme to me!"
"So if I got this; Eisenwald is planning to do something with this Lullaby and you wanted to stop them. Because after what you overheard, you're sure that it's gonna be something bad.", Gray rationalized.
The armored Mage nodded in agreement and said, "That's correct. And I'm not foolish enough to believe that I can take on an entire Magical guild all by myself. That's why I asked you and Natsu for your help. We're storming the Eisenwald Guild."
"Sounds like fun to me.", the teen smirked in anticipation with Happy chiming in, "Aye!"
"Looks like I'm gonna be the support fighter of the team then. Ni-shi-shi!", Lucy casually grinned but sensed a faint yet familiar Magical presence as if that person exerting it was eavesdropping in their conversation and had a strange feeling what that was.
Buying a tray of sandwiches and strawberry cake including fish and a carrot, the group of Fairy Tail Mages enjoyed their little snack on the train sans Natsu who remained unconscious and quiet at Erza's lap before the blonde swordswoman brought up a topic of Magic.
"If I don't mind, what kind of Magic do you practice Erza?", she asked, chewing a sandwich in her hand thereafter.
"That's a good question.", the redhead warmly smiled.
"Erza's Magic is really pretty. She makes her enemies bleed all over the place! A lot.", the talking cat commented while eating fish.
Lucy gave a deadpanned look after hearing Happy's answer. "I don't know if you call that pretty. Coming from Erza, she conjures swords out of thin air might be a pretty instead of the bleeding part."
"My Magic isn't really that special. Personally I think Gray's Magic is much more beautiful than mine.", Erza shrugged it off while eating a piece of strawberry cake.
At this, Gray raised an eyebrow and raised his hands before him, closing one into a fist after outstretching it. "You think so? You mean like this?" Then a silvery white Magic circle appeared in front of the Ice Mage with ice steam rush between his fingers and a perfectly sculpted figurine of the Fairy Tail guild symbol made completely of ice and looked like glass at first glance had appeared on his palm when he opened it.
"Oh wow.", Lucy breathed in awe and entranced of the beautiful object that lay in the teen's palm.
"I use Ice-Make Magic.", Gray huffed before making the symbol disappear on his palm after closing his fist again.
The blonde gave a mischievous look on her face upon realizing something more about the rivalry between Natsu and Gray. "Ah! Now I understand why you and Natsu don't get along well. He's fire and you're ice! Talk about not mixing very well. Ni-shi-shi!"
Erza gave her own smirk, crossing her arms. "I never thought about that."
"Nah, I just hate his guts.", the Ice-Make Mage simply said.
So then the armored Mage turned to Lucy. "So then, while we're on a topic of using Magic, what kind of Magic do you use specifically?"
The blonde Mage shifted slightly in her seat, though feeling a bit nervous as she said, "W-well, uh... I'm a Celestial Wizard."
"Yes, fairly self-explanatory...", Erza said before eyeing on Lucy's keys as she stated while crossing her arms and smiling. "Three Golden Gate Keys... Powerful ones. Wow... Most Celestial Wizards don't even see one for their entire lives. You must have some luck indeed, Lucy."
I wasn't called Lucky Lucy for nothing... though some for the wrong reasons., Lucy thought about her luck during her time in her old home before she ran away to join Fairy Tail while looking abashed of Erza's compliment.
Then Gray raised an eyebrow and spoke up, "What about your other Magic Lucy? Happy did mention you can reflect attacks right back at people when you first debuted in the guild during the brawl and also a Dispelling-type that you helped free Macao from the Vulcan's Take Over."
"Yes, that one too. Thank you Gray. I was curious about your Reflective-type Magic as well as the Dispelling one.", Erza supported.
"Well then, to explain this. My other Magic is 'Full Counter' that allows me to reflect any attacks aimed at me, including physical and elemental, back at the enemy, but with much greater power; therefore, the stronger the opponent's powers are, the stronger my power becomes. It works well with my Rhitta to make this Magic work in conjunction. And for my another Magic is 'Absolute Cancel', it allows me to erase any Spell completely from existence. I learned these Magics from my uncle and grandma who were the original wielders of the same Magics although not in their level yet but still pretty good at using them. Ni-shi-shi!", Lucy explained about her other Magics to Erza and Gray.
"Fascinating... that explains about the massive fiery blaze erupting above Hargeon. You must have reflected Bora's attack right back at him indeed with Full Counter and freed Macao of the Vulcan's Take Over by Absolute Cancel. For possessing such versatile Magics along with your Celestial Spirit Magic are impressive. I had to say that your relatives might be really powerful wizards.", Erza muttered in impression while Natsu tried to say something but his motion sickness had cruelly kept him at bay sadly though.
The Ice-Make Mage was surprised of the functions of the blonde's Magics. "Whoa. That is some serious type of defensive Magic you got there Lucy. Not to mention the Dispelling one too. Your old folks must be powerful wizards indeed."
Happy chimed in support. "Aye!"
"Pun-pun!", Plue added.
"What is this Rhitta you mentioned? Care to explain?", Erza asked again in curiosity after picking up that word in Lucy's sentence.
The blonde Mage draw her broken ornamental wing-shaped blade for her friends to see. "This is Divine Axe: Rhitta, a weapon in a form of a giant axe and works in conjunction of my Full Counter. Used to belong to my grandpa who's also a very powerful knight from another kingdom just like my grandma and uncle."
"It looks like a broken sword to me. Doesn't look like much of an giant axe. Nor was it heavy.", Gray skeptically commented with Erza nodding in agreement.
"Ni-shi-shi! It's because this is the hidden form of Rhitta, Gray. It has a special Magical feature that allows me to transform this weapon from its broken blade to a default giant axe which is pretty useful in several situations. This weapon is really heavy that no one except grandpa or me can lift it, even my uncle couldn't even lift it and had a hard time dragging it along. Don't worry, I will show Rhitta's true appearance to you guys once we get off the train.", the blonde explained that Erza and Gray understood, wanting to see her weapons' true form.
"Your Rhitta is really heavy that no one can lift aside you and your grandfather, you say? I may take that as a challenge Lucy. I might easily lift it if you let me handle it.", Erza's eyes gleamed with a smirk that she is confident that she can carry the blonde Mage's weapon.
"Y-yeah, sure Erza. When I let you." Lucy felt quite flustered at the moment but later added in a slight deadpanned tone. "Technically, my uncle and grandparents were knights, not wizards but yes they're really powerful indeed in their own right."
"Did you just say your old folks were knights when you mentioned them? As in knights in shining armor.", the Ice-Make Mage asked that got Erza's attention when she heard that.
"Yep, they used to be knights from another kingdom but eventually left service in retirement or so they say. And yes Gray, they're like knights in shining colored armor with scary helms. My uncle was the one who taught me my combat skills to fight with my Rhitta and my Magics but due to... family complications, my training was incomplete and now I only improvised to make up for it during a fight I'm in."
Erza gave a gleaming eye in anticipation. "Not to worry, Lucy. I will be your training partner if that is your wish to complete your training and refine your fighting swordsmanship skills. I didn't realize you come from a lineage of powerful knights from another kingdom through your grandparents. That might explain of you being 'crazy strong' but you are humble of your own abilities that I'm glad of."
Lucy gave a carefree grin and thumbs up in response to Erza's remark.
"Unlike someone we know of in the guild... that selfish arrogant big jerk of Gramps.", the black-haired man muttered coldly about a certain person in Fairy Tail noted to be an arrogant type with great strength inherited from their family bloodline which Lucy noticed but kept silent as she had plans of her own within her mind.
At the Onibus Station
Arriving in their destination at the Onibus Station, the Fairy Tail group have exited the train with their luggage and discussed of their plan to deal with the Dark Guild along the way as they walked through the station, passing by the people on standby for their next train ride.
"You think the Eisenwald guys are still gonna be in this town?", Gray wondered.
"I have no idea. That's why we're here to find out.", Erza replied.
"Guys. Where's Natsu?", Happy wondered that got the two's attention and shocked expressions on their faces when they saw the train already left the station with the Fire Dragon Slayer left behind there, wallowing in suffering of his motion sickness.
"...And Lucy too?!", the talking cat added, noticing the blonde girl is missing in their group.
"Don't tell we left behind Lucy too!", Gray said.
"Oh no I was so busy talking that now I forgot about him! I am such a fool! Natsu hates all forms of transportation. And I have left behind Lucy too as well. This is all my fault I need one of you to come and hit me for my penance!", Erza shouted in lamentation.
Looking at the departing train, Happy wondered out loud. "If Lucy's on that train, maybe she tried to get Natsu off but was too late when it moved?"
"I dunno Happy but it is a possibility since she wasn't here with us.", the Ice-Make Mage commented while his clothes are gone out of sight once again without even realizing at all. "Gray, your clothes.", the talking cat said much to the teen's dismay.
Meanwhile, Erza had bursted in into the head office of the Onibus Station and pulled the emergency lever to return the departing train back to the station to retrieve Natsu and Lucy, while ignoring the protests of the man in charge of the station and ordered him to bring her and the others' luggage at a nearby hotel to his chagrin.
At the train
Inside the train already on the move, Natsu was trying to hold on to his stomach as long as he can but it was a losing battle. However a young man with tied back hair and wearing a white suit and red undershirt took notice of him and walked towards the pinkette.
"Well, lookie here. It's a Fairy Tail wizard.", the man said in recognition of the guild symbol before taking a seat on the opposite in front of the Fire Dragon Slayer. "Hi, my name is Kageyama. So, how's the guild treating you these days? Is it worth sticking around?"
Natsu tried to look up to see who's talking to him but received a swift kick in the face by Kageyama who then mocked him in a hint of malice. "Don't act all high and mighty because you're in a Legal Guild, Mister Fairy. You guys just blindly follow the Magic Council. You know what we think of wizards like you? You're nothing but annoying little flies."
In anger, Natsu responded by immediately getting out of his seat and preparing to use his Fire Dragon Slayer Magic but the motion sickness stopped him, causing his flames to smoke out of his fists much to his dismay.
"Hah! What kind of Magic is that? Let me show you some real Magic. Knuckle Shadow!", Kageyama said before a violet Magic circle appeared on Kageyama's feet and formed several shadows that then lunged at Natsu and about it to strike him but in a blink of speed and metal clinking, the attack hit the former instead!
"Guwah!", the man grunted in pain of receiving the attack reflected at him as he was sent flying crashing into several booths of the train, destroying them all in impact as a result. "What the hell?... My attack was reflected back at me? Did that Fairy Tail fly do that?"
"Well, well. You must be a member of Eisenwald correct eh Kageyama? Good, because I have a strange feeling that it was you from the presence I sensed earlier and not to mention the other day when you took your comrades away after we 'little flies' beaten them and I needed some answers from you one way or another. Ni-shi-shi!", Lucy spoke as she casually approached with her broken blade much to Natsu's relief and Kageyama's surprise of her sudden appearance out of nowhere.
Author's Note: There! Finished and my brain is drained! All done for the fifth chapter of "Fairy's Sin" and the next update will come around soon after a short break again. In the next chapter, Team Natsu confronts the Dark Guild Eisenwald for their plot to use Lullaby, a Death Magic and one of Book of Zeref's Demons and how will Lucy play a role in this?
Hope you liked the chapter and point me out some errors so I can edit it. ;)
The FT 2014 anime has finally returned to the canon onward to Tartarus arc and yet I'm still unimpressed, it doesn't feel like the old Fairy Tail we used to know. :( Anyways, Nanatsu no Taizai anime is finished with all 24 episodes but it was the best season ever! Hope they get a season season once there's enough manga material to adapt and I don't like the thought of filler episodes in the series.
For the manga, the Avatar arc of Fairy Tail seemed a little bit interesting with the new characters and plot but it's all meh and in Nanatsu no Taizai, Galan of the Ten Commandments was a beast and the Demons make a move against the humans but Hendrickson stands in their way as his path to redemption!
Enjoy and don't forget to review. Have fun! :)