Chapter Four: First Mission
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Fairy Tail, I still wish I did.
UraharaX: First things first, sorry for no update, because of a misunderstanding, I got grounded, my parents are such a joy! Second, some of you raged at me, some of you thanked me. Just, let me write my story how I want to, I just write so I can write, so I can write what I want to see, I only posted the story on here because I thought some of you might enjoy it. I really only started this story for my amusement, so please try not to control how I write it. Also you might have to deal with my constant changes and stuff, I apologize in advance for them too. I just loved Yoruichi and Urahara pair, so I had to put them in. Rukia and Ichigo pair is the most likely pair for Ichigo, sorry to disappoint people, but I think for this story, I'm keeping the pairs in their Anime. And dead/out of the story people like Grimmjow and Ulquiorra, will unfortunately, stay out of my stories. Too complicated and plot twisting around. So yeah, enjoy the slow, just-following-the-storyline, chapter four. And on a more unimportant and smaller note, I am taking out the Japanese things, now that I read it, it is stupid, unless people's nicknames/attacks sound cooler in Japanese x3
To Ichigo's surprise, everyone cleaned the whole Guild up pretty quickly, clearing the broken tables, chairs, mugs, and plates all over the ground. All of them were replaced pretty quickly, some people mending the broken patches here and there.
He noticed Natsu standing near the Request Board, looking for a high paying job, possibly one that involves fighting.
"Oh, 160,000 jewels for subduing some thieves!" Natsu grinned in triumph, holding the request in his hands.
"It's decided then!" Happy grinned, eating a fish while sitting on Natsu's left shoulder.
"Hasn't my dad come back yet?" Ichigo turned, noticing a small boy with black hair standing in front of the Master, his hands balled up into a fist.
"You're getting annoying, Romeo. If you're the son of a wizard, then believe in him and wait patiently at home!" the Master put down the mug of beer he had, his staff gripped tightly in his left hand.
"But he said he'd be back in three days, and he hasn't come home for a week!" the boy stood up a little straighter, the worry clearly visible on his face.
"That was a job at Mount Hakobe, if I recall." the Master looked thoughtful for a second, his head tilting a little bit.
"It's not that far away! Go out and look for him!" the little boy brought his fists up a little, his expression turning more fierce.
"Your old man is a wizard! And there ain't a wizard in this guild who can't take care of himself! Go home and drink some milk or something!" the Master shouted, looking down at the boy fiercely. Ichigo noticed a few sympathetic glances from the people around. He saw Mirajane looking at the boy from the corner of her eyes, while Natsu looked fiercely at the conversation transpiring.
Ichigo turned back towards the Master when he heard him yelp. "Stupid!" he saw the Master fly back. The kid had taken a step forward and hit the old man, tears in his eyes. The Master landed with a thump, knocking a few spoons and forks down.
"Damn it!" he watched as the kid left, running out with angry tears in his eyes. He couldn't help but feel sympathy for the boy who was worrying about his dad.
"Must be hard on him." Ichigo heard Lucy speak from behind him. He got up, walking over to where she was seated. He took a seat on one of the stools, placing his arms on the bar's counter.
"His words were harsh, but the master is actually worried." Mirajane didn't turn around as she spoke, seeming to be focusing on cleaning a wine bottle.
Ichigo heard a hard crash to his left. He looked over and saw that Natsu had slammed the request flyer back into the Request Board, walking towards the front of the Guild.
"Hey, Natsu, don't break the board!" a tall, masculine man named Nab exclaimed, looking at the Request Board with wide eyes. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the Master give out a small sigh.
"Master, you sure about this? He's going to save Macao, you know?" Nab leaned against the counter of the bar with his left elbow, watching Natsu leave with his backpack.
The buck-toothed man nodded, his beer mug held up to his lips, "That's why he is such a kid."
"All this is gonna do is hurt Macao's pride." Nab scratched the back of his head, deciding whether or not if he should stop Natsu or not.
"No on can decide what someone else should do with their life. Leave him be!" the Master spoke with his left eye closed, a short sigh escaping his lips at the end.
"I wonder what he is going to do…" Lucy turned around, looking at the front doors.
"You see, Natsu is just like Romeo-kun." Ichigo turned his attention back to Mirajane, listening closely.
"The same thing happened with Natsu…" he noticed Mirajane's sad gaze, "All the Mages at Fairy Tail carry something with them. A scar, or pain…or suffering…"
Ichigo closed his eyes, remembering his mother…how she died protecting him…all because he was lured in by a Hollow… He opened his eyes, coming to a decision.
o.o
"Why are you two here?", Ichigo yawned, looking at the Dragon Slayer who was currently laying down with a sick look on his face, groaning and moaning. He crossed his arms as he sat back against the leather benches in the carriage they were currently in. He closed his eyes, ignoring Natsu's question and slowly drifted off to sleep.
"There's nothing wrong with us coming along is there? That aside…you really can't deal with transportation vehicles, can you?" Lucy smiled brightly as Natsu tried his best to glare at her, but gave up and went on with his groaning.
Ichigo thought back to what Mirajane had told him and Lucy about Natsu's past, "Natsu's dad…left and didn't return as well. Even though I said dad, I mean his foster parent. And a dragon to boot."
"Huh? A Dragon! Natsu was raised by a Dragon?" Lucy stood up from her seat, surprise clear on her face.
Mira nodded while she continued to clean the dishes, "When Natsu was little, that Dragon found him in a forest. It taught him how to speak, read and use magic. However… One day, that dragon disappeared from Natsu's sight."
"I see…so that's Igneel…" Lucy spoke up softly, a sympathetic tone in her voice. She seemed to be thinking a bit, her hand on her chin.
Ichigo listened intently, a bit shocked about mythical beasts such as Dragons actually existing…
"Natsu is…looking forward to the day he can see Igneel again." Ichigo looked at Mira, who was smiling again by now, "Isn't that cute?"
Ichigo was snapped out of his daze when the carriage suddenly stopped, "We're here…" he heard Lucy comment from besides him.
"It stopped!" Natsu was suddenly full of spirit, blowing small bursts of flame from his mouth while doing a strange dance. Natsu's cat friend, Happy, danced along with him.
"I'm sorry! We can't go any further!" Ichigo heard the carriage driver speak quickly from outside. He got up, opening the door and stepping out. He was a little taken aback when he saw that they were now high up in the mountains, a blizzard blowing all around them.
He saw the blue cat, Happy, hanging onto the door for dear life, being blown away by the blizzards strong winds. He quickly grabbed him, keeping him from flying away.
"Thank you, Ichigo!" Happy spoke cheerfully. Ichigo nodded and put the cat on Natsu's shoulder, making sure he had a firm grip before letting him go.
Natsu grinned at Ichigo and gave him a thumbs up before he started to walk up the mountain. Ichigo followed suit, quickly followed by Lucy.
"It is freezing! Even though this is a mountain, it's summer time! A blizzard like this is just weird!" Lucy whined from behind them, rubbing her arms.
"Your just dressed lightly." Ichigo sweat dropped at Natsu's comment, looking at Natsu's black vest with no shirt, his arms and chest completely exposed to the snow.
"Your just as lightly dressed! Lend me this blanket!" Lucy grabbed the rolled up blanket on top of Natsu's backpack, tugging at it with no avail.
"What a noisy girl…" Natsu looked at Lucy from the corner of his eyes, looking back at her from over his shoulder, "Aye." responded Happy from his shoulder.
"I got it!" Lucy suddenly shouted, an idea forming in her head, "Open up! Gate of the Clock! Horologium!", a blue magical seal appeared in front of Lucy as she swung one of her silver keys downward. Shortly after, in a puff of smoke came out a tall, brown grandfather clock with long, black arms, a glass case, a roman-numeral clock at the center, and a small face at the top with slit eyes and a mustache-like mouth.
"Wow! A clock!"
"Cool!" Natsu and Happy couldn't help being fascinated by Lucy's celestial magic, not many mages in Fairy Tail used summoning magic.
Ichigo's eyes widened a bit as Lucy opened the clock up and went inside, wrapping Natsu's blanket around herself. He saw as Lucy mouthed something, her teeth chattering.
"Huh? I can't hear you." Natsu looked down at Lucy, tilting his head slightly. The talking clock answered for Lucy, explaining that no one could hear anything that the person inside himself was saying.
"Say says, 'I will stay here.' is what she wants to tell you all." the clock spoke up, his arms outstretched.
"Then why did you come with us?" Natsu immediately responded, his shoulders drooping a bit.
"She asks, 'What kind of job was Macao-san doing, in a place like this?' is what she would like for you to answer." the clock spoke again, his arms dropping.
"Did you come with us without knowing that?" Natsu crossed his arms, turning to his right a little bit to face the mountains, "He was going to destroy the atrocious monster, Vulcan."
Inside the clock, Ichigo saw Lucy's eyes widen then immediately yell something, " 'I want to go home' is what she said." Natsu sighed, shaking his head, turning around and heading back up the mountain, "And I say 'Okay, head back then'." Happy muttered a small "Aye" as he walked next to Natsu.
Ichigo scratched his head and soon joined Natsu, walking up the mountain. So damn cold…that's why Gramps wanted me to bring a jacket… Ichigo wrapped the jacket around himself tightly, looking up the huge mountain. I'm going to regret this…
"Macao! Are you here?" Natsu cupped one hand to his mouth, yelling out towards the mountains. Happy spoke up from his shoulder, "Macao!"
Ichigo stood behind him, closing his eyes to sense if there were any Reiatsu around that wasn't any of theirs.
Then he heard it, a rumbling and then the sound of something heavy sliding down the mountain behind us. Ichigo grabbed Zangetsu and pulled him out just as a giant…white monkey came jumping down, both it's arms held over it's head to slam down onto their heads.
Ichigo used Shunpo, moving out of the way as Natsu jumped back, away from the deadly blow as well. From besides Natsu, Ichigo heard Happy yell out, "That's a Vulcan!"
Suddenly it snorted and ran towards the Clock summoned by Lucy. Ichigo watched as it grabbed the clock, peering inside, "It's a human woman!"
Natsu smashed his right hand into his left palm, a flame bursting out, "So you can talk, huh?" Ichigo watched as the Monkey picked up the Clock and ran away, " 'Who cares if it can talk. Just save me!' is what she says." the Clock spoke for Lucy once more, it's voice calm as ever as it got carried off as well.
o.o
Near the top of Mount Hakobe ….
Lucy was crying and mumbling with her hands pressed against the inside of her Clock summon.
" 'Why did it come to this? What is with this monkey? He is too excited!' is what she said, but…." the Clock once again spoke for Lucy. The monkey came up, pressing his face to the other side of the glass door, "A woman!" it spoke with a perverted look on it's face.
Suddenly the Clock glowed then disappeared in a ball of light, leaving Lucy to deal with the perverted monkey, "What? Wait, Horologium! Don't disappear!" Lucy spoke in a panicky voice. "Time is up. Goodbye~" the Clock spoke in the same tone it usually spoke in, no concern in his voice at all. "Extension! I demand an extension!" Lucy yelled out, moving back.
The monkey gave an even more perverted expression as it reached it's hands out towards Lucy. Just as it was about to reach her, a hand grabbed it's left arm.
"Hey, perverted monkey. What do you think you're doing?" Ichigo looked at the monkey from the corner of his eyes. He then lifted his right leg up, and kicked the monkey in the stomach, swinging his right leg towards the left. The monkey gave a grunt of pain and flew back, crashing into a nearby ice pillar.
"You damn monkey! Where's Macao!" Ichigo saw Natsu running up from the entrance, a fierce look on his face. Ichigo saw Natsu fall, spinning on his back and crashing into the wall.
"Eh…how lame! Can't he make a cool entrance like Ichigo…" Lucy covered her face with her left hand, shaking her head. Ichigo blinked as the monkey got back up, glaring at Ichigo.
From where Natsu was laying on his back upside down, his legs resting against the wall, he glared at the monkey, "Hey! Where is Macao?" the monkey gave Natsu a puzzled look, "You can understand me, right? Macao! He is a human man!"
"Man?" the monkey's hand came up to it's lip, a puzzled look on it's face. "Yeah! Where did you hide him?" Natsu pointed his finger at he monkey, his look fierce.
"Whoa! He already claimed that it hit him!" Lucy spoke from behind Natsu, wrapping the blanket around herself closer, slinking back.
The monkey waved it's hand at Natsu, pointing to it's right. "He understood me!" Natsu ran over to the open window on the right side of the cave. He looked out, poking his head out, "Where is he?"
Ichigo didn't react quick enough before the monkey kicked Natsu out, striking him with its hand from behind. Ichigo heard Natsu yell out, "Monkey!" as he fell, the long drop quite clear to him.
"Natsu!" Lucy ran over to the small opening, looking out. The monkey was doing some stupid dance, singing to itself, "I don't need men! I like women!"
Ichigo ran over to Lucy, his back to her, facing the monkey. He drew Zangetsu, pointing it at the monkey, "You piece of shit…"
"Oh no… Hey, he didn't die, right? Natsu…" Lucy spoke with much worry, her eyes wide as she looked for any traces of Natsu in the white blizzard below.
Truthfully, Ichigo wasn't sure but he knew that Natsu was a tough kid, he wouldn't die from that. Lucy turned on the monkey, dropping her blanket. She glared at the monkey, fire in her eyes, "Damn perverted monkey! I'll teach you a lesson!" the monkey was rubbing it's knuckles together, perversely saying the word woman over and over again.
Lucy slipped off another golden key from her waist, bringing it up and slicing it down like a knife, "Open up! Gate of the Bull! Taurus!" a blue magic circle appeared in front of her. Out of the ground came out a cow wearing only brown fingerless leather gloves, black boots, and a Speedo, with a giant, twin bladed battle axe on it's back. It had a golden ring in its flat nose, horns coming out of it's head.
Ichigo stared at he bull. He and the monkey spoke at the same time, "A cow?" Lucy kept looking at the monkey, her eyes still burning, "Taurus is the most powerful Spirit I've contracted with!"
Ichigo frowned, "Your most powerful spirit is a perverted looking cow?" the cow spirit looked at Lucy, crossing it's arms with hearts in its eyes, "Lucy, you have a nice body as usual… You're really beautiful!" Ichigo sweat dropped, "A perverted cow at that…"
Lucy put her hand on her forehead, looking away, "Yeah, he's a big pervert as well…"
The monkey's eyes sharpened, glaring at he cow, "Don't steal my woman!" the cow glared back, "My woman? That's an unforgivable remark!"
"Taurus!" Lucy shouted, the cow then jumped into the air, drawing it's axe. It swung it down with both hands, crashing the axe down into the ground, sending a shockwave of rocks towards the monkey. It promptly jumped away, dodging the attack easily.
"It's fast!" Lucy exclaimed in surprise. The monkey then jumped in the air, dropping down towards the cow. Lucy gasped as was just about to tell Taurus to dodge it when suddenly, Natsu came in flying with a kick, his foot crashing into Taurus's head.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried out in surprise. Taurus flew back landing on the ground unconscious, his axe landing in the floor, "Looks like I'm out for the count…" Taurus muttered before blacking out, "So weak!" Lucy cried out, pointing at Taurus.
"Hey, did the number of monsters increase?" Natsu pointed his thumb at the monkey, looking at Ichigo. The monkey looked puzzled again, looking at Natsu.
"He was our ally you idiot! A spirit!" Ichigo yelled at Natsu, pointing Zangetsu at Natsu. "Oh you want to fight?" Natsu brought his arms up, looking at Ichigo with a excited grin. "Don't fight you idiot!" Lucy screamed at Natsu, waving her arms around. Natsu looked back at the monkey, "That's a spirit?" Lucy screamed again, "No the cow!"
Lucy suddenly snapped out of it, pointing her finger at Natsu in awe, "Wait, how did you survive?" Natsu looked back at her and grinned, "It's all thanks to Happy!" he turned to Happy flying in the air, "Thank you."
"Aye!" Happy responded back happily. "You can't deal with transportation vehicles, but you are okay with Happy?"
Natsu looked at her funny, "What are you talking about? Happy isn't a transportation vehicle. He is our friend, how cruel…" Lucy waved her hands, "T-That's right, I'm sorry."
The monkey growled, scrunching his face together, "She is my woman!" it jumped, its arms once again over its head, swinging down towards Natsu again. Natsu brought his left arm up, blocking the monkey's downward thrust with ease, the ground below him breaking.
"Listen! All Fairy Tail members are my friends!" the monkey swung its leg around and kicked Natsu, who blocked it with a cross guard in front of his face. He flew back a few feet, skidding to a halt, "The old man, Mira, those annoying guys Gray and Elfman," the monkey ran towards Natsu, baring its teeth. A red magic circle appeared under Natsu, magical energy building in him, "Happy and Lucy too…all of them are my friends." Flame appeared under him, the energy flowing up, "That's why…" the monkey jumped, swinging its arm at Natsu. Natsu countered, smashing his flame covered foot into the monkey's stomach, the flame exploding through the monkey, "I'm taking Macao back home!" the monkey shot back, crashing into the ceiling. It immediately landed back down on it's feet, crouching down. A few ice spikes dropped down from the ceiling, piercing the ground. The monkey growled and smashed it's hands together, breaking the ice spikes and sent shards of ice towards Natsu.
"These kinds of thing's won't work against fire!" Natsu stood firm, the ice shards melting on impact. As the steam cleared, Ichigo saw the monkey with the cow's twin bladed axe in it's hand, a grin on its face.
"Uh oh.." Natsu muttered as he stepped back, "That's Taurus' ax!" the cow that was still pretty knocked out spoke in a small voice, "Lucy-swan…."
The monkey swung around the axe with much power, slashing at Natsu. Natsu dodged the deadly weapon easily, but slipped on the ice. He dropped onto his back, a small expression of surprise on his face. The monkey took this chance and swung the axe down, attempting to chop Natsu in two.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried out in panic. Ichigo used Shunpo, appearing in front of Natsu in a flash. He brought Zangetsu up with on hand, blocking the axe easily. The monkey's strength didn't come anywhere near Jidanbou's swings.
The monkey grunted, trying to overpower Ichigo. It brought it's full weight down on the axe but had no success. Natsu then took this chance to give a swift kick to the monkey's stomach. The monkey grunted and stumbled back, holding it's stomach.
Natsu grinned and smashed his knuckles together, a red dragon magic symbol appearing in front of him. His eyes changed into slits as he gathered fire into his fists. "Here I go!" he jumped forward towards the monkey, his right fist drawn back, "Karyu no Tekken!" he smashed his fist into the monkey's face, sending it flying back towards the wall. A small explosion occurred, blowing a small hole in the mountain. The monkey was smoked and unconscious, the rumble of the wall it crashed into around its head.
Happy floated by Lucy happily, "He did it!" Lucy let out a small sight, "Weren't you going to ask that monkey where Macao is?" Natsu scratched his head, "Ah I forgot." Ichigo shook his head, putting Zangetsu on his back again.
"He's completely knocked out." Lucy looked down at the monkey, her hands on her thighs. The monkey suddenly glowed yellow, a magic circle appearing in front of it. Growing smaller then exploding into a small ball of gas. As the light cleared, a man was in place of the monkey. Ichigo's eyes widened as he joined Natsu and Lucy, "Macao?" Natsu cried out, moving towards the man.
"Eh? This guy? He was a perverted monkey just now!" Lucy shouted, not believing him. Happy spoke from besides her, "He must've been exposed to Vulcan's 'Take Over'."
Lucy looked at Happy with a puzzled expression, "Take over?" Happy nodded, "It is a spell to possess someone's body." Ichigo's eyes widened again, Is there anything magic can't do? Happy continued with his explanation, "Vulcans capture humans and take over their body in order to live."
By now Natsu and Lucy had laid Macao out and removed his coat and shirt, treating his wounds with bandages and medicine he had brought. Happy continued explaining as they watched Macao rest on the blanket Natsu had laid out, It seems that he fought fiercely before he was exposed to 'Take Over'."
Natsu's expression turned fierce as he leaned forward, "Macao! Don't you dare die! Romeo is waiting for you! Open your eyes!" The man slowly opened his eyes, clearly still in pain, "Natsu…?" he spoke uncertainly, still a bit disorientated from the Take Over.
"Macao!" Natsu's expression turned into a childish grin. "I'm so pathetic. I defeated 19 of them. But the 20th took me over…" Lucy let out a small gasp. Even Ichigo was a little surprised. "It is pissing me off! Damn it! I can't face Romeo like this!" Macao shut his eyes, clenching his teeth. "That's not true! Defeating that many is astonishing!"
No way! That monkey wasn't alone? Doing such a job all by himself… Lucy's mouth was open, staring at Natsu and Macao in awe.
Natsu gripped Macao's hand, helping him up, "Let's go home where Romeo is waiting." Macao grinned back at him. Amazing… I really can't match up with them. Lucy smiled, looking down a bit.
"What are you grinning about, Lucy? You're scaring me." Happy huffed, his little paw covering his mouth. Lucy's expression turned vicious, an annoyed tick mark appearing on her forehead, "I will rip off your whiskers, kitty!"
o.o
Back home, little Romeo sits alone thinking about what some of the older kids had said to him a few days ago.
Fairy Tail's mages aren't a big deal. They are just a bunch of cowards who spend all their time drinking! I am gonna be a knight when I grow up. Mages are just a bunch of drunks!
So Romeo had gone to his father, Dad get a job! This situation is really embarrassing me.
So his father had responded back with much enthusiasm, Alright! He had got a job and left, to hunt the Vulcan. He had not come back since. Was it his fault? Romeo wiped a few tears from his eyes.
Suddenly, Natsu called out to him, "Romeo!" Romeo looked up to see Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and Ichigo walking up the path, Macao being supported by Natsu. Romeo's mouth dropped open, his eyes filling up with tears. He jumped off the stairs he was sitting on, hugging his father, "Dad!" Macao fell back, grunting.
"Dad! I'm really sorry!" Romeo cried, hugging his father tight. "I worried you, right? Forgive me." Macao hugged Romeo back. "It's okay! I am the son of a mage after all!" Lucy, Happy, Natsu, and Ichigo watched the two warmly, smiles on their faces then turned, walking down the road.
"If those damn brats make fun of you again, tell them this. 'Can your dads defeat 19 monsters?'" Macao grinned, looking down at his son. Romeo grinned back at him happily, then turned around, running down the road a bit, cupping his hands to his mouth, yelling down the road, "Natsu! Happy! Thank you!" Natsu and Happy turned, grinning, "Yeah!" "Aye!"
"Ichigo and Lucy, thank you too!" Lucy turned around, blushing a bit and waved, a big smile on her lips. Ichigo turned as well, smiling and waved, "Yeah! Anytime!"
July 4th, this was my first day in another world, a world full of Magic and Monsters. And I had experienced a crazy fight, a snow storm in a mountain, a giant monkey monster, a summoned cow, and a reunion of a father and son. Fairy Tail is a crazy and outrageous guild… But it might not be so bad. Ichigo looked up at the orange sky, kind of looking forward to his time in this new world.
Comment: Sorry for being late. I'm writing when I can, which is little time now. Life is getting crazy. I was suggested to put this story up for adoption, which I am tempted to do for you guys, but I can't. This is my first story and I love it. I only posted on here because I though it would be fun for you guys to see. I don't really write for you guys, sorry to say, but for me. So yeah, I'll post when I can, I'll write when I can, thanks for some of you who are patient enough to stick by me~ Hugs and cookies to you all~