"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Elfman, and Happy scream with their jaws drop in the floor, looking at Nick, who had covered his ears in time to stop a possible ear damage.
Once seeing that they stop, Nick spoke up again, "Like I said, the trial was a joke; to show the people that the Council is serious."
"So we worried about nothing?!" Lucy yelled out.
"You mean I was trapped in a cup for this?!" Natsu was mad.
"Ah, that explains it," Gray fist bump, "The messenger was a frog, so they bounce right back at us."
"..." All five of them look at him with a 'What the fuck?' expression on their faces.
"I'm just glad that Mira and Erza are out, imagine that, consider how I am," Nick said, as the camera moves back to reveal Sayla hugging his right arm tightly, and Cana, who was drunk, resting against his left shoulder. "When are you two going to stop this?" He asked them with a sigh.
"When the slush moves away from you, Master."
"When *burp* this succubus *hic* let me have my share with you." Both of them answer different, making both girls glare at each other.
"If glaring was a crime, these two would be arrested already." Lucy sweat drop, although, a tick mark was in her head.
"...So, what about the fight?" Elfman asked in curiosity.
At that, the fire wizard eyes widened, "Oh right! We haven't finished it yet!" He coated his fist on fire and lunge forward. "Here I come!"
Seeing that, Sayla and Cana move away, allowing Nick to fall backward, epic dogging the flame fist, Natsu didn't saw this coming and slam himself against the wall, immediately falling unconscious.
The guild went silent after that before Cana drop on the brunette's chest, twirling her finger around it, "You haven't failed me yet Nicky."
That kickstarted everyone's reaction over this, by cheering and drinking for the brunette's victory. And guess what?
"Zzzzzzzzzz….."
Nick fell asleep at the moment Elfman was asking about the fight!
"HE FELL ASLEEP! I'M DONE!" Laughter roar down as everyone couldn't hold it.
But the laughter commenced to drop when suddenly, everyone began to yawn, and moments later, they all fell asleep, Gray fell to the floor, alongside Elfman who landed on top of him, Natsu was sleeping against the wall with Happy, Lucy's head fell to the table, and Cana fell on top of Nick….whose eyes pop open.
"Woah….I feel recharged." He said before moving Cana off him and place her against the wall.
"Master? What's going on?" Sayla asked as she stood up while looking around, Nick follow her view and saw everyone asleep, except for the tiny old man.
"Gramps?" He asked the master, who look at him with a serious face.
"...Is him." Was all Makarov said when suddenly, the doors open up, and in came a slim man, he wore a dark blue cloak and his arms and legs are mostly covered in bandages, a dark blue bandana with a silver forehead protector, and a green mask that obscured the bottom half of his face to seemingly hiding his identity. The only thing visible was his black eyes and a small blue hair. He carried several staffs on his back which were held by a dark green strap going across his main man walked toward Makarov, passing the bodies of his sleeping guildmates.
"Mystogan…" Makarov acknowledged the cloaked mage.
"Master…" the mage said before turning to the brunette, "Nick? I'm surprised you shrugged my sleeping spell." He said with a hint of surprise.
"Not as much as I seeing you around here," the brunette said before looking at his demon girl, "I believe I told you about him, right Sayla?"
"Yes, master. One of Fairy Tail's top S-Class mages." She said before bowing to him, "Please to meet you, I'm Sayla, Master Nick's servant/friend."
Mystogan looks at her from up to bottom, "...A demon...from the Tartaros Guild…." Sayla hides her surprise expression really well, "...Nick sure does know how to get them." She heard him chuckle out as the hidden wizard turn to the brunette, "I believe you have a major role in her?"
Nick nod as he wraps an arm around the Etherious shoulder and brings her close to a hug, which she blushes a lot, "The Master thing gave it away, eh?"
Mystogan and Makarov chuckle before the Sandman walk up to the bulletin board, when he found a decent job, he rips it apart, approached Makarov and showed him the request, "I'm going."
"Hey! Undo your Sleep Magic!" Makarov shouted as he watched the masked man walk through the doors.
"In 5..." Mystogan muttered as he counted with every few steps he took, "4,3,2..." His figure finally disappeared from the exit, "1" as soon as his voice faded, the entity of the members started to wake up, albeit groggily.
"This feeling... Mystogan was here." Macao said as he rubbed his eyes.
"That bastard!"
"He is always using such powerful magic!"
The whispers were making Lucy confused about who was this guy, "Mystogan?" she asked as she rubbed her eyes.
"He is one of the strongest men in Fairy Tail," Elfman answered her.
"He always put everyone to sleep because he doesn't want people to see his face," Gray said as he pushes Elfman off him, who grunt about how unmanly it is to rudely throw a man away.
"Why does he do that? How suspicious!" Lucy exclaimed, a little freaked out by that magic.
"Yeah," Cana said as she uses the table to stand up, "That's why only the Master knows how those he looks like."
"Wrong, I do too." A voice from above echoed through the Guildhall.
Everyone looked up to see a very tall and muscular young man with gray eyes. His hair was slicked back, its numerous spiky strands pointing backward, though some falling down in a small tuft on his forehead. He has a distinct lightning bolt shaped scar on his right eye, his eyes had dark circles, with each of them possessing a single, prominent eyelash jutting outwards. He donned a leopard-print, orange tunic with dark-lined sleeves reaching down below his elbows, and fur on the lower edges. He sported a bright red cape, tied on the front with a garish knot, which bore a large, lighter Fairy Tail symbol on the back, and loose, baggy dark pants tucked inside light metal greaves. Around his waist was a simple belt to which he attached the device linked to his Magic Headphones. He also had a small chain tied around his right wrist.
"Laxus?!"
"You were here?"
"How rare!"
"He is one of the strongest too." Gray pointed out as he saw the confusion on Lucy's face.
"Mystogan is just shy. Keep your noses out of his business." Laxus grinned with his fist rested on his chin, "Besides, why don't you ask our Dragonslayer who managed to stay awake."
Everyone look at Natsu, who was rubbing his eyes, "No, not him, the other one." They turn to Nick who….was sleeping in Sayla's tights. They all gave the blonde a look of disbelief. "Don't you fucker look at me like that! Old-man can back me up!" They all look at the Master who was drinking beer….before falling asleep, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?! OLD MAN!"
Makarov yelp at the sudden shout, almost losing grip on the mug, "Blasted! I almost lost my beer, watch it Laxus!" He screams in anger at his grandson.
"What? You're getting mad for a drink?!" The blonde asked with tick marks, "How can- You know what, nevermind! Tell these weaklings that shit headed was awake when that Mystogan was here!"
Before the old man could answer, Natsu shout in anger, "Weaklings!? I'll show you weaklings, you bastard! Come down here right now!" He lit his hand on fire.
"Hoh?! Tell you what! Come up here and I'll fight you!" Laxus said with a smirk.
"Fine!" The fire wizard sprinted forward, but when he reached the stairs, a giant hand drop on top of him, squashing him down.
"Natsu," Makarov spoke with a serious voice, "You are not ready to go to the second floor."
"Heh, that made my day," Laxus said as he looks down at all of them, "He's not on my level, none of you is on my level, not that red-haired and white-haired bitches, not that masked freak! The most powerful one in the guild is me!" he laughs out before turning away.
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"What a barbarian." Lucy looks at Sayla, whose eyes were filled with nothing but hatred, "Calling himself the Strongest and not even seeing my master as a threat….I should just end his life now." Her eyes glow purple for a moment, surprising the blonde with it.
"Sayla, no killing intent," Cana grab the demon's shoulder, "Nick doesn't want the title of the strongest, as long he can fight, his fine." Her words calm down Sayla a bit, "Good….Now get off!" The brunette shoves her away, making Nick's head float a little, and in a quick moment, was now on top of the slush tights. "There, much better." She said but didn't enjoy it too much as Sayla tackle her.
"Get your legs off my master!" The Etherious and the Card wizard were now fighting, causing the male population to whistle at them with heavy blushes.
('Are really cat-fights the only thing that these perverts want?') was what Lucy thought with a sweatdrop. And a bottle was sent flying at her direction, causing her to shriek and dodge by going down, when she looks up again, the entire guild was at it again, ('Just….how?!') her thoughts were interrupted when something landed on her thighs, she look down and blush when she saw Nick's head.
She wanted to move him, but when she saw how cute he look asleep, she smiles a little and began to caress his hair, ('Woah...his hair is really soft….') she thought before two hands landed on her shoulders, making her sweat.
"Hey, Lucy~" Cana appeared on her shoulder, smiling like a devil, "What'cha doin?"
"And why do you have Master sleeping on your tights?~" Sayla appeared on the other shoulder.
Lucy sweats a little before she glares her eyes and looks at them both, "Oh~ Nothing~ Just giving my friend a place to rest, consider that you two keep making him hit the ground."
Both girls stare at her in surprise, even the blonde was surprised by what she just said. Cana and Sayla look at each other before they chuckle, confusing the celestial mage.
"Well, well, well," Cana began saying, placing her mug down, "I must congrat you, Luce, you stand up for yourself." Sayla nod, agreeing with the brunette. "I guess we can treat you equal to us."
Lucy blink a few times, "Uh? What?"
"What she means is," Sayla said before she and Cana glare hard at her, "We won't show mercy anymore."
Before the blonde knew it, they both tackle her, and began to fight, "Ouch! Hey! Watch it!" ('How did I get myself on this?!')
At that moment, Nick woke up, he yawns a little before feeling Rocky muzzle him, "Yeah, yeah, I'm awake." He said, patting the head of the dog.
"That stupid Laxus! Thinking his all mighty and powerful," Natsu grumble in annoyance, "Gah! I can't take it anymore! Nick!" The brunette look at his partner, "I need to take a job!"
"So?" Nick asked with a bored expression.
"So?! Pick something up!"
"...Fine," the earth wizard stood up and went to the job request, after looking around, he found a decent job, "Huh? 'Ganula Island' Request help immediately….Reward: 7 million jewels?" This was quite the job, he looks at Natsu, "Oy, found one," the pink haired walk up to him and his jaw drop to the floor when he saw the reward.
"T-T-T-This much?! We have to take this!" Natsu excitement was clear. "OY Old man! We're taking this job!"
Makarov took a look at the job and give his opinion, "...Fine, take care you two, and Nick, make sure Natsu doesn't destroy too much."
"I'll try." the brunette said with a chuckle.
"Hey!"
(Next Morning, Hargeon)
The two Dragon Slayers were now on Hargeon, heading toward the port.
"Wow! Is been so long since I been here, the place where we meet up."
"But that wasn't too long, was it?"
"Luigi! You're getting old!"
And accompany them were Lucy, Sayla, and Happy. With the last comment making the blonde chase after the cat.
"Is been so long since we go on a mission together, eh Sayla?" Nick asked the demon girl.
"Yes, Master," Sayla replied with a nod before looking at Lucy, "But why is she here?"
"Cause' Nick invite me, and I want the reward of the Golden Celestial Key!" Lucy replied with excitement in her eyes.
"So...what's the plan?" Happy asked.
"Obviously! We are swimming there!" Natsu said.
"What?!" Lucy looks at him like he was crazy, "Are you crazy?! We are not swimming there, let's search for a boat!"
"A Boat?!" Now Natsu was looking at her like she was crazy, "That's suicidal!"
"Suicidal?! Something is very wrong with you!" Lucy turned to Nick, "Nick! Please! I'll let you use my legs as a pillow if we find a boat to take us there!" she begged for him.
"Don't worry, we'll check if there's a boat available," The brunette said, a relief for Lucy. They walked, asking for every sailor to take them, but they received the same answer.
"Garuna Island? Get out of here! I'm not going anywhere near that island!"
"No way! I don't even want to hear that name!"
"That island is taboo amongst the sailors in this town!"
"There's a curse: it's just too fishy."
"I don't know what you guys plan on finding there, but no sailor wants to go there. Not even pirates go near it." The last sailor told them as he prepared to depart.
The Fairy Tail's mages were left sweat dripping from the negatives responses. "Should I force one of them to take us there, Master Nick?" Seilah asked for permission.
"No, we can't force them if they don't want to take us there" he shook his head.
"Nooo..." Lucy groaned.
"Looks like we're swimming then!" Natsu said with a smile, as he began to stretch his body.
"Master, why don't you make a boat?" Sayla asked the brunette.
"I could...but then, you and Lucy would have to row for us." He explained to her.
"Row?!" The blonde yelled in shock, "I really hate your motion sickness!"
"Feel our pain." Both slayers respond at the same time.
"Found you!" A voice said from behind Natsu and Lucy, causing them to jump. They both whirled around to see Gray standing behind them, clothed and ready for adventure.
"Gray?!" Lucy exclaimed, surprised to see the ice mage.
"What are you doing here?!" Natsu yelled in an annoyed tone.
"Yeah...Long story short, that mission you have, is now an S-Class mission," Gray said, shocking them all.
"Whaaaaaaaat?!" Natsu, Happy and Lucy scream at this.
"Turn out there was a mistake, and the mission was confused to be a normal mission when it actually was an S-Class," Gray explained.
"That's…." Natsu's eyes suddenly burn with passion, "Fucking awesome! An S-Class mission!" The fire on him came out, raising the temperature around him.
"Magic?" The sailor whispered in surprised, "Excuse me, are you all wizards?" Everyone turns to look at him, "Are you all here to destroy the curse?"
"Heck yeah!" The fire mage respond.
"Definitely," Gray said, much to the surprise of the others.
"Gray? Why are you saying that?" Nick asked if this mission was now S-Class, shouldn't he been dragging them back to the Guild.
"Master said that since you and Sayla were going with fire-breath, that he will allows it," the ice mage said before glaring at his rival, "And since he allow anyone that went with Nick the okay, I refused to be out down by this moron." Those words made both of them start insulting one another.
"I see..." The fisherman spoke, shaking a bit. "...hop in." He said as they stare at him in shock. "If you're doing that, then I'll take you there myself."
"Really?" Lucy exclaimed in happiness.
"Yosh!" Gray pounded his fist into his hand.
"Aye!"
"Arf!"
"Thank you for helping us." Sayla bowed in gratitude.
"Noooooo!" Natsu was about to jump in the water, only for Nick to karate chop him unconscious.
Soon, the boat set sail toward Garuna Island. Happy and Rocky happily sat on the front of the boat, hoping to be able to see the island coming into his view any second. Natsu's body was down on the boat, still unconscious, Gray rested against the edge of the boat, his hands behind his head, Nick found himself groaning in pain, his motion sickness giving in, and as promised, Lucy use her lap as a pillow, she smiles softly as her fingers comb his hair, while trying to ignore the angry eyes and aura of the Etherious.
After a few moments Gray turned to the sailor steering the boat. "Hey old man, why did you let us on this boat anyway?"
"My name is Bobo, I once lived on Galuna Island." The newly named Bobo replied, causing the shock expression. "But I managed to escape from that cursed place."
"What kind of curse is it?" Happy asked, looking away from the school of fish he had in hands….or is it paws?
"Misfortune will befall on those who go to the Cursed Island…." He told them. "Can you guys really get rid of this curse...? This demonic curse..." Bobo pulled down his sleeve, revealing something shocking, his arm was deformed in a blue arm with demon parts.
Gray, Sayla and Lucy's eyes widened at the sight of the demonic arm, Sayla especially.
"That arm," Gray said, as he slowly backed away from Bobo.
"The curse...you mean it's..." Lucy tried to speak, as she stared at Bobo's demonic arm.
The fisherman nodded his head and then noticed an island in the distance. "There it is..." He told them and they turned their heads to where he was looking and saw the island. "Garuna Island."
Everyone move closer to see the isolated island on the horizon. "Hey...sir-" Lucy started to say, but when she turned around Bobo was nowhere to be found. "H-Huh? Where is he?"
"Did he fell off?" Gray asked as he looked over the boat's side. Happy quickly dove into the water, and began to search for Bobo. But after about a minute Happy resurfaced.
"I don't think he's down there." Happy said, beginning to swim back to the boat.
"What?! What's going on?!" Lucy exclaimed as she began to pull on her hair. Suddenly, Rocky went inside Nick's hood for protection as the brunette's ears perk up a faint sound. After a while, his eyes widened and with all his strength, he shouts.
"TIDAL WAVE!" His outburst surprises the others, and wake up Natsu, who fell victim to his motion sickness, everyone turns around to see an incoming wave.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah! We're getting sucked in!" Lucy yelled as the boat started moving towards the tidal wave. "Happy! Try to lift the boat up!"
"That's impossible!" Happy exclaimed, the wave sucking him up as well.
"Brace yourself!" Gray shouted as the wave descended on them.
Sayla turn to them and asked in innocent confusion, "What's this giant thing that is made out of water?"
"THAT'S WHAT YOU ASK NOW?!" Was the last thing they said before the wave sucked them up.
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After the tidal wave consumed their boat, the Fairy Tail's mages found themselves on the shores of Galuna Island. The first one to wake up was Lucy, "Ouch…." She moans as she stands up from the ground and scanned her surroundings, "This is..." She then saw Natsu, Gray, and Happy lying next to the destroyed remains of their boat in a very awkward position...Gray was on top of Natsu's neck, like a couple, and Happy' face was on top and right next to the Stripper's butt.
Lucy covered her mouth to not laugh out loud, that scene was priceless, but then, she suddenly felt her hand land on something soft next to her, turning to look, she froze when she notice that she was holding Nick's hand, the blush and was about to put it away….but then, something inside her made her hold him even more. She made a stupid smile like a small kid.
"What are you doing?"
The dangerous aura that came out of nowhere, made Lucy yelped in fear, she forgot that Sayla was next to them, the Etherious was glaring holes at the blond, who began to sweat. "Were you trying to take my master away?" Sayla asked very dangerously.
"Sayla, I can feel your aura."
The busty demon stop when she hears the brunette spoke up, "Master! Are you okay?!" She asked with worried.
Nick slowly stood up, shaking his head, "Yeah...how about you two? Are you both hurt anywhere?" He asked them concerned.
"I-I'm fine…" Lucy said when she then remembered that they were all separate when the tidal wave hit them, so how did she- "...Nick?" The brunette look at her, "Did you...grab us before falling down?"
The brunette nod to her, "Yeah... Can't let two important people of my life be separated from me." He simply said.
Lucy and Sayla blush, with the former looking away with her heart thumping, while the latter hug him hard, "Thank you, Master."
Nick smile a little before turning to the other two, and his eyes widened before he began to laugh, "Hahahahahahahaha! This is priceless!" He said, his laughter making both Gray and Natsu wake up.
"Dammit Nick, stop been so loud." they both said before feeling each other, they look and-
"FUCKING STRIPPER! GET OFF ME!" Natsu threw Gray off him.
"I JUST HAD THE MOST DISGUSTING NIGHTMARE! AND YOU ARE THE WORST!" Gray yelled at him back before they commenced to punch each other.
Happy finally woke up, "Aye...Who woke me up from my fish dream?" He said in his cat-voice, he then notices that they were on the island. "Huh? Are we on Galuna Island?" He asked.
"Yes, it would appear that the tidal wave dragged us here," Nick said as Rocky jumps off the hood, shaking off the water off him.
"Thank God we got lucky." Lucy breathed a sigh of relief. Before she remembered something, "But what happened to that man? He said something about a demon curse."
"Who cares?! Let's explore!" Natsu cheered, as he began to walk off into the nearby jungle.
"Aye, sir!" Happy exclaimed, quickly following after Natsu.
"Hold it you two, we need to go the village's chief, we need to know about the mission," Nick said as he takes out the request.
"Sounds like a plan." Gray agreed.
After searching around, the Fairy Tail mages finally stumbled upon a massive wooden fence. Stepping closer, they spotted a sign that read 'KEEP OUT' on the gates.
"Keep out...what kind of village is this?" Gray asked with a frown.
"Excuse us!" Lucy yelled as she knocked on the gate. "Could you please open the gate?!"
"Tch, let's just break it down," Natsu suggested, earning him a smack upside the head from Nick.
"Stop thinking that destroying everything is the answer for everything." Nick scolded, earning a pout from the dragon slayer. Suddenly two men appeared on the gate above the Fairy Tail mages.
"Who's there?" One of the men asked, looking down at the small group.
"We're mages from Fairy Tail," Lucy replied, gesturing to the rest of the group. "We saw your request, and came here to help."
"Yes! We were told that someone had accepted our request! But we need to confirm that you are the real deal. All of you, show us your marks!" he requested them. The compiled and The Fairy Tail mages all showed the man their guild marks. The man nodded and turned to the other guard that was with him in slight excitement and shock, "Ohhhh! They're real!"
The other guard nodded excitedly too. However, for a different reason. His eyes roamed all over the beauties in the group before they settled on Lucy, "Strip the blonde!"
"What?!" Lucy asked in shock.
"Oy buddy, we came all the way here to help! If you don't need it we'll leave!" Nick treated with his magic being released a bit, scaring the shit of the guards.
"I'm sorry about him, he just got carried away!" the first guard nervously told them, "Get in! I'll go get the Mayor!" he then shouted at them and the four watched as the gate started rising.
"Looks like we will enter the mouth of a giant monster." Happy mused.
"Hmmm, he's right," Sayla said with a thinking pose, "It only needs is a scary face."
"Don't say such creepy things!" Lucy turned slightly blue as she imagined that happening.
Fives minutes later the Fairy Tail mages were standing in the middle of the village. The entire village seemed to be gathered around the mages. All of the villagers were wearing robes, concealing their appearance.
"Thank you all for coming here, mages. I am Moka, chief of this village." Moka said as he approached the mages. "I apologize if this seems sudden, but you must see something." Everyone take off your robes." All of the villagers slowly stripped off their robes. Lucy gulped when she saw that each of the villagers had various demonic body parts.
"I knew it..." Gray said, crossing his arms over his chest.
Sayla narrowed her eyes at this, all these bodies, cover in demon parts….might be more than just a cursed.
"Does this not surprise you?" Moka asked as he showed them his own demonic limbs, "Everyone on this Island is affected by the curse, including dogs and birds, without exception."
"...Can you tell us what makes you believe that this is a cursed?" Nick asked, feeling that something is wrong here. "And that is not a disease?"
"Of course, you see, I have consulted with many doctors," Moka began explaining, holding his demonic arm, "But they all said there's no such disease… Also the moon's magical power has something to do with how we look."
"Moon's magical power?" Seilah questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"Ever since ancient times, this island has accumulated moonlight. This made the island so beautiful that it shined like the moon." The chief said before looking into the sky, "But, a few years ago, the moonlight suddenly turned violet."
"A violet moon?" Natsu was confused, how could a moon be violet?
"People from the mainland all say that..." The Mayor sighed. "But in reality...the moon did turn purple on this island. After the purple moon showed up, our bodies started to change." As he finished, the moon started to reveal itself in the night sky.
"The moon is appearing!" Happy exclaimed as everyone turned their heads up to check out this purple moon. Lucy gasped and placed her hands over her mouth in shock.
"It's true! The moon is really purple..." Gray cringed at the moon's creepiness.
"It's beautiful.." Seilah, the opposite of others found the view amazing.
"..." Nick stood silently at all this, he was sure the moon was white when they were getting close to the island.
"This is the curse of the Moon's magical power," Moka said before he suddenly gasped in pain. Soon all the villagers around the Fairy Tail mages began to howl in pain, as their bodies began to change.
"What's going on?!" Natsu yelled as he watched the villager's bodies begin to change. A few moments everything began to die down. Now instead of having single body parts being demonic, all the villagers fully turned into demons.
"Sorry if we scared you," Moka said in an apologetic tone. "When the purple moon comes out...our bodies into these forms... If this isn't a curse, then what is it? Once it becomes morning, everyone turns back to their original form…..However, recently, there are those who don't change back and lose their soul…We decided to kill anyone who'd lost their soul and turned into a real demon." Moka explained, causing Natsu to clench his fists in anger.
"You killed them, even when there's a chance they might change back to their original form!?" Natsu yelled, anger evident in his eyes.
"If we'd let them live, others might have been killed by those demons..." Moka replied as he lowered his gaze to the ground. "And even if we locked them up, they'd just break out and escape." Moka reached and pulled a picture out of his pocket. A tear fell from Moka's eye when he showed the picture to the Fairy Tail mages. "T-That's why...I had to kill my own son as well. My son, whose soul became evil."
Lucy's eyes widened, in the picture was Bobo, "But, yesterday we-!" Lucy tried to tell Moka that his son was alive, but Gray stopped her with a hand over her mouth.
"Shh...I guess now we know why he just vanished. I'm sure...he can't rest in peace like that." Gray told her. Lucy's eyes widened in realization.
"A ghost?!" she muttered in fear.
"Master Nick, do ghost exists?" Sayla asked with mild confusion.
Nick sigh at his naive 'servant', "Can't say for sure, Sayla." He responded to her.
"I acknowledge that you all, as famous mages. Please save our island!" Moka begged, bowing to the Fairy Tail mages. "If this goes on much longer...everyone will lose their souls...and turn into demons..."
"...Do not fret," Nick spoke up, getting the attention of everyone, "We are here to help, so you can all count on us to end this suffering for good." He said with a confident smile, along with his team.
"Thank you." Moka smiled as he wiped away his tears, before a serious look came to his face, "We've realized that there is only one way to lift the curse off our island." The chief pointed upward to the purple orb above them. "And that is to destroy the moon!" he finished much to their shock.
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"...Ehhhhhhhhhhh?!"
(Later, that night)
The group was now on one of the huts the village provide to them.
"The longer I look, the creepier the moon really looks." Happy commented as he stared at the moon from the window.
"Happy, get away from the window," Lucy called out to the flying cat, unpacking her things and making sure everything was in order. "You know the chief said, the more exposed to the moonlight we are, the more of a chance we have of turning into demons." She shivered just thinking about it.
"I doubt that will happen to any of us," Sayla said as she was sitting with her back against Nick's while reading a book.
"What do you mean by that, Sayla?" Lucy asked in confusion.
"...Those people are Demons." She responded, shocking everyone.
"Whaaaaaaaaaat?!" Natsu and Happy scream in shock. "They ARE Demons?!"
"You've got to be kidding me!" Gray shouted in shock. If they were demons, why would they want to get rid of this curse?
"B-but the mayor said that they turn into demons when the moon appears!" Lucy supported Gray.
"Look, Sayla knows when someone is a demon, and all those people are demons." Nick support his Etherious, as he combs Rocky's fur.
"So? We just need to destroy the moon!" Natsu said as the fire came out from him, "Oh yeah! This is the best mission ever!"
"And pray tell, how do they expect us to destroy the moon?" Gray questioned him, shirtless.
"Sounds impossible," Lucy said with a sweatdrop.
"I wonder how many punches it'd take to destroy the Moon?" Natsu pondered, as he rubbed his chin.
"You're seriously considering that!?" Gray exclaimed in a surprised tone. The ice mage sighed and ran his hand down his face. "It's impossible to destroy the Moon, dumbass. How are you even going to get there in the first place?"
"Happy!" Natsu simply answered as he pointed towards the ceiling.
"I can't do that." Happy said, causing Natsu to slouch even deeper into his seat.
"L-Look, how about we just search the forest tomorrow, we might something that can give us a lead to this cursed," Lucy suggests to them.
"Agreed. Let us search tomorrow, is getting late." Nick agreed with her, making Sayla close her book down in anticipation.
"Fine! Tomorrow we'll explore the island!" Natsu groaned, plopping down onto his mat on the floor. "Let's just get some sleep!"
"Aye, sir!" Happy exclaimed, jumping onto his own mat.
"Yeah...We'll worry about it tomorrow." Gray said in a tired tone, as his head hit his pillow.
"Yeah...*Yawn* I'm pretty tired too," Lucy said, rubbing her eyes. "Good night guys." Lucy laid down on her mat in between Gray and Natsu. And everyone fell asleep.
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Moments later, Lucy stood up with an irritated face, ('How the hell am I supposed to sleep next to a pervert and a brute?!') Lucy thought, before her eyes went to Nick, who had Sayla using his right chest as a pillow, and Rocky sleeping in a ball form next to the brunette's neck. She quickly looks around before moving out between the stripper. She slowly places her head right on the left side of his chest, even still on his shirt, she could feel the warmth of his body, it was making her fall asleep, but then, she almost yelp when an arm wraps itself around her waist. She looks up to see that Nick was still asleep, but he had a small smile on his face. Her heart beat a bit before she fell asleep on his chest with a smile, snuggled close to him, just like Sayla was doing, her last taught been.
('This... isn't so bad… I could get use to this…')