Chapter 9

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"Wow, there's a lot of them" Happy commented as they left their rides a good distance away from the large amount of followers were gathered.

"Like I told you before," Gray said. "These are all the branches gathered together."

Lucy's eyes widened, "It's kind of disturbing to see just how many people are this spell."

"Tell me about it," Gray agreed.

"Well, this just makes me more excited," Natsu stated as he cracked his knuckles. "More

people to fight!"

"I knew you would say that," Happy said. Natsu started towards the group with Happy

following.

"Jeez you guys," Gray exclaimed. "Wait for us!" Gray followed with Lucy. They had hid on top of a hill, so once they made it down-Natsu made the first move.

"You ain't getting past me," He shouted as he attacked. "Try to beat us!"

"We can't let them get to the town," Gray reminded them as he knocked out another group of followers with his ice make magic.

"Got it," Lucy said before she pulled out her Taurus key. "Open! Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus!" The larger than life pervy celestial spirit appeared as soon as his gate was opened. Lucy then turned the key towards herself.

"And Stardress: Taurus," She called. Her hair was tied into two buns, a choker with a cowbell, a black and white bra, two black and white gloves, pants with one leg missing, boots, and a bag. The taurus zodiac symbol was on her belt.

"Alright Taurus, we're fighting too," She said as she pulled out her whip.

"I'm so ready to mooove Miss Lucy," He exclaimed. He took his ax, whipped it around, and took out a group of followers in a single attack.

Lucy gripped her whip. Here I go She thought.

"Earthwave," She shouted. As she waved her whip around, the attack tore through the earth. The celestial wizard had taken out a good amount of enemies with that move. Lucy spied followers being taken out from another direction and she knew that a fiery wizard in her own right had entered the fight.

"Erza," She exclaimed. Sure enough, Erza Scarlet rode up to them and jumped off her ride.

"Oh yeah now it's a party," Natsu said.

"Now that we're all here, let's go out guns blazing," Gray urged.

"I've missed this feeling," Lucy commented.

"Aye," Happy agreed as he readied his trusty stick for battle.

Erza turned to face the advancing group of followers.

"You're the ones that'll be purified," She announced. "Let's go!"

"Right," They all replied.

Together, the five of them tore up the battlefield. They beat everyone that tried to attack them and for Lucy this was one of the moments when she felt like she was really apart of what was once Fairy Tail's strongest team. She could hold her own just like the rest of them and that made her happy. She always had that nagging feeling in the back of her mind that she needed to get stronger for her own sake, because no matter how many times the others told her that she was just as strong as them-it was still be a little hard to believe.

"Lucy!" Lucy turned towards her celestial spirit and saw that the golden bull wasn't looking too good.

"M-My stomach doesn't feel great," He stated as he shuddered and clutched his stomach.

"Taurus," Lucy replied. "Oh of all the times-during a battle!"

"I'm so sorry Miss Lucy!"

Lucy sighed, "Look Taurus it's fi-" She stopped when she felt something weird in her stomach as well.

"Oh no," She said. "Not this again." She had felt this before and when she turned around she saw the culprit standing before her. It was Mary, the pink-haired wizard with cat ears from Avatar.

"Remember this? My black magic is a virus," She stated way too cheerfully. "In fact, it's the kind that eats at you from the inside." Lucy fell to the ground as she gripped her stomach.

"It's the kind that makes your large intestines go crazy," Mary continued. "Which means that you'll have to find a bathroom soon or you'll end up going right here in front of everyone!"

"That's….so….cheap," Lucy managed to spit out.

"Maybe so, but it's my black magic," The pinked-hair girl replied. "And I totally love it!"

This girl is insane! Lucy thought.

"Miss Lucy, I think….I think I'm at my limit," Taurus told her. "Moo!"

"Lucy!" Happy! She thought.

"Happy...no stay a-" It was too late, the exceed suddenly fell onto the ground. He was clutching his stomach like the other two.

"The more the merrier," Mary cheered. "You know, my virus can be deadly too! It can...oh right attack your brain!"

Lucy's eyes widened, What! That's when her stomach ailment disappeared.

"Huh? I...I actually don't feel sick anymore," She said as she stood up normally. She looked over at Mary, who had a confused look on her face.

"Your magic anomaly won't work with my air magic in effect!" Lucy gasped when she saw who had saved them.

"Wendy!"

"And Carla," Happy added as he flew into the air, clearly feeling like himself again. The sky dragon slayer and the exceed in human form were indeed standing in front of them.

"What's with the-Lucy look out," Carla warned and Lucy turned around to see Mary coming for her. She bawled her fist and grinned.

"This is for my tummy," She said. "Lucy punch!" With that, she punched Mary right in the gut and sent her flying.

"Remember that the next time you mess with someone's stomach," Happy called.

"Oh my gosh Lucy! That was amazing," Wendy said.

"Ha! Ha! It was nothing," Lucy replied. "I honestly don't know what would happened to us if you weren't here, Wendy!"

"What are you guys doing here exactly?" Happy asked.

Wendy sighed, "Well…..you see Juvia recovered and the first thing that she wanted to do was find Gray. I told her that you guys were going to bring him back, but she wouldn't accept it, so I used my sense of smell and tracked you guys here."

"Then Juvia left us and ran off to go find Gray," Carla finished. "Apparently she has some Gray sensor or whatever."

Lucy laughed, "At least Juvia's back to her old self again!"

"All because of Wendy of course," Carla commented.

Wendy shook her head, "No. No."

"Thank you Wendy," Happy exclaimed.

"Hey, the enemies still coming," Taurus called. "There's no time for slacking so let's moove it!"

"Right," Wendy replied as she entered dragon force. "Sky dragon wave wind!" The enemy was

caught up in a tornado.

Lucy's mouth dropped, "Is that dragon force?"

"We did a little training of our own," Carla informed her as she took down a few followers with some well-paced kicks to the face.

"Awesome," Happy cheered. They all worked together to push the enemy back.

While his teammates were fighting, Natsu had managed to find himself face to face with the leader of the cult.

"Huh, so you're the boss?" Natsu asked. "You're not anything like I expected." He waited for the cult leader to respond and was only met by mumbling.

"Look, just give up," Natsu said. "Your chances are getting slimmer and slimmer. You're going to lose."

"Oh such youth," The cult leader answered. "How enviable! I too, once had that." His lifted the staff that he was holding slowly.

"However, everyone grows old." The man continued. "While entering a phase in life filled with regret and despair!" As soon as he said despair, magic shot out of the staff. Natsu easily dodged it and ran forward for his attack, only to hit something hard.

"Gah! What the hell?" He asked as he rubbed his head and looked up at the large almost transparent wall in front of him.

"No way," He exclaimed and as soon as he said that he was shot at again. He evaded it once again and tried to do a fire dragon roar. His attack didn't even make it through the barrier.

"Okay that has to be cheating," He shouted in frustration. He heard the followers snickering and just began punching the barrier as hard as he could. Maybe it was easier then it looked like to break it down. He kept punching and punching until finally he got his arm through. That sure shut the cult members up.

He then forced his whole body through each of the barriers and readied himself to strike.

"Fire Dragon Iron Fist," He shouted. The cult leader went down and the area filled with smoke. Natsu waited a second, his eyes were scanning the site. As the smoke cleared, he heard laughing.

"You've lost," The cult sneered.

Natsu frowned, "What the hell do you mean by that?"

"Getting my face burnt was worth it," The leader shouted. "That was the price I paid and I did it willingly! Prepare yourselves! Now it's time, Oh mighty god of war, time for you to seal your part of the deal! Grant your powers! Summon: Ikusatsunagi!" Hearing something, Natsu looked up and saw a dark magic circle materializing in the sky. Suddenly, the sun was gone and the sky was pitch black.

Lucy, who was fighting, stopped when she felt a chill go down her spine.

"What was that?" She asked Happy.

"I don't know, but I feel kinda funny," Happy replied. The ground started shaking.

"Look," Happy said. Lucy's mouth dropped when she saw what had the exceed so enthralled.

"A foot," She shouted.

"Lucy! Happy!" They turned and saw Gray yelling at him.

"You two! Move out of the way or it'll crush you," He commanded.

"Right," Happy said. "Come on Lucy!" He picked Lucy up and carried her away from the scene as fast as he could. Lucy turned around and saw the most disturbing scene. That foot stepped on all of the people that were left behind.

Oh my gosh! She thought as she closed her eyes and turned away. Happy let her off next to Erza, who had gathered a safe distance away with Gray, Juvia, Wendy, and Carla.

"So he's summoned one of the 18 battle gods of yakama," Erza said. Lucy watched a ginormous monster came into view.

"Wait where's Natsu?" She asked.

Erza frowned, "I don't know."

Happy shot up in the air, "I'll go find-"

"Wait Happy," Wendy interjected. "Look at the sword!" Everyone's attention was turned to the sword and Lucy sighed in relief.

"Natsu," Happy exclaimed happily.

"I should have known that idiot would do something like that," Gray commented.

Lucy watched as the fire dragon slayer ran up the sword and punched the battle god in the face. He did some damage, but it wasn't enough to bring down the beast. Natsu landed on his head and raised his fist. A gigantic, fierce flame encompassed his fist.

"Fire dragon king's iron fist!" Fire overtook the battle god and it caused an explosion. One of the 18 battle gods of yakama fell and Natsu was left standing.

Lucy smiled and shook her head.

Why…..Why does he always make me feel like I can do anything?