Back with the next chapter!
"Speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
With Lucy and the others
Lucy and Wendy split up with Gray as the man was fighting with Rala while Lucy and Wendy were fighting with Hiroshi and Drake
The three tried to take back the Moon Drip, but was told that it was spent empty
In an attempt to take something valuable, they targeted Lucy's keys
"If you guys want to hurt the villagers, then you're going to have to go through us first!" She declared.
"Fine with us." Hiroshi grinned eagerly as he stood across them with a newly stable Rala. "We get treasure and chicks!"
"Who needs chicks?! Let's just kill them !" Drake shouted from a far as he shot another bullet that missed near Lucy
"Ready, Wendy?!" Lucy asked.
Wendy nodded firmly. "Yes!"
They started to move but were stopped by gunshots around their feet. Wendy fell over due to the bullet at her feet knocking her off balance. She looked to a nearby by cliff side, seeing a gleaming light that she assumed was coming from Drake's gun.
"Wendy!" Lucy cried out.
"Gotcha!" Drake smirked in victory as he fired his next shot.
Wendy braced herself for the impact, but she was saved…by red hair. She looked back. Shocked at the revelation of her savior.
"Ms. Flare?!"
"What are you doing here?!" Lucy questioned.
Hiroshi and Rala looked just as surprised as the Fairy Tail wizards.
Flare crushed the bullet in her hair tendril and let it fall to the ground. Her eerie gaze was fixed on the Treasure Hunters. "Three little girls." There was a singsong tone to her words, unnerving everyone around her. "With red hair, blue-black, and one blondie." She giggled to herself, only serving to make the mood that much more uncomfortable.
With Charla and Milo
The two felines were hiding in the bushes as in the sky was a giant bird-like creature with one eye and has large razor-like teeth
"nyaaau (What is that thing?)" Milo meowed to Charla while hiding
"H-how am I supposed to know?" Carla retorted.
"Whatever it is, i certainly can't fly while it's hovering around."
"nya." Milo nodded while meowing.
"Let's continue the search on foot and be careful not to make a sound." Charla said to Milo who nodded as the two felines started to walk away gently
With Erza
"haa!" Erza slash her sword at Minerva who teleports to dodge
"tch! You and your stupid lizard of a husband!" Minerva exclaimed as she summons more of her orbs around Erza as they exploded
Minerva smirks before it was gone as she sees that the flames from the explosion was sucked into Enryuo no Kiba
"what did you say about my husband?" Erza asked before she dashed towards Minerva as she slashes a portion of her coat
Minerva glares at Erza as she tried to attack back
With Lucy and Wendy
Hiroshi and Drake stared down Flare, whose hair was moving freely through the air.
"What's with this chick?" Hiroshi asked.
"Is she a part of their guild?" Drake inquired.
Flare chuckled menacingly, moving her head side to side.
"T-thank you." Wendy stammered. She was still afraid of the odd redhead.
"Not that I'm not thankful for the save, Flare…" Lucy began. "But what are you doing here?"
Flare pressed her fingertips together, her creepy smile returning. "I followed Blondie." She answered.
"You what?!" Lucy recoiled in fear.
"Or more precisely, I'm always following her." Flare said as images of her watching Lucy since the Grand Magic Games. Whether Lucy was walking home, returning by train from a job, bathing in what used to be the comfort of her apartment, or even sleeping; Flare was always just a breath away, watching her.
"Whaaat?!
"Just kidding."
Lucy sighed in relief. "Don't do that."
Flare looked up to the sky, her mood becoming more stable, but also sullen. "I…didn't have anywhere else to go…so I came back here."
"Came back…?" Wendy repeated.
"Yes…" Flare nodded. "This place is my home." She tugged on the right strap of her dress in order to better show the new mark on her breast. "This is the mark of Sun Village."
Lucy and Wendy's eyes widened at the news.
"You're from this village, Ms. Flare?!" shouted Wendy.
"No way." Lucy gasped. "But come to think of it you never did mention where you came from yesterday."
Flare continued her origin story. "I've been raised by the giants ever since I was small." She looked at Hiroshi and Drake as she then glares at the two.
"And now I come back to see everyone…my family…" she couldn't bring herself to speak on their current state. "I will not forgive you for this!"
Hiroshi and Drake got on their guard in response to the girl's outburst. "Hey! Whoever froze those giants, it's so heavily not us!"
"We just came to steal the fire!"
"I will not allow that either!" Flare exclaimed
Lucy looked in in quiet awe at Flare. It was like she was a completely different person than before. So composed, so passionate, but also tormented. "Flare…"
"The eternal flame is this village's guardian deity. It is precious to us!" Her hair grew fiercely towards the treasure hunters. "And I will not allow you or anyone else to defile it!"
With Natsu
Natsu backflips as the large man strikes at him with his large fists
""info? For what?"" Natsu asked END as he caught the large man's arm before slamming him to his back side
""to make sure of my conclusion"" END replied as Natsu summons his halberd and spins it around before throwing it at the large man
""that guy isn't human, he's an inhuman""
""an inhuman?"" Natsu asked as he dodge a punch and then catches back his halberd
""he's a mix of human and demon,"" END replied to Natsu as Natsu swings his halberd at the man as the bandana around his mouth was shredded
""see? Inhuman"" END said as the large man growls at Natsu before his body started to enlarge and became bigger while his skin turned blue
""but to be more precise, he's nearly an Etherious""
"RAAAAAAAGGGH!" the large beast like man roared at Natsu who readied his halberd
""let me take control for a moment"" END said as black markings crawled up Natsu's face
""this big guy needs to learn his place""
Reiter no Yoroi turned black as the visor glows red
With Erza
Erza had readied her sword near Minerva's neck as she came out victorious
"answer me, what are you doing here?" Erza demanded from her while in her child form
Minerva gritted her teeth as the blade was touching her skin
"You presume to lecture me...in your position?!" her body shook in her rage.
"Ro hwaset (trash)!" Minerva shouted as she kicks Erza off of her
"Urdeen ses iragd (Here is where you die)!"
Erza jumps back before she felt her chest tighten on the armor plate
"so tight" she said as she winced in pain a bit before Enryuo no Yoroi glows and she was back to normal
"I'm back to normal!" Erza said as she looks at her hand then touched her face
Minerva looked on in shock. "Doriate has fallen?" She stood up and quickly reset herself, her confidence returning.
"But perhaps this better. Beating you in that form would have been a waste." Minerva stared down Erza
Erza readied Enryuo no Kiba as she and Minerva were going for Round 2
Back with Natsu
Doriante laid on the ground as the large man had burned marks all over his body
"aaah….how?" he voice out weakly as he stares at Natsu who looks down at him
"still alive? Whoever made you into this, did a great job in making you" END voice out from Natsu's body as he squats down a bit near Doriante
""now what?"" Natsu asked him while in a spirit like form beside him
"now we see what is in your head" END said as his index finger touched Doriante's forehead
Images of a woman who had bird like features on her arms and legs appeared in END's and Natsu's mind before it was changed as images of large tubes then several figures who have inhuman like characteristics appeared next before more and more appeared
"I see, so Tartaros is on the move" END said as he stands back up and started to walk away
""the last dark guild in the Baram Alliance?"" Natsu asked him while returning back to his body as he and END swapped minds
""yeah, I never thought that Mard Geer managed to run the guild smoothly while I was away"" END said as he crossed his arms and floated beside Natsu who was walking towards a large frozen mountain
"who's Mard Geer?" Natsu asked him
""a demon who is like a fan girl to our big brother and to us, I left him in charge of the guild 30 years back"" END replied to him
""never thought that he started a mixing lab while I'm asleep""
Natsu stops his walking as he reached to the frozen mountain
""now I can hear the voice you were talking about"" END said as he and Natsu looks at the giant frozen mountain
"so this is the Eternal Flame" Natsu said as he walks towards the large frozen statue in front of him
That's a wrap!
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