A/N: We're back! Thank you all for your support, I'm glad you enjoyed the fight! I may have overcalculated Laxus' power; it's not at Nappa's level. No one in the Fairy Tail universe is on par with anyone from Dragon Ball Z, so Laxus was most likely at Tien's level of power when he first fought Goku. You see, in Fairy Tail, the stronger Mage is usually the one with the greater emotions to fuel their magic power, while in Dragon Ball Z, that's the one with the largest life force energy. So, while Gohan outclasses most mages in raw power, brute force, or hidden potential, they outclass him in tactics/versatility, and since using magic to attack is not common in the Dragon Ball Z universe at this point, it means Gohan can be defeated by a trick or the effects of some magical attacks, i.e., Saiyans are not immune to poison, so Cobra's poison would affect him significantly if he was hit by it. In this universe, the Demi Saiyans can't muscle their way to victory often. Now, time to see Gohan take on the Legion Platoon!
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Chapter 9 – Target: Lucy
"Who are you?!" Pantherlily questioned the three strangers. The 1st one was a woman with purple hair, save for a white streak, the 2nd one was a man with blonde hair with a butt chin, wearing sunglasses. The final stranger looked familiar; she was a young girl with brown hair and flushed cheeks, and her appearance was puppy-like. "Coco?! But that's impossible!" Lily stated as he recognized the girl.
"Hold on, Lily, you don't think she could've come to this world, do you?" Carla asked.
"Oh I remember, Coco's the girl who runs really fast that we met in Edolas," Happy recalled. "I know, she must've traveled to Earthland while we were all stuck on Tenrou Island!"
"She doesn't look that much older," Carla observed.
"Why are you here, Coco? Is there trouble?" Lily inquired as he approached the girl.
"Hey, quit talking like you know me, pussycat," the girl named Coco replied. "I've never met any of you, so shut up!"
"Are you serious?!" the black Exceed asked.
"Oh no, she has amnesia!" Happy cried.
"I doubt that," Carla said. "However, they could be..." Before she could finish, the group noticed some Fairy Tail members walking toward the guild hall.
"I'll beat that jerk next time!" Natsu exclaimed as he was still moping about his loss to Laxus.
"I wonder how Gajeel would've faired against Laxus," Wendy said.
"Maybe you can ask him when he comes crawling out of his hiding spot!" Elfman replied.
"Where could Gohan have gone?" Lisanna wondered.
"Probably went looking for Gajeel," Romeo said.
The group the noticed the three strangers at their guild hall. "Looks like we've got visitors," Max noted.
"Oh, customers!" Mira chirped.
Wendy gasped as she pointed at Coco. "Isn't that girl from Edolas?!"
"Yeah, Queen Shagot, right?" Natsu asked.
"No, she's a cat," Wendy corrected him.
After figuring out that the object her father sent her was a clock hand and deciphering its message, Lucy, Levy, and Michelle went back to the guild hall; they had just arrived when they saw the three visitors at the guild. "Coco? Long time, no see," Lucy greeted the young girl. "But how'd you get to Earthland from Edolas?"
The three only laughed at the fairies' confusion. "Sugarboy, these fools totes think we're like old chums of theirs."
"Mmmhmm, well I have to say it sounds like their problem, Mary Hughes," the man known as Sugarboy replied.
"Let's finish this quick before they invite us to stay for dinner," Coco suggested.
"Mary Hughes?!" Natsu yelled.
"And Sugarboy?!" Lucy shouted.
"The weirdos we fought at the Royal City's amusement park!" Natsu exclaimed as he remembered the other two strangers.
"Now that you mention it, there is a resemblance," Lucy agreed as she inspected the strangers.
"What's with the lady clothes, pervert?! You trying to fool me or something?!" Natsu yelled as he pointed at Mary Hughes.
"I just met him, and I already want to kill him," Mary Hughes said as she was twitching in anger.
"If you folks aren't here to hire us…" Max started.
"…Then you can march right back where you came!" Laki finished.
The three intruders just laughed at their demands. "Hmm mmm, we ain't taking orders from slobs with no style, darling," Sugarboy declared.
"Say what?!" Natsu yelled.
"I'm only gonna say this once, so listen good!" Mary Hughes ordered the fairies. "I demand you give me Lucy Heartfilia, like, now!"
Lucy looked freaked out as Michelle remarked, "How forward, my heart skipped a beat."
"Oh wow, I've never seen a real wedding proposal like this," Happy said.
"Shut up, furball!" Mary Hughes yelled.
"It's not like that!" Lucy screamed.
"There's no point in hiding her from us," Coco assured.
"We, like, totes know the spoiled little twerp is a member of your guild," Mary Hughes said.
"Hmm mmm, why don't you make it easy for everyone and shimmy on over here, baby," Sugarboy suggested.
"What's going on?" Levy whispered to Lucy.
"Why are these rude people after you?" Michelle asked her sister.
"Believe me, I wish I knew," the celestial mage answered.
"You got some guts showing up out of the blue and disrespecting us like this!" Wakaba said.
"I'm the Master of Fairy Tail, and your request is denied, so I suggest you get out of here!" Master Macao ordered. "We're not known for our patience when we're dealing with cocky punks!"
"Especially when those punks are shouting orders. Rubs us the wrong way, you know," Max added.
"Like we'd run from kids, old men, and their cats!" Mary Hughes mocked.
"All those churches that have been burned down the past few weeks… it's you. You're behind them," Kinana accused them.
"Make sense to me," Carla said.
"Even without proof, the timing is too convenient!" Lily agreed. "They must be the culprits!"
The three suspects only laughed as if they didn't care about being accused of a few crimes."Spicy," Sugarboy remarked. "They're trying to serve up some guilt."
"Well, I'm not biting it!" Coco stated adamantly.
"Keep on playing the blame game if it helps you sleep at night," Mary Hughes said before repeating their demands. "Now hand over Heartfilia before we decide to get nasty!" In response, Sugarboy pulled out a wooden microphone that quickly extended. "We're gonna rock your world! I'd like to start off with this little diddy, uh huh!" He then started singing into the microphone, creating as terrible soundwave; needless to say, no one enjoyed it. "He needs to be put down," Max muttered. "Next up on the request line!" Sugarboy shouted as his clothes started to swell and oozing green objects began spilling out of his clothes.
"What the?!" cried a freaked out Levy.
"My lunch is coming back up," a nauseous Lucy muttered.
"Looks tasty to me," Michelle said.
Sugarboy's strange objects started attacking the Fairy Tail members. "Disgusting!" Lucy cried. Pretty soon, Max and Laki were surrounded by the green stuff. "What is this stuff?!" Max asked. "Slime?!" Laki realized. Elfman rushed toward the slime and tried to grab it, but his hand slipped into it as it began to swallow him up. "Hey, stupid sludge! Why don't you fight me like a real man?!" he cried. His sisters ran to his aid. "No, stay back! It'll grab you too!" he warned them. The slime then expanded and swallowed up all three Strauss siblings, despite his warning. "Yummy, wizards taste so… spicy!" Sugarboy sang.
"I can't move!" Mirajane strained.
"I know we're in trouble, but I can't help remembering when we used to snuggle like this as little kids," Lisanna said.
"This is no time to reminisce, sis!" Elfman berated her.
The Exceeds took to the sky with Carla and Lily carrying Wendy. "What's it doing to them?!" the Sky maiden asked.
"It appears to have a will of its own!" Lily observed.
"Well, whatever it is, don't let it touch you! Run away!" Carla warned. Natsu and Romeo were dodging the slime together while Levy, Lucy, and Michelle were running from the green ooze. Coco suddenly appeared behind Macao and Wakaba. "You're the Guild Master, correct?!" she asked Macao. "Unless you want them to get hurt, you'll hand over Lucy!" She jumped at the old mage and threw multiple kicks at him, to which Macao blocked most of them. "Beating up kids just isn't my style!" Macao commented. "Who the heck are you calling a kid?!" Coco demanded. She then backflipped away as Wakaba tried to hit her with his Smoke Magic. "This isn't the time to get soft on us, Macao! These guys are the enemy!" Wakaba told him. "I told you to call me master!" Macao said indignantly.
The old mages were surprised to see the girl standing horizontally on the watchtower. "Sorry, old timer, but attacks like that aren't going to hit me!" she taunted them. "Nimble little mage, don't you think," Wakaba commented. "Don't act all impressed." Macao sweatdropped. Coco then dodged a couple of fireballs from Romeo. "Get back here!" he cried as he threw more fire attacks at the girl. Coco started running across the guild hall, and Romeo's attack smashed into the building until Macao and Wakaba restrained him. "Stop it!" Macao ordered. "Yeah, you're gonna knock it down, kid!" Wakaba agreed. This distraction left the three mages to get swallowed up by the slime, as well. "Oh no, the slime has got them, too!" Laki, who was protecting herself with her Wood Maker Magic, cried. Max was doing the same with his Sand Magic. "Crap, they got us stuck playing defense back here!" he noted. Levy, Lucy, and Michelle were still fleeing from Superboy's green sludge. "What's with that stuff?! It just keeps getting bigger!" Levy shouted.
"Natsu, get your butt over here and roast this stuff already!" Lucy yelled. Speaking of the Fire Dragon Slayer, he was leaning against the wall looking pale and exhausted. "Our friends are being slimed, and you're taking a freaking nap?!"
"He looks so pale," Wendy remarked.
"Don't tell me his fight with Laxus is just now taking its toll," Carla said disbelievingly.
"Talk about rotten timing," Happy added.
Mary Hughes was laughing hard at the Fairies' predicament. "I'm, like, totally gonna die laughing at these losers!" she said while grasping her stomach.
"We got these boys and girls, uh huh," Sugarboy said.
"Guild Wizards are pushovers, I don't see the appeal," Coco commented.
Panthelily watched the three assailants from the sky. "Coco...no, it can't be her. She absolutely hated violence!" Lily thought. "Just the mere thought of harming others made her physically ill! But this girl..."
"Alright, hound doggies, come home to papa!" Sugarboy ordered as he snapped his fingers, and the green slime was the sucked back into his clothes. Everyone who was absorbed by his "doggies" was now lying on the ground, looking weakened.
"Game, set, and match!" Coco declared. "You ready to give up yet?"
Max and Laki were panting heavily from exhausting their magic power. "Damn," Max cursed.
"We're running low on magic," Laki noted.
"They weren't this strong last time," Happy said.
"That's because these people are completely different from the ones you met in Edolas," Lily told him.
"They're the Coco, Hughes, and Sugarboy who have lived in Earthland from the very beginning!" Carla deduced.
"I get it," Wendy realized as she remembered Fairy Tail's Edolas counterparts. "It's just like how Edolas had its own crazy versions of us."
"Guess we should have expected to run into someone sooner or later," Lucy said. Levy seemed to understand while Michelle looked utterly clueless.
"You're wasting too much time, Lucy. Hurry up, or we'll show your little friends what we're really capable of!" Mary Hughes warned. "Sugarboy would love to play another solo!" She laughed.
"Don't listen to her, Lu," Levy told her.
"You can't give yourself up," Michelle agreed.
"They still don't know who Lucy is, yet," Natsu whispered as he attempted to stand on his feet. "The three of you go try to find gramps, and I'll deal with them somehow. Just don't keep me waiting long."
"We can't," Lucy said.
"We'll stay and fight with you!" Levy declared.
"Don't leave now! Don't you wanna play with us, too?" Mary Hughes asked creepily.
Romeo managed to get up a bit and create a yellow fireball. "Natsu, take this!" he called as he tossed the flame to his comrade.
"Thanks, Romeo," Natsu said as he caught the fireball; he shoved it into his mouth and swallowed it. "Ew, nasty!" he cried.
"Whoops! Sorry, wrong flame." Romeo apologized.
"Whatever, it'll do the trick for now!" Natsu declared as he ignited his fists. "Feel the burn!" The Salamander launched an enormous fire blast at the oppressors; the three stood there, unwavering as the flames approached them. "Spicy!" Sugarboy remarked.
"So he uses fire magic? Lame!" Mary Hughes said with a laugh. She then brought out a wooden hand and yelled, "Conducting art!" before pointing her wand in a different direction. Natsu's flame attack swerved and almost struck Max and Laki; the Fire Dragon Slayer seemed confused about what just happened.
"He attacked them!" Michelle stated as she ran with Levy and Lucy.
"But why?" Levy inquired.
"Wait a minute, is she...?" Lucy was about to ask before she was interrupted.
"Eat this!" Natsu shouted as he launched his breath attack at Mary Hughes. "Nope!" Mary Hughes said as she nonchalantly pointed her stick in another direction again. Natsu suddenly turned around, and his breath attack intercepted the fleeing girls' path. Levy crashed into the cliffside while Lucy and Michelle rolled on the ground. "Oh no!" Natsu cried, which made Mary Hughes laugh. "Nothing like a little friendly fire! Give us Lucy or the rest of your guild gets cooked!" she warned the fire mage before she was struck in the head by a rock. Both she and Sugarboy looked over and saw Kinana holding a pile of stones while shaking in fear. A brave but foolish attempt.
"Uh huh, sorry to break it to you sweetheart, but things are about to get real cruel," Sugarboy said.
"Totally. Get ready, top heavy, I'm about to make you eat those rocks," Mary Hughes muttered as she was shaking with anger, a dark aura surrounding her.
"Runaway, Kinana!" Pantherlily yelled as he flew to aid her.
"So the little kitty wants to play!" Coco shouted as she kicked Lily out of the sky.
Wendy jumped at Mary Hughes and Sugarboy and cried, "Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!" unleashing a giant gust of wind at her enemies.
"Bad move, kid," Mary Hughes told her as she redirected Wendy's attack to hit Natsu.
"Natsu!" Wendy cried as her comrade was sent flying out of sight.
"It's because of that weird stick!" Happy realized.
"Yes, you may be right," Carla agreed. "Perhaps… it can take control of people?"
Lucy laid on the ground in pain; she looked over to the side and saw her father's memento out of its case. "I can't just stand by and watch; maybe I should call a celestial spirit," she thought as she reached into her back pouch and pulled out her whip. "I could try using the whip that Virgo gave me, but I can't seem to make it work." Natsu rested on the ground looking motion sick while Wendy attempted to heal him. "How are you sick?" Happy asked him.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault!" Wendy wailed.
"That slime really took a lot out of me," Elfman muttered as he laid on top of his sisters.
"You're crushing me, Elfman, I can't breath," Lisanna gasped.
"Oh no, everyone else has been taken down, too," Mirajane noticed as she saw all of her guildmates lying flat on the ground.
"Well, this sucks," Wakaba remarked.
"Think I'll stay here for a bit," Macao moaned.
"I can barely stand up," Max said while trying to help Laki up.
"All of our magic power was sucked away," Laki stated.
"What do you want with Lucy?!" Pantherlily demanded to know.
"None of your business, fleabag!" Coco replied.
"Show yourself, Lucy, we're, like, totes getting bored," Mary Hughes ordered. Lucy appeared to be conflicted about what she should do; just as she was about to surrender herself, someone shouted, "Hey!" Everyone looked up to see Gohan in his purple Gi and weighted cape hovering right above them. "What's going on here?!" the Demi Saiyan questioned as he looked around and saw the majority of his guildmates beaten.
"Spicy, never thought I'd see the day when a child could stand in the clouds," Sugarboy said.
"He's probably using aerial magic, that kid's totes just another loser," Mary Hughes decided.
"I don't know, guys, I think he's kinda cute," Coco commented as the blush on her cheeks grew deeper.
The Son of Goku descended to the ground and stood before the assailants. "My name is Gohan, and I don't approve of people hurting my friends!" he stated.
"Gohan!" Wendy beamed.
"Alright, Gohan's here!" Happy cheered.
"About time you got here, child," Carla said, but even she was relieved.
"Heh! You jerks are in for it now!" Lucy told the trio. "You don't stand a chance now that one of our strongest members is here!"
The three oppressors looked at the half Saiyan before looking at each other in confusion. "This boy is one of their strongest members?" Coco wondered.
"Mmm hmm, seems to me like these folks took too many of our hits; they're talking crazy now," Sugarboy said.
"Totally, there's no way this kid is one of their strongest," Mary Hughes agreed. "But if he wants to play, then we'll have no problem with that."
"Who are you guys, anyway?" Gohan inquired.
"They're Coco, Mary Hughes, and Sugarboy," Wendy explained. "They attacked us because we wouldn't give them Lucy!"
"Lucy? What do you guys want with her?" Gohan asked the three.
"Listen, kid, all you need to know is that we're not leaving until we get Heartfilia, so unless you want to get hurt, you tell us where she is!" Mary Huges warned. "Your friends already paid the price for opposing us, so you should learn from their mistake."
Gohan glared at the attackers as he took a fighting position and declared, "If you want Lucy, you'll have to get past me!"
"Uh huh! Looks like playing nice ain't gonna work with Sky Boy," Sugarboy noted. "Guess it's time to get rough."
"Oh yeah, but don't say we didn't warn you, kid," Mary Hughes snarled. "Take care of him, Coco!"
"Right!" Coco said. She then ran around Gohan and appeared behind him; she tried to kick him, but he quickly blocked her approach. She continued her barrage of attacks, but Demi Saiyan managed to block all of them. "You're pretty good, handsome; too bad you're our enemy!" she told him, making him blush before he tossed her aside. Coco resumed running around Gohan to try and find an opening; the Saiyan's eyes were moving from side to side as he tracked her movements; he then fired a ki blast at her, intercepting her path, but she backflipped and landed on the side of the guild horizontally. "Wow, never seen someone do that before," Gohan said. Coco ran down the wall of the guild and circled Gohan again; the Z Fighter fired Ki blasts at her again, but she managed to outrun and dodge every one of them. "She's quicker than I thought," Gohan observed. She attempted to kick Gohan again, but he grabbed her foot and palm struck her in the stomach, knocking her into Mary two girls laid against the ground with swirls in their eyes.
"Way to go, Gohan!" Happy cheered.
Sugarboy stared at his defeated comrades in shock before looking back at Gohan. "Uh huh! Well, Sky Boy, since you gave me a nice performance, I'm gonna give you a real show!" he said before putting his microphone to his mouth; pretty soon, Sugarboy's green doggies started spilling out of his clothes again.
"What the heck is that stuff?!" Gohan questioned.
"Gohan, don't let it touch you! It'll drain your energy!" Wendy warned him.
"Spicy! Come on, my hound dogs! Go on and say hello!" Sugarboy ordered as his slime flew at Gohan; the Demi Saiyan quickly flew upward to avoid it. "You're pretty quick on your feet, I'll give you that, Sky Boy, but it doesn't matter if you're on the ground or in the air. You can't escape my doggies!" The slime stretched into the air and chased after Gohan; the son of Goku soared through the air with the green slime attack following his every move. "You're not making this easy, Sky Boy, so I'm gonna slow you down with a diddy I came up with myself!" Sugarboy then started singing into his microphone, creating a sound wave that hurt Gohan's sensitive ears a bit. The Saiyan covered his ears in response and became distracted, so he didn't notice the slime coming up behind him.
"Gohan, look out behind you!" Lucy called out in warning.
When the half Saiyan saw a shadow looming over him he quickly turned around, but he didn't react fast enough, and the slime consumed him entirely. "Gohan, no!" Wendy cried. "Oh, no! Gohan was swallowed up by that slime!" Carla shouted. Everyone watched in fear as Gohan struggled to break free from the green ooze. "Ugh, I can barely move! What's this stuff made of?!" he thought. "That's right, hound doggies, enjoy the meal! I've got a feeling this boy's gonna taste real spicy!" Sugarboy sang. For a second, it looked like Gohan was in big trouble; but then he smirked before motioning his hands upward while opening his mouth to yell. "Now hold on Sky Boy, what the heck are you trying to do?!" Sugarboy questioned. The slime started to expand at a fast rate until it exploded into numerous pieces all around the Demi Saiyan. "Ugh, gross! I need something to eat to get this weird taste from my mouth," the Saiyan commented.
"What the heck did he just do?!" Natsu exclaimed.
"He blew all the slime away," Wendy realized.
"He must have used the force from his energy to free himself," Carl said.
"Alright, Gohan!" Happy yelled.
"Not bad, Sky Boy, but let's see ya do that again!" Sugarboy challenged. His hound dogs came together once again and flew at Gohan. The Z Fighter fired two Ki blasts at the green muck, but the attacks were absorbed into the ooze on contact. "Okay, that didn't work," Gohan said. "What's the matter, Sky Boy, running out of tricks?" Sugarboy asked triumphantly as his doggies closed in on the Saiyan. "You wish!" Gohan replied as he held out his hands; he gave a mighty yell as he released a kiai that pushed the slime aside. He then charged at the surprised Sugarboy with his right fist ready. "You're mine!" he cried as he jumped to punch the Mage; at the last second, however, he felt a strange sensation, and his fist hit the wall at the right side of Sugarboy's head, creating a dent in it. For a second, Sugarboy was too petrified by the boy's strength, and Gohan was also shocked at how he failed to hit his intended target. "What the heck just happened?! Did he dodge my attack?!" he thought as he looked at Sugarboy's face. "No, he couldn't have, but then how did I miss?!" The Demi Saiyan decided to try again by swinging his left fist, but he felt that sensation come back, and his fist swerved, striking himself in the face. Gohan staggered a bit before jumping away from Sugarboy.
"Whoa now, that was a close one there. Thanks, Mary Hughes," Sugarboy said.
"What's going on?! What's that weird feeling I keep getting?! And why did I attack myself?!" he wondered. Gohan then noticed Mary Hughes standing and smirking while twirling her wooden wand. "Is that her?! Is she the one causing that sensation?!"
"I can't believe even Gohan was affected by Mary Hughes' magic power," Lily said.
"She really can control people," Carla realized.
"Gohan, be careful!" Wendy warned the Saiyan. "Her magic allows her to take control of you!"
"So that's how it is. She's probably using that wooden hand to control my body," Gohan thought. "I'll just have to destroy it!" He raised his palms above his head and charged Ki into them. "Masenko, ha!" he shouted as he fired his signature attack at the conducting Mage.
"Nice try, kid,"Mary Hughes said as she waved her wand; Gohan suddenly lit up and redirected his attack toward Natsu, Wendy, and the Exceeds; the flying felines quickly grabbed the Dragon Slayers and flew upward, just barely avoiding the explosion from Gohan's attack.
"Are you guys ok?!" Gohan asked.
"We're fine!" Wendy replied.
"Wow, that was quite an attack, kid!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Hmm, I guess they weren't kidding when they said you were one of the strongest members of the guild," Mary Hughes admitted. "But now, you're my personal puppet."
"That's what you think, but I'm no one's puppet!" Gohan proclaimed as he charged another Ki blast, but Mary Hughes quickly retook control of him.
"Sorry kid, but I'm in charge here," Mary Hughes said. "Now hand over Lucy Heartfilia right now, or else your guild will suffer!"
"I'd never give up one of my friends, even if you can control my body!" Gohan shouted.
"Fine, but you were warned!" Mary Hughes told him as her wand glowed again. Gohan struggled against her control but was unable to resist it. His body turned toward the guild hall, and his hand channeled Ki into it.
"Leave him alone!" Natsu cried as he jumped to attack Mary Hughes.
"I don't think so!" she said as she twirled her wand again. Gohan stopped charging his energy blast and kicked Natsu in the stomach. The Salamander landed on his feet and grasped his stomach.
"Man, that actually hurt!" he groaned.
"Sorry, I tried lowering my Ki but it was still pretty strong," Gohan apologized.
"That's alright, Gohan," Natsu told him before he glared at Mary Hughes and yelled, "How about you stop controlling my friends and me and fight me yourself?!"
"No way, hothead! It's totes more fun to have the both of you fight each other!" Mary Hughes laughed. "We told you things were gonna get nasty if you didn't give us what we wanted." She moved her wand once more, forcing the Demi Saiyan to attack the Dragon Slayer.
"Natsu! You're gonna have to hit me with everything you've got if you wanna stop me from hurting anyone!" Gohan told him as his body started channeling Ki. "I'll try to lower my energy as much as possible to give you a chance!"
"No way am I gonna fight you!" Natsu shouted.
" I thought you wanted a rematch," Gohan said as he tried to punch Natsu.
The son of Igneel quickly jumped to the side and answered, "Not like this, pal, especially when you're holding back!"
"Well, you don't have much of a choice! If you want to stop me, you're gonna have to do it!" Gohan exclaimed as he charged at Natsu again. The Fire Mage quickly jumped over the half Saiyan. "Wow, you're really moving much slower than usual, Gohan!" Natsu remarked. "That's because I've decreased my power!" Gohan explained. "Now hit me!" Instead of doing that, Natsu turned toward Mary Hughes and launched a fireball at her. She calmly used her magic to force the son of Goku to appear in front of her, and the Saiyan forcefully used a kiai to douse the flames. Natsu then charged at him with his fist on fire and struck Gohan in the face. Although he felt the pain from that attack, it wasn't enough to slow him down as Mary Hughes made him punch Natsu back. The Dragon Slayer staggered a bit before punching Gohan again. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist! Talon! Wing Attack! Sword Horn! Flame Elbow!" Natsu used every one of his best moves on the Saiyan, but it barely fazed him, and if it did, it didn't matter since Mary Hughes just forced him to attack Natsu again. She made Gohan strike Natsu with multiple punches before kicking him toward Wendy and the Exceeds.
"Alright pinky, as much fun as this is, we've got a job to do!" Mary Hughes said. "So give us Heartfilia now!" She used her wand to make Gohan place his hands over his head and focus his Ki into them. Just as he was about to fire his attack at his guildmates, Lucy yelled, "Stop this! You have what you want now!" She hesitated in speaking again. However, before she could reveal her identity, Michelle cried, "I'm the Lucy Heartfilia you're looking for!" surprising everyone.
Since none of the oppressors knew Lucy's appearance, they were completely fooled. "Mmm hmm, you, huh?" Sugarboy asked.
"Be a good girl and park it right here," Mary Hughes told her.
"Don't do this," Lucy whispered to her sister, but she was ignored.
"I think there's been enough violence for one day!" she yelled as she approached the three Mages. "What exactly do you want with me?!"
"That's her momma. You know a little darling like this one grew up playing house at the Heartfilia Mansion, uh huh," Sugarboy said.
"She certainly looks the part," Coco agreed.
"What the heck?! Don't they know what Lucy looks like?!" Gohan thought.
"Lucy Heartfilia, once the daughter of the Heartfilia concern and now a Celestial Wizard for the Fairy Tail guild, that about right?" Mary Hughes asked.
"Indeed that is, I am the girl of which you speak," Michelle lied while Lucy stood there in shock as her sister continued to sell herself out.
"What is she doing?" Natsu inquired.
"What if Michelle was the real Lucy all along?!" Happy suggested, which made Wendy giggle.
"This is ridiculous, I'm the real Lucy!" Lucy cried while waving her arms frantically, confusing the three Mages.
"Miss Michelle, it means the world to me that you're willing to protect me from them, but it's far too late for such deception to help us now," Michelle said while holding Lucy's hands.
"Have you gone completely crazy?!" Lucy questioned.
"They're so perceptive, I'm sure they'd figured it out instantly," Michelle said while pretending to weep. "And I'd hate for anything to happen to you on my account! Please, don't try to be a hero!" she begged her sister who was still staring at her, speechless.
"She's not bad, but her performance is a little over the top," Mira commented.
"Yeah, she's really into it," Lisanna added.
"So beautiful, so manly!" Elfman wept.
The two blondes went about stating that they were both Lucy Heartfilia, trying to convince the attackers. "Now what?" Coco asked.
"Uh huh, the real Lucy Heartfilia's supposed to be over 20 years old, ain't that right?" Sugarboy questioned while snapping his fingers. "Isn't pigtails a little on the young side?" Michelle nodded in agreement.
"That's because we spent 7 years sealed away on an island!" Lucy answered.
"Lucy, get back! I won't let them lay a finger on you!" Natsu called out, though he was speaking to Wendy, which confused Happy.
"Right, because I'm Lucy!" Wendy affirmed, catching on to Natsu's plan; the three Wizards looking for Lucy were now unsure of whom their target was.
"You mean her name's Lucy too?!" Coco yelled.
"You ready for another round Lucy?" Max asked Laki.
"Yep, let's do this!" she responded, playing along.
"What's going on here?!" the three Mages exclaimed.
"Can you stand on your own, Lucy?" Macao asked Levy as he and Wakaba helped her to her feet.
"Yeah, I think so," she replied.
"Just take it easy for a bit," Wakaba advised.
"There's another one?!" Coco screamed in shock.
"Wow, I don't believe it," Lucy said.
"How wonderful," Michelle cried.
"I can't tell which is the real one! What are we gonna do?! Come on!" Coco shouted as she held her in panic.
"This is so stupid," Mary Hughes growled in frustration.
"Is your magic back too, Lucy?" Mira inquired.
"Yep, fresh as a daisy, Lucy," Lisanna replied.
"A devil in disguise," Sugarboy said.
"Game over, I'm Lucy!" Elfman cried with a blush on his face.
"No, you're not!" the real Lucy shouted.
Coco continued to cry in confusion. "They're totes annoying! Let's just capture the lot of them and sort it out later!" Mary Hughes suggested. "Uh huh," Sugarboy agreed before he sang to his microphone again. "Come on, hound dogs! Your captive audience wants an encore!" His slime oozed out of his clothes once more. "You're not going anywhere!" Natsu shouted. "Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" He tossed a giant fireball at the enemy, which exploded, but the slime went through the flames and grabbed him. "Lucy, leave now!" he ordered. The Celestial Mage muttered, "No," and didn't move. Gohan jumped to attack Sugarboy, but the slime managed to grab him as well. "What are you waiting for? Go!" he yelled. Michelle grabbed Lucy's hand and whispered, "Let's go. They're distracting them; this is our chance to slip away unnoticed." Pretty soon, all of the fairies were fighting back against the oppressors. "Guys, I'm sorry, and thank you," Lucy thought as she and Michelle fled. The object in her hand suddenly started lighting up a bit, which got Mary Hughes' attention. "You see that, Coco?" she asked her comrade.
"We got runners!" she said.
"Fetch them for me!" Mary Hughes ordered.
"Right!" Coco complied, running after the blondes. "We're just getting started!" Macao announced as he, Romeo, Wakaba, and Levy launched magical attacks on the girl. "Free Run, Unlock!" Coco yelled, and she dodged the attacks by jumping high above the Mages and landing perpendicular to the cliff side. "8, 9, 9, and 10 points!" she announced. "What'd she do?" Macao questioned. "It looked like Free Run!" Levy stated. "It's a special athletic magic, it was banned cause so many wizards got hurt using it," explained Wakaba. Coco began running up the cliff vertically as if she was running across the ground. "I'll weigh her down!" Levy declared. "Solid Script, Iron!" She wrote the word iron in the air, and a giant version of the word made of iron was tossed at Coco. "Nope," Mary Hughes said as she used her wand to redirect the iron to squash Macao, Wakaba, and Romeo.
"Sand Slash!" Max shouted as he launched his Sand Magic at Sugarboy.
"Wood Make: Violent Approach!" Laki yelled, creating a spiked wooden ball to attack the same Mage.
Both of their attacks were immediately caught by Sugarboy's doggies and swallowed up. "Uh huh, I gotta decline, baby. Sand and wood aren't a good match for my little pups!" Sugarboy said.
"We didn't even faze it!" Max complained.
"It's just too strong!" Laki noted.
The battle between the Fairies and the oppressors continued on with the Fairies still not winning despite having the numbers advantage. Sugarboy's slime had managed to grab Max and Laki as he continued to sing. "It's now or never, baby. Unless you want my hounds to keep blubbing your tender, you'll tell me where I can find Lucy Heartfilia," he warned the Mages. Pantherlily entered his Battle Form and tried to strike Sugarboy with his giant sword, but the slime blocked it. "Uh huh, your little change almost caught me off guard; lucky for me, I've seen it before," the singer revealed. "What?!" Lily questioned. The black Exceed was suddenly struck in the back by Natsu's Fire Dragon's Iron Fist. "It's not me, I swear!" the Dragon Slayer exclaimed frantically. Elfman rushed at Mary Hughes with his fist ready. "Beast Arm, Iron Bull!" he shouted as he swung his fist, but Mary Hughes used her magic again and redirected it to sock Macao and Wakaba. "You're pissing me off! It's totes hard to fight with all these control spells!" Natsu growled.
"Hey, totes is my word, chump, so, like, find your own slang!" Mary Hughes yelled.
"Like, learn to fight fair instead of using live boogers and a stick!" Natsu shouted back.
"Let's get this show on the road, I got a feeling that Coco is chasing after the real deal Lucy," Sugarboy called to his accomplice.
"You hear that, poser? Your friend is totes as good as ours!" the conductor taunted.
"We're not letting you get away!" Natsu declared.
"You're funny! But you aren't going to have any choice in the matter; my conducting art lets me control anyone!" She emphasized her point by using her magic on the Fire Dragon Slayer. Natsu's body lit up as his fists ignited on its own.
"There ain't no way! I ain't letting you control me!" Natsu yelled as he fought Hughes' control, but try as he might, his fire fists suddenly started repeatedly punching him in the face.
"Natsu's in big trouble, Carla!" Wendy said as she watched her fellow Dragon Slayer getting beat up, or rather, beat himself up.
"You should worry about yourself, child!" Carla scolded her as she attempted to pull Wendy free from the slime.
"Leave him alone!" Gohan cried as he flew at Mary Hughes with Ki in his hands.
"Ah, my favorite little puppet has returned to play!" she said gleefully before switching her magic from Natsu to Gohan; the Demi Saiyan soon found himself getting pounded in the face by his own fists. "Yeah, bring it home, puppet!" she shouted as she directed Gohan to slam his Ki into the ground, creating a massive explosion. Everyone watched as the erosion shine upward. In the city of Magnolia, the smoke from the combustion could be seen by Jet and Droy. When the smoke died down, Gohan and Natsu were lying on the ground, but Mary Hughes and Sugarboy had managed to slip away.
Late at night, Gohan, Wendy, Carla, and Pantherlily were flying high above a canyon, searching for the Celestial Mage and her sister. "Lucy! Michelle! Where are you?!" Wendy called out.
"Hey! Where are you guys?!" Gohan shouted.
"Even if they went looking for the master, we have no way of knowing which way they went," Carla said.
"Has your noise picked up anything, even faint?" Lily asked the Sky maiden.
"I'm sniffing like crazy, but I can't sniff them out for some reason," Wendy replied.
"What about you, Gohan, can you sense their life force?" Carla inquired.
The Z Fighter shook his head. "I still haven't mastered sensing Ki in a place nondependent on it, and Lucy isn't as strong as say, Natsu or Gray, so her Ki is hard to detect, even harder when she's hiding or inactive," Gohan explained.
"What about Michelle's?" Wendy asked.
"Michelle's Ki is… kinda off, like her life force is not her own or something. I can't detect it," Gohan answered.
Back at the guild, the other members were recovering from the fight while explaining what happened to Jet and Droy. "Then they both took off. Natsu, Wendy, and Gohan went looking for them a while ago," Levy told her teammates.
"We're pathetic! I can't believe we let those clowns take control of us like that!" Elfman said, ashamed.
"Yeah, there were only 3 of them, and we were completely at their mercy," Lisanna remarked.
"Even Gohan could barely take them, and he defeated Laxus with ease," Romeo added.
"Somehow I doubt we've seen the last of those 3," Mira said.
Gohan suddenly sensed someone coming their way. "Heads up, we've got company!" he alerted his friends. Pantherlily spotted the person running up the canyon wall toward them with great speed. "Get back here!" Coco screamed. "Coco?!" Lily called as the athlete jumped off the wall and swung her leg at the Fairies. Gohan instinctively dodged her, but his friends weren't fast enough and were struck out of the sky with one swift kick. Being the only one who couldn't fly, Wendy began to scream as she fell toward the ground. "Wendy!" Carla cried as she and Lily dove after her. Gohan suddenly appeared below her and caught her bridal style. "Are you ok, Wendy?" he asked. "Yeah, thanks, Gohan," she said. The Saiyan nodded to her before glaring at Coco, who had just landed on the side of the canyon.
"9, 8, 10, and 10 points!" she cheered.
"This isn't a game, Coco! You could've killed her!" Lily shouted to the girl.
"I've lost track of Lucy, so tell where's she's hiding!" Coco demanded. "Unless you wanna eat my foot again. Oh, and while we're at it, I hate cats! So please quit talking like we're best friends!"
Lily grew pale as the girl's words continued on in his head. "Wow, harsh," Gohan muttered. "We don't know where Lucy is!" he told her.
"Well then, maybe we can help each other out. What do you say, cutie?" she asked Gohan. "Let's find Lucy together; it could be fun."
"Forget it! I'm not helping you capture one of my friends!" Gohan yelled.
"You tell her, Gohan!" Wendy cheered.
"Too bad, 'cause now I can't let you get to her!" Coco said before she started running around the canyon wall. She continued to circle around her foes with great speed; Gohan was able to keep up with her movements, but his guildmates weren't. "What do we do?" Wendy asked. "She's so fast I'm not sure there's anything we can do," Carla answered. "We need to beat her so we can find Lucy," Gohan said. Pantherlily seemed conflicted at first, but then he closed his eyes and entered his Battle Mode. "Gohan is right, we have to defeat her!" he declared. "Even though she's the spitting image of Coco, she isn't the one we knew in Edolas! I really should've known better… stand back ladies and let us handle it!"
"Would you just spill it?! I'm running out of patience!" Coco cried as she charged at Gohan and Lily. The black Exceed threw a punch at her, but she jumped over his fist and started running again. "Just tell me where I can find her!"
"Let me try! Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy fired her breath attack at the older girl, but she easily dodged the attack. "No, I missed!"
"She can even outrun your Sky Magic?" Carla questioned in surprise.
"Outrun this then! Masenko, ha!" Gohan fired his signature beam at the fast girl.
"Free Run Unlock!" she yelled. Her speed increased greatly, allowing her to escape the Demon Flash attack from the Saiyan. "Missed me, cutie!" she said while winking.
"We're getting nowhere fast!" Gohan growled. "Guys, listen, we can't all be here dealing with her while her friends are still after Lucy, so the three of you get out of here while I'll hold her off!"
"But we can't leave you!" Wendy argued.
"Don't worry, I can handle her! She may be fast, but I'm faster!" Gohan assured her. "Just go find Lucy, and when you're clear, don't stop!"
Wendy looked like she wanted to argue against it, but she was suddenly hoisted into the air by her white cat. "Gohan is right, child," Carla told her.
"Our priority is to find Lucy, we must let Gohan handle Coco! He's probably the only one who can since he didn't meet her Edolas version," Lily reasoned. "Just try not to hurt her too much Gohan."
"Don't worry, I won't hurt her that much. Just make sure you guys find Lucy!" he said. The Exceeds grabbed the Sky Maiden and took off. Coco yelled, "Don't even try it!" as she ran to stop them, so Gohan fired a Ki blast to intercept her path. She backflipped to avoid the attack but found the Demi Saiyan standing on thin air, blocking her from going after his guildmates. "So you wanted me all to yourself, huh, cutie?" Coco teased. "I knew you couldn't resist me!" "I'm only gonna say this once, if you don't wanna get hurt, then go back to where you came from!" Gohan warned her; the girl simply laughed and said, "Sorry handsome, but I can't do that."
"I guess I have no choice but to fight you," Gohan said. "But first, tell me what you want with Lucy!"
"We don't actually want her, just that thing she has," Coco replied.
"Thing? You mean the stick she got her from her father?!" Gohan inquired, to which Coco nodded. "What would you need that for?!"
"The Archbishop has plans that require that piece, and the Legion Platoon is going fulfill his wishes at any cost," she answered.
"But that was a gift from her father before he died!" Gohan argued. "You can't just take it! Do you have any idea what it's like to have a memento from your dead parent?!"
"I'm sorry you feel that way, cutie, but it's the will of the Arch Bishop, and as a member of the Legion Platoon, I must carry it out!" Coco responded.
"The Legion Platoon?" Gohan questioned.
"We're Zentopia's elite combat squad! The Legion Platoon is made up of the best warriors in all of Zentopia who are assigned to tasks by the Arch Bishop," she explained. "Hmm, I've said too much; you're very easy to talk to, unlike your guildmates. It's too bad you're not a part of the Legion; you'd fit in perfectly, and we'd get to be great friends!" She winked at him, making him blush.
"Just tell me one more thing. Are you guys the ones responsible for burning down those Church buildings?" Gohan asked.
Coco shook her head. "Sorry handsome, but the Legion Platoon aren't your culprits," she answered. "Why would members of a Church cause harm to other churches?"
"I see. I guess that's enough talking for now," Gohan said as he took a fighting position.
Coco raised an eyebrow. "Do you really want to fight me?" she inquired.
"If you guys keep attacking my friends, then I will fight you!" Gohan declared.
Coco signed before running toward the Demi Saiyan; she threw multiple kicks at the Z Fighter, but he blocked all of them. She finally landed a kick to his face, but Gohan shook it off and palm struck her away. The athlete began running up the canyon walls and Gohan flew after her. He caught up to his opponent and threw a punch at her, but she blocked it and the two were locked in combat. Coco then backflipped as Gohan threw another punch at her, which missed her and smashed into the side of the canyon, shattering it. Gohan then charged at her again as she charged at him; they both prepared to kick each other when Gohan sensed something far away. This distraction left him open and Coco managed to kick him away. Gohan fell to the ground and quickly got back up. "I sense two energies clashing. They're not as strong as me but their power levels are higher than Laxus," he thought. The Saiyan was then snapped out of his thoughts when Coco kicked him in the chest, pushing him back a bit.
"It's rude to ignore the girl you're spending time," Coco mocked. "Or are you letting me win? What a gentleman; but if you're not going to take this seriously, then you might as well stay out of our way!"
"Sorry, won't be distracted again!" Gohan promised her.
Coco ran at Gohan again, intending to punch him; when she got close, she threw her fist forward, only for her to strike the air. "What the?!" she exclaimed before she heard someone say, "Looking for me?" and was kicked in the abdomen by the half Saiyan. She slid on the ground before backflipping and running across the canyon wall again. She ran in a circle before abruptly stopping when Gohan appeared in the air a few inches in front of her; she looked surprised at first but then turned around and started running the other way. She stopped again when Gohan phased in her path. Every attempt she made to outrun him, he would appear right in her path. "How are you doing that?!" she questioned.
"You may be fast, but I've encountered people with your kind of speed before, so keeping up with you is not hard for me!" he replied.
"Guess I'll just have to take you head-on!" Coco declared as she charged at him again. Gohan smirked as he said, "That's not all I can do." Coco attempted to kick him with all her might but was shocked when her foot went right through her target. Multiple Gohans suddenly appeared with different facial expressions. "Whoa, too many cute boys! What is this?!" she cried. "This is another move that involves speed; it's called the Afterimage technique," Gohan explained. "It's where I run so fast that I'm able to project images of myself, and as long as I keep running, the images keep appearing," The son of Goku then stopped in front of her and his afterimages faded away. "You see now? You don't have much of a chance against me, so your best option is to give up," he warned her. Before either of them could make another move, a green light exploded in the sky: a signal flare from Mary Hughes to indicate that their mission is complete. "What is that?" Gohan wondered. When the light died down, he turned to face Coco, only to find that she had fled. "Where'd she go?!" he asked.
He then flew out of the canyon and looked around for the athlete, but there was no trace of her. "She must've slipped away when that flare went up, which means it was a signal from one of her comrades!" Gohan deduced. "They must've gotten a hold of Lucy's gift! I gotta find them!" The half Saiyan flew high into the air and went searching for the Legion Platoon. Moments later, he was still searching for the Legion while he started thinking about what the clues he acquired. "What does a bunch of elite warriors want with Lucy's gift? And if they're not the ones setting fire to Church buildings, then who is? Are these two things even connected, or is it just a coincidence? It doesn't make any sense!" Gohan then spotted something moving through the air. "Is that an octopus?!" Indeed it was, but what really caught his eye were the people riding on top of the sea creature. 1 out of the four he didn't recognize, but the other three he knew very well: Coco, Mary Hughes, and Sugarboy.
"The Legion Platoon! And they've got Lucy's gift!" he stated when he saw Mary Hughes with the clock piece.
A/N: Done! Phew, this was a tough one, but I got it done. Now I know some of you may think that Gohan may be able to easily dominate the Legion Platoon, but you need to remember that this is a foreign world to him, so he won't want to go full strength since he's a pacifist. Plus, he can't really determine their power levels since sensing Ki is hard in Fiore, so he also underestimates his opponents, and since they use magic, not Ki, Gohan has very few attacks for countering their tricks since he hasn't fought that many people with magical abilities in his world. Mary Hughes is also capable of controlling humans/demons; Gohan is half human so there's no law that says he's immune to her control or that it's just magic she can force her puppets to use. (Just go along with it, it's more interesting that way.) And Sugarboy's slime can absorb attacks and become them; this may also include Ki attacks since they can be touched just like any other magical attacks. (Again, please go along with it!) Now, news flash, I've changed the plot back to another dimension instead of universe 10, but I'm still planning to use Black Goku in my story, I'm just changing a few things. Also, I've put up a poll asking if Gohan and Mirai Trunks should learn magic; I got 6 for yes and 7 for no! Why do more people not wanna see if they can learn magic, and for those who do, what it would be? Aren't you curious? Anyway, that's all for now, stay tuned for the next chapter where Gohan takes on most of the Legion Platoon alone!
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