Hello guys and dolls, I have returned with another chapter. So last time, our heroes had confronted a few of Lyons goons, and the whole village was destroyed. Then they separated into groups. Jauen and Gray left to go help the villagers, Natsu dealt with Toby and Yuka, and Lucy dealt with Sherry and her rat, Angelica. Will they succeed? Let's all find out :)
To calderoneric758: I do know I do plan on giving Jaune armor that is Arthur Pendragon's armor from the fate series, I still need to research it some more since I don't know anything about Fate. I also have ideas for a Grim Reaper-styled Armor, possibly as a tribute for Ruby.
To Starlord Master: Yea they are. Thanks. It was an ugly sight to see. I have, but if I do I might write it on AO3, since I don't want it to be blocked here.
To NinjaFang1331: Thanks :)
To Guest: Thank you :)
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Fairy Tail belongs to writer Hiro Mashima and Weekly Shonen Magazine and the anime is produced by A-1 Pictures, Dentsu Inc, Satelight, Bridge, and CloverWorks and is licensed by Funimation.
Forest Area
Lucy and Sherria were both looking at each other. After Lucy tickled the rat, Angelica. They all went tumbling down into the forest area nearby the destroyed village. Sherry was now in tears and angry at the blond celestial mage.
"Look at what you've done!" She said as tears fell down her face. "This is so horrible. *sniffles* Now thanks to you, the cold emperor won't be able to trust me no more. He won't love me no more either!"
"Wait...love?" Lucy thought with a shocked expression. This chick was obviously nuts...but now isn't the time to think about that, she had to defeat her at once.
Sherry looked down with anger. "You...I'M GONNA MAKE YOU PAY!"
"Bring it on then," Lucy said with determination as she got her whip out. "Show me what you got!"
Sherry growled as she then held her hand out as a pink magic circle appeared on it. "WOOD DOLL!" She screamed loudly, then there was a rumbling on the ground, and Lucy was engulfed in a large shadow, she turned around to find that a tree was now alive and moving.
"The trees are alive!" Lucy said with shock. After Sherry yelled in anger, the tree tried to strike at Lucy, but the bloind girl was able to dodge with ease. She landed good and narrowed her eyes at the tree. "Try some of this..." She said as she then got out one of her golden keys. "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull: TAURUS!" And at the sound of a doorknob, a large spirit appeared.
The spirit resembled a cow, but was huge, muscular, had some spots on himself and had a large battle ax strapped to his back, and he possessed a gold cowbell on his neck and a god ring on his nose like a piercing, this was Taurus.
"I'm not a perv," He said in a loud voice. "Just a fan of pretty ladies!" Oh and I also forgot..he's also a pervert..but enough of that, with a mighty roar he ran and with his battle axe, he then chopped up the tree into half. Lucy smirked as the tree went flying a bit.
"Nice one Tarus." She said with a grin, happy to see that her spirit was able to get the job done on that tree, since he knew she wouldn't have been able to cut it with her whip.
Taurus turned to Lucy and smiled. No problem Miss Lucy, how about you reward me with a smooch." He said Sherry heard this and felt..pretty disgusted.
"You force your spirits to say stuff like that?" She asked. "How disgusting."
"I DIDN'T FORCE HIM TO SAY THAT!" Lucy yelled frantically. "I HATE WHEN HE'S PERVY!" Taurus ood softly.
But then Sherry grinned though. "Well unfortunately for your spirit, you're gonna find out why your spirits don't like my own magic."
"Enough!" Lucy said to her. "Taurus, get her!"
The cow-like spirit moped and charged right after Sherry, but then as he was getting near her...he stopped for a moment and turned his head a bit to give Lucy an angry glare, making Lucy surprised and Sherry smiling
BAM
Taurus tried to swing his axe on Lucy, but he jumped out of the way, albeit shockingly though. She then yelled at him to stop, but unfortunately Taurus looked like he didn't listen as he then tried to attack once again, but she managed to dodge this time again, but however she fell and Taurs pinned her down.
"Uhh, Miss Lucy!" Taurus said with shock ."I can't control my moo-vements." Shocking Lucy, this has to be the work of Sherry.
And it was, Sherry was moving her fingers around like a person controlling a marionette and she was smiling.
"Marionette Attack Magic, do you all like it?" the girl asked. "This magic allows me to control any living being, except for humans at least. But it does work on your spirit pretty well though." She said as he moved her fingers some more.
Lucy was struggling to get out, but Taurus was too strong. "Taurus, please, let me go!"
"O-I can't miss Lucy." He said with remorse. "She's controlling me every moo-ve."
Lucy then realized that she had to close the gate on him in order to get out. "Close now, Gate of the Golden Bull!" She said with hope….but for some reason...Taurus didn't disappear though...This was not good at all. "Taurus, please, close the gate!" Lucy pleaded, but still...nothing happened.
Sherry still had that smug look on her face though. "You can try all you'd like, but it still wont make any difference whatsoever. I know what we could do, why don't we play a little game of punche shall we?"
And with that, she forced Taurus to punch Lucy, when Taurus tried to land the fiets punch, Lucy dodged to the left, when Taurus tried to do it again, she dodged to the right. She begged him not to hit her, but what was the use? Taurus was being controlled and couldn't help it.
Sherry was watching with glee. "Are all Fairy Tail wizards as pathetic as you? This is so sad, your entire guild must think of your recruitment as nothing more but a simple mistake."
That's when Lucy suddenly stopped to listen to what Sherry just said. Did she just insult her and belittle her? No she didn't...at this point. Lucy, full of determination, suddenly yelled out.
"CLOSE THE GATE!" She yelled out determinedly. Taurus immediately stopped the attack and looked at her and smiled, her determination….it caused the procedure to work and he began to disappear.
"Thank you miss Lucy…" Taurus said before he disappeared
Sherry gasped a bit as he looked down. This girl..she just beat her Marionette attack...the magic failed her...all she could think of is how it happened.
Lucy then got up and worked hard at Sherry. "Don't ever underestimate me, bitch!" She said as she got out her whip again. Sherry then jumped down for the ledge and stared hardly at Lucy.
"You were able to cancel out my magic through sheer will and determination.." She said in anger.
Lucy smirked. "I guess that means that my will and determantion are stronger than your stupid magic then."
Sherry then smirked. "I don't know if I would take it that far." Sherry said. "You should remember that my powers allow me to take control of any spirit in your possession." She said with a smirk.
Lucy however got out a silver key and had a smirk of her own. "Don't be so sure about that." She said with a grin. "Got a few more powerful ones in my possession. Now Open, Gate of Canis Minor: Nichola!" And at the sound of a familiar doorbell. The familiar snowman-like dog appeared at her side. And this made Sherry gush over it.
"Oh, it's the cutest little thing! I think I'm in love!" She said with glee.
"Ok, can you stop with love all the time?" Lucy asked with annoyance. Sherry however smirked and held out her hands as magic circled appeared.
"Marionette Attack!" She said as a beam of light hit Plue, this made the dog's eyes glow pink and turn to glare at Lucy, shocking her.
"Not you as well!" She said outwardly, but inwardly she was smirking. "Perfect, once I get the right chance, I'll strike her down." As she finished her thought, Plue lunged forwards toa track her...but since he was so small he did nothing more but hit her boot, and it didn't even hurt her in the slightest. It was like a small child trying to punch someone who was much bigger.
"What the?" Sherry said in a shocked tone of voice. Lucy however smirked, grabbed her whip and third to hit Sherry, who was able to dodge out of the way. Sherry then gave the girl a glare.
"You did this on purpose didn't you?" She said with anger. "You deliberately summoned a weak spirit!"
"If I knew that if I called Plue here, then it would make your spell pretty pointless." She then tried to hit Sherry again with her whip, but the woman dodged once again. Plue was still pummeling Lucy, and Sherry got mad.
"This is ridiculous! I release you from my command!" Sherry said, making Plue normal again. Plue then gave a worried whimper and bowed his head several times, seemingly as a way to apologize to Lucy, but the blond girl simply smiled and patted the dog's head.
"I know you didn't mean it little buddy." She said. "Just head on back, alright?" Plue nodde dhi hea dna dhe vanished.
Sherry got even more angry and then used her magic to bring forth some rocks together. "Marionette Attack. Get her, rock doll!" She commanded.
But Lucy didn't seem nervous at all and just smirked. "Are we seriously going to keep going in rounds here?" She asked. "I'll just summon a spirit and you con-'' But then she stopped as soon as she saw Sherry's rock doll, the doll in question was a large humanoid rock monster...her confidence ended right there and now.
Sherry looked down and smiled "you know, it's like we're playing a game of cat and mouse...and I love that game so much. No little mouse...let's see what you can do." She said to her with a smirk.
Lucy was now panicking a bit, she didn't think she had a spirit strong enough to stop it. Maybe Taurus, but if she was to call him out again, then he would be under mind control again...and she was not going to do that to him.
At this point the rock doll then started attacking, Lucy was able to do many of the attacks, but she also decided to run for it, she could risk having one of her spirits possessed again…
"This is so bad!" She thought with fright as she continued to run away.
Sherry smiled at her. "Let's teach this little girl a lesson!" She said. This made Lucy angry.
"Little girl?" She asked with annoyance. "We're the same age, hell I might even be a bit older than you." But Sherry didn't seem to care at all and just keo on chasing her. Lucy had ran all the way out of the fort to a large cliff and stopped midway. She was now scared a bit, but once she looked out at the sea, she got an idea.
"Of course...Could use Aquarius to help me out." She thought brightly, she then turned around to see Sherry and her rock doll coming and smirked. "Hey puppet girl! You want me? Come and get me!" Lucy said as she then used her whip to grab onto a nearby tree trunk and use it to jump and swing down to the sand. After landing she ran right for the water and stood there. "Ok..now to wait and get her to come." She thought.
She didn't have to wait much longer as Sherry and her doll then came right up to her, the pink-haired girl smirked a bit as she came close in contact.
"Sorry, but it looks like the game has finally ended for you." Sherry said with a smirk.
As Lucy was glaring pat Sherry she began to have doubts on her plan. "Water won't be able to destroy that thing, and besides, Aquarius will just wash me away with-" Then she got an idea. "Wash me away...that's it!" she thought, then the rock dool tried to attack her once again, but this time she dodged it once again and got out her key. "Open, Gate of the Water Bearer: AQUARIUS!" And at the sound of a familiar doorbell, another one of Lucy's spirits came out. She resembled a mermaid with a long blue fish-tail, had long light blue hair and also had a large chest as well. She wore a revealing blue bikini top, wore golden armlet and bracelet on echo fher arms, and she also wore a circlet and three piercings on her tail. And she also had on a gold belt at her waist and light blue crystal earrings. A Dark blue tattoo on her back rested on her lower collarbone and she held onto an urn.
The very sight of the spirit shocked Sherry a bit, how does a weak blond girl have such a powerful spirit at her side? It didn't make any sense at all!
"Alright Aquarius!" Lucy said as she then pointed her finger at the pink-haired girl. "That girl right there is our enemy. You hate her kind, so go get her." She commanded. This made the spirit in question just scoff at her. Also for some reason, Aquarius doesn't seem to like Lucy at all and usually taunts or makes fun of her...for whatever reason.
However Lucy just sighed a bit and got irritated a bit. "I don't have time for your attitude so go get her now!" She said.
Aquarius then looked down at Lucy and seemed..rather unamused. "I see you're just as annoying as ever." She said. "No wonder you don't have a boyfriend." This made Lucy irritated though.
"Do you have to keep on rubbing it in?" She asked in annoyance. However Sherry simy pressed her arms out.
"Marionette Attack!" She said. "Now do as I say." She said as Aqaurius's eyes gleamed pink but it didn't seem as if she was amused at all about what Sherry had said. But the girl didn't notice and snickered a bit as she glared down at Lucy. "Now she's under my own spell, so I doubt that she will do your bidding anymore."
But Lucy gave the girl a smug look, thought and smirked. "I doubt it, She's still my ace in the hole you know."
Sherry however smield. "Let's see if you still think that after I force her to wash you out of existence. Now Aquarius, get rid of this tupid little girl. Once and for all." She commanded.
"What?" The spirit asked as she then summoned a large quantity of water from her urn and created a massive Tsunami. "I WAS ALREADY PLANNING ON IT!" She yelled out lousy to them all. Lucy was then swept up by the wave and screamed in fight, but inwardly she planned it, for if she was to be washed out, then Sherry would be washed as well.
As Sherry was about to gloat, she saw the massive water come right at her as well and she let out her own scream of fright as well. Then after she got swept up, they were now coughing in a water cyclone, created by Aquarius herself.
The spirit smirked a bit. "And I thought the blond girl was stupid, but I can close my own gate. Bye." She said as she began to vanish, but as she did she then thought of something. "That blond boy...what did Virgo call him? Jaune? Maybe He can teach the blond brat something.." She thought as she finally vanished.
When the waves washed away, it showed Lucy and Sherry both on the ground in the sand. Due to the wave, the two girls were both dizzy and wobbly.
"Leave it to Aqaurius," Lucy said dizzyingly. "To have her hurl her waves to both friend and enemy alike…"
Sherry was also dizzy. "I do hate myself for allowing you to trick me again…but it doesn't matter, because she wasn't strong enough to destroy my rock doll."
"So what? That stupid puppet of yours can't do shit if you aint there to controll it." Lucy said. "All I had to do was get you away from it and this world because now you are so dizzy that you can't walk in a straight line." As she said this, the two girls both back into each other and just like that, their dizziness faded and the two growled at each other...and then they began fighting in a dust cloud.
"That's what you get for messing with Fairy Tail!" Lucy said as she pulled Sherry's hair.
"I can't believe we ended up in a stalemate!" Sherry said as she pulled Lucy's cheek. After this there was just more hair pulling and lip pinching, basically a kiddy fight. "I'm the winner here!"
Lucy then glared. "Oh yea? I don't think so!"
BAM
Lucy then punched Sherry as her arm went for her throat and then pushed her back, shocking the woman.
"No..this can't be!" Sherry said. "I never lose here!"
Lucy just smirked at her. "Oh yeah? Well you just did...to a Fairy Tail wizard!" She said triumphantly. After this, Sherry's rock doll then came crumbling downwards. Sherry fell to the ground and was now upset that she failed Lyon...tragic.
"I'm sorry for failing you Cold Emperor." She said dramatically. "But my flames for you will never be extinguished."
Lucy just sighed in annoyance. "You ain't going to die, so quit being so dramatic, alright?" She asked as the pink-haired girl fell down.
Sherry then cried, the feeling of being beaten..it made her upset. "Angelica...avenge your master's death.." She said as she then finally passed out.
As Lucy was a bit to sigh in annoyance, she then heard something from uptop, and saw that that rat thing was coming right back for her. Making her shocked. "I thought that rat was one of her dolls!" She thought with worry, she tried to run away...but found out that her legs weren't moving. She was now scared, but then got her whip out. She might not be able to handle it, but she would try to defeat this overgrown rodent however.
"Can't run now.." She thought as while she was still cared, she stood her ground and got her whip ready, the rat was getting close and Lucy was about to raise to strike..until…
SLICE
Lucy then saw someone unexpected to save her...it was Erza, who sliced Angelica in the stomach to save her, Lucy was awed and smiled big at her rescuer, as Angelica went down. The cut was not too deep, but it was big enough for the rat to suddenly pass out.
"Erza!" Lucy said with a smile on her face, but as soon as Erza turned to face her. The knight had a look of tranquil fury, and this name Lucy immediately frightened. "Oh right," Seh thought. "I forgot that we took an S Class request without the masters permission." As she was looking nervous, Erza spoke.
"Lucy," She said. "It wasn't one of rage...but the look on her face, and you know it means that she was not happy at all. "You do know why I'm here, right?"
"Uh...to take us back?" Lucy asked nervously and then rubbed her hands together. "Promise you wont hurt me?" She asked as her voice then echoed, Erza didn't say anything, just stood there and glared at her. Unknown to them, a weird man in a mask was spying on them from afar, and smiling.
"Lucy!" Happy said with a smile on his face. "I finally found you!" He said. "I was so worried that-" But then he stopped as soon as he saw Erza there. "Screw this!" He thought as he then tried to fly away as far as possible, but….
5 seconds later….
Erza was now holding onto Hope by the tail and was still glaring over at Lucy. "Where's Natsu, Gray, and Jaune?" She asked.
Lucy got over her fear momentraitly to explain to her what was going on with the village. With Lyon and his goons trying to revive Deliora, and that the islanders are suffering due to it. Erza was just looking at her, not seemingly caring about what was going on.
"None of those things are my concern." Erza said to Lucy, not caring about what is going on.
This shocked Lucy a bit. "But Erza, please let us finish the job. We can leave things the way they ar-"
SHING
Lucy then gasped as Erza drew one of her swords and held it to her face. "What the hell?" She thought with shock. "Is she...is she serious right now?"
Erza then gave the blond girl a dark look. "You don't understand. The three of you have betrayed Master Makarov." As she saw this her glare became darker. "I doubt you're going to walk away with your lives." She said.
"Is she….going to kill us?" Lucy thought with shock. She knew Erza was so uptight, but never would she have imagined seeing the knight girl act like this. "Now I'm scared." She thought with fright. "But I'm more nervous about Jaune though...what will he think of the news?"
As Erza was still glaring at Lucy, she then pictured Jaune, and her face was a bit more madder. "Jaune better give me a reason for why I shouldn't stop training him for betraying Makarov." She thought. Erza was not exactly mad at Jaune per say, but she was more disappointed in him.
Storage Area
Jaune and Gray had decided to rest up after getting the villagers to safety at a nearby village. Gray was laying on a mat, and Jaune was sitting and resting on a wall. After a few minutes, the two boys groaned a bit and woke up, rubbing the sleep from their eyes.
"Oh, hey Jaune." Gray said.
"Hey Gray," Jaune said with a small smile as he helped him up. "How are you feeling?"
Gray shrugged his shoulders a bit. "Meh, I've dealt with worse pain." He said to him. "Anyway, have you seen Natsu or the others yet?" The question made Jaune shake his head.
"No, but I was going to go out and ask the villagers if they've seen them. Wannah join?" Gray just shrugged his shoulders, and with that, the two boys walked outside and looked around.
"Never would've guessed that this village would have a storage area here." Gray said with interest.
"Yea," Jaune said as he thought the same thing. At first when they arrived, they thought it was another village, but it was a storage area, apparently they used this place as shelter since the village got destroyed.
"Hey, you two are up.'' They both noticed a girl walking up to them, she was a cute girl who had black hair, wore a black necklace, an orange bra, and had a green skirt on. The most distinguishing thing is that her left leg was blue and beast-like. "I'm glad you two are ok."
"Thanks, you too." Jaune said with a small smile. "We're sorry about your whole village…"
The girl however smiled. "It's alright, at least we manage to get everyone out of there in time."
"Yea…" Gray said as he looked around to see everyone talking and getting food. "Lyon...that bastard actually did it…" He thought with anger. Jaune took notice of this and sighed.
"Anyway," Jaune began as he turned to the girl. "Have you seen Natsu or Lucy?" He asked. "We were hoping that they made it here last night, but it looks like they didn't."
The girl nodded her head with a smile. "They wanted me to show you both to your tent once you woken up." She said.
"Huh?" Gray asked. "What tent?" He asked, then the girl pointed to the big one nearby, the two boys looked at it and thanked the girl as they began walking towards it. As they were about to go in, Jaune stopped. "What is it?" Gray asked.
"I can't but feel like we're about to walk into danger…" He said a bit nervously. Gray was confused, but then the two walek in anyway….and danger did wait for them...in the form of an angry Erza Scarlet with Lucy and Happy tied up.
"You both made me wait….not smart of you…" She said in an angry tone of voice. Making the two boys shocked and worried.
"Erza!" they both said in unison, shocked and a bit nervous. However, Jaune was looking over at Lucy and Happy and had a raised eyebrow.
"Why are they tied up?" He asked. Erza then shifted her eye over to him sharply, making the boy nervous a bit and gulping. "Even scarier than Glynda…" He thought with dread.
"Lucy got me up to speed on what's happening….I thought you were both here to stop Natsu and these two...I'm very disappointed." She said to them, but then she sent her glance over at Jaune. "Especially you, Jaune….I thought you were better than this…" She said to him, making Jaune gulp a bit at regret.
"Listen," Jaune said to her. "We tried to stop them, but Natsu knock-"
"Silence!" Erza snapped at him. "I don't want to hear any excuses." She said to him, making Jaune gulp a bit and reel back. He wasn't making up any excuse, he was telling the truth! What was her deal?
Gray also had a look of confusion on his face. "Where is Natsu anyway?" He asked.
"We don't know…" Lucy told them. "We went back to the village, only to see that it was destroyed and there was no sign of him anywhere..I do hope he's alright."
"I hope so as well…" Jaune thought with dread.
"Anyway, after we couldn't find him, Erza demanded we take her to you two, but we couldn't find you either." Lucy said to them
"And that when I did some scouting from the air." Happy told them. "And that's when I saw the villagers in the storage area." Jaune was amazed, so that's how they were able to find them. But he was going to say something, and Erza stopped him.
"Listen up, we're going to search for Natsu, and then we're going back to the guild." She said, shocking Jaune and Gray a bit.
"But we cant leave just yet," Jaune said to her. "If Lucy filled you in, then you know about the shit that this Cold Emperor guy is doing to these villagers!" Gray nodded his head in agreement. But Erza sent Jaunea a cold glare.
"Your point?" She asked him. This made Jaune and Gray shocked….was she….denying help to the villagers? Jaune in particular was flabbergasted a bit.
"What do you mean by that?" Jaune asked her in shock, but inside...he was boiling up a bit.
Erza found a look from him but stared ahead. "I came here for one reason and it was to apprehend these idiots for breaking the rules of the guild. I do not care for anything other than that."
Jaune was now shocked. So she only cares for the rules? Nor for civilian lives? This was making him boil a bit inside, he saw her as someone who was in it for justice...and now she was basically saying "screw you villagers". The very thought of it made him a bit angry and tremble a bit as he nearly reached for Crocea Mors.
"How can you be so concerned about rules?" Gray asked her. "Have you not seen what has happened here?" Erza nodded her head at him. "And yet you're just going to turn your back on them?"
"I have to agree!" Jaune said. He was a bit angry and he was trying really, really hard not to blow a gasket. "You cant just turn your back on civvilans just because fo some stupid rules!"
This however made Erza turn to him and give him an angry glare. "What do you just say to me?" She asked in anger. Gray and the others were now nervous, but inwardly, Gray was impressed. Erza then summoned a sword out. "You dare defy your teacher?" She asked as she then pointed the sword right at Jaune, but he was not intimidated at all.
"Yes, I do!" He said with anger as he then quickly dodged out of the way and grabbed his own sword to point right at her and he had his shield on him as well. Now the two knights were staring daggers at each other in anger. "There are innocent people's lives at risk….and you're going to let them all die just because of rules?" He asked in anger, his aura then began to radiate off of him a bit. "HOW THE HELL CAN YOU BE SO HEARTLESS AND CRUEL!" He yelled in a booming voice as his aura radiated and his eyes glew, white.
The very sight made Erza drop her anger a bit and look in awe and shock. "I thought that Fairy Tail wizards were here to protect the innocent...and you just spit on it? Just for some rules?" He asked in anger. "When it comes to innocent lives, rules don't matter! But I guess you're just too mean and heartless to care!" He growled angrily, making Erza and everyone else in the room shocked. He then put his sword in his sheathe and was about to walk out before stopping.
"You know...I thought you were a nice person, a bit scary...but nice overall. But if you're going to be so callous to others just for the sake of rules...I see that you're just a mean heartless person...and if that's how Fairy Tail operates….then I no longer want to be part of it. When I get back..I'm leaving the guild." He said in anger as he walked out in a huff.
Everyone there was shocked a bit, and that escalated really big.
"That was…" Gray began, but didn't really know what to say. Lucy also didn't know what to say, she was a bit nervous, but she didn't want him to leave the guild...no she didn't, she would go after him, but was tied up. She then heard some sniffling and turned so see Erza.
Erza….she was trembling a bit, after what Jaune had told her...something in her broke….and she was trying really hard to hold back tears from pouring out of her left eye.
"He's right…" She thought with some remorse. She felt bad, really bad….not only did she let her temper get the best of her...but now she lost someone….her very first student. Not using her vision, she raised her sword and sliced off Lucy and Happy's restraints. "This action will not be tolerated, we will deal with the mission at hand and then we will deal with your punishment once we get back to the guild…" She said in a whisper.
Lucy however didn't seem to care, after she was freed she ran after Jaune to try to talk to him. Happy and Gray stood behind.
"Erza?" Gray asked with some concern, but Erza...Erza just stood there and trembled.
"Jaune...I'm so sorry…" She thought with sadness in her mind. She realized how she screwed up...big time.
(Eyecatch featuring Jaune and Lucy sitting together looking up in the sky)
(Eyecatch featuring Gray and Lyon facing each other)
Jaune was now sitting on a crate someplace at the storage area. He wasn't happy for what he did...and he wasn't happy for saying that stuff either. He was now beginning to regret it a bit.
"I didn't mean any of that….I mean I know breaking rules or bad, but still this is innocent lives!" He said to himself. He did have a point, it was wrong to break rules, but if you were to abandon innocent lives just for the sake of rules...what kind of person would that make you?
"I need to apologize to her…" He said solemnly as he got up and was about to head back for the tent, until someone called out to him.
"JAUNE!" Lucy yelled loudly, Jaune saw that Lucy was coming up to him and he sighed a bit, after a minute she finally caught up to him. "Thank god you're here."
"Yea…" He said solemnly. But then he felt Lucy smack him upside the head.
"What were you thinking?" She asked him in anger. "First you yell at Erza, and now you say you're going to leave the guild? What the heck?" Jaune could see that while Lucy looked mad, but he would notice that she was seriously hurt by what he had said to her.
"I.." Jaune tried to say. "I know I said those things...and I regret saying them….I was about to go back to apologize to her right now." He said. "I didn't mean to say those things...it was just...she was willing to abandon innocent people! Just for some stupid rules! It was ridiculous!"
Lucy sighed a bit, she also thought the same thing and looked at him. "I know…I'm sorry…" She said to him. "I shouldn't have come with Natsu...it was because of me that this whole thing started…" She said with sadness as tears of wine tds on her face.
"No, it's my fault." Jaue said to her. "I'm the one who lost it with Erza and said those things...to her…" He said. "I'm going to go back and apologize to her as well."
"Alright then," Lucy said to him, but before he left, she took his hand, making him look back at her.
"Jaune….please don't leave the guild….please…" She pleaded to him. Jaune could see that her pleading was genuine and he grabbed her hand and held it.
"I was not planning to." He said with a smile. "I just lost my anger and said something stupid...I'm not going to leave the guild."
"Promise?" Lucy asked him. Jaune smiled and nodded as he then began to walk to the tent. Lucy looked back at him as she sighed a bit. "I'm glad he's going to apologize, I was scared when he yelled like that….but still, I'm glad he's going to apologize to Erza, and I'm glad he ain't going to quit." She thought with a faint blush on her face. When she noticed she slapped herself. "What is wrong with me? Why am I acting like this?" She asked herself as she saw Jaune walk away. Why was it that everytime he smiled..she blushed like a tomato?
Jaune started walking back to the ten, hoping to find Erza. He saw Gray outside and gulped nervously. "Is Erza still in there?" Jaune asked.
"Yea…" Gray said to him. "Dude, what the hell were you thinking?" He asked with a disapproving frown.
Jaune sighed. "I just lost my cool there….I'm going to apologize to her right now." He said as he then walked inside the tent. When he got in here he found Erza, still standing in the middle of the tent. Jaune gulped nervously. "Ok, here we go…" He thought. He approached her a bit, but not too close. "Erza?" He asked, but Erza did not respond. He sighed a bit. "Erza, I'm sorry for yelling at you...I was just so angry and...you didn't deserve it at all. I know breaking rules is wrong, but if you are to abandon people who need help...and leave them to die...then you're basically not caring...Something like that happened once to me, I met someone who was ok with throwing away lives….and it made me furious….."
Erza did not respond and still stood. Jaune sighed again. "But still, I want to apologize for my outburst….I understand if you don't want to train me anymore….I understand…." He said as he sighed and was about to head out. "But still, as long as we're here, I'm still going to complete this job...if I back out now…than what is the point of being a warrior?" but he was stopped by Erza, who grabbed him by his arm and dragged him to her...where she gave him a big hug. An act that shocked Jaune a bit.
"No...I'm the one who's sorry." She said. "You were right, I was being heartless and uncaring….that isn't how Fairy Tail operates at all.." She then let go of him and looked him in the eye. "I will still train you….just please don't leave Fairy Tail…" She begged him. "I don't want to lose my only student….please." She pleaded. Jaune smield a bit as he hugged her back.
"I promise, I won't." He said to her as she accepted the hug. The hug was not romantic or anything, but it was one of genuine friendship and respect. When they let go, Jaune had something to say. "Can I explain how me and Gray got involved?" He asked, making Erza nod her head. "Me and Gray tried to stop them, and Natsu was giving us a bunch of trouble. I warned him about not trying to do this and he wouldn't listen...then he knocked us out, and we ended up on the boat. Then we got sucked by a big wave and crash landed here on Galuna Island. And so I figured that we might as well do it since we are trapped here."
Erza sighed a bit. "Of course, Natsu is always so determined about something…" She said with annoyance.
"Yea...I don't know why he is so stubborn….Master won't be mad at us will he?" He asked.
Erza sighed a bit. "Well, since you and Lucy are new, he might let you two off with warnings...I don't know about the other fools." She said with annoyance. Jaune then had another question for her.
"Erza….you aren't mad at me for yelling at you, are you." He asked hesitantly.
Erza looked at him. "I wasn't happy with how you did it….but you snapped me to my senses. You were right, the lives of the villagers are more important than rules...and it wasn't just that….this is an S-Class job you all took...I was worried that you would all die on this mission...I might not look like I care sometimes..but I do care fort everyone in the guild….Even you, Lucy, Natsu, Gray, and Happy...I care for all of you." She said as she was about to walk out of the tent. "No c'mon, lets go complete the job." She said to him, and he smiled a bit and with that, the two knights went off to find the others.
Forest Area
Jaune and the others all ran through the forest on their way to the temple, where Jaune had suggested into thinking that;s where he was at.
"You gotta be kidding me." Lucy said. "Lyon wants to fight that monster?" She asked. Why would he want to do that? It was crazy.
"He does." Gray said as he then stopped for a moment to catch his breath and so did the others. "Our Master, Ur was a powerful wizard...and ever since we were kids, Lyone always dreamed of surpassing her. But since she's gone now, he obviously can't face her directly. So he believed that he needed to take down Deliora to surpass her instead. Because it was one of the few things she couldn't do." He said.
"She couldn't take it down?" Jaune asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No...Deliora was too powerful for her to take on, so she used something...different." He said to him.
"But still, I guess that's one way to do it though." Lucy said. "To kill this monster...I guess it would be one way of challenging someone who's dead." She said, she turned to look at Jaune, who was gripping his sword tightly.
When Gray said those. It brought back memories to Jaune. For you see, after Pyrrha's death at the hands of Cinder Fall. Jaune also wanted revenge on her...he wanted to succeed where Pyrrha left off and kill Cinder, of course he wasn't looking to surpass her, but he wanted revenge instead….but he failed…and it got him killed…
"Kinda like me…" Jaune thought with dread. The look on his face spoke worry for Lucy. They then heard Gray sigh and he faced the distance again.
"But that isn't all though," He said to them grimly. "There's something else, something I didn't get to tell him. But I have to tell him now, Ur made me promise not to tell him." He then looked at them all. "Ur might not be with us...but she's still alive." He said, shocking everyone present.
And here we go ladies and gentlemen, so I know I missed some things, like Natsu and Lyon' confrontation, but that will be for the next story, will they stop Lyon? We shall see :)
So concerning the scene between Erza and Jaune in the tent….I'll be honest with you all, the first time I watched Fairy Tail, I didn't like Erza at all, mainly because of this, I thought at first she was too grumpy, too serious, and a bit cold-hearted, almost reminded me of Roronoa Zoro after the Time-Skip where he became a bit more grumpy and distant. But as I watched the show some more I began liking her. But still.
Sorry if Jaune seems so OOC there but since he was not going to let innocent people suffer, you can feel him right?
Anyways, please don't forget to read and review.I am always happy to hear from you guys and happy to answer any questions you have.
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