Chapter 29: Erza's Reunion
The sun shines brightly in the sky as a flock of strange looking birds with what appear to be six wings and smoking tails fly overhead. Just then a giant fish and a familiar creature jumps out from the water, high into the air, behind them are lines connected to handles in which a single person holds onto them while on surfboard, behind a person as the passenger on the right surfboard is lying down and hugging onto the board as it for dear life. As the fish and creature descends back down into the water, the one holding onto the handle of the right surfboard turns out to be Lucy who cries out in joy due to amount of fun she is having, on the left surfboard Sakura is seen being the one holding the handle that the creature, turns out to be Latias, as she also cries out from the amount of fun she is having.
"Ouch! Ouchy, ouch!" Happy continues saying while hopping up and down on one foot, switching back and forth due to how hot the sand is for his feet. Behind him, Gray and Erza are seen hitting a beach ball around in the air, Erza hitting it back up towards Gray.
"Gray!" She calls out as Gray jumps to his left to adjust for the ball being knocked off course a bit.
"Got it!" He replies as he jumps up. "Here!" Gray yells as he slams the ball.
It was Team Natsu first day at the popular Akane Beach, A town very popular amongst tourist as it consisted of the park with the roller coaster even going through it for one part, and the popular casino in the basement of the hotel.
Everyone is having fun except for Natsu who for some reason decided to join Lucy on her surfboard for the wake surfing-like thing they, along with Sakura and Latias are doing as at the moment he was at the other end of the surfboard holding onto it for dear life with his cheeks puffed up due to his motion sickness.
"Please get me off!" Natsu cries out as his body bobbed up and down.
"You're the one who said he wanted to ride!" Lucy says with her eyes closed.
Sometimes later, the four are done with their event and join the others in playing around with the beach ball. Natsu jumps up and hits the balls down as Erza dives to hit it, Lucy jumping up in the air and screaming out in a cheer for Natsu while Happy, Sakura, and Latias also jumps up in the air cheering for Natsu. Gray is looking back at Erza with worried look that she might not hit it.
Later on, Team Natsu are running down the beach laughing aloud with Sakura and Latias watch this with happy looks on their faces. Sometime later, Gray is now covered in sand up to his neck, Natsu, Lucy, and Sakura having buried him under it to make a female body on top of him with a large set of "racks" as the three laughs at him while he didn't like it as Happy sits nearby eating a fish.
The group is back out in the water as Lucy and Gray pushing a large blow-up water bed with the others while Latias has half of her body above water with Sakura riding on her and once again Natsu's motion sickness getting the better of him.
"Give me back my boxers!" Gray angrily yells. The group back on shore as Gray holds Happy in front of him to cover his private area due to Natsu having of taken his own swim trunk which he is now waving in the air while gloating about it hopping up and down on one foot back and forth.
"Not on your life!" Natsu replies with Erza just watches the scene with her arms crossed and didn't seem affected by it and Lucy bends forward with her fist down angrily.
"I said, 'Don't use Happy to cover yourself up!'" Lucy tells him as Happy groans in disgust.
Sakura was too shock and quickly turns around from seeing the scene with Latias. All the while, from behind a tree nearby, was Juvia watching this.
"Gray-sama… So bold!" She says.
~Later that day~
The sun begins to set as the light remains reflecting off the ocean and shining upon the Akane resort.
"Today sure was fun, right, Lucy?" Sakura asks as she and Lucy are dressed up to go to the casino and going to Erza's room with Latias by Sakura's side.
"Definitely. We should come back some day." Lucy suggests as they reach to the room. Lucy then knocks the door before opening it as they see Erza wearing her signature armor.
"Erza! Want to go to have some fun downstairs?" Lucy asks.
"Natsu and Gray are already down there. They said that they want to go win some games." Sakura adds.
"Oh yes! They have a place like that don't they? In that case…" Erza trails off as requips into a dress with her hair tied up into a bun. "Do I look the part?"
"Um, maybe that's a little too flash… Whatever…" Lucy trails off. "Let's go, Erza!"
Down at the casino
The casino of the resort was flashy, transparent stars float around in the air, a massive snow globe-like thing was in the center of the massive room with giant balls of various colors inside. Two rings went around the globe tilted upwards a bit, a giant duck-looking face on top of it with the words Akane Resort in its mouth and a tube coming out from the front and going downwards around it in a spiral and ending in what made it look like a slide. All around people, all of them dressed formally, walking about, and playing casino games. Above the entire main area as the tracks of the roller coaster, as just on cue it came through with screaming riders who are enjoying it.
Team Natsu split up to do what they wanted to do, Natsu and Happy play at a smaller globe ball that had a bunch of colorful balls inside with various numbers on it, there was a console in front of it with a few numbers and the goal was to try and get the same numbers hit on the console, three times in the row from five of the glowing magic circles in the globe. Natsu hits number 17 three times.
"17! Come on, 17!" Natsu yells with a determined look on his face and his arms raised in fists.
"You can do it, 17!" Happy cheers as well.
On the globe, the 17 appears once in the bottom left corner, then in the upper right, and finally in the center of the five circles.
"There's 17!" Happy cheers when the 17 switches to 16 at the last second causing the two to cry out in shock.
"You've got to be kiddin' me!" Natsu shouts out in anger as he slams his fists down on it with a vein popping out above the back of his head.
"17!" Happy yells.
One of the workers notices Natsu's action and walks over with sweat going down the back of his head as he tries to stop him from hitting the console. "Sir, please refrain from…"
However, Natsu turns around as his eyes and mouth grew, his eyes going blank as streams of water flies out from them and his teeth sharpens, pointing back at the globe. "But it stopped on 17 and then changed! It's so cruel!"
"17!" Happy yells out as he also turns around with blank narrowed eyes and sharpened teeth.
The worker lowers his arms to his side as dark shading and lines appear behind him as he was unsure of how to deal with the situation. "Crying isn't going to…"
From nearby, Gray was playing a game involving cards as well as some strange items like stars, floating small balls and cubes and other things, though he now has sweatdrop on the side of his head and eyes closed due to overhearing the commotion going on behind him.
"Go back to 17!" Natsu and Happy cry out.
"Sheesh they're so immature." Gray says.
"Gray-sama…" A female voice calls, causing him to open his eyes and looks at the person that had approaching him. Before him was a very familiar Water Mage, the ends of her hair curled upwards into a spiral, a dark blue rather revealing dress, and a necklace with a massive gold-colored Fairy Tail symbol hanging off it. "Juvia is here." Juvia Lockser, the Water Mage of the now disbanded Phantom Lord says, looking at Gray with a slight tint of blush on her cheeks.
"You're that Phantom woman!" Gray exclaims.
"17! Come back no!" Natsu continues to cry as he gets back to pounding the console.
"Sir, please stop."
"Hold it, boys." A voice says aloud, catching the three's attention as they turn to see a shadowy figure sitting on a stool. "Casino are places for grownups… For dandies! Get it?" The man says, upon getting a closer look at the man, Natsu and Happy notice of his odd-looking body and face that it was almost block-like.
"Gah!" Happy says.
"Blocky!" Natsu says in shock.
They blocky man before them has a body which consists of geometrical shapes and resembles that of blocks. He has black hair, an oddly-shaped chin, and thick lips. The man wears a royal blue suit with a white collared shirt and red necktie, oval-shaped sunglasses, a boater hat, and a white scarf hanging loosely around his neck.
"Boys let me tell you something. There's only two paths that men can travel." The man says raising his left arm and holding his middle and index finger up.
"Huh?" Natsu says.
Suddenly the man's lower body begins glowing and two giant cubes comprise of smaller ones appear and slams into Natsu's arms and legs, sending him flying back and pinning him against the globe.
"Who are you?" Natsu questions.
"Natsu!" Happy calls out as he jumps up.
"Live on as dandies." The man says raising his right arm forward and pointing towards Natsu, his arm glows again with what looks like digital pixels appearing around his arm and it then transforms into a massive gun.
"Ee!" Natsu groans out in shock and his eyes are widened then a red dot appears on his head from a laser pointing coming from the telescope of the gun.
"Or stop and meet your end. Get it?" The man says.
Meanwhile
Unbeknownst to what is going on Gray and how joined by Juvia go to the bar and sit at the chairs there to talk to Juvia.
"I heard that Phantom was disbanded." Gray says.
"Yes. Juvia is now a free wizard." Juvia says.
"So I take it you want to join Fairy Tail, then?" Gray asks.
"Yes, Juvia does!" Juvia replies with her eyes closed in an embarrassed manner.
"But after all that… Well, I don't mind, but I'm not sure what the master would say." Gray says.
"Juvia will do anything!" Juvia says, opening her eyes with hope in her eyes as stars and hears twinkle around her head and she raises her arms and clasps her hands together.
"I wouldn't say that so lightly if I were you." Gray points out.
"Gray Fullbuster?" A voice from behind the two says as they turn around.
A very, massive tall and muscular young man with a dark eyepatch over his left eye, his jaw obscures by an armor metal plate, bearing lines of studs on its upper edges and two side protrusions jutting upwards, plus a set of teeth-like ornaments, resembling a skeletal jaw. Wearing on the top of his head a light cloth wrapped around his mildly long dark hair and ties on the back, where a pair of long wrappings were left hanging over his neck, with another one hanging on the right of his face, light cloth passing over his left shoulder and going down below his waist leaving much of his upper body exposed. Where it was tied by a light sash, plus a single, dark sleeve on the left arm, bearing two light stripes vertically going down it, from the shoulder to the cuff, the cloth crosses his chest diagonally has its edges adorn by a series of dark pyramids, and bore in its middle several dark, larger motifs, highly reminiscent of double-edge axes, a pair of extremely loose dark pants, almost reaching down to his ankle, and a simple pair of light, ankle boots was all they saw before a small dark purple magic circle appears in front of his right eye which cause an explosion in front of him, engulfing the three in it and causing everyone around to scream out in a panic.
At the same time, outside fireworks went off in the air. Back inside, Lucy, Erza, Sakura, and Latias who are in a group all turned around hearing what sounded like an explosion.
"What's all the noise?" Erza asks.
"I guess the parade has started outside." A man who was a mascot for the resort says.
"…he says." Lucy adds.
"Right." Erza replies.
"But that definitely came from inside." Sakura says and Latias nods her head.
In the main room
The bar is now in ruins as Gray and Juvia are among it and Gray notices Juvia.
"Juvia!" He calls out worried that she is hurt and turns to the man who cause the explosion in the first place. "Why you… Who the hell are you?"
"Where is Erza?" Both strange men question at the same time to Natsu/Gray.
"Get it?" The blocky man says to Natsu.
"Huh?" Natsu says.
"What?" Gray says.
With the others
Erza gets a Royal Straight Flush in the card game.
"A straight! Awesome, Erza!" Lucy says in joy and Sakura nods.
"I'm really on a roll today." Erza says.
Erza's lucky roll was draying a crowd as everyone was in awe of the luck she was having in the game, having not once so far, even the card dealer was shocked by this. Suddenly, another card dealer with blond hair, arranged in a wavy look walks in behind him.
"Dealer change." The man says as the other card dealer turns around.
"R-Right…" The man whimpers as he bows forward and walks away.
"I have a feeling that I won't lose no matter who I'm up against." Erza says with confidence.
"Yup!" Lucy agrees winking at her.
"You can do it, Erza!" Sakura cheers.
The card dealer shuffles the cards, holding them up as he bends them backwards and flicks them into his other hand.
"Then… why don't we play a special game?" The man says throwing a few cards only towards Erza, catching her, Lucy, Sakura, and Latias' attentions as they look at him wondering what he is talking about. Erza looks down at the cards, and grasps lightly to see that there are letters on the five cards, and together they spell 'death'. "Let's play a game where your life's on the line, Erza-neesan…" The man says, his skin very tan, a small 5-pointed shaped tattoo located below his lower lip and an earring with diamond ornaments attached to his left ear, a crazed look in his dark, beady eyes.
"You're… Sho? Sho, right?" Erza asks with her voice becomes saddened as Lucy and the others just stare at him.
"It's been quite a while, nee-san." The man, Sho says.
"Nee-san?" Lucy repeats.
"You were… safe?" Erza asks.
"Safe?" Sho eerily says leaning forwards a bit towards her. Erza was now starting to sweat a little, fear in her eyes for some reason as she was also shaking a bit.
"Uh well…"
"Erza…" Sakura calls.
At the bar
"Where is Erza?" The man with the metal jaw questions Gray as he stands up and ready for a fight.
"You think I'll tell you? Huh!" Gray states.
Just then, water appears swirling in between Gray and the man and forms together into Juvia who stands protectively between him with her arms out.
"I will not allow you to lay a finger on Gray-sama. Juvia will be your opponent." Juvia says in a serious tone with a serious look on her face.
"Juvia…" Gray calls.
"Danger is closing in around Erza-san." Juvia tells him.
"Sure looks like it." Gray says.
Suddenly, the man hums and puts his left hand up to his head touching the side of it with his index finger and middle finger as he looks away from them. "What? You found her already? Oh, I see… So I can clean up here? Understood." The man says and then looks back at them and suddenly the entire room goes dark as his right eye begins glowing red.
"Who, it went dark!" Gray exclaims in shock as he and Juvia find themselves blinded and unable to see anything in the darkness.
"It's Dark Lineage Magic. Dark Moment." The man says, suddenly appearing behind the two with his arms raised as blue magic circle appears above his hand.
"What's going on? I can't see anything!" Natsu exclaims.
"Natsu! Where are you?!" Happy yells out though the darkness.
"I'm here! But… where's here?" Natsu calls out.
"Good night, boys…" The man says.
"Don't give me that, you…!" But before he could finish, the man shoots his gun at Natsu causing Happy to hear Natsu cry out in pain.
"Natsu!" Happy cries out.
With the others
"A gunshot?" Lucy questions as the four stands together, Lucy with her ears covered as everyone looks at where they hear the gunshot come from.
"What's happening?" Erza questions.
"Is everyone all right?" Sakura asks.
Finally the light returns, blinding the four for a second before their eyes readjust to the lighting in the room. As they look around however, they notice not just Sho, but all of the people that are in the room missing.
"Sho!" Erza calls out.
"Huh?" Lucy says.
"Where are the people?" Sakura questions.
"Over here, nee-san." Sho says, the four turns around to see him standing a few feet away from him with a lot of cards in his hands. He then begins letting them slip out onto the ground as they hear what sounds like panicked people calling from them. Upon looking closer look, the four notices that indeed all of the people that were in the room are now trapped individually in cards that were now scattered on the ground. All of them are in a state of panic as they were wondering what was going on and were crying to be let out.
"That's…" Erza trails off as she and the others are all shocked by this.
"The people are inside cards!" Lucy exclaims.
"Help me!" The mascot cries out from his card which is held in Sho's right hand.
"Intrigue?" Sho asks Erza.
"Magic…" Erza says in surprise.
"Yes. I can use it now too, nee-san." Sho says.
"You… What have you…?" Erza trails off.
"Nya…" A female voice says aloud.
Suddenly pink magic circle appears beneath Lucy, Sakura, and Latias, and before either of them can react, orange elastic tubes come out from them and wrap themselves around the three, binding them and making them unable to move.
"Lucy! Sakura! Latias!" Erza calls out.
Behind Lucy sits a young woman with a strange cat-like appearance, possessing cat-like eyes, nose and mouth, her brown hair is stylized into cat ears at her crown and tied into two ponytails at the base. Her face has four whisker-like tattoos and wears a yellow jacket with white stripes and black trimmings, a pink dress with white bow tie on it and light-pinkish ruffles on the lower portion, a choker with a bell on it, and white leggings.
"Feelin' chip an' dipper?" She says as Lucy, Sakura, and Latias struggle to break free from the tubes but to no avail.
"Milliana… You can use magic too?" Erza asks in shock, seeming to recognize the woman as well.
"How's it been Er-chan?" Milliana asks.
"Let Lucy, Sakura, and Latias go! They're my friends!" Erza pleads.
"Nya, friends?"
"We were your friends too once… Isn't that right, nee-san?" Sho asks.
"You were friends?" Lucy thought.
"What are they…" Sakura thought.
"Ah… Yeah…" Erza hesitantly replies.
"We were, remember? That is… until you betrayed us, nee-san." Sho states with a dark look in his eyes, this causes Erza to shudder in fear as if she knew what he was talking about.
"Don't abuse Erza so much, Sho." A voice says from out of nowhere, just as then digital pixels materialize behind Sho and then a man appear from them, the blocky man that shot Natsu as he has his left arms around Sho's neck over his shoulder. "A man who's a dandy should keep his emotions in check."
"What a blockhead!" Lucy exclaims as her eyes widens, blank and turned into squares and back lines go appear on the left side of her head and under her right eye.
"Long time no see! You grew a pretty hot body there." The man says looking at Erza.
"Are you… Wally?" Erza asks.
"I suppose it's not surprising you wouldn't recognize me. Back then, when I was called 'Mad Dog Wally,' I was a little more… rough around the edges." The man says with a twinkle by the side of his head.
Lucy's mouth was opened and blank shaded lines appear on the left side of her body due to how bad that pun was to her as well as to the others.
"You also use magic?" Erza asks.
"You shouldn't be surprised." Another voice calls out and a massive man suddenly appears behind Erza as once again there is terror in her eyes as she recognizes the voice. "Once you get the hang of it, anyone can use magic. Isn't that right, Erza?"
Erza steps forward and turns around to face the man. "Simon." Erza calls.
Just then, Milliana pushes Lucy to the ground sideways causing her to cry out as her arms and legs are bent backwards behind her.
"Erza, who are these people? And why are they calling you their sister?" Lucy asks but Erza looks away from her and the others.
"Erza?" Sakura calls.
"I'm not their sister. We were all together in the past." Erza says as the four gathers together in front of her.
"Together? But haven't you been in Fairy Tail since you were really young?" Lucy asks.
"Could it be that it was before you even joined Fairy Tail?" Sakura asks.
"You're right, Sakura. It was before that." Erza says, then turning her attention back to her old friends. "Why are you here?"
"Why?" Milliana asks.
"To take you back." Wally says.
"Release these three!" Erza pleads.
"How about we go home, nee-san?" Sho asks.
"Unless you do what we say…" Wally then extends his right arms out and transforms it into a gun again, pointing it right at Lucy as the red dot appears on her forehead, causing her to whimper out in fear.
"Lucy!" Sakura calls out.
"Stop it, please!" Erza pleads as then Wally's arm gun disappears. "Don't!" She yells when suddenly she is shot from behind causing her to gasp out in pain. The gun is now behind her as well as a yellow magic circle which it shot through as then Erza collapses forward.
"Erza!" Lucy and Sakura cry out.
Simon picks up the unconscious Erza in his arms. "We've recovered our objective. Let's us return home."
"You did it the right way?" Sho asks Wally.
"I used a tranquilizer shot." Wally replies holding his gun arm up.
"Hey, where are you taking Erza?! Give her back! If you guys were up against Natsu or Gray, they'd blow you away real quickly!" Lucy shouts.
"Sorry, but they're the ones that got blown away." Wally says.
"Huh?" Lucy and Sakura says in shock hearing this.
"They were overrated." Simon says.
"N-No. Then they're…" Lucy trails off.
"As you imagine." Wally says.
"Nya." Milliana says as she points down at the three and a magic circle appears in front of her index finger, suddenly the tubes seem to constrict harder together, making Lucy and Sakura's arms and legs to begin bending backwards as Latias' body also bends backward which cause them great pain. "In another five minutes, your bodies will be completely bent backwards." Milliana says.
"Speaking of which Milliana, I have a present for you." Wally says catching her attention.
He holds his hand up as then suddenly Happy appears in his hands, fast asleep meaning he was also shot with a tranquilizer shot, this seems to cause Milliana great happiness as her eyes and pupils widens and blush appears on her cheecks.
"Nya! It's a kitty-cat! I'm so glad!" Milliana says as she grabs Happy and begins tossing him up and down in the air with two hearts flying above her head.
"Happy!" Lucy and Sakura call out in shock to see him captured as well.
"Milliana, bind Erza." Simon says as Milliana continues playing around with Happy with hugging him and tossing him up and down in the air, and repeat it a few more times.
"A kitty-cat!"
"Milliana, we're counting on you." Wally says.
"Nee-san… You're coming back… to the Tower of Heaven!" Sho says as the group stops in their tracks towards Erza as his voice sounds happy and a tear comes down from his left eye. "I just know that Jellal will be pleased!"
"The Tower of Heaven?" Sakura mutters.
"Erza!" Lucy calls out and a multi-colored magic circle appears above them, engulfing them in the lights of it as they disappear. "Erza!" She shouts out before the magic circle disappears. "Erza." Lucy begins to groan in pain and rolls around the floor." Argh! We gotta bust out if these things!"
"I know!" Sakura replies as she and Latias also attempts to break free.
As Lucy lifts her body into the air, she luckily manages to drop her holder for her Celestial Keys. "All right!" Lucy drops onto her side and reaches for her keys, eventually manages to grab ahold of them. "Gate of the Giant Crab, I open thee! Cancer!" Lucy calls out but nothing happens. "Huh? Cancer? What?! Then Taurus! Loke! Come out!" Lucy yells out.
"Could it be that this rope constricts magic?" Sakura guesses.
"What?! Then how are we going to get out of these?" Lucy questions when she feels something pinch the back of her neck. "Ow! What is it now?!" She then turns her head around to see the card holding the mascot in it as he has his right hand paw off and a knife in his hand.
"Oh, I'm sorry." The man says.
"Wait, was it you?" Lucy asks.
"Yes, see, since I can't get out, I was trying to prick it with this paper knife. Looks Like I hit you." The man says holding up the knife.
"The knife from inside the card hit you?" Sakura questions.
"Yeah…" Lucy says and gets really close to the mascot man's card.
"Close-up!" He cries out.
"Hey, I don't know why, but that means that stuff from inside the card can affect the outside!" Lucy says.
"I'm not sure. Then does my knife look like it's sticking out?" The man asks holding the knife outwards.
"No, it's still flat. But if I felt pain, then it's forces can be felt outside!" Lucy says.
"If that's true, we can get these off!" Sakura says and Lucy quickly turns back around.
"Please! Try cutting my rope with that knife!" Lucy asks the man.
"Okay, I'll try." He replies.
The mascot immediately begins cutting at the rope through the card as all of the captured people cheer for him on though it isn't fast enough as the ropes begins tightening on Lucy, Sakura and Latias.
"Hurry!" Lucy pleads.
"Please don't rush me." The man says.
"Whatever, just get on with it!" Lucy yells and just like that, the tubes are cut through, freeing Lucy who straightens herself as the ropes disintegrate into pink dust. "All right, they're cut!" Lucy yells out in joy.
"Lucy!" Sakura calls out.
"Okay!" She replies and gets the card that holds the mascot as she rushes to Sakura and the mascot does his work. A few seconds later, the ropes are cut as Sakura straightens herself before she has her gloved hand into a knife.
"Slash!" Sakura shouts cutting the rope that constricts Latias and freeing her. "Are you all right, Latias?" She asks and Latias nods.
"Thanks! You saved us!" Lucy says as she and Sakura turns back to the mascot's card.
"It was my pleasure. Next, it's your turn to…" The man is cut off by Lucy kissing him before the three run/fly off as Lucy drops the card.
"Sorry! We'll come back and save you we promise!" Lucy yells back.
"Okay~!" The man replies as heart appears on his eyes and the mascot's head.
"Natsu, Gray… They're fine, right?" Lucy thought as she and the others run back into the main area of the casino and stop in their tracks upon seeing the remains of the bar, and one of their friends.
"Gray… No!" Lucy says as she, Sakura and Latias rush over to him. "Hey, get a hold of yourself!" She shouts as she puts her left hand on his right shoulder. "H-He's cold…"
"Gray…" Sakura trails off as Lucy tries to shake him awake and suddenly, in a flash of light Gray turns into an ice sculpture, shocking Lucy, Sakura and Latias as then he cracks and breaks into pieces causing them all to cry out in horror as their eyes bulge out.
Lucy haste attempts putting Gray back together only for the ice piece to repeatedly fall back to the ground.
"I-I-It'll be okay! I'll fix him up no problem!" Lucy cries out in a panic. Somehow managing to do so though with his face now on the ground, arms outstretched forward a bit, and legs hanging oddly above him as Lucy screams out in terror.
"Please calm down." A voice speaks out as the ice breaks apart with Lucy, Sakura, and Latias' attentions as they turn to notice the water come up from the ground, suddenly changing into a person to reveal Juvia, a bunch of water still on the ground below her body.
"It's you, one of the Element 4!" Lucy exclaims reaching for her keys as both Sakura and Latias gets ready to fight.
"Wait, guys!" Suddenly the water below Juvia drops to the ground revealing a still alive and well-looking Gray shocking them. "She's not our enemy." Gray says.
"That is correct. Gray-sama was inside of Juvia." Juvia says.
"I-Inside?" Lucy questions with circular blank eyes.
"Not inside of you! Inside of Juvia!" Juvia points out specifically at Lucy for some reason with a dark look on her face, a twinkle star by her head as Lucy has a sweatdrop and blue lines going down the back of her head a bit taken back by this.
"Yes, that is true." She replies a bit frightened and confused.
"After it got dark all of the sudden, I figured I'd leave a double and see how things turned out, but…" Gray trails off as he takes off his tie and begins to unbutton his shirt.
"In order for him not to be discovered by the enemy, Juvia protected Gray-sama in her Water Lock." Juvia says.
"And thanks to your meddling, he got away!" Gray yells at Juvia, shocking her as her eyes wend blank as she cries out. "Do you guys know where Natsu and the others?"
"We don't know about Natsu, but Happy and Erza have been…" Before Lucy could finish, a familiar angry yell and shooting of fire into the air catching everyone's attention.
"Natsu!" Lucy, Gray, and Sakura calls out.
"Gah! What a creep!" Natsu says with a horrified look on his face, his eyes widen and pupils shrunk as he has smoke coming out from his mouth.
"Natsu!" He turns around to see the others running at him.
"Did something happen?" Gray asks.
"Is it normal to go shooting people in the mouth?!" Natsu angrily questions with blank eyes and popping veins on either side of his head. "That hurt! A guy could get hurt really badly!" He exclaims putting his hands close to his mouth.
A ding sound goes off as shades and black lines appear on the sides of the others.
"Um normal people would be totally KO'd." Lucy points out.
"Such is the Salamander." Juvia says.
"That damn blockhead!" Natsu yells out with blank narrowed eyes of anger and four popping veins on his face. "I won't let him escape!" He yells as he takes off running leaving behind a trail of dust.
"After him!" Gray shouts.
"Sure, but where did they go?" Lucy asks.
"He's got a nose on him that'd put animals to shame." Gray says with a grin.
Outside
"Blockhead!" Natsu yells out in anger as he breaks through the resort's doors and begins running along the beach. In the sky, a small creature watches this as it swings its tail.
