So here we are for the 10th chapter. Hope you'll like it.
I don't own Kamen Rider or Fairy Tail
Chapter 10 : Curse of the Moon and the demon
Italic : Sento's though
When Sento opened his eyes, he was sprawled out on a beach, surrounded by a rather lush forest. He stood up and looked for the rest of the group, who were not far, gathered around the shipwreck. Natsu was ready to go explore and find a village where the client was supposed to be when Gray stood up.
- "Wait."
- "What ? We've already come this far; you can't take us back." Natsu said, and he was right. If Gray wanted to bring the group back to the guild, it was a little late since they already were on the island with no mean to go back.
- "No. I'm coming with you guys." He answered surprising the group. "It'd irritate me if you guys get to the second floor first. And if you guys get expelled, then that'd be boring." He explained with a smile.
With that, the group enter the forest, looking for the village. After some time, they found it and stood in front of the gate of a huge fence made of wood with a 'KEEP OUT' sign on it. When the group called for someone, two silhouette appeared at the top of the gate.
- "Who's there ?"
- "We're mages from Fairy Tail…" explained Lucy. "We saw your request."
- "Fairy Tail ? We know nothing about you guys accepting our request."
"That would be because they took it without having the right to."
- "Show me your symbols." One of the man asked
The group did just that, Lucy and Sento raising their hands, Natsu showing his shoulder, Gray lifting his shirt since his mark was on his chest and Happy pushing his bag out of the way, his mark on his back.
- "They look real. "said the man to his colleague, who in turn asked something strange.
- "Strip the girl."
- "Why ? It has nothing to do with this ! " she shouted but it didn't stop from starting to strip her, doing what was asked. "Hey, don't take them off !"
Natsu punched Gray to stop him while shouting : "What the hell you're doing ?"
- "What ? I'm doing what he asked to enter the village." Said Gray who then looked at Natsu with a questioning look in his eyes. "But, since when did you became like you have a stick up your ass ?"
- "WHAT DID YOU SAY, STRIPPER !?"
- "I JUST SAID THAT YOU HAD A PROBLEM, ASH BREATH !"
- "Uhmm… Sorry i got carried away." Said the guard, his fiend looking at him like 'Really, man ?'
"You better be sorry because I have a feeling Natsu could kill you for what you just asked."
- "Get in… I'll get the mayor."
Once inside the village, they met the villagers. Every one was wearing a cloak hiding their body. One of them, a kind of sceptre in his hand approached them. It was the mayor, Mocha.
- "Thank you for coming here, mages." He said. "I'm sorry if this seems sudden, but please look at this. Everyone, took off your robes."
At that, the villagers obeyed and revealed themselves. All the villagers was like Bobo, the man they met at Hargeon. They had a demonic looking part on their body : an arm, a leg or a horn, mainly.
- "Everyone on this island, even dogs and birds are affected by this curse.".
- "What makes you think it's a curse ? Can't it be some kind of disease ?"
- "I've shown this to many doctors, but they all said there is no such disease." Explained the mayor. "Also… The moon seem to have something to do with how we look. Since ancient times, this island has accumulated a lot of moonlight. But suddenly, a few years ago, the moon suddenly turned purple and when it began, our bodies started to change.
- "Purple ? I've never seen the moon like that." Said Natsu and it was true, evert one in the group agreeing. But then, as the group looked at the sky, they did saw a purple moon, which surprised them. Then, all of a sudden, all the villagers began changing shape. A few seconds later, all the villagers were changed in some kind of demon.
The mayor explained to the group that it was like that each time the purple moon is out and that they change back when morning came back. But apparently, some of them had begun losing their soul turning into real demon.
- "If we'd let them live, other might get killed by those demons. And even if we'd lock them up, they'd just break out and escape…" he said before taking out a photo. "That's why… I had to kill my son as well. My son, whose soul became evil…"
What shokced the group wasn't really the fact that he had to kill his own son, but the fact that his son was the man who had brought them here. But what said the man next was just as shocking.
- "There is only one way to get rid of the curse…Please destroy the moon."
/- The next day -/
Tha group was exploring the forest of the island. Last night, they were talking about finding a way to get rid of the curse without having to destroy the moon. Sento had thought about it all night and was still going.
"I'm 100% sure that the curse came from the island and not the moon. I concur, the moon does have a pole in that since we have to find why she is purple on this island and her presence at night transform the inhabitant. But the source of the problem is somewhere else. Also, I have a feeling the villagers are hiding something. If that moon was really the problem, why aren't already changing, even partially ?"
As they were walking, they camed across a strange creature. A giant rat wearing a maid costume. When it attacked, it sprayed some kind of smelly gas before chasing the group.
ICE MAKE FLOOR !
The ground froze thanks to Gray magic and the giant rat slipped on it, falling and ending up knocked out. While running, the group had reached some kind of temple and entered it. Once inside, they saw moon shaped marks on the walls.
"Everything seems to turn around the moon here. But the curse just came a few years ago. Something had to trigger it, but what ?"
Just then, thanks to Natsu, the ground broke, opening a hole and Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Happy, who managed to stuck a bone in his fell in it. Sento looked at the hole and wait.
…
*Thud*
Hearing them touch the ground, he took out a notebook.
"If the gravitational acceleration in this world is the same as in our world, which mean about 9.80 m/s², since the fall last for 5 seconds, then according to Newton's 'Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy', they must have fall for about 125m with a top speed of 50m/s, or 180km/h. Good thing people in this world are sturdier than in mine."
With that he took out two bottle and changed before going after them.
/- In the hole -/
He met with the rest of the group in some kind of hidden cave, wearing the Trial form TakaTank, having used the Solstall Wings. When they followed the cavern they reached something no one expected.
A gigantic monster, stuck in a huge ice sphere. While the group was trying to understand what this monster was, Gray seemed to know the answer.
- "DELIORA ?!" shouted the ice mage, grabbing his friend attention. "Impossible ! How It can't be here ! It's, It's …"
- "Gray ! Calm down and explain what that thing is to us ok ?" said Sento.
Gray then explained that this monster was Deliora, the devil of misfortune and disaster. His explanation was cut short when 2 men appeared. One was wearing a long vest with the biggest eyebrows ever, and next to him was some kind of … man-dog ? Shirtless with a collar, a dog face and dog ears.
- "Daytime… I'm sleepy…" said eyebrows. Before turning to dog-face. "Did you get some moon drip on you ?"
"Moon drip ? Is it the name of the curse ?"
- "I didn't ! " snapped dog-face. "It's just decorative ! You should know !"
- "I'm just teasing you, idiot."
- "Yuuka-san, Toby-san, I have sad news." Said a third voice, feminine this time.
- "Sherry." Said eyebrows, the man named Yuuka.
- "Angelica was harassed by someone…" said Sherry
- "It's just a mouse !" snapped dog-face, aka Toby
- "She is not just a mouse… Angelica is a hunter that gallops the darkness. And love." The girl looked like some kind of gothic Lolita, with a skirt and thigh-high boots, some kind of long gloves, her curly hair tied into 2 ponytails. "Moonlight would gather soon… But how sad this is…" She then turned to her partners. "Let's get rid of them before Emperor Zero hears about it. Yes… Before the moon shows herself."
Once they were gone, Gray keep on explaining about Deliora. Apparently, that devil had penetrated the isbin area 10 years ago and was sealed in an iceberg by Ur, Gray's master, scarifying her own life in the process. It seemed like Gray was taking this personally. To the group, there was a question that kept coming back : why would someone bring that devil here if he was sealed on the northern continent.
- "Whatever they want to do with this devil, it's linked to that moonlight they want to gather. Let's stay here until we saw what it is." Proposed Sento.
A few minutes passed and, bored, Lucy decide to make the wait more agreeable.
OPEN A DOOR TO THE LYRE ! LYRA !
Out of nowhere came out a young cheery girl with a big lyre on her back.
- "Kyaaah ! I haven't seen you in ages, Lucy !" she said, smiling broadly. "What do you want me to sing today ?"
- "Anything. It's your call."
Lyra then began playing and singing and it hit Sento hard. As if he had no control of his brain, he began replaying memories of his past. All the great moment he had with his friend. It brought some tears to his eyes.
"Wow, she know how to reach someone soul."
The song was so emotional that Gray started crying, which he vigorously denied.
Later, as the group was sleeping, they heard a rumbling noise and the roof above Deliora opened and light began to shine upon the frozen demon. Going up the stairs used by the 3 persons from before, they followed the light and found a group of cloaked men gathering the moonlight.
-"I see, I know what's going on." Explained Lyra, who for some reason was still here. "They're going to use the moon drip to revive the devil !"
This shocked the group, and particularly Gray. And according to Lyra, the moondrip is so strong when gathered in one place that it could contaminate the human body.
"So I guess we found out why the people in this place are mutating."
Then, a big man wearing a large mantle and a horned helmet arrived, followed by Yuuka, Sherry and Toby. It was that Zero guy. For some reason, Gray reacted strangely to the guy voice.
- "Isn't Deliora revived ?" he asked
- "Probably today or tomorrow. " Answered Sherry.
- "About the intruders, I don't want anyone to get in the way. Only the village on the other end of the island has human there. Go and obliterate that village."
With that, the 3 colleagues rushed to the village. Natsu, deciding he had enough, blow fire into the air, drawing everyone's attention.
- "We are the ones to stop you !"
Now that Natsu had done that, only god knew where it would end. Sento took the same bottles as before, and morphed.
TAKA ! TANK ! ARE YOU READY ? "Henshin !"
Gray, looking like he lost it, rushed at Zero, sending a big wave of ice spikes to him. To the group surprise, Zero counter it with the same kind of magic.
- "Leon. Do you know what you are doing ?"
Apparently, Gray and Zero, whose real name was Leon, known each other. Natsu, trying to rush at him, was suddenly freezing. Seeing that, Happy took Lucy up in the air and Sento took off with the Solstall Wings.
- "Happy ! Why are you abandoning Natsu ?" asked Lucy, worries for the pink haired mage clear in her voice.
- "He filled the space with chill magic !" he explained. "If we stayed, we would've been caught in the ice as well."
- "But then…Natsu will…"
- "Who will protect the village if all of us were taken ?" Sento asked Lucy, making her realize why Happy had done this. At that and seeing the tears in the small cat eyes, she apologized.
- "Sorry Happy. Well then lets get to the village ! I'm sure Natsu can take care of himself."
- "Yeah, we have to find a way to protect them." Said Sento
/- Later, at the village -/
- "That's the worst plan I have ever seen in my life." Said Sento, a hand on his face.
When Lucy said she had a 'good' plan to stop Leon's men, Sento had hope. But now he was just dumbstruck at the sight of what it was : a pit fall, just behind the gate. It's true that it was the only entrance, but Sento and all the villagers had a feeling that fi someone wanted to come to destroy the village, a pitfall was nothing. When they heard that someone was approaching the gate, Lucy asked to opened it, 'hoping' to find the three bad guys but instead, it was Nastu, stuck in a huge ball of ice, and an unconscious Gray on his shoulder. He walked toward… right into the pitfall.
"My brain, it hurt. So much stupidity."
When the team was once again gathered, they saw something in the air. The huge rat from before, flying by using his tail as a propeller, carrying a huge bucket. A small drop of the content fall toward Lucy. It was looking like jelly but Natsu tackled Lucy out of the way, making the drop touch the ground, making a hole around the impact point. It was acid. The rat, following Sherry's order, throw the acid jelly to the village. Natsu jumped to igniting his hands.
KARYU NO KOEN !
He join his hands, creating a huge explosion of fire, the shockwave scattering the jelly. The three mages were now on the ground, ready for a fight. The first to make a move was Sherry, calling her rat who dive to pick up the gothic, Lucy grabbing the beast without really knowing why. Looking at the rat in the sky, the group saw it suddenly falling to the ground. Natsu send Happy to look for Lucy before turning to Toby and Yuuka.
Natsu used his fire, but strangely, it didn't have any effect on Yuuka.
- "Toby, don't butt in." Said Yuuka. "I'll take care of him myself."
Yuuka then send a wave to Natsu, who dodge it while he was ready to counter the attack.
- "So you noticed its nature." Said Yuuka. "Each vibration I create nullifies all the magic. Which means…"He threw 2 big vibration at Natsu. "Mages are powerless in front of me !"
Natsu dodged and rushed at him trying to punch him with his fire. Yuuka surround himself with one of his vibration so Natsu's fire would be blocked.
- "Then I won't use magic. See, i went through."
Indeed, his ar'm was inside the barrier, but he suddenly shout in pain.
- "Thrusting your bare arm in a magical sphere is just rash." Said Yuuka. "You'll be blown away into pieces."
But then Natsu dived in, putting his head inside the barrier.
- "I can't use magic inside the barrier. But I can use it outside, right ?"
With that he ignited his elbow, using the flame to propel his arm forward.
KARYU NO ENCHU !
With that boost, his hand reached Yuuka, punching him in the face and knocking him out.
With Yuuka down, Toby was the only one left.
PARALYSIS NAILS : MEGA JELLYFISH !
- "There is a secret hidden in these nails." He said, his nails growing to become claws.
- "Paralyzation ?" asked Sento, stating the obvious.
- "How'd you know !?"
At that, Toby rushed at Natsu, trying to get him with his claws. But when he saw Sento, he stopped.
- "Hey ! You have one of those bottles too ?"
What he said surprised Natsu and Sento. That idiot had a Fullbottle ? And indeed he had. Reaching into his pocket, he took out a white Fullbottle. He then began to use its power, encasing his hands in huge white Wolverine-like claws.
The Panda Fullbottle.
Sento, still in his TakaTank Trial Form, walked to Toby.
- "I'll take that bottle back."
Pulling out two bottles, he switched form.
NINJYA ! COMIC ! BEST MATCH ! ARE YOU READY ?
"Did he said ninja ?" though Natsu.
"Build Up !" SHINOBI NO ENTERTAINER ! NINNINCOMIC ! YEAHHHH !
Now, Sento was wearing a purple and yellow armor. The yellow part had an eye shaped like a pen drawing a comic, small comic panel on his chest and pen like protection on his shoulder and hand. The violet ninja part didn't have anything special, with the exception of the shuriken shaped eye. Then out of nowhere, a sword appeared. It was purple and yellow and the blade was composed of 4 comic panel, each one describing a power. The 4Koma Ninpoutou.
Toby swung his arm at Sento, but Sento dodged and pressed the trigger on his sword once.
BUSHIN NO JUTSU !
Then, colorful lines came out of the sword, creating clones of Sento. The whole group rushed at Toby, while Sento pressed the trigger again, 4 times now.
KAKUREMI NO JUTSU ! DORON !
He then disappear completely and after sometimes, the clones disappeared, but what confused Toby the most was the fact that his white claws weren't there anymore. He then heard something behind him.
FUTON NO JUTSU ! TATSUMAKI GIRI !
By the time Toby understood what was happening, he was sent into the air and disappeared. Sento, using his invisibility spell, was behind Toby and took the Fullbottle from him and he didn't realized it. Unmorphed and realized that Natsu wasn't there anymore, Sento decide to try to find him when…
- "Where do you think you are going ?"
That voice, Sento recognized it and it send shiver down his spine, as he began sweating, turning to be face with a red haired monster a sword pointing at him.
- "E-Erza. What a pleasant surprise !"
He tried to smile, to do it friendly, but when he saw the kind of look she had in the eyes, he knew that whatever he could say, It wouldn't change the outcome.
He was dead.
OK. It was a smaller chapter than the last one. But it would be far too long to do the whole Galuna island in one go. So I decided to split it.
Next time : Titania is here ! A fight between old brothers. The return of a demon and the truth about the villagers.
