Starry Heavens: Bonds of Friendship, Magic & Love
Episode 006: Erza's Return! New Faces Both Light and Dark!
This Chapter covers the following episode:
Episode 005: The Wizard in Armor
Previously on Starry Heavens: Bonds of Friendship, Magic & Love..
Team Lucy's first mission, with their friend Levy McGarden tagging along, was sort of a success, and sort of not a success. They did manage to retrieve the book, but didn't destroy it like they were originally requested to do. Instead, they did a good deed and returned the book to its rightful owner. Kaby was elated to find out that his father Zekua Melon, also known as Kemu Zaleon, wrote the book as a final letter to his beloved son. As it turned out, the title wasn't actually Daybreak, it was Dear Kaby. Team Lucy and Levy also found out that Kaby and his wife weren't rich and just rented the house to make them look good to their potential clients. Once the book was reunited with its rightful owner, Team Lucy and Levy returned to the Fairy Tail Guild, only to be encountered by Gray who nearly got into a fight with Lisanna, and revealed that Erza Scarlet was on her way back to Fairy Tail. The group had to get home before Erza did to avoid the wrath of the Scarlet-Haired S-Class Wizard.
On their way back to Fairy Tail...
The shining sun lit up the world around our heroes as they made their way back to the guild. Having been reunited with Gray, and in the process having a little squabble with some wizards from an unknown guild, Team Lucy along with Levy and Gray made their way back home. The sun was shining above the group of four wizards and one flying cat as the sun cascaded of the blond, white, blue, and black hair of the Fairy Tail Wizards.
Lucy, Levy, Lisanna, Gray, and Happy are on their way back to Fairy Tail. The day is nice and sunny with birds chirping, fish jumping, and bushes rustling. The group is engaging in small talk as Lucy and Lisanna speak toward Gray.
"So, just how much as Aspen progressed?" Lucy asked of the Ice Make Wizard, then continued, "I am anxious to see how she has improved over the few days we were gone for our mission."
"I would like to know as well." Lisanna chimed in while unknowingly linking hands with Lucy. "Has she improved quite a bit and gotten stronger."
Gray nods in acknowledgement then speaks up. "I am really proud of her for improving her cold weather magic so much.
"That's great Gray!" Levy exclaimed happily. "I can just tell that she is going to be an excellent asset for the guild as well as Lucy and Lisanna's team."
"Aye Sir!" Happy exclaimed in agreement with Levy.
"Something bugs me though," Lucy said curiously, then continued. "What the heck does a song that puts kids to sleep have to do with anything?"
"I don't know Lu," Lisanna said putting her left index finger to her chin in deep thought. "If those guys that started to mention something about it were dragged away, someone obviously doesn't want their secret plan to get out."
"I guess that does make sense," Lucy remarked, placing her right index finger to her chin in thought. "I just don't get the gist of it. Lullaby is a song that is used to put young kids to sleep. So why would someone want to keep it under wraps."
"I am wondering the same thing Lu." Levy said agreeing with the Celestial/Star Make Wizard. "Something is not adding up, I will have to read up about it when I get back to my dorm. Anyway, we better go home and get some clothes, our last mission kind of left them a little worse for wear."
Lisanna looked down at her tattered clothing, nodding in agreement with with the Solid Script Wizard. "Gray, Levy; Happy, Lucy, and I will meet you back at the guild hall in a bit. You two go on ahead. Come on Lu, let's go home and change our clothes."
Lucy looked down at her outfit, the battle with Everlue, Virgo, and those thugs really did leave holes and tears in the clothes in the most inappropriate of places around her cleavage and down near her tail bone. "Oh man, how can I look fashionable when my clothes are such a mess. Come on Li-Chan let's go home and change, come on Happy, just stay out of our rooms or else," Lucy said to the blue flying cat with an evil glare toward him, Lisanna had a similar glare, but both girls wrapped him up in a hug and smiled at him, while also glaring evilly toward him at the same time.
"Aye sir!" Happy exclaimed, eyes wide with fear at what his two mothers could do to him if he misbehaved. They could take away his fish, so he better behave.
Levy and Gray parted ways with Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy as they went one way and the two best friends went the other.
Lucy and Lisanna's house...
Lucy and Lisanna released their hands from each other and went into their rooms to get a fresh change of clothes. Lucy and Lisanna headed toward their separate rooms. Leaving Happy to his stash of fish that the two always had handy for him in the kitchen.
When Lucy gets to her room, she pulls out a red V-neck T-shirt and a cream colored skirt that goes to mid-thigh. She then put on red and white tennis shoes and did her hair up in the standard right side pony tail with a pink ribbon holding it in. the V-Neck exposes a bit of her cleavage
"Li I'm ready when you are," Lucy called to her best friend and roommate, from their living room. Happy is in the kitchen as usual happily eating a fish.
Lisanna pulls out a different outfit of her own. It consists of a blue spaghetti strap tank top and pink skirt that goes down to her knee's just barely below the bottom of her guild mark. The blue tank top has a matching blue bow on it. Lisanna's Tank Top also exposes some of her cleavage. She is also wearing white tennis shoes.
Lisanna then comes out of her room ready to go as Happy joins the two girls and they head off to Fairy Tail. Lisanna is wearing Natsu's muffler and Lucy is wearing Natsu's vest as usual.
A few minutes later Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy arrive at the guild hall and are greeted by Aspen.
Inside the guild hall with Aspen...
Through all the fighting that usually occurs at Fairy Tail, Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy spot their Weather Manipulation Wizard Friend. Just from looking at her they can tell that she got stronger thanks to Gray's tutelage in her cold weather magic. It seems that she will be a big asset to their team as well as the entire Fairy Tail Guild.
"Hey Aspen, so did you get in some good training while we were gone?" Lucy asked her newest team member.
"Next time you can come on a mission with us!" Lisanna exclaimed happily as she came up next to Lucy and linked arms with her like two female best friends usually do, "Wait until you meet Erza! Don't make her mad or you'll be sorry."
"Erza has been known to split mountains with just one kick!" Lucy stated about the wizard now known as Erza.
"Wait a minute did you say Erza? The Erza Scarlet? The queen of the Fairies Erza?" Aspen asked curiously. "Is she part of our team or something?"
"Well sometimes she goes on missions with us and sometimes she doesn't. She is usually out on really tough jobs since she is an S-Class Wizard. She became S-Class at the young age of fifteen," Lisanna said, then continued, "Big Sister Mira became an S-Class Wizard at the age of sixteen.
At the table there is a middle-aged man smoking a pipe. He is a man of average height distinguished by his brown hair, which is kept in a pompadour-like style that protrudes frontwards from the top of his head in a large, curly and fluffy tuft. He is almost always seen with his eyes either closed or semi-open; they seem to have light-colored pupils, as shown when he opens one of them to display his surprise. His physique is peculiar in the fact that, despite him having quite a large belly, his abdominal and pectorals above it are very apparent. His Guild mark is yellow in color, and is located near the left side of his chest. He also seems to have mildly hairy legs. This man's name is Wakaba Mine. His magic is called Smoke Magic and he always tends to have either a pipe or cigar in his mouth.
Mirajane is carrying a tray full of beer to serve some of the guild members. Mirajane is a slim young woman of below average height. She has long, white hair which curls slightly at the ends, with two bangs framing her face and reaching down to her chest; her hairstyle's most distinctive trait is a short, upward ponytail obtained by gathering and tying the hair covering her forehead. Due to her always adopting such fashion, her hair seems to have adapted to it, with the hair on her forehead remaining pointed upwards even when not tied. She has large blue eyes and a curvy, voluptuous body, with large breasts. Her white Fairy Tail Stamp is located on her left thigh. Mirajane is widely known for her beauty, being Fairy Tail's drawing card and having posed many times for the Sorcerer Weekly Magazine.
"Hey Mira," Wakaba called to the Fairy Tail Bar Maid. "Can we please get three beers over here?"
"Coming right up." Mirajane said as she was carrying the tray. Wakaba then decided to ask Mira a question.
"So Mira when are you and I going to go on a date?" Wakaba asked as he blew out hearts toward Mira.
A purple-haired Wizard with glasses berated the smoker. This is Laki Olietta.
Laki is a slim young woman of average height with straight, pale lavender hair set in a bowl-cut like style, with her fringe covering the left part of her forehead, and the right side exposed. She has also been seen sporting longer hair in other instances, with two bangs framing her face and her forehead being covered by her fringe. She has grey eyes, and a large, dark-colored ribbon adorning the top of her head. She is always shown wearing a pair of simple glasses with oval lenses.
She is wearing a light-colored coat reaching down below her waist, with dark cuffs retaining the original color on their back edges, a dark cravat tie around the collar, tight-fitting dark pants tucked inside light-colored boots with dark soles, and light colored gloves. She also has a small, dark satchel adorned by a pair of small hearts hanging on her right hip, seemingly attached to her waist. "Hey Wakaba leave her alone." Laki said as she scolded the smoke wizard
Mira giggles as she address Wakaba once again. "Wakaba there is one small problem." Mira said as a pink magic circle formed in front of her face. Once the magic circle disappeared she transformed into Wakaba's wife. Wakaba's wife is a chubby woman with blush like circles on her round face. "You already have a wife!"
Laki then giggles at Wakaba's disposition as he spoke up. "I hate it when you do that! That freaks me out!"
A tall, slim, young woman with an ample bust with long, brown hair, that reaches down to the middle of her back. She also has long strands of hair that frame her face which reach down below her shoulders, with the left one starting from a prominent, high fringe. She has large brown eyes, with long eyelashes. She possesses a very voluptuous figure, with large breasts and curvy hips. Her black Fairy Tail stamp is located on the lower left part of her abdomen, right above her hips. Her shapely upper body is usually left largely exposed, with most of her attires being distinctively scanty. Her standard outfit consists of a light blue bikini top which features a camouflage pattern, a pair of calf-length brown pants, with two bands hanging from each leg and a light belt covered in heart motifs loosely tied around the waist, and high-heeled sandals. She also has a pair of metal bracelets adorning her biceps, bearing an incision composed of many "A"s, and three simple, round metal bracelets on her right wrist. This is Cana Alberona. She is always drinking some type of alcoholic beverage every chance she gets. She currently holds the title of Fairy Tail's heaviest drinker.
"I wish I could drink in peace for once!" Cana said as she took another sip of her alcoholic drink.
Sitting next to her is Macao and he decides to chime in his two cents, "Well if you didn't drink all day."
Aspen then goes over to the board with Lucy and Lisanna with Happy flying close behind. Aspen takes charge and looks for a perfect job.
"Hmm." Aspen said as she blinked and looked at the request board with her right hand to her chin, "Finding a magic bracelet, breaking a spell on a cursed cane, reading someone's love horoscope. Hunting a volcano demon?! Geez! I had no idea wizarding jobs were so varied."
Next to Aspen also looking at the request board was an extremely tall, heavily muscular and massive young man, towering over most of his guild mates. His straight dark hair is styled in a bob cut, with a light-colored band circling it near the top, and two curved bangs emerging from under it, framing the upper part of his face, which has a somewhat rectangular shape. He has prominent thick lips, and a pair of wide, horizontal white stripes, each covering one of his cheeks, somehow reminiscent of tribal war paint. His right shoulder is adorned by a white tattoo consisting of several circles, with a larger one in the center being surrounded by smaller ones, in a shape resembling a stylized sun. He is also wearing some sort of tribal wear. This is Nab Lasaro. He is always standing in front of the request board and never takes a job.
"They sure are Aspen. How about Lu and I go on your first job with you. We could definitely use the money." Lisanna said from Aspen's left side.
"Yeah! We are all part of the same team!" Lucy said as she stood beside Aspen on her right side. Happy is sitting on Aspen's shoulder.
"Aye! There are a lot of jobs for wizards to do!" Happy exclaimed with his mouthful of fish.
"Happy! Don't talk with your mouth full! It's rude!" Lucy and Lisanna said as they scolded the blue cat.
Mirajane then comes up to the group and speaks up. More specifically to Aspen than anyone else since Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy already know the process of accepting a job from the request board. "Well Aspen, let me know if you find one you are interested in taking on." Mirajane said as she stands behind the group. This causes the entire group to turn around and look at the S-Class Takeover Mage as she raises her hand into a position that is reminiscent of her carrying a tray of drinks. "The master is away at conference so I'm covering for him."
"What kind of conference?" Aspen asked as she looked at Mira.
"One for Guild Masters." Mirajane said as she continued her explanation. "Every once in a while they get together to talk about the state of things."
Mira then puts her finger to her lips as she continues to explain the whole guild master conference thing to Aspen. "It's kind of like the magic council but not." Mirajane said as she turns to a tall man sporting curly, light orange hair. In order to better utilize his Pict Magic, he asked Makarov to use his Titan Magic on him, giving him his distinctly large torso. His outfit consists of a large, white shirt fitting his chests size, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, dark pants, dark, pointed shoes adorned by light crescent moon-like motifs on the inner sides, and a distinctive dark hat, with a large brim, a curved point hanging down on his left and a light orange band around it, highly reminiscent of those worn by fictional sorcerers. This guy is Reedus Jonah. "Excuse me Reedus, could I borrow a light pen?"
"Oui!" Reedus said as he pulled out a special type of magic pen called a light pen.
A light pen is a magical pen that allows the user to write in the air.
Mirajane then begins to draw a diagram in the air. The top one is labeled government, the second one is labeled Era followed by several squares labeled guild master league. Followed by several squares labeled guild in each quadrant of the lower box diagram.
"The Council, ERA is the most powerful organization in the magical world, just one step below the government and has ten members. It's their job to uphold all the rules and regulations. And if a wizard breaks magical law, they would be tried by the council." Mirajane said and then continued her explanation. "Then there's the different guild master leagues which are the local groups that work together. Then the individual masters. It's their job to pass on the decrees of the council. They also communicate with all the other guild masters on a regular basis. I guess you could say they're the glue that holds us all together. Which is a pretty stressful job."
Aspen then closes her eyes and places her left index finger to her lips. Her right hand is resting on her hip. "Wow, I never realized all the magical guilds were interconnected like that."
Mirajane then puts her left hand to her cheek with her pointer finger pointing up. Her right hand is across her abdomen. Her left elbow is also resting on her right hand. "It's important that we cooperate with one another, otherwise our system would fall apart."
Lisanna creates a flame from her hand with her fire empowerment magic while Lucy creates a scythe with her Star Make Magic. The handle of the scythe is resting on her shoulder with the Scythe blade pointed backwards. Both best friends chime together in sync as Lisanna combines her flame with Lucy's Scythe and they both shine. "And then the guys in black would show up!" The expression on Lucy and Lisanna's faces were extremely scary this freaks Aspen out as she sees a scythe on fire and screams.
"Ahhh! Are you trying to scare me to death?" Aspen exclaimed and then asked in fear.
Mirajane then begins drawing again. "But seriously, the guys that Lucy and Lisanna are talking about are the Dark Guilds." Mirajane said as she drew a circle that she labeled Dark Guild outside of the diagram. "They've chosen not to join any of the leagues. They're the bad apples and most of them are involved in magical crime."
Lucy and Lisanna dissipate their scythe and flame respectively and put their hands behind their heads in a pose reminiscent of relaxation. Aspen walks up to her two teammates and stood next to them.
She has her hands behind her back as she whispers. "Wow."
"Would you please go and pick us a job already?" Lucy asked to her newest team member.
"We never really have gone on a true mission together as a team yet. I mean, the job in Hargeon doesn't count because you weren't officially a member of the guild yet." Lisanna said.
"Aye! You want to earn money for your high rent don't you?" Happy asked.
"I guess you're right." Aspen said as she returned to the board to look for a job.
Loke once again spots Lucy and turns around and runs out the door.
Gray is down as he continues to drink. He is obviously bored.
Lisanna sees this and playfully pulls off her collapsible BO Staff and expands it, a reddish-orange circle appearing underneath her as her outfit transforms into a reddish-orange dress with silver flame designs on it. She also gains reddish-orange streaks in her hair as she runs up to Gray and gets in his face. "Hey Ice Princess, we never got to finish our fight. We were interrupted by those thugs that kidnapped and tried to eat Happy remember?"
"What did you call me you Natsu Wannabe?!" Gray asked angrily, getting up into Lisanna's face and attempts to punch her. Lisanna easily blocks the attack as she smashed Gray with the end of her BO burning him. After burning Gray, Lisanna collapsed her BO-Staff and returned it to her back with a giggle.
Lucy giggles at the antics of her best friend and roommate, she knew Lisanna would never start a fight with Gray intentionally. She was just teasing the Ice Make Wizard a bit.
"Gray your clothes!" Cana exclaimed as she noticed the Ice Make Wizard's state of undress.
"Do'h! Why do I keep on doing that?!" Gray asked with an annoyed tone to his voice. He then noticed that Lisanna had gotten him. "Ouch Lisanna! That hurt!"
The whole guild laughed at the antics of the boxer-clad Ice Make Wizard. Lisanna decides at that time to deactivate her fire magic and return to her normal appearance. "Gray, if you play with fire you're going to get burned!"
Gray collapses in pain landing on top of Lucy. The Celestial/Star Make Wizard gets herself out of the pin and pins Gray herself with a Key in her hand. This is the key for Taurus. "Be careful landing on me Gray or you might have your whole body split in half by one of my spirits."
"What are you talking about Lucy?" Gray asked confused.
Lucy gets up from Gray and looks down at him with a smile. "Don't tell me you forgot about my Golden Bull Zodiac Spirit already."
Lucy and Lisanna reach for both of his hands to help him up. "You know we don't have a problem with you Gray, we are just trying to have fun. Now let us help you up so you can get dressed." Lisanna said as she and her best friend helped the Ice Make Wizard to his feet.
Gray was about to sit down when Cana pointed out his current state yet again. "Gray your clothes."
Gray gets up and panics he quickly puts his clothes on. As the door slams open and Loke is running in with a panic-stricken look on his face.
"Guys, I have bad news!" Loke exclaimed in a panic. "It's Erza she's on her way here!"
The whole guild panicked except for Happy, Lisanna, Lucy, and Aspen. Happy, Lisanna and Lucy didn't panic because they knew that the aforementioned Erza wasn't really that bad. Aspen didn't panic because she was new and hadn't met Erza yet.
The rest of the guild was running around in panic at the prospect of Erza returning.
"Wow, Loke just mentions her and the whole place freaks out. I really don't understand what the big deal is." Aspen said with a calm demeanor to her attitude.
"Well she is the strongest female wizard we got in Fairy Tail, of course she is actually equal in strength to me." Mirajane said. "She is more than a bit intimidating."
Before Erza arrived, a young girl about thirteen or fourteen came in through the guild doors as if she was running from someone. This young girl has a round face that is pale, though not as pale as…vampire pale. She also has no blemishes, though the scars make up for it. She has thin black streaks throughout her white hair, the streaks and main hair color are natural, her hair is in a bob cut. She has a light purple eye color (purplish-pink), and a very round and innocent face whenever she doesn't force herself to frown or narrow her eyes. She is very short, and also very 'cute' when she isn't being cold.
This young girl is wearing long black pants that reach her ankles, she also wears a deep red sweater, that covers her arms. She also wears red tennis shoes. She walks up to the only group that is not panicking. She notices Mirajane is one of the members of the group of people that isn't panicking. She address Mira and the calm group. "Excuse me, is your master here? I wish to join this guild."
"I'm sorry, he is away at a conference, is there some way one of us can help you?" Mirajane asked the young girl in front of her.
"Is there a place where it's quieter?" The young girl asked.
"Well follow us to the Master's office." Mirajane said as she motioned to Lisanna, Lucy, and Aspen to follow.
The aforementioned people follow Mira up to the Master's office on the second floor. Once they are in front of the door Mira unlocks the lock and motions for the group of girls to get into the office before she does. The girls nodded and took Mira's advice.
Once everyone was inside, Mirajane enters and closes and locks the door behind her.
"Sorry for the noise." Lucy said with a sweat drop. "My name is Lucy. I am a Celestial Wizard as well as a Star Make Wizard."
"My name is Lisanna Strauss." Lisanna said as she introduced herself to the newcomer. "I am a Animal Takeover Wizard as well as an Elemental Empowerment wizard."
"I'm Lisanna's big sister Mirajane Strauss." Mirajane said as she introduced herself to the young girl. "I specialize in all types of magic. I am also an S-Class Wizard of Fairy Tail. Just like Lisanna, I am a Takeover Wizard only my Takeover powers are Demon-based. That's why I am called Demon Mirajane. So where would you like your guild mark and what color do you want it?"
"First of all let me tell you my name." The young girl said as she began to introduce herself. "My name is Kyuri Yuki Kuruwa. I am an Ice Sculpting Wizard. I use Ice cubes that I create from my hands to make things from. I guess I am trying to say that it's a type of molding magic just like your Star Make Magic Lucy. I would like my guild mark white and on my left shoulder blade. Do I need to take my sweater off for you to apply my guild mark?"
"It would be a bit easier." Mirajane said to the Ice Sculpt Wizard. "Though, I think our stamps can go through clothing, but it's better to be safe then sorry."
Kyuri nods as she removes her sweater and sets it on the desk. She quickly crosses her arms over her chest to make it easier for Mira to apply the mark. Mira smiled as she asked Lucy and Lisanna to get the white stamp out. Lucy got the stamp out of the cabinet and handed it to Mira. Mira then took the cover off and applied the stamp to Kyuri's shoulder blade. The stamp glowed for a split second as the Fairy Tail Mark was emblazoned on Kyuri's left shoulder blade. Kyuri was now an official member of Fairy Tail. Now that Kyuri was stamped, she put her red sweater back on. She was ready to be introduced to the guild.
Mirajane then put the stamp away, ushered Lucy and the others out, closed and locked the door behind her, went downstairs with Team Lucy to the still panicking guild hall as Mirajane glared menacingly at the Guild Members in the hall. She may not be into fighting anymore, but when she gets angry she is a force to reckon with. The menacing glare from Mirajane was enough to calm the rest of the Guild Members down.(1)
"Before you all continue panicking, which I don't really see a point in doing," Mirajane started as she continued to speak after reverting back to normal smiling face. "I have an announcement to make. I would like to introduce all of you to our newest family member to the guild. Young lady please tell them your name and what magic you use."
"My name is Kyuri Yuki Kuruwa and I am an Ice Sculpt Wizard." The now named Kyuri introduced to the rest of the group. Once the introductions were done, Kyuri, Lucy, Lisanna, and Aspen remained calm while the rest of the group went back into panicking mode, but not before various murmurs were made about the newcomer. "
"She's cute, and she seems like she's a nice girl." One of the guild voices said, this one belonging to a male guild member.
"She doesn't seem overly concerned at all the fighting going on. Maybe she has been traveling for a while and saw a lot of fighting herself so it really doesn't bother her that much." Another wizard, this time a random female wizard said.
The group then hears footsteps outside coming toward the open doors.
"That's gotta be her." Laki said in a quiet voice.
"That sounds like her footsteps." Wakaba said as he looked back, he still has his pipe in his mouth.
"Even the air has gone completely still." Macao said quietly as footsteps continued to head their way.
"Jeez from these reactions you'd think she was some kind of demon or something." Aspen said as Lucy, Lisanna and Kyuri made their way to the same area as Aspen who was standing behind several other Fairy Tail Wizards who were just staring at the open doors.
All of a sudden a giant shadow flashes through Aspen's mind and it shows the outline of Erza with devil horns on her head as the footsteps continue to come closer and closer. It then shows several people running away from a giant shadow. Aspen's eyes then went blank as she put her hands to her cheeks in panic.
"I'm so scared!" Aspen said with fright.
Lucy and Lisanna patted the brunette newcomer on the shoulders causing her to turn around. The other newcomer was also looking toward her. "Yeah, it seems this whole guild with the exception of these three people are afraid of Erza." Kyuri pointed out as she acknowledged the calmness of Lisanna, Lucy, and Mirajane.
"She's not that bad once you get to know her." Lucy said.
"Lu does have a point." Lisanna replied in response to Lucy's statement.
A shadow then came through the doors holding something above his/her head. When the shadow came out of the glaring sunlight, the shadow turned out to be a young woman who has long, scarlet hair and brown eyes. She also has an artificial right eye made by Porlyusica, which replaced the one she lost as a child. She has a slender figure that Lucy describes as amazing, and like most females in the series, she has large breasts. Her most common attire consists of a custom-made armor by Heart Kruz smiths, a blue skirt, and black boots. Her Fairy Tail stamp is blue and located on the middle of her left upper arm. Her specialty in Requip Magic, allows her to requip not only armor, but different outfits as well, allowing her to change her attire at any given time.
This is Erza Scarlet. She's an S-Class wizard like Laxus, Ur and Mirajane. It's best if you don't make her mad.
"Wow, she's pretty." Aspen said truthfully with a hint of blush on her face.
"I guess you're right." Kyuri said in an agreeable manner also with a slight blush on her face.
The young woman sets her horn down as one of the onlookers ask Erza a question. But before she answers the random wizard's question she asks Mira a question. "I have returned. Where is Master Makarov?"
"Welcome back Erza. The master's at a conference right now." Mirajane said.
"I see." Erza said in response to the Demon Take Over Wizard.
"What's that humongous thing you've got there?" A slim young man of average height with beige hair kept in a bowl undercut, with two large, straight bangs framing and partially covering his face's sides. He has dark eyes, and thin dark eyebrows. His outfit consists of a simple blue shirt, with sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a collar left widely open, loose dark blue pants with torn hemlines, and light-colored plain shoes.
This is Max Alors. His specialty is Sandstorm Magic.
"It's the horn of a monster I defeated." Erza said with her hands on her hips as she looks at Max and the other wizard mainly at Max who was the one that spoke up, but really she is looking at both of them. "The locals were so thankful that they decorated it and gave it to me as a souvenir."
Erza's expression then turned angry as she spoke up even louder than she was just doing. "Do you have a problem with it?!"
"No not at all!" The Max and the other wizard said as they put their hands up in a defensive posture and shook.
Cana was drinking a barrel of beer sitting next to Macao as she brought something up. "I bet she's heard about what happened on Mt. Hakobe."
"You think so?" Macao asked worriedly. "Oh man, I'm a goner."
"She's not anything like I imagined." Aspen said.
"I know what you're talking about." Kyuri said toward Aspen, then asked the weather wizard a question. "Hey what's your name and what kind of magic do you use?"
"My name is Aspen and I'm a Weather Manipulation Wizard." Aspen said to the other newcomer. "It means that I can control the climate around me and attack using different weather types."
Kyuri nodded as she continued to look on.
"Now listen up!" Erza said angrily. "While I was on the road I heard of a few things. Word is that Fairy Tail is causing nothing but trouble as of late. Master Makarov may not care, but I most certainly do."
"Cana!" Erza said as she caused the card magic user to choke and stop drinking for a second. "You need to start controlling your drinking!"
Behind Erza was another member of Fairy Tail that is a a slim, young man of average height with long brown hair, which he keeps tied in a ponytail at the back of his head, and has two long, curved shoulder-length bangs. He has dark eyes and is mostly, if not always, shown frowning. His outfit consists of a dark, close-fitting dancing suit that covers the entirety of his body aside from his head. The suit comes with small, outlined round areas over the shoulders, elbows and knees, linked together by thin, metal-colored stripes. Vijeteer is said to possess 100 copies of this very same attire.
This Fairy Tail Wizard's name is Vijeeter Ecor. He specializes in some type of dancing magic.
"Vijeeter!" Erza exclaimed as the dancer stopped in his tracks and groaned. "Please take the dancing outside."
"Wakaba!" Erza ordered as the aforementioned wizard nearly choked on his pipe. "Get rid of that filthy habit!"
"Nab!" Erza shouted angrily as the wizard dressed in tribal wear nearly fell over. "I suspected I would find you dawdling in front of the request board! Just pick a job!"
During all this time Aspen and Kyuri are just standing with Lisanna and Lucy waiting for her to finish.
"Macao!" Erza exclaimed with a sigh as she put her hand to her head and closed her eyes. The blue-haired wizard was caught off guard by the Armored Wizard. Erza didn't say anything and this got Macao all nervous.
"Please just say something." Macao pleaded.
"I don't even know where to begin with you." Erza started. "You cause so much trouble I've almost given up."
Aspen notices this and so does Kyuri.
"Wow." Aspen said truthfully. "She's really tearing everyone up."
"It's like she's taking over." The newest Fairy Tail Wizard stated matter-of-factly.
"That's Erza for ya." Happy said as he popped up. This caused Aspen to notice as the flying cat flew over to his two mothers.
"Oh hi Happy." Aspen said.
"Can that cat fly?" Kyuri asked in disbelief.
"I know." Aspen stated. "I didn't believe it at first myself, but seeing is believing."
"Even if she is kind of bossy," Kyuri started, then continued. "She's still saner than anybody else here."
"She's saner..." Lucy started.
"...Than anybody else here?" Lisanna finished.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Lucy and Lisanna chorused, then added. "Are you saying we're insane?"
"I don't think Kyuri meant anything demeaning by it girls," Aspen said. "She really doesn't know you like I do, even though I haven't been a member for very long, you two along with Mirajane are the sanest people here. I don't really know Erza enough to judge her yet."
"Oh isn't that cute! Lucy and Lisanna are finishing each others sentences." Mirajane stated pointedly.
"They like Each other!" Happy said with a smirk while extending out the long "i" sound.
Lucy and Lisanna just blushed and covered their faces out of embarrassment.
Gray walked up to Mira and spoke up. "Normally I would be afraid of her now, but ever since that incident. I really don't feel like fighting anybody much anymore."
"I wonder why everyone is so afraid of Erza," Aspen said curiously. "To me she doesn't seem so bad."
"Are Lucy, Lisanna, and Gray here?" Erza asked.
"Aye." Happy chimed in as he looked at the two girls and the Ice Make Wizard who was currently... in his underwear.
"Gray! Clothes!" Cana exclaimed noticing the Ice wizards state of undress yet again.
"Hey Erza." Lisanna said.
"What do you need us for?" Lucy asked curiously.
"Yeah Erza why?" Gray said as he was finally back in his clothes.
"On my journey, I overheard something. Normally I would consult Master Makarov before acting, but since he is not here at the moment, I could really use your help." Erza said in response to the three. "You three are three of the strongest wizards that Fairy Tail has to offer. So I thought I would ask you to come along with me as a favor."
"Huh?" Lisanna and Lucy chimed together.
"Why?" Gray asked.
"Meet me at the train station tomorrow morning and I will fill you in." Erza said.
"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" A random Fairy Tail Wizard asked.
"Those four working together as a team?" Another random Fairy Tail Wizard asked.
"Those four?" Mirajane asked. "Working together? I never saw that one coming They just may be, the strongest team that Fairy Tail has ever seen."
Lucy, Lisanna, Gray, and Erza were standing around in a circle chatting as Mirajane imagined a Pink Fairy Tail Guild Mark with stars surrounding adorning the wall behind them.
So it's settled. Lisanna, Gray, and I are going on a mission with Erza along with Happy of course.
Little did we know that it only be a matter of time where we were in a life or death situation. Maybe we will finally get some answers to what Lullaby is.
Little did I know that, this mission that Lucy, Lisanna, Gray, and Erza were going on would end up drawing them into a conflict in which the safety of Makarov and several other guild masters are at stake. Not to mention millions of people as well. Also I didn't know at the time, but we would gain a new friend after this mission was over. Also something tells me that at the end of this mission, that Fairy Tail will be put on trial for the destruction that our team is bound to cause. Especially with strong wizards like Lucy, Lisanna, Gray, and Erza being involved. Also I am anxiously awaiting the time where I will get to see Lucy and Lisanna take on Mirajane and Erza respectively in a battle. Though, to be honest, I don't really see Lucy and Lisanna doing something as crazy as challenging Erza and Mirajane to a battle. Maybe the friend they're looking for would, but not those two.
The next morning at Magnolia Station...
"Are you sure it's a good idea for us to bring Gray along Lu?" Lisanna asked her best friend.
"I really am not sure Li." Lucy responded to Lisanna's question and continued. "He really hasn't been the same since we lost Natsu."
Lisanna is wearing a green T-Shirt, blue jean short-shorts along with tennis shoes. Lucy is wearing an orange tank top with a white border at the top along with white shoulder straps that zipped up in the middle, a blue jean skirt with a brown leather belt holding her gate keys in a pouch on her right hip, and her leather whip with the heart-shaped end on her left hip. On her feet is a pair of red ballet-like high-heeled slippers.
As always Lisanna has Natsu's muffler on and Lucy has Natsu's vest on. Natsu's vest is black outlined in gold that goes down to the waist. of course in Lucy's case it overshadows Lucy's gate keys and whip. The way the vest is designed only the front part of Lucy's skirt is visible.
Two voices pierced the air. One belonged to a girl that had white hair with black streaks throughout, while the other has brown hair gathered in a lower ponytail. These were Kyuri and Aspen respectively.
Lucy's hair is tied up in her usual right side ponytail, this time it is secured with a red ribbon. Lisanna's hair much like Aspen's is gathered in a ponytail at the bottom of her hair as well. Lisanna's ponytail was also secured with a red ribbon.
"Hey Lucy, Lisanna you aren't planning going anywhere without us are you?" The Weather Manipulation Wizard spoke up curiously.
"Hey, I may be new but I am part of this team to." Kyuri said. She then glanced at Gray as sparks shot from her eyes into his. "That is if you want me to be part of the team."
"Sure Kyuri, we don't mind." Lucy said to the newest member of their team.
"The more the merrier." Lisanna said to the white and black haired girl.
"What is your name and what type of magic do you use?" Kyuri asked the Ice-make wizard.
"My name is Gray Fullbuster. I am an Ice Make Wizard. Ice Make magic is so much better than Ice Sculpt magic that I would wipe the floor with you in a second girly! You are too inexperienced to be able to keep up with me." Gray said to the white and black haired newcomer.
"Why don't we just see about that huh?" Kyuri asked "When we return to the guild I want to battle you! No questions asked."
"Very well girly." Gray said. "Prepare to lose!"
Gray and Kyuri continued to glare at each other as the two best friends and Weather Manipulation Wizard looked on.
"Hey Li look." Lucy said as she pointed to Gray and Kyuri. "It seems that Gray has found a new person to fill the void that Natsu left."
"I think you're right Lu." Lisanna said to her best friend. "I can see that there will be great fights between those two."
Lucy nods as she unconsciously links hands with Lisanna and Lisanna links hands back. Happy sees this and snickers.
"What are you snickering about Happy?" Aspen asked curiously.
"See for yourself Aspen." Happy said.
Aspen then looked and noticed the state her two leaders hands were in. Aspen snickers along with Happy as they both chime together. "You two liiiike each other!"
Lisanna and Lucy hear this and blush they then look down to the ground and noticed that their hands are interlaced. They quickly let go of each other blushing crimson.
"S-Sorry Lu." Lisanna apologized.
"Hey no need to worry Li." Lucy stated. "I should be the one apologizing to you."
"Should not!" Lisanna said.
"Should too!" Lucy said.
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"You two really do liiiiiiiiike each other!" Happy chimed in immediately ending the fight between the two girls. The two girls' attention was now on Happy as they glared angrily at the blue cat.
"Aye! I gotta go!" Happy said as he flew off only to run into the armor of Erza. Erza noticed this and immediately peeled Happy off of the armor.
"Were you teasing Lucy and Lisanna again?" Erza asked the blue flying cat.
"N-no not at all!" Happy exclaimed cautiously.
"Whatever you say Happy." Erza said as she turned to the two girls not even noticing Gray bickering with a much shorter girl until the train is about to be boarded.
"Hey Gray! Get some clothes on and stop bothering that poor girl!" Erza said as she broke up the fight between Kyuri and Gray. "You weren't waiting too long were you?"
"No not at all." Aspen said as she looked toward Erza and gasped. "Is that all of your luggage?"
"Yep." Erza said as she noticed the two unfamiliar girls. "Hey, I saw you two at the guild yesterday didn't I? What were your names anyway?"
"My name is Aspen, I'm a Weather Manipulation Wizard. I can change the climate around me and my opponents and attack with different type of weather."
"My name is Kyuri, and I'm an Ice Sculpt Wizard."
"Nice to meet both of you my name is Erza."
Lucy and Lisanna then approached the armored wizard. "Say Erza?" Lisanna asked of the requip wizard, then continued, "Lucy and I need a favor from you."
"What do you need?" Erza asked of the two.
Lucy spoke up, "we want to prove to you that we have gotten stronger, but we really don't want to do something crazy like Natsu would."
"Really?" Erza asked curiously, then continued, "neither you or Lisanna want to have a battle with me or even Mirajane?"
"ARE YOU CRAZY ERZA?!" Lucy and Lisanna exclaimed out of surprise, then calmed down.
"We don't need to battle you to prove we've gotten stronger," Lucy started, then continued, "we just need to find a mission or something to at least prove we've gotten stronger."
"I have to agree with Lu on that," Lisanna said to the armored wizard, then continued, "maybe go on a higher-class mission than we're qualified for. I know that's against the rules at the moment, but shouldn't it be okay if we have at least one S-Class Wizard with us on the mission?"
Erza ponders for a bit, then motions for Gray to come over to her as they are waiting for the train. Gray does so and sees what Erza wants.
"Gray," Erza said to the Ice Make Wizard, then continued, "it seems the train is running a bit behind, could you and I have a talk privately away from prying ears?"
"Sure thing Erza." Gray said in acknowledgement as he and Erza pulled themselves temporarily away from the group.
Aspen and Kyuri look toward the direction that Erza and Gray went and addressed Lucy and Lisanna.
"Where do you think Gray and Erza went?" Aspen asked of the two best friends and flying cat.
"It certainly seems a bit odd for them to take off like that." Kyuri said to them.
Lucy shakes her head no as she addresses the two newcomers, "Li and I just chalk it up to something that Gray and Erza need to do, we don't really see reason to trail them."
Lisanna agrees with Lucy as she addresses them as well, "it's just one of those things that Erza needs to do from time to time. They'll be back in time for the train.
"So Erza," Gray addressed, then continued, "what did you want to talk to me about?"
"You and I need to talk to Ur when she gets back. It may have to wait until after the mission, but I can tell that Lucy and Lisanna have gotten stronger. However, neither of them can challenge Mirajane or me yet, me because, well, I'm probably the strongest woman in Fairy Tail, Mirajane because, well, you know all to well what happened in that mission."
Gray nodded in agreement with Erza as he spoke up, "you will probably have better luck waiting for Ur to encounter you than talking to her yourself. She's been quite busy as of late with her missions. I agree with you that Lucy and Lisanna have gotten stronger, but unlike Natsu, they aren't reckless at all. They actually try their best minimize the damage that they cause. However, I have a feeling they're still down on themselves for causing so much damage to Hargeon Port, as well as destroying that mansion that they went to with Levy on their most recent job. Ur would agree with me on this, we need to give them a mission that will boost their confidence. They want to show us how much stronger they've gotten, they can start with showing us on this mission that we are about to go on. Then either you, Master, or I could talk to Ur about what type of mission would be just the right one for them to boost their confidence and show how much stronger they have gotten."
Erza nodded in understanding as she smiled, "good thinking Gray, Lucy and Lisanna's evaluation of how much stronger they have gotten and how much they have improved starts now. We'll consider this mission and the next one, whatever it may be a pretest of sorts. right now, let's head back the platform. The train should be here by now.(2)
With that, Gray and Erza returned to the platform to wait for the train.
Erza and Gray returned in about ten minutes, luckily for the group, the train had just pulled into the station.
Erza and Gray return as Erza greets the group, "sorry for the sudden disappearance Gray and I had something to take care of. Now, Team Lucy get your belongings together and let's move out!"
"TEAM LUCY?!" Lucy and Lisanna exclaimed with shock and surprise, "where did that come from?"
"Erza," Lucy stated, then asked, "why did you just refer to us as Team Lucy? Are you sure that's the name you want this team to be called?"
Lisanna was just as confused as she spoke up as well. She seemed just as taken aback as Lucy was, "Are you sure you don't want to call us Team Erza? You are the one that asked us for our help in the first place."
Erza shook her head no, "Of course not, this is your team now Lucy and Lisanna."
Lucy looked toward Erza again with surprise, "Li and me, the leaders of this team? How is that even possible?!"
Erza smiled and looked at the two girls, "I can tell that the two of you have gotten a lot stronger over the last two years, however, I want to see this newfound strength you gained in action. You don't need to be like Natsu and challenge me or any of the other S-Class Wizards for that matter. You two are your own people. You will show the world how strong you have gotten in your own way."
Lucy and Lisanna blushed at the compliment they just received from Erza. Still in shock, Lisanna turned to Gray and asked him a question, "Gray what do you think of this revelation? I mean you have been a member of Fairy Tail longer than even Lu and myself. Are you okay with being part of a team called Team Lucy?"
Gray nods in acknowledgement before Erza speaks up, "I like the sound of that, besides Team Erza was disbanded a while ago." Erza recalled. "And Team Mira only consists of Mirajane and Elfman now. Ever since you and Lucy have become best friends, it's been just you two as the strongest wizards of the younger generation, you two could even keep up with me. That's how powerful you have the potential to be. I have a feeling that you two will even surpass me."
"Really?" Lucy and Lisanna chimed together. "You really see us as fit to be leader of the strongest team?"
"Why wouldn't she?" Gray asked. "I mean, you two and Aspen destroyed an entire port. Natsu would be proud of you."
"Aye!" Happy said as she gave his two mothers a hug. "We are the strongest team. With Kyuri and Aspen we became even stronger."
Kyuri and Aspen blush at Happy's remark. "You really think we make this team even stronger?" Kyuri asked a little confused. No one has ever said that about her before. "I still want to find my brother someday. I don't have very much stamina. My power is quite limited at times."
"You saying that my Weather Manipulation Magic is a strong magic to have?" Aspen asked a bit confused. "I mean all I can do is change the temperature around my opponents and me and attack with the changed temperatures causing storms and stuff."
"How many people can do that?" Lucy and Lisanna asked together.
"Lu and I were strong before," Lisanna started.
"But when you joined up with us in Hargeon we were even stronger." Lucy finished. "Don't sell yourselves short. Also Kyuri, just like we are determined to find Natsu and Igneel someday, we are determined to find your brother someday as well."
Lucy, Lisanna, and Aspen were ecstatic when they heard Erza say Team Lucy. Now with Gray, Erza, and their new friend Kyuri on the team, things would get interesting.
The group boards the train. Lucy, Lisanna, Happy, and Gray on one side of the train and Aspen, Erza, and Kyuri on the other. Lucy then decides to speak up.
"You know, if Natsu was here, he would be sick with motion sickness now." Lucy said with a giggle recalling all of the missions they went on before the incident that Natsu somehow ended up getting sick on. Oh the memories.
"Really? He is that bad?" Kyuri asked.
"It must've been really hard on him to travel from place to place." Aspen spoke up.
"Hey Erza, I think it's about time you started filling us in on this mission." Lisanna said also with a giggle recalling Natsu's antics. "Natsu always had a tendency to get motion sickness anytime we boarded transportation of some sort."
"What is the purpose of this mission we are going on anyway?" Gray asked.
"Oh yeah that's right." Erza said to the group. "I did tell you I would fill you in. So here goes, I have reason to believe that the Dark Guild Eisenwald is planning something big. I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it has something to do with a magical item known as Lullaby."
"Lullaby?" Aspen, Gray, Happy, Kyuri, and Lisanna asked together. Lucy then spoke up about Lullaby.
"Wait. That thing from before?" Lucy asked.
The Dark Guild Eisenwald...
The guild is located somewhere in or near Oshibana Town. The guild's building is a moderately sized building made of stone surrounded by a forest of dead trees. The only portion of the guild's interior shown was a long corridor with some paintings on the wall.
Eisenwald is a Dark Guild because it was kicked out of the Guild League for taking on assassination requests. Assassination requests are prohibited by the Magic Council.
From the ceiling in the long corridor hangs the members that encountered Team Lucy, minus Aspen and Kyuri of course, when they were returning to the guild hall after returning the Day Break book to Kaby Melon, the book actually turned out to be a letter from Kaby's father Zekua Melon to his beloved son.
From the ceiling hangs the Chicken, the Goblin, the Twins, and the Fortune Teller. The five Eisenwald members that Team Lucy defeated are apparently low-level Eisenwald Grunts. It seems they are being punished for talking about Lullaby to Team Lucy of Fairy Tail.
"I hear Kageyama finally got back to us." An Eisenwald Wizard stated as he was walking with some other people from the Dark Guild. One of them was carrying a Scythe on his shoulder.
"Yeah he says he actually found it." Another Eisenwald Wizard said as he was walking along with the rest of the group.
The man with the scythe on his shoulder then spoke up as he stopped and turned to the rest of the group. "The moment of truth has arrived gentlemen. This means we're one step closer to achieving our goals. The Guild Masters will be too busy holding their conference they won't even realize what's hit them."
Back on the train with Team Lucy...
"I see so you've run into the Eisenwald Guild Before." Erza said to the assembled group across from her of Lucy, Lisanna, and Gray.
"Dang it! I missed a lot of action when I decided to stay at the guild didn't I?" Aspen wondered.
Kyuri then brings something up. She realizes that though she decided to go on the mission with Team Lucy she hasn't officially asked to join the team. So before Gray spoke up to respond to Erza's statement she asked Lucy and Lisanna a question. "You two are the leaders of this group right?"
Lucy and Lisanna nodded together in unison.
"Are you sure it's okay that I join your team?" Kyuri asked. "I mean I just joined Fairy Tail and am not sure if I would be a good fit for Fairy Tail's Strongest Team."
"As the old saying goes, the more the merrier." Lucy said with a smile. "I don't know much about Ice Sculpt magic, but I do know a lot about molding magic."
As Lucy remarked about molding magic a golden yellow circle materialized on her hand and a small star like object materialized on her hand. It wasn't big enough to be a shuriken, but it wasn't small enough to be miniscule either. It seemed to be a ring of some sort that had a star on the end of it.
"This is a Star Ring." Lucy said. "As you can tell. I can make all kinds of different things with my molding magic. I can also make it disappear just as quickly." Lucy continued as she dissipated the star ring. "I am pretty proficient in this type of magic because I have been working with it for twelve years just like with my Celestial Magic. However, there are still times when I go overboard and use a lot of magic power, especially if I use both types of magic during the same mission."
"We would be honored to have someone on our team like you. Besides with two Ice Wizards on this team and one Weather Manipulation Wizard we should be quite indestructible. Also add Erza to the mix, and no one will be able to stop us." Lisanna said with a giggle as she put her arm around Lucy like a best friend would do to another best friend. Lucy did the same thing.
"Aye Sir!" Happy exclaimed. "I always like getting new members to our team even if they don't go on missions with us all the time."
"Happy is right." Erza said as she was still waiting for Gray's explanation.
"Well I'm not positive they were with Eisenwald, but they did mention Lullaby." Gray said as Lucy and Lisanna nodded in agreement with Gray.
"It sounds like they were members that had dropped out of the guild and went into hiding." Erza stated, then added. "Perhaps they wanted no part of whatever it is that's coming."
"So this thing is so bad that it even scares Dark Wizards?" Gray asked curiously.
"I'm only hypothesizing, but whoever you saw dragging off Happy's kidnappers that day must've been from Eisenwald. It's obvious they didn't want their plans getting out." Erza pointedly stated.
"What do you think they're going to try?" Lucy asked as she took the words right out of her best friends mouth.
"Lu you really are fit to be the leader of this group. You seem to figure out what I am going to say before I even say it." Lisanna said with a blush on her face.
"There's no doubt about it, it's loooove!" Happy exclaimed.
"Shut up cat!" Lucy and Lisanna exclaimed together.
"Aye." Happy squeaks quietly as he sees that his two mothers are trying to listen to the wizard in armor.
"Let me start from the beginning." Erza said toward Lucy, Lisanna, and Gray. "Just the other day on my way home from a job and I overheard something. I stopped by a pub in Onibas that I heard was a gathering spot for local wizards.
Flashback mode on... At the pub that Erza was talking about...
"Come on hurry up bartender!" One wizard exclaimed to his fellow wizards.
"Come on relax a little." Another wizard said as Erza was sitting at the bar listening.
"And how am I supposed to do that?" the wizard that spoke up earlier asked. "We finally managed to figure out where Lullaby is hidden, but we can't do anything because of some seal?!"
"Keep it down man," A green-haired wizard that seemed to be on the chubby side said.
"Don't sweat it you guys," One of the wizards said. This wizard has black hair in a high ponytail which is the opposite of the ponytail that Lisanna and Aspen have. "Let me handle this one. You guys just head back to the guild alright?"
"You sure Kage?" One of the Wizards asked.
"Are you sure you'll be okay on your own?" Another one of the other wizards at the same table as the now named Kage asked.
"Don't worry about me." Kage said. "Just tell Erigor that I will be coming back with Lullaby in three days."
Flashback Mode Off.
Back to present time on the train...
"Lullaby?" Aspen asked.
"That's like a song you sing kids to get them to go to sleep." Kyuri said.
"Yes." Erza said to the two newcomers then continued on. "and the fact that it had been sealed away must mean that it is very powerful magic."
"You sure the guys you saw at the pub were with Eisenwald?" Gray asked of the Requip Wizard.
"Yes, I can't believe I was such a fool that day." Erza said feeling down on herself. "I didn't recognize his name. Erigor, the Ace of Eisenwald. He only accepts Assassination requests. Which is why he earned the name Erigor the Reaper."
"He kills..." Kyuri started
"...for money?" Aspen finished.
Saying both of the newcomers were shocked would be an understatement.
"When the council outlawed Assassination requests, Eisenwald decided that money was more important than the council's rules. As a result they were kicked out of their wizard league six years ago. But that didn't stop them, they've disobeyed orders and remained active to this very day." Erza finished.
"Okay, Aspen and I should be heading back home now." Kyuri said with Gray, Lucy, and Lisanna looking toward the two new recruits.
"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea for us to come along." Aspen said truthfully, because she truly felt that way. She couldn't say anything if it was a lie. "I think we should leave this type of job to the Fairy Tail Veterans."
Lucy, Lisanna, Gray, and Erza all sweat dropped at the remark that the Weather Manipulation Wizard made. They also noticed that their two new recruits seemed to be shaking in fear.
"What is with the slime coming off of Kyuri and Aspen's face?" Happy asked curiously.
"It's sweat Cat!" Aspen and Kyuri exclaimed angrily at the blue cat.
Erza slapped her right fist into her open left hand. She was frowning in anger, much like she was before she chewed out most of the guild. "How could I have been so careless? If only I had recognized Erigor's name that day I could've pulverized them. I could've forced them to reveal their scheme to me!"
In the seat next to Erza the two newcomers speak up with sweat dropping down their faces. "She's scary!"
Gray is looking out the window and then speaks up. "So if I got this, Eisenwald is planning to do something with this Lullaby. Because after what you overheard, you're sure it's going to be something bad."
"That's correct, and I'm not foolish enough to believe that I am strong enough to take on a whole magical guild by myself." Erza said. "That's why I asked you, Lisanna, and Lucy for help. We're storming the Eisenwald Guild."
"Sounds like a plan." Lisanna said.
"We will show them why we are the strongest guild in all of Fiore!" Lucy exclaimed happily.
Aspen and Kyuri were shaking in a bit of fear.
"Ooh! Now they're super slimy!" Happy exclaimed teasingly.
"It's sweat! We told you that cat!" Aspen and Kyuri exclaimed.
The train then came to a stop along the way and allowed the passengers to get out to get something to eat. Lisanna and Lucy had an idea as they pulled out some money and worked their feminine wilds.
"Can't you give us a little discount pretty please?" Lucy and Lisanna asked pleadingly as they were given their food.
Lucy, Happy, and Lisanna switched places with Kyuri and Aspen after they returned to the train.
Aspen asked curiously toward Erza. "If you don't mind me asking Erza, what kind of magic do you use?"
"That's a good question." Erza said.
"Erza's magic is very pretty." Happy chimed in with his usual smile and then continued. "She makes her enemies bleed a lot."
Kyuri has black lines coming off of her and then corrects Happy. "I don't really think I would call making enemies bleed very pretty."
"Personally, I think that Lucy, Lisanna, and Grays magic are prettier than mine." Erza said as she was eating her strawberry cake.
"Oh really like this?" Lucy said as she put her fist into her palm followed by Gray and Lisanna. "Star Make!"
As Lucy said this a golden yellow circle materialized in her hand forming something in her hand.
"Elemental empowerment! Fire!" Lisanna said as a reddish-orange circle materialized in her hand and her outfit changed to completely reddish-orange and her hair gained reddish-orange streaks in it. She then formed a beautiful item in her hand with her fire magic. She then changed her reddish-orange hair streaks into ice blue hair streaks. The item then became ice blue. She then pulled a combo deal and formed something with bother her fire and ice magic. Half of it was reddish-orange and the other half was ice blue. Her outfit then became half reddish-orange and half ice blue as did the streaks in her hair.
"Ice Make..." Gray said as an Ice Blue circle materialized in his hand.
They all three formed the Fairy Tail Insignia with their magic, well in Lucy and Lisanna's case it's their second magic.
The Fairy Tail symbols were floating in mid-air before the three dissipated them.
"I can do that." Kyuri said as moved her finger tips in a way similar to Gray only a bunch of Ice Cubes formed in her her hand. She worked her hands really fast as an ice blue magic circle appeared underneath Kyuri's fingers. "Ice Sculpt Fairy Tail insignia."
As Kyuri finished her spell, the Fairy Tail Insignia became solid and was floating as well.
"Wow, I wish I could do something like that." Aspen said worried. "Your powers are so cool, I can just control weather and not very well at that."
"How many people can control the weather Aspen?" Kyuri asked as she dissipated the Fairy Tail Insignia that she created.
The train then stopped and Lisanna was the first one to get up. "I need to go to the little girls room, you go on I will meet up with you as soon as I'm done."
The group nodded as they exited the train.
Onibas Station...
The station they arrived at has a very immaculate design with with cement arches that made the station look elegant. As Erza and the rest of Team Lucy are heading off to their next destination.
"Do you think the Eisenwald guys are still in this town?" Gray asked.
"I think that's the reason we came here, to find out." Lucy said to the Gray and the rest of the group.
"We have to search everywhere." Erza said as she was pulling her huge amount of luggage with Happy riding on it.
"Hey where is Lisanna?" Happy asked.
"Oh great, with all of this talk I forgot that Lisanna left to use the restroom." Erza said. "How could I be so careless, she has to hate me now! Someone hit me for my penance
"Isn't that a little much?" Kyuri asked.
"What?" Lucy asked angrily with a blush. "How could you forget Li?! That's as bad as when you used to forget Natsu all the time! How could you do that?"
"Lucy, why are you all red?" Happy asked. "You liiiiiiike her don't you?!"
"It's not what you think." Lucy said with her hands shaking frantically. "She's my best friend! Now you shut up or no fish for a month!"
Happy immediately shuts up.
Kyuri sees this and asks a question to Aspen. "Why is she such a drama queen? I'm sure Lisanna can take care of herself. She will find us."
"You will see as you get to know those two more." Aspen said as she whispered into Kyuri's ear so only Kyuri and herself could hear what she was saying. "To me they look like they are a lot closer than best friends."
Kyuri Sweat dropped at the revelation from Aspen. "Really?" Kyuri whispered into Aspen's ear.
Aspen just nodded.
Back on the train...
Lisanna comes out of the restroom and notices that the group had already gotten up off the train and she notices the train is moving.
'I guess I have to ride the train back to Onibas to catch up with them.' Lisanna thought to herself as she sat down.
A guy wearing a white jumper type suit white pants and white shirt was also on the train. He has black hair and black eyes. His hair is put up in a high ponytail. This guy is Kageyama one of Eisenwald's elite wizards.
He notices the guild mark on the Takeover/Elemental Empowerment Wizards thigh and laughs. "Well if it isn't a Fairy Tail Wizard." Kageyama said staring at the mark on her thigh. "How's the guild life treating you these days girly is it worth sticking around?"
Kageyama lifts his leg and goes to kick Lisanna in the face. Lisanna, being alert to what's going on around her unlike Natsu would, sees the kick coming her way grabs it and flips Kageyama backwards. Kageyama lands and degrades her guild mark even further.
"Now girly don't act all high and mighty just because you're in a legal guild Miss Fairy. You guys just blindly follow the magic council. What you look like to us, harmless little flies." Kageyama said as he glared at the Takeover/Empowerment Wizard.
"Takeover: Animal Soul Tigress!" Lisanna said as a golden circle materialized underneath her. Once the golden glow fades, Lisanna is standing their in her Tigress form two piece bikini and all. Then she activates another magic circle, this one a reddish-orange magic circle "Elemental Tigress Empowerment! Fire!"
Once Lisanna said that, her hair gained reddish-orange streaks throughout as her bikini went from blue and black striped to Reddish-orange and black striped and became a one piece swimsuit . She then activated her flames as they engulfed her arms as her claws ignited with fire. However before Lisanna could attack, Kageyama activated his shadow magic and hit Lisanna hard causing her to lose concentration and to return to her normal Tigress form. "Wh-what happened?"
"Is that all you got little Fairy Girl! I'll show you how it's done!" a dark purple circle materializes underneath Kageyama as he is speaking. The train then stopped suddenly.
"Now that we've stopped!" Lisanna said as the same reddish-orange circle materialized underneath her as she returned to her Fire Tigress form.
Back at the station...
Erza had pulled the emergency brake causing the train to stop as one of the employees of the station scolded Erza for doing so.
"What are you doing? You can't just pull the emergency brake like that!" The Staff member said.
"It's for our Comrade please understand." Erza tried to plead with the worker.
"Are you kidding me?" The worker asked.
"Please take our luggage to the hotel." Erza ordered.
"What do I look like a Bell Hop?" The staff member said.
Aspen is looking on as annoyed lines appear underneath her right eye.
"I'm beginning to think that all the wizards in Fairy Tail are just a little bit insane." Aspen said.
"Not all of us." Gray said standing once again in his underwear.
"Oh yeah?" Kyuri asked. "Where exactly are your clothes stripper?"
Back on the train...
"Now it's time I showed you what happens when you look down on Fairy Tail!" Lisanna said as she pulled her right fist back as it lit up much like Natsu's usually does. "Fire Tigress! Flaming Claw Slash!"
As Lisanna said this she launched her claw forward about ready to impale Kageyama. Her claw was lit up with flames and heading straight for Kageyama.
"Oh yeah!" Kageyama said as a Dark Purple circle materialized underneath him as several dark lines headed straight for the fire tigress. "Shadow Guard!"
Shadow and fire collide as it explodes blowing the roof off of the car they are in. The two combatants are knocked back as Kageyama drops a flute looking thing that had a skull on it.
"What is that?" Lisanna asks the dark wizard.
"Oh no you saw it!"
"Attention passengers. " A woman's voice said as it came over the loud speaker. "Our Emergency stop was a false alarm, we will get underway shortly."
"I have to get out of here!" Lisanna said as she grabbed her luggage.
"Not so fast Fairy girl," Kageyama said. "You aren't going anywhere. You're dealing with Eisenwald now!"
"So you are with Eisenwald after all." Lisanna said as she once again stood in her normal Tigress form extinguishing her flame. "I'll show you what happens to people who knock Fairy Tail."
The train then gets underway as the two combatants lose their balance.
Meanwhile on the outside of the train...
Erza had a device attached to her right arm which was attached to a green car with Lucy leaning out one side, Aspen and Kyuri looking out the other side and a shirtless Gray clinging to the roof. Everyone was holding on for dear life.
This is a magic mobile. It's a fast vehicle which runs on the driver's magical energy.
"Li!" Lucy exclaimed from her side of the magic mobile.
As the train continued to move down the track, Lisanna was seen in her tigress form heading straight for the vehicle. The way that Lisanna was dressed gave Lucy a good view of the white-haired bikini clad Takeover/Elemental empowerment wizard's cleavage. Lucy blushed as she tried to reach out for Lisanna only to have Lisanna fly off course and knock Gray in the head causing both of them bump heads and hit the ground and almost lose consciousness.
Erza stops abruptly as she turns the Magic Mobile hard. "Lisanna are you okay?" The Armored Wizard asked of the takeover/empowerment wizard.
"Aye." Lisanna said while she reverted to her normal form. Lucy rushed to her best friend and helped her up.
"Li are you going to be okay?" Lucy asked. She then hugged her best friend tight. "I thought I lost you! Don't you ever do that to me again! I almost lost you two years ago in addition to Natsu!"
"S-sorry Lucy." Lisanna said as she hugged Lucy back.
"Hey don't worry about it Lisanna. It's okay. So it seems you got in a fight. Who was the person you got in a fight with?" Lucy asked of her best friend.
"It was some weird guy that had a ponytail on the top of his head. He had some sort of weird flute that looked like a a skull with three eyes."
"Hold on a minute." Aspen said to the group. "I've heard about that flute. I've read about it in books. Was there anything else about this guy we should now?"
"He said he was with Eisenwald. I think he was the one that dragged away the guys that tried to eat Happy." Lisanna said.
"What is the magic you are referring to?" Kyuri asked.
"It's just that I've heard about that flute before, even though it was only from reading books. " Aspen said. "Lullaby the cursed song, it's Death Magic."
"A Cursed song?" Lisanna asked.
"An Incantation?" Gray inquired.
"Hold on a minute! That's Dark Magic!" Lucy exclaimed. "There are certain spells that are forbidden to be used by wizards. Lullaby is one of those forbidden dark magics."
"That's right." Erza said. "There some types of Dark Magic that kill the user of it."
"If I am remembering right, Lullaby is even worse." Lucy said.
Kunugi Station...
The station the train had stopped at was a station that was in the middle of a canyon. There were only two or three buildings as several people screamed after an extremely tall, lean-built and yet mildly muscular man with silver hair, which is held pointing upwards in spiky strands on top of his head, but hangs down to the left of his face in a distinctive tuft, sometimes partially covering it, and reaching down to his shoulders. His eyes are dark and he has an elongated face with sharp features and somewhat pointed ears, but seems to lack eyebrows. His eyes are circled by dark lines and each of them has a simple tattoo right below it, consisting of a pointed line going down vertically, crossed with two more, larger horizontal lines. The upper part of his body is similarly tattooed, but with much larger, intricated and blue-colored motifs, which take on spiraling forms, and adorn his shoulders, biceps, pectorals and back.
The man Used some sort of scythe to knock the conductor out.
This caused everybody to scream even louder.
He dons a torn Japanese-like outfit befitting his role as the Shinigami. He is shown bare-chested, with all of his tattoos visible, and his lower body is covered in different layers of clothing: he sports a long, worn skirt, reminiscent of a hakama, below a darker, shorter cloth, held up by an even lighter and shorter one tied like a belt. He has a black scarf wrapped around his thin neck, with its edges hanging on his back and traditional geta sandals on his feet. His attire is completed by a pair of distinctive dark gloves, each adorned by a light "X" on the back, and by bandages wrapped around his forearms. This guys name is Erigor, he is the strongest wizard of the Eisenwald Guild.
"This train belongs to Eisenwald now!" Erigor exclaimed. "Get everything off the train, the luggage, the conductor, all of it. If anyone tries to defy us kill them all!"
A voice came from inside the train as Kageyama stepped out. "Well look who's here."
"Kageyama, I heard you were coming back aboard this train." Erigor said as he continued to address the Shadow Wizard. "Quite a bit of wreckage. Care to explain what happened?"
"Come on are you interested in seeing what I brought back with me?" Kageyama asked as he pulled out the Lullaby flute. "I finally managed to break the seal."
Several civilians run passed Kageyama and Erigor in a panic.
"Excellent!" Erigor said.
"Oh yeah!" One of the Eisenwald elite wizards exclaimed.
"Is that it?" Another of the Eisenwald elite wizards asked.
"Yes this is it men." Erigor said, then added. "The forbidden Lullaby. Originally it was a tool used to cast simple death curses, useful but limited. That is until the Great Black Wizard Zeref transformed it into a demon flute. Now its song will kill hundreds, thousands at once. Lulling them all into an endless sleep."
Erigor then stood their clutching the flute tightly in his hand and continued. "Now it's all mine!"
Meanwhile with Team Lucy...
Erza piloting the magic mobile pumps the vehicle full of magic causing it to fall of the cliff and land with a loud resounding thud and skidding of tires. Gray notices how fast Erza's going and tries to calm her down. "Hey! Slow down Erza! You're using up too much of your powers driving this thing!"
"I have no choice but to press onward!" Erza said then continued as Lucy, Lisanna, Kyuri, Aspen, and Happy seem to be holding on for dear life. "We're running out of time. If Erigor gets his hands on this death magic, trust me lives will be lost."
Erza then thinks to herself wondering what they want to accomplish. 'Curse them! What is it they hope to accomplish? This is madness!'
Back with Erigor and the rest of Eisenwald...
Erigor chuckles evilly and barks out an order. He has his scythe in one hand and the Lullaby flute in the other holding it outward. "Ha ha ha. So it begins! Let us move forward men!"
So we went off in search of Erigor and Eisenwald to stop them from casting the death magic that they aim to cast. I certainly hope that we can handle it. Also will Lisanna and I become S-Class soon?
I really hope Erza can come up with a way for Lucy and me to show how much stronger we've gotten. If Natsu were in our position, both Lu and I know that he would challenge Erza no questions asked. I really hope Erza thinks of something for Lu and I to show how much stronger we have gotten.
Erza is scary! Kyuri seems nice enough. I just hope that all of us will get along really well and be able to take down Lullaby and Eisenwald. Well, let's see if we are up to the task of defeating Eisenwald and stopping Lullaby. Also, I wonder how Lucy and Lisanna will show Erza how much stronger they have gotten. I guess I will just have to wait and see.
To Be Continued...
Next Time: The tracking down of Eisenwald continues. Team Lucy with their new additions Gray, Erza, and Kyuri set out to track down Erigor and the rest of Eisenwald. How much longer will it take to bring them down. Also will Lucy and Lisanna beat Mirajane and Erza in their matches and become S-Class Wizards? Only time will tell. Be on the look out for more as Lucy of Fairy Tail continues.
Next Time on Starry Heavens: Bonds of Friendship, Magic & Love - Episode 007: Intense Battles at Oshibana Station!
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Author's Note:
(1) In the original of this chapter, I had Mirajane use her Satan Soul to calm down the group. However looking back at this chapter now, at this point in time she is not able to bring herself to fight or even use her Satan Soul. In other words, that had to go.
(2) In the original of this chapter, I had Lisanna and Lucy challenge Erza and Mirajane to fights. However, as I said in the above Author's Note, Mirajane has been out of fighting for the last two years. Also, neither Lisanna nor Lucy would do anything as crazy as challenging Erza or any other S-Class Wizard for that matter to a fight.
The next chapter will cover the following Episode:
Episode 006: Fairies in the Wind