Hey guys! Woohoo new chapter is up! Kinda later than the others, but hey! It's done! Not much to say in the introductions so I'll head straight into the reviews.
pokemonallstarfan: Thank you so much! I might plan on having Natsu and Gray as well, but it's not looking like it as I've planned. Thanks for the advice, getting inspiration from other animes and stuff like that is definitely something I've been doing, hoping to create some more. And now, Edo Yusuke. I was thinking of cutting him out as Yusuke is completely from another universe so there wouldn't be one. But I think I'm actually going to make one for comedic sakes. That's going to be fun actually. :D
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So, yeah. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
Onwards!
"Any luck?"
"Nothing...I've checked all the scrolls so far and I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary."
"Sigh...at least everything is normal so far...for the time being I guess."
Inside the Time Storage Vault at another completely different universe, Trunks and the Supreme Kai of Time are diligently working to solve the mystery of the absence of their Savior. It's been a few weeks for them ever since Demigra has fallen, and the time when the Future Warrior ended up vanishing out of thin air.
"Who know's where he might have ended up in…" Trunks said worryingly, still looking through the scrolls.
"He's tough. I'm sure he's doing just fine wherever he's at." The Supreme Kai of Time said reassuringly.
"Kii…" TokiToki flew into the vault and perched on the little Kai's shoulders.
"I know...we're all hoping he's safe…" The Kai said, patting TokiToki's head.
"Hey did you see that?" Yusuke asked while squinting. He was still on the ship with Erza on their way to Galuna Island. He could see the island in close range, but he saw something else above it...almost as if something was hovering over the island.
"If you're referring to the island...I'm sure we can both see it very clearly." Erza deadpanned.
"Well, obviously. But I'm sure I saw something else on top of the island. Almost as if something's covering it." Yusuke said. Erza looked forward at the island and looked around it. But all she saw was fog.
"I...don't?"
"Uh...you know what, nevermind. Come on, we're just about there, we can fly the rest of the way."
"I'd like to make sure the rest here stay put…" Erza said. Yusuke looked back at the crew and captain. During their time on the ship, they've come to somewhat admire the redhead who first scared them. When Erza declared her duty of bringing back the troublemakers, they couldn't help but see a new light in her. "We're going ahead! When we come back with our people, I expect all of you to stay on the shore of the island! Otherwise hell will pay. Is that clear?!"
"Yes Ma'am!" The entire crew shouted.
"Good. Let us go and get them back." Erza declared walking over to Yusuke.
"Yup...let's." WIth that, Yusuke picked Erza up and they both flew into the island.
They landed on the beach, it was near the end of the night. It took quite a bit of time for them to sail as just a faint light was coming up from the horizon. Dawn was coming soon.
"Let's go. The sooner, the better." Erza stated.
They both started walking, but stopped when Erza sensed a surge of magical power. Yusuke saw in the distance that a huge wave of water was seen.
"That feels like…" Yusuke began.
"It's Lucy. Let's go." She started to run in the direction with Yusuke following, into a forest. As they neared where she was at, something went flying above their heads, overshadowing them for just a second.
"The hell was that?" Yusuke asked.
"A giant creature of some sort. I'm going ahead." Erza stated. She brought a sword from her and started to sprint.
"Well, alright I guess...Geez, what is going on in this island…" Yusuke said to himself as he felt what was going throughout the island. Natsu was going somewhere, Gray stayed in one spot, several people were in some sort of panic; but the most strange thing about them is that, they didn't feel human, and another group of people are idle at the destination where Natsu was headed. Yusuke came up to a cliff and saw Erza laying a top of some sort of giant rat, that was dressed like a baby… "...what the hell?"
"Lucy!" Yusuke heard Happy call out. He looked in the near distance and saw him flying. "Thank goodness you-Ah! It's Erza!"
He flew away in an instant, but was stopped by something in midair. He bumped into what it was, and saw that Yusuke was in front of him.
"How's it going Happy?" Yusuke said with a grin.
"Ah! It's Yusuke!" Happy cried out, but before he got another chance to fly away, the Saiyan grabbed the cat's tail.
"Gotcha little guy." Yusuke said. He flew down to where Lucy and Erza was.
"Y-Yusuke?! You're here too?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"More like dragged, but, yeah." Yusuke said glancing over at Erza.
"Look, I know you guys are here to bring us back, but we can't just leave now! This island and it's people are in trouble! We have to help them!" Lucy explained. This caught Yusuke's attention. "Some people are trying to revive a demon that was frozen solid, and the magic that's being used is affecting the residents here!"
Yusuke narrowed his eyes at that. Erza however, held a blank expression.
"It matters not to me." Erza said. Yusuke slightly frowned at her.
"Then...then at least let us finish what we starte-hii!" Lucy began to saw but was cut off as Erza pointed the tip of her sword to the blonde's throat.
"We will find the others, and we will leave." Erza declared. Yusuke sighed deeply. "There is a village is there? Take us there."
'You got a lot to learn Erza…'' Yusuke thought with his eyes closed. With that, Erza tied up Lucy and Happy, and the blonde fearfully led the group of four back into the forest, to the village she encountered while she was here.
The sun had now risen, and in a storage area not far from the village the residents stayed at, tents were set up, and people were tending to each other. Inside one specific tent, Lucy and Happy was tied up with each other. Erza sat in a chair, and Yusuke leaned against a stack of crates.
During the time they walked back, Lucy had explained the whole situation where Natsu stole the job and that Gray came to stop them. Shortly after he arrived, he was knocked out by Natsu and was practically forced to go along with them. Upon arriving at the island did they meet the villagers that was supposedly cursed because of the purple moon. Thereafter, they went exploring and discovered a temple, found the demon called Deliora, and encountered people who were performing Moon Drip to melt the ice surrounding said demon. One who so happens to be someone Gray knew. It was ordered by that person that the village be destroyed. Yusuke looked to the side, sensing someone familiar nearby.
"Gray woke up. He's coming in about a second." Yusuke said. Just as he said that, the tent flap opened up to reveal a shirtless, bandaged Gray.
"E-Erza?! Yusuke?!" Gray paled. He looked over to the tied up duo. "W-Why are they tied up…?"
"It's about time Gray. We heard the whole thing from Lucy. I'm disappointed, weren't you suppose to stop them?" Erza said.
"Where...where is Natsu?" Gray said.
"He's heading somewhere right now at the other side of the island. Do you know what's over there?" Yusuke asked.
"The temple!" Lucy gasped.
"Then that is where we're headed. We get him back, then we leave." Erza stated.
"You can't be serious! If you heard everything from Lucy then you know perfectly well what's going on in this island don't you?!" Gray exclaimed.
"...and?" Erza simply said. Lucy, Happy, and Gray looked at her incredulously. Yusuke's frown came back. "This job has been sent to other mage guilds as well, they can take care of it. This job wasn't accepted by Fairy Tail."
"No way! Not when we're already here! They need help!" Gray shouted.
"Are you going to defy the guild's rules as well…?" Erza asked whose patience was running out, and a sword started to appear in her hand. When it appeared, she was in the process of pointing towards Gray, until a hand stopped the blade. "?!"
Erza reacted, and looked over that Yusuke was the one who stopped blade mid-swing. Everybody looked at the black haired teen with a relief or shocked expressions.
"...Yusuke, what do you think you're doing?" Erza asked dangerously.
"I'm with the others on this one Erza. If people really are in danger, then we have to help." Yusuke stated.
"Then you will also be defying the guild as well."
"Be it as it may, I'll worry about that later." Yusuke narrowed his eyes dangerously at the Knight. "Consider this a first lesson Erza. Innocent lives first, protocol second. I will not let this slide if we were to go back to the guild while this island is still in danger."
A bead of sweat went down Erza's forehead at her new Mentors face and demeanor. The others perked up after hearing him. The Knight looked down with her bangs overshadowing her eyes.
"...fine." Erza simply said. Yusuke let go of the sword, and went over to Lucy and Happy to untie them. "I'll report to Master about this when we get back. Don't think that all of you, as well as you now Yusuke, will be let off the hook."
"Ah, that's fine I guess. I'll cross that bridge when we get there." Yusuke casually said, reverting back to his normal attitude.
Everybody went out of the tent, and started to head towards the temple. Hopefully, solving this whole issue as soon as possible.
"...that's basically what happened to her. Deliora was sealed, and Lyon intends to undo her seal and face that demon all by himself to prove that he's stronger than Ur." Gray explained. The whole group minus Natsu were still running towards the temple as midday was nearing the end, and dusk was upon them. Gray was explaining his past life of how he encountered Deliora, and how his teacher had sacrifice herself to save Gray and Lyon. "...but he doesn't know that...Ur is still alive."
"What do you mean by that?" Erza asked.
"She's still living, as the ice…" Gray said. Mostly everyone gasped as they kept running. Just then, they came upon the sight of the temple and stopped.
"The temple...it's tilted to the side!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Heh...Natsu must have done that. Surprisingly smart, that way the moon drip ritual won't shine on Deliora." Gray said. A second later Yusuke snapped his head to the side.
"Everybody get down!" Yusuke shouted. Lucy and Happy reacted while the rest looked to the side. Several flying objects came flying towards the group. Gray and Erza jumped out of the way, and Yusuke swatted them away.
"Who's there?!" Erza demanded. Several people in purple cloaks and rectangular masks came from the trees.
"It's Fairy Tail!"
"We won't let you get in the way or Master Reitei's ceremony!"
"There's so many…" Lucy said. Erza started to requip a sword into her hand.
"Gray, go on ahead. You have to stop Lyon, right?" Erza said.
"But…" Gray began, but Yusuke patted his shoulder.
"Don't worry, I can take you there faster since time's against us at the moment. I'm sure Erza and Lucy will be fine here." Yusuke said.
"Right!" Lucy exclaimed getting out her whip. "We got this! You just do what you need to do Gray!"
"Thanks you guys...Let's go." Gray said. Yusuke put Gray's arms over his head and flew off to the temple.
"Are...are you sure we can do this?" Lucy asked with slight worry.
"It should be no problem." Erza replied simply.
"Alright we're here. This...is one big temple." Yusuke commented as he and Gray landed in front of the entrance of the temple. "Least the others are doing alright back there."
"Obvious isn't it? We're no regular mages." Gray said.
"Heh, you got that right."
"Come on, time's awastin'." Gray said. WIth that they both started running. As they ran deep into the temple, they eventually came upon a room where half of it was covered by a wall of ice.
"I can feel Natsu and one other person in there…" Yusuke said.
"The other must be Lyon then…" Gray said. Yusuke walked up to the wall of ice.
"Stand back." Yusuke declared. Gray took a few step backs while Yusuke hooked back his right arm, and then simply punched the wall of ice, creating a large sized hole. In it revealed two figures which happen to Natsu and someone else with blueish silver hair, wore a white open coat reaching down to his legs and wore a blue attire underneath.
"New Guy?! And Gray…?" Natsu said looking over at the newly made wall.
"Who are you?" Lyon asked.
"Fairy Tail member. You must be the so-called "Sub-Zero Emperor." Yusuke greeted while casually walking through the opening he made.
"And why are you here?"
"Lyon!" Gray shouted walking inside the iced room.
"Oh...It's Gray…" Lyon spat.
"Natsu, let me handle this."
"Like hell! You had your shot now it's my turn!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Natsu. Let him." Yusuke stated. After getting a full explanation from Gray himself, Yusuke had concluded that he wanted to settle things with Lyon for his pride. He couldn't help but smirk at that. Their eyes met, and Natsu dropped his battle stance.
"I know I'm at fault for Ur's death a decade ago but...hurting both my friends and the villagers here in this island is unforgivable!" Gray crossed his arms over each other in front of him. "I'll make sure I end this."
"You're not actually thinking on using Iced Shell?!" Lyon exclaimed. This seemed to have a reaction to Natsu and Yusuke as their eyes widened.
"I'm giving you one shot to leave this island and make the villagers normal again…" Gray said.
"You don't have what it takes…" Lyon retorted. A rise of magic power rose from Gray dramatically, and cold winds started to blow in every direction from him.
"I'm dead serious…Ur died because of me, that will never change, no matter how much time goes by. I'll make sure to take responsibility this time…and this time, I'm prepared to give my life. Tell me Lyon, do we die or live together?!"
"Hmph, do it. You don't have the spine."
"Very well then…"
ICED SH-
Gray started, but was knocked in the face by Natsu.
"Do you honestly think that you dying will change things?! You're more running away that taking responsibility! Gray!" Natsu shouted. Gray just looked at him incredulously. Just then, the whole temple started to shake.
"The hell?" Yusuke said. Everybody present who was already used to the tilted floor suddenly felt that they didn't need to make the effort of balancing themselves. It took a moment for them to realize that the temple had somehow came back to its original state, standing upright.
"What the hell?! I destroyed the supports! So how is this damn temple not leaning anymore?!" Natsu shouted stomping around, raging.
"Then...the moon is going to go straight for Deliora again…" Gray grimaced.
"Wait, someone's coming from over there." Yusuke said. True to his words, over at the other side of the room was an open doorway was a small man running in wearing a moss green, body covered cloak, and had a tribe-like mask covering his upper face, leaving his nose and mouth in view.
"Zalty, is this your doing?" Lyon asked.
"My apologies Master Reitei, but with the moon coming up soon, I took the pleasure into restoring the temple to its previous state." Zalty said.
'This energy...why does he feel so familiar…' Yusuke thought with a frown. Then his eyes shot wide open. 'Is he from the council?!'
"How the hell did you do that?! You know how long it took me to break those damn pillars?!" Natsu shouted. But Zalty just laughed. "Answer me!"
"I must get going and start the ritual again." Zalty said, running out of the room.
"Natsu, stay here and watch over Gray so he doesn't do anything stupid, I'm going to have a word with that guy." Yusuke said before Natsu said anything, and ran out in a burst of speed.
"Damnit! I wanted a piece at that jerk!" Natsu shouted.
Through the hallways, Yusuke came to a room and was close to the cloaked man who claimed to have made the temple standing again, just as the Saiyan was near him, the ceiling collapsed above him.
"Tch, how annoying." Yusuke stopped and threw a simple Ki blast at the fallen rubble, but when it was hit, it simple all reformed, and went back to the ceiling. The ceiling was repaired, as if nothing had happen to it in the first place. "So that's you got the temple up again…"
"Yes, that is my magic. Lost Magic." Zalty explained.
"Lost Magic…?"
"Magic that was vanished that had been deemed too powerful with plenty of drawbacks."
"Hm, I see. Now answer me this. Are you from the council?!" Yusuke asked. His question made the masked man's smile drop instantly. "You're definitely one of them. And remembering back from all the faces of the council members, there are only two of them who are relatively short as you are. But the facial structures are all wrong. I can only assume you're under a guise. So who are you?!"
"You'll get yourself in a pretty dangerous situation if you think that way." Zalty said while chuckling. Then in a blink of eye, he disappeared.
"What the hell?!" Yusuke exclaimed while looking around. He closed his eyes to feel the masked man's energy. "He's already deeper into the temple? How…? I need to hurry."
In another burst of speed, Yusuke jumped further into the temple, determined to find out what's deeper.
After countless turns through hallways and rooms, Yusuke finally made it down the temple and came upon a large cave. Inside the cave was a large block of ice, and in the ice was the demon Deliora. Just in front of it was Zalty.
"Hey!" Yusuke shouted while running up to the large iceberg and the masked man.
"My, you got here quick, how did you manage to do so?"
"First, answer my question!"
"Very well...let's say if I really were from the council. Would you risk knowing the answer, as well as the wellbeing of Fairy Tail?"
"What…?" Yusuke asked narrowing his eyes.
"If I were to say yes, then I could very well to use my power into disbanding your precious guild. Fun isn't it?"
"And letting them being used as your shield is your way of fun?" It infuriated the Saiyan as he heard of his new friends being put into danger.
"I think that's the best answer I can give, now how about mine?"
"Sixth sense of mine buddy." Yusuke said dismissively.
"Hmph, well I must get on with reviving the Deliora."
Yusuke looked over behind Zalty to get a closer inspection, and frowned.
'But...there's...no point…there's something else there but...' Yusuke thought when realization struck him when sensing the demon. 'Let's keep this quiet for now…'
As they were staring down each other, a beam of pink light came down from the ceiling, hitting the top of the iceberg, and the ice started to melt.
"The hell is that?" Yusuke asked.
"That, my friend, is the Moon Drip. Used to dispel virtually anything. It looks like a person is performing the ceremony above. Weak with one person but...plenty of energy from the moon has already been gathered." Zalty explained.
"Hm." Yusuke hummed thoughtfully, taking in the information.
"You don't look worried, that a demon is about to be released very soon."
"Not really. If from what I've heard from my friend that it really is dangerous that he say it is, I wouldn't mind killing it myself." As soon as Yusuke said that, an orb came towards him at a fast speed, something that caught the Saiyan off guard just a bit. "What the..."
"Now, we can't have that now can we? My magic is called the Arc of Time. I can manipulate the time of objects." Zalty started to explain, and sent the same lacrima at the black-haired teen again. Yusuke batted it away with the side of his hand, breaking it. "It's no use."
The shattered pieces of the orb started to reform again, and once again took the shape of the sphere as if nothing had happened to it in the first place. It was going to hit Yusuke again, but failed to do so as he phased to a different place in the cave once again.
"That is getting really annoying now…" Yusuke commented.
"That is the Arc of Time. The Lost Magic that I posses. Able to restore that object to a previous point in its time." Zalty finished explaining.
"You keep saying objects, am I led to believe that you're not able to change the time of individual living beings? If so, people would've been dead by simplifying aging them." Yusuke deducted.
"That is correct. Which is why I'm unable to melt the ice that surrounds Deliora as it is living like the caster, Ur."
'I did feel some kind of presence near that demon...guess what Gray said that the ice is living is true…' Yusuke thought idly. "Is your plan really trying to help that Lyon guy defeat this monster?"
"You keep on surprising me...my plans differ from his. I wish to control the beast, and use its powers!"
"God, wacko's everywhere I go…" Yusuke uttered. A lacrima came at him again, but he managed to phase out of the spot he stood just in time.
"Now, why don't we fast forward the object now?" Zalty said with a wave of motions with his arms. Yusuke saw the lacrima going faster in speed than before, and went straight at him.
'It's...actually kinda faster. Wonders of magic I guess.' Yusuke thought. As the lacrima neared, he tilted his head to let it pass through, turned around to see it coming towards him again and jumped to dodge it. He kept his eyes on it as it circled around and came at the Saiyan again. Yusuke kept dodging and sidestepping until he had enough. With Ki coating his hand, he released an energy wave at the incoming orb, engulfing it in light and turning into ashes.
"Hoh, you managed to destroy my toy. But again, it's futile." The ashes rose up and swirled, in a flash the orb appeared again.
"Man, what the hell." Yusuke exasperated.
*KUUUUUHHHHHHH*
Tremors vibrated violently in the cave and shook throughout the whole temple. All within and those on the island felt it as they had to regain their balance. Yusuke looked over at the demon who had almost its whole body uncovered by the ice, with its mouth open, roaring.
'Damn thing's supposed to be dead...is it all by instincts?' Yusuke thought narrowing his eyes.
"It won't be long now…"
"What do you even plan on doing with this anyway?"
"That, my friend, is an answer I know and for you, to not find out." Zalty raised his hands over his heads and more rumbling occurred. "Ceiling, crumble away and perish with the power of time!"
The stone roof above them started to collapse, and headed towards Yusuke. The rocks were not the only one's coming at the Saiyan as Zalty also released dozens of orbs flying towards Yusuke at high speed.
"Tch, what a pain." Yusuke said agitatedly. He extended out his right arm with fingers closed in together and a condensed ball of Ki was formed on his palm.
BIG BANG ATTACK!
The ball of Ki instantly expanded as it was launched, swallowing the lost magic mage's attack in whole, and big winds and a large cloud of dust now took place inside the majority of the cave.
"I can't see him…" Zalty muttered.
"Lookin' for me?"
Zalty jumped and turned around, only to see Yusuke right in front with his left hand extended with his right hand over his arm. Bits of static went around the Saiyan's torso, then crawled onto his left arm.
"Ha!" A body sized Ki blast was released in a burst, and struck the masked man dead on, sending him flying across the other side of the cave. "Ah...probably should've let out enough so he'd still be conscious...shit."
Yusuke hopped and flew over to the pile of rubble that the Time Mage supposedly landed, but when he got there, it was just rocks.
"What the...I know I hit him…" Yusuke thought out loud. He was about to sense him but a voice cut him out.
"New Guy!"
Yusuke whipped his head around to see Natsu running to him and Gray standing near the melted ice, crouching down and scooping a handful.
"Ur…" Gray muttered.
"Hey Natsu, Gray already beat that guy?" Yusuke asked.
"Hell yeah he did! Icicle there definitely went and did a number on him!" Natsu said. Then he looked passed the Saiyan. "Whoa! This the demon?"
"Yeah, but-" Yusuke started but was cut off by another voice.
"Eh...hehehe...finally...Deliora...it's time that...haa...I surpass...Ur…!" Lyon gasped out as he was crawling on the floor, injured immensely.
"Lyon…" Gray said looking back.
"Look at you! You can hardly stand...just leave this to me!" Natsu said.
*KUUUUUHHHHH*
Deliora roared out once again, everybody looked at the demon, now out of the ice.
"We meet once again...Deliora!" Lyon said, now on his elbows, gazing up at the monster. He struggled to go up to his knees, and then to his feet. "The time...that I surpass Ur...is now!"
Just as Lyon got up to his feet, Gray swiftly chopped the back of his neck, rendering him in a brief unconscious state, falling to the ground once more.
"Enough of this...I'll be the one to handle this now." Gray walked up and crossed his arms. Cold wind swirled around his person. "I'll seal Deliora!"
"Stop it! All you're doing is repeating what Ur did! Then I'll just continue to melt the ice again to face it!" Lyon cried out, waking up on the ground.
"You Should stop Gray, with that spell." Yusuke stated.
"Then how else are we going stop Deliora?!" Gray shouted out.
"Easy! We beat this damn thing to the ground!" Natsu exclaimed with his fists ready.
"Even easier than that...because it's already dead." Yusuke said.
"W-What…?" Gray stuttered wide-eyed, stopping his magic.
"Impossible! What we're seeing in front of us is clearly Deliora! Alive!" Lyon yelled.
"And that...is where you're mistaken…" Yusuke said. He walked over to a nearby rubble and picked up a palm sized rock. He tossed it a few times in his hand, then threw it at the demon right at the chest. The rock collided with the demon, and Deliora started to crack. The others present widened their eyes once again in realization.
'Still...I would've assumed Towa might have done something. Maybe she doesn't need something that's already dead…' Yusuke thought as he thought the demoness would play a role again.
"No way…" Gray said.
"All this time…" Lyon started. Then casted his eyes to the ground. "For a whole decade...Ur's ice has been taking Deliora's life...and now all we're seeing are its final moments…There's no way I can stack up against that..."
"Wow…! Your teacher was awesome Gray!" Natsu complimented. Gray looked down to the ground with his bangs overshadowing his eyes.
"She would've been proud of you man." Yusuke said. Gray put his right hand over his eyes, he bit his lip and tears started to form.
"Thank you so much...Ur…" Gray choked out.
All the water started to pour out from the temple due to the damage its sustained. Lucy, Happy, and Erza ran inside the cave where the others were and where Deliora previously stood. As Happy flew over to Natsu who he caught the flying cat in his arms, he couldn't help but noticed the scarlet knight walking over to him. The dragon slayer tried to run but was only pulled back by the hem of his scarf, choking him a bit, and was scolded by Erza.
As Gray hefted a more clear minded Lyon over his shoulders, everybody walked out of the temple. It was night time now, everything was calm, and everybody was under the moon.
"Yeaheah! We got an S-Class mission done!" Natsu shouted with his arms over his head.
"Aye sir!"
"To think that the demon was already dead, your teacher was really something." Lucy praised. Then widened her eyes as she realized something. "Maybe we're allowed to go on the second floor now! Haha!"
"Ahem…" Yusuke coughed out. He was standing next to Erza, who was glaring intently at the three and the cat in front of them. All of them instantly paled and sweated profusely at her look. Erza looked to her side and glared at her new Mentor as well, only for him to give him a cheerful grin and a thumbs up.
"O-Oh no...I forgot that we're all still going to get punished!" Lucy exclaimed out of sheer fear.
"While Deliora is gone, that doesn't mean that the villagers are back to normal." Erza stated.
"Yeah...just look up." Yusuke said. Everybody did and they all saw that the moon was still purple.
"Are you sure? But…" Lucy started.
"Deliora was just a harmless dead caterpillar inside its cocoon. Nothing from that would've been enough to affect the residents here on this island." Yusuke explained.
"The Moon Drip's the real cause due to its immense magical power. The S-Class job is not over until those villagers are back to normal." Erza said.
"Then...how do we cure them?" Gray asked. Then he looked over to the man behind them. "Lyon…?"
"I don't have a clue actually." Lyon answered.
"But...if you don't know then…" Lucy grimaced.
"Three years ago when we first arrived at this island, we knew that there was a village living here. But we never interacted with them. The same goes for them as well." Lyon explained further.
"Not one time...for three years?" Erza wondered out loud. While thinking that, Erza also thought about what Yusuke mentioned back on the ship about something above the island.
"Now that I think about it...the ceremony was performed every night for those three years. It does seem odd that they didn't come to investigate…" Lucy deduced.
"Wait a minute...were you under the light every night for those three years?" Yusuke asked Lyon. A simple nod from the blue-silvered haired mage gave the all answers the Saiyan needed. 'Sensing back to those villagers...then that has to be it.'
"Anyway, it's none of my concern. That village is your guild job, isn't it?" Lyon asked while looking to the side.
"Now hold on a minu-!" Natsu started but was pulled by the ear by Erza.
"They had there reason to justify what they did. But it's all over now. Let's go back to the village." Erza said, walking away. Yusuke shortly followed. Then along with everyone else, but Gray. He looked back at Lyon.
"You should join a guild. It can be fun. You'll make new friends and gain new rivals." Gray said while smiling. "I'm sure you can set your mind to something new."
"Tch. Go already." Lyon said, brushing him off. Gray simple shrugged and and followed his friends.
"Where is everybody…?" Lucy said.
"You sure this is the place Luce?" Natsu asked.
"It should be...it's where everybody went after their village was gone…"
"I'm gonna grab some medicine…" Gray said walking into a tent.
"They're definitely not here but...up further ahead…" Yusuke said as he sensed where the large group of people were that didn't feel humanlike.
"Are you sure?" Erza asked. The Saiyan nodded, then looked ahead again noticing someone.
"Hey! All of you! Something's wrong! You need to come check it out!" A villager ran up to them. This caught everyone's attention as they soon followed the villager. His appearance was not that of a human, but he had spotted green skin and horns from his forehead.
'So this is what they look like?' Yusuke thought as he observed the man.
Eventually, they were back to the site that was supposedly the fallen village. However…
"Uh...wasn't all of this destroyed?" Yusuke asked while looking around. When he arrived earlier with Lucy and Happy leading the way, the majority of the place was completely desolated. Almost as if…
"It's like everything went back in time and fixed itself! Woah!" Natsu exclaimed while checking out the surroundings. That's when it clicked to Yusuke as he thought back to the masked man.
'Did he really revert everything back to its original state…? I don't get him…' Yusuke thought while taking in the scene.
"Are you the ones who restored our village back to normal?" An elderly man said walking up to us. His back was hunched, had blue skin, and had horns coming from his forehead. "While we're grateful...when will the moon be destroyed?!"
'Right...Lucy did mention that they wanted the moon gone because it was the cause of their curse…but if that were the case then it would affect the people nearby outside the island...and thinking to what Lyon said that he hasn't had anything changed to him only proves this further...' Yusuke thought. He looked over to Erza who was thinking. "Erza, remember what I said back at the ship?"
"Yes. I finally get what you meant now. I think I figured it out." Erza said. She walked up to the elderly man. "There's something on my mind that I need to clear, can I have you gather everyone in the village?"
The old man nodded and walked back, calling all of the villagers. Everyone went ahead and stood near the giant wooden gate that was closed. When all who were present settled down, Erza spoke up.
"I want to get one thing straight. You all change the way you looked after that purple moon appeared, correct?" Erza asked.
"More specifically...we only look like this when the purple moon comes out." The village leader explained.
"From what we've heard, this has been happening around three years I presume?"
"Yes, I believe so…"
"The Moon Drip ritual has been performed every night for those three years. A light was clearly shown when it started. All of you should have seen it every ni-Kyaa!" Erza started to explain, but as she did so while walking with her eyes closed, she fell into a hole that was covered by leaves.
"Uh…" Yusuke said with raised eyebrows.
"Even the hole came back!" Happy said.
"I-I forgot I dug that last night…!" Lucy exclaimed.
"That was…" Natsu started.
"So girly…" Gray finished.
A few seconds later Erza came climbing out of the whole and stood in front of it.
"If the light was shown every night, why is it odd that not once any of you decided to investigate the ruins?" Erza finished explaining, brushing off the earlier incident.
"Okay...that happened." Yusuke said.
"She's acting like nothing happened…" A villager said. But other murmurs broke within the crowd of the island residents at what Erza mentioned.
"I-It's a tradition that...no one else goes to the ruins…" The leader said nervously.
"For three whole years? I find that hard to believe that not once have you guys actually even tried to go there and see for yourselves to find out what's wrong, especially with how concerned you guys look." Yusuke deduced. While he knew that their energy signatures does not indicate them as human, he didn't get why that they didn't have common sense to act.
"Please tell us the truth if you can…" Erza asked. The leader took a look of consideration, and then closed his eyes.
"Well...we actually did try investigating many times but...every time a group of villagers did try to leave, they would walk out and then come back to the village without ever getting close to the temple…" The leader explained. Most Fairy Tail members had a look of question as the elderly man answered.
"They couldn't get close to it…?" Lucy asked.
"But we were able to get inside just fine!" Natsu exclaimed.
"We kept this between us because we didn't think you'd believe us…" A villager called out.
"But it's true that weren't able to reach near the ruins!" Another shouted.
"I see…" Erza finally said. She looked over to Yusuke and he noticed the gesture.
"Yeah…?" The Saiyan asked suspiciously.
"Are you up to destroying the moon?" Erza asked with a smirk. Yusuke took a moment to let that question sink in, then laughed.
"Pfft Hahaha! Really? You got it!" Yusuke happily said.
Erza extended her right arm, and a glow was emitted near her hand. When it died down, it showed Erza holding a lance. The spear had a long black pole as a handle with a gold colored arrowhead blade at the top, two red ribbons were decorated on either side of the spear hanging from the blade. It was finished with a gold and silver flat surface on the bottom of the lance to help balance it.
"This is the Evil Crushing Spear which will overcome darkness." Erza explained. She reached it out towards Yusuke. "Think you can throw it to the moon?"
"Think? Ha! I know I can!" Yusuke exclaimed excitedly while rubbing his hands together.
"Y-Yusuke...I know you're strong, but strong enough to throw that to the moon?" Lucy asked.
"Same. The moon's pretty damn far, I doubt it can reach it…" Gray said.
"Show us what you can do New Guy!" Natsu shouted.
"Aye Sir!"
"I believe he is able. He did manage to throw Lullaby that time." Erza said while Yusuke grabbed the spear in his grasp.
"Now this, is pretty damn neat." Yusuke complimented while holding the lance in his hand. He begun to spin it around a bit with both his hands slowly at first, then sped up. He played around with it as if it were nunchakus, spinning it around his body and kept grabbing it over and under his arms. He stabbed the ground head first with the spear as he finally got the feel of it. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I got this."
"S-Seriously?" Gray sweatdropped.
"Now this is gonna be fun to watch!" Natsu said with a grin.
"We can go higher up to that outpost if you wish." Erza asked pointing to a tall tower near the gate.
"Nah, I'm fine where we're at. This'll be quick." Yusuke stated as he walked further up a bit to a clearing. He looked up to the purple moon and readied the spear behind him, his right hand hooked back, and the spear aiming upwards. He spread apart his legs on the dirt ground, and flared his aura as his hair and clothes played around with the wind.
"Hraaaagh!" Yusuke threw the spear. The lance went straight upwards in a beeline. It went further and further up to the moon until…
*CRACK!*
It made contact.
"H-He did it!" Lucy exclaimed.
"No way…" Gray said disbelievingly.
"Haha! That was awesome!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Nah, I didn't hit the moon." Yusuke stated. Erza smirked.
"Huh…?" Almost everybody save two people wondered.
"Look," Yusuke gestured his thumb towards the sky. When he did, something shattered, and it showed the bright white moon in its greatness.
"Eh?!" Everybody looked as the "sky" kept breaking more and more.
"The...sky is being destroyed?" Lucy asked
"When Erza and I came here by ship, I managed to see something above the island while it was still night out." Yusuke explained.
"This island was covered by an evil layer that Moon Drip was responsible for. The fumes and influence from the magic created a layer in the sky, that was why the moon was purple." Erza explained further. "Since it's broken, everything should go back to normal now."
Everybody watched as the villagers shined a bit, but when it was done, they were still in their demon forms.
"They're...still the same?" Gray said.
"No, that is what they actually look like." Erza said. "In fact, the purple moon caused their memories to scramble."
"Their memories?" Natsu asked.
"Their energy doesn't have the feelings of a human, it explains why Lyon wasn't affected by Moon Drip for three years but these people were." Yusuke explained again.
"T-Then…" Lucy began.
"These villagers were actual demons to begin with." Erza finished. "They're able to transform into looking like humans during the day, since their memories were in a haze we were led to believe they were humans in the first place. The reason why they couldn't reach the temple as well is simply because the temple holds holy light."
'Holy light…? Is that the reason why she hasn't made a move? Hmm...I would think she could easily overcome it though…' Yusuke thought to himself about the schemes of Towa.
"Amazing...I knew I could leave it to you guys…" A brand new voice said. Everybody looked to the direction of the gate and saw another demon wearing a body covered cape.
"B-Bobo!" The leader cried out.
"A-A-A ghost!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Y-You're that guy on that boat we took!" Gray shouted.
"Hahaha! It'll take more than a stab to the chest to put down a demon you know!" Bobo laughed out.
"Then...how did you disappear from the ship?" Gray asked. To answer his question, Bobo leaned forward a bit, and out from his back sprouted wings and flew into the air."W-Whoa!"
"I was the only one who was able to regain my memories, so I got away from the island. I worried for everybody in the village as they thought they were humans…" Bobo explained. The leader came flying up and hugged his son he thought was dead for so long.
"Bobo!" The leader shouted in joy.
"I'm glad you and everyone are back to normal Dad!" Bobo said as he hugged his father. Soon, every villager decided to fly in the air, rejoicing that they're alright and that one of theirs are back to them. All of the Fairy Tail members smiled and grinned at the sight.
"Did you see all of that?" A lone figure atop a tree overlooking the events in the village asked into a orb. Said figure was none other than the masked-man "Zalty." "He" was covered in burn marks, scratches, and bruises all over.
"Yeah. It looks like we have more work cut out for us." The male voice in the orb said. "You don't look so well, Ultear."
As soon as the man finished his sentence, smoke covered "Zalty's" body, and soon sat a woman in a white robe with long dark hair, Councilwoman Ultear.
"That man, Yusuke is no joke. I guess I can see, or rather feel, how strong he is now…" Ultear said while wincing. Even after transforming, her whole body was still covered in scrapes and bruises. "He's a potential threat Siegrain. We'll hope he doesn't get too involved."
"Yes. Let's hope not. For his, and Fairy Tail's sake." Siegrain said.
"YEAAHHEEEAHH! FOOD! FEAST! FOOD! FOOOD!" Yusuke shouted out in glee. Literal tears of joy came out of his eyes. The Saiyan sat at a nearby table with plates that were full of food, and plates stacked up that were empty. Villagers were constantly moving around cleaning the empty plates and replacing those with food. The black-haired Saiyan kept shoving handfuls to his mouth. He chewed off meat that were on bones and threw them aside. He drank jug-sized liquids to help the food down.
It literally has been days since Yusuke has had a full course meal ever since coming to this world. On top of that, it was free from the courtesy of the villagers. The instant that Bobo joined back with them meant that it was a time for celebration. Erza had wanted to relent, but the excitement and shouts of joy from her new Mentor halted her before she could have a word in. Natsu and Happy followed as well, so she resigned and opted to leave first thing in the morning with everyone else. Currently, she was watching him, along with the other members and a few other villagers at another table.
"H-How much can he eat...?" Lucy asked incredulously.
"I'm...not exactly sure..." Erza said.
"I think he's got more of an appetite than Flame-Brain over there." Gray said pointing behind him. Natsu was currently downing food and flames as well, but not as much as Yusuke. He wouldn't be able to hold a candle to the black haired teen at all in an eating contest. Happy was next to him sitting down and nibbling on a raw fish.
"Still...look how much Yusuke's eating..." Lucy said looking over to him, as well as Gray and Erza. The Saiyan wasn't stopping anytime soon, and he had quicken his pace of cleaning plates. The villagers had also started to run to fill up more and more food for him.
"I think he's going empty out this villages food supplies soon..." Gray said sweatdropping. The others sweatdropped as well as they think what the ice mage user said is likely to be true.
Of course, what's still unknown to the rest of the Fairy Tail members is the heritage of their new friend as a Saiyan, as their stomachs can be bottomless pits when it came to eating. Though, all of it is put to good use when they fight or train.
The festival and celebrations soon came to an end with nearly, if not all, of the villagers food eaten. The Saiyan exhaled deeply in content as he finally filled up his belly. He patted his stomach and laid on the ground with an arm behind his head staring at the sky.
"Ah man, now that, was what I needed." Yusuke said happily, sighing deeply.
"You look satisfied." Erza said walking up to him. He turned his head to see her.
"Yeah, well, couldn't get anything to eat when you dragged me out of the guild y'know." Yusuke stated. She looked away in embarrassment as she recalled yesterday while being angry by this whole ordeal.
"My apologies. Still, you eat a lot for a person." Erza mused. The Saiyan shot his eyes open.
"Eheh, my metabolism's pretty big. Can't help it." He said sheepishly. "So what's up?"
"I wanted to say sorry...and thank you."
"Huh? What for?"
"For earlier in the day. When you told me to think of the people here than to force everyone else back. I should have thought of helping them in the first place, maybe regardless if we were breaking the rules as well."
"Ah no biggie. We made it through didn't we? That's all that matters now. Past is in the past." Yusuke said waving her off. He thought about what he just said. 'Past...is in the past eh? Let's hope it stays that way.'
"In any case, I'm glad you convinced me. We leave early in the morning. I look forward to the training, Teacher."
"No. Don't call me that. Just Yusuke is fine. Really." Yusuke stated quite firmly. Erza simply walked away with a small smile in her face. He looked back at the sky again briefly, and closed his eyes. 'No training for me tonight I guess…'
(Yusuke's POV)
"Thank you Fairy Tail mages once again!" All the villagers of the island cried out. It was morning now after we all had a night's rest. We were on our way back to the guild hall with the ship Erza and I had...borrowed I guess.
Considering that the job wasn't official, Erza had refused to take the money reward. While the residents did still tried to urge us into having the seven million Jewels, Erza relented a bit, and told them that golden key was fine, much to Lucy's delight. Eh, least I still got my three-hundred thousand Jewels I earned the day before.
"Hehehehehe...!" I heard Lucy giggling. Yup, she's pretty happy alright.
"Urk..!" Yeah that's right...Natsu still has that motion sickness. I almost forgot. The way back to land was rather uneventful. Same thing as we all headed back to Magnolia.
"Man, it's good to be back!" Natsu said.
"Hah...all that work for a simple key…" Gray sighed.
"Again, it wasn't official. It was a enough of an reward." Erza said.
"Hehe, yup! Definitely good enough." Lucy exclaimed. "Especially when it's one of the twelve zodiac keys!"
"Zodiac eh? So which one did you get?" I asked.
"Sagittarius the Archer!"
"Now, let's not get too excited. We still have your punishment to work on." Erza said. The others faces paled instantly. She looked over at me. "That means, you as well."
"Oh come on, especially after what we talked about?"
"Yes."
"Harsh."
"Well, it's all up to Master anyway. I could overlook this, but Master Makarov has the final say. Don't expect me to back any of you up."
Eventually, as we all walked and talked we eventually made it back to the guild, and Erza opened the doors.
"We're back. Is the Master here?" Erza asked as we all walked over to the bar.
"Welcome back everyone! I see you're all back safe and sound!" Mira greeted cheerfully. She looked over at me and smiled. "Glad to see you're safe as well Yusuke!"
"Thanks Mira. It was pretty adventurous I'll say." I said to her. She giggled at the response. I went ahead and walked over to the request board to browse over any jobs.
"Mira, is Master here?" Erza asked again.
"He had some sort of meeting that he was called to yesterday." Mira answered. "He should be back by today."
"Well then, we'll just have to wait, along with the rest of you." Erza stated. "Yusuke! Don't think about taking any jobs right now!"
"I'm just looking! Really!" I called back. Though...one job in peculiar did catch my eye. "...what's this about?"
It was a black paper with a sort of pentagram on the top as a heading. The reward for this was five-hundred thousand Jewels.
"Please help as I am gathering results in this experiment. The words below is a safe chant that will induce a spell that should last about twelve hours. After that, another spell will occur for another twelve hours. It is noted that you should stay inside your guild for your own safety. Your reward will be sent upon completing this experiment. That's it…?" I asked while I tore off the paper from the wall. Below the instructions were a set of words in another language I don't know about. I had my doubts, I admit. Ah well, I'm sure I can take care of whatever happens. I started to read the chant. "Etenim unum res sole neque luna, ut oratio sit amet felis in eaque, me incipe!"
Smoke instantly surrounded my person, and I glowed brightly. The light died down, but the smoke didn't. I wanted to see again, so I raised my energy a bit and wind blew out where I stood. Next thing I noticed was the silence of the whole guild.
"Huh...I don't feel any different…" I said while looking at the paper. "Is this a bust…?"
"Y-Y-Yusuke…?" Mira called out. I turned my head towards her to see her eyes wide open and mouth agape. I noticed that Erza, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Happy, hell the whole guild was looking at me with wide eyes and mouth agape. Shit, I'm not in my Super Saiyan form am I?
"Yeah, what's up? Why is everyone looking at me like that." I asked. Every single person was still focused on me.
"Y-Your...your...appearance…" Mira said slowly. Oh god, I'm not blonde right now am I?! How am I going to explain this?! I reached to my hair to see if I can pull down any golden locks. But when I felt it, it was a bit shaggy in several directions, but when I felt it down my neck...it seemed to get...longer...my eyes shot open wide.
I looked back at my hair, it was long. So long that it reached down to my ankles. And it was still shining black.
"New Guy's a New Girl now! What the hell?!" I hear Natsu shout, recovering from his shock. Wait, what the hell did he just say?
I looked down at my body. True to the Dragon Slayer's words, I discovered two mounds on my chest that were close to D-Cups. My hips, legs, and arms were all slender like. I rolled up my sleeve to see the smooth silky skin on my arm.
What.
The.
Shit.
I inhaled deeply. And I let it all out.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
(3rd Person POV)
Far away in another place in space, a land with lush blue colored grass and trees with green oceans decorated the planet. It didn't look so peaceful anymore as bodies were scattered, bloodied and dead. Two known figures stood atop a hill overlooking at the massacre with several minions with glowing red eyes and flaring dark aura. One who relieved in the sight and the other who is getting used to his body again.
"It's wonderful to have you back...My Mira…" Towa cooed.
"I wish to seek...vengeance…" Mira stated.
"And you will. That Monkey happens to be vulnerable now. Shall we?"
"No. I need more power. More, energy."
Towa stayed silent for a bit as she calculated her powers. With a satisfied nod, she answered.
"Then we will. He'll pay for what he has done, and I just so happen to know the perfect alternate place to go to. Let us go, Mira."
The demoness and Bio-Demon flew high up into the black space. Mira raised his right arm over his head, and started to channel his Ki. A large, dark purple ball of Ki was formed with pink sparks surrounding it. Content, Mira threw the massive ball of Ki onto Namek, therefore destroying it completely. They relished at the sight, and soon, space debris littered where the Namekians once called home.
"When we are all finished, that Saiyan won't know what will hit him. It's time for the Time Breakers to make their move again." Towa smirked darkly. She propped her staff vertically, and with using some of her energy, both of them vanished, determined to seek their goals once again.
DUN DUN DUN! Android Mira has finally made his appearance! What will they do? Don't answer that, I already know. Hue. But yeah! 9k words, god damnit lol. It's an improvement, of like, 300 words. Not much but I'm getting there.
And yes! That twist with the job! You thought that they might switch bodies eh? I'm deciding to liven things up a bit and making things from originality. So because of that and this, I won't be jumping into the Phantom Lord Arc just yet. I have it almost all planned out, so I guess a few omake's can fill your satisfaction in the near future for now.
That chant that was used. Go to google lol, its nothing too fancy, might be cheesy though.
Some of you have and may be wondering when Yusuke will go SSJ form. it won't be for a long while, but definitely before the Edolas Arc. Suspense! I hope that's what you can feel lol.
Did you guys see the new Episode of DB Super? Shiiit, Beerus and Goku going at it. You read Chapter 454 of Fairy Tail? Shits getting started there too!
I did use two super attacks this chapter. One of them, obviously Big Bang Attack. Can you name the other? :D
Anyway, that's all for now. Another Big Thank You for those who are liking my story so far. As always, please review! be it some criticism or anything else I'm all ears.
Until Then!
Timestamp: September 28, 2015.
