Chapter 4


"How did everyone go from gushing over a couple of cute baby chicks to screaming and running like their lives depended on it?" Lucy thought but then let out an "Oh, yeah" when she remembered this morning.

All heads turned when they heard a lazy "Ohayō" and the familiar creak of the guild doors opening then closing. There stood their favorite Celestial Mage, Lucy Heartfilia, looking like she had she gotten an adrenaline rush.

Lucy had stored up lots of magic energy last night. It had really wiped her out when she summoned Honshū and Inoshishi yesterday. But after a late night's rest she's up and ready to go! She feels like she could even take on Erza! Well not literally. She would like to keep her head intact, thank you very much.

"Hey, Lucy come check this out!" Gray called to her from across the guild. He was sitting with Levy and Natsu reading the book of Oshōgatsu Spirits. Lucy was surprised that he and the Dragon Slayer weren't fighting. Lucy strolled over to them and put her hands onto Gray's shoulder, looking over his head onto the book.

"Gate of the Rooster, huh?" She wasn't expecting much from this spirit; it was just a rooster after all. Natsu grinned up at her.

"Yep! It says it's really dangerous spirit too!" he exclaimed but Lucy didn't buy it. "It's just a rooster" she repeated in her mind. She took a look at the drawing in the corner. The key itself was the shape of an oval and so was the symbol, how original. The blonde took a look at the summoning technique and planted it, permanently in her mind. Lucy shifted her footing and twirled her key.

"Open Gate of the Rooster; Ondori!" She yelled to the wind. Multiple glowing, small light blotches appeared a few feet away.

There stood the spirit, or spirit's she should say; there were six yellow baby chicks following around a Rooster- "Ahem" - Hen who walked with her head held straight up as if to say she's in charge here. The chicks followed in a straight line behind her. The chicks also had little springs with stars on the tips screwed onto their heads, while the Hen had a moon screwed onto her head; making them even more adorable looking.

"Kawaii!" All the girls, including Elfman, screamed crowding around the marching chicks. The babies bunched up together looking scared while the alpha took a protective fighting stance but no one noticed, they were too busy fighting over who gets to hold who first. Gray and Natsu in the mean time were pouting in the corner. "How come they get so much attention?" they thought at the same time.

Suddenly all six chicks froze walking back into their original line like robots. Their eyes flashed to red, making the female mages take a couple shaky step back.

"Wah? Lucy what's wrong wi-" the voice never got to finish because another someone else spoke up.

"Detonate in 5" said a robotic recorded voice coming from the Hen's mouth.

"4" that's what snapped everyone out of their trance. Many people started screaming and stampeding through the guild doors.

"3" Lucy got pulled behind a table that was flipped sideways by Erza. Natsu and Gray were also there but the Erza was about to through them across the guild to stop their bickering.

"2" the Strauss Siblings hid behind the bar counter, bracing for impact.

"1" Levy, Jet, and Droy were hugging each other and saying their goodbyes.

All the groups waited for a few seconds but the explosion never came. Lucy and Natsu sighed in relief and Erza stood up, saying it was okay to come out to everyone.

Lucy stalked over to her new spirit to told them how much trouble they are but froze with wide eyes in her tracks.

"0" said the bird. The chicks all exploded in a fiery mass that could wow even Natsu. Smoke filled the entire guild and when it cleared everyone was on the floor in a burnt crisp and the Rooster and Chick Spirits were standing unharmed in a giant crater in the middle of the guild floor.

"Explodes when feels threaten" Levy read out loud to the charred remains of her friends. They all grunted, as if saying "You don't say?"

"Are Thursdays and Wednesdays okay with you?" Lucy asked still on the floor asked the Rooster Spirit. The bird nodded and Lucy gave her a thumbs up and banged her head on the floor.

"Great" said her muffled voice. The Hen disappeared in a light that could have blinded everyone in their weak state if they were looking.

"I'm back from the Magic Council Meeting!" Master Makarov shouted as he pushed the guild door's open. He had just been requested by the Magic Council to discuss the damages that Fairy Tail has caused; coincidental, much? He gapped at the remains of his guild hall.

"Who did this?!" He shouted. Everyone pointed a finger at Lucy, including Lucy.