Chapter 7
Strife and the Watcher had silently followed the little, blue cat all the way to a strange building. He wasn't surprised to find Natsu there nor Lucy for she was there as well.
Still using the shadows as cover, Strife and the Watcher kept their distance as they saw Natsu, the cat, and the girl talking enthusiastically. The girl now had the flyer that was in the cat's paws and They could hear him mention something about a gate key. Finally, The Watchers' curiosity had been aroused enough to intervene.
"Okay, what's going on?" The watcher demanded from the shadows darkening his colours to blend into the shadows which he somehow pulled off very well.
The sudden voice had surprised Lucy to the point that she landed on a nearby cactus and was visibly screaming in pain as she frantically tried to remove it from her buttocks. Natsu and Happy on the other hand looked wary.
"Who said that?" Happy asked confusedly.
The Watcher decided to have his little fun while it lasted, he slowly revealed himself from the Shadows chuckling as he did so, and it was obvious that he was now visible from Happy's expression at seeing him and Lucy's abrupt stop at getting the cactus off of her butt.
Lucy and Happy hugged each other at the sight of the Watcher, Natsu was about to intervene but then he saw Strife giving him a thumbs up and gesturing for him to be quiet by placing his finger to his lips.
The Watcher drew ever closer to Lucy and Happy and their startled expressions grew into near uncontrollable fear that it would only take a push to send them over the edge.
The watcher gave them that push…
"Boo!"
Happy and Lucy went into a maniacal state of panic and simply ran, or in Happy's case, flew around in a giant circle screaming their heads off. Strife and the Watcher bust into uncontrollable laughter at the sight
Not wanting to cause a scene, Natsu, surprisingly taking charge and being the equivalent of Erza in this situation, bonked Lucy and Happy on their heads, which knocked them out instantly with big, red bumps on their heads. Fortunately, no one had awoken from their slumber.
Natsu then bonked the Watcher and Strife on the head, "hey what was that for?" strife demanded, "you're going to wake up the neighbors" Natsu hissed with surprising consideration for the neighbors. "Urgh and I thought Erza was the buzzkill of Fairy tail" Strife complained.
Lucy was the first to awaken, but instead of hitting Natsu back like she normally would've, she was trying not to wet herself in the presence of the Watcher. Happy had a similar feeling when he woke up and trembled in silent fear with Lucy. Finally, Lucy mustered up all of her courage and spoke.
"A-are you going to eat us Mr. Demon?" Lucy fearfully asked.
"How dare you!" The watcher said indignantly, "I'm no filthy demon, I'm a Watcher! And I'm not the one with a cactus in my arse".
In that very instant, Lucy had begun to yell in pain as she desperately tried to get the cactus off of her butt. The Watcher getting annoyed by the constant yelling he grabbed the cactus easily from the running Lucy and placed it back to where it previously was.
However, she was unaware of this and continued to run as if the cactus was still on her butt for several minutes before she realized it was off Lucy however didn't realize this. Her realization had come from seeing Natsu and Happy uncontrollably laughing at the display. Strife only had a small smile, but was still mildly amused by her display. She swiftly beat up Natsu and Happy, but she didn't attack The Watcher out of wariness or Strife because he had no part in it, mostly.
"Now that that's done, would you mind showing us whatever you have in your hands?" Strife asked, trying to lure her into giving away information, needless to say she took the Bait.
Team Natsu returned to reality with a frantic Lucy explaining, "N-nothing! We weren't doing any job requests!"
"Request? Who said anything about a request?" Strife smugly said, "Great job Lucy. You spilled the beans." Happy said insensitively. "Jokes on you fur ball I saw you flying away with that flyer" the Watcher said, This news caused Happy to pale and he solemnly went into a nearby corner in shame and humiliation.
"Why are you guys doing this? Last I heard, I was an S-Class wizard and you are not." Strife said in exasperation. "Yeah, but if we complete an S-Class quest, gramps will promote us for sure!" Natsu replied determinedly.
Strife took a long sigh, never breaking eye contact with Natsu. Strife turned to a still timid Lucy and gently held out his hand. "Just show me already." Strife said sternly. Lucy was still trembling in fear, crumpling up the paper in the process. "You know your going to get into more trouble for not handing it over" Strife said
In awe of his demeanor, Lucy willingly handed the paper to Nightcrawler. He read the job description; in big, bold letters were the words 'HELP US', asking the wizard to lift the curse off of a place called Galuna Island. Apparently it had been going on for three years, three Fucking years, why?.
"Three years are you kidding me? Are wizards cowards or something?" The Watcher said angrily, "yeah and that's why we should help" Happy said, "alright I'm in" Strife said, What?!" Natsu, Happy and Lucy exclaimed in shock.
"Hey I haven't played Maverick for a long time now and I'm just dying to get back into it, plus I'm S-class so we should be fine, worst case we get grounded for a few days or weeks for taking it without permission" Strife said, "besides those people need help big time"
"And whatever is causing them trouble, we can conquer it with ease" The Watcher added helpfully, "well alright then let's go" Natsu said.
That morning
The morning had begun and the vast majority of the guild was present, Makarov was enjoying his morning coffee. when he was suddenly approached by Mira with bad news, "Master, I have really bad news. One of the S-Class quests is missing!" Mirajane said worriedly.
Makarov took a long sip of his coffee before he spit it out in shock. He went into a mild coughing fit before he turned around. "What?!" Makarov yelled in surprise. Unfortunately, the entire guild was in earshot of the conversation and they panicked when they heard Mira's news.
"Say what?!" Wakaba exclaimed, spitting out his cigarette, "one of the S-class missions is missing!?", "Who would be willing to do something like that if they aren't S-Class?" Macoa asked.
"Someone really smart or really stupid. Whatever. I need to pinch a loaf." An uninterested Laki commented. "I know who it is." Laxus said from the second floor, ""I saw a blue cat fly up and rip the job from the wall.", "It was Happy?" Mira asked. "That means Natsu was behind it!" Mira yelled in concern.
"Laxus, you mean to tell me that you saw Happy take an S-Class quest and you did nothing to stop him!?" Makarov said as he shot daggers at his grandson, who only smiled smugly. "Hey, all I saw was a blue cat gramps. I had no idea it was Happy." Laxus said, although his smirk suggested otherwise. "By the way, I think I had one too many last night, but I also saw a weird, gold and white spirit or demon following the cat with someone I couldn't make out".
That time it wasn't a half hearted lie he genuinely could not tell who it had been with, Mira knew however, "Strife had something similar to what Laxus described he called it a Watcher" she said.
"Hey, wait a minute. I think I saw Natsu go to Lucy's apartment last night. Maybe she went with them!" Macao said. "Laxus, how could you let them go?!" Mirajane reprimanded; resisting the urge to kill Laxus.
"Hey, Natsu isn't cleared for S-Class quests. I never dreamed he'd break the rules like that sweetheart. Besides, he's probably going to get himself killed so it doesn't even matter, right baby?" Laxus replied, giving a small chuckle at the end, "besides last I remember Strife was S-class, doesn't that qualify him or anyone with him for the job?".
Laxus had a good point and everyone had enough sense to admit it, reluctantly as they were still angry at Laxus. "True and lucky they do have Strife but what job was stolen?" Makarov asked, Mira came back to reality and regained her original, worried attitude." It was the Galuna Island job."
Everyone in the guild went into a panicked frenzy. The Galuna Island job was left alone for a reason; anyone who set foot on that island would never return. Even Strife was at risk given that he was still recovering from his fight with Lullaby, strong though he was "Laxus!" Makarov yelled, "Bring those fools back here at once!"
"Yeah right, Gramps." Laxus scoffed, "Everyone at Fairy Tail is supposed to look out for themselves, right? besides Strife ain't no pushover even I know that", "I don't care how you feel about Natsu or Strife!" Makarov snapped in utter rage, "The fact is, you're the only person strong enough to bring them back alive by force!"
"Sorry master, but I've got to disagree with you there. I'll bring them back." Gray said stoically with a fire in his eyes. Ever since the mention of that Demon or watcher as it called itself he was having suspicions that it might be one of Delorias demons sent to free him and he was using Strife to do so.
So he wanted to go along not just to stop them but the demon, "very well Gray bring them back safe and try not to break anything" Makarov said, "I won't master" Gray said, "that demons are going straight back to hell" Gray thought, think about killing that Watcher.
Hargeon 9:00 AM
"Oh, wow. It seems like only yesterday that I met Natsu and Happy here." Lucy nostalgically said with a smile.
"It was practically yesterday, remember? You don't have to act all mushy. It gives me a stomachache." Natsu grumbled, "yeah yesterday three weeks ago" Strife pointed out. "Aye sir! She sounds like an old lady." Happy teased, only to get a glare from Lucy. "Okay so how do we get to the island?" Strife asked, "cause we can't swim and I doubt Natsu is going to take a boat".
Strife was right Natsu absolutely refused to go in a boat but Strife had no access to any serpent holes so a boat was going to have to do. "Well I don't see any other option so sorry Natsu we're taking a boat" Strife said regretfully. Natsu sighed in defeat, "alright let's go find one" he said defeated and looking queasy.
Unfortunately, their mission had apparently reached a dead end. They talked to every boater, but they instantly bailed when they mentioned Galuna Island. Their hope was dwindling as they came to a boater with a brown moustache and a bandana over his head. He was strangely wearing a light brown cloak that concealed most of his body.
"Galuna Island?" he asked after hearing their request, "Sorry kids, but not even pirates would not go there.", "Apparently, Natsu's plan is the best; looks like we're swimming after all." The Watcher begrudgingly admitted, much to Natsu's happiness. "We're not swimming, guys!" Lucy yelled incredulously.
"I found you!" a familiar voice said from behind the group, scaring them. The man behind them was none other than Gray, with a very pissed off look at the Watcher. "Why is he looking at me like that?" The Watcher asked Strife, "beats me" Strife replied, "What are you doing here!?" Natsu angrily demanded.
"Gramps found out about your stupid scheme and told me to bring you back." Gray answered, never taking his eyes off the Watcher. "Why? We aren't in danger yet." Natsu whined like a child. "If you come back, you guys might not get kicked out of the guild." Gray said, still angrily looking at the Watcher, "Kicked out of Fairy Tail!?" Lucy cried out.
"Guys, if this is going to get you in trouble, you should probably head back. I'll go to Galuna Island, alone." Strife said stoically.
"What?!" they all cried out, even Gray.
"Strife you can't be serious! You'll get yourself killed!" Natsu yelled concernedly.
"You're joking right?. Look These people have been suffering for too long and I ain't letting that slide." Strife replied, "plus I'm S-class so I'm qualified for it and did you forget that I have faced worse?"
This was slightly inaccurate according to everyone else in the guild as Galuna island was said to have many wizards disappearing off the face of the earth.
"There's no way in hell I'm letting you go alone. We're all going on this S-Class quest!" Natsu determinedly shouted.
"Plus last I remembered I'm S-class or there is a demotion thing going on?" Strife asked
"You're out of your league Strife you just got promoted to S-class" Gray argued, then his face turned white with fear, "When Erza finds out about this, she's going to be so mad…", Natsu had now broken into an uncontrollable sweat at the thought of an angry Erza.
Happy flew onto Gray's shoulder. "Help me, Gray; I didn't want to go along with this, but they forced me!", "You little liar!" Lucy yelled incredulously. "I'm going to prove myself, so either get on board, or get out of the way!" Natsu argued.
"Makarov told me to bring you guys back," Gray said, "And I'll drag you guys back to the guild in wheelchairs if I have to!" a spiked ball of ice grew out of Gray's hand, "I don't mind hurting you, but I'm going to enjoy beating the crap out of that demon!".
"How dare you" the Watcher indignantly said, "I am a Watcher not a demon get your facts right" but Gray wasn't listening as he was facing off against Natsu
"I'd like to see you try!" Natsu said as his fist had become engulfed in flames.
"Pardon my intrusion, but you children wouldn't happen to be wizards? Did you come to lift the curse on Galuna Island?" the man interrupted, drawing all of their attention to him.
"Yep!" Natsu replied enthusiastically with Everyone else except Gray giving a simple nod.
"Umm… yes?" Lucy answered, less sure of herself.
"You bet" Strife added casually, "I'm with them" the Watcher added.
"Not going to happen!" Gray yelled incredulously.
"Get in." the man said, gesturing to his boat.
"No way!" Gray moved to grab the Watcher, but Natsu intervened and punched Gray in his lower abdomen, knocking the wind out of him and stunning him. Natsu took the opportunity to get a coil of rope from his backpack and quickly tied up the incapacitated Gray.
"Okay, let's go!" Natsu yelled happily as he threw an unwilling Gray on the boat.
"Uh, Natsu, thanks for the save, but did you have to tie him up?" Nightcrawler asked.
"We can't risk him going back to the guild until we finish the job. Besides, if Gray comes back empty-handed, they'll send Erza and we're dead!" Natsu said.
The threat of Erza had made Lucy and Happy jump into the boat, with Nightcrawler following, but still pondering on exactly why Erza had frightened them so much.
The first few minutes of the boat ride had been uneventful and spent in uncomfortable silence. Gray had shortly recovered, but his hands were tied up by Natsu so that he couldn't use his magic. Natsu had been blowing chunks the entire time over the edge of the boat. Lucy was looking rather uncomfortable and crossing her legs together. Happy was comforting Natsu by patting him on the back.
Most of the time was devoted to small talk, mostly the Watcher and Strife trying to get it through Gray's skull that the Watcher wasn't a demon. But the boatman was looking at the Watcher for some reason. "I can feel you watching me" the Watcher snapped at him, not turning away from his conversation with Gray.
Strife then noticed Lucy fidgeting in her seat with her hands on the crotch of her jean skirt. He then remembered that Lucy hadn't relieved herself, unlike the rest of them who simply relieved themselves in the ocean. She must've been holding it in and waiting for Galuna Island before she relieved herself. Though she looked like she was on the verge of bursting.
"Uh Lucy you need to piss?" Strife asked, "oh real mature way of asking" the Watcher though dryly.
Ordinarily, Lucy would've reprimanded him for this, but her bladder had swelled up to the size of a beach ball. The pain was so great that she could only respond with a nod and a hearty blush on her cheeks. She looked like she was going to cry any minute.
"Relax we'll make sure everyone looks away" Strife assured her then looked up to see two Ravens overhead, "that included you two as well!" The Watcher called up.
In desperation, Lucy quickly agreed with a nod and shakily removed her pink panties before crouching down on the side of the boat, making sure that everyone was looking away, with the exception of Natsu who was too busy vomiting to notice. As soon as the check was done, Lucy released an enormous amount of urine into the ocean.
Lucy felt an orgasmic relief as she emptied the humongous stream from her rock-hard bladder. She actually felt good as she released her golden waters, adding to her embarrassment of relieving herself in front of boys. Finally, the stream ended and she cleaned herself up using the emergency toilet paper she kept in her back pocket before pulling up her panties and telling them it was okay to look again.
At long last, they spotted an island in the distance, but it didn't look that impressive.
"So, why are you helping us?" Gray said to the captain.
"My name is Bobo, and I was once a citizen of Galuna Island." The man explained.
"Once? Why did you leave then?" Strife asked.
"I had to flee; I couldn't take it anymore. I should warn you, suffering befalls anyone who sets foot on Galuna Island, unless you wizards can lift the curse." Bobo said, never looking up.
As if right on cue, Bobo had lifted his cloak to reveal his left arm. It appeared to be covered in some sort of exoskeleton, and it was clearly not human, "typical" Strife said not really surprised by a transformation curse.
"This is the curse of a demon." Bobo elaborated. "I bet you know something about it, don't you?!" Gray said, referring to the Watcher, "your more quick to temper than brain aren't you" the Watcher shot back.
"I've seen a lot of demon curses in my day but there are not any that can turn human demons" Strife told the others.
"We're almost there." Bobo said, distracting them from their conversation.
As they got closer, they had seen the island glowing an eerie purple. Something about the glow unnerved Nightcrawler to no end. However, Lucy was the one who asked the question in everyone else's mind.
"Guys, why is the island glowing?" Lucy asked, "it's glowing because something bad is about to happen" Strife deadpanned, "anything you can tell us?" Strife asked only to find he wasn't there, "Uh, guys, where the hell is Boba?" Strife said, everyone looked at the watcher, "why do I have to be the one to see everything? which I don't by the way" the Watcher complained
They had looked all over the boat and over the edge, but it was as if the man had vanished out of thin air!, "Does anyone else hear that noise?" Lucy fearfully asked. Strife's senses allowed him to hear something akin to flowing water, but it was different from the ocean water. It was as if water was flowing away.
"Look out!" Gray shouted. The others turned to see, to their shock, a massive tidal wave heading straight for them!, "oh Shit" Strife cursed as the wave came crashing down onto them.
Galuna Island Shore 3:00 PM
Everyone had been washed up on the beach of Galuna island unconscious but unharmed and Strife was the first to wake up, "alright who's not dead?" Strife asked as he sat up. "Still alive," Natsu said, smiling like a lunatic as Happy pulled his head out of the sand with his typical "aye" response.
"Yeah we're good" Lucy said referring to herself and Gray and the Watcher sat up and rubbed his head, "what was that?" He asked.
"No idea" Natsu said standing up, "well nothing else to do but explore" "Hold up!" Gray said with a serious expression, causing them all to look at him. Then a caw caused them to look up as Huninn, "he says the village that needs help just follow him" the Watcher translated.
Gray sighed "looks like I'm coming with you" Gray said, "we could use your skills to conquer whatever problems here" the Watcher admitted, "agreed and maybe we can find a way off this island afterwards, maybe even ice skating how does that sound" Strife said, no one seemed to agree with him as he walked off, "okay fine no ice skating, don't think Gray's powerful enough to freeze the ocean anyway".
Galuna Island 8:00 PM
The gang had wearily trekked through the jungle of Galuna Island, attempting to find the village. They had made more pit stops and food breaks than they would have liked, especially Lucy on the former, looking for the village. Huninn however was a reliable guide, "he's literally got a bird's eye view and you're doubting him?" Strife demanded to Gray.
"I trust that Raven more than I trust your demon" Gray said, "I'm a goddamn watcher get it right or you're dead" the Watcher threatened.
Finally, they arrived at the village gates. Fortunately, there were torches that illuminated the path to the gates, making Nightcrawler visible to everyone. Strangely, when they arrived at the village gates, they were huge and wooden with a sign that said "Keep Out!" The native's bizarre need for isolation had increased in confusion, considering they were begging for help.
"So, how do we get inside?" Lucy asked confusedly. "Let's break in!" Natsu said eagerly, "sure and make a bad name for ourselves while we are at it" Strife said sarcastically, "great plan keep it up". Even Natsu was not dumb enough to to recognise the amount of sarcasm in that voice.
Suddenly, they heard a loud voice coming from the top of the village gates. "Halt! Who goes there?"
"We're wizards from Fairy Tail!" Lucy answered back, "We're responding to your request!"
"Why weren't we informed of this by your guild master?" the voice asked suspiciously.
"Well, uh…" Lucy replied, not knowing how to tell them it was not official.
"It was probably just a mix-up with the paperwork." Gray stoically said.
"Then let me see your guild emblems, right now!" the voice demanded.
Natsu moved his scarf, which partially concealed his red guild mark on his right shoulder; Happy moved his knapsack to reveal the same symbol in green on his back; Gray lifted up his shirt to reveal his blue emblem on the right of his chest; Lucy merely showed her pink mark on the back of her hand and Strife just pointed to his symbol on his chest.
"I'm their guide" the Watcher called up, "extra help if you will", The sentry did not have an answer for that and quickly opened up the village gates. The group stepped forward, only facing what appeared to be the entire village, strangely garbed in cloaks like Bobo, only theirs concealed much more of their features.
"I'm Moka, the village chief." The lead figure said, holding a staff with a crescent moon on the tip," On behalf of all my people, we welcome you. Pleasantries aside, there is something that we must show you; now my people!"
As if right on cue, the villagers had stripped their cloaks and the group had seen a familiar, but unnerving sight, unnerving for many of the group but Strife just gave a thoughtful look but Strife still couldn't help but feel sympathetical for them, humans had become his favourite kingdoms during his time watching over them as one of them.
While the villagers looked human enough, they now sported bizarre features with their body parts. Arms with claws, legs with talons, even horns on their head; to it wasn't the transformation Itself that upset Strife it was that no one was not affected, not even the children.
"Why did the creator abandon everyone to fates like this?" Strife thought, "It's just like that guy on the boat." Gray softly said. "Yeah, this is awful." Lucy said, trying not to cry. However, Natsu had noticed something else. "Oh, wow, your sideburns are huge!" he pointed at the sideburns on the elderly village chief's face, which went all the way down to his waist.
"Not that! I meant my arm!" Moka snapped as held out his purple, clawed arm for emphasis. "Everyone here is suffering from this horrible curse; not even the animals are unaffected.", "Interesting," the Watcher said, examining the chief's arm, "can't sense any magical affliction as far as I can tell" the Watcher said, "are we sure this isn't just a disease or something?".
"We've consulted with dozens of doctors, but they all say that no such disease exists." Moka said, sighing wearily. "When did this start?" Strife asked, "It all began when the moon fell under an evil spell." Moka said, continuing his regaling.
"An evil spell?" Lucy asked, "if there is one it's not one i'm familiar with" the Watcher said, "and trust me as hard as that is i know my stuff."
"Since ancient times, the moon has blessed this island with a glow that made it shine almost as brightly as the moon itself." Moka's tone had soon become uneasy, "However, three years ago, the moon's light turned purple, and it bathed the island in an eerie, purple glow."
"A purple glow huh" Stride said looking up at the moon to find it was indeed purple as it came out of the clouds, "Stand back, the change is upon us!" Moka warned.
Suddenly, the villagers' bodies began to convulse in levels of pain that seemed unholy. Their bodies had begun to transform their skin into scales, fur, and spikes replacing them. Now, they suddenly looked like demons, not any demon Strife was familiar with, not ones from hell but perhaps elder demons from some of the mythologies back on earth such as Asian or maybe Japanese, they all certainly looked rather Oni like.
"Forgive me if our appearance frightens you." Moka said, now sporting purple, scaly skin, fangs, pointed ears, and a pair of horns. "Meh I've seen uglier if that makes you feel better" Strife quipped, "not necessarily" Mako deadpanned "but what would make me feel better is having your friend respect everyone's personal space".
The Watcher was indeed not respecting boundaries as he examined, legs, arms, noses and wings of each demon, "Hey watcher did you mom not teach you manners?" Gray shouted, "I don't have a mother but thank you for getting it right" the Watcher replied.
"These poor people." Lucy softly whispered.
Natsu happily said, "You guys look so cool!" suddenly uplifted the melancholy mood. The entire village and his friends could only stare at him as he praised their appearance. "Natsu!" Lucy slapped him upside the head, "These people don't want to be like this!", "Really?" Natsu asked, confused, "Well, someone should help them."
"Gosh if only we had signed up for the job" Strife reamarked sarcastically, "idiot" Gray said, "I heard that prick" Natsu shot back, "okay that's enough" the Watcher said using his magic and made the two stiffen and shut up as they felt themselves go rigid and unable to do anything.
"Nice job watcher," Strife said, "Anyway, as you can see," Moka said, trying to get back on track, "whenever the moon comes out; everyone in the village takes the form of a demon. If this is not a curse, then what is it? We return to normal as the sun rises; however, there are a few among us who lose their minds and never change back. Sadly, the only thing we can do is put those unfortunate souls to death."
This news shocked the entire group to its core, Strife however seemed more sorrowful about it. If it were not for his Brothers, he would have taken his own life years ago.
"But, they might get better someday!" Natsu argued.
"If we wait too long, they will kill us all." Moka said sadly," We've tried to capture them, but they always break free." Tears began falling out of the elder's eyes as he pulled out a photograph," There's no way to reverse this; this wretched curse has forced me to take the life of my only child."
In utter despair, the old man had let the photo fall to the ground, letting the group see that the man in the photo had wide eyes, a moustache, and a familiar bandana on his head.
"That's the guy who took us to Galuna Island!" Lucy said softly, "We just saw him yesterday and…"
"Now I understand why he disappeared like that." Gray interrupted, "He was dead, but his spirit couldn't rest; we saw his ghost."
Lucy began to panic, but the Watcher saw one flaw in this theory, "ghosts don't exist unless they are given access to the mortal realms and I doubt the king of bones would allow someone like Bobo to gain access" the Watcher said.
"Oh and what do you know" Gray snapped, "a lot more than you know, there is a place where the souls go when death claims them, not heaven or hell like most think but a place for all, the kingdom of bones with its king of bones and only a rare few can gain his favour to come back in spirit" the Watcher snapped getting right up in Grays face.
"You may not believe him Gray but he's right" Strife said "the king of bones is a very grumpy guy and almost nobody gains his favour and those that do very often lose it along with their time existing".
"An enticing concept, but let's get back to the matter at hand." Moka said, bowing his head down. "Please lift this curse! If you don't we will all surely die!" "Not on my watch!" Natsu yelled, then lowered his voice when Moka looked at him, "We're going to fix this."
Everyone else in the group agreed,"There is only one way for the curse to end. The moon…the moon must be destroyed!" Moka said. Strife laughed but when no one else laughed he stopped, "wait your serious?".