Chapter six. The cult.
Aldin and Dreck led the guild to the open space behind the guild. they turned and faced them.
"Now," Dreck started, "who shall face me?"
"You want one of us to fight you?" Gray asked.
"What better way to show our strength! No better way for you to understand our capabilities other than to get a feel for them first hand!"
"In that case," Natsu walked up, cracking his knuckles, "I'll do it!"
"As much as I'd like to fight you, your opponent has already been decided!"
"Huh?"
Aldin walked up to Natsu. "I will be your opponent. Don't hold back." He wrote.
Natsu smiled. "Alright! I'm getting fired up!"
"Now who shall I face after their fight?" Dreck asked. He looked around and then pointed at Erza. "You! Scarlet mage!"
"Hm? Me?" Erza specified.
"You're Erza, correct?"
"Yes."
"Perfect! Will you fight me?"
Everyone was taken back by Dreck challenging Erza. They did get a little fearful for the man.
Erza nodded. "I will fight you if you so please."
Dreck smiled. "Great!"
"Are you ready Natsu?" Aldin asked.
"Yeah!" Natsu told him.
"Dreck?"
"On it!" Dreck clapped his hands together before slamming his palms onto the ground. The earth shook and rose. Everyone was surprised except for Happy, who just smiled.
Happy took hold of Carla and Touka, placing his hands around their waist, while his tail wrapped around Wendy's waist. "Hold on!" He kept his and their balance as the ground rose and shifted forms.
They rose up high and noticed that the rising earth formed a giant ring, with the center being unchanged. Bench-like seats began to form, and a column of stairs came between each section of seating. The outer wall had window cutouts, there was a balcony placed at the front, entrances at the top of each stairs that led to the inside, and two large gates that were on opposite sides of the newly formed arena.
"The Coliseum is set!" Dreck announced with pride.
Everyone looked at the new structure with amazement. It was finely detailed, looking as though it took months to make even though he made it in mere seconds.
Erza inspected the craftsmanship, noticing the railings had a wavy pattern on its edge. "Incredible." She said in astonishment. "He made this in a minute yet it's like something that took close to a year to make. Just look at these details!"
"Yeah, Drecks an artist at heart. He loves using his earth shaping to create fine works of art, even in battle. He taught me how best to use my earth element, but his creations were always the better looking one," Happy explained.
"Oh, you're gonna make me blush!" Dreck said, bashfully. He turned to Natsu and Aldin. "You two can go all out here, don't hold back!"
"Alright," Natsu slammed his fist into his hand, "let's do th-"
"Waaaaait!"
"Huh?"
"We're missing one vital part of this Coliseum. Anyone wanna guess what?"
"Uh...cheerleaders?"
"Hah! No, silly!"
"A referee?" Touka asked.
"Nope!"
"Restrooms?" Mira inquired.
"Already taken care of!"
Everyone thought about it, not finding an answer.
"No guesses? C'mon guys it's obvious!" Dreck knelt and looked to Happy. "You know, right Happy?"
"Sure do!" Happy answered.
"Well if you know then why didn't you say anything?" Carla wondered.
"I wanted to see if you guys could figure it out."
"Well what is the answer?"
"Hehe. An announcer."
"Correct!" Dreck shouted. "No arena is complete without an announcer to get the audience pumping!"
"Were we gonna find an announcer?" Gray asked.
"Hahahaha! I have us covered!" Dreck reached into his pocket and pulled out a flute. He extended it and played a short sweet melody. A few seconds after the melody a magic circle appeared and out from it came a big white and brown owl.
"Hey Barrette!" Happy greeted the owl.
"Hoot!" The owl known as Barrette greeted back.
"This owls gonna be the announcer?" Gray asked questionably.
Dreck smiled. "Yes! We couldn't have asked for a better one! Barrette, our first match is Natsu Vs Aldin. After that it's me vs Erza. Got it?"
Barrette nodded and flew to the balcony. "Hoot!" He squawked.
"You may start now!"
"Alright!" Natsu jumped from the ledge and landed on the ground.
"Off I go!" Aldin wrote before leaping to the other side of the arena. He turned to face Natsu.
Barrette breathed in. A magic circle formed in front of his beak and a few large ones surrounded the top of the area. "...LADIES AND GENTLEMEEEEN!" He bellowed, his voice coming out of the circles above.
His volume startled and surprised everyone except Happy, Dreck, and Aldin.
"Man he's loud!" Lucy groaned.
"Thank you for coming today to the Dreck Coliseum! For our first match, in the south corner," Barrette pointed a wing to Natsu, "hes flaming! He's loud! He's got more temper than smarts! More brawn than he has brain!"
"Hey!" Natsu glared at the owl.
"But he knows how to fight! Underestimate him, and you'll get it! He's Fairy tails fire dragon slayer, the son of Igneel, NATSUUUU DRAGNEEEEEL!"
"I'm getting fired up!" Natsu roared.
"And in the north," Barret pointed to Aldin, "he's cool, calm, and very shy! Some wonder if he doesn't talk because he's got an embarrassing voice instead of being shy! It's the one with the burning sword of passion, the monks very own, ALDIIIIIN VENT!"
Aldin bowed to Natsu.
"Alright folks! The fighters are ready to tussle! The stage is set! Let's get this first match started! Ready," Barrette raised a wing, "FIGHT!"
"Fire dragon crushing fang!" Natsu Swung a burning fire claw down at Aldin.
"Natsu starts us off with the first attack!" Barrett announced.
Aldin took hold of his sheathed blade and swung it to Natsu's hand, making the flames disappear.
"What's this!? Natsu's flames just got denied!"
Natsu was taken by surprise but lit up his other fist. "Fire dragon iron fist!" He punched at Aldins face.
Aldin slapped his fist away with his sheathe, making the flames disperse again.
"What!?"
"Denied again! Seems his fire isn't hot enough!"
Natsu growled and started to barrage Aldin with a flurry of flaming fists. Aldin parried them all, making the fire of each strike disappear.
"Natsu sends a relentless barrage of his fists to Aldin, who seems to be blocking with ease! But wait-"
The flames on Natsu's hands started to disappear less and less with each strike.
"Natsu's fire seems to be staying this time!"
"Heh," Natsu smirked. He jumped back and breathed in. "Fire dragon's roar!" He blew a gigantic stream of flames to Aldin.
Aldin twirled his sheathed blade in front of him, guarding against the fire. Some of it seemed to go inside the sheathe but he was still pushed back. He grabbed his hilt and swung the flames away.
"Aldin managed to fend off Natsu's bad breath but he did get pushed back quite a bit!"
"I get it," Natsu stated. "Lightning flame dragon mode!" He surrounded his body lit aflame and sparks of lightning surrounded his body. "And don't think I didn't hear that ya bird jerk!"
"Bring it, ya match stick!"
"I like this owl." Gray said.
Natsu turned his attention back to Aldim and charged. His forearm and fist were engulfed by fire and lightning. "Firing hammer!" He jumped and slammed his fist down onto Aldin.
Aldin blocked but was nearly brought to his knees and was shocked by the lightning. Half the fire he blocked went into the sheathe.
"It seems Natsu's figured out that Aldins sheath is what was making his flames disperse but it has a limit! So he can think! What a shock!"
"Shut up!" Natsu yelled.
"Is that true?" Touka asked Happy.
Happy nodded. "Yep. Aldin's sheathe was made to absorb flames. He uses it mostly for drawing attacks since that's one way they can be released."
"But there's a limit, and that's why he's only pulling a little bit right now. Right?" Wendy theorized.
Happy smirked. "So it seems. Looks like Natsu's got an advantage in this fight."
"Natsu releases blow after exploding blow onto Aldin, who's struggling to block it all!"
Aldin grunted, nearly getting pushed around by Natsu's imploding attacks of fire and lightning. He was getting attacked from all sides by the slayer.
Natsu realised that his fire wasn't being absorbed anymore. "What's wrong? Tank full?" Aldin did not respond. "Well if you wanna hit me with all that fire you stored up, go ahead and try!"
"Natsu's taunting Aldin now that his fire is staying! Did his head just get bigger?"
Natsu jumped back and charged huge amounts of fire into his fist. "Fire dragon kings," he lunged at Aldin, "destruction fist!" He punched him, realizing a giant explosion of force and fire, shaking the Colosseum. The force of the attack could be felt by the members in the audience.
"Oh my! What a blow! Has the fight been decided?"
"Not yet," Happy said.
As the dust began to settle and what could be seen becoming clearer, everyone could see the results of Natsu's attack. Everyone gasped.
Natsu stood still, his fist against the empty sheathe of Aldins. Aldin had his blade drawn, holding it behind him as he looked to Natsu. "...my sheathe absorbs fire, that is true," Aldin Spoke, "but It can also absorb heat. It's all stored within this sheath and released from it, it does have its limit….however, I can also control how much it takes."
"What's this!? Aldin blocked the attack unscathed! What's natsu gonna do now!...hm? Is it me or is he not moving?"
"Grgh...hrrrg!" Natsu grunted, shaking.
"What's up with Natsu?" Wendy asked.
"He put up a good fight, but this fights over," Happy commented.
Carla looked at him quizzically. "Happy?"
"HRG!" Natsu jostled in his spot but didn't move.
Aldin enclosed his sword and knelt down, gripping his hilt. "You may be resistant to fire and heat...but you're not resistant to its impact."
"Aldins prepping for something big! Move Natsu before you get hit!"
Natsu struggled and groaned, but he still didn't move, he sweated as none of his muscles responded.
"First form," in a swift motion, Aldin drew his blade and sliced it at Natsu, hitting him with a shockwave that went across the field, making the whole area quake due to the force of it, "blade of repercussion."
Natsu's body jostled before finally falling to the ground, unconscious.
"And Natsu is down and immobile! He's got three seconds to get up or he loses! One!"
"What happened!?" Lucy asked flabbergasted.
"Two!"
"Good fight Natsu, but you lost." Happy stated.
"Three! It's over! Aldin wins!"
Aldin bowed to Natsu. "Thank you for the match."
"Happy-sama, what happened?" Touka questioned.
"Aldin has another title. The burning stitcher." Happy answered.
"Burning stitcher?"
"That's right!" Barrette yelled, flying up to them. "Aldin uses the element of fire so thus you'd think he'd be a bad matchup for Natsu but it's actually the other way around! Aldins sheathe is able to store heat and fire and can release it whenever, however he can choose how much is absorbed, and can choose how much is released."
"We know that much, but why couldn't Natsu move?" Erza inquired.
"That's because his most prominent ability is fire stitching! The ability to stitch fire into someone's body!"
"What!?"
"No way!" Touka exclaimed.
"It's true. He used it on me a bunch when we trained." Happy explained. "Not only that, but he can use that ability to soften the body as well."
"You dont mean-" carla began to understand.
"Mhm. He lulled Natsu into a false sense of victory and when he least expected it, Natsu got stitched not only locking him up, but softening where he got hit with a heat slash."
"Impressive." Erza commented.
"Thank you." Aldin said, jumping up to the ledge, carrying Natsu. "I would always use this on Happy to help cultivate his fire resistance."
"It sucked, especially when Elric was involved," Happy shivered.
"Elric? Another monk I assume?" Carla asked.
"Mhm. Every time I got locked up by Aldins stitches he'd play warden with me."
"Warden?"
"I'd lock specific parts of him, like he was a chained up prisoner, and Elric would be his warden," Aldin explained.
Happy sighed. "He'd be my cruel warden. He'd do all sorts of things to me. All painful."
"All….sorts." Wendy said trailing off.
"Yeah, can you imagine?"
Wendy, Carla, and Touka began to imagine it but instead they pictured it more...sexually with them as his warden.
Happy noticed their blushes and how they started to slyly smile and giggle, Touka even licked her lips. "Perverts. All of you."
"Anyways," Barrette shouted, "we should be continuing! Erza and Dreck are already prepared!"
"Hm?" Everyone looked at the arena and saw that Dreck and Erza were at their spots, ready to fight.
"When did they-" Lucy started.
Garrett cut her off when he flew to the announcers balcony and shouted, "THE SECOND MATCH IS READY!"
"I know a good place where we could get some police costumes," Carla whispered to Wendy and Touka.
"Perverts," Happy commented.
"In the north corner, we have the scarlet Mage of fairy tail, the one with a multitude of armors, the requip mage, ERZAAA SCAAARLET!
"Hmhm." Erza waved to the crowd with a smile.
"Get him Erza!" Someone from fairy tail shouted as everyone cheered.
"Everyone's sure is pumped now," Happy mentioned.
"And in the opposite corner! He's big, he's strong, but don't let the full you, cause he's an artist at heart! It's the earth shaper of the Monks, DREEECK BRIIILL!"
"I look forward to this match!" Dreck told Erza.
"Let the match...begin!"
"Re-equip!" Erza leapt up and changed to her heaven's wheel armor. "Dance my blades!" She sent a multitude of her swords at Dreck.
Dreck clapped his hands together. The earth around broke apart and formed. "Asura arms!" six giant arms formed around Dreck. Their upper arms were cylindrical with ridges, and the forearms took the shape of armored gauntlets with a smooth guard on top and a round knuckle. Each hand held a katana that, if colored right, would look like it was an actual sword instead of a rock sculpture of one. "Six blade style!" He guided the arms to swipe away Erza's swords.
"And Dreck shows off his master craftsmanship! Look at those arms and tell me they dont look real!"
"Hey, that's pretty good!" Someone yelled.
"He made that so quickly!" Another shouted.
Erza charged in with her blades behind her in a delta formation. She sliced at him with her trinity sword attack only to be pushed back by the asura arms. She then surrounded him with her swords and had them rush at him. She was taken by surprise by the earthen katana swift movements, each arm making a circular motion, completely blocking her attacks.
"A good try from Erza, but she'll have to try harder than that!"
Erza flew back and changed to her black wing armor. She did a backflip and swooped down below, gliding close to the ground as she sped up to Dreck. "MOON SLASH!" She slashed in a cross against Dreck, sliding behind him. "What!?" She looked back to see he had guarded against by bringing the swords together.
"Strong!" Dreck complimented.
"Hmph!" Erza flew up high and darted towards Dreck. She equipped her purgatory armor and used the force of her fall to increase the strength of her blow. The shockwaves of it shook the whole coliseum.
"Whoa! I felt that one! Is Dreck ok!?
"Hahahahaha!" Came the laugh of Dreck. He held all six swords against Erza's, the earthly katanas having formed small cracks. "That was indeed a mighty blow! You managed to damage my blades!"
Erza jumped back from him. "You're quite strong," she smiled.
"Erza? What's say we," Drecks asura arms broke apart and enveloped him, encasing him in a dome, "turn things up a notch!" The dome broke apart and Dreck was revealed wearing samurai armor, having the six arms from earlier being attached to him in a smaller version with two being enveloped on his arms, every hand holding a katana that was longer than their larger version.
"Whoa! Drecks really getting into this fight now that he's equipped Bushi Asura! How will the scarlet mage respond!"
"Hmph!" With a flash of brilliant light, Erza changed her armor. She changed into her Thousand arms armor. She smirked at Dreck. "Only fair I respond in kind!" She charged.
"Hah!" Dreck laughed and met his swords with Erza's in a clash. Each swing Erza made was met by his own, all six of each other's arms moving independently and crossing the others.
"Neither of them are letting up! All six arms clashing the other! They're even picking up speed!"
As Barrette said, their slashes became faster, each attack becoming blindingly fast.
"Gah!" Natsu woke up. "What happened!?"
"Oh, hey you're up," Happy said to the awoken Natsu.
"You alright?" Aldin wrote.
"Why are you writing again?" Touka asked.
"The adrenaline is gone."
"You lost by the way," Gray informed.
"Dammit! Why couldn't I move!?" Natsu shouted.
Happy was about to explain but Barrette got everyone's attention.
"Looks like Erza's trying to keep up now! Her speed is slipping!"
Everyone looked at the fight and saw that what Barrette said was true. Erza was in a sweat, her movements becoming slower.
"No. Her speed isn't going down," Happy commented.
Wendy looked at him confused along with the others. "Whatd ya mean?"
"Drecks getting faster."
Mirajane nodded. "I see it."
Erza was getting pushed back.
"Erza's struggling now! Drecks pushing her back!"
Erza grunted, her arms growing weary. She crashed her blades against Drecks, shoving herself away from him. She panted as she landed.
"Tired, are we?" Dreck taunted.
"Hmph!" Erza brought her arms and swords together. "I will not fall so easily!"
"Hahahahaha!" Dreck crouched down. "Good, but will this next attack prove too much for you!"
"Can you feel that intensity!? I think this next attack is gonna decide it!"
It felt as though the arena shook from the intensity of Erza and Drecks glare and fighting aura. They tightened their grip on their swords and lunged at each other.
"SCATTERING OF SPIRITS!" Erza yelled, swinging all six blades at one point.
"BREAKING ASURA!" Dreck spun in a spiral with his swords stretched out.
They met in the middle and crossed each other.
"What happened!? Both fighters stand across from each other, but whose blow did who in?"
A few seconds passed and cracks formed on Drecks armor and blades.
"Huh. Guess that settles it," Gray stated.
Drecks armor and Blades shattered and crumbled below him.
"It does," Happy smirked, "...Dreck wins."
Everyone looked at Happy confused before hearing Erza's armor break apart. They looked back at the arena and saw Erza fall over, laying on the ground unconscious. Dreck then stood tall and held one of his broken swords up in a victory stance.
"The match's been decided folks! The winner is...DREEECK!"
Dreck was gawked at by the audience members. Happy chuckled along with Aldin.
"Dreck calls it breaking Asura because the attack causes the armor to break along with the swords." Aldin wrote.
"Is it that powerful?" Touka questioned.
"No, he just sees an artistic value in it." Happy explained.
"It's true!" Dreck hopped onto the rails. "It reminds me of one of my favorite paintings of a warrior who put his all into one final attack against his rival, shattering his armor and weapon in the process." Dreck shed a tear. "It was so beautiful!"
"Do tell!" Reedus came to his side, wishing to hear more of this painting.
"I shall!" Dreck and Reedus began discussing the art.
"Those two are getting along," Wendy smiled.
Barrette flew to them. "Congratulations, winners! I have a prize for you!" He ruffled through his chest fur and pulled out a figure of a ship. It was shaped like a slim long boat with four wings on the back along with jets and a large cabin on top. There were two large turbines on the bottom of the back half of the ship.
"A ship!" Happy said.
Aldin looked at the figure with shining eyes.
"What is that?" Lucy asked.
"A compacted vehicle! If we place a talisman on it'll turn into its real sized counterpart, in this case, a large ship!" Aldin scribbled down, excited.
"Righto! Crane had it finished early!" Barrette explained. "You can use this to get to your destination!"
Happy saw Aldins excitement along with the fact that Dreck wasn't listening, and began to sweat. "uh...Dreck?" Aldin took hold of the figure. "Dreck!" Happy saw Aldin take out a talisman. "Dreck!"
Dreck turned to Happy. "Yes?" Dreck saw Aldin. "Uh oh."
Aldin set the talisman on the figure. It flew a bright white light and he tossed it up. In a blinding flash it grew to be three hundred times its size, coming to life with actual flames coming out its jets, making it float.
"Ah crap, Aldin activated it," Happy said a little pale.
"Where'd that ship come from?" Erza asked.
"Oh, hey Erza's up," Touka mentioned. "You feeling ok?"
"I'm fine."
"That's good to hear!" Dreck stated. He pointed at the ship up high. "I know we said we'd go tomorrow, but now we have this! It's a ship developed by our very own shipmaker, Crane! It's not only easy to activate and compact, it's also a great and comfy way of travel! The one who places the talisman on it is the one who's able to operate it...sadly...that's… Aldin."
Gray tilted his head. "Something wrong with that."
"I'll get us there in a flash!" Aldin wrote.
Happy looked at everyone apologetically. "Just...hold on tight to anything."
"Huh?" Everyone looked at him, confused.
"I'm sorry friends, I was too wrapped in art talk," Dreck shivered.
"Who's all coming?" Asked Aldin.
"Well I, going of course!" Natsu exclaimed.
"There's about five bedrooms in the ship, each with two beds so Touka, Carla, Wendy, and I can take one, Natsu and gray can take another, Lucy and Erza can take the third, leaving one room left if you count a room for Dreck," Happy planned out. "Gajeel, you wanna come?"
Gajeel shook his head. "Nah, got plans with Levi. Was fun to watch salamander get his ass kicked though."
Natsu glared at him. "You wanna go, metal head!?"
"Juvia will go since her darling is also departing!" Juvia volunteered, making Gray grumble, slightly annoyed.
Happy nodded. "Anyone wanna bunk up with Juvia?"
Juvia latched onto Gray. "Gray will!"
Gray snapped his head at her. "Huh!?"
"I'm that case, Happy can bunk with me," Natsu smiled.
"Natsu I can't, I'm already rooming with the girls," Happy reminded him.
Natsu sulked. "Hardly a day gone and he's already ditching me…."
Lucy patted him on the back. "There there. I'll stay with you Natsu."
"Then who's gonna be with Erza?" Happy asked.
"Wendy could," Erza suggested.
"Um, actually I'd rather stay with Happy and the others," Wendy shyly requested.
Erza quirked an eyebrow. "Alright, then I guess I'll stay alone."
"Not necessary! I will bunk with you Erza!" Dreck confirmed with a large smile. "We can bond as warriors!"
Erza smirked at Dreck. "I'm ok with that."
Happy counted on his fingers. "So we still have one room left that can hold two people. Any takers?"
Marlarov stepped forward. "Since this is something more personal to you, happy, why don't you choose someone to take with you."
"In that case, having an extra set of noses to help find the cult would be appreciated," Happy turned to Laxus, "so would you mind coming, Laxus?"
Laxus looked a little surprised. "You want me?"
"That ok?"
"Uh, yeah, it's fine. I'll help." Laxus turned to the thunder legion. "Hold the fort guys."
"Of course!" Freed acknowledged.
"With that settled," Aldin wrote before pointing to the sky, "all aboard!" He shouted.
Natsu reached into his pocket and took out his motion pills and took one. He saw Wendy do the same and thought about something. "Hey Happy?"
Happy glanced at Natsu. "Hm?"
"How come you don't get motion sick?"
"Oh, that's cause the monk that taught me wind also taught me a way to avoid motion sickness. It's like a more effective version of troia. I cast it every time I get on a moving vehicle.
Aldin pulled the ship down and allowed everyone to board. The deck was flat and spacious, having no sails. Dreck led them to the front door of the cabins. They were met with tables, a bar, and a stadium. The stadium took the center with two hallways openings beside it. Each hallway had a flight of stairs that pointed to the middle that led up to the bridge where the navigation systems were along with the wheel. Beyond that were the rooms, two in each hallway with the final room being at the back next to the engine room. Dreck assured Laxus that the engines wouldn't be heard in the room.
"Feel free to hit me if I'm wrong!" Dreck told the lightning slayer.
"I will," Laxus said, walking to his room.
Happy turned to his loves. "Shall I lead you to our room ladies?"
"Such a gentleman," Carla chuckled.
Happy led them down the right hall and to the second door. They entered. The room was as spacious as a hotel room with the opposite wall having two beds side by side and shelved against the window. There were two handles above the windows, one for curtains, the other for holding. On the adjacent wall to the left there was a drawer and a mirror. On the right was a door that led to a bathroom. The floor was green and softly carpeted and on the roof you could see a speaker.
"Crane did a good job on the interior, as always," Happy commented.
"Is cran another of the monks that trained you?" Wendy asked.
Happy shook his head. "No, he's actually the monks shipwright in a sense. He's got a special type of magic that turns what he makes real."
"Interesting."
"It's not easy though. He's gotta make it from the inside out, not just make a sculpture."
"Sounds difficult," Touka commented.
"It is but he makes it look easy."
The speakers went off and Aldins voice spoke through it. "Attention passengers! We will be taking off shortly for the location of acnologia's soul fragment and possibly more! We hope you enjoy flight Aldin!"
"He sounds excited," Wendy mentioned.
Happy zipped to the bed and grabbed onto the grabable railings. "Girls, quick, hold on!" He shouted shakily.
Carla looked at Happy a little worried. "Happy? What's wrong?"
"Aldin's gonna fly us, that's what! Get over here before you get tossed like a salad!"
"He can't be that ba-"
"He's like Erza when dancing!"
"..." The girls rushed to the bed and grabbed hold. Wendy was in front of Happy with Carla and Touka infront of her.
They heard the engines roar but no movement. That only made them more fearful. A few seconds passed and they finally moved. The whole ship made a violent jostle and rocketed forward with a boom.
Aldin did not fly straight. Hard turns were made, dips were taken along with sharp dives, and a quick ascension every now and then. The intercom came on. "How does this work again?" He said, not knowing it was on.
"Gyaaah!" Natsu slid around the ground of the room with Lucy falling on top of him. "Ough! Lucy, get off of me!"
"Sorry Nats-UOOOO!" They flipped around and tumbled onto the wall, Natsu's face buried in her cleavage. "You ok?"
"I'm fine!" Natsu groaned.
"This guys nuts!" Laxus exclaimed, holding onto dear life.
"Gray-sama! Hold onto me tight!" Juvia said, best hugging Gray.
"Juvia...I can't...breath!" Gray cried out. He tried to ice-make something to hold onto but Juvia made it difficult.
Dreck sighed. "I'm sorry about this. He should stabilize in a few minutes or so."
Erza was holding onto the bar tight. "Is he always like this?"
"He's an adventurous flyer that always forgets the controls."
"Always!?" Touka said flabbergasted, nearly flying up when the ship dived again.
Happy nodded. "Always. I honestly wish he didn't." Happy then remembered something. "Oh wait!" An air symbol appeared on his forehead. "Air pocket!" He let go and swung his hands and created a small vortex of winds that surrounded them. The vortex stabilized them but not all the way. "This should make it somewhat more bearable." The vehicle made a sharp turn and Happy slid into Wendy and fell back. "Should still keep yourself secure though." Happy groaned.
Aldins voice came up again. "I think I found the thrusters...or is that the brakes?"
"This is the one time If Natsu had asked us to fly, I'd say yes," Touka said.
Wendy looked back to see Happy laying back, not holding onto anything. She smiled. "You're not secure."
Happy chuckled. "Working on that."
"Here. Let me help you."
"Thanks We-" He stopped when he saw her raise up and place her legs between his head. "Eh?" He looked up and saw her raise her skirt up with one hand and slip her panties down below her butt. She winked at him before placing her ass on his face. "Mmph!" He cried out, muffled.
Wendy bit her lip, wiggling her rump on his face. His muffled shouts causing her cheeks to slightly vibrate. She looked forward, seeing that Touka and Carla weren't paying attention to them, more focused on Aldin's voice and piloting, wondering if he'll ever get control of this ship. The fact they didn't notice turned her on more. It felt like she was doing some type of sneaky sex stuff. She jumped when she felt Happy's tongue come in contact with her bum. She was taken by surprise. She was content with just sitting and rubbing her ass on his head but she wasn't complaining if he wanted to lick around.
'Might as well enjoy this,' Happy thought, circling his tongue around Wendy's backdoor.
"Ah!" Wendy sighed in a low voice, trying to be as sneaky about her actions as possible. They slid and Wendy nearly moaned when it caused Happy to flick his tongue against her bum. Wendy was now glad of Aldin's piloting, it was making her grind on him without trying, making some pleasurable friction.
"I forget. Are the controls Inverted, or was that the other ship?" Aldin questioned.
"Is he serious!?" Touka freaked.
Wendy bit her lip, holding more of her moans at bay, as she felt her nectar leak down her thighs and onto Happy's upper chest. His lips made contact, sucking on her donut as his tongue continued to coat it. He reached up and took a hold of her butt, making her shiver up her spine as his fingers softly kneaded.
"Oh I think I got it!" Aldin spoke. The ship gained a burst of speed. "Oops, that's the wrong one!" The speed went down.
"Is he ever gonna get control!" Touka exclaimed.
Wendy gripped Happy's stomach fur, leaning forward, and pressing her butt further on his face, slightly pushing his tongue in. Her hold on the bar tightened and she lightly shook. She gasped when his tongue thrust in.
Carla and Touka didn't hear it due to the loud ring that came out of the speakers.
"Oops!" Aldin stopped the noise. "Sorry!"
Wendy looked down at Happy's pitched tent, licking her lips, thinking of bending down and sucking him off. She was going to, reaching for it, until the ship stopped shaking, starting to fly smoothly.
"Think I got it! Alright!" Aldin shouted.
"Thanks goodness," Carla sighed.
Touka felt relieved."Happy-sama, are we safe n-"
Both Touka and Carla looked back to see Wendy sitting her bare asss onto Happys face, reaching for his bulge before making eye contact with them.
She chuckled and stuck her tongue. "Oops- ah!" She moaned at Happys tongue invading her anus.
"Hey!" The two female exceeds exclaimed.
"What do you think you're doing!?" Touka asked.
"I was just, mmph, making sure he was nice and sec-URE!"
"I see and then some with what you're currently reaching for!" Carla accused.
"Gotta, oh! Keep that secured to, don't I?" She said with a wink.
They gave her the stink eye till Touka smirked. "Well if this is about keeping him secure," she reached over and pulled down his pants, freeing his member, "then Carla and I can keep this stable."
Carla got the message and leaned in with Touka. They both pulled up their shirts and bras, grabbing hold of their boobs and mashing it on his cock.
He moaned when their mounds made contact, sending vibrations up his tongue that was in Wendy's anal caves, which made her moan as well. His grip on her butt getting tighter. Touka and Carla synchronized their movement, going up and down his shaft.
Wendy was close to her first orgasm, the exceeds actions fueled Happy to eat her out faster and rougher. Whines of pleasure escaped her lip, her grasp on his stomach fur getting firmer. His tongue went in deeper, sending his pulsations further in her. She panted.
On Touka and Carla's end, they were licking his tip as soon as his pre came out. They groaned, feeling their nipples close to rubbing each other while they tit-fucked their love, feeling how erect and turned on the other was. They pushed harder into his cock and moved faster. They heard Wendy make a loud cry, meaning she had came on his chest.
By this point Happy's vortex already disappeared and he was thrusting his tongue in and out of Wendy's backdoor.
"Oh fuck!" Wendy cried out.
Touka and Carla nearly stopped their movements and looked over at Wendy with surprise, even Happy was shocked. Wendy was too busy being pleasured by her mate to notice.
The exceeds went back to their actions, making a mental note to mention it later. Happy's cock twitched slightly, signalling how close he is to coating them with his seed. The female exceeds lathered their tongues all around the top half of his cock before focusing fully on the movement of their breasts, using them to spread their saliva on his dick.
Wendy could feel his hot breath getting hotter and more frantic. She leaned in. "Mmm touka, carla, hes, ah...he's about to...to.."
Before Wendy could finish, Happy thrusted upwards and blew his load all over their faces and chest, getting a few shots on Wendy's face as well. they opened their mouths to get a few strands in. Once they got their coatings they all leaned back, the exceeds removing their bosoms of his member, and began licking off the semen on them.
Touka purred. "Wonder how long till we get there?"
"Wph cmpn aphsk phaldn," Happy said, muffled by Wendy's butt.
"Hm?" Wendy raised up off him and moved to the side. "What was that?"
"I said," he rose up, "we can ask Aldin. We just gotta-"
A loud knock hit the door. "Everyone ok in there?" The voice of Dreck asked.
"We're fine! You?" Happy shouted to answer.
"Were ok, a little scrambled, but ok. I came to check on you cause you're not in the lobby."
"The lobby?" Carla questioned, "why would we be there?"
"Didn't you hear me announce a meeting there?"
"Oh, uh no we didn't. Sorry, well be right there."
"It's fine! Meet you all there!"
"We should get cleaned up," Carla said, licking the rest of the cum off her breast and face.
"Right," Touka agreed, doing the same.
"Uh, I may have a problem," Happy spoke. He grabbed his shirt and noticed there was a sticky wet spot near the collar. "I don't think I can clean this off in time."
"Well, look what you did potty mouth," Touka looked at Wendy.
Wendy was taken back. "Potty mouth?"
"Don't pretend to be surprised, anyways, I guess just leave it off for now?"
"Well what am I gonna tell them? My shirt got wet?" Happy asked.
"Just say it got ripped. We were shifting around everywhere."
"Hm...alright."
Happy took off his shirt, leaving it beside the bed, while the girls got their clothes back on, before leaving the room.
When they entered the lobby they spotted a grouchy Laxus and Natsu only wearing his jacket.
"What happened to your jacket?" Happy asked Natsu.
Natsu grumbled. "Lucy ripped it."
"I told you it was an accident!" Lucy scowled.
"Where's your shirt?"
"Got ripped," Happy answered.
"Now that you're all here," Dreck got everyone's attention "let's discuss our plan of action." Aldin pulled out a map. "Igor and Shisa only got the general location," he pointed to a town on the map, "its somewhere near this town. If we ask around about people wearing scale masks, we may be able to find something."
"Sounds good."
"We have to be careful. Shisa predicts that we may have a fight on our hands, so be ready."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Attention everyone!" Aldin spoke through the speakers, "we're coming up on our destination and will be landing shortly!"
Dreck and Happy's heart stopped. They jumped to the nearest secured object and held onto it for dear life. The others saw this and remembered when they first flyed. They followed their example and held on tight.
The ship took a sharp dive, everyone screaming as they were quickly losing altitude, Natsu nearly puking. The ship quickly rose up, nearly hitting the ground, nearly giving everyone whiplash, before slowly descending to the ground.
"Is it over?" A queasy Natsu asked.
"How can someone so skilled with a blade be such a terrible pilot?" Erza wondered.
Aldin walked in from the hallways, humming, till he saw everyone limp and looking sick. "What happened? Are you all ok?" Natsu, Gray, and Laxus glared at him. "Hm?" He grabbed and readied his sword, "is there an enemy around? Could they be the reason for your condition?" He looked around to see if anyone else was there.
Laxus and Natsu lunged at Aldin, punching him in the face, while Gray leapt and kicked him in the gut, all of them yelling, "You're the reason!" They started pummeling the swordsman who more than deserved it.
Happy leaned to Dreck. "Dreck?"
Dreck leaned back to him. "As soon as he turned the ship back to a figure I'll take it from him."
Dreck carried a beat up Aldin through the entrance of the town. Once they came in they were greeted by the guard. The guard was Natsu's height, bald with a scar on his nose, tan skinned, wore gray armor, and held a spear.
"Hello," the guard greeted, "welcome to our humble town of soul stone, we hope you enjoy your visit. Hm?" He noticed Aldin. "Is he ok?"
Dreck laughed, "He's fine, just suffering the consequences of bad flight!"
"Oh I see. Well if you need anything don't be afraid to ask."
"Actually," Erza approached him, "do you know anything about people in scaled masks?"
The guard was visibly startled by her question, though he tried to hide it. "Uh, n-no. I've never heard of them." He looked uncomfortable.
Erza glared at him. "I see, well thank you anyway." She and the others walked off.
"He definitely knew something," Gray speculated.
"Right. Let's be cautious about who we ask."
"I say we look for a place to stay, that way we can have a place to stay for the night if needed," Lucy suggested.
Erza nodded and they all headed for the nearest inn. The inn they went to was called The Spirit House.
"Sounds haunted," Happy said.
"I'll book us in while you all gather information," Dreck volunteered, "and we'll meet here in an hour."
Natsu clamped his hands together. "Sounds good. If they're hiding anything I'll just beat it outta them!"
Happy walked up to Natsu, jumped up and slammed his fist into the dragon slayer's head. "We're supposed to be cautious, Natsu!" The exceed scolded. "While we're here, I might as well get a new shirt."
"Ok, well, see you all in an hour!" Dreck sounded off.
An hour had passed and everyone met in the lobby of the inn. Aldin wasn't with them at the moment as he went out to look around the area.
"How'd it go for you?" Laxus asked.
"The people here definitely know something," Lucy started, "everyone we asked got a bit apprehensive about it, or they'd try and change the subject."
"One guy got really scared," Natsu added.
"Probably because of how you screamed at him," she sighed.
"I thought about bringing up acnologia but I didn't want to get some unwanted attention," Happy informed, wearing a blue t-shirt, "But I was wondering, did anyone else act like that guard from earlier?"
"Whaddya mean?" Laxus asked.
"Everyone we asked was either dodgy or dismissive but they always looked intense."
"I see, that guard was different."
"Think we should track him down?" Juvia asked.
"No need. He came to us," Happy turned around, "right mister?"
From the corner came that same guard but in a hood. "Hm. You sensed me." He came to the table.
"You followed us?" Gray assumed.
"I didnt even sense him," Natsu said, taken back and tensing up.
"Me either," said Laxus, also guarding up.
"What!?" Lucy exclaimed.
"You didn't?" Happy was also surprised.
The man stood near the table."it makes sense that you wouldn't. I made my presence known only to the one who held Acnologia's soul."
Everyone was shocked and glared at the man, ready to fight.
He waved his hand. "Relax. I'm no enemy," he got closer, "but I can't mask my presence for long, and you can't stay here for long either."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Gray asked him.
"The people you questioned are going to come for you tonight and offer you to the cult."
They all gasped.
"So they are related to the cult!" Natsu growled.
The man nodded. "When your friend gets back," he pulled out a folded piece of paper and set it on the table, "go to your rooms. They'll offer you some mints, don't eat them, just pretend you ate them. Once you hear someone approaching your door, escape and meet me here."
"How do we know we can trust you?" Erza questioned.
"Good question. If I told you that I could've taken you all down now when you couldn't sense me, would that help?"
"A little."
"Fair, but you have to admit, I'm your only lead so far."
Erza knew he was right but didn't want to admit it.
"My name is Kent by the way," the man known as Kent said as he turned, "and I hope to see you there." He walked off.
"What do we do?" Wendy asked.
"He's right. We don't have anything else to go by, so I say we go for it," Happy stated.
"Think we can trust him?" Natsu questioned.
"Maybe. Let's just wait till Aldin gets back."
The team nodded in agreement.
End
Next chapter. Cult part 2