The Shipping Tails
Hey everyone, Nemon0416 here, this will be the second chapter of that multi-ship story that I've been talking about lately, so far, this story will probably last three to four chapters is my first guess. So we left off with the big party that Fairy Tail was hosting, the dragon slayers learned that the seven of them make up a sort of family, or pack, with Natsu as the leader, we had some special pairing moments, then Natsu went out and saw that a small sliver of the moon had become purple, causing everyone's favorite fire dragon slayer to panic and rush inside while shouting to Freed and Levy that Sting, Rogue, Gajeel, and Wendy all needed to be restrained. What is going on? Well you'll just have to continue reading to find out, so on with the fic...
Chapter seven: The Mating Moon (Part two)(Gale part 2, Gruvia part 3, Rowen part 3, Stinyu Part 2, and Rogura Part 2)
Everyone was having fun at this party, they were anxiously waiting for whatever it was that Mira said the special event was to be announced. So, imagine their surprise when Natsu suddenly charged inside bellowing the words, "Freed! Levy! You have to lock up the other gen one and three dragon slayers in rune cages! Now!" Everyone gawked at Natsu in surprise. "Salamander what the hell are you going on about no- Urk!" Started Gajeel but was cut off when he groaned and doubled over in pain.
Gajeel wasn't the other one, at that exact moment Wendy, Sting, and Rogue, all reacted similarly to Gajeel as they doubled over and began groaning in pain. Natsu suddenly felt like he had just eaten a mountain of Etherion as he felt his magic power skyrocket. Laxus and Cobra were having similar feelings. "Crap it's starting, Laxus, Erik, help me restrain them!" Shouted Natsu as he charge towards the dragon slayer closest to him. (Gajeel) The four groaning dragon slayers abruptly stopped groaning as they stood up straight.
No one could see their eyes as their hair cast shadows over them. Suddenly each of their heads snapped in the direction of a certain person. For Gajeel it was Levy, for Sting it was Yukino, for Rogue it was Kagura, and for Wendy it was Romeo. Each of them hissed out of the name of the person they were staring at, then their dragon forces activated and they began to charge at the people they were staring at. Fortunately Natsu grabbed Gajeel in time, Cobra was close enough to Wendy to hear her thoughts and was prepared to grab the little girl.
As for Laxus, he had happened to be near enough to Kagura and Yukino respectively that he was able to use his lightning body magic to move around and wrap a large arm around Sting and Rogue respectively. The three still sane dragon slayers tried to restrain the four that had lost their minds while Freed and Levy, having realized that this was an emergency, started prepping four separate cages made of runes in order for them to keep the dragon slayers locked up until Natsu started explaining what was going on.
Once the cages were completed and the dragon slayers were locked up Natsu took it upon himself to explain the situation. He showed everyone the moon, which was now a lot more purple than it had been when Natsu had checked earlier. "I'm assuming that you knew about this purple moon, and you thought it would be cool so you planned a party and invited the other guilds?" Inquired Natsu as he looked at Fairy Tail's barmaid. Mira nodded her head. Then she looked inside at the dragon slayers as they attempted to break through the runes.
"Natsu what's happening to them?" Asked Yukino worriedly. Natsu sighed heavily as he ran his fingers through his salmon colored locks. "This is the purple moon, it is a rare phenomenon that happens once every decade, honestly Gajeel and I were dreading the last one because it was going to take place shortly after the S-Class exams, if there was one good thing about being stuck on Tenrou island was that we managed to avoid that one." Started Natsu. This confused everyone even more.
"But your fine now, not only that but from what you said Wendy wasn't worried, so we aren't really following you Natsu." Said Lucy. "While most people refer to this event as the purple moon, dragons and slayers alike call it by a different name, the Mating Moon." Answered Natsu. Everyone was quiet as they let what Natsu said sink in, so Natsu continued. "It only affect unmated dragon slayers of age sixteen or higher, I wasn't mated to Lucy yet, and Wendy would've only been fourteen when the last one came around, hence the shift in concerns." Explained Natsu.
"Basically, as the name implies, if any dragon slayer is near the person they are most interested in, it will not only cause a severe power boost, but it will cause the affected dragon slayer to pursue the one who has caught their attention." Explained Natsu. Mira and Kinana looked at Laxus and Cobra respectively, suddenly feeling a little hurt. Seeing the hurt looks the girls were giving them Laxus chose to spoke up. "What about venom breath and I? Why weren't we affected?" Asked Laxus.
An evil grin broke across Natsu's features. "Ok, A: You just admitted that you both like someone," Said Natsu, but then turning slightly more serious he continued, " and B: just like how you two have missed out on many of the perks and drags of being second generation dragon slayers, this is one of those cases, I'm sure both of you have felt the incredible surge of power coursing through you, so that part of the moon's effect hasn't changed, but one of the upsides, or downsides depending on how you look at it, is that you won't go insane and chase down your chosen mate, you'll want to be with them more but that is all."
This made Kinana, Mira, Laxus, and Erik all feel a lot better, not that either of the guys showed it but still. "So how long will this last?" Asked Levy. Natsu looked at the moon. "My best guess is six to eight hours." Replied Natsu. This didn't make anyone feel better. Natsu looked at the other guilds. "Kagura and Yukino need to stay here, if their chosen mate leave while in this state it will wreak havoc on the health of Sting and Rogue, as for the rest of you, it'd be best if you all returned to your guilds." Said Natsu.
Yukino and Kagura nodded their heads and entered the guild. "I'm not leaving my sister on her own." Stated Sorano simply as she followed her sister. Chelia also went inside, followed by Lyon. "Wendy is my friend, I want to be here for her if I can." Explained the sky god slayer. As for Lyon he explained that watching over Chelia was his responsibility. With those five in the guild everyone else who wasn't a Fairy Tail mage packed up and returned to their guilds, even Sabertooth, despite their protests, considering that Sting was their master, and Rogue their friend, but the Fairy Tail mages insisted.
When they went into the guild they didn't like what they saw. Inside each of their individual cages the trapped dragon slayers were going ballistic. Inside her rune cage, Wendy had basically created a miniature hurricane and the cage was the only thing keeping it from destroying the guild as she tried to break through her cage. Sharp metal spikes kept erupting, and then retracting from random parts of Gajeel's body as he tried to find a weak spot in the cage.
Sting was shining brighter than the breaking sun as he kept punching and kicking the walls of his cage, attempting to break through. As for Rogue, he had transformed into a shadow and was just bouncing around the walls of his rune cages. "So what do we do now?" Asked Romeo. Natsu looked at the boy and sighed. "All we can do now is wait for the Mating Moon to wear off, then the four of them will return to normal, until then we have to hope that they don't escape." Responded Natsu.
Romeo looked at Wendy's cage, he then walked over and plopped down in front of said cage and watched the girl inside. Realizing how close Romeo was, Wendy greatly calmed down, but her dragon force remained active. She knelt down so that she was eye level with the girl. Romeo smiled weakly and placed a hand on the rune cage. Wendy, in return, placed her own hand so that it was on the opposite side of where Romeo's was. Decided to use the close proximity to examine Wendy.
The first thing he noticed was her eyes, instead of being their normal color, the whites of her eyes had turned yellow and her pupil's shape altered, becoming slitted and more reptile-like. Other than that (and the now pink hair obviously) Wendy still looked like Wendy. Watching Romeo, the chosen mates of the other three dragon slayers all parked themselves in front of their respective rune cages and observed the dragon slayers that they held captive, and while they all calmed down, metal spikes still occasionally erupted from Gajeel, still trying to find a weak spot.
Everyone else mingled around and continued talking, but the still sane slayer mages kept a close eye on the captive dragon slayers and their chosen mates. It went on like this for a couple of hours, but everything fell apart when the entire guild heard an ear-splitting "CRACK!" Heads all turned to the source of the sound, Gajeel's cage. A metal spike coming from Gajeel's leg was sticking inside the floorboards where he stood, the other captive dragon slayers all looked at Gajeel. Then, collectively, evil grins broke across their features.
The four of them as smashed through the floorboards of the guild, and escaped underground. Natsu's head whipped around to look at Freed. "You didn't protect the floor!?" Demanded Natsu angrilly. Freed cowered in fear of the vicious dragon slayer. "I'm sorry, I panicked and rushed, I forgot about the floor, honestly I'm amazed that they didn't find an exit sooner." Said Freed frantically. Natsu looked around the guild hall. Then he looked at Erik and Laxus.
"Laxus, you need to protect Levy from Gajeel, Erik you keep Romeo safe, I'll hold Sting and Rogue back." Ordered Natsu, and while the other two dragon slayers didn't like it, Natsu was their leader now, and besides, his strategy was sound. The four chosen mates dashed towards their protectors. Just then Sting burst from the floorboards and was heading straight towards Yukino. But he was met with a fiery fist to the face as Natsu smashed him into the ground. Some of the other mages were about to step up and help as well.
However Natsu knew that, that was a terrible idea. "Don't you dare!" Snapped Natsu. "Their dragon force is active, add that to the fact that this freaky moon boosts their power as well and we have dragon slayers that'll rip any non-dragon slayer to shreds." Said the fire dragon slayer. The rest of the mages backed off. And so the battle began. Natsu fought with Sting and Rogue, Laxus fought against Gajeel, and Erik kept little Wendy at bay from Romeo.
But things were starting to get worse when the feral Gajeel and Sting both got the same idea from Rogue moving around inside his own shadow. The two dragon slayers transformed. "Iron Shadow Dragon Mode!" "White Shadow Dragon Mode!" Hissed the two dragon slayers respectively as they both leapt inside of their own shadows. Confused by Sting's transformation, Natsu looked to Yukino for an explanation. "In the fight against that Lacrade guy, Rogue gave Sting the remainder of his strength, giving Sting a dual typed mode." Explained Natsu.
Natsu groaned realizing that this was going to be a lot more difficult now with three different shadow dragons zipping around. Having switched to their secondary modes, the feral dragon slayers were starting to gain an edge over the still sane ones. It was when all three of them were knocked backwards at the same time, and only narrowly were able to protect the ones they were out in charge of guarding that Gray and Chelia decided to step in, despite what Natsu had said previously.
It was a terrible mistake. Gray activated his demon slayer mode, deciding that he'd probably need it, and Chelia began generating black wind. It was at that moment that both of them doubled over in pain. Lyon and Meredy went to check on the pair and what they saw made their stomachs drop. The white's of the slayer's eyes had become yellow and their pupils were now barely visible slits. Lyon turned to get Natsu's attention. "Natsu, Gray and Chelia are being affected as wel- Urgh!" Said Lyon but was cut off when Chelia blasted him away with a burst of black wind.
At the same time Gray used his demon ice to blast Meredy away. Then the two turned to Romeo and Juvia respectively, hissed out the names of the ones they were looking at, and charged them. Chelia was faster and almost reached Romeo but was stopped by something. Chelia turned to see a very enraged Wendy staring at her and holding her arm. Seeing as how Wendy and Chelia would most likely be occupied for a while, Cobra took the incentive to go protect Juvia from Gray. He got their just in time and was able to smack the demon slayer across the room.
Natsu couldn't believe their terrible luck, the moon had an effect on all slayer mages, but it must not affect the non-dragon slayers unless they use their magic. Fortunately Chelia and Wendy should keep each other occupied so this fight was still technically three on four. Romeo looked between Chelia and Wendy as the sky sister shot venomous and feral looks at each other. "He's mine!" Hissed Wendy. "He's mine!" Hissed Chelia in response. Romeo decided to speak up. "Do I get any say in this?" Asked Romeo.
The evil looks the pair shot him answered his question as he decided to sit down. All he could do was hope that he didn't just ruin their friendship as the rematch between the two sky slayers began. Romeo watched amaze as the two girls laid into one and another as they both fought, the winner would get Romeo. He couldn't help but feel bad, embarrassed, and flattered all at the same time. This might ruin their friendship, he has two girls fighting over him, and he managed to get two girls to like him.
The girls went back and forth for a while, neither one of the pair had been willing to give an inch in this fight. They just continually fought. Until Wendy delivered a kick to Chelia's jaw that was so powerful, it sent her skyrocketing (lol) through the ceiling. Lyon decided to chase after Chelia and find where she landed. Then Wendy turned her attention to Romeo. "...Crap" Was the only thought Romeo was able to process before Wendy charged over to him, grabbed him by the scarf and flew out of the guild at mach speed.
Romeo's father, Macao, called after the boy in a panic, but by the time he was outside of the guild the pair were already long gone. Back inside the guild Natsu was running out of energy fighting two shadow dragons at once. Making a gamble he felt his second attribute spark to life."Lightning Flame Dragon Mode!" Roared Natsu as he activated his dual element mode. Natsu unleashed a barrage of punches into his dragon slayer enemies. Realizing that at least one of them would lose this fight, Sting and Rogue made a gamble.
Simultaneously the pair disappeared into their shadows, then swirled around on the ground to confuse Natsu before charging at Yukino and Kagura. Natsu saw the twin dragons each heading for one of the girls. Natsu knew that he only had time to save one, but which should he save? Natsu decided that Kagura could take care of herself so Natsu leapt at the shadow dashing towards Yukino. Natsu reached in and grabbed ahold of the dragon slayer inside.
Only to find that it was Rogue that he pulled out. Natsu stared dumbly at the shadow dragon slayer before realizing that had be tricked. He looked at the other shadow seeing that it had changed course and was heading straight for Yukino. Natsu tried to rush to the white haired girls aid but by the time he was there, Yukino had already been pulled into Sting's shadow and the pair of light haired mages were out the door, off to who knows where. Natsu heard a pair of thuds.
He turned around to see Gajeel and Gray both unconscious on the floor of the guild. Natsu turned and punched Rogue out as well, then they proceeded to lock the three slayers up. People looked off in the directions of where Wendy and Sting had taken Romeo and Yukino. There was nothing they could do now, with dragon force, the moon, and their special elements there was no way they would be able to find them, let alone catch them so all the mages could do now was hope for the best.
Okay, next chapter will be the conclusion of the Mating Moon arc of my story, how many of you were surprised that the moon affected Gray and Chelia as well? For those wondering, no Olga will not go feral as long as he doesn't use his magic around the person he is most attracted to, whoever that is. I decided that I'd only actually get two pairings together in this chapter, but don't worry, the other mentioned pairings will be completed at another time. I wanted to include some party games like truth or dare, or the guild master game, but I'm really bad at writing those kinds of things so I just decided to skip that part. Also I hope you all enjoyed me posting early today! I will sometimes post a chapter a day or two early if I'm feeling motivated. That aside, I need to go now. So until next time fic fans. Nemon0416 is outta here! (Fairy Tail salute!)
