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"I knew that was your voice" she said.
The man referred to as Kage-chan earlier scowled at Natsu.
"You!" his hand grazed his throbbing cheek. Recognition sparkling in his anger filled eyes.
Everyone looked at the pink haired girl, who stared down the dark mage, some in shock other with pride. It was uncommon for a girl, mage or not, of her age and size to be so confident in front of such an intimidating opponent.
Natsu smirked, her sharp canines glinting in the light. "This time we're on a real battleground" she made a come and get it motion with her hand, challenging him to another round.
The room was too noisy for anyone to hear Eligor chuckle to himself from the ledge of the window he had landed. No one noticed the satisfied smirked on his face. 'You've fallen into our trap fairy tail. We had to spice things up here and there, but now it's back to the original plan. There's someone who has to hear the melody. Somebody I must put to death' he thought.
"This is the strongest team in Fairy Tail" Lucy pointed at the angry group of dark mages. "Prepare yourselves".
"I'll leave the rest to you while I go and play the flute. Let these clueless flies feel the power of Eisenwald's darkness" Erza looked up just in time to see him smash through the window flying out of the room.
"Are you running away Eligor?!" she screamed after him. "Natsu! Gray! Both of you go after him." Both mages looked at her funny not understanding her instructions she couldn't possibly be considering them working together.
"Hmm?" They said in unison.
"If you work together, there's no way Eligor could win" she explains.
"Hmm!" they looked at each other.
"Lucy and I will take care of things here"
"Take care of that many people… Just us two girls?" Lucy asked shaking.
"Eligor is planning to use the lullaby in the station. We have to prevent that from happening no matter what" Gray and Natsu had their foreheads pressed together and were growling at one another. As close as they were they didn't really get along very well. Their relationship mainly ran on them fighting with each other. "Are you listening to me!" Erza shouted.
"Of course" They both hugged each other from the side and gave Erza fake smiles.
"Go!" she instructed.
"Aye sir!"They skipped off, shoulder to shoulder, in the direction Eligor went.
"Two of them ran away!" one of the dark mages shouted. "Are they going after Eligor san?"
Rayure, one of the more powerful members of Eisenwald, scowled at the backs of Gray and Natsu. "I'll get them" he said. Black ribbon shot from his hand and wrapped around the banisters on the level above them. He shot from where he was standing to the second floor of the building in a flash of black.
"Me too! I can't forgive what that stupid sakura head did to me on the train!" Kageyama said as he melted into his shadow on the floor disappearing.
"Oh boy Reyure and Kage are so belligerent. I bet it's much more fun to play with the girls here than those guys" A man named Beard said stroking his whiskered cheeks.
The man beside him was short and fat. His hair was greased up in spikes and his nose was unnaturally small, which only made his huge lips look monstrously bigger. "It's all for the plan, and they're much more respectable then you" disgust for his fellow guild mate was evident in his voice. This horrid man was Karakka.
"Once we take care of these people, we'll go after them" Erza said to Lucy nonchalantly.
"Em... Okay" Lucy wasn't sure how realistic it was that she and Erza alone would be able to take down the army of men in front of them.
"What can two girls do? Both of them are gorgeous though…"
"Too bad we have to kill them"
"How about we catch and sell them?"
"Wait until we get to see the fairy's strip show"
The shouts and cat calls echoed across the hall. The dark mages greatly underestimated the women in front of them.
"How despicable" Erza said. "Try insulting Fairy Tail further. I won't guarantee that you'll see tomorrow" In Erza's outstretched hand a long black and silver sword appeared.
Erza's opponents scoffed. "That's not that rare. We have sword mages too" Suddenly swords appeared in the hands of 10 men who came running towards her.
She scoffed. Their movements were far too big, sloppy. They weren't even close to fast enough to challenge her. In a flash Erza had them all disarmed and on their backs.
"Tch! I can take that short ranged magic" a guy with glasses said his hands began to glow. He knew that he was too far away for Erza to be able to reach him with her sword, he was confident that his long ranged magic would win this battle for him. Mid swing Erza's sword disappeared from her hand being replaced by a spear. The lethal weapon was the perfect length to reach the man who had just unintentionally signed his own death warrant. After taking down two more mages she changed her weapon to two shining twin swords and then an axe.
"This woman! How can she ex-quip her weapons so fast" A few of the dark mages screamed before being flung across the room.
"Ex-quip?" Lucy rolled the unfamiliar word around her tongue.
"Magic swords are just like your stellar spirits; they are stored in a different dimension and you can summon them as you please" Happy explained. "We call the procedure of switching between weapons: ex-quip"
"I see… amazing" Lucy was awed at Erza's power.
"Erza's greatness starts here" Happy said looking excited.
Erza took a second from ploughing through her enemies. "We still have this many opponents" Erza said exasperated, looking at the large group of people in front of her. "Too much effort. I'll just wipe you out". Erza's Hair floated around her shoulder as her armour and clothes began to disappear creating clouds of steam.
"Wow! Her armours coming off!" a perverted dark mage shouted; his nose bleed averted because the steam produced was now covering most of her body.
Happy looked at the cloud of steam knowingly. Erza was no longer visible at all. "Sword mages usually ex-quip their weapons as they fight but Erza can fight while ex-quiping her magic armour to increase her ability. That's Erza's magic". From the steam emerged Erza wearing an armoured dress, her stomach exposed. In her hands were two swords, identical versions floated around her body mid air. On her back were four armoured wings. She looked beautiful yet fierce at the same time. She looked like a warrior princess.
Karakka who had been hanging back the entire fight stared at Erza in shock. "Erza…? She can't be…" he muttered to himself.
"Dance my swords" Erza chanted. The swords that were previously floating above and beside suddenly formed a circle around her. Taking on a life of their own the swords all flew to their closest opponent and fought them as if they were in Erza's hands.
Beard the whiskered man, who had earlier looked down on the Fairy Tail mage, charged Erza with all his force. "You bitch!" he shouted. "I'll be your opponent" Before he could do a thing she had him flipped over her shoulder and smashed into the now cracked marble floor.
Karakka watched in shock as one of Fiore's strongest dark guilds was brought to its knees by the red headed woman. "th-There's no doubt! She's the strongest woman in Fairy Tail: Erza the Titania!" He looked around him all his guild mates had been beaten; he was the last one standing. Shivering in fear he ran out the room as fast as he could.
"He might be heading to Eligor. Lucy go after him!" Erza commanded.
"Eehhh me?!"
A dark aura surrounded the frustrated red head. "Please" she said in a terrifying voice.
"Yes ma'am"
'Driving that magical car is really affecting me a lot' Erza thought trying to catch her breath. 'Natsu, Gray. I'll leave the rest to you'.
Gray and Natsu were running through the halls of the abandoned train station. All that could be heard were their heavy footsteps, the echoes bounced off the walls ominously. Gray and Natsu were oblivious to the creepiness of their situation they were far too busy giving each other dirty glares.
"Work together? No way!" Gray scoffed.
"Fire and ice will never work, it's impossible!" Natsu growled. "I mean Erza's so selfish! She's been deciding things on her own all this time!"
"I can take care of Eligor by myself!" They said in unison.
"Don't imitate me!" They shoved each other.
"You stupid icicle!"
"Flame breathe"
"Stripper!"
"Hot head!"
This continued until the corridor divided into two paths.
"Which way?" Natsu asked looking left and right.
"Listen Natsu" Gray said. "Our opponent is an idiot who's planning to use a dangerous magic. If you find him crush him to pieces".
"That's not all, right? He's a big idiot who picked a quarrel with Fairy Tail" Natsu's hand burst into flames. "I'll just burn him black" They grinned at each other.
Realising that they were actually agreeing with each other they quickly broke eye contact. Natsu awkwardly coughed, looking in the opposite direction.
"Don't die" Gray said taking the path on the right.
"Hmm?"
"Nothing! Just hurry and go!" Gray said speeding up.
Gray looked at the speakers in the ceiling of the hallway he had passed at least 5 so far. "Tch" he said. "If he's gonna broadcast the death curse melody. It's gonna be a mess" Stopping in his tracks Gray realised what he just said. "Broadcast… That's right! If he's gonna broadcast the lullaby, Eligor must be in the room with a public broadcasting system!" Gray looked up at the signs hanging from the ceiling. He ran to the room called studio.
The door was a heavy wooden brown colour and it was locked. Gray put his ear against it but couldn't hear anything. Stepping back he kicked the door down with ease. The room was quiet and empty bar the equipment that took up most of the floor space.
"Why is he not here? This is the only room he could use for such a broadcast" Gray ran his handed through his black hair frustrated. "Wait. It's too weird that he's not here… Does that mean he never planned to broadcast the lullaby?"
Gray felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise. Suddenly hyper aware of his surroundings Gray dodged the five black razor sharp ribbons that shot at him.
"Your instinct is too good. You'll be a nuisance to our plan" the dark mage that attacked Gray lowered himself from the ceiling.
"So there really is something going on, huh?" Gray raised an eyebrow.
(A train ride away, the regular meeting site for provincial guild masters)
Deep within a forest in the west of Fiore stood a large castle that was used annually for the guilds master's meeting. The main hall inside the sturdy stone walls was bustling with excitement, old friends and rivals all catching up over a round of drinks. In the centre of the room by the bar sat Makarov Fairy Tail's master. Beside him was the master of Blue Pegasus, Bob. He was a jolly fat man dressed in drag with fake wings strapped to his back.
Makarov sighed stroking his chin. Earlier in the week he had heard Natsu mumbling about weird dreams. If anyone else had said such things he would have dismissed it as normal but when the words left his surrogate grandchild's mouth his insides froze. He knew she was coming of age. He had heard stories about how dragon slayers need their mate to survive. He knew it would happen eventually but he also knew that Natsu was a first generation Dragon Slayer. She, unlike the other dragon slayers he knew and heard stories of, had actually been raised and trained by a dragon and as such has taken on the characteristics of one, even troubling ones like the need for a mate.
Dragons and the original dragon slayers needed a mate like they needed air. The power within a fully matured slayer is far too much for a human body, properties of a dragon or not, to handle. But once a mating bond was created the power would flow easily between the pair, making them stronger and faster than they could ever hope to be by themselves. If a slayer doesn't find his/her mate the power becomes restless, with nothing to soothe the angry dragon inside and the person is generally driven to madness. Another danger of the mating process is that if a slayers mate is killed, they only live long enough to kill the person who hurt their mate and then they die; their bodies once mated are literally dependent on their partner to survive.
From what he could gather Natsu was in the first stage of the mating process. She was creating a mental link with her fated partner. This was generally created through dreams, within which each mate shares memories of their past with the other. Makarov was worried, he knew how dangerous this process was for Natsu, she had a dark past, one he wasn't too happy with her reliving.
Although sick with worry, Makarov was more distressed with the idea of the process stopping. He knew all too well that if a dragon slayer couldn't find their mate they slowing sank into darkness, this had already happened to his grandson. Every day he blamed himself for what his son did to Laxus, he should have seen the signs and now all he could do was hope that Luxus would find his other half before he did something they would both regret. He could not let that happen to Natsu. Paranoid he found himself looking at her more often recently. He inspected her behaviour, dissecting every mannerism down looking for any changes, any hint that darkness might be creeping into her already scarred heart.
"Oh Makarov-chan" Bob squealed. "I like the mages at your place. They're so lively. I heard that they beat up someone quite influential recently" he gossiped.
Happy for the distraction Makarov giggled perversely. "Ohh Yeah! That was Lucy, our newest member! She's good! Her boobs especially!"
"It's good to be lively, but aren't you guys overdoing things?" Goldmine, Quatro Cerberus' master, interjected. "I heard some council members are worried that you guys might smash an entire town into smithereens one day"
"Uhyohyo, I want to be smashed into smithereens by Lucy's boobs" Makarov was now dancing drunk on the table, his previous worries forgotten, Makarov's mind was foggy.
"My oh my. Don't hit on your own mage, okay" Bob giggled blushing at the thought.
A messenger bird interrupted Makarov's dance mid pas de chat. "Makarov-sama, you have a letter from Mirajane-sama" it squeaked.
"Nmm?" Makarov opened the envelope and took out the letter. The blank piece of paper shimmer before a glowing miniature Mirajane floated out of it. Glistening above the sheet Mira waved at her guild's master.
"Hello Master. I hope the regular meeting is going well" her award winning smile caused nose bleeds from some of the close old men. "We've got wonderful news. While you were gone Erza formed a team with Natsu and Gray. Of course Lucy and Happy are with them. Don't you think it's wonderful?" Makarov's hand began to shake and his right eye twitched. "I think this might very well be the strongest team in Fairy Tail." Makarov began to sweat profusely. "I thought I'd better inform you of this, so I wrote a letter. Goodbye". The miniature Mira sank back into the page disappearing from sight. The piece of paper dropped to the floor followed by Makarov's body. The stress was too much for the old guy.
'G-goodness Gracious! Now they might really destroy an entire town! The regular meeting will end today and I can go back tomorrow… So don't create a mess until then!... Please'
A huge crowd was gathered around the train station. Almost every citizen from the village had stopped what they were doing to see what was happening. Curious eyes watched as a tall red headed woman strode out the front doors onto the steps of the station.
"Look there's someone coming out!" someone shouted pointing at Erza.
The scarlet haired woman passed to guard posted at the main doors. She snatched the megaphone from his hands in one clean movement.
"H-Hey… what are you doing?... W-wait you're that crazy lady from earlier!" He mumbled. Erza completely ignoring him brought the megaphone to her mouth.
"If you value your life, leave here immediately! The station is occupied by evil mages! One of them is ready to cast a spell that will kill everyone around here. Evacuate as far away as possible!"
There was a brief moment of silence and then the crowd became a sea of nervous energy. It was like a huge domino effect, once the first person ran away the others followed. Fear rippled through the crowd. The stampede of people ran screaming. Each person was more afraid than the other.
The shocked guard stumbled towards Erza unable to fully grasp the situation. "H-hey! Why are you making people panic!?" he asked.
"It's better than having to see them die" Erza snapped. "What I just said was the complete truth. We are of course trying to stop it from happening but we can't guarantee your safety so it's best for you to evacuate."
"UWAHH!" The guard ran off screaming.
Erza began walking away. She didn't notice when the dirt next to her feet began to sweep across floor or when her hair started whipping around her back. She did however notice when a wall of air surrounded the train station.
Gray and the dark mage were having a staring match, each more determined than the other to win.
"I'll kill anyone who gets in our way" he hissed.
"Plan? If you want to broadcast the lullaby, this is the only place to do it." Gray pondered. "If Eligor, who has the lullaby, isn't here, why did you occupy the station?"
Ignoring Gray's question the dark mage lashed out. Dark ribbons shot from his hands. Gray dodged them easily. They shot past him and destroyed the machines that filled the rooms. A stray ribbon shot out at Gray. Who quickly froze the tip messing up its trajectory.
"Ice?"
"What is your real plan?" Gray questioned.
"It's about time that Eligor-san's magic wall of wind forms"
"Magic wall of wind?"
"It's a magic barrier to keep you guys from leaving this place." He chuckled.
"What!?" Gray was getting angrier and angrier every second in this conversation. Fed up Gray kicked the dark mage in the face. He flew back smashing into the already broken machinery.
"I hate complicated stories, so just tell me what's going on" Gray shouted.
"We trapped the flies in here because you guys came out of nowhere." He wiped the blood dripping from his lip, smearing it across his chin. "Originally, we occupied this station to block off all transportation access to clover station the last stop. That town is on the other side of a huge ravine, and there's no transportation other than this train. Unless of course you can fly like Eligor-san."
"So the lullaby is heading there?"
"Just think careful of what's currently going on at clover!" Gray froze; the dark mage took this moment to attack him. He smirked thinking that he had the upper hand.
"N-no way… It can't be. Clover that town is where those geezers are having their regular meeting! Your real target is the guild masters!"
The Dark mage started to laugh hysterically.
"You're doing a pretty outrageous thing against geezers with such powerful magic" Gray said warningly.
"Playing the flute for geezers who are unaware of what's gonna happen should be easy. I'm sure Eligor-san can do just fine on his own" He didn't notice the increase in magical energy surrounding Gray's hand. "Besides people like you who are in our way, can't be allowed leave this station. Yup… that means no one can stop us now. We're taking revenge for the oppression we had in the past! Everything will disappear into thin air!"
Angrier than he had been in a long time, Gray grabbed the dark mage by the face.
"We'll stop it" Gray hissed.
"Ugh!" the dark mage screamed.
"And make you regret that you've targeted our 'parents'. I'll teach you that there are guilds more frightening than a dark guild!"
The dark mage fell to the ground his frightened expression frozen on his face, literally.
Thanks again for reading
Just wondering who would you guys have as Luxus' mate if any?
