NORMAL POV
Natsu and Lucy are back. The partners may still have unresolved problems but they have to put that aside for now. Their only goal is to stop Zero before Nirvana gets released out of the Woodsea forest and into the nearby city. after Natsu's short battle with Zero, they headed back to the tower but only to find the lacrima gone. There were no broken pieces of it's remains so that only means that Zero must have took it somewhere to get fixed. Wherever he was, they will find him.
The two wizards ran to wherever Natsu's nose is leading them. Natsu can smell Zero's scent just below the ancient city. he believes that he may be back in the room where he held Lucy captive.
"O..Ouch.." Lucy yelped at the sudden pain on her uninffected arm. Lucy turned to get a good look at it. She saw that the white skin has started moving again. She couldn't believe it.
"Lucy..are you okay?" Natsu stopped his tracks to tend to his hurting friend. Lucy was shaking from sudden fear.
"N..Natsu..I..It's starting again." Lucy fearfully stuttered. Natsu grabbed her arm. He saw what was happening. He saw the almost transparent white skin has started moving again..
(A/N: minna, try imagining a snake molting it's skin..it's almost transparent..before, Lucy's white marks were just like Sting's dargon force but after Lucy made the lacrima absorb her energy, the white marks started turning a transparent color of white.)
The spreading was slow like molasses but its still spreading.
"I didn't let the lacrima absorb me enough...you were in trouble..I had to leave it." Lucy kept walking to the direction of the underground pathway.
"we have to hurry and find that lacrima." Natsu grabbed Lucy's other arm and pulled her towards him running to the source of the enemy's scent.
"Natsu..." Lucy whsipered lowly.
"Lucy..I will not allow him to succeed. You will not turn into a crystal..I will not let him have you...he has to get through me to ever turn you into one." Natsu suddenly snapped. Lucy knows that he didn't mean it in a bad way, he said it like he was determined to get her back to normal. Lucy didn't question him after. The two just kept on walking to their destination.
Back with the others...
The rest of the Alliance Force had made it through the never ending battle with the dark souls. They have finally reached their stop. When they got there, they couldn't believe their eyes.
Wendy gasped at the sight infront of her. "Wendy? Is something the matter?" Sting approached the bluenette.
"T..This feels so different..that doesn't look anywhere the same as before." Wendy eyed the lacrima infront of her.
"you're right...this one is different. Usually it would be dull grey but this...I don't get it at all." Carla stated. She too was confused on the subject at hand.
"what's wrong Wendy-tan? Carla?" Lector tried to process what they were talking about as he stared at the lacrima.
"Fro thinks the lacrima is hard to destroy." Fro raised his hand.
"yeah..I kind of feel the power radiating off of that thing. Wendy, let's stop that thing now." Sting took his attack stance. Wendy did the same.
"Hai...It may look different but maybe it still feels the same." Says Wendy.
"well this sucks...how can that thing be fixing itself?" Grey complained. The three mages watched as the abnormal happening of the lacrima continues.
"Juvia feels a weird sensation coming from it." Juvia said.
"I'm with you on that thought...I can fel it too..what's going on here?" Meldy was confused as to why this was happening.
"wel whatever it is, we have to stop it now." Grey readied himself for the strike.
"eeeeehhh? Lyon-sama, what's happening?" Cheria tried going near it but lyon stopped her.
"don't get near it." Lyon held on to Cheria's arm. "we don't know what it's gonna do if we even try to touch it. Right now, let's experiment on it first." Lyon requested. He made the first move use five ice eagles.
"Ice make: Eagle!" the eagles flew to the direction of the lacrima. It hit the cracks. It gotten bigger but after just seconds, it started sticking together again.
"its fixing itself." Cheria gasped
"I don't understand this at all." Says Lyon
"ahhhh!" Kagura slashed the lacrima in half but it didn't meet through the orb. Kagura sure made a huge open but that didn't stop the lacrima from glowing and fixing itself.
"meow...this is so irritating." Milliana complained. "first we go up against dark souls preventing us from coming in and now we have to break this ball that looks unbreakable."
"I wonder how everyone else is doing. I hope they're making better progress than we are."
Kagura stared at the large vut. She noticed that the lacrima is moving fast in fixing itself. She now gets the whole point of the breaking.
"No matter how much we destroy it, this orb will only heal itself for protection..and if we damage it even further, its speed for fixing runs faster." Jura analyzed the situation. Suddenly, the whole are rumbled again. That means Nirvana has moved, changed direction again.
"Meennnn...how do we destroy it?" Ichiya asked while possing with his arms crossed.
"we don't...we wait for Natsu-dono to defeat Zero and Lucy-dono to destroy Onnyx." Jura replied.
"Heaven's Wheel!" Erza requiped into her armor and launched hundreds of swords directly at the lacrima. One by one, they hit a direct mark but once the smoke cleared off, the crackings grew bigger. Lisanna smiled at the accomplishment but then gasped when the cracks slowly cleared off again.
"what are we gonna do now Erza?" asked Lisanna.
"there must be something thats making it fix itself." Erza replied.
"maybe Natsu hasn't destroyed On-..." Happy was about to suggest when a spiral golden light shined behind him and took a hold of his tail.
"ahhhhhhhhh! What is this!?" Happy screamed in fear.
"wait..that's..." Erza didn't finish her sentence because Happy disappeared in a flash.
"Erza what was that?" asked a very worried Lisanna.
"I..I've seen that light before..." Erza had worry written all over her face but then was washed away with a smile. "don't worry...Happy is safe..he's with THEM." Erza turned back at their problem.
Lisanna didn't get it at first but when Erza mentioned THEM, she knew who THEM is.
What shocked them..especially the wizards who encountered these lacrimas before, was the giant lacrima infront of them were glowing.
There were different primary colors that look like they've been mixed together in an abstract way. What caught their attention the most was the hundred cracks visible on the lacrimas. These balls look like someone had been here and wrecked them before they came.
At first the team were happy that this strange happening would make their job easy. But no it doesn't. With a much clearer view, they saw what was happening on why it was glowing. The cracks were starting to heal. One by one, green light shines on the cracks easily sticking them back together as if nothing had happened to it. This concerned the team. They have to act fast. Destroy the lacrima at once before all those cracks get fixed.
But there's a catch to what they're doing. Breaking them further keeps the lacrimas from fixing but in just seconds, it will start fixing itself.
and If breaking them using mega moves will also buy them some time, but will fasten the fixing process of the orbs. Everyone has the option to choose but majority of them choosed to make small damages to buy Natsu and Lucy some time before Nirvana conjures a huge amount of magic to activate it's mega sized canon.
Back with Natsu and Lucy...
"You know, the team would be complete if Happy was around." Natsu suggested while they were running back to underground to Lucy's holding cell. Natsu ran-jog while Lucy ran-limp her way but she still kept with Natsu's pace.
"I think I can arrange that." Says Lucy.
"How Lucy?" Natsu asked. They stopped for a moment. Lucy leaned against the wall to catch her breath. "I have just the solution." Lucy pulled out a silver key with a golden circular door on it's holder.
"is that a new key?" Natsu took a closer look at it.
"Yes it is...you wanna know how it works?" Natsu just nodded his head. Lucy waved the key in a circular motion.
"with this key I open Thee: Gate of the Roodkcol, Dooris!" (A/N: YEAH I MADE THIS SPITRIT ASWELL XD)
Out came a floating Silver door with a happy smile and a golden door knob as a nose. The Celestial Sipit, Dooris appeared.
"How may I help you Lucy-san?" Dooris's voice sounds gassy like an 90-year old woman.
"that's so cool! A talking door!" Natsu held Dooris' face to see if hes wood or plastic. "ow ow ow." Dooris complained as Natsu stretched his face even wider.
"Natsu, enough." Lucy commanded. Suprisingly, Natsu listened. Maybe she's like another Erza to him.
"So how's he gonna get Happy?" Natsu asked with his arms thrown back showing his armpits.
"Natsu, This is Dooris. He's the door keeper. Dooris can get anything, anywhere, any place at any given time...as long as you know who the person you're trying to find.
Dooris, can you open the door to where Happy the blue exceed is at?" Lucy requested.
"as you wish Lucy-san." Dooris closed his eyes for a moment. After minutes, His silver color turned gold, that means he has found Happy. Lucy held Dooris' doorknob nose and opened the door. Lucy reached out to the other side. She grab hold of what seems to be a tail. Without hesitation, Lucy pulled on whoever this tail belonged to. Out of the blue, Happy came out from Dooris' door.
"Happy!" Natsu screamed in happiness. And Happy? Well he was trying to catch his breath from the mini heart attack he was having. "Geez Happy no need to be scared like that."
"Natsu? It's you...I..I thought an enemy kidnapped me..why did you pull me from behind?!" asked a fuming yet scaredy cat.
"Oh I didn't pull you out..Lucy did that." Natsu pointed at a slightly smiling Lucy. "Lucy..." Happy couldn't find the right words to say to her. He really misses Lucy. Seeing her upront close made him speechless. What is he suppose to say?
"you don't look heavy anymore..." was the first words Happy uttered. Natsu was laughing histerically from behind. Lucy had an annoyed expression.
"wow...for someone who hasn't seen me for so long, you sure talk bluntly at my physical appearance" -_- Lucy said. Happy felt bad..what was he suppose to say? He was aalso at fault why she left. Lucy wasn't mad, she walked towards the blue cat and picked him up.
"I miss you Happy." Lucy hugged him. Happy couldn't contain his tears so he let them all out. "L..Lucy...I..I ...gomene...I...I really m..miss you..I.." Happy couldn't utter the right words as he kept crying from tears of joy from seeing his friend.
"shhhh...hey there's no need to cry. I'm not at you Happy, you hear me?" Lucy patted his back in a reassuirng manner.
"Hey why don't I get a hug that long?" Natsu pouted from the side.
"Cuz you don't deserve one." Says Lucy as she tries to calm a crying Happy.
"but...but..." Natsu complained. He's so childish sometimes.
Happy finally calmed down and wiped the remaining tears off his eyes. He gestured Lucy to let him go. Happy spread his wings and floated by himself.
"Alright! Now that the original team is back..we can finally start the real mission." Natsu double fist pumped in the air.
"Aye!" Happy chimed next to him. Lucy somehow blushed at this manner. She misses this feeling she had with Natsu and Happy.
"okay...let's go guys." Lucy commanded. Natsu was all fired up. Happy was pumping with energy and Lucy was determined to defeat Zero once and for all.
Watch out Zero, here comes the original Team Natsu.