Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
In Fairy Tail
Aya was asleep in Ultear's arms as the child had cried herself to sleep
Ultear never left Natsu's side as she could not bear leaving his side
She caressed her daughter's back as Aya rested her head to Ultear's shoulder
"hey" Ur came in while knocking on the door one time as she entered the room and stand beside Ultear "let me take care of her"
Ultear nodded as she gently passed Aya to Ur as the grandmother carried up to her granddaughter in her arms
Ur caressed Aya's head as she smiled to the little girl
"I'll go and leave…..the two of you be" Ur said with a small smile to Ultear who nodded
Ur left the infirmary with Aya as Ultear was now all alone with Natsu
Ultear holds Natsu's hand as she caressed it
A tear fell down her eyes as the one who she fell in love with had passed away before her
"you promised me that you would always be with me…." Ultear softly said "….yet you broke our promise…how could you break our promise…?"
Ultear stands up and pulled down the blanket covering Natsu's face as she gives a goodbye kiss to her husband
"I love you….Natsu….." Ultear softly spoke as she covered Natsu with the blanket and slowly walks away
Ul…Te…ar
A soft voice called out to Ultear as she stopped and turned to the sound
Ulte…ar
The voice called out to her again as she could hear it clearly this time
"this voice….Natsu?" Ultear looks to the bed where Natsu was lying on as she saw a soft red glow coming from beneath the blankets
She slowly made her way towards it as she lifts up the blanket and saw that Natsu's right hand had a glowing red tattoo
Ultear
The voice called out to Ultear again as it came from beside her
Ultear looks to the side and sees Natsu who was in a spiritual like form
"Nat…su" Ultear slowly muttered out Natsu's name as her tears started to well up
Natsu smiled softly to Ultear as he brought his hand up to her cheeks
"I'm sorry that I made you and the others cried.." Natsu apologized to Ultear as she shook her head while wiping away her tears
"are you…..really..?" Ultear asked as Natsu shook his head
"I'm a thought projection for now" Natsu replied to her "my body is just resting as my magic needs to recharge for a while"
Ultear let out a relieved sigh as she smiles to her husband
"till the time comes….wait for me, alright?" Natsu asked as Ultear nodded
Natsu smiled to her as he gives her a peck to the forehead before he disappeared into sparkles
The sparkles disappeared as a soft breeze went pass Ultear as her hair flows from the wind
Ultear smiled happily as her tears were overflowing
Just outside the infirmary, Warren was celebrating yet another one of the enemy's beacons vanishing! "Another one of the enemy beacons went down!" The telepathy mage reported excitedly.
"That means there's only 7 of them left!" Droy said while counting on his fingers.
"We can do this! We might even win!" Nab and Vijeeter high fived one another.
"These kids are just.." Makarov sighed as everyone was cheering
While everyone was cheering, it was not the same at the bar as Aya was staring at her meal, Ur had made for her
"come on, Aya." Ur said with a smile to her granddaughter "it tastes better while it still warm"
Aya just shook her head in reply as the child just looks sad
Kinana who was nearby frowned to the child as losing her father took its toll on her
Makarov saw how the child was sad but the war comes first as he will try to cheer her up for a later time
"What is the matter, First Master?" Makarov asked the spirit who was staring at the map
"The east.." Mavis said. "Those two markers haven't moved from their exact location at all. Are they waiting for something?"
"My gut is telling me something's wrong."
All of a sudden, the guild's doors were opened and a figure walked in
"Oh…nice guild you got here"
It was Jacob, the Assassin of the 12
"the smell of liquor seeps through the wooden panels here… I heard this was an old guild, but you refurbished it." Jacob said while pocketing his hands and walking straight to the guild
"wh-who are you?!" Mest exclaimed
"I am Jacob Lessio, a member of Alvarez's Spriggan 12." Jacob said with a smirk
"What!?" Max exclaimed,
"How did he!?" Warren exclaimed as he looks at the radar
"Oh, those markers don't mean a thing." Jacob told them. "There's this incredible wizard named August-san and he realized that you all were using radars to track us, so he made fake markers"
"So, you've come to take all of us on yourself?" Cana said while reaching in her bag for her magic cards
"Well, I don't have troops or any underlings for that matter. I don't like to be tied down" Jacob replied. "but August-san that wizard I mentioned is coming here too."
Jacob then grabs a seat as he sits down "you guys know about Respect about the Aged Day, right?"
He then sees that no one answers him and concluded that none of them know about it "you don't have that in this country, it seems"
"Well, in Alakitasia, it's today. It's a special day that reminds us to respect and appreciate and respect the contribution of our elders." Jacob explained. "So I came here a little early to lessen the load on August-san's shoulders"
Everyone then felt fear in their hearts as they can tell that Jacob is strong
"How about a drink?" Jacob said as he looks towards Kinana who tensed up. "Nothing weak, please."
"We don't have any liquor for the likes of you, not one drop." Makarov said as he steps forward
"That's too bad. As a bit of respect for an elder, I thought to share a drink with you in the last moments of your life, but I guess not." Jacob replied as he smirks "I figure I should warm you that I'm an assassin by trade and I've never failed a mission"
"what kind of an assassin comes at you head on?" Max asked
"ah, you see the two important things" Jacob said as he pulled on his glove "assassination is all about stealth in the darkness and instant kill, but I don't need to hide"
Jacob held both his hands up in front of him
"I make the bodies and witnesses vanish instead…that way there won't be anyone left"
Jacob clapped his hand as a bright light enveloped everyone
"What the hell!?" Cana exclaimed as she sees everyone disappearing one by one
Everyone disappeared as Mavis was the only one left
"Aya!" Ur screamed as she reached for her granddaughter before she suddenly disappeared and so did she
"H-he couldn't have." Mavis said in shock as no one was in the guild anymore
"Makarov! Macao! Cana! Where is everyone!?" Mavis called out to everyone but didn't hear any reply
"fuu." Jacob blew out a sigh before looking to where Mavis was at. "There's one more… a ghost, huh?"
"Nobody outside of Fairy Tail should be able to see or hear me!"
"There." Jacob swing his hand up as an invisible attack had struck against Mavis causing her to scream in pain
"How!?" Jacob grasped his hand and Mavis started screaming in pain
"You must be Mavis Vermilion, the Fairy Heart, right?" Jacob said as he continued to torture Mavis
"Where is your body? Tell me now and I give your friends back." Jacob said as he approached Mavis. "If you don't, I'll kill them all one by one."
"Huh?" Mavis said as she looks at Jacob
"Those people I vanished, they're at death's door, but they aren't dead yet. They are gonna die if I don't bring them back." Jacob told her
"They're all alive?" Mavis thought
"Their lives are in your hands now." Jacob told her
"If I choose my friends…then I doom the entire world."
"Can I really trust this man? What should I do!?"
All of a sudden, Jacob got a kick to the back of the head by Lucy who was wearing her Star Dress: Taurus Form
"Lucy!" Mavis exclaimed in surprise as to see the Celestial Mage
"What happened here, First Master?" Lucy said while keeping an eye on Jacob's movement
"He swept them away somewhere! We have to stop him!" Mavis answered her question as Lucy pulls out Leo's key
"I got it!" Lucy then equips into her Leo Form as she readied herself. "Give back our friends!"
Jacob got back up from the crashed table as he stands up while holding his kicked head
"how? My magic should have worked on this entire guild!" Jacob said before Lucy snickered
In the basement
Five minutes earlier
Lucy was at the basement getting some medicine bottles for her injured friends
"these must be the antiseptics" Lucy said as she grabs some bottles before she hears shouting coming from the guildhall
"What's going on there?" Lucy said before she disappeared and then reappeared inside of Horologium
"Here in the nick of time, was I not, Lucy-sama!" Horologium said to Lucy in him
"Horologium!?" Lucy exclaimed in surprise as she was inside the clock spirit
"I felt a wrap in the dimension." Horogium said. "You ask why you are all completely nude? Because this defensive magic requires it and now you shout that you're packed in like sardines."
Lucy then got out as the Celestial Spirit grabs a blanket to use it to cover herself
"Thank you, Horologium." Lucy thanked the clock spirit for saving her as she put on some clothes.
"It will require some time before I can use this Defensive magic again, so please be careful," Horologium told her before disappearing back into the Celestial Spirit world
"What was that noise?" Lucy asked before she hears screaming coming from the guildhall
"it's coming from above!" Lucy ran upstairs as she puts on her Taurus Star dress
Present
"Let's just say that the stars have blessed me." Lucy said with a grin
"Heh, no matter." Jacob said as he grins at Lucy
"Had you simply vanished like the others. You would've been spared from a world of pain."
He then looks at Mavis and smirked
"I'm changing the condition, I plan to take this girl apart piece by piece, surrender now before it's too late."
He then threw a dagger at Lucy who held up her hands to block
"Lucy lookout!" Mavis screamed out
The dagger flies towards Lucy before North came and bite the dagger
"North!" Lucy exclaimed in surprise as the ice wolf barks before growling at Jacob
"ho. A distant relative of a Fenrir, you don't see one so often" Jacob said in amusement
North kids came in as they surround Jacob as all of them growled at him
"and looks like they multiplied" Jacob said as he looks around
"let's go, North!" Lucy exclaimed as the wolf howls and the pack went onto the attack
"heh" Jacob smirks as he lifts up his fists
In a dark void
Everyone was in the dark void of nothingness as they can see that Lucy was fighting Jacob with North as the fight was one-sided
"damnit! We got to help Lucy and the others!" Max exclaimed "they can't win on their own!"
"but what can we do? We're stuck in this place" Nab said
Ur carried Aya while beside her was Ultear as the three watched the fight unfold
"go, North! Bite that guy's butt!" Ur cheered for the wolf
"go! North!" Aya cheered on as well
Ultear watched fight before hearing footsteps coming from behind her
She turned around and her eyes widen to see her husband with them
"yo" Natsu greeted her with a smile as everyone got surprised to see him
"Natsu?!" "you're here?!" "does that mean this is the afterlife!?"
"SHUT UP!" Ur screamed as she kicks the buffoons away
"PAPA!" Aya cried out as she jumped to her father who caught her
"don't go jumping" Natsu told his daughter with a smile as Aya cried to him
"Natsu…how on earth.." Makarov muttered out
"explanation later" Natsu said as he passed Aya to Ultear and snapped his fingers "right now, Lucy needs our help"
A bright flash of light enveloped the dark void before it dimed as everyone was back at the guild
"what?!" Jacob exclaimed in shock as he was about to land a final blow against Lucy but stopped when everyone came back
"I don't know how Natsu did it…" Max said
"but he took us back to the guild!" Warren finished his word
"you sure did a number on the first master and our friends!" Makarov said as he clenched his fists "you said this is Respect for the Aged Day?!"
Makarov's body enlarged as Jacob looks to his giant form
"WELL SHE'S THE ONE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RESPECT THE MOST!" Makarov punched Jacob straight through the ground as he sends the man straight to floor
"Guuuaaahhhh!"
"i'm still in my twenties…" Mavis cried in tears
Makarov huffed as he shrinks back to his normal size
"another 12 down for the count!" Warren said with a smirk as the enemy's strong members were slowly decreasing
"we're slowly winning!" "take that Alvarez!"
Everyone cheered for the win but for a certain family, they weren't
"so, he helped us even after death" Ur said with a small smile
"Papa…" Aya mumbled out as she leans to her mother's shoulder
Ultear patted Aya's back as she smiled softly from her husband's assistance to help everyone
"don't talk like I'm already dead" a voice spoke as everyone turns around and sees Natsu standing in front of the stairs with a smile on him "yo, sorry for worrying you all"
Aya started to cry before she ran to her father as Natsu kneels down and hugs her
"Papa!" Aya cried onto Natsu as her tears keeps falling down
Natsu smiled and patted her head as he comforted her
"a zombie!" "an undead!" "he's back alive?!"
Everyone screamed in panic as they thought that Natsu was now a zombie
"BE QUIET!" Ur snapped at them angrily as Ultear went to her husband and slowly reached to touch him
"I'm here" Natsu said with a smile as Ultear's tears welled up
"Natsu!" Ultear hugs her husband with Aya as he hugs them back
The two cried to Natsu as he comforted them
That's a wrap!
Bye bye