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The kingdom of Fiore.
A small, peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home. Bought and sold in every marketplace for most, magic is merely a tool. A mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they've devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore.
But there's a certain guild in a certain town that sores high above the rest. One from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name is Fairy Tail.
However, they weren't the only ones that knew magic. For long ago, giant monsters roamed the lands. Mighty and intelligent creatures that lived in Earthland alongside humankind. Some even considered them to be the true rules of the world and called them the Titans. Some lived in harmony with humans and were worshiped as gods, while others were vile and wanted nothing more than to destroy whatever they saw. And others simply wanted to be left allow.
They were engines of ultimate destruction, but as time went on, most of these Titans disappeared. And their existence remained in legends.
But there was one that didn't go away. A Titan considered by many to be an alpha predator that brought balance to nature, magic, and humanity. Some call him Earthland's last line of defense against total annihilation. Some call him an animal that's merely driven by instincts. But all believe him to being a god incarnated.
The King of the Monsters.
His name is…
SSSSSSSKKKKKKKKKRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNKKKKKKKKK
Godzilla
The Titan-Slayer of Fairy Tail
Skull Island Part 2:
The Moon Drip
Sam was on his stomach, sleeping. The dorsal plates on his back rose up when he breathed in and then lowered back down when he exhaled. Next to him was Natsu, snoozing on his back. Since discovering the cavern and overhearing the conversation had by those deemed responsible for Skull Island's curse, the members of Fairy Tail had opted to wait it out and see just what exactly the Moon Drip was. It had become apparent that the demon known as Deliora had was involved with it somehow.
A meter away from the snoozing half-humans was Lucy. She was sitting on a rock with her head resting on her left palm. "Must be nice...Natsu doesn't have to worry about anything but eating, fight, and sleeping. I gotta admit, I'm a little jealous."
"Aye," Happy replied. Ernest was sitting nearby, lying on his back and staring up at the ceiling. "That's Natsu for you."
"Yeah," Jasper said, turning his head to look at Gray, who was sitting on a rock in front of the frozen Demon. "And then there's Gray over there."
Sam heard his cat and opened one of his eyes to look at the Wizard in question. Gray's mood had been upset and saddened at best. At worst was his depression that was sparked by the memories of his former master. He was staring at the ground, recalling a memory from when he was training with Ur when he was a boy.
"Ur." Gray thought, clasping his hands in front of his face.
Sam stared sadly at his comrade. It pained him to see someone he considered a friend like this. He sighed and closed his eyes again. There was nothing that he could say to make him better about what he's lost and coming face to face with the thing that is the cause of his loss.
"Ugh…" Lucy moaned. "I know I agreed to wait, but this so boring."
"Aye," Happy replied.
Jasper, who kept guard with a large gun out, glanced over at the blond girl and the other cat in the cave. "Really? You're breaking the rules and going on an S-Class quest to this killer island. What else could the two of you want?" He asked incredulously.
"Music?" Ernest asked.
"Oh, I know!" Lucy said excitedly when she heard Ernest. She pulled out a silver key from her pouch and thrust it forward.
"Open, Gate of the Harp Constellation: Lyra!"
Sam opened his eyes and lifted his head up to see a puff of pink smoke. When the smoke went away, a young girl was in its place. She had waist-length hair that curled at the end and wore a pink bonnet on top of her head. Her cheeks had round blush marks, and she wore a long dress with heart prints by her waist. On her feet were leather shoes, and she had small white wings and a large harp on her back.
"Oh, wow!" Lyra smiled brightly as Ernest stared at her with excited eyes. She waved her hand in front of her. "I haven't seen you in forever, Lucy!"
"Hey, Lyra," Lucy greeted with a smile.
"That's so cool!" Ernest exclaimed with stars in his eyes. Sam, however, blinked at the Celestial Spirit in confusion. Thinking about how much weirder the ones Lucy had were getting.
"Say," Lyra looked at the blond wizard in slight annoyance. "Why don't you call me anyone? It's not fair!" She pouted before smiling again. "I'd love to help you out, but you ignore me, meanie."
"She's a mean bitch," Jasper commented.
"SHUT UP, you ass!" Lucy yelled angrily at the cat before turning back to Lyra. "And you're the one that told me you're only available three days a month."
Lyra gaped at Lucy in slight shock. "Are you sure about that?" She then asked confusingly, scratching her head.
"Are all the spirits this weird?" Ernest asked Sam as he came over to sit with him.
"Yup," the prince said.
Lyra looked at the two Titan-Slayers and gasped. "Oh, wow! You two look so cool! But you look really weird, too. Are those real?" She asked Sam cheerful about his dorsal plates, through her series of compliments and questions put off the two boys a little.
"Uh...yeah?" Sam said, blushing a little with embarrassment.
Lyra then turned back to Lucy. "So, what would like to hear me sing? Any requests?"
"Nope. Whatever you want," Lucy replied.
"Do you know any songs about fish?" Happy request.
"Okay, I've got a song that I think you're going to love, Lucy!" Lyra beamed, giving a thumbs-up.
"Lyra has the most beautiful singing voice," Lucy commented.
"Mira's a singer too, ya know," Happy retorted with a tone of mild contempt.
"She is? I'd love to hear her," Sam said, watching Lyra sit down and remove her harp from her back and set it down in front of her.
The Celestial Spirit ran her hands across the4 harp's strings, creating a calm, lovely sound that filled the cave. Happy and Jasper gasped in surprise at the beautiful melody before the blue cat had a peaceful smile while the jaded one crossed his arms with a more neutral smile. Ernest's eyes widened in surprise, never hearing something so beautiful in his life on Skull Island.
Sam watched the Spirit in silence. He rarely ever hears music, but Lyra's song placed him at a sense of ease and peace.
But there was one person that the song didn't bring peace to. Off in the corner of the cave, Gray clenched his teeth as his body started to tremble slightly. He had started to remember when Ur was teaching him how to perform 'Ice-Make: Shield.' He fought back the tears, but he began to sob. Tears openly falling from his eyes as a result of the music.
Thanks to Sam's enhanced hearing, he hears his crying before the music ends. That's when Lucy, Happy, Jasper, and Ernest heard him.
"Gray? What's wrong?" asked the blond with a look of concern.
"Nothing…" Gray choked. "I'm fine."
"Yeah, sure you weren't," Jasper said, but was stopped by Ernest placing a hand on his head.
"Just leave him alone," he said to the others. Ernest may not know what it's like to lose a loved one as Gray had, but having Kong inside of him made him understand. "And stop with the music. We don't want to be found out down here."
Sam nodded his head and laid back down on the ground with the intent of going back into a calm, peaceful slumber.
However, that didn't even last a second when his nose sniffed. His eyes snapped open, and he sprang back up. Surprising the others that were around him.
"Sam, what's…" Happy began, only to be cut off when Sam closed his mouth with his hand. His dorsal plates dimly glowing.
"Ernest, do you sense that?" He asked the younger Titan-Slayer.
Ernest stood up and sniffed the air too. Gray wiped his eyes for his tears and walked back over to the others as Natsu started groaning and slowly waking up. When the boy got the scent, his fist clenched. "Yeah, it smells like...magic?"
Suddenly the cavern began to shake all around them.
"What's going on?!" Jasper asked, bolting up from wearing what he was sitting.
A magical seal appeared on the cavern ceiling, appearing directly on top of the large ice prison. A purple light flowed downward, covering the frozen form of Deliora.
"It's a beam of light!" Lucy shouted, wide-eyed.
"Shining down from the ceiling," Natsu concluded, equally shocked.
"Thanks for stating the obvious," Jasper said.
Sam narrowed his eyes at the purple light, growling like an animal. Whatever the light was, it was bad news. "There's no way that's a coincidence. C'mon!" He shouted, turning and making his way out of the cavern.
The Fairy Tail mages and Ernest ran through the cave network and several stairs before they eventually found themselves coming up to the surface. They were now in a large open room of the temple, and Sam's eyes widened when he saw another large magic circle feeding more moonlight onto the floor, which was right above Deliora.
"Why would someone cast a magic circle inside this old temple?" Gray asked, confused.
"Let's find out!" Ernest said, jumped over to a flight of stairs that led to the exit on top of the temple. The others quickly followed after him.
Once they were at the top of the temple, they were surprised by their finding.
Underneath a large half-moon stone structure was a circle of people that had their features concealed by rodes and masks. They were chanting together some strange, ritualistic words as they stood around the magic circle. The same one that was bringing down the light of the moon into a column. They gave off a dark cult's vibe, but that just opened up more questions that need to be answered.
The group hid behind a nearby stone wall. "What are they doing?" Natsu asked.
Jasper quickly Re-Constructed a pair of binoculars and tried to figure that out. Even if people were standing in the way, it was obvious what was going on. "It looks like they're doing a spell of some kind to capture the moonlight," he stated.
"But why shine it on Deliora?" Lucy asked.
"It's an ancient spell called Moon Drip," said Lyra, who was still with them and had not gone back to the Spirit World.
"What are you still doing here?" Lucy whispered crossly.
"You know what that spell is?" Sam asked the musical spirit, nodding to the column of moonlight. "Then can you tell us what it's used for?"
"Yes. They're using the Moon Drip spell to melt the ice surrounding that demon underground so they can resurrect it."
Sam's eyes widened before glaring at the cultists as they continued to cast their spell. "I was afraid that was going to be the answer," he said, as there was no other reason to shine anything on Deliora.
"They can't!" Gray countered, using a voice that would have gotten them all caught if the cultist weren't focused on their spell. "The ice in an Iced Shell can't be melted!"
"I hate to say it, but that's not entirely true," Lyra explained, causing Gray's eyes to widen. "While the Iced Shell is strong, it can be melted by the Moon Drip; focused moon-energy can break any spell."
"Those idiots!" Gray exclaimed. They've never witnessed the wraith of Deliora!" Ernest quickly shut him up by placing his hand over his mouth, preventing him from alerting the people, before turning to Lyra.
"But what does this have to do with the Iwi people and the creatures of the island?" He asked, taking his hand off Gray's mouth. "What does it have to do with the curse?"
"I think what the islanders believe is a curse against them and the animals of the island may actually be side effects of the Moon Drip. Concentrated moon energy can contaminate your body. I'm afraid those poor islanders and creatures have been overexposed to it." Lyra explained to the Titan-Slayer.
Ernest looked down at the ground before clenching his fists in rage. These people come to his island home, do their spell to awake a powerful and dangerous demon, and have killed people with their spell. You don't do that to someone's home unless you're picking a fight, and Ernest was more than ready for a fight.
"I'll kill them all," he growled.
"Let's make 'em pay." Natsu joined in, pounding his fists together.
But before they could take any significant action, Lucy elbowed Natsu in the face, causing him to fall backwards and land on the ground. Sam quickly grabbed Ernest and pulled him back.
"Someone's coming this way," Sam whispered.
Sure enough, another man was approaching the circle of chanters. His outfit was designed to both impose and hid his identity. Sporting a large white cape, with a wide collar, golden edges and fur trimmings over the shoulders, held closed by belt, adorned by a stylized snake with rectangular coils, and its corresponding buckle, with more belts and buckles, placed a few centimeters away from one another and below the first, being left untied. The man wore a blue, high-collared tunic below this cape with golden edges, reaching down below his knees, with the part coming down from below the simple belt tied around his waist having an opening in the front. The tunic sported a large, dark cross-like design on the back and was worn over a dark shirt. His outfit also included baggy dark pants tucked inside armored greaves, composed of different plates and sporting knee caps, and an ornamental helmet obscuring most of his face. Bearing a resemblance to a skull, this helmet sported a front part which covered the man's upper face, revealing his mouth and nose, with a line of sharp teeth beneath it, and the man's eyes not being visible from the eye slits of the mask, which was adorned by a spiraling motif. The helmet also came equipped with striped horns pointing frontwards and with a large crest made of spiky fur, falling on the man's back.
Following behind were Yuka, Toby, and Sherry, though they kept a respectful distance. Sam's glaring eyes narrowed slightly as he watched the armored man. Judging by his authoritative posture and how the others followed behind, the Titan-Slayer had a fair hunch that this was the 'Cold Emperor' they heard able.
"What a waste," said Yuka in a bit of a melancholic tone. "I lost so much sleep, and all for nothing. We searched all day for the intruders and didn't find anything."
"Maybe there wasn't any!" Toby yelled.
The man stopped, and Sherry walked over to his side. "I'm afraid I have some sad news, Cold Emperor," she to the masked man. Sam's glared narrowed again at the man that has upset the balance of the island. "We thought we had intruders earlier today, but they seemed to have gotten away. We cannot speak of love in this kind of situation."
"Intruders?" The Cold Emperor questioned with an irritated tone.
Hearing the man's voice, Gray's breath hitched a soft gasp.
"Has Deliora been awakened yet?" The Cold Emperor questioned his subordinates.
"It should be later tonight or tomorrow, sir," Sherry said.
"Which one, girl?!" Toby asked impatiently.
There was a moment of silence from the Cold Emperor before he said, "The time has come. If you see the intruders again, kill them. I don't want anyone getting in my way."
"They must have been villagers. They're the only other people on this island," Sherry reasoned.
"Then destroy the village," he said in an annoyed tone, having no time for anyone, not even innocent people getting his way.
"Yes, sir!"
Sam's eyes widened as he felt an icy sensation in his veins. The Iwi people were innocent, and they were going to be wiped out so that they could possibly bring back a frozen monster? They had to be stopped.
The Cold Emperor smirked. "It's a shame there has to be bloodshed."
Gray could only stare at the masked villain in disbelief. "That voice…" he murmured. "No...It can't be…"
Suddenly, Ernest stood on top of the boulder they and the others have been hiding behind. He pounded his chest like a gorilla and then let out a might roar to challenge the villains threatening his people.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The sudden appearance of the Titan-Slayer and his ape-like roar made the bad guys' eyes widened.
"YOU WANT YOUR INTRUDERS. YOU HAVE THEM RIGHT HERE!" He yelled at the Cold Emperor.
The alpha was here, so there was no use in hiding anymore. Sam stood up and stood next to his fellow Titan-Slayer. Natsu soon joined in, glaring at the four wizards. Lucy was a little more reluctant but stood up with Happy. Jasper was already standing on the boulder with his guns constructed and ready to rumble. Lyra had poofed away back to the Spirit World at the request of her master. The only one to not have joined them was Gray.
"I recognized that guild mark...they're from Fairy Tail." Sherry pointed with a surprised tone.
"Interesting, those villagers must've gone to the magical guilds for help," Yuka commented, crossing his hands behind his back. "Though I do believe that the ape-looking one was part of the village."
"Nope, just the Titan-Slayer in charge of defending this island," Ernest said, glaring at the Cold Emperor.
"Don't worry about them," the armored man replied calmly. "Go eradicate the village."
"What?!" Lucy gasped.
"We're standing right in front of you. Why would you do that?!" Sam yelled, equally surprised.
"Anyone who gets in my way, either deliberately or not, is my enemy!" The man stated, clenching his fist.
"Say WHAT!?" Natsu shouted, appalled.
"You will not touch a single one of them!" Ernest yelled, charging forward to attack. Natsu and Sam ran alongside the Titan-Slayer.
Gray, however, beat them to the punch and ran ahead of the three.
"Stop this crazy ceremony right now!" He cried with his hands giving off the aura of energy they did before he cast a spell.
Jumping into the air, Gray then landed and slammed his hands into the ground. Creating a large wave of ice shards that sprouted from the ground. Forcing the Emperor's lackeys to jump out of the way.
The Cold Emperor, however, leaped back and began to cast a spell of his own. When he landed, he slammed his hand on the stone ground, and cast the exact same Ice spell that was equally as powerful as Gray's. The two attacks met head-on and formed one massive block of ice that shattered into tiny fragments.
"So he's an Ice Wizard too," Sam mused.
Gray stepped back and glared daggers at the masked leader.
"Lyon!"
Natsu and Lucy both gasped, while Sam and Ernest looked at Gray with surprise.
"Uh...who's Lyon?" Ernest asked, bemused.
"Gray, do you know him?" Sam asked, confused.
"Do you have any idea what you're doing?" Gray question furiously, ignoring both Titan-Slayers.
"Oh, Gray," Lyon said nonchalantly. "It's been quite a while, hasn't it?"
"You know this guy?!" Jasper asked in shock, pointing his gun at Lyon.
"Why would you, of all people, want to revive Deliora?!" Gray demanded.
"To think that you were the one the Iwi called to this island to help those poor villagers," Lyon said, ignoring Gray's question. "Did you come knowing that you would find me? Or was it a mere coincidence? Not that it makes any difference to me."
"Can someone please tell me what the fuck is going on right now!?" Jasper shouted in frustration.
"Is he an acquaintance of yours, Cold Emperor?" Yuka asked.
"Do as you were ordered," Lyon replied sternly. "I'll handle the intruders on my own."
"Yes, sir!" All three shouted, before dashing off in different directions.
"Hey, come back here!" Natsu shouted, running around Lyon.
"I wouldn't let you touch those people!" Ernest roared, charging at Lyon.
"Wait, don't go near him!" Gray shouted urgently.
But it was too late to stop them. They've fallen into the evil wizard's trap. Lyon didn't even look at them. He just held out his hand and fired an attack at them. Sensing the attack coming, Ernest jumped up into the air. Natsu wasn't so lucky, and got encased in a sphere of spiked ice. His head, half of his arms and feet, however, were left completely uncovered.
Ernest soared high in the air, glaring at Lyon like he was targeting him. He fell towards him with his arms high in the air. Lyon jumped out of the way, and Ernest slammed his fist on the ground. The tremendous power of his attack caused the ground to crack and be destroyed under him.
Kong's Titan-Slayer looked up as Lyon landed a few feet away from him.
"Ernest!" Gray yelled at the younger Slayer. Ernest turned towards him. "Take Happy, Jasper, and Lucy out of here!"
"Right!" Ernest ran back towards the others. Happy sprouted his wings and grabbed Lucy by her shirt, lifting her into the air, despite her protests. Ernest jumped into the air and grabbed onto Jasper's paws when he swooped down to get him.
As Gray battled against Lyon with a wave of ice that was blocked by a dome of ice, Sam turned to the others and called out, "We'll deal with this guy! Get back to the village and protect it!"
"You got it!" Jasper shouted, before the two flying cats flew off towards the Iwi village.
"Be careful!" Lucy yelled, before they disappeared into the distance.
Sam turned back to Lyon, and his dorsal plates started flashing. "So… you're the one that's been trying to resurrect Deliora," he mused.
"That's right. And I'm done messing with the likes of you," Lyon replied icily.
Sam raised up a clenched fist before flicking it open. His sharp claws ready to rip and tear into the Cold Emperor. "We shall see!" He charged at Lyon, who merely held out his hand and similarly froze the Titan-Slayer like he did Natsu. Sam roared out in frustration.
"It doesn't matter what kind of creature you are. Nothing can beat my ice," Lyon said, his tone cold and emotionless.
Sam glared at him before smirking smugly. The two ice wizards were shocked when Sam's dorsal plates started glowing and then started absorbing the Ice Magic into his body. Then when the ice was weakened enough, he busted out of it. Ice fragments flew off his body.
"Ice-Make: Eagle!" Lyon exclaimed, sending several eagles that flew towards the Titan-Slayer.
Sam fired his Atomic Breath and destroyed all the eagles before slashing the energy beam at the ground where Lyon was standing. Creating an explosion that knocked him back into the side of a nearby boulder.
He released a pained grunt and snapped his head towards the Titan-Slayer, whose eyes were glowing orange. Lyon questioned how that was even possible. No one should have been able to do that to him.
"Let's end this…" Sam began, but was stopped when a hand was placed on his shoulder. Halting him from charging at Lyon.
"I'll handle this," Gray said. Sam looked at him with a confused expression, and that's when he saw Gray's facial expression.
He was staring directly at the man claiming to be the Cold Emperor and no one else. His eyes showed the Titan-Slayer his wishes to battle for his own sake. He didn't know what their history might have been like, but this was a battle that a Titan would know too well about. A battle of rivals and Gray's mind was already set on fighting Lyon on his own.
While Natsu was protesting in his icy prison, Sam knew that they couldn't leave the innocent people of the Iwi tribe getting hurt because of them. Besides, this was a fight that Natsu couldn't win, so he had to come with him back to the village.
"Can you take him?" Sam asked the Fairy Tail Ice Wizard.
Gray nodded. "Yeah...he's mine," he said, glaring at the Cold Emperor.
Sam nodded, before grabbing Natsu and then dragging him to the river, much to the Dragon-Slayer's protest. He could melt Natsu out of the ice and then use the river to travel as fast as he could back to the village.
As his guildmates left the mountain, Gray turned back to Lyon. "Your friend has an interesting ability… but even so, he will not be able to defend the village," Lyon stated matter-of-factly.
"I wouldn't underestimate him if I were you. And don't underestimate me either, Lyon! I'm taking you done!" Gray shouted, glaring at him as the man chuckled humorlessly.
"You think that you can beat me? That's not just reckless; it's also arrogant, Gray."
"I don't understand why you're pulling this superior act with me, Lyon. You're not!" Gray exclaimed furiously. "We're not Ur's students anymore!"
"I'm well aware that you're not Ur's students," Lyon replied. He then removed his mask to reveal his face.
Showing that he had bluish silver hair, most of which are spiky strands that jut upwards on top of his head, except for some which are kept pointing down and partially cover the upper left part of his face. Lyon's eyes are slanted, with dark round pupils and surrounded by similarly dark lines. He had small, linear, dark eyebrows. He donned a small, light-colored earring on his left earlobe, which was shaped like a stylized snowflake.
"After all, our beloved teacher is no longer among the living."
"Her final act was sealing that monster away. Are you really so callous that you would destroy our master's legacy?" Gray accused.
"Don't delude yourself," Lyon countered, "We both know that you're the one that killed Ur."
Gray's eyes widened, and his mouth twisted into a snarl.
"But you don't seem to have any guilt over that. How cruel."
Nearby the river, San had both hands on the ice ball that Natsu was inside of at the moment. He was absorbing the magic that was inside of the ice, causing it to melt to where it was an inch thick, allowing Natsu to break out using his own strength. However, after breaking out, the two Slayers felt a chill going up their spines.
The Fire Dragon-Slayer looked back at the temple. You sensed it too?" Sam asked.
"Yeah," Natsu said. "I have this bad feeling about Gray...I've got to go back for him."
Sam looked at him for a moment. He could sense that Gray had been defeated, and was going to need help. So he then gave his friend a nod. "Do it."
"Are you sure?" Natsu asked, uncertain.
"I'll be able to travel faster on my own than it'll take for you to go back to the village on foot. I'll go back and help defend the village."
Natsu grinned and gave the Titan-Slayer a thumbs-up. "Thanks, man."
He then dashed off back to the temple. Sam watched him for a moment before turning towards the water, ran, and dived into the water. He then darted upriver towards the village. Determined to stop Lyon's minions before it was too late.
But little did they know was that on this night, something else would be waking up.
"Listen up! The people who caused the curse that's transforming everyone on Skull Island are planning an attack on the village." Lucy explained to the Iwi people gathered around her. When she, Ernest, and the cats returned to the village, they called for everyone to listen to them and for them to heed their warning.
"They're gonna come down here to fight us?" One villager asked, stunned.
"Yes. I've heard it with my own ears," Ernest said, still in his Titan-Slayer. "There are three of them, but a powerful wizard is leading them. This man, Lyon, is using something called Moon Drip to reawaken a powerful demon sealed inside the mountain. It's this spell that's causing the transformations."
"Right, and we're going to catch them…" Jasper paused for a moment before looking at Lucy with a confused look on his face. "Why are we doing that exactly?"
"They're the only ones that could change everyone back to normal," Lucy said to the grey cat.
"But those guys are wizards," Happy pointed out. "They're gonna be hard to catch."
He brought up a good point. Lucy started rubbing her chin while trying to come up with a plan. Suddenly an idea popped into her head, and the blonde clapped her hands together with a mischievous grin on her face. "I just had a brilliant idea."
Just as Lucy was about to explain her plan to the others, Moka came to investigate what was going on. When he saw the wizard, cats, and Titan-Slayer, he marched over to them. "What are all of you doing here?"
"We don't have much time, sir. The enemy's going to attack any second now," Lucy explained, causing the chief's eyes to widen.
"Enemy?"
"It's the ones that are responsible for the curse that's been plaguing our home," Ernest explained. "The one that's been turning everyone and everything on Skull Island into demons. They've been hiding in the old temple in the jungle."
"I DON'T CARE WHO'S IN THE TEMPLE!" Moka suddenly yelled in rage, startling Lucy. "Why haven't you destroyed the moon!?"
"But it wasn't the moon!" Ernest said.
"Silence, Titan-Slayer!" Moka shouted with venom in his voice, surprising Ernest. "How dare you come into our village and pretend to be our savior after taking away Kong?!" Ernest looked down at the ground with a hurt expression.
"Hey! We're trying to help your sorry ass, you old bat!" Jasper snapped, stepping in front of Ernest. "Don't go blaming him for something that wasn't in his control!"
"Jasper's right!" Lucy added, glaring at the chief for how he was treating Ernest. "And he's right! It's not the moon, and now we know who's really responsible!"
"YOU LIE!" Moka yelled, as two villagers came over and held him back by his arms. "It's likely because Kong's gone that this is all happening! Now do what I asked of you!" The two villagers holding him tried to calm him down but to no avail. They had to drag him off to get him to cool down. Leaving Lucy, Ernest, and the cats with the other villagers.
Ernest looked down at the ground with a gloom look on his face before a hand was placed on his shoulder. Turning his head to the owner of the hand, the Titan-Slayer was surprised to see a villager.
"He doesn't really mean any of that. And not everyone blames you for being Kong's Titan-Slayer. He's just upset," the Iwi said to the young boy. "The death of Bobo has been hard on him."
Lucy looked at Moka with some sympathy. "Poor man…"
Ernest looked down at the ground before turning to the people of the village. "Everyone, I know that I'm not Kong! But I'm still his son! And he's inside of my soul! And as his Titan-Slayer, I promise to do everything in my power to live up to his name and protect all of you!" He proclaimed proudly to the people.
The Iwi people looked at him in amazement, with some smiling with gratitude.
Turning to Lucy, Ernest asked the girl, "What's your plan to catch the wizards?"
By the time Sam reached the village, the giant wall that separated the Iwi people from the outside was still standing. Along the way, he never spotted Lyon's goons. He started to worry that they had already started their attack. But even in the water, he couldn't sense the three anywhere. Diving under the wall's gate, Sam's dorsal plates stuck back out of the water as he swam towards the shore and walked onto dry land.
He found Lucy, Ernest, Happy, and Jasper talking to the transformed. Virgo was summoned too and was standing with her master.
"Hey, Lucy," Sam called out as he walked over. "Is everything okay?"
"Hey, Sam!" Ernest greeted with a smile and a wave of his hand.
But Lucy looked down at the ground and noticed where the Titan-Slayer was heading. Causing the blond to freak out. "Sam, wait! Don't come any closer! STOP!"
"Why?" Sam asked, stopping right in front of a pile of leaves. Lucy let out a sigh of relief. "Lucy, what's going on?"
The man took a step forward, placing his foot on the palm leaves. Which suddenly caused the ground to give way. Sam screamed as he fell into a large pit that Lucy had prepared. Crashing into the ground as it kicked up a large amount of dust and debris.
"Ow…"
"Wow, that trap actually worked," one of the Iwi villagers commented.
"Yeah, sorry we doubted you," another villager said to Lucy with a dumbfounded expression. But the blond ran a hand down her face.
Sam climbed out of the hole. He shook off the dirt from his body and looked at everyone. "Anyone mind telling me why there was a hole in my way?"
"Lucy wanted to set a trap for those three wizards coming to kill us," Ernest said, much to Lucy's dismay and embarrassment.
"Wait, where's Natsu and Gray?" Happy asked worriedly. Just then, the river gate lifted, and a single rowboat sailed into the village.
Jasper ReConstructed a pair of binoculars and looked through them. He saw Natsu, looking motion-sink as ever, and a very injured Gray.
After Sam pulled the boat back to the village's shore, Natsu was back to normal and placed Gray gently down on the ground. He told the others that he found him in this condition when he went back to the temple, while the Iwi people began to apply first aid to Gray's injuries.
"Gray…" Lucy said in a concerned tone.
Sam scanned over the village for any sign of damage. "So those wizards haven't come just yet?"
"No, and I couldn't sense them anywhere," Ernest said, walking over to his fellow Titan-Slayer. "They even left before you, Sam. But you arrived here first."
"I followed the river back to the village, but all I've noticed were the animals in their demon forms," Sam said, looking out at the jungle. "Why would it take so long for them to get here?"
"Maybe one of those Skullcrawlers took care of them," Jasper remarked.
"No, that can't be," Lucy said, placing her hands on her hips. "They've been on this island for a while now. They're likely taking a safer route to get there."
"H-Hey!" one of the villagers shouted, pointing at the sky. Several other Iwis gasped in shock. "What is that!?"
Everyone looked up in the direction that the man was pointing at and, much to their shock, saw something large flying towards the village. Since Sam, Ernest, and Natsu had better vision because of their abilities, they saw what it was. And it shocked them.
Flying towards the village was that same giant rat they defeated outside of the temple, flying through the air. Using its tail as a propeller while it held a giant bucket in its hands. Yuka, Toby, and Sherry are riding on the rat's back.
Jasper was looking through his binoculars at the rat before lowering them. Completely dumbfounded. "I've seen some crazy shit in my life, but that...that takes the cake."
"How is that physically possible?!" Sam yelled, his brain trying to figure out how the rat was able to fly.
"What?! Now my pitfall trap is totally pointless," Lucy shouted in rage, shook her fist at the flying mouse. Sam looked at the busty blond with an incredulous expression.
"What's in that bucket?" Ernest asked, pointing at the bucket.
Meanwhile…
"We took too long making the poison jelly," Sherry said with a disappointed look. "Those tigers just made things more difficult."
"But our timing is good," Yuka said, crossing his arms behind his back. "Those mages are all in the village now."
"Unless we destroy Deliora, our wishes will never come true," Sherry said, her gaze darkening. "Only death awaits those who stand in our way."
A sudden gust of wind caused the bucket Angelica was holding onto to shake slightly, causing a fist-sized drop of the green goo to fall out of it. Heading down directly where Lucy was standing. The blond wizard stared up at the droplet.
"Jelly?" She wondered, holding out her hand as it got closer to her.
As the jelly droppet came down to the ground, Sam caught a smell of what it was, and it made his eyes widen. Seeing it was falling towards Lucy, he yelled, "LUCY!"
"Look out!" Natsu shouted, already running towards Lucy. He tackled Lucy out of the way. Instead of hitting her, the jelly hit a plant that had been at her feet. When it landed, both the plant and a few inches of the earth beneath it sizzled and dissolved into nothingness.
"Whoa!" Jasper backed away from the steaming hole in the ground.
"T-Thank you, Natsu," Lucy breathed out, heart beating rapidly as Natsu helped her to her feet. Had it had hit her, she would have died.
"So that's how they're going to destroy the village," Ernest growled, turning to glare up at the wizards above. Eyes burning with fury.
"T-That rat has a whole bucket of that stuff!?" a villager cried out, causing a panic among the villagers.
Up above, Yuka scowled at the villagers. "Humans become so ugly under the influence of the Moon Drip. As if they're demons."
"Just like everything on this island; displeasing," Sherry said with a look of disgust. But what they didn't know was that Sam and Ernest could hear everything they were saying, and it made them growl in anger. "Angelica, if you would do the honors."
KRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM
Before the rat could throw the acid at the over village, Sam fired a powerful Atomic Breath that slammed into the rat. Yuka, Toby, and Sherry screamed as the powerful attack threw them off the rat, and the bucket was thrown towards the river outside of the walls. The villains and Angelica splashed into the river, but inside the walls of the Iwi village.
The acid dissolved in the water, and the village was saved.
Sam and the others were crowded by the villagers who wanted to express their thanks and gratitude for saving their lives. Some of the villagers thanked even Ernest. However, that changed when Kong's Titan-Slayer heard the sound of footsteps something out of the water behind them.
"The Cold Emperor has commanded us to eradicate the village and its people," Sherry said coldly, as she made her way towards the villagers. Yuka and Toby were with her, Angelica right behind them. All of them soaked in water. Sam and Ernest's gaze darkened as they glared at them. "We were trying to show mercy by making your deaths quick and painless. But since that didn't work, we'll have to resort to bloodshed."
Though the words of the three had angered the Fairy Tail members a great degree, it was nothing compared to the fury of two.
Two large waves of power began to surge around the area, and the full force of their pressure was directed at the lackeys of the Cold Emperor. And it was all coming from the two Titan-Slayers. Sam's dorsal plates were glowing angrily as Ethernanic energy radiated from his back. Ernest's ape-like arms were radiating the same energy. Both of their eyes were glowing as they glared at the wizards.
"W-What is this?" Sherry exclaimed worriedly, sweat dripping from her brow as she stared at the two powerhouses.
"Is that right?" Sam snarled with a furious look. Causing an Atomic Breath. "You're going to kill these people?"
Ernest's fist clenched with fingers cracking. "If you think we're going to let you get away with something like that, then you're dead wrong!"
"I am Sam Serizawa, and I am the Titan-Slayer of the King of the Monsters, Godzilla."
"I am Ernest Copper, and I am the Titan-Slayer of the King of the Primates, King Kong."
The two pointed at the wizards and shouted angrily, "And we're not letting you touch a single one of these people!"
Sam drew in a breath of air a moment later, after which, without a moment's hesitation, he let loose a powerful Atomic Breath which he held absolutely nothing back. The powerful beam of Ethernanic magic roared across the beach towards the three enemy wizards and their rat. Burning the ground to glass as it relentlessly continued in its path.
Yuka quickly got in front of his comrades and stretched out his hands.
Time slowed down as Yuka conjured a barrier of sorts, just before the Atomic Breath connected.
The beam of energy slammed into the barrier, though it moved around the force field, protecting them. However, it did create a large explosion that rocked some of the villagers and the Fairy Tail wizards.
When the dust settled, the blue-haired man stared at the Titan-Slayer with a look of shock and worry. His two comrades were much the say way, equally shocked that such an attack was even possible. It and the explosion ripped apart the barrier, but they were still alive and standing by some miracle. The ground around them was burnt, and some of the sand looked like it was turning to glass.
Suddenly, Ernest jumped into the air and came down towards the three wizards with a primal roar. They jumped out of the way before he slammed his fist into the ground. Creating a massive explosion of sand that jumped into the air.
As Yuka landed a few feet away from the Titan-Slayer, he started to worry. Just what were these two? They confirmed they weren't normal Take-Over Wizards, but he's never felt this kind of power before.
Jasper turned to the villagers. "The fuck are you all still doing here? Get out of here before you're all killed!" He yelled at the Iwi people.
They quickly responded by turning and running away. Dragging a resisting Moka away from the battle about to take place. The chief wanted to stay with the gravestone of his son. One of the villagers picked up Gray's unconscious form and took it with them. Determined to keep him safe. The remaining wizards and Titan-Slayers were left to face Lyon's minions.
"We won't stop until everyone in this village is dead!" Sherry said, her eyes narrowing at the fleeing villagers. She turned to the massive mouse behind her. "Right, Angelica?"
The rat hissed maliciously and then spun her tail, taking off right after scooping Sherry up in her arms and flying after the villagers.
"I'm not going to let you get away with this!" Lucy yelled, leaping at the rat and grabbing one of its claws. The second after she realized what she had done, she started screaming and holding on for dear life.
"Ernest, go after her and take that rat down!" Sam yelled, pointing at the flying rat as it flew higher into the air.
"I'm on it!" Ernest ran towards the rat, jumping onto the roof of a hut, before launching himself like a rocket. Shooting high into the air with his Titan powers at Angelica.
Lucy tried her best to stop Sherry and her rat in the air, punching the claw she was holding onto, which did nothing. But then she stopped when Ernest grabbed onto the other claw. "Hi, Lucy! How's the flight?" He asked with a smile—a complete 180 from how he was before.
"We've got to stop her before they try and harm the villagers!" Lucy shouted, pointing at Sherry.
Sherry looked down and spotted the blonde girl and ape-looking boy from before hanging off Angelica's feet. "Looks like we've got stowaways," she said.
"I'll get them to stop." Ernest yanked himself into the air and landed on the back of the rat.
"What?!" Sherry yelled in shock, and before she could react, the Titan-Slayer charged. Cocking his arm back, Ernest delivered a powerful punch that sent the woman off her feet. Sherry screamed in pain as she flew off Angelic.
But she was suddenly grabbed midair by Ernest. Sherry was helpless as she was swung around by him, before Ernest roared and slammed her into the back of Angelica's head. The massive rat roared in pain before she began to plummet towards the ground below.
Ernest quickly grabbed Lucy and jumped off the rat. Lucy screamed as they fell towards the ground. But thankfully, Ernest landed safely on a tree with her. The large rat crashed into the ground a few meters away from them.
Jumping down to the ground, Ernest set Lucy down. "You could have warned me you were going to do that!" She complained to the young boy.
"Come on! Let's go!" He jumped back into the jungle trees and started heading towards the crashed rat's location. Lucy followed behind.
"I bet she'll snap," Yuka said with a bored expression. Watching Angelica crash land.
"I DIDN'T!" Toby yelled angrily, earning an exasperated sigh from Yuka.
"I wasn't talking to you," he clarified emotionlessly.
"I don't know if blondie was either really brave...or just really stupid," Jasper said aloud, sweatdropping alongside his comrades.
"Stupid," Natsu commented.
"Aye," Happy said in agreement.
"Jasper, Happy, go and check on them. Ernest is with her, but be there just in case," Sam asked the cats. The two nodded their heads, sprouted their wings, and took off flying.
"You ready to kick some ass, Sam?" Natsu asked, cracking his knuckles as he did so.
Sam grinned as his dorsal plates glowed. "Like you had to ask."
Natsu was the first to attack. Lunging towards the two wizards as Sam fired another Atomic Breath. Hitting Toby in the gut with the energy beam, sending him flying back. Natsu hopped over Yuka's head and shot a breath of fire at him, to which the short man barely blocked it with a blue barrier.
"A wizard that breathes fire?" Yuka asked, "Don't tell me that you're the Salamander of Fairy Tail I've heard so much about."
Sam suddenly rushed towards the short wizards and tried to attack him with an Atomic Titan's Claw attack. However, Yuka blocked the attack with another one of his barriers. But the claw was followed up with the Titan-Slayer swiping his tail at his head, but Yuka jumped back. Landing a few feet away from the two Slayers.
"I'm alright!" Toby hopped to his feet with a cocky smile.
"You know," Yuka said contentedly, drawing the attention of Sam and Natsu. "We used to be in a famous guild ourselves, so neither of you should blow us off. In fact, the famous Iron Rock Jura is from the same guild. Surely you've heard of the Lamia Scale."
Sam glared at him. "No," he said, causing Toby's jaw to dropped. He shot a short burst of his Atomic Breath, and Natsu shot another blast of fire. Yuka just called forth another barrier and received no damage. The Atomic Breath slammed into the barrier, but Toby was hit with the flames and was charred to a good degree.
"Hey, cut it out!" Yuka shouted, severely annoyed. "Listen when I'm talking to you!"
"There is nothing to talk about," Sam stated, his eyes glowing through shadow over the upper part of his face. His dorsal plate flashing blue neon lights. "Do you really believe that who you are and what guild you used to be in matters to us? I'll let you in on a little secret; it doesn't. All that matters is that you're threatening the lives of the Iwi."
"Which makes you Fairy Tail's enemy, and that's more than enough reason for us to kick your ass!" Natsu added.
"Toby, take out the Take-Over wizard. I'll handle the Salamander," Yuka said calmly.
Toby growled and leaped at Sam. He tried to punch him, but the Titan-Slayer was ready for him. "Atomic Titan Tail Whiplash!" Sam whirled around and slammed his energy covered into Toby's jaw, knocking him fall back.
"And for the record," Sam added, "I'm a Titan-Slayer!"
Toby quickly got back up to his feet and rushed at Sam. Sam dodged him by stepping out of the way before Toby could grab him, raised his fists in the air, before slamming them down on Toby's back with great strength. Toby yelled in pain as he was slammed into the ground, cracking the dirt. The Titan-Slayer reached down and grabbed his ankle, before swinging his body far away.
The dog-like man crashed into the side of a hut. He got back up and growled at the monster-like young man.
"You know, your friend over there is lucky. Yuka is tough, but I'm even stronger!" He asked with a cocky grin.
"Then why are you getting your ass kissed by me?" Sam said with a smug smirk.
"ARE YOU SAYING I'M WEAK?!" Toby yelled furiously, before crossing his arms with another grin spreading across his face. His nails started turning green and elongating several inches. "Let's see how smug you are when you can't figure out what my Paralysis Claw: Mega Jellyfish can do! Come on! I dare you to guess what they do!"
Sam dropped his combat stance and raised an eyebrow, surprised he was stupider than Natsu and Happy.
"...Um...paralyze people?"
Toby's jaw dropped in shock. "How did you know that?!" He exclaimed in disbelief. "Are you a psychic or something?"
"No, you're just an idiot," Sam retorted.
"No one talks to me like that!" Toby roared as he lunged at Natsu. The Titan-Slayer quickly sidestepped Toby's attack out of reflex. "With one swipe from my claws, you'll be frozen, just waiting to die!" Spinning around, Toby took another swing at Sam. The Titan-Slayer dodged once again. Letting out an enraged roar, Toby began to furiously and uncontrollably slash at Sam.
"HOLD STILL, DAMN IT!" Toby yelled angrily.
But when he tried to claw him again, Sam had both of his fists powered by his magic. "Atomic Titan's Claw!"
The first slash from Sam shattered Toby's green claws and made him cry out in pain. But the Titan-Slayer wasn't done with him yet. Sam whirled around and swiped Toby off his feet, before jumping up and punching him down to the ground with his second Atomic Titan's Claw. Smashing him hard into the ground, before grabbing ahold of the dog-looking man's wrist. Sam roared his father's roar as he forced Toby to stab himself in the chest with his nails.
Toby screamed in pain as electricity coursed through his body, before Sam pulled his nails out of his body. Toby just laid there on the ground, paralyzed.
"Well, that was easy," Sam thought aloud. It wasn't something to roar out in victory for, but he was content to have defeated the moronic wizard.
He then looked over at Natsu and saw him walking up to him with a grin. Having noticed that his friend had won his fight. Behind him was the unconscious and defeated form of Yuka.
"Nice job, Sam! How'd you beat that dog guy?" Natsu asked.
Sam shrugged his shoulders. "All I did was use his own magic against him."
"Ha! That's hilarious; I wish I'd seen that!"
"Maybe another time," Sam said with a smile. He then turned towards the mountain that the temple was on top of, and his expression turned serious again.
After Natsu repaired the grave for Bobo, Sam turned back to him. "The Cold Emperor's still inside that temple, and right now we need to deal with him," he told his friend. "Lucy's with Ernest, and they'll be able to take on the other wizard."
"What about Gray?" Natsu questioned.
"He's with the villager. They'll take care of him and his injuries. We can't allow that demon to be resurrected." Sam replied. He turned back to the mountain and narrowed his eyes. "At best, we've got until tomorrow night."
He then turned to Natsu. "All we need to do is find a boat for you to leave the village."
Hearing that made Natsu widen his eyes as he freaked out a little. Then he nervously sweated and rubbed the back of his head. "U-Uh actually, why don't I just go and see if Lucy and Ernest need my help. Okay, bye-bye!"
Natsu then turned and ran off to find the girl and the other Titan-Slayer.
Sam stared at the fleeing Dragon-Slayer with a dry expression. Knowing full well that he just wanted to get out of having to be on a boat again. Most have taken a lot of will power to climb in the boat he used to bring Gray back.
Turning back to the Iwi village's still open gate, Sam stared at it with a determined look in his eyes. Who this Lyon was and whatever his connections to Gray were didn't matter to him. He and his lackeys have done ruthless things to the people of Skull Island. But he was going to put it all back to normal soon. The people and the fauna of the island.
He ran towards the water and dived down into it.
Meanwhile, Ernest jumped down from the trees and landed on the ground. Lucy ran behind him and stopped at his side. It was honestly amazing that they could run through the jungle and not get attack by something. In front of them was the unconscious body of Angelica. The giant rat was bruised up and lying on her back.
"That's one down," Ernest said, as he began to scan the air around them.
"But where's that weird chick?" Lucy asked. Ernest sniffed the air to figure that out.
And then they heard the sound of a voice sobbing.
"Do you have any idea what you've done? It's horrible."
Ernest turned his head and saw Sherry standing above them on a cliff. Looking down at them as tears fell from her eyes. Her left cheek purple from Ernest punching her. He let out a growl and turned his body to face her. Chest puffed out and ready to battle.
"Because of you two, the Cold Emperor will no longer be able to trust me," she cried. "He won't love me anymore after what you did to my face."
"Love?" Lucy parroted as she and Ernest both had confused looks on their faces.
"Yeah…" Ernest trailed off.
"And look what you did to Angelica," Sherry said while sobbing, trying to wipe away the tears from her eyes. Suddenly she growled and glared furiously at Ernest and Lucy. "I'll make you pay!"
"Bring it on!" Lucy exclaimed, reaching for her gate keys.
"Wood Doll!" Sherry screamed, thrusting her arm forward, creating a pink magic circle in front of her hand.
Sensing something coming towards them before hearing the sound of creaking wood made Ernest turn around. Behind him and Lucy and sprinting them was a giant tree monster. Lucy gasped, while Ernest's eyes widened.
"That tree's alive!" Lucy screamed as the tree had a gaping mouth and black eyes with its branches used as arms and was walking on its roots.
"Oh, for a second there, I thought it was a Spore Mantis," Ernest said casually.
Sherry's scream of rage echoed through the trees of the jungle as the tree took a swing at the two with one of its large branches. The blonde Celestial Spirit Wizard dove backwards, but Ernest jumped up over the branch. Landing on the tree monster's branch, the Titan-Slayer roared as he lunged towards the tree and punched it in the face. Smashing it to pieces.
Landing on the ground with a loud thud beneath his feet, Ernest pounded his chest and roared Sherry.
"He destroyed it in just one punch?" Sherry gasped with a look of shock. "Just what kind of Take-Over Wizard are you?"
"I don't know that a Take-Over Wizard, but I'm the Titan-Slayer of King Kong!" Ernest said, pointing a finger at Sherry. "King of Skull Island!"
"Yeah! Take her out, Ernest!" Lucy cheered for the young boy.
Suddenly there was something towards them. Snapping trees and branches as it rushed towards the three. Ernest turned towards the sound and immediately jumped out of the way when a Skullcrawler came charging out of the trees. The creature's attack took everyone by surprise as the Skullcrawler skidded across the ground, breaking some of the trees before hitting a larger one that stopped it. Giving those viewing it to be taken aback by its demonic-looking appearance.
"The Moon Drip really did change the animals too!" Lucy looked at it in shock.
The Skullcrawler charged again, but Ernest jumped over its jaws when the predator tried to eat him, and slammed his fists down onto its back. The Skullcrawler screamed in pain, before bucking the Titan-Slayer off its back.
"I'll handle the Skullcrawler! You take out the girl!" Ernest said, before grabbing a log and swung it like a bat. Smashing it into the head of the Skullcrawler.
"Right!" Lucy reached for her pouch and grabbed Taurus' key. "Open! Gate of the Gold Bull: Taurus!"
A magic circle immediately formed in front of Lucy, and up from it came the giant minotaur. Roaring a loud moo with his ax raised up in the air.
"So, she's a Celestial Wizard?" Sherry said in a shocked tone.
"You had a giant bull too? That's so cool!" Ernest exclaimed with a big grin, in the jaws of Skullcrawler and trying to keep it from closing its jaw, as the monster's tongue was wrapped around his waist. Determined to get out of the situation, he grabbed a tooth and yanked it out. The Skullcrawler shrieked in pain when Ernest then started stabbing the tongue. Making the monster let him go, and he jumped out of its jaws.
"Let's go, Taurus!" Lucy said with a raised fist.
"Then how about a smooth for when I win!?" Taurus exclaimed, as he blew steam out of his nostrils.
Ernest landed on the ground, but paused and looked at the bull with a look of confusion. "Wait, what-OOF!" He was hit across the jungle by the Skullcrawler's tail.
"What kind of wizard forces their Celestial Spirits to say things like that? You disgust me," Sherry said with her hands on her hips.
"I didn't force him to say it! I hate when he's perry!" Lucy shouted, shaking an angry fist at Sherry.
As Ernest fought the Skullcrawler, Sherry took the opportunity to take out the blonde girl. "Well, your kind doesn't like magic, and you're about to find out why," she said with a small smirk spreading across her face.
The demonic Skullcrawler landed on its back before Ernest landed on its chest. He was about to start punching it again when he caught the sense of magic in the air coming from Sherry.
"Taurus, go!" Lucy exclaimed, pointing at Sherry. Taurus wasted no time and charged at Sherry with his ax, ready to cut her down.
But then he suddenly stopped and stood there for a moment. Taurus let out a groan, before looking over his shoulder at Lucy. Lucy looked at her spirit with a look of shock, and Sherry chuckled.
Suddenly and without warning, Taurus swung his massive ax at her. Lucy got out of the way not a second too later, as the weapon destroyed the ground next to her. Her green shirt was ripped from the back, leaving her pink bandeau bra the only thing to cover her chest.
"Lucy!" Ernest yelled, shocked by the bull's sudden attack. The Skullcrawler swung its claws at him, throwing the young boy off with slash marks on his chest.
"What are you doing?! Stop it!" Lucy screamed. Fear evidently in her voice. But Taurus didn't listen and attack again. Lucy jumped out of the way again. "What's gotten into you?!"
"MOOOOO!" Taurus roared as he jumped at her. Lucy tried to crawl away from the Celestial Spirit when she was suddenly slammed into the ground by Taurus' massive hand around her neck. All the air in her lungs when her back hit the ground. Taurus' grip tightened around her throat as he hunched over her.
"Uh, Miss Lucy, I can't control my moo-vements," said the bull spirit. Struggling to speak. His eyes were glowing pink, while his face had a look of pain.
"Doll Attack: Puppeteer. You like?" Sherry said with an evil smile. "It allows me to control any living thing. Well, except for humans, that is. It works well on your spirit friend. And not to mention the fauna of Skull Island."
She turned towards the Skullcrawler and cast her spell. The creature's eyes turned pink, and it roared in anger. Only now, it was under the control of Sherry.
"Please, let me go," Lucy gasped out as Taurus continued to grip her throat.
"I-I wish that I could, Miss Lucy," said the bull. "I can't help it. She's controlling my every moo-ve."
"Close now, Gate of the Golden Bull!" Lucy screamed, trying to get her spirit to stop. But he didn't. He couldn't do as she said. Spirit gates couldn't be closed unless both sides consent on it.
"Beg all you want, but it won't make any difference," Sherry said with deranged glee. "Oh, I know. Let's play a round of Russian roulette punches. Close your eyes and punch till you get a hit!"
"No!" Ernest shouted and ran towards Lucy to stop the bull. But then his path was blocked by the Skullcrawler. It lunged at him with its mouth open. But Ernest wasn't having it. Charging his magic into his right fist, he punched the Skullcrawler across its face. Killing it as it was knocked away.
As Lucy dodged the punches, Ernest jumped at Taurus to stop him. But the minotaur grabbed him by his throat in midair. Choking the Titan-Slayer with Lucy.
"Are all Fairy Tail wizards as pathetic as you? This is just sad," Sherry said with amusement. Continuing to bend Taurus to her will. "Kill them both slowly."
Lucy and Ernest gasped in pain as Taurus started to squeeze their throats. As the blonde Lucy frantically tried to think of a situation, she looked up and saw to her amazement the same two moths that have been following her. They were fluttering over her head like they were watching what was going on at the moment.
She gasped as he felt something strange going on inside her body.
And indeed, something extraordinary was going on inside of Lucy's body. But it wasn't something to do with her health or her organs.
Deep within Lucy's soul, the giant egg that inside her was still glowing. Producing the same bright and flashing bioluminescent lights. Only this time, the pulsing light was glowing bright than ever before with a ray of bright light shining out of the same small crack that had formed when Lucy placed her hand on it.
Suddenly, the fleshy egg bulged up, and an even larger crack formed. Beginning to split it open. Green energy billowing from inside it.
"Release…" Lucy whispered as strange green energy started to cloak her body.
Ernest's eyes widened with wonder while Sherry looked at the blonde in shock.
"...Taurus…" The energy from her body subsided and then disappeared. Lucy then opened her eyes, and everyone was shocked again. Her brown eyes were glowing in a rainbow of colors as she glared at Sherry with furious anger.
"Right...NOW!" Lucy screamed in fury as two beams of green energy shot from her eyes. Sherry gasped and jumped out of the way, and the beam hits a tree. However, that tree went up in a giant explosion that knocked Sherry off the cliff and onto the ground.
With her hold on Taurus gone, the minotaur quickly released his hold on Ernest and his master. Lucy's eyes went back to normal when she felt the weight on her throat disappear. She took in a long breath and looked up at Taurus. His form was beginning to shimmer and fade away.
Ernest went over and helped her up. "Lucy...What was that?"
"I...I really don't know…" Lucy said, truly lost for words. Never before has she ever done that. It was out of nowhere and so powerful that she rubbed her eyes from the burning feeling that lingered.
When she took her hand away from her eyes, the moths landed on her thumb and pinky finger.
Lucy stared that them for a moment. "Did...Did you two…"
"What...was that?"
Ernest and Lucy turned around and saw Sherry struggling to stand to her feet after being hit by the explosion's shockwave. She glared at Lucy with a look that was a mixture of shock and hatred. "I guess I should acknowledge you as a Fairy Tail wizard after all," she said with a bitter tone in her voice.
Lucy had the moths fly off her hand as she unwound her whip. "I guess that means I'm stronger than you," she said with a smirk, cracking her whip.
"Well, I don't know if I would take it that far. Even if you used that powerful attack, my powers allow me to take control over any Celestial Spirit that you might call for," Sherry said with a smirk of her own.
"Yeah?" Ernest stepped forward, smirking as he stood in front of Lucy. "Well, I still have the powers of a Titan. Anything that you have to throw at us, I'll take it done."
Ernest roared and charged at Sherry. The pink-haired woman quickly jumped out of the way, dodging Ernest's fist as he punched the face of the cliff, destroying it and sending rocks flying everywhere.
Lucy yelled as she lashed out her whip towards Sherry, who could barely dodge the attack.
Sherry regained her footing after dodging, but when a shadow covered her body, she looked up. Ernest was coming down towards her with a giant rock over his head. Sherry got out of the way before the Titan-Slayer could smash her with the boulder.
"Enough of this! Doll Attack: Rock Doll!" Both Celestial Wizard and Titan-Slayer were shocked when they watched a massive rock monster started to form in front of them. Sherry smirked wickedly as she stood on the head of the rock doll.
"Okay, now would be a good time to run away!" Ernest exclaimed, and Lucy agreed 100%. The two turned started bolting in the opposite direction, just before they could be crushed under the fist of the monster. Ernest jumped from tree to tree while Lucy ran to the ground.
Ernest knew that this was really bad, and he had to think of something and think of it fast. Lucy, too didn't know what to do. She didn't have any Celestial Spirits that can break the monster. Bursting from the treeline, with Ernest jumping down from the trees, the two found themselves at the shore of and large marsh that exited towards the sea.
"Look, the ocean!" Lucy said, panting as she pointed to the ocean, miles from where they were. "I could summon Aquarius here...but…" Water can't beat rock, and the mermaid would just sweep her away.
But as he looked around for something that could get them out of their situation, Ernest noticed something. A few meters from where they were standing. A small little with a single deciduous tree growing on it out in the marsh.
"Lucy! Look!" Ernest said, pointing towards the island.
"That island?" Lucy asked, confused.
"That's not an island!"
Just then, Sherry and her monster came out of the jungle. "Looks like you've got nowhere to hide from me!" Sherry said, her monster loomed over them.
"Come on!" Ernest grabbed Lucy by her wrist and pulled her along. The two started running across the marsh's tiny island as Sherry's Rock Doll chased after them. Dodging attacks from the rock monster, as they made a beeline for the "island" Ernest pointed out.
But when they reached the small island, Ernest picked up Lucy in a bridal hold. "Ernest, what are you-AHHHHHHH!" She screamed when he jumped up high into the air.
Ernest landed on the tree branch before quickly jumped as far away as he could from it. Landing on another, normal tiny island with tall grass.
"Run all you want," Sherry said as her monster got closer to the small island. Ernest placed Lucy down and turned to face her with a smirk. "But you can't escape my-"
Suddenly, that same island shot up and let out a roar!
"KURAAAH!"
Revealing itself to being a massive 55ft crocodilian-like creature covered in plant life with small orange eyes and large jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth. Lucy gasped in total shock while Sherry gasped in startled terror.
Before she could use her spell on the monster, the ambush predator snapped its jaws around the rock monster and started to shake it around like a rag doll violently. Throwing Sherry off the Rock Doll.
With its powerful jaws, the island monster crushes as it destroys the Rock Doll when it bit down on it. But when it realized that it was just rock, it opened its jaws and dropped the rocks into the water.
It then turned its attention towards Ernest and Lucy.
Lucy screamed in terror as the Skull Island native started moving towards them.
"RRRAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO!"
Ernest suddenly let out a mighty roar at the crocodilian creature. Appearing to be frightened by the roar of Kong, the creature lumbered away to find a new area in the mash to settle again. So that it could continue to ambush any living thing that would be unlucky enough to stray upon its "shore".
Ernest let out a sigh of relief, while Lucy was still shaking in terror from what she had just seen. Unable to start a proper sentence. "Er-Er...Wha...W-What…"
"Hm?" Ernest turned to her with his big eyes looking at her with confusion. "Oh, that?"
Lucy nodded.
"That was a Sirenjaw," he told her. "Pretty cool, right?"
"Y-Y-Ye-Yeah...cool…" Lucy said, unsure if she even believed that.
The two walked across the marsh to where Sherry was. The girl was panting in pain after being throw around and landing hard on the ground. When Ernest and Lucy reached her, Sherry managed to stand up again on wobbly legs.
"I hate myself for being so careless," Sherry said, tripping over herself. When she fell down on her back, Ernest's stood over her.
"It's over, Sherry. You've lost!" Ernest said with a big grin,
"And you lost to a Fairy Tail wizard," Lucy said with a smirk. The sun beginning to rise over the horizon. As night turned into day. The battle they fought was hard, but they came out as the victors.
"I-I can't...lose," Sherry said as she laid on the ground. Her mind then filled with the thought of Lyon. That's when she started to talk in a melodramatic way. "Although the burning flame of my life has been extinguished far too soon, my love for you will blaze on eternally, Cold Emperor~."
"What a drama queen…" Lucy commented in an annoyed tone.
"Lady, we're not going to kill you, so tone it down a bit," Ernest said with a deadpanned expression. It amazed him how strange the woman was. But before she fell unconscious, Sherry had one more trick up her sleeve.
"Angelica...avenge your master's death."
A large crashing sound came from the jungle behind the two heroes. Their eyes widened when they turned around and saw Angel leaping into the air above the trees. Flying across the mash towards Ernest and Lucy to body slam them.
"But I thought that rat was one of her puppets!" Lucy exclaimed, as she tried to run away. But then her legs gave out, and she collapsed onto the ground. Try as she may, but she was unable to stand up.
Luckily, Ernest wasn't tired. Picking her up, he jumped out of the way before Angelica could crush her. Landing on another tiny island, Ernest placed Lucy on the ground and turned to face the rat alone. He pounded his chest and roared at her. Picking herself up, Angelica met his challenge with a loud squeak.
But just as fighting was about to start, something a quarter of a mile away from where they were exploded under the surface of the water. It wasn't large, but it was enough to catch their attention.
Then another water was sent flying high into the sky as something massive jumped out of the river. Landing in the mash with a big splash.
A massive Skullcrawler that was much larger than any of the ones that the Fairy Tail wizards had seen on the island. With the sun coming up, it wasn't affected by the curse. But it was still a scary sight to behold. Its head was defined, large, and somewhat angled. Its tail was armed with a form of a club that can be used as a weapon, and it also had distinct bone-like spikes protruding from the elbows.
The Skull Devil emanated its raspy hissing growl, before raising its head and letting loose its squealing roar that filled those present with dread.
"That's the Big One!" Ernest gasped.
Whether out of arrogance or a need to protect her master, Angelica jumped towards the Skull Devil. But the giant monster shot out its tongue and wrapped it around the rat. Angelica let out her last squeal of pain and terror, as she was pulled into the waiting mouth of the Skullcrawler. The Big One ate her whole.
And then it turned its attention to Ernest and Lucy.
Ernest quickly picked up Lucy and started making a run for it towards the shore. The giant reptile chased after them but stopped for a moment. Looking behind it at the mountain that the temple was located, the Skull Devil stared at it for a moment.
Noticing it wasn't following anymore, Ernest stopped and turned around to see the Skull Devil looking up at the mountain. Suddenly, it let out a roar and started stalking towards the light.
"Where's it going?" Ernest asked, setting Lucy down. The blonde was able to stand again.
"I don't know," Lucy said, trying to think of an answer for the Skull Devil's odd behavior. "Maybe it's drawn to the power of the Moon Drip."
Ernest looked at her. "Well, we better get back to the village and regroup with the other," he said to her, turning back into his human form. Groaning in pain as his arms, hands, legs, and feet were forced back to their normal shape. All the extra hair on him retracting back into the body.
"Wait, I thought it really hurts when Titan-Slayers turn back to normal," Lucy said, having seen Sam turning back and remembering how much pain he's in whenever it happens.
"Huh, it still hurts, but because of his has those dorsal plates and a tail, I'm certain it's a much more painful experience to pull them back into his body," Ernest explained with a smile.
"I guess...But you're right. We better go back to the village and see how everyone's doing," Lucy said, placing her hands on her hips.
"Right. By the way."
"What is it?"
"Whose that?" Ernest pointed to someone behind Lucy.
Lucy turned around and gasped when she saw a certain scarlet-haired woman clad in armor, holding a sword in one hand.
"Erza!" Lucy exclaimed, as a massive smile spread across her face.
Sadly, that did not last one minute when she saw the dark glare she was shooting at the blonde, as she could feel the killer intent radiating off the woman.
"Whoa!" Lucy quickly jumped back and hid behind the 15-year-old boy.
Ernest wasn't scared off by Erza's glare and looked at Lucy with a look of confusion. "What are you so scared about? She's a friend, right?"
"Yeah, but she's at us because we broke guild rules and took an S-Class request without permission," Lucy said, her voice's pinch becoming higher in fear.
"Oh yeah," Ernest said, still not fazed. "So she's come to help us out?"
"I most certainly am not," Erza replied in a hard-edged tone. "I'm come to take her and the rest of my guildmates back. We're leaving this island."
Ernest looked over Erza's shoulder at the raging hurricane that surrounded the island. "Right. Leaving…"
"Hey, we've been looking all over for you two!" Happy cheered as he and Jasper flew towards the two.
"And it's about damn time!" Jasper commented. "What are you doing-Oh shit!"
The two cats stopped dead in their tracks and instantly paled upon seeing Erza. They didn't say anything else except turn around and fly as fast as they could.
Erza effortlessly caught them and held the two cats upside down by their tails in one hand.
"Now where is Natsu, Gray, and Sam," Erza demanded to know.
"Listen, I'm sorry we came here without permission," Lucy said, stepping out from behind Ernest. "But some really awful things have been happening on Skull Island! There are this guy and his minions who are trying to revive a frozen demon. And the Iwi people are suffering because of this magic spell they're using. They've turned into monsters. We just thought that if we worked together, we might be able to help them."
"None of that is my concern," Erza coldly replied.
Ernest's eyes widened when he heard that before he glared at her.
"Please, Erza, let us finish this job! We can't leave things this way," Lucy begged.
A second later, the redhead pointed her sword at her throat. Paralyzing the blonde with fear. "I don't think you understand. The five of you have betrayed Master Makarov. You'll be lucky if you away with your lives," Erza stated firmly. A dark shade covered her face and a fierce gaze burned from her eyes.
And then something happened that took everyone by surprise. Ernest grabbed the sword with his bare hand and glared at the woman.
"Don't do that."
He then suddenly crushed the blade with a single hard squeeze.
Erza gasped when the blade of her sword shattered to piece by a young boy that was much young than her. Lucy, Happy, and Jasper gasped in shock as well. Even outside of his Titan form, Ernest was still powerful.
"It's not safe to stand out in the open like this. Come. I'll take you back to the village," Ernest told her with a tone that said he was not afraid of her. Not in the slightest. Why would he be? He then turned and started walking towards the Iwi village.
Gritting her teeth in teeth in anger, Erza summoned another sword. Making Ernest stop. "Who do you think you are-"
With blinding speed, Ernest was suddenly in front of her and transformed. Erza's eyes widened as she witnessed the same transformation that she's seen Sam go through. And when the smoke cleared, Ernest was now her height and glaring into her eyes. The King of the Primates' power radiating off his body with his hair flowing with the energy.
"I'm Ernest Copper, Titan-Slayer of King Kong. And this is my island," Ernest growled at the redhead. "Now, if you would kindly follow me back to the village. Your friend Gray is with the Iwi. Your friends, Sam and Natsu, are likely there too."
He turned back again to lead the woman back to the village, only to find Natsu standing a few feet away from them. He frozen in place out of feet and shock seeing the one people he feared more than anyone in the world was on the island, had caught Lucy, Happy, and Jasper, and was now was coming for him, Gray, and Sam. Natsu's face expressed just how scared out of his mind and nervous he really was. With sweatdrops, the size of bullets, dripping profusely from his face.
"Natsu? What are you going here? And where's Sam?" Ernest asked, confused.
"He...He went to stop Lyon," Natsu replied nervously. Now trembling.
There was a moment of silence that hung in the air.
"I just want to say one thing," Jasper said. "This is all Natsu's fault!"
Godzilla will Return!
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