Hey guys another chapter of "Not from around here" for you I hope you like it.
Alright everyone get ready for Edolas part 2! I actually don't remember anything at all from that arc…I'd better read it again before I actually start. Just so you know this AN was written separately from the actual chapter to follow.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Techniques/dragon/demon speech"
Last time
"You always had the scent of blood on you." Natsu stated folding his arms. "I just assumed you've lived on the road for a long time, bandits are everywhere and I know that you need to stop them from following you if you don't have a location to return to." Surprisingly insightful and accepting considering the guild.
Lucy shrugged her shoulders. "I guess I always kind of painted you as a warrior." She admitted playfully sticking out her tongue. Wendy nodded her head in agreement.
Edo-Lucy smiled "Come on, I know somewhere we can rest before I take you guys to the capitol." She stated as they all stood up in preparation.
Gritting their teeth
Naruto, Wendy, and Natsu were sitting around the living room of a small hotel room when Edo-Lucy ran out of the showers. "Take a look at this guys! This girl has the exact same body as me!"
"DON"T GO OUT LIKE THAT!" Earthland-Lucy shouted quickly wrapping a towel around Edo-Lucy as Lilith poked her head out from the bath curiously.
"Edo-Lucy-san you can't do that Natsu-san is here you know!" Wendy scolded trying to get the girls to go back inside the bathroom.
"That doesn't bother me." Edo-Lucy declared proudly as Earthland-Lucy covered her up.
"It bothers me though!" she shouted as Natsu leaned forward to get a better look at them.
"DoubLucy sure is lively." Happy stated trying ti impress Charle.
"That…you think you're saying something funny?" the female cat asked folding her arms across her chest staring impassively at Happy.
Naruto looked away his face reddening as he scratched his chin. "What's up Naruto want to see?" Edo-Lucy asked moving to undo the towel that kept her body hidden from view.
Suddenly Natsu puffed up his cheeks trying not to laugh. "What's so funny Natsu?" Earthland-Lucy asked leaning forward "I see you want to say something like Edo-Lucy has a better body than me to make me upset right?" she asked staring at Natsu.
"Don't have a bath together with yourself." He stated before laughing as the two Lucys seemed to realize his point as their hair shadowed their eyes.
"I…really don't get it." Naruto muttered as Lilith walked out fully clothed. "Do you get the joke Lilith?" Naruto asked turning to the scarlet haired woman beside him.
"No not really." She admitted in confusion. "Rather they're so alike I can't tell the difference between them."
"Yeah even their asses are the same." Naruto agreed. The comment earned him an odd stare from Lilith as Edo-Lucy smirked while Earthland-Lucy shouted at him not to say that.
"You two can perform the mimicry of a mirror!" Natsu shouted happily dashing around showing off what he meant.
"I WON'T" both Lucys shouted angrily
"Ah, their tempos are the same." Wendy muttered with a dead pan expression.
"That's sad." Charle muttered sitting next to Wendy.
"Just have Cancer fix up your hair." Naruto suggested remembering Lucy's description of her spirits.
"How's this-ebi?" Cancer asked placing his arms in a cross, two scissors in his hands.
"Ebi…?" Naruto and Lilith both asked in confusion. "He's a crab isn't he?" they asked staring at Lucy who shrugged in response.
"This will solve the problem." Edo-Lucy stated smirking.
"Is that okay?" Earthland-Lucy asked worried.
"Is there some sort of custom to treasure your hair in Earthland?" Edo-Lucy asked confused about why Lucy was worried. "Besides it makes no difference between girls and boys when everyone tries so hard to survive." She stated looking out onto the streets.
"We should get ready for tomorrow." Naruto stated as he headed towards the showers. "No peeking…Lilith." He said poking his head out from the bathroom. Shutting the door they heard the water starting up as Lilith slowly began to sneak over.
Edo-Lucy began laughing as Earthland-Lucy palmed her face seeing her sneaking over to take a peek. "I SAID NO PEEKING!" Naruto shouted decking Lilith with a wash bin. Slamming the door shut again the others just laughed as Wendy tried to drag Lilith away to her seat.
The next morning everyone awoke to Lucy's scream of frustration "I can't believe this!" she shouted causing Natsu to grumble as he sat up rubbing his eyes. "Edo-Lucy ran away!" she shouted showing them the note.
Naruto grunted as he sat up pushing Lilith off of him. "Really?" he asked gesturing for her to hand him the note. "The royal palace is three days east by foot, I'll go back to my guild See you, and good luck." He read aloud before rubbing his head.
"Well she did say she wasn't going to fight." Wendy stated reminding them of Edo-Lucy's intentions.
Leaving the room they handed the keys over to the clerk and left the building. "Oh hey a history book." Lucy shouted enthusiastically causing everyone to trip and fall flat on their faces.
"She sure swings around her moods a lot." Naruto muttered recovering from the fall. Suddenly a shadow fell over them. "Wht's that thing…" Naruto muttered seeing what looked like a flying ship above them.
"An airship?" one of the civilians in the crowd gasped as the group quickly hid themselves amongst the crowd.
"Hurry up it'll be departing soon!" soldiers shouted as they ran towards the ship.
"The royal army…." Lucy muttered as Wendy pushed Natsu into her and out of sight as Naruto and Lilith quickly followed them seeing that the crowd was being told to leave.
"The extraction of magical power from the giant Lacrima starts the day after tomorrow! If you miss the airship you'll miss the biggest event of the century!" the guards shouted as they climbed aboard.
Natsu folded his arms "They said giant Lacrima." He muttered with a frown.
"They must mean Magnolia's townspeople." Wendy muttered worriedly.
"Once the extraction begins…they can never be returned to normal." Charle muttered dejectedly.
"Should we take over that ship?" Natsu asked seriously. Wendy and Charle stared at him in shock as did Natsu and Happy.
"Don't you mean sneak?" Charle asked as Naruto palmed his face.
"I don't like hiding."
"We can't use magic…" Wendy pointed out seeing what Natsu wanted to do.
"Let's dismiss this suggestion…" Natsu muttered looking away nervously.
"No we should do this." Naruto stated as Lucy stood up as well. "We won't make it in time if we don't. Lucy if you would."
"Open the gate of the Lion: LOKI!" she shouted pulling out his key. Instead of a lion a maid appeared…
"VIRGO?" Lucy shouted in shock as the royal soldiers began charging at them.
"I'm sorry princess, but big brother is on a date right now and can't be summoned." Virgo stated causing Lucy to panic.
Naruto sighed as he stepped out behind her. "Let me handle it." He stated as he began walking forward uncaring that the soldiers continued to charge at him. "Fuuton: Daitoppa!" suddenly a large gale of wind spewed forth from Naruto's mouth blowing away the enemy.
"Uzumaki-sama, why are you helping them?" one of the guards yelled able to keep himself from being blown away.
"I am Namikaze Naruto of Fairy Tail." Naruto stated walking forward. "You are all in my way." With that he knocked the man aside and continued walking as the others quickly followed him. "We're too late." He muttered seeing the airship leaving in a hasty retreat.
"Damn it!" Natsu shouted pounding the floor. "What can we do?" he shouted looking up at the sky. "Wait what's that?" he asked seeing something approaching from the east as the guards got up to surround them again.
"It's a magical four wheeler." Charle shouted in surprise as it drifted around them knocking all the guards away. "It's got the fairy tail crest on it!"
"I heard form Lucy, hop in." the driver clled out as the group shouted in surprise. "I drive fast, don't fall. GO FIRE!" he shouted punching the acceleration.
"Thanks you saves us back there." Lucy muttered even though it was a bit cramped. "Thanks a lot." Wendy added in smiling happily.
"You guys are going to the royal city right?" the driver asked "This baby will get you there aster than that old ship." The man began chuckling as he reached for his goggles "The fastest man in Fairy Tail…Fireball Natsu, that's me."
"Interesting, the we are the opposite in terms of personality, strength, and weaknesses." Naruto noted folding his arms. "Edo-Lucy is more confident in her own body, and isn't shy. Whereas out Lucy gets nervous easily and has little confidence in herself."
"HEY!"
Ignoring her Naruto continued. "You are a person who loves vehicles, but our Natsu can't stand them at all. Naturally it'd make sense if you get weaker when you're not in one." Edo-Natsu grinned sheepishly letting them know that Naruto was right.
"Oh this isn't good then if we have to deal with the Edolas version of me." Naruto continued causing the others to share a look though Edo-Natsu made sure to keep his concentration on the road. "I'm secretive; I don't like using my strong attacks since they cause a lot of widespread damage, I'd rather not fight when possible, and I don't like killing people. Can you imagine what the Edolas version of me is like then?"
"Blood-thirsty." Edo-Natsu stated clenching the steering wheel tightly. "Powerful beyond all belief…He can use magic without items, and he can control the heavens as well."
"I feared as much." Naruto muttered as a solemn silence fell over them all.
"This is where you get off." Edo-Natsu stated sliding to a halt, "the royal city is down the ridge. If I drive any closer I won't be able to make it back to my guild." They could hear him muttering curses about them moving the guild again.
"Thanks a lot." Lilith called out as he shut the door.
"Hey, are you guys really going to fight the kingdom?"
Natsu glanced back at his other self. "If they don't give us back our friends then yeah." He stated happily. "We'll beat them senseless if we have to."
As they walked through the town they couldn't help but look around "What's this?" Lucy asked looking around in awe. "I heard they were under a dictatorship, so I thought it wouldn't be as active as this."
"It's a waste of magical power." Charle stated angrily. "They took all the magic power from the surrounding countries and guilds and concentrated it all in this one town."
Naruto frowned "I see." He muttered crossing his arms as they walked. "What's going on?" he asked seeing a large gathering.
"Is it a parade?" Lucy asked as they went to investigate. "That is…" she muttered in shock.
"The giant Lacrima." Wendy muttered horrified.
"That's everyone from Magnolia?" Happy gaped in shock.
"On top of that, this isn't even all of it; there are signs of it being cut." Charle muttered causing the others to stare at her in shock. Up front near the crystal was an elderly man with creepy eyes giving a speech.
"Children of Edolas, my holy country Edolas, has created 10 years worth of magical energy with the Anima." He announced causing the surrounding townsfolk to shout out in joy.
"What 'created'?" Happy asked angrily "he stole it from our world."
"Let's sing and smile and share in this happiness." The king declared causing Naruto to glare at him.
"I'll kill him." He stated starting to move his way forward.
"Naruto…?" Lilith called out seeing him move. "You can't we have to reverse the process first!" she hissed at him grabbing him by the wrist. Pulling him into a hug she cried softly "We all feel the same way." She muttered as Lucy could be seen holding Natsu back when the king broke off a piece of the crystal calling it a piece of crap.
Gritting their teeth the group left the area heads down, eyes hot with angry tears. Gloomily the group took residence in a hotel nearby as they tried to think of what they could do. "We need to get close to the King, then Gemini can take on his form and know everything he does." Lucy explained as they sat around the room.
"There are too many guards we wouldn't be able to get close." Wendy pointed out sadly.
"There is a way to get close to him." Charle explained drawing them a map of a coalmine that went underneath the city.
Naruto grinned "Perfect, we leave at night. We'll show these bastards what it means to mess with us."
End
Not very long, but it should be getting good next chapter. I wanted to have Naruto try to assassinate the king, but then that would be a problem having Edo-Naruto come out and stop him cause then neither one of them would stop until the other is dead and yeah…then Naruto wouldn't have anyone to fight in the kickass scenes.
Any questions? No…? GOOD!
Just kidding go ahead and ask away
