Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, it belongs to Hiro Mashima and I, unfortunately, am not him. I do however own any OC characters that will appear later in the story. Relax and enjoy the story.
People speaking "Hello Hello Hello"
People thinking 'Geronimo'
Magic Spells "Fire Dragon ROAR"
Creature/Dragon speaking "I am ALIVE"
Creature/Dragon thinking 'Come along'
Chapter 10
Welcome to Fairy Tail
"Those idiots from Fairy Tail have done it again. This time they destroyed an entire port!" one of the council members exclaimed with his arms crossed.
When news of Natsu's battle with Bora had reached Era the very next day; the Magic Council had a meeting to discuss Fairy Tail's recent incident. Like their usual topics involving the guild were about; what they broke, how they could be so reckless, and the good they've done, etc.
"What is the matter with them? Can't they just go a week without destroying anything!" Another member said.
"I'm actually quite fond of those dimwits and their attitude." Siegrain said casually while next to him Yajima and Ultear nodded in agreement.
"They may act like a bunch of fools but we must remember they are a very capable group." Yajima said as he moved his arms behind his back, "The amount of success they achieve on missions is just as immense as their destructive reputation."
"That is true, they create quite the quandary."
"Let's just leave them be. After all if it was not for fools like them, think how boring this world would be" Siegrain said causing almost everyone to break out into a arguments while Ultear had to stifle a chuckle.
'You certainly make this assignment interesting…my cute little Dragon Slayer." Ultear thought to herself, licking her lips at the thought of the rose-haired wizard.
(Magnolia Town)
Natsu felt a chill go up his spine when he and his three companions reached the doors to the Fairy Tail guild hall; he released a small shiver as he stopped walking.
"Are you okay Natsu?" Happy asked when he noticed Natsu's body shiver a little.
"Yeah I just felt a little weird for a second." Natsu replied as he looked around for a second, "…It's nothing, so what do you think Lucy?" He motioned to the building.
"It's huge!" Lucy answered with a big smile on her face.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Nova cheered.
"You ready to go in Lucy?" Happy asked to which Lucy nodded her head with excitement.
Natsu went to the door and pushed it open with all his force and shouted out "WE'RE HOME EVERYONE!"
"Hey Natsu!" Everyone said and gave the rose-haired boy some waves. A man with buckteeth looked at Natsu with a smirk on his face.
"I heard you went all out in Hargeon, Natsu. You really know how to starting troubl-" That was all he got to say before he got kicked in the face courtesy of Natsu's foot. He crashed into another table and destroyed a few chairs as well.
"You sent me on a wild goose-chase with that Salamander, you bastard. I'm going to kick your ass!" Natsu shouted while punching his palm.
"Don't get mad at me. I told you it was only a rumor I heard."
"It was only a rumor?" Natsu shouted back.
"You want to fight? LET'S GO!"
"BRING IT!" Natsu shouted before the two began to fight, which grew as the rest of the guild joined in turning it into a free-for-all battle royal. Lucy stood in amazement as she stared at everything inside the guild, not focusing on the fight in front of her.
"Wow I'm actually in the Fairy Tail guild hall!" she squealed slightly before returning to watch the fight. Natsu was spinning the bucktooth man around the room, using his body to hit a few more wizards away as they got close. She noticed movement at the corner of her eye and saw a black-haired man around her age appear next to her, glaring at the fight; she panicked a little when she saw he was only in his boxers.
"So Natsu finally made it back, HUH!?" He was marching forward to join the battle, but was interrupted by a woman's voice.
"Gray, your clothes."
Gray looked down and freaked out before shouting, "I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!"
Lucy looked back at the woman, and saw Nova running towards the woman before giving her a hug, "Aunt Cana!"
Cana smiled at the girl before patting her on the head, "Hey Nova, glad to see you too. Are you looking for Mira?"
"Uh-huh, have you seen her?"
"She's around here somewhere." Cana looked back at the fight before giving a sigh. "They're so noisy, I need a drink." She reaches for the barrel next to her and starts drinking it all, making Nova laugh and Lucy stared in shock.
Gray kicked a chair out of the way and shouted at Natsu, who slammed two wizard's heads together. "Fight me Natsu!"
Natsu looked at him for a second before yelling back, "Not till you put some clothes on!" Gray ignored what he said and charged forward.
Lucy watched as the two started to fight; Natsu then kicked a wizard into Gray and ran towards the distracted ice wizard. Halfway though, a tall man appeared in front of Natsu with his arms crossed.
"It's only noon and you are already causing a fuss like a child." Elfman said as he walked up to Natsu. Lucy couldn't help but get a little nervous around him due to how tall he was.
"Get out of my way!" Natsu shouted before he punched Elfman and sent him crashing into the other side of the guild hall. Gray quickly took advantage of the small distraction and kicked Natsu in the chest and sent him into other guild members.
"It's so noisy around here" a voice said causing Lucy to turn around only to see Loki sitting here with two girls sat on his lap. "I'm going to go join the fight now," he said standing up but gave the girls a wink. "But only to protect you two." He said making both have hearts in their eyes.
Lucy took out a marker and crossed his face in her potential boyfriend list. "He's definitely out." she mumbled before shouting to herself. "There's not one sane person in here!"
"Hello, are you new here?" a voice said from behind her. When she turned around she saw Mirajane standing there with a smile on her face. She was holding a tray full of drinks with one hand and the other was on her hip.
"IT'S MIRAJANE, IN THE FLESH!" Lucy shouted only for Mira to smile back at her. Both women's attentions were shifted as they heard Nova's voice.
"AUNT MIRA!" Nova happily shouted as she tackle hugged Mirajane's waist, almost making the woman drop the tray. Mirajane placed the tray down before picking the excited Nova up.
"Hello Nova, I'm glad to see you back safe and sound." Mirajane said with a happy tone. "Did you have a good time with your daddy?"
"Uh-huh, I had so much fun and I got to see him beat some bad guys up!" Nova said before pointing at Lucy, "This is Lucy; she's really nice and helped me when some bad guys tried to hurt me and daddy, and she wants to join Fairy Tail!"
"I see." Mirajane said before looking at Lucy, "I hope these two weren't too much for you. Thank you for making sure Nova was safe."
"No it's nothing," Lucy waved off the thanks, "Natsu was the one who did most of the fighting, I only did a little bit." She looked to the fighting and then back at Mirajane, "Don't you think we should stop them?"
"Not really, it's better to let them continue until their finished, besides…" she said while catching a flying bottle heading towards her and Nova before throwing back into the brawl, slamming into one of the wizard's head. "It fun this way, don't you think?" She asked as she smiled at the freaked Lucy, acting like nothing happened.
Lucy was suddenly tackled by a blur and sent to the floor; the blur turned out to be Gray; Mira quickly covered Nova's eyes as he rose to his feet, because he somehow lost his boxers and was standing completely naked.
"Who took my underwear!?" He shouted.
"AHHHH! Don't face this way!" Lucy screamed as Gray faced the battle, which was right behind her, he looked down at her before asking a question.
"Excuse me Miss, may I borrow your underw-" Gray didn't get to finish as Lucy sent him flying with a magical bat to the face.
"No way!" Lucy shouted before finding herself being picked up by Loki.
"Hello there beautiful, I don't believe we me-" Loki was socked in the face by Elfman who was yelling.
"REAL MEN FLIRT WITH THEIR FISTS LOKI!" Elfman was then kicked away by Natsu.
"I TOLD YOU TO STAY OUT OF MY WAY!" Natsu shouted.
Cana, who was still sitting at the bar turned around in her seat, "You guys really know how to annoy a lady while she's drinking," she mumbled while pulled out one of her cards making a green magic circle appear. "Okay you guys, knock it off."
"Oh yeah, says who?" Gray, who found his boxers, yelled back and readied his Ice Make Magic.
"WRROOOOOAAAHHHHH!" Elfman yelled as rocks flew out of a purple seal and began to cover his right arm.
"You punks can be such a nuisance." Loki said grabbing his glowing ring.
"Now things are getting exciting!" Natsu shouted as flames encircled his fists.
But before anyone could continue, a giant foot came down in the middle of everyone; Lucy looked up in shock and a little fear as she saw a giant creature standing there.
"THAT'S ENOUGH, YOU BRATS!" The giant figure exclaimed, making everyone freeze at its words. The only relaxed person was Mirajane and Nova.
"Oh master, I didn't know you were still here." Mirajane said, making Lucy's mouth drop in shock.
"Did you say master!?" She questioned, never taking her eyes of the giant.
"Hi Grandpa!" Nova called out while waving excitedly at the figure, which turned his head at the three girls.
"HELLO THERE NOVA!" Makarov replied before noticing Lucy, "SO WE HAve a newcomer, huh?" Makarov questioned as he transformed back to his original form and started walking up to Lucy who just gawked at him slightly.
"He so tiny. Is he really the master?" she asked Mirajane.
"Of course he is Lucy; I would like you to meet the Fairy Tail Guild Master, Makarov!" Mirajane said.
"Nice to meet cha!" he said giving her a small wave before jumping up onto the railing, hitting his head as he did. He quickly recomposed himself before he stood looking at everyone sternly. "You have gone and done it again, you bunch of clogs!" He shouted, waving a thick pile of paper at them. "Look at all the paper work the magic council has sent me! This is the biggest pile of complaints we've had yet!"
"First, Gray…" he started as he read from the list, gaining the black haired boy attention. "You did a good job cleaning out the smuggling organization, but then you walked around the town naked and stole a pair of underwear that was being dried."
"But…wouldn't it be worse if I were naked?" Gray muttered.
Elfman turned to him, "Then don't be naked in the first place." He said as Makarov sighed before continuing to read the reports.
"Elfman you assaulted a VIP that you were suppose to be escorting."
"He said men were all about education" he said while scratching his cheek; Makarov shake his head slightly at those words.
"Cana, you need to stop buying alcohol and then charging it to the council! This recent charge was for 15 big barrels!"
"They found out." she said, rubbing the back her head.
"Loke… you were flirting with Councilman Elder Reiji's granddaughter and a certain talent agency is charging us for damage compensation." Loki just adjusted his sunglasses and looked in another direction. Makarov turned his head to look at Natsu, who moved next to Mirajane and Lucy, and Makarov's head dropped in depression. "Natsu…by yourself, you leveled a historical clock tower in Tully Town, burning down a church in Freesia, damaging parts of Lupinus Castle, destroyed the Devon Thief Family along with seven houses of the townspeople and just yesterday destroyed half of Hargeon's port!"
"To be fair on that last one…" Natsu called out while pointing at Lucy, "She caused almost half of the damage."
"You were the one who went overboard! What did I do?" Lucy asked as she crossed her arms.
"While I was responsible for some of the buildings and the ships, it was you that sent the ship, along with me inside, crashing into the port with a giant tsunami, which also continued on into town and caused some damage too." Natsu explained as Nova was transferred from being held by Mirajane to Natsu.
Lucy stared at him for a second, trying to think of a reply to that, but nothing came to mind; releasing a defeated sigh she thought, 'Not even officially a part of the guild and I already joined its reputation for overdoing things…' She looked back at Natsu who was staring back up at Makarov, 'So it was Natsu behind most of the articles in the magazines, huh?'
Makarov continued down the list, naming many wizards in the building who avoided looking at Makarov as soon as he said their names. The old man started to tremble as he finished his list, which was being crushed by Makarov's tight grip.
"You guys keep getting all the higher ups mad at me all the time." Makarov groaned causing everyone to wince slightly. "However… I say to hell with the Magic Council!" He said with a smirk as the pile of papers turned to flames and making Lucy look up at him in surprise. He tossed the flames down to Natsu, who caught it with one hand and devoured it in a second, making Nova giggle at her father's action.
Everyone was silent as the guild master spoke, all of them paying complete attention to his words.
Makarov continued his speech, "Now remember, any power that surpasses reason still comes from reason. Magic is not some kind of miraculous power; it is a talent that only works when the flow of energy created from inside of us and the flow of energy in the natural world are in perfect sync. To perform magic, one must have a strong mind and the ability to focus. It should take over your being and pour out of your soul. If all we worry about following the rules, then our magic will never progress. Don't let those idiots on the council scare you. Do what you think is right! Because that what makes the Fairy Tail guild number one!" He finished by making a symbol with his right hand.
The guild followed his example and made the same symbol, cheering as the master finished his speech. Lucy and Mira smiled at each other, Gray and Elfman were cheering loudly, an excited Happy was sitting with a smirking Cana and Loki was smiling with his female friend. Natsu and Nova were making the symbol as high as they could, laughing together as they did it.
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"There you go!" Mirajane said cheerfully as she removed the magic stamp from Lucy's hand, revealing a pink guild mark. "Now you're officially a member of Fairy Tail!"
Lucy smiled as she stared at the mark before turning to the next table where Natsu, Happy and Nova were sitting; Natsu was eating an entire meal covered in fire, Happy was eating his fish and Nova was drink some milk. Mirajane walked away to put the magic stamp back before continuing her work.
"Hey guys! Look, Mirajane just gave me the Fairy Tail mark!" Lucy grinned as she showed the three her new mark.
Natsu turned from his meal and grinned at her. "That's great, welcome to the guild!"
"Welcome!" Nova happily repeated as she placed the finished drink down.
"Aye!" Happy agreed. Lucy gave a bright smile as she place her other hand on top of the mark.
"So Natsu," The four turned their head to see a few men staring at Lucy with hearts in their eyes, the one who spoke was smoking a pipe, "Where'd you find such a cute girl?" He asked causing Natsu to develop a sweatdrop.
"Wakaba…you're married remember." Natsu replied before looking behind the man with a smirk, "You shouldn't do things like this, right Mira?"
"I do believe you're right about that Natsu!" Mirajane's voice called out as Wakaba felt a hand on his shoulder; when he turned to look he didn't see Mirajane's beautiful smile, but the face of his wife. "It wouldn't be right to flirt with women when you already have someone at home."
"AAAHHH! DON'T TURN INTO MY WIFE!" Wakaba shouted as he ran away with tears in his eyes, making everyone laugh at his expense; Mirajane returned to her normal self and gave Natsu a high-five at the success their prank. The guild soon calmed down and relaxed; Lucy was sitting at bar counter and talking with Natsu and Mirajane while Nova was happily drawing.
"Is my dad back yet?" They looked to the side to see a boy with black hair, a green shirt and brown shorts standing in front of Makarov, who was drinking from his mug.
"You are starting to get on my nerves Romeo. You're a wizard's son; have some faith in your father and wait patiently for him." Makarov said.
"But sir," he started. "He said he would only be gone for three days, but it's already been almost two weeks now."
"If I'm correct, he took the mission on Mt. Hakobe." Makarov said as he recalled Macao showing him the mission he was taking.
"That's right, so why don't you have someone go look for him?" Romeo questioned as tears built up in his eyes.
"Your father is a wizard of Fairy Tail like everyone here, and Fairy Tail wizards can take care of themselves! Why don't you go home, eat some cookies, drink some milk and wait for him to come back!" Makarov yelled as he was getting agitated. However Romeo quickly jumped in front of him and punched him square in the jaw before running out of the guild crying his eyes out.
"I HATE YOU ALL!" The crying boy's voice echoed throughout the building.
"That was rough to watch." Lucy said as the discussion finished. Mirajane had her back to Lucy, cleaning the glasses and started to speak.
"I know it sounds like the master doesn't care about the issue, but he is the most likely the most worried." she explained with a sad look on her face. Natsu quickly stood up, gave Nova's head a quick pat and started walking away, but stopped as he turned his head to look at the bar.
"Mira I will be back tomorrow, watch Nova for me until I get back." Natsu said as he continued walking to the door with Happy following after him; he could hear Mirajane calling out to him.
"Alright I'll take care of her until then, be careful!" He nodded his head and walked out the door. Makarov watched the rose-haired wizard walk out and sighed.
"You do realize he's going to go to Mt. Hakobe to save Macao, right master?" Nab said as he moved over to the bar.
"When will that guy grow up?" the bucked teeth member said. "Going after Macao will do nothing but hurt the guy's pride."
"No one can decide what he should do, just let Natsu follow his own path." Makarov said as he took a giant gulp of his beer.
"Why did Natsu get upset and leave like that?" Lucy asked while staring at the door.
"It's because he and Romeo have a lot in common." Mirajane answer as she placed a glad of milk next to Nova, who continued drawing a picture. "I think he sees a little bit of himself in Romeo; Natsu's father, his foster father, hasn't returned ever since he left Natsu seven years ago, he was a dragon." Mirajane finished with a smile.
Lucy fell off her seat in shock at those words and quickly got up, "A dragon! Natsu was really raised by a dragon!?" Lucy exclaimed.
Mirajane nodded and continued speaking. "When he was a baby, he was found alone in the forest by a dragon; he took Natsu in, taught him many things like language, culture and magic. But then one day, the dragon disappeared without a trace."
"That dragon was Igneel." Lucy stated as she connected the dots.
"Uh-huh, that was Grandpa Igneel." Lucy looked at Nova, who was smiling as she finished her drawing before starting another, "Daddy hopes that he can re-reu…what was that word Aunt Mira?" Nova asked as she turned to Mirajane.
"You mean reunite?" Getting a nod from Nova, Mirajane continued. "Natsu looks forward to that day when they see each other again, and for Igneel to meet his family." Mirajane said as she went back to washing glasses. "Just because we are all members of Fairy Tail, that does not mean we don't have our own personal issues. We have all had our fair share of suffering and lose…including me." Lucy noticed Mirajane's voice and stared at her in concern but Mirajane waved it off. "No, it's nothing." After Mirajane moved her attention to Nova, Lucy sat in her seat in silence for a few seconds before getting up and following after Natsu, ignoring the curious looks she was getting.
Romeo was silently crying as he stood in the middle of the street when a hand patted him on the head and saw Natsu pass with a focused look on his face. After a while the boy heard footsteps coming from behind him and saw a blond girl run after Natsu, but not before giving him a smile as she passed.
(A few hours later)
"So why did you decide to come with us?" Natsu asked Lucy as the three headed towards Mt. Hakobe on a carriage.
"I thought I could help." Lucy replied as she watched Natsu shifted to resting on his back. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine, just resting a bit before we arrive…it's times like these that I am glad I got over my motion sickness." Natsu said and Happy nodded his head in agreement.
"You had motion sickness?" Lucy asked.
"Aye, Natsu had a terrible case of motion sickness and even stepping on a kiddy wagon for a second created a big reaction. He was able to overcome it thanks to Erza." Happy explained as Lucy listened to the cat.
"Wow, for you to overcome something that bad is impressive; Erza must have really helped you out." Lucy commented, noticing Natsu's body was shaking a little. "Natsu?"
"It's nothing, I just remembered something." He was recalling all the torturous rides he had to do to overcome his motion sickness; it had been hell but it was worth it. Natsu's recollection was halted as he felt the carriage stop; he rose to his feet and spoke, "We've stopped moving."
"Huh, did we arrive already?" Lucy asked the driver.
"Sorry, but this is as far as I can take you."
They all opened the doors and Lucy immediately began shaking. "Where the hell is this?" she asked looking at the snowy terrain around them. "We're in a frozen waste land!"
The three exited the carriage and began walking along a snowy path hoping to find something that could help them figure out where Macao was. However, Lucy was a little distracted by the sudden change in weather…okay maybe not a little.
"Why is it so cold? I know we are on a mountain but it's supposed to be summer right now but there should not be a blizzard like this around." Lucy exclaimed as she tried to keep herself warm.
"That's what happens when you wear light clothing like those." Natsu said with Happy nodding in agreement.
"Oh please, and like you are!" she argued. "I'm freezing."
"Man she just keeps on talk." Natsu muttered to himself as he reached for the blanket on his pack before handing it to Lucy, who stared at it for a second before looking at Natsu. "Here's a blanket, it should keep you warm until we find Macao."
"Thanks…but what about you?" Lucy asked as she wrapped the blanket around herself.
"I'm a fire wizard; I can heat up my body to protect myself." Natsu replied as he started to walk again, "Now let's go."
"Aye." Happy said as he sat on Natsu's shoulder; Lucy stood still for a second before a thought came to mind.
"Hold on." she said making Natsu stop and turn to her. "I just thought of something." She pulled out one of her silver key and spoke, "Open, Gate of the Clock Constellation - Horologium!" Out of the magic seal came a giant grandfather clock with arms and a strange looking head.
"A clock?" Natsu raised an eyebrow
"So cool!" Happy said.
Lucy quickly opened the door to the clock and went inside. Closing the door behind her, she started to say something however neither Natsu nor Happy could hear her.
"Huh, I can't hear what you're saying." Natsu stated to the girl.
"She says I am staying in here and I am not coming out." Horologium said in Lucy's place.
"Then why did you tag along?" Natsu said a little annoyed.
"What kind of crazy mission would force Macao to come to a crazy place like this, she inquires."
"Don't you think you should have asked that before you tagged along?" Natsu answered with a small frown. "He went to slay a Vulcan, it's a big monster" Natsu replied scaring Lucy a little.
"I want to go back to the guild she proclaims" Horologium says.
"Go ahead and be my guest, I say back." Natsu replied as he began walking away.
"Aye." Happy agreed as he walked behind Natsu. Horologium and Lucy stood there for a few seconds before chasing after Natsu.
"MACAO, WHERE ARE YOU!?" Natsu called out through the powerful snowstorm, standing near the cliff as he tried to see upward.
Natsu and his companions had been walking in the blizzard trying to find Macao, but unfortunately they were having no success. But before they could go on any further up, a Vulcan came crashing in between them with a grin on its face, aiming for Natsu. The Dragon Slayer quickly moved out of the way and created some distance between him and the Vulcan; the thing stared at Natsu for a second before sniffing the air. A big perverted grin came to the monkey's face before running off.
"Hey, get back here!" Natsu shouted to the retreating Vulcan, before realizing he was heading for Lucy. "Damn it… wait a second…this scent is..." Natsu whispered to himself as he watched the Vulcan lift up Horologium and continued running away.
"Don't just stand there, hurry up and save me…she yells furiously." Horologium said making the other two sweat drop at the lack of emotion in the clock's voice. As the figures in the snow disappeared Natsu closed his eyes and released a sigh.
"That girl is going to be a pain, I just know it." Natsu said to himself before turning to Happy, "Let's go, little buddy!"
"Aye sir!"
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"How did I get myself in to this mess, and why is this crazy monkey so excited all of a sudden." she asked tearfully. Horologium said while covering his face with his hands as the Vulcan was dancing around the two.
"Woman!" the Vulcan said as he pressed his face against the glass of the grandfather clock, freaking Lucy out even more as the monkeys drooling face.
Then at the worse possible second, Horologium then disappeared in a bright light. "Where did you go Horologium? Don't you disappear on me!" Lucy cried out still with the blanket wrapped around her.
"Sorry but my time is up. Take care." The clock's voice replied.
"GIVE ME AN EXTENSION, PLEASE!" Lucy wailed as the Vulcan made its way over to Lucy with a large perverted grin covering its face and hands out ready to "play" with the young blonde.
"Get away from her, you giant ape!" Natsu yelled out catching the two by surprise as Natsu and Happy came out of nowhere and slammed the monkey into an ice wall.
"Natsu, Happy! I am so glad to see you guys." Lucy said as Happy lowered Natsu to the ground and released his Wings, landing on Natsu's shoulder. "But how did you two get here so fast?"
"You can thank Happy for that." Natsu replied as he stood in front of Lucy, facing the Vulcan who rose back to his feet; Natsu sniffed the air a little. 'So I was right, I did smell Macao earlier.' Natsu thought as he released fire from his hands before shouting. "HEY MACAO!"
"Huh!" Lucy turned her head to look at Natsu.
"I can't believe you were taken over by a Vulcan! I mean come on, there is no way you're this weak!" Natsu yelled at the monkey, who tilted its head in confusion.
"What are you talking about Natsu?" Lucy asked Natsu, but he kept his attention on the Vulcan. The giant monkey seemed to shift its stance before letting out a roar and charged at the two. "He's coming!"
"My woman!"
(Play Fairy Tail ost Natsu Theme)
"Don't worry Lucy." Natsu said as he caught the Vulcan's fist as it came down, "I'm not going to let you get hurt." The Vulcan spun its body and tried to kick Natsu away. Natsu, grabbing Lucy, leaped over the leg and sent his own fire covered leg towards the Vulcan's head and sent him flying into the ceiling. Natsu quickly placed Lucy and Happy down, never taking his eyes off the Vulcan. "I will protect all my friends."
"A friend? You already consider me a friend?" Lucy asked as she stared up at Natsu.
"Of course, I consider everyone at Fairy Tail my friend." Natsu answered as he gave her a smile, "That's one of the positives of being in a guild like ours, no one is ever alone."
'Natsu…' Lucy thought as she stood up and threw off the blanket, "If that's how it is, then I'm going to fight too! I fight together with my friends!" Lucy said with a smile as she grabbed one of her gold key and spoke, "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull – Taurus!" Out of the magic seal, a giant bull carrying a large axe and wearing blue hot pants appeared with a loud MOO.
"A bull?" Natsu stared at the bull with a raised eyebrow.
"Awesome!" Happy exclaimed in amazement.
"Taurus is the strongest melee-based celestial spirit I've got a contract with; he'll be more than enough help." Lucy stated with confidence.
"Oh wow, Miss Lucy I almost forgot how sexy your body is. How about you come over here and give me a smoooch?" the perverted bull asked making Lucy face-palm.
"I forgot…he's a big pervert too."Lucy muttered making Natsu chuckle.
"Don't worry, I've dealt with perverts before and I know how to handle them…Hey Bull!" Natsu called out to Taurus, making the bull turned to him. "You see that monkey over there," Natsu pointed at the Vulcan, "He wants to claim Lucy as his woman." Lucy sweatdropped at that.
That created an automatic reaction as steam flew out of Taurus' nose and he shouted, "HIS WOMAN! BE TALK FOR A MOONKEY!"
"How about we show this guy why he shouldn't mess with us." Natsu suggested, getting a nod back.
"Sure, anything to protect Lucy's sexy body!" Taurus answered as he reached for his axe.
"Good, I just need you to distract him for a second so I can send him flying with one punch, okay?" Natsu watched as Taurus nodded his head and charged forward.
"Let's dance you stupid moonkey!" Taurus exclaimed as he slammed his axe to the ground and sent a shockwave at the Vulcan, but it quickly dodged as it jumped out of the way. It brought back its arms and swung them forward with a lot of pressure, sending a large amount of ice spikes at the bull. Taurus moved his axe in front of him and started spinning it at high speeds, stopping and destroying the spikes. "You'll have to do better than that!"
Before the Vulcan could react to those words and continue the fight, he heard a voice call out from above, "Wake the hell up Macao!" The Vulcan looked up just in time for Natsu to slam his flame covered fist into its face. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" The Vulcan was sent spiraling into a fall, creating a crater the exact shape; it seemed the giant monkey fell unconscious.
"W-wow." Lucy said as she stared at Natsu and Taurus, they defeated that perverted monkey so easily. "You guys are awesome." She said before remembering what Natsu had said earlier. "Hey Natsu; why did you keep calling that Vulcan, Macao?"
"That's because he is Macao." Natsu replied as the Vulcan started to glow and change; in its place was a human man; Lucy stared in shock as Natsu started to explain. "Vulcans survive by using Take Over Magic to possess their victim's body and uses it as their own."
"They're evil body snatchers." Happy added.
"That's enough talking; it looks like he was injured before he was taken over. Happy, get the kit; Lucy, help me set him on the blanket so we can heal his wounds." Natsu ordered, getting nods from the other two as Lucy sent Taurus back. After a few minutes, they were able to treat most of Macao's wounds and were now waiting for him to wake up.
"He must have put up a good fight before the Vulcan finally got to him." Happy said before seeing Macao stir a little. "Hey, it looks like he's waking up!"
Macao opened his eyes and saw Natsu, Happy and a blonde girl staring at him in concern. "Natsu…Happy."
"Welcome back to the land of the living." Natsu joked as he leaned back a bit to give Macao some room.
"I'm really pathetic; I was able to defeat nineteen of those stupid brutes, before the twentieth caught me off guard." he said in disappointment; Lucy's eyes went wide as he said that. "I doubt I could face Romeo like this."
"What are you talking about?" Natsu questioned as he gave Macao a smirk, "Defeating nineteen monsters is something to be proud of." He reached his hand out for Macao to grab.
'He beat nineteen more of those things by himself!? Lucy thought to herself as Macao gave his own smirk and grabbed Natsu's hand.
"You always know how to cheer people up Natsu; though if it was you or Erza, the amount would have been much higher." Macao commented, making Lucy look at Natsu in surprise.
"Maybe, but right now we have something more important to take care of." Natsu said with a smile. "Cool dads like us have to keep our word; you've got a little boy waiting for you to return home."
"Heh, right!" Macao responded.
(Magnolia)
The sun was beginning to set in the distance and a teary eyed and worried Romeo sat on a bench with his head looking down at the floor. He remembered how he was bullied and teased by other boys because his dad was a mage.
"Fairy Tail wizard are a joke Romeo"
"Everyone knows there a bunch of drunken cowards."
"When I get older, I'm going to be a knight."
He then remembered how he begged his father to take a mission so that the embarrassment and teasing would stop. He remembered Macao giving him a big smile before he happily picked a mission and left.
"Hey Romeo!" a voice called out catching Romeo's attention. When he looked up he saw Happy and the blonde girl, who he learned was a new member named Lucy walking next to Natsu and an embarrassed Macao, Natsu was using a shoulder to support him.
Romeo's eyes widened before he ran and tackled his father in a tight hug, "DAD!" He shouted as they fell to the ground, Macao wrapped his arms around his crying son, "I'm so glad you're back, I'm sorry dad!"
"No, I'm sorry for making you worry…and the next time those bullies pick on you ask them this; can your dad defeat nineteen monsters by himself, because mine can." Macao said, making Romeo give his dad a big grin; he turned his head to see the group walking towards the guild.
"NATSU, HAPPY, LUCY; THANKS FOR BRINGING MY DAD BACK TO ME!" He shouted to the group.
"No problem kiddo." Natsu responded as he raised his hand and waved, while Lucy and Happy turned a little and waved with smiles on their faces. Natsu continued to the guild with a smile on his face. "Now to keep my word." Natsu said to himself as he reached the doors; with a kick he shot the doors open. "WE'RE BACK!"
Everyone turned to the door and saw Natsu standing there with a triumphant grin on his face with a smiling Lucy and Happy standing behind him. The guild was quiet until a certain little girl's voice called out.
"DADDY!" Nova shouted as she jumped at Natsu, who grabbed her and did a little spin as he lifted her up. "Welcome back!"
"Hahaha Good to be back!" Natsu replied cheerfully as he smiled at his daughter.
"So I take it you were successful in bringing Macao back." Makarov's voice called out. Natsu looked towards the bar and saw Makarov and Mirajane look at him for confirmation.
"Of course. Though he received some injures, he should be at his home right now with his son and recovering." Natsu replied making Makarov nodded his head.
"I am glad to hear that, good job you three." Makarov said, bringing smiles to their faces. "Now Natsu, I believe you should be at home with your daughter, she had a exciting day with Mira and the guild earlier and should get her rest." As if on cue Nova gave a cute yawn.
"But I'm not…sleepy…" Nova tried to deny before she fell asleep on Natsu's shoulder, making some of the female members "aww" at how cute she looked sleeping in her father's arms.
"I guess you're right. Well I'll see you guys later then." Natsu said his goodbyes before turning to Lucy. "Thanks for your help Lucy, hope you find a great place to live." After he said that he walked out of the building with Happy following after him; Lucy watched as they walked away, remembering what Natsu had said before.
"In a guild like ours, no one is ever alone."
'I may have just become a member of Fairy Tail and a lot of its other members can be pretty crazy; but being around all these fun, nice and warmhearted people already prove one thing, I love being a part of Fairy Tail.' Lucy thought before remembering the last thing Natsu said about having a place to live. "AAHHH That right! I still need to find a place!" Lucy exclaimed before running out in a panic.
Everyone stared for a moment before bursting out in laughter; Makarov then spoke out in amusement. "Yup, she'll definitely fit in just fine…and such a nice body she has."
"Master." Mirajane spoke from behind him, freaking him out a little.
"I was just kidding Mira!" Makarov whined as he tried to avoid Mirajane's wrath, she might not have the immense magical power she once had, but women were scary with or without magic. The guild continued to laugh as they watched their guildmaster try and save himself from the former she-devil's wrath.
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A few days had passed since Lucy joined Fairy Tail and helped bring Macao home; she was able to find a great place that costs seventy thousand jewels a month. She had started out the day great, woke up to a clear blue sky, took a relaxing hot bath and was about to eat her breakfast before heading to the guild.
…Well that was the plan anyways.
Instead she found Natsu, Happy and Nova sitting in her bedroom. After a little bit of comical moments involving Happy scratching the walls, a bunch of mysterious papers, and Lucy kicking Natsu, things had finally settled down; but before anyone could relax, a knock came from the door and Mirajane came inside. The group of five was now sitting around a table drinking some tea.
"Thank you for the tea Lucy." Mirajane said as she sipped her tea.
"It's no problem, I don't really have anything here for guests but I hope you and Nova enjoy." Lucy said to Mirajane with a smile.
"What about us?" Natsu asked, making Lucy turn to him with a frown.
"You and Happy can leave as soon as you finish your tea." Lucy replied.
"So cold." Natsu commented.
"Ice cold." Happy added.
"You guys broke into my home; no one would get special treatment for that…and Nova is a little girl so she doesn't count." Lucy said before adding. "So was there a reason you wanted to come over besides visiting me?"
"Yeah, but we'll get to that later. I was wondering if you could show us more of those key guys you have." Natsu said hopefully.
"They're called Celestial Spirits, and summoning a lot of them would take a lot of magic." Lucy gave a deadpanned answer.
"How many keys do you have a contract with?" Mirajane asked making Lucy smile as she grabbed her keys.
"In total, I've got six keys. But there are actually different types of keys as well. There are the silver keys were you can get them at any store." Lucy placed the silver keys on the table. "The ones I have are Horologium the Clock, Lyra the Harp, and Crux the Southern Cross." Lucy started to explain.
"So that grandfather clock from the mountains was one of the silver key…" Natsu noted as he remembered that weird clock.
"Yeah, but the gold keys are the ones that are super rare." Lucy said as she laid them on the table as well. "There are only twelve total and they open the gates to the zodiac; I've got Taurus the Golden Bull, Aquarius the Water Bearer, and the last one is Cancer the Giant Crab."
"GIANT CRAB!" Happy and Natsu exclaimed, a bit of drool escaped from Happy's mouth at the thought of giant crab legs to eat.
"You two get excited over some of the most random things." Lucy muttered.
"Your Celestial Spirits sound so cool, it was Aquarius that caused that big wave in Hargeon. right?" Nova asked with a little excitement, while Mirajane just smiled as she listened.
"Yeah…"Lucy answered with a nervous tone as she thought of the mermaid. "She tends to go overboard sometimes and attacks everyone when she is summoned…Hey I know, how would you like to see how a contract is made between the wizard and Celestial Spirits? I still haven't made one with the key I got in Hargeon." Lucy offered.
"Really!" Nova was really excited now.
"Sounds like fun." Mirajane said cheerfully.
"Hold on," Natsu called out making Lucy turn to him, "It's nothing like blood pacts or anything like that right? I don't want Nova to see any kind of stuff like that until she's a lot older."
"You don't have to worry about that, just watch!" Lucy replied with a wink before standing with the key in hand. "Now then… "I call upon thee from the Seireikai. I beckon you to my side at once, pass through the gate." A magic seal appeared under Lucy as the others watched from behind. "Open, Gate of the Canis Minor – Nicola!" A bubble came out of the magic circle before changing into a small creature with a drill for a nose.
Natsu and Happy stared at the creature for a second before saying to Lucy, "Nice try."
"Shut up, that's how it's supposed to go!" Lucy exclaimed before taking a good long look at the creature and then quickly brought it into a hug. "You're just so cute!"
"You're right; it's hard to believe something so cute like this is a powerful spirit." Mirajane said as she and Nova got close to it.
"Well actually this particular Celestial Spiritsdon't take much magic to summon through the gate, so a lot of people like think of them as pets." Lucy explained as she grabbed a pen and a small notebook. "Alright then, lets moving onto the contract."
"Pupuun." Nicola replied.
"Mondays?" Lucy asked.
"Puuuun." It shook its head, making Lucy write it down.
"Tuesdays?"
This time she got a nod; as Lucy was doing this Natsu and the others were sitting back in their seats, watching the process from a distance away.
"It's kind of plain." Natsu muttered.
"Aye." Happy agreed.
"To think it was that simple." Mirajane commented, while Nova kept silent as she watched.
"And contract done!" Lucy smiled and the creature seemed happy as well.
"That looked pretty easy." Natsu commented to Lucy, who nodded her head.
"While it looks easy, it is very important." Lucy said as she started to explain. "When a contract is made with Celestial Spirits, to Celestial Spirit Wizards, it is an important promise. Because of that, I make sure to never break any promise I make."
"I see." Natsu nodded his head.
"It's a very nice moral code you've got for yourself." Mirajane commented, making Lucy smile.
"Thanks, and now I need to give this little guy a name." Lucy commented as she started to think.
"But isn't it Nicola?" Nova asked as she and Happy got close it.
"No, that's the name of its species…" Lucy went quiet for a few moments before a name came to mind. "I got it, come here Plue!" Plue ran into Lucy's arms.
"Plue?" Natsu questioned.
"Uh-huh, it sounds cute right?" Lucy smiled as she continued to hug Plue.
"It fits. A cute name for a cute little guy." Mirajane commented.
"It's weird though..." Happy said.
"What's weird?" Natsu asked with an eyebrow raised.
"He's a dog, but he doesn't go bark bark." Happy replied.
"You don't go meow meow." Lucy retaliated. Plue then escaped from Lucy's hold and began dancing. "Huh? Plue, what are you doing?" Lucy asked. Natsu knelt down in front of Plue with a surprised look on his face.
"You…are a smart, weird looking dog."
"YOU UNDERSTAND HIM!?" Lucy shouted in shock.
"Never underestimate Natsu." Happy said as Mirajane and Nova nodded their heads.
Lucy looked at the three of them and then back at Natsu, who was staring at her with a serious look.
"W-what?"
"Okay then, it's time I told you why I came here." Natsu said as he stood up. "I'm going to show you how to handle teams, by making us into one temporarily."
"What are teams?" Lucy asked.
"You see," Mirajane started to explain, "While everyone is allied to each other in the guild, there are some that get along so well they join together and form teams to handle some missions that are better suited for two or more. Also it is possible to be a part of more than one team, as long as it doesn't create conflicts later on."
"Wow that sounds so cool!" Lucy exclaimed before looking at Natsu in confusion. "But why did you want to form one with me?"
"To be honest this is more of a practice for you." Natsu saw the "still confused here" look and continued. "You see, we usually have one of our guilds more experienced members form a temporary team with a newcomer and go on team missions so they can decide whether or not if they like being on a team, and if they do like it, they can choose to make that team permanent or try and find a different one." Natsu then sported a big smile. "But I have to admit; your magic is really cool and you're a nice person, also we did fine working together on Mt. Hakobe.
'Well…it could be a lot of fun.'' Lucy thought as she stared at Natsu for a second before a grin came to her face.
"So what do you say? Want to form a team?" Natsu asked with a smile.
"Sure!" Lucy responded with a nod. After Natsu and Mirajane showed her the hand motions, Natsu and Lucy became a team.
"Great and I got our first mission right here." Natsu handed her the paper before looking away with a sneaky look.
"Let's see, Shirotsume Town... not that far from here..." She then looked closely at the request and she was surprised by it."No way! Two hundred thousand jewels in return for stealing a book from a rich guy named Duke Everlue!"
"Right, it a piece of cake!" Natsu said as a small evil chuckle came from him as Mirajane giggled at how Lucy was going to react when she finished reading.
Lucy looked at the request some more and her eyes widened. It was a picture of a chubby man with a long curly mustache and a creepy perverted smile, but that wasn't the creepiest part she found on the mission request. It was the words that were next to his picture.
"Please note, Everlue is a dirty old man who is looking FOR MAIDS WITH BLONDE HAIR!" Lucy gawked after she finished reading and began sweating nervously.
She looked over at Natsu and Happy who were both grinning mischievously at each other, while Mirajane and Nova had their innocent smiles pointed at her.
"Lucy is a blonde so she would be perfect to disguise herself as a maid!" Natsu said Happy, who nodded his head..
"Aye! She can sneak in for us!"
"Why you sneaky little…" Lucy stopped herself as she remembered Nova was in the room. "You tricked me!"
"Hahaha don't worry, you don't have to pretend to be a maid if you don't want to…I just thought you might be able to use you charms to sneak in and have no issue getting the book without any fighting, but I guess it would have been too much for you." Lucy's eyebrow twitched after she heard that. "Oh well, I guess we'll just have to sneak in."
"HA, I can easily sneak into this pervert's mansion with my feminine charm in my sleep, just you watch!" Lucy yelled.
"So you'll come on the mission, then?" Natsu asked.
"Of course, this is my first official mission and I never go back on my word." Lucy responded. "So when do we leave?"
"Our transportation leaves in forty-five minutes, so get yourself prepared and meet me at the travel office." Natsu explained as he got to his feet and started walking towards the door with Happy following him. "See you there, Lucy."
"Alright, I'll be there." She said with determination as Natsu and Happy walked out the door, Lucy turned to Mirajane and Nova, "Sorry but I need to get ready."
"It's alright we understand, good luck on your first mission!" Mirajane said cheerfully as she and Nova left as well. Lucy stood for a second before hurrying to her room to prepare, unaware that two of the four were laughing a little outside her home.
"You definitely have a way with words Natsu." Mirajane said.
"I've learned from Erza that you can use ones pride to help persuade them." Natsu commented; Happy and Mirajane both had a feeling that Erza had used it on Natsu once or twice before.
"Aye, now we just have to get ready for our mission." Happy commented.
"We won't need to bring much; a easy snatch like this is simple." Natsu said before looking at a sad looking Nova and bending down to her level. "Hey Nova, are you okay?"
"I'm going to miss you daddy." Nova answered as she wrapped her arms around his neck in a tight hug, he could hear her cry a little.
"Shhh, hey now, don't cry." Natsu said in a comforting tone as he held her daughter. "I'll be back before you know it. Remember, your dad's that awesome." He pulled back a little and wiped her tears away. "Now give me a smile, that's one of my best good luck charms before a mission." Natsu gave his daughter smile, which she slowly returned before hugging him again.
"I love you daddy." Nova said.
"I love you too Nova; you and mommy mean everything to me and I will always come back to you both." Everyone was quiet for a few minutes before Natsu lifted Nova up. "How about you keep me company until I leave, does that sound good?"
His daughter small smile grew bigger as she nodded her head and the father-daughter duo headed off, followed by Mirajane and Happy.
(Later at the Guild Hall)
"Hey, did someone already take the book stealing mission?" Levy asked as she along with Jet and Droy stood by the request board looking for a mission they could take.
"Oh Sorry Levi, but Natsu took that mission earlier this morning so he could show Lucy how team missions work; they just left a little while ago." Mirajane said as she walked up to them with Nova at her side, causing Team Shadow Gearto deflate slightly.
"Darn and I could have really used the money." She said pouting as she crossed her arms.
"Don't despair Levy it is probably for the best. They've changed it a bit." he said confusing some of the ones who were listening, including Gray who was sitting at the bar next to Makarov.
"What do you mean master? Did they decide to cancel it or something?" Mirajane asked as she sat on a bar stool with Nova in her lap; if it had been cancelled then it would be pretty awkward when Natsu and Lucy showed up at the clients house.
"No, it was just the opposite actually. I was just informed by the client that the reward has gone up." Makarov answer, knowing the others were curious now he continued. "The reward has been change to two million jewels" he finished with a knowing smirk causing everyone's eyes to widen at the amount.
"Two million jewels for a book?" Jet questioned with a surprise tone.
"That's like fighting monsters kind of pay!" Droy added.
"Did they give a reason why?" Mirajane asked to which Makarov shook his head.
"Sounds like this mission just got interesting" Gray said as he started to drink from his glass.
"Umm…Uncle Gray, your clothes are gone." Nova stated, making Gray spit-take before looking down and seeing she was right.
"WHAT THE!?" He shouted before running around the building to find his clothes.
"Oh my." Mirajane muttered as Nova laughed at Gray's behavior. A sound of flapping wings caught her attention and she saw a small bird with a purple hat head towards Makarov.
"Master Makarov, I have a letter from a Erza Dragneel, sir." The bird said as it placed the letter in the old man's open hand.
"Thank you." Makarov said as he opened it up to see a small magic seal appear and an image of Erza appear on it.
"Hello Master, I hope you are doing well; I just wanted to let you know that the mission was a success and I will be returning in a few days." Makarov nodded his head as he heard the mission results, as expected of one of his strongest wizards."Until I return, goodbye."
Makarov watched as the letter ended and noticed that Erza seemed distracted as she spoke in the letter, but he figured if something was bothering her, it would be resolved later; right now he needed another beer. Erza's image quickly came back, catching a lot of people's attention.
'A P.S.?" Many thought.
"Also the guild better not have don't anything crazy with Nova around, or else." Erza's image seemed to grow as her glare spread throughout the room, scaring many except for two people. Her letter ended, leaving a few scared wizards.
"Erza…is one scary mother…" One wizard said with everyone nodding in agreement.
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A/N: Chapter Ten completed, I hope it was enjoyable for all you readers out there. Be sure to review and no flames. I will ignore them and they will be given to Natsu.
Omake:
A chibi Lucy and Natsu stood in front of the mission board.
Natsu (Arms Crossed): So Lucy, you excited for your first mission?
Lucy (Smiling with fist raised): I'm super excited, it might be something small but still…
Natsu (Looking away while scratching his head): I wouldn't knock it out of the park just yet.
Lucy (Confused): Huh?
Natsu (Arms behind his head): A mission can change at any time, so always be ready. That's something I learned from Erza.
Lucy (Resting head against hand): I've been meaning to ask, what is Erza like? Up until now, that picture with Mira is a far as she's ever gotten with the media.
Natsu (A warm smile on his face): You'd have to meet her yourself, but I can say this. She is one hell of a woman.
Natsu and Lucy: Next time on The Fairy Flame Dragon…Chapter 11 – The Melons, The Maids, and The Mother
Lucy: What's the point of having magic, if you can't use it to help the people you care about!?