Snowy Mountain Quest to Help a Father and Son
"Oh man, I can't believe I'm an official Fairy Tail Member! This is the greatest day of my life!" Lucy squealed of joy.
"Awesome, this calls for a celebration! Mira, bring out the booze and what food you can bring out!" Cana called out exciting.
"I'll see what I can put together." Mira giggled.
"Hey Lucy, you should go on a job with me and Happy!" Natsu suggested.
"What, like right now? But I just got here and joined." Lucy pointed out.
"Come on, it'll be more exciting if do one of the jobs with the big rewards!" Happy gestured to the Request Board.
"Whoa, like this to get rid of some thieves and it's a 160,000 Jewel reward quest!" Natsu showed the request to Lucy though Nine push it down.
"Easy, Natsu, I know you're happy to have Lucy in our guild and all, but let the girl have some rest after she made quite the journey to come here." Nine pointed out.
"Yeah, let the lady have some fun before going out for work." Cana agreed.
"Although, I think we should hold off having the booze in the meal celebration." Nine said causing Cana to wince.
"But it's really great having you here, Lucy. Juvia has been wondering when you would join the guild." Juvia said.
"Well, I had to wait until I was old enough to travel on my own, but the waiting was worth." Lucy smirked.
"Funny, I've been trying to teach Natsu how to be patient." Nine chuckled.
"Hey! I can't help it if the excitement of adventure calls out to me!" Natsu stated.
"That just makes you sound more like a glass cannon." Happy commented hurting Natsu in the heart a little and the others laugh.
"Master, how come my dad hasn't come back yet?" A little boy asked the Guild Master.
"You're starting to work my nerves, Romeo." Makarov said to the boy which got Natsu's attention.
"You're a wizard and son of a wizard, have faith in your father and wait patiently for him." Makarov scolded.
"But sir, he old me he'd be back in three days, and he's been gone for over a week now!" Romeo pointed out worry.
"If I remember correctly, he took the job on Moun Hakobe." Makarov recalled.
"That's right, and it's not that far from here, so why won't somebody go look for him?" Romeo asked.
"Listen kid, your old man's a wizard. And like every other wizard in this guild, he can take care of himself. Now go home, have some milk and cookies, and wait!" Makarov scolded the boy which got a few attentions.
"Jerk! I hate you all!" Romeo punched Makarov in the face and ran out in tears.
"Master, you know you could have just said something nicer to ease up the kid's worries." Nine said as she helps him up.
"I'm trying my best to make sure the little one doesn't do anything that can get himself hurt in the future." Makarov proclaimed.
Then they heard a crushing noise turning to see Natsu has crush the request for Mt. Hakobe and quietly take his stuff as Happy follows him.
"And that's my cue to leave as well. We'll be back around sunset." Nine said as she walks after Natsu.
"Oh boy, there they go again. Bet they're going to save Macao which may only hurt their pride." Nab said.
"Perhaps, Nab, but we all know better than anyone that they never care much about pride unless it's someone mocking our pride. Remember, we can't choose another's path." Makarov stated.
Lucy can tell that Natsu is upset that Romeo is missing his father just like how Natsu has been missing his dragon father for the past seven years, and she decided to come along to help in any way she can.
"Sorry, Cana, we'll have to hold off on the celebration." Lucy said before running after the Dragneel family.
"Oh yeah, that girl definitely got the hots for Natsu." Cana grinned.
"What? You mean she is also in love with Natsu just as Juiva!" Juiva gasped.
"No, it's can't be… That means we'll have to become love rivals!" Juvia feared.
"Girl, you need to chill." Cana commented.
Mira simply smiles that Lucy is going to help with Macao too.
Outside of the guild, Romeo is walking while crying for his dad then felt a hand on his head for a moment and looks up seeing Natsu, Nine, and Happy walk past him.
(Carriage Ride to Mt. Hakobe)
The small group have taken a carriage to the mountain side to find out where Macao have disappeared to, which Natsu has to suffer through the pain of his motion sickness.
"Damn it…" Natsu groaned.
"Wow, when we first met, you didn't have any problems with motion sickness." Lucy surprised to see Natsu like this.
"That's because Nine had a spell on him to help with the motion sickness." Happy revealed.
"Speaking of which, how come you haven't cast the spell on me now?" Natsu asked.
"Just hoping that you might have gotten over it by now, but I guess your Dragon Slayer Magic just has that effect." Nine sighed and her finger glow pointing at Natsu, his body glows for a bit.
"Oh yeah, now I'm all better!" Natsu shouted of victory.
"Hey, Natsu, I think what you're doing is sweet." Lucy complimented confusing Natsu a bit.
"Helping Romeo with his dad, I think what you're doing a great thing to help others including your guildmates." Lucy smiled.
"Thanks, I don't like to brag but I guess you could say I wanted to make sure no one would go through the missing dad thing like I have." Natsu explained with a shy smile.
"And that right there why I wouldn't stop being proud of you." Nine smiled hugging him and pulled his face into her breasts.
"Yeah, Nine tends to do something like that whenever she is happy with Natsu and does some perverted things." Happy explained to the slightly blushing Lucy while teasing Nine and Natsu.
Nine realize what she is doing to her adopted son and quickly let's go of him as they look away from each other, then they felt the carriage stop moving.
"I guess we're there now." Lucy said.
"I'm sorry, but this is as far as I can get you." The driver apologized.
Once the group step out of the carriage, Lucy gasp that they are on the side of the mountain with a strong blizzard blowing in the cold.
"Come on, we better get walking." Nine said.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Lucy screamed.
"Sorry about not telling you this, Lucy. The mountain can get a little more snowy even when it's summer time, so it's always best to wear something wear." Nine explained as she gave Lucy a winter coat.
"Yeah, probably should have double check on that, but I'm surprise you, Natsu, and even Happy aren't bother by this." Lucy said as she quickly puts on the coat.
"That's because we're used to this sort of thing by now whenever go up on the mountain." Happy bragged.
"So, what kind of job did Macao take to come to a place like this?" Lucy asked curiously.
"He went to slay a Vulcan, it's a big monster." Natsu answered.
"A monster slaying job! I'm surprise there are still those kinds of request today." Lucy surprised.
"In the world we live in, there will always be some kind of monsters roaming around." Nine pointed out.
Natsu and Happy started calling out for Macao hoping he is nearby while Nine try using her magic sense to locate though she couldn't get a good reading on him, then suddenly something jump at them from above revealing to be a Vulcan.
"Whoa, that's a big one!" Happy shocked, so is Lucy as this is her first time seeing one up close.
The Vulcan sniff something sweet in the air and went squealing of joy when it spotted Nine and Lucy.
"Oh, me like pretty woman!" Vulcan chuckled.
"I don't like the way it's looking at us?!" Lucy worried.
"Vulcan are pretty much perverted apes going after women and do whatever they want with them, and they really piss me off." Nine glared then Lucy an idea.
"Hey Natsu, you said that Macao was taking a request to slay a Vulcan, right?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, why?" Natsu asked back.
"Well, what if this Vulcan is the one Macao took and must have been captured?" Lucy guessed.
"How do we know that this big ape kept Macao as a prisoner?" Happy asked.
"Only one idea I can think of." Lucy determined to help her friends and ran in front of the Vulcan.
"Hey, you dirty ape! You want me then come and take me!" Lucy taunted.
The Vulcan screams of joy and just grab Lucy's body running past the rest not caring about them.
"Hey, let go of her!" Natsu angered.
"Wait, Natsu. I think Lucy made herself bait on purpose so we can follow it to its lair and hopefully find Macao there too." Nine figured out Lucy's plan.
"I hope she knows what she is doing?" Happy worried.
"Come on, we got to catch up to them!" Natsu sprinted after the Vulcan.
(The Submit of Mt. Hakobe)
Lucy is seen sitting at the middle of the cave while the Vulcan is happily dancing that he has found himself a woman to keep for himself, she looks around trying to see if she can find the guy.
"(Damn it, I probably should have asked the others what this Macao guy looks like, but it probably wouldn't be too hard since he might be the only human man to go against the Vulcan.)" Lucy thought as she kept looking at her surroundings.
"Now, let see how pretty woman's scream will be!" Vulcan chuckled perverted with its hands moving closer to Lucy.
"It's nice that you think I'm pretty and all, but I prefer hearing it from a man, not a stupid ape." Lucy glared.
Before the Vulcan could respond to that, Lucy does a fast spin and threw a kick right in the face making the ape monster stumble back a little then she jumps back.
"Allow to show what happens when you mess with me." Lucy took out one golden key.
"Open, Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!" Lucy summoned her other Celestial Spirit for combat.
"Moooo!" Taurus mooed and flexed his muscles, ready for battle.
Taurus is an extremely tall, heavily muscular and athletic humanoid whose physical features are highly reminiscent of a bull, as his theme implies. His body is covered in a black and white pattern. He wears a dark indument, similar to a pair of swim briefs, covering his groin, held up by a red, studded belt, with a circular, thin, golden metal buckle, with a pair of curved protrusions jutting outwards from it in its upper part. He also wears simple dark boots with lighter upper edges, consisting of three lines circling his legs, and has a red belt circling his neck, to which a golden cowbell is attached. His forearms are wrapped in bandages, and he wears brown fingerless gloves. Crossing his chest diagonally and passing over his right shoulder is a large, plain dark belt closed by a simple buckle, to which Taurus's signature axe is.
"Cow?" Vulcan confused.
"I should warn you, Taurus is one of the most powerful Spirit I have contracted with." Lucy said.
"Oh wow, Miss Lucy! I almost forgot what a nice figure you have. Why don't you come and give me a smooch!" Taurus asked lovesick.
"Oh yeah, and he's a big perv too." Lucy exclaimed.
"Hey Lucy, we're here!" Natsu called out as he, Nine, and Happy have arrived.
"Whoa, a giant cowman!" Happy gasped.
"It's okay, this cow is on our side. He's one of my Celestial Spirits!" Lucy informed.
"That's good to know, mind helping us deal with this monkey freak?" Natsu asked with an exciting smirk.
"Yeah, this Vulcan may know where another of our friend is, and he also tried to rape Lucy." Happy mentioned.
"This monkey did WHAAAT?!" Natsu and Taurus shouted in rage.
"I'm gonna teach this banana brain a lesson!" Taurus pulled out his axe.
"Save some beating for me!" Natsu pounded his fist into his palm.
"Rampage!" Taurus jumped high, swinging his axe around and then slam it down creating an earthquake attack that goes in a straight line toward the Vulcan.
The Vulcan quickly dodges the attack though Natsu was already very close to the beast.
"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Natsu kicked a flaming foot at the Vulcan sending it flying through some icy stalactites.
"Let me on this two!" Happy flew fast at the Vulcan.
"Happy Speed Punch!" Happy punched past the Vulcan right across the face.
"Did Happy's hand just grew big as his head?" Lucy asked shock.
"Yeah, it's a little transformation magic he's been working on." Nine answered and jumps right in.
"Lighting Axe-Kick!" Nine coated her right leg in lightning magic and kick the Vulcan right on the head.
"Now listen here, monkey freak. I've always considered everyone in Fairy Tail my family like Gramps, Mira, Cana, Juvia, and even jerks like Elfman and Gray." Natsu spiked his flaming magic aura.
"Which is why… I'm not leaving without Macao!" Natsu shouted and threw a powerful Fire Dragon Iron Fist sending the Vulcan crashing into an ice wall.
The icy dust cloud clears up showing the Vulcan is unconscious and beaten by the Fairy Tail wizards.
"We beat him!" Happy cheered.
"Yeah, but wasn't this monkey supposed to tell us where your friend is?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, forgot about that." Natsu chuckled.
"Now that I think about it, Vulcan only have interest in women alive and don't like men as they would just beat them up to death." Nine realized.
"Wait, so you're saying Macao might not even be here?" Lucy asked shock.
Suddenly the Vulcan's body started to glow, and the giant monkey man vanish leaving behind a single man who Natsu, Nine, and Happy instantly recognize.
"Macao!" Natsu shocked.
"Are you telling me that big perverted monkey was actually your friend this whole time!" Lucy gasped.
"I see, no wonder I couldn't sense him." Nine said.
"Yeah, he must have been Taken Over by that Vulcan." Happy figured out as well.
"What do you mean "Taken Over"?" Lucy confused.
"Vulcans are evil body snatches that cast a possession spell to take over the victims' bodies in order to survive." Nine explained as they laid Macao down gently to check and patch up his wounds.
"It looks like Macao put up a good fight before the Vulcan finally got it him." Happy said.
"Macao, don't you die on me. Romeo's waiting for you, open your eyes!" Natsu shouted which got the man to wake up.
"Natsu?" Macao confused.
"Good, you're okay. Tell us, what happened during your job here?" Nine asked.
"Guess you could say I was an idiot for letting my guard down. I defeated 19 of those brutes, but the 20th got to me. I'm so embarrassed to even go home and face Romeo." Macao explained.
"Don't beat yourself up, come on! You beat 19 monsters." Natsu believed it was an impressive feat.
"He's right, Romeo would definitely be proud of you." Nine nodded.
"(Hold on, he took most of them by himself! That's the craziest thing I have ever heard!)" Lucy thought shocked.
"Now, let's go home. Both your little boy and wife are waiting for ya." Natsu offered his hand to Macao.
Macao smiles and accepted the hand as he is ready to come home.
(With Romeo)
Romeo is seen sitting on some stairs with his mom, Enno feeling sad about his dad.
"This is my fault, mom. I just had to make dad take a big job." Romeo sobbed.
"Now, don't go saying something like that to yourself. Your father will come back, he always does." Enno believed.
"Hey, Romeo!" Natsu called out.
Enno and Romeo's eyes widen of shock and joy upon seeing Macao with Natsu's group, and the two just jump right onto him.
"Honey, don't you ever worry me like that again!" Enno cried.
"I'm sorry for making you go off like that!" Romeo apologized.
"Sorry for making you two worry like that." Macao apologized.
"It's okay, I can handle it because I'm a wizard's son." Romeo cried proudly.
"Hey son, next time those bullies pick on you, here's what I want you to say. "Can your old man defeat 19 monsters all by himself? Cause mine can."" Macao smiled and Romeo giggles.
"Nine, thank you for helping our family once again. This reminds me of how stopped me from divorcing Macao." Enno thanked.
"You're welcome." Nine smiled and the group walked away.
"Natsu, everyone! Thank you for bring my daddy back!" Romeo shouted thanks to them.
Lucy smiles and wave back at Romeo thinking today in her first day in Fairy Tail was more epic than she could have imagined and already love this guild.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Hope you all like how I made Lucy a little braver than in the anime like how she kicked that Vulcan in the face and Happy little fight scene, I also made the woman Enno stayed with Macao as his wife when I learned she was his ex-wife in the anime.
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