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Chapter Fifty Three: The Future Team Pt. 1
"It's okay Natsu, it's over now." Lisanna tried to comfort the still horrified and somewhat violated Natsu, who was still curled up in a ball after seeing his other version turned into a woman and being hit on by many men.
She wasn't the only one trying to cheer up the traumatized Fire Dragon Slayer, as Erza, Lucy, and Mira also tried to aid in cheering up the pink haired male from the timeline they just witnessed, as the four women were closest to him to help.
The other guys though merely snickered from seeing the still scared Natsu, as they found the whole thing hilarious in their opinion. Granted, the guys who saw their other selves be turned into women by the unknown device that the alternate Erza had were still a bit upset that had happened to them, seeing the other version of Natsu being put through being ogled and hit on by perverts got that anger to be forgotten for the time being.
"Why me?" Natsu stuttered a little with anime tears streaming down his face, as he tried to forget the memories of seeing his alternate self being put through that, "Why couldn't it have been Ice Stripper or something?"
Observer merely had a deadpanned stare on his face as he finished channeling the energy into the blue smoke. The living constellation didn't understand why the Fire Dragon Slayer was so traumatized from seeing his other self go through what he, uh she, did. They've seen much worse alternate timelines, yet he hasn't react this badly to them like this.
"…The link is set," Observer broke the silence that filled the halls, getting everyone's, including Natsu and the four girls trying to cheer him up, attention, "Get ready mortals."
"Please let it be a better timeline." Natsu muttered to himself, which didn't go unnoticed by Lucy, Erza, Mira, and Lisanna, as the four women merely shook their heads in amusement from this.
No other words were said at the moment as the blue smoke started to show them all another alternate timeline once again.
Deep within a forest, a large building was spotted in a large clearing of the woods. The building looked like a large mansion, with flags of a Dark guild symbol hanged over its walls or waving by the wind. At the large entrance two large dark wizard guards were spotted as they kept an eye out in case of intruders.
Not far from this however, hiding in the bushes and behind the trees, a small group of four people was present as they eyed the entrance and the guards.
The first one looked to be a woman around seventeen years old. She had long pink colored hair with a few strands of red in it that went down her back, and had black colored eyes. She wore silver armored gloves and boots, and also wore a white sleeveless shirt and a blue colored skirt that hugged her impressive figure. On her waist was a sword that was ready for its owner to draw it out when the time came for battle. Last but not least, a pink colored Fairy Tail symbol was on her left shoulder.
The next one was also a woman around the same age who was currently lying down on the ground behind the other three snoring away while she slept… for some reason. She also had long pink colored hair that went down to her back, and if her eyes were opened, one would see them to be brown colored. She wore an attire that a certain Fairy Tail Celestial Spirit Mage used to wear years ago, but instead of blue, it was pink in color, which also showed off and hugged her rather curvy body. She also wore silver gauntlets and boots also, and a metallic whip was strapped to her waist. A yellow colored Fairy Tail symbol was also located on her right thigh.
Another of the group was a lean muscular seventeen year old male who, unlike the other two, wore a heavy dark bluish colored armor that covered his entire body aside from his head, which showed his wild and spiky white colored hair and blue colored eyes, as well as his somewhat pale skin. On his back was a large sword which was black in color with blue symbols on the blade of it. On the armor on his left side of his chest the Fairy Tail symbol could be seen, being a bright blue color in contrast to the dark blue color of his armor.
And last but not least was another lean muscular male that was sixteen years old. He had wild and somewhat spiky blonde hair that went to his chin, and also had black colored eyes. He wore a sleeveless dark blue colored shirt, and had a small yet armored silver shoulder pad on his left shoulder, as well as wearing black colored baggy pants. He also wore black colored boots with a dark silver outline on them. On his back was a massive sword that seemed to be around the same size as him. And finally, a light green colored Fairy Tail symbol could be seen on his left shoulder.
Everyone blinked in confusion when they saw the group of four, though they were surprised when they noticed the Fairy Tail guild marks on them also.
"Who are these guys?" Gray questioned, curious as to whom these four were. Yet for some reason the Ice Maker Mage couldn't help but notice the two pink haired women and the white haired young man seemed to be somewhat familiar for some reason.
"They're Fairy Tail Mages clearly." Macao replied to the still shirtless young man, who glared at the older dark blue haired man from his words.
"You know what I mean." Gray responded back.
"Huh, the white haired guy looks like Natsu a little bit." Cana noticed. Other than the eye and hair color, as well as the armor and how the hair was a bit wilder, the guy looked like Natsu to a certain extent.
This got Natsu to be interested a little, as he blinked in confusion from hearing Cana's words. Why would the heavy armored guy look like him though?
"Alright," The white haired male started to say, as he continued to observe the two guards guarding the entrance to the large building, "We have successfully located the Dark guild's base of operation, and now we need to find a way to get pass the two guards and get inside the building."
The pink haired woman next to him who wasn't sleeping and the blonde guy turned to look at the white haired male in confusion.
"Uh… yeah, we knew that Daron. I don't know why you said that out loud." The pink haired woman told the now identified Daron.
"Yeah, we were with you when all of that happened." The blonde male responded to the slightly older male, who turned to look at them with a smile on his face.
"Oh that was just for the readers who may be curious as to how we got to this point." Daron replied to his two teammates, who merely looked at him with a blank stare.
"I don't think they care to be honest." The blonde sword wielding young man replied back to the armored white haired male.
"…Yeah probably." Daron replied back as he looked back at the two guards blocking the entrance to the Dark guild's base.
The guild blinked in complete confusion as they all had no idea what the Daton guy was talking about.
"What was he talking about?" Elfman questioned, finding the confusion to this not manly at all. He liked it better when something made sense or that he at least understood it.
"As if we would know the answer to that." Laxus responded to the white haired large male.
Everyone, despite their confusion, looked back to the blue smoke showing the other alternate world once more.
"…What are you two talking about?" The still awake mostly pink haired female questioned the two males before her, having no idea what they were going on about.
"Don't worry about it Maria," Daron told his now identified sister, as he looked back at the two guards for another moment before turning his attention to the younger blonde male next to him, "Karios, do you think you can do something for us to get passed them?"
"Of course, I can do something like that easily." The now named Karois replied back to the white haired male, who smiled widely at this.
"Great!" Daron exclaimed happily, "Now get to it-."
"I don't like sneaking around though." Karios interrupted the older male, who, along with Maria, blinked in confusion from his words.
"…Why not?" Daron questioned with puzzlement, "How else would you get pass them?"
"Well I could just kill them real quick." Karios replied with a large smile on his face, finding that option way more easily and fun to do.
"What?!" Nearly everyone shouted as they heard those words come out of the Karios guy's mouth. Did this guy, who is a Fairy Tail member, just suggested to kill the Dark Mages?!
"Why would he want to do that?! That's not what Fairy Tail does!" Erza shouted, not liking this guy already.
"We can't say that for certain," Makarov spoke up to say, getting everyone to look at the small old Guild Master with slightly confusion, "Remember, this is an alternate timeline. For all we know, the Fairy Tail of that world might not have the rule against killing." After all, the old man figured the guy wouldn't make the suggestion if he knew it would land him into trouble with the guild of that world. Considering the kinds of timelines they have witnessed, it would be no surprising if this was the case.
Everyone in the guild hall calmed down from hearing this, as they figured that might be a possibility. However, many of them were still unease by it though, still not liking the idea of someone from Fairy Tail killing an enemy if it could be avoided.
Daron and Maria merely gave their friend a deadpanned stare from his suggestion.
"I don't see why we need to kill them if we can just easily sneak pass them." Maria told Karios, who merely sighed from seeing the two not liking his idea.
"Fine… I won't kill them." The blonde sword wielder responded back to them, getting the white haired male and the mostly pink haired woman to smile from this.
Karios, slowly getting closer to the entrance and the two guards from their hiding spot in the bushes and behind the trees, put his right hand out before focusing on his magic to use ability suited for getting pass them without problem.
And before they knew it, the two guards suddenly froze completely in place, whatever stance they were in unmoving, like they were frozen in ice without it actually being in ice.
Both Daron and Maria turned to look at their comrade in confusion.
"What did you do to them?" Maria asked Karios, who merely smirked as he looked at his two teammates once again.
"I froze their time. We should be able to walk pass them now." The blonde sword wielder explained to them.
"Time Magic?" Lucy spoke with a bit of surprised.
"It seems to be that way." Mira replied back to the blonde, seeing no reason to believe it was not time related.
Gray widened his eyes a little before becoming a bit sadden, as he recalled Ultear using this magic as well, before remembering her fate which got him to become saddened. Wherever she was, the Ice Maker Mage hoped she was living the remaining time of her life in peace.
"Will they be okay?" Daron questioned, knowing how dangerous Karios's Time Magic can be, considering who his mother was.
"Of course, the effects should wear off in the next five minutes, so we should hurry and make our way pass them." Karios told the white haired male and mostly pink haired woman.
Since the three were focus on one another and their conversation, they didn't notice the other pink haired woman waking up as she let out a rather adorable yawn, before rubbing her eyes for a moment to get the sleep out of them.
"Alright then," Maria started to say to the two males next to her, oblivious to her other sister waking up, "I'll wake up Layla from her nap and then we'll-."
She was interrupted as the other woman then started to yell out, which got the three to jump in shock, startled by the sudden yell from the pink haired woman before she slammed her fists together, getting them to be set alit with a dark green fire.
"Alright guys I'm rested up and ready to go, let's do this!" She exclaimed with a smirk on her face.
And before any of the three could do anything to react or to stop her, the woman then charged right out of the bushes and trees and right towards the entrance and the frozen guards.
"LAYLAAAAAAAAAAA DRAGNEEEEEEEAAAAALLLL!" The woman shouted her name like a battle cry as she charged head first into the base.
The other three were forced to watch as they saw Layla bulldoze the two poor frozen Dark Mages into the ground, her dark green flame a lit fists literally caving in their skulls, killing them instantly. She also smash through the entrance into pieces, as well as the walls surrounding it as well as she entered into the building, all without slowing down at all.
"…So much for sneaking." Maria muttered, as the other two nodded in agreement, before they also charged into the building, seeing that staying low was out the window.
Everyone froze when they heard the pink haired woman shouting her name out loud and how they saw her kill the frozen guards without a care in the world, as Natsu, and Lucy blushed greatly and nervously when they figured out the connection of the other woman due to her name and her attire.
A few of the other women merely glared at the blonde, not happy that only she seemed to have gotten together and had a kid with Natsu in this other future timeline.
In case anyone's wondering, it's not just Nalu, so don't worry for those who can't stand solely NaLu. Maria and Daron may ring a few bells to some of you… if I'm under the assumption some of you have seen my "Children of the Future" story.
Anyway, so what did you all think? Good? Bad? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
