Starry Heavens: Bonds of Friendship, Magic & Love
Episode 007: Intense Battles at the Oshibana Station!
This chapter covers the following episode:
Episode 006: Fairies in the Wind
Recap...
Previously on Starry Heavens: Bonds of Friendship, Magic & Love...
Coming back from their mission in Shirotsume, Team Lucy encountered random thugs that mentioned something about a Lullaby before being dragged underground by a giant black hand. Whoever was able to use that type of Shadow Magic must've not been too happy about those defeated thugs mentioning something about a Lullaby.
Upon returning to the Guild Hall, Lucy and Lisanna met up with Aspen once again. It seems that while Lucy and Lisanna were fighting Duke Everlue, Aspen did some special training to enhance her weather magic. Aspen is an ability type wizard that has Weather Manipulation Magic. She can change the temperature and climate of the area around her, she can even change the temperature of the air and turn it into some sort of attack weather it be to freeze, burn, or blow. She then decided to take on a mission with Lucy and Lisanna. We then meet Erza Scarlet, an S-Class Wizard of Fairy Tail. Her magic, is requip magic. She can quickly change armors and clothes as well as change the weapons she uses. Upon Erza's return to the guild hall, she started chewing out and berating the entire congregation about their habits and what not. She eventually asked for help from Lucy, Lisanna, and Gray with the mission, and Aspen tagged along to improve her ability. In a twist of fate, a new friend joined the guild. Her name is Kyuri Yuki Kuruwa. A below average height young lady about thirteen years old with Ice Sculpting Magic. Once Kyuri joined the guild, she joined up with Team Lucy. Will Team Lucy succeed in stopping Eisenwald or not? let's find out.
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.
Clover...
Here in the town of Clover, you will find the building where the Guild Master Conferences are held. Clover town is a rather small town situated in a mountainous area, surrounded by forests. It is best known for the fact that it is the place where Masters of Legal Guilds are gathered to discuss their guilds.
The Clover meeting hall resembles a castle somewhat, with four towers built on the four corners. It has several rooms and is a two story building. The peaks of the towers resemble the roofs of the Medieval castles. The building is divided in half basically by a large flat rectangle. All the roofs on the peaks and the center part of the building are western style sloping. The color of the building facade itself is a burnt orange color.
The small town where the guild masters hold their meetings seems to be surrounded on three of the four sides by a mountainous setting. The most efficient way to get to this town is to take a train, but it can easily be reached by magic mobile as well.
A bald, cross-dressing, elderly man is talking to Makarov.
He is wearing a purple spaghetti-strap shirt accessorized by a gold and fuchsia hoop necklace, and a vertical-striped pink and purple shorts. He also completes his look with red lipstick and blush on each cheek. He has small, white wings that are surprisingly capable of flight, albeit to a limited extent. In his younger years, he had a slender figure and short side-swept black hair. He also wore an aubergine colored suit. This man is the Guild Master of Blue Pegasus. His name is Bob, and he is an old friend of Makarov's
"I'm jealous Maki!" Bob exclaimed with his right hand to his left cheek. "Your wizards are full of life and they're such cutie pies."
After he said those words, the cross dressing man turned around and posed for anyone near him to see. In case you are wondering yes, Master Bob is a man despite the fact that he is dressed like a girl.
"I hear you got two girls that gave some big shot quite the spanking." Bob said in awe at the antics of Lisanna and Lucy. "That's Lucy right? Has she grown any since I saw her last. I know she is one of the most senior members of the current generation of Fairy Tail. She has been their even longer than Mirajane and Lisanna."
"Yes, we also got ourselves a new recruit as well. She is a Weather Manipulation wizard that can change the weather and climate around her. She doesn't dress like Lucy, but she is quite the looker if you know what I mean." Makarov said. "Her name is Aspen, and she was recruited by Lucy and Lisanna themselves. We also got another young girl that Mira told me just joined recently, I don't know what she looks like, but word is she's a cutie as well."
Bob covered his eyes and piped up. "Oh so naughty."
"I wouldn't be joking around if I were you Makarov." A blond man with glasses said to the elder master of Fairy Tail. "Your wizards may be spirited, but you've got to admit they go overboard sometimes. Some of the council members are worried that Fairy Tail is going end up destroying an entire city one of these days. Can't say I blame them."
The one that spoke up pointing his shish-ka-bob at Makarov is a slim man of average height who appears to be in his late fifties or early sixties. His mildly squared face is crossed by several wrinkles, which more specifically are present at his mouth's sides, below his eyes and on his forehead. Despite his seeming age, however, his hair is kept in a youthful style, almost reaching down to his shoulders in a straight cut. Covering the man's eyes and hiding them away from sight at all times is a pair of dark sunglasses.
This man also usually wears a simple set of dark clothes, namely a plain T-shirt and a pair of pants. Alongside them, however, he dons a distinctive headgear, this being a dark hat reminiscent in shape of those worn by fictional warlocks and witches, possessing a wide brim and a torn top pointing backwards; circling the hat is a lighter band sporting massive, rounded spikes, and a virtually identical accessory comes in the form of a collar around his neck; a pair of elements which are a trademark of Quatro Cerberus. This man's name is Goldmine and he is the guild master of the Quatro Cerberus Guild.
"Oh let those blowhards worry, what do I care?" Makarov asked. "They're just jealous my wizards are hot!"
Goldmine looked strangely toward Makarov. They seemed to be looking on in disapproval. Master Bob then speaks up in response to Makarov's remark with his right hand still on his left cheek and his left hand moving up and down.
"Oh Maki you shouldn't talk about your little wizards that way." Bob said toward his old friend. "You're such a scoundrel."
Right after Bob addressed Makarov about what not to do when it comes to the girls in the guild, a small blue bird with a black witches/warlocks hat is flying toward the table that Makarov is sitting on. The small blue bird is also carrying a letter.
"Master Makarov, Master Makarov." The little bird cheeped. "I have a letter from Miss Mirajane sir."
"Oh thanks a lot little one." Makarov said as he caught the letter that the bird dropped into his hands.
On the back of the envelope was a sticker emblazoned with the Fairy Tail symbol. Makarov ran his finger around it as a light blue magic seal appeared with a hologram of Mirajane in the middle of it. As always she was wearing her maroon dress.
"Hi Master," Mirajane said. "I'm glad you made it to the conference safe and sound."
Makarov holds out the letter with the hologram of Mirajane standing on the magic seal and speaks up. "See, this little honey is our poster girl Mirajane! Grab some eye candy boys!"
"Ooh la la!" Bob exclaims as several other male guild masters are taking in the show.
"That's Mirajane?" Goldmine asked. "I haven't seen her in a while. She sure has matured."
Mirajane then puts her hands palm to palm on her right cheek as she speaks up. "Oh master, you aren't going to believe what happened!" She exclaimed as she spread her arms out to her sides and her eyes closed in her normal cheerful expression, well normal now. "It may be the greatest thing to ever happen to Fairy Tail!"
"Really?" Makarov questioned.
"Erza, Lucy, Lisanna, and Gray have all teamed up together!" Mirajane exclaimed cheerfully. "What an amazing combination huh? In fact I think they may have just formed the strongest team Fairy Tail's ever seen. Sorry to bother you, but I just had to send you a quick note to tell you the exciting news!"
Makarov was shaking in fear as his eyeballs were completely devoid of any pupils or irises. Also his canine teeth increased in length as he then proceeded to open and close his mouth in a robotic manner. "Not those four!"
"What's wrong Maki?" Bob asked curiously to the diminutive guild master.
"I guess the council has a good reason to be worried right?" Goldmine asked as Makarov fell onto his back with scary thoughts running through his head.
'I can't believe this is happening! Those four really could destroy an entire city. The conference ends today so I can be back at Fairy Tail by tomorrow afternoon. I just hope that nothing crazy happens between now and then. Oh please let nothing happen! Although, I'm more worried about Erza and Gray destroying an entire city. Lucy and Lisanna my do their fair share of destruction, but they actual try to minimize the damage. I'm more worried about what those for could do if Natsu was still around. Still, oh please let nothing happen!'
Meanwhile with Erza, Lucy, Lisanna, Happy, Gray, Kyuri, and Aspen...
Erza is using a lot more magic than she was previously in her efforts to chase down the Eisenwald Guild Members as fast as she can before it's too late. Erza eventually stops the Magic Mobile at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Town of Kunugi at the town's train station. Lucy and Lisanna are listening intently as they both lean their heads out the window while Gray is sitting on top of the Magic Mobile listening as well. Kyuri and Aspen put their heads out their respective windows as well trying to hear what is being said as clear as possible.
Kunugi Station...
"Some guy with a scythe and a bunch of his lackeys took over the train!" Someone said in a panic.
"I think I know who they are," Another person said, then added. "they're the dark guild punks who have been hanging around town the past few weeks."
Up on a plateau behind the station is the Magic Mobile that is driven by Erza. Kyuri and Aspen are peaking out the window to get a better understanding, while Erza is listening intently to what the group of people is saying. Also flying above them somehow avoiding Gray's eyes is a purple-haired girl in a black butterfly yukata being carried by a light purple cat in a light green yukata with a purple obi/belt around her waist. She is speaking telepathically to the purple-haired girl.
"We better reveal ourselves soon Luna. We have been tracking Lucy ever since she ran away from the mansion. It is getting quite annoying having to chase them down all the time. Don't you agree?" The light purple cat telepathically asked curiously to her partner.
"I am kind of surprised that Lucy hasn't caught on to us following her yet. It also appears she has some feelings for the white-haired girl. I never expected Lucy to swing that way, but to each his or her own. Luna said telepathically to her partner.
The flying cat shrugs as the two fly off somewhere together.
"Okay I can understand cars and boats, but the other thing they are talking about doesn't make sense at all." Aspen said as she looked out with Kyuri looking out the window as well.
"Why would they want to hijack a train?" Kyuri asked.
"It doesn't seem like it would be a very good choice for a get away vehicle since it can only follow the tracks it's on." Happy said as he flew over to the window between Kyuri and Aspen.
"It's true, but they are quite fast." Erza said.
"You know what Lucy, if Natsu were here he would be complaining about this moving vehicle." Lisanna said with a hint of sadness to her voice.
Lucy put her arm around her best friend trying to comfort her as she spoke up, her voice breaking as well. "Don't worry Lisanna, we will find Natsu and Igneel as well! We have to have faith that he is still alive, well and causing trouble. We will find him and Igneel."
"I guess you're right Lucy." Lisanna said with a blush and a smile at the contact from Lucy. "Thank you for being a shoulder for me to cry on."
"Hey it's no problem, you would do the same for me." Lucy said with a blush and a smile as well as she felt the white-haired girls arm around her neck.
"Then I guess it's up to us to figure out where those Eisenwald guys are going in such big hurry and why." Gray said just sitting there in his boxers.
Aspen and Kyuri see the state of dress, or rather undress that Gray is in and speak up. "You're naked Gray!" Both newcomers say.
"Am I?" Gray asked unconcerned.
"The military has already been called to action so it should only be a matter of time before someone catches them." Lisanna said.
"So we better get going to track them down." Lucy explained.
"If we don't do that, who knows if we will be able to stop them in time." Aspen stated.
"So let's go! I have my own reasons for being on this team, but I also want to help as much as I can." Kyuri informed the rest of the people in the cab of the car as well as Erza.
"I hope Lisanna, that you are right about someone catching Eisenwald, if not we will need to still track them down." Erza said as she reactivated the Magic Mobile.
Team Lucy was then off to find Eisenwald.
Meanwhile with Eisenwald on the hijacked train...
Erigor slashes Kageyama down with his scythe causing said wizard to fall to his hands and knees. Kageyama then moves his face up from the ground and looks at Erigor. The Grim Reaper then spoke up in a disapproving tone toward Kageyama as the rest of the Eisenwald members just stayed quiet letting Erigor hurt their comrade. "Let me get this straight, " Erigor started, and then continued. "You allowed a Fairy Tail fly to see the Lullaby flute and then let her get away? Is that true?"
"But it's not like she knows anything about our plans sir." Kageyama pleaded with his leader. "And even if she did, there is no way her and her stupid guild would be able to stop us. Right?"
Erigor looks down at Kageyama with disdain as he grinds his teeth together and smashes his scythe into the floor of the train.
"We can't afford to take any chances." Erigor explained. "Fortunately we have a strategy in place."
Kageyama looks up, closes his right eye and smiles. "Right you mean the thing at Oshibana Station."
Erigor shoulders his scythe and then speaks up again. "We can't have flies buzzing around where they aren't wanted. It will be up to you men to swat them away."
"Yes Sir!" All of the men exclaimed together in unison.
Meanwhile with Team Lucy...
Erza, driving the Magic Mobile plows around the corner causing Gray, who is on top of the roof, to hold on for dear life.
"Stop Erza!" Gray ordered. "You're going way too fast. You're gonna overload the SE Plug."
"There's no telling how many innocent people will die if Lullaby's song is played!" Erza exclaimed angrily and worriedly at the same time as she continued to gun the magic mobile. "I can't slow down! We have to stop Eisenwald before it's too late!"
"But at this rate, you're going to use up all of your magic before we even start fighting!" Gray exclaimed with concern for his teammate.
"Well then, I'll just have to rely on hand-to-hand combat." Erza stated with confidence and a smile on her face. There is a reason she is an S-Class Wizard after all. "Besides, I got you, Lucy, and Lisanna as back up."
The rest of the group was sitting in the cab as Lucy remembered something. "I know it's just formal stuff, since I am already slated to inherit all of the keys that Mama once had, but I have to do this as a Celestial Wizard."
Lucy then pulls out the key she got from Duke Everlue's Mansion. Lucy's newest key was another Golden Zodiac Gate Key. Her newest key had the symbol of Virgo on it, luckily she had room in the seat next to her since Lisanna was closer to the window and Gray was on the roof. "I call upon thee in the world of the Celestial Spirits, I beckon you to my side at once heed my call, pass through the gate!" Lucy said as a golden magic circle appeared underneath her she then held out the key in front of her as a brown magic seal appeared on front of the end of the key. "Open Gate of the Maiden! Come Virgo!"
A petite teenage pink-haired blue-eyed girl in a standard maid's outfit appeared from the magic seal that Lucy called up. She wasn't only wearing the standard maid outfit, but she had shackles on her wrists.
"Punishment my Princess?" Virgo asked as she curtsied.
"No Virgo, no punishment, I just need to formalize the initial contract. I know you said I could call you anytime I needed you without the need of a contract, since I am Layla's daughter, but it is my duty as a Celestial Wizard to create an initial one. So, Virgo what days are you available that I can call you?"
"Monday through Saturday, I need at least one day off so I choose Sunday as my day off." Virgo said to her new master. "I also apologize for the trouble I caused you while under Everlue's control. Punishment Princess?"
"No, no punishment Virgo, thank you for coming back to me big sister Virgo." Lucy said as she hugged the Celestial Spirit, then continued, "I still can't stop until I find as many of the golden keys as I can. I can't wait to actually use you in battle big sister Virgo! Thank you very much!"
"You are very welcome Princess," Virgo said. "See you later."(1)
Lucy nods and swings her key with her right hand sending Virgo back to the Celestial Spirit World. Kyuri is in shock.
"Um, Miss Lucy, are you a Celestial Wizard as well? I thought you were only a molding wizard like me." Kyuri asked then said.
"Kyuri you don't have to call me Miss Lucy, I understand you are trying to be polite, but I'm not that formal. None of us are. You can just call us by our first names. So please just call me Lucy." Lucy said to the newest member of her team. "I'm glad to have another member on board my team. I have a feeling we have an intense battle coming up so we better rest up."
Kyuri nods, as does Aspen, Happy, and Lisanna. The group falls asleep, Lisanna with her head on Lucy's shoulder and her arm around the blond. Lucy also has her head laying on top of Lisanna's head as well. She also has her arm around Lisanna's waist.
Kyuri and Aspen just look on while Happy chuckles. He whispers loud enough for just him, Kyuri, and Aspen to hear. "The looove each other."
Kyuri and Aspen nod as they lean their heads against the window and fall asleep as well.
Erza looks ahead and sees black smoke rising from a building. "What is that up ahead?" Erza asked as she steered toward the black smoke.
Oshibana Station...
Several people are trying to get into the station to board a train but are kept at bay by a cop with a mega phone.
"Stand back, the station is currently closed due to a train derailment." The cop said to the crowd trying to calm them down.
"Train Derailment? Are you serious." A random citizen said.
"Well I heard the station has been taken over by a group of thugs." Another random citizen said.
Oshibana station is the central point of Oshibana Town. It is also said that the town of Oshibana is the unofficial headquarters of the Dark Guild Eisenwald.
The station itself is very majestic with a bell tower at its peak. It has steps that lead up to the platform where all the trains stop to pick up or drop off passengers. The building looks to be about three-stories high. It is a dark brown color. The bell tower is a place where Eisenwald is planning to broadcast Lullaby, but it may just be a distraction to keep Team Lucy off the trail of the Eisenwald thugs.
"We ask that you please stand back." The cop said through the megaphone.
"Excuse me, What's going on?" Erza asked as she put her hand on the cops shoulder with the mega horn.
"Why would I tell you lady?" The cop asked.
Erza didn't like that answer so she squeezed the man's shoulder causing extreme pain.
Lucy and Lisanna had unknowingly linked hands as Kyuri, Aspen and Gray look on at what Erza was doing.
"What's going on?" Erza continued to ask as she punched the man again causing him to fall.
"What's going on?" Erza continued over and over again.
"What's going on?"
Kyuri and Aspen look on with a sweat drop as Lucy, Lisanna, and Gray just shrug their shoulders.
"It seems like her questioning method is a little counter-productive." Aspen said truthfully, since she is unable to lie.
"Well Erza's got her own way of getting things done." Gray said, once again in his boxers as always.
Kyuri looked over to him and glared. "Gray where are your clothes?"
"The Eisenwald Guild is inside, let's go!" Erza ordered.
"Since when were you given permission to take over as leader Erza?" Lucy asked. "I mean, you and Gray were just re-added to this team today."
"So what makes you think that you are in charge?" Lisanna asked.
"You better do what I say, or you can say goodbye to any chance to prove to me how much you have improved until the special event at the end of the year! So listen to me, or you will never be able to show me how much you've improved anytime soon!" Erza exclaimed angrily as she glared at the two girls holding hands unknowingly. The two girls sweat dropped and saluted with their other hands and reluctantly followed Erza.
"Aye!" Lucy and Lisanna said really fast as they followed after Erza with Gray shortly behind.
"You know what happens if you make Erza mad." Gray said to the best friends.
"At least we don't have to drag Natsu around." Lucy said, "but I do miss doing that a lot."
"I know how you feel Lucy," Lisanna said. "We just have to keep on having hope that our friend is still alive somewhere and searching for Igneel like we are."
Lucy nods and smiles toward the white-haired girl who immediately smiles back.
Aspen, Kyuri, and Happy are trying to keep their comments to themselves. Kyuri and Aspen are able to, but Happy just can't keep his mouth shut.
"You two loooove each other!" Happy exclaims to the two best friends.
"We do not cat! Now shut up or no fish for you!" Both Lisanna and Lucy exclaimed angrily together in unison.
"Then why are you holding hands and blushing while smiling at each other?" Happy asked tauntingly.
Lucy and Lisanna look at their interlaced hands and immediately release and look down to the ground.
"Sorry, Lucy/Lisanna." Lucy and Lisanna apologized while still running next to each other smiling.
"A whole army unit stormed in here earlier, but they have yet to return." Erza said as she was running while leading the group. "I'm guessing that they've been caught in battle with the Eisenwald forces."
Lucy and Lisanna run along side Happy with Kyuri and Aspen trailing behind. Happy then sees what happened and speaks up, but not in a panicked tone, more like a worried tone.
"They've been completely wiped out." Happy said to the group.
"They were up against an entire guild of wizards." Erza said. "A small contingent like this would never stand a chance against such a powerful group."
"Hm hm hm!" Erigor exclaimed. "Step into our parlor Fairy Tail Flies!"
The group of six people and one cat were stopped in their trek by Eisenwald taunting them. There in front of them was the entire Dark Guild of Eisenwald.
"Whoa!" Kyuri exclaimed.
"There are so many of them." Aspen said truthfully.
"You fiend!" Erza exclaimed angrily, "I take it you're Erigor?"
Kageyama glared at Lisanna angrily as he spoke up just as angrily. "You!" Kageyama exclaimed as he addressed the white-haired girl. "You're the reason why I got in trouble with Erigor."
"Hey, I know that voice!" Lisanna exclaimed as she turned around to face the pony-tailed wizard.
"We're not threatened by any of you!" Erza exclaimed angrily and with confidence. "Tell me what you're planning to do with Lullaby!"
"Oh you haven't heard yet." Erigor asked as he cackled and jumped up on the railing of the second floor. "What do all train stations have?"
"He flew!" Aspen exclaimed in shock, then regained her composure. "That means he must have wind magic."
"Seems so." Kyuri said as she readied her powers. Lucy, Lisanna, and Gray did the same thing.
Erigor then jumped up on the public address system.
"You plan to broadcast the Lullaby song?" Erza asked concern evident in her voice.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!" Erigor cackled. "Thousands of nosy onlookers have flocked to this station to get a glimpse of the action. Who knows? If I raise the volume loud enough I may be able to get rid of an entire city with my melody of death."
"What reason do you have to commit such a heinous crime against the innocent people of this town?!" Erza asked, anger evident throughout the entire tone of her voice and the look on her face as well that screams, extreme anger.
"This is a cleansing of all the fools out there who fail to appreciate the rights they hold so dear." Erigor continued with his disdain evident in his voice. Also his stance on the PA system screams, I want to kill a lot of people. Eisenwald does specialize in assassination jobs after all. "Who remain willfully ignorant to the plight of those who have had their rights stripped away. They've committed the sin of turning a blind eye to the world's injustice, therefore the reaper has come to punish them!"
"But killing them isn't going to help you get your right's back!" Lucy exclaimed as she put her hands on her hips as Lisanna continues where Lucy left off.
"It's only going to make it worse!" Lisanna exclaimed with her hands on her hips as well. The new recruits, Aspen and Kyuri decided to throw their two cents in as well.
"That's the whole reason you were kicked out of the Wizard League in the first place." Aspen said. "I may be new to the being in a Wizard Guild world, but I know what's right from wrong. That is the absolute truth."
"Do you honestly expect that killing tons of innocent people will regain your rights as a legal guild back?" Kyuri asked with disdain in her voice, and then continued. "You know you will never regain your rights back if you kill innocent people."
"At this point we've given up trying to regain our rights." Erigor retorted to the group of Fairy Tail Wizards. "We want power! Then we will be able to wash away the sins of the past and then take control of what happens in the future!"
Kyuri and Aspen looked at Erigor with an expression of hate on their faces much like the rest of the Fairy Tail Wizards. Even Happy was pissed, and that usually isn't a good sign. Happy knows that if Natsu were here, he would teach Erigor and Eisenwald a lesson, but he isn't. It hurts him so much, but Lisanna and Lucy can fill the void of what Natsu would've brought to the team if he were still with them at this moment.
"You guys are completely insane!" Kyuri and Aspen chimed together as they got ready for the upcoming battle.
Kageyama then gets down into a one knee on the ground pose as he puts one of his hands down on the ground and speaks up. "We're rolling in a new age of darkness! Of course by the time it gets here, you flies will be long gone!"
A purple magic circle appears on the ground as three shadows shoot toward Team Lucy ready to take them out. Hands come up from the shadows and start to go after Kyuri and Aspen. Lisanna can't take it anymore as she activates her magic, and empowerment magic.
"Take Over Animal Soul Tigress!" Lisanna exclaimed as she changes into her Tigress like appearance after a blue magic seal appears underneath her. She then activates her reddish-orange magic seal as her blue and black bikini changes into a reddish orange and black one-piece swimsuit. "Take Over Animal Soul Tigress Elemental Empowerment! Fire!"
Once Lisanna activates her Fire Tigress form, reddish orange streaks appear in her hair. The length of her hair then extends to waist length as her full Tigress Features appear. Wherever there is blue and black, it is changed to reddish-orange and black as she rushes toward the oncoming hands from Kageyama's shadow magic and flares up her entire arm knocking the tendrils of Shadow Magic away from Fairy Tail's Newest recruits.
"You again?" Kageyama asked as he looked on.
"So you're that Eisenwald dude that tried to destroy me huh?" Lisanna asked. "I knew I recognized that voice."
"At least Natsu isn't here to get sick." Lucy said as she rushed up to Lisanna's side. "Looks like we have a party here that is just about to start!"
"These are the guys we have to fight Kyuri!" Aspen exclaimed as she went up next to Lucy and Lisanna.
"So, I guess we have no choice!" Kyuri said as she too joined the group with Erza and Gray looking on. They then join up with the other four. They are ready for battle.
Erigor was cackling to himself from his perch on top of the PA System. 'Ha the Fairy Tail flies flew right into my trap, but I will not rest until they have heard Lullaby's Melody of Death. Then we will finally have our revenge against those who wronged us.'
Aspen is pointing toward Erigor with a glare on her face as she readied to help her new family, and so did Kyuri. "This is the strongest team Fairy Tail has to offer!"
"You better be ready!" Kyuri exclaimed as she readied to attack waiting for the word from the team leaders, well from Erza anyway.
"I leave them to you!" Erigor exclaimed as he flew up toward the ceiling. "Show them the terror of the Dark Guild Eisenwald!"
Erigor then disappeared in front of Team Lucy's eyes.
"He disappeared!" Kyuri and Aspen exclaimed with surprised looks on their faces. Especially in their eyes because there were no Irises or pupils present.
"Lisanna, Lucy, and Gray you go after them, if you three work together not even Erigor the Reaper can stop you." Erza ordered. "I'm leaving him in your capable hands. Kyuri, Aspen and I will take care of these guys."
Lisanna, Lucy, and Gray nodded and did as they were told.
"They're running off!" One of the Eisenwald Wizards said.
"They're going after Erigor!" Another wizard said.
"I got it!" A man with a striped hat exclaimed as he sent black hands toward the railing. "I the great Rayule will take them down."
Rayule is a tanned man with a pointed nose and a sharp chin. He has dark lines circling his eyes. Rayule dons a distinctive jacket, light in the low part and dark in the upper one and on the sleeves, which comes equipped with a tight hood covered in black and light stripes, which Rayule is always seen wearing. This, along with his features and his Magic, makes him somehow resemble an Egyptian pharaoh. He wears a light shirt under this signature jacket of him, simple pants and shoes.
"I'm going with you!" Kageyama exclaimed as he put his hand on the ground and a golden magic seal appeared underneath his hands. "That white-haired dimwit is going to pay!" Kageyama then phases underneath the ground with his Shadow Magic.
Kageyama is a wizard of Eisenwald. His hair is always kept up in a high ponytail. he wears a white jacket, with the Eisenwald Guild symbol on the back of it. His outfit is outlined in black. He also has white pants that are also outlined in black. He wears a white t-shirt underneath his white jacket. He also has black eyes and black hair. He is a user of Shadow Magic and Dispelling Magic.
"We'll catch up with them after we are finished here okay?" Erza asked toward Kyuri and Aspen.
"Three girls against an entire magical guild?" Aspen asked.
"That's suicide." Kyuri said. "Are you sure we can handle it?"
"Of course we can!" Erza exclaimed. "We are Fairy Tail Wizards!"
"Aye!" Happy exclaimed chiming in his two cents as always.
Aspen and Kyuri nodded at the response. They completely forgot the entire reason, or part of it anyway, that they wanted to join Fairy Tail is because Fairy Tail is the strongest guild in Fiore, and their wizards are always featured in Sorcerer Weekly.
"Mama always told me not to hit girls, but I am going to make an exception." One of the wizards said.
"I'm sorry girls, you won't be as cute when we are done with you." Another Eisenwald thug said.
"I think you better not count your chickens before they hatch!" Kyuri exclaimed as she put her left hand down on the ground as a blue magical circle appears underneath it freezing the ground. "Ice sculpt magic! Katana!"
Once Kyuri said that, a blue magic circle materialized in front of her left hand where it touched the ground. She then pulls her left hand from the ground in the form of a fist. Once the fist is removed from the ground, a katana made of ice is seen being held in her left hand. She then pulls her black katana off of her left hip holding it in her right hand. She is armed to the teeth so better not mess with her.
"Let's do this!" Erza said as she opened and closed her right hand causing a red magic circle to appear in front of it. Once she opened her hand a second time she was armed with a sword and Kyuri was armed with two swords.
"It came out of thin air, a magic sword!" Aspen exclaimed in amazement.
"If you insult the Fairy Tail Guild again in my presence," Erza said angrily then added just as angrily, "I swear none of you will live to see tomorrow!"
"We ain't scared of you! We have tons of magic swordsmen in Eisenwald." A random wizard said as he led an attack against Erza.
"You have to deal with two of us with swords!" Kyuri exclaimed as she started fighting several of the Eisenwald Wizards with her two swords. Breaking several of them and warding off some others.
Erza mirrored Kyuri's attack and also swung her sword around wildly as she broke several of them as well as injured several others. After the rampage of the two girls fighting back to back, several of the swordsmen were getting their swords cut in half, thirds, and quarters as well effectively disarming them. Kyuri then dissipated her her Ice Katana freeing up her left hand to work more of her molding magic.
"Ahhhhhh! Yahhhhh!" Erza exclaimed as she took out more of the Eisenwald thugs with just the swing of her swords.
"I'll show you!" A random Eisenwald wizard said as a purple magic circle appeared in front of his hand and he shot several golden beams of light at Erza.
"I think you need to cool down you thugs!" Kyuri said as she put her black katana away and put her hands on the frozen ground once again."Ice Sculpt Magic! Double Bladed Ice Sword!" Once Kyuri said that a blue magical circle appears underneath her hands as she was able to break off a handful of ice and take it in her hands. She then proceeded to take them apart revealing a center handle and two oversize sword blades that made the blade of her black katana and ice katana look small.
Kyuri swung her double-bladed katana rapidly dissipating a good chunk of the spheres of light that were heading toward Erza, however at the end of the spin, Kyuri's double-bladed sword disappeared and she fell to one knee. Seeing this, Aspen rushed to her aid.
"Kyuri, are you okay?" Aspen asked with a concerned look on her face.
"I'm fine, it's just this battle took a lot more out of me than I thought it would. I've heard about Gray and his magical abilities, but mine are not unlimited like Gray's are." Kyuri said sadly. "It's my fault, I just am not strong enough for a rough battle like this. I have a lot to do in order to get to Gray's level."
"I don't ever want to hear one of my friends say that about themselves again!" Aspen said a bit angrily at the white/black haired girl. "You did a great job. Is this the first major battle you have had as a wizard?"
Kyuri nodded as Aspen picked Kyuri up and carried her over to the stairs to recover. "Here Kyuri, sit down and regain your strength. You did an excellent job for your first major battle, right now, you need to rest, and it looks like Erza does too. She must've used a lot of magic with the magic mobile. I have to go help her."
As Aspen was heading over to help her requipping teammate, said teammate then jumped up in the air as two red magic circles appeared on either end of the sword that she had just re-quipped. Her sword was held sideways as she moved her hands apart. This caused the sword to lengthen and gain an arrowhead-like point on one end and a handle on the other. Then in her hand, Erza was holding a spear.
"Oh wow!" Aspen exclaimed excitedly as she decided to sit down next to Kyuri and watch Erza fight. "Now it's a spear."
Erza then swung her spear one way, and then the other taking out a bunch of Eisenwald thugs once again. She then opened and closed her hands once again as the spear turned into twin swords.
One of the Eisenwald thugs, the one with green hair, Karacka spoke up in amazement. Karacka is a short, hunched and fat man with strange features: he doesn't seem to have a visible nose, and possesses very large lips, with his face on the whole resembling that of a fish. His hair is green and points upwards in many rounded, curved spikes. His attire consists of a crimson jacket with lighter edges and a high collar, held closed right under it but otherwise being left open, over a light shirt, which, being quite short, reveals much of Karacka's stomach, and loose, military-spotted pants held up by a simple belt and tucked inside boots. He also has a massive necklace around his neck, consisting of several, very large metal discs connected by a rope. His magic is known as Earth Phasing.
"It turned into twin swords!" Karacka exclaimed in amazement at the prowess and ability of Erza to requip so quickly.
The man next to him is a tall man with a square-shaped face and dark hair, which is arranged on the front in a flat tuft going upwards. On his face are distinctive whisker-like things, with each cheek bearing three of them. He dons a simple attire consisting of a zipped, brownish jacket with a large collar over a dark shirt, dark pants and simple shoes. This is another Eisenwald Dark Wizard, his name is Byard. His specialty is Light Magic and Telekinesis.
"I've never seen anybody be able to requip as fast as this chick." Byard said.
"What's requip?" Kyuri asked. Aspen was too busy trying to protect Kyuri to even bother to ask, even though she herself wasn't sure what Requip meant. She had heard of it somewhere before, but wasn't sure where, maybe it was in Sorcerer Weekly.
Happy's ears twitched at Kyuri's question, he also somehow knew that Aspen wanted to know what requip was as well.
"You've seen how Lucy uses her keys to summon spirits from another dimension haven't you?" Happy asked.
Aspen nodded her head because she was with Lucy and Lisanna in Hargeon when Lucy used Aquarius to send Bora's yacht into the port. Kyuri wasn't so sure.
"The only spirit of Lucy's I've seen is that Maid that she summoned in the Magic Mobile," Kyuri said to the group, then continued, "although I did hear about a blue mermaid appearing in a giant fight in Hargeon about a week or so ago. Was that mermaid a Celestial Spirit of Lucy's?"
Aspen nodded in acknowledgement as she continued to fight while protecting Kyuri at the same time.
"Well magic weaponry isn't that much different from the blue mermaid you heard about. By the way, that mermaid is Aquarius. She is one of Lucy's Celestial Spirit," Happy said raising his left paw up in the air. "She also has a couple of other spirits in her possession, a crab and a bull. They're Cancer and Taurus respectively," Happy finished.
"I see." Kyuri said, then added."but that still doesn't answer my question, what is Re-quip?"
"Let me talk and I will explain." Happy said. "As I said before, magic weaponry isn't that much different from Celestial Spirits like Aquarius, Cancer, Taurus, and Virgo. The user of re-quip magic can summon different weapons they keep hidden in another dimension."
As Happy is explaining this, he imagined several shadows that show the likeness of weapons as well as a person switching weapons in and out of its hand in his minds eye.
"And when the user switches between weapons, it's called Re-quipping." Happy explained to the two newcomers.
"Wow Happy!" Kyuri exclaimed.
"That's incredible!" Aspen said reflecting the enthusiasm that Kyuri has.
"You haven't seen anything yet!" Happy exclaimed. "Erza is just getting warmed up."
"Erza?" Karacka asked.
"Kyuri, you stay here with Happy." Aspen said. "You need to recover your strength. It's time for me to kick butt too!"
Aspen then ran off, but not before Happy asked "Uh! Why do you have to go and try and steal the spotlight from her?"
"Hey, I may be new but I am a Fairy Tail Wizard as well. I have to show Kyuri what I can do now!" Aspen said.
"Really, you will show me some of your Weather Manipulation Magic?" Kyuri asked curiously. "And you want me to stay here to keep me safe? Okay go for it Aspen."
There was the tiniest bit of blush on Kyuri's face. No one except her currently missing brother ever protected her. If this is what Fairy Tail was like, then she is going to love it here.
"Hey you thugs!" Aspen said as she ran up next to Erza. "Time for me to join in! You hurt my friend and you will pay!"
"Aspen, what are you doing?" Erza asked.
"Looking out for my teammate and friend. I have to thank you somehow for letting me tag along with you." Aspen said as she gave the thumbs up symbol to the armored wizard.
"Well then, show me what you got Aspen!" Erza exclaimed.
"Right!" Aspen said as she stepped in front of Erza allowing her to recover some. "It's time for me to give it my all!"
"What's a useless little girl like you going to do against us?" Several thugs asked. "You're no match for us. So how can you do anything to us anyway?"
"What's that? You idiots underestimate my power? It's time to show you what I can do!" Aspen exclaimed as a white magic circle appeared in front of her hands. "Weather Manipulation Power! Climate Change Blizzard Warning!"
All of a sudden the white magic circle got larger and encased the entire place. Causing everyone in the place except for Erza, because she is an S-Class, a little drop in temperature wouldn't hurt her, Kyuri, well because she uses a form of Ice Magic, and Aspen because she is the one casting the spell, to shiver.
"It's so cold in here, how could it be so cold in here?" A random Eisenwald Wizard asked. "It's summer and we are inside."
"You obviously underestimate Fairy Tail Wizards! Time to show you what we are made of! Weather Manipulation Magic! Blustery Blizzard Attack!" Aspen said as the white circle got even bigger and took up the entire air around her immediately forming ominous looking snow clouds above all of the Eisenwald Wizards as well as her and her teammates. Happy wasn't cold either because of his fur.
"Time to let the snow and ice fly!" Aspen said as it started snowing white-out conditions. "Now to make things more interesting with a little Damaging Wind and Hail Warning!"
The white circle combines with a blue circle causing it to start to rain, but then immediately turned into hail creating a mixture of blustery winds, hail storm, and snow storm all in one, in other words one giant Blizzard! In a matter of seconds the entire floor in the lobby was covered with snow, ice, and hail stones the size of baseballs and softballs. Several Eisenwald Wizards were knocked out because of the hail, while others kept attacking.
"Icicle needle storm!" Aspen said as she formed an ice blue circle in front of her hands causing several icicles to form. Since they were needle-shaped they would easily embed into anything including unsuspecting wizards. "It's time for you thugs to Freeze in your place. Icicle Needle Storm attack!"
Several icicles started flying everywhere creating a giant ice storm. The icicles embedded themselves into several Eisenwald thugs freezing them in place. She also sent some super-heated needles to some unsuspecting wizards causing them to burn up from the inside out.
"What's a matter boys, can't handle a little girl like me! How about someone like her over there. Surely you can handle a." Aspen said as she cut off her speech and looked toward Kyuri who nodded. 'Sorry Kyuri, but I have to get you to help because three wizards are better than one. Please forgive me, I know you will hate what I am about to call you.' Aspen thought to herself. "A little child!"
Aspen was being sarcastic, but the way Kyuri carries herself, it's easy to see that she hates being called a child this really got her adrenaline going as she got up with an angry expression on her face.
The Eisenwald thugs then cackled. "What's a little child that is low on magical power going to do to us anyway?"
"A LITTLE CHILD! A LITTLE CHILD! I HATE BEING CALLED A CHILD, SO BEING CALLED A LITTLE CHILD JUST ANGERS ME EVEN MORE!" Kyuri said as she used her Ice Sculpting magic to make a pair of Ice Skates since there are several slick spots. Once she gets to just snow she glares angrily at Aspen and then smiles realizing that the only way to get her to join into the fight with her new guild mates, was for Aspen to do that. "Ice Sculpt Magic!" Kyuri exclaimed as she put both her hands down into the snow. "Ice Needle Barrage!"
Once Kyuri said that, an ice blue magic seal surrounds her and the area around her. She was standing in the center of the magic circle as she activates the spell. Several needles bombarded the thugs freezing them in place. She then winks at Aspen knowing that the only reason the Weather Manipulation Wizard called her a little child was to get her fired up and she knew Aspen was being sarcastic as well.
"Ice Blade Barrage!" Kyuri said as she sent several ice blades toward the thugs. She then ended it with something she never thought she would be able to pull off as she took out her katana and gathered a giant heap of snow in her hands and smashed it down on the ground. "Ice Sculpt Magic! Ice Shuriken Slashing Storm!"
Several throwing stars were formed from Kyuri's sculpting work. Each throwing star or shuriken she sculpted was also broken by the hilt of her katana into several shurikens. They flew in all directions knocking weapons out of Eisenwald's thugs' hands left and right.
A shuriken is a ninja throwing star that a lot of ninjas use for battle. When the shurikens strike an opponent in the wrist or the arm, the pain from the blades of the shuriken, or throwing star causes the opponent to drop the weapon in pain. However Kyuri's shurikens are special because they are made from ice and snow and are pretty much flash frozen by the climate change technique that the Weather Manipulation Wizard used, the throwing stars that the Ice Sculpt Wizard let go, cut several of the swords that the swordsman were using in half much like Erza's weapons did.
"Thanks Kyuri now for the final blow for my set of thugs!" Aspen said as a silver magic circle appears under her feet as she raised her hands up into the sky. It's time to show Erza, Happy, and Kyuri what the training she did when Lucy and Lisanna were in Shirotsume did for her. "For my final trick! Weather Manipulation Magic! Climate Change! Terrorizing Tornado TKO!"
As Aspen said that the silver magic circle that showed she was using wind magic created a giant Tornado and sent it after a bunch of thugs. She made sure to concentrate enough that she didn't get her comrades caught in it as well. Several thugs were knocked out by the combined effort of Kyuri and Aspen. While Kyuri had exhausted a bunch of her magic, Aspen hadn't quite exhausted as much thanks to the training she did while Lisanna and Lucy were in Shirotsume.
It was Erza's turn to be astonished, she never knew how powerful their two newest recruits were until she saw them in action. Seeing a good chunk of the thugs knocked out, she motioned for Aspen to change the climate back to normal. Aspen nodded and snapped her fingers and all the snow was gone in five seconds.
Though there was damage to the station left in it's wake.
"You two are definitely going to fit right in at Fairy Tail!" Erza exclaimed.
"Aye!" Happy exclaimed chiming in his two cents as always.
"Still so many of them." Erza said as she held a giant ax in her hand. "I thought we took care of most of them. Annoying, but I'll wipe them out."
A red magic circle then appeared underneath Erza as always. Now she was set to show Aspen and Kyuri her other Requipping ability.
Above the magic circle, Erza's body became encased in a gold light. Erza then moved her hands in an elegant manner. The rest of the Eisewald Wizards have hearts in their eyes.
"Wow, her armor is disappearing." One of the Eisenwald Wizards said with hearts in his eyes much like the others. The Eisenwald Wizards also had a blush on their faces. Aspen and Kyuri look on, Aspen blushes at the sight of Erza.
"Most magic swordsman only have the ability to swap their weapons, but Erza is able to swap her armor for wizarding armor that enhances her abilities." Happy explained then added, "It's a talent that only she possesses. That's what makes her magic special, a technique called The Knight."
While Happy was explaining Erza's ability, Aspen had her hands to her cheeks and is blushing. Kyuri was as well, but to a lesser extent.
Erza has now requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor. The Heaven's Wheel Armor is seemingly made of silver metal. The upper part of this armor only consists of a small breastplate that is composed of feather-shaped plates pointing upwards with a large metal flower on the front which extends along her hips. Her biceps are covered by metal straps and her very large plated gauntlets sport feather-shaped plates at the edges. Erza's waist is circled by large, decorated plates reminiscent of feathers that lie on a long skirt. She wears a pair of plated boots which is partially hidden under her skirt, each sporting metal ornaments shaped like wings. Erza also wears a neck guard made of feather-like plates and a tiara with prominent metal wings. The armor also sports two pairs of large metal wings which adorn Erza's back, composed of metal feathers which get longer and larger at the edges.
The Eisenwald Wizards were blushing with hearts in their eyes, while Aspen and Kyuri blushed with their hands off to the side in a fan girl type fashion. The blush is more evident on Aspen's face, than it is on Kyuri's face. A lot of it has to do with the way they carry themselves.
"Whoa!" All the Eisenwald Wizards said together still with their hearts in their eyes.
"Oh wow!" Aspen said with sparkles in her eyes and a blush on her face.
"She really is something." Kyuri said. "I can't really understand why a lot of the wizards of the guild are so afraid of her."
Erza crosses her arms over her exposed cleavage as several swords appear around her. The swords are dancing around Erza in a circle-like pattern.
"Dance! My swords!" Erza said as her swords headed straight toward the remainder of the Eisenwald thugs.
Karacka saw this and knew exactly where he had heard the name Erza before. "I knew it! It has to be her!"
"Circle Sword!" Erza exclaimed as she sent all of her swords toward the Eisenwald guild.
"Whoa!" Aspen exclaimed in astonishment.
"She took most of them down with just a single swipe!" Kyuri exclaimed just as much in astonishment Aspen is.
"Aye!" Happy chimed in at the display in front of them.
Byard then activates his magic circle as he sends his light magic toward Erza.
"Don't do it Byard!" Karacka exclaimed. "Do you have any idea who that woman is?"
Right as Byard goes after Erza, she immediately swings her sword as Byard sees nothing but a flash of metal slashing him. this in turn knocks him out. Erza's armor then flashes and she returns to her normal Heart Kruz Armor.
"She's Queen of the Fairies, Titania Erza!" Karacka exclaimed.
"Oh man!" Aspen chimed with stars in her eyes and a blush on her face with her hands clenched together at the side of her face. "I think I'm in love!"
"Forget this! This is suicide! I'm out of here!" Karacka exclaimed as he ran away. He seems to be the smartest of all of the Eisenwald thugs. Don't mess with Fairy Tail!
"I would imagine, he's going to go look for Erigor, I want you and Kyuri to follow him." Erza said to the two newcomers and the blue cat. "Both of you should follow him."
"Who?" Aspen asked.
"Us?" Kyuri also inquired.
"Just do it!" Erza ordered with an angry look in her eyes as well as pupil-less and iris-less eyes. The frown marred her lovely features.
"Whatever you say!" Aspen and Kyuri exclaimed as they ran after Karacka. "We don't wanna make you angry!"
Happy then flew after Kyuri and Aspen.
Right after Aspen and Kyuri left the room, Erza's legs trembled and she fell down to one knee.
"Gray was right." Erza said. "I overdid it on the magic mobile. Please Lucy, Lisanna, Gray; please don't fail me."
Meanwhile with Lucy, Lisanna, and Gray...
"I can't believe Erza sent me to work with you Gray!" Lisanna in her Fire Tigress form exclaimed. "What was she thinking?"
"Obviously she wasn't thinking!" Gray exclaimed. "Everyone knows that Fire and Ice don't mix!"
"I don't need your help, I can handle Erigor all by myself!" Lisanna and Gray exclaimed toward each other with glares in their eyes as Lisanna dropped her Tigress form and returned to her normal form, however she still had the reddish-orange streaks in her hair.
Just as Lisanna and Gray were about to start a brawl, a whip was cracked behind the two wizards this immediately caused Lisanna and Gray to stop fighting and look a very angry golden blond haired girl in the eyes. They saw this and then backed down. "Sorry." Lisanna and Gray said together.
"Erza sent me along to keep you two from fighting. We have to trust Erza, she is more powerful than any of us are." Lucy stated with an angry edge to her voice. "If you don't work together, I will just have to do something about it. Erza trusts me to handle you two, just be lucky neither of you is Natsu, because I wouldn't be nearly as nice to him as I'm being to you two. Lisanna, I know you miss Natsu, I do too, but please don't act like him we don't need more than one Natsu. Besides, you know as well as I do that we don't do things like Natsu always did. We control our emotions. Don't let Gray influence you like he influenced Natsu."
The group of three kept on running and came to a fork in the road.
"Now what?" Lisanna asked as she looked at Gray.
"I don't know." Gray said.
"Lisanna and I will go right, Gray you go left." Lucy said as she walked up next to her best friend. "Let's go!"
Lisanna and Lucy faced one way, Gray faced the other.
"If you two find that freak, destroy him for me," Gray said.
"You don't have to worry about that," Lisanna said giving the thumbs up sign, then continuing "I still have a score to settle with him for making fun of Fairy Tail."
Gray and Lisanna glared at each other, and Lucy glared at both of them angrily which immediately stopped them from fighting.
Lucy and Lisanna ran one way, while Gray went the other way.
Gray then spotted a speaker and figured it out, or so he thought.
"So that's it," Gray said with a pondering expression on his face as stroked his chin, then continued, "Erigor is going to play the Lullaby song over the speaker system."
Gray finds himself at the top of the stairs. One sign says that the restrooms are to the right, while the broadcast studio is to the left. Gray takes a left turn and heads toward the broadcast studio.
Gray kicks the door down and enters the studio. The broadcast studio is a very small room with only one chair in it which is up against a giant wall-mounted surround sound system that connects to all the intercoms throughout the train station. Gray is taken aback by the lack of anyone inside. He can't help but find the emptiness of this particular room a bit unnerving as he looks all around seeing no one in sight.
"What? There's nobody here." Gray said. "What gives? Maybe I was wrong about him broadcasting over the stations PA."
"That was a pretty good guess pal," Rayule said from his spot on the ceiling as he knocked Gray back with his black tendril like rubber bands. "But our plan isn't as obvious as you think."
"So tell me what the plan is and you won't get hurt." Gray said to Rayule.
Having recovered at least some of her strength, Erza made her way to the Balcony with a Megaphone in her hand.
Feedback from the balcony could be heard by the onlookers of the black smoke coming from the station.
Erza then goes to the edge of the balcony as a random citizen speaks up.
"Someone's on the balcony."
"What the heck is going on?" Another random citizen asked.
"If you value your lives, then you will leave this place at once!" Erza started, paused, then continued. "This station's been taken over by evil wizards. They are threatening to cast a deadly spell over the loudspeakers that will kill everyone here. I beg you run as far as you can."
There were several mumbles among the citizens as they finally took Titania's warning seriously and fled to safety. Three station workers went up to Erza and started to berate her.
"Hey lady, why would you make everybody panic like that?" A station work inquired of the Armored Wizard.
"I would rather that, than watching all these people die." Erza explained as she continued on. "In fact, you gentlemen need to evacuate as well."
The first worker was on the verge of panicking as well as he and the other two workers fled.
"Now that I've cleared everyone from the train station," Erza sighed. "I wonder what Erigor's next move will be."
Several leaves were flying behind her as she turned around. She was greeted by a horrible sight.
"Oh no!" Erza exclaimed worriedly. "It's some sort of wind barrier!"
Behind Erza, Erigor flies down and chuckles evilly.
In the broadcast studio, Gray is encountering Rayule as he takes a stance and starts to power up is Ice Make Magic.
Rayule whacks Gray with his rubber band things pushing him back.
"There's no escape!" Rayule exclaimed as he sent his weapons toward Gray once again. "From my Urumi!"
Rayule sends his Urumi magic straight toward Gray again as he takes a stance, closes his eyes and smashes his right fist into his left palm.
"Ice Make!" Gray exclaimed as a blue magic seal appeared in front of him. "Shield!"
Right after Gray said that he spread out his arms, spreading out the shield as well stopping Rayule's Urumi.
"This punk uses Ice Magic?" Rayule asked as he continued to fight using his Urumi.
Gray then put his hands together on his left side as another blue magic seal appeared between his hands executing another attack.
"Ice Make: Knuckle!" Gray exclaimed as he let several knuckles made of ice go toward Rayule, this in turn knocked Rayule through the wall of the broadcast studio. "This is your last chance to tell me what your plan is. You're not going to broadcast the Lullaby Song over the PA System?"
Rayule continued to chuckle as he wiped the debris and blood off of his face. "Ha ha ha!" Erigor's magic sealing barrier should be activated by now."
"Erigor's what?" Gray asked as he looked around. What he saw made Gray cringe, it was a huge cyclone like cocoon that was now covering the station. Erza was still outside of it.
"He's created a wind barrier that will keep you insects from escaping." Rayule explained.
Erza and Erigor are staring each other down as the Scarlet Haired Fairy Tail Wizard reaches the top of the steps
Erza is standing at the top of the steps that lead to the station with Erigor hovering in the sky just making small talk.
"I always wanted the opportunity to fight the queen of the Fairies, but unfortunately I don't have time to play with you right now." Erigor explained to Erza as he opened his hand up revealing a purple magical circle in front of him. He then opens his right hand and sends an attack at Erza called Wind Blade, which causes Erza to be sent through the barrier and through the purple magic circle.
"Erigor!" Erza exclaimed as she regained her footing and ran straight for the Wind Barrier. Once she hit the wind barrier, she was thrown back from it and probably injured in the process.
"It's useless, there's no way you will be able to break through my magic sealing barrier." Erigor explained with an evil glint in his eye. "You see it's one way only, and if you try to escape, the wind will tear you apart."
"What is the meaning of this you scoundrel?" Erza asked through the wind barrier. "You better explain!"
"We've wasted enough of our time on you Fairy Tail flies!" Erigor exclaimed maliciously then continued. "Now if you'll excuse me."
Erigor then flew up into the air.
"Come back here!" Titania exclaimed as she continued. "Curse you Erigor! We will find a way to stop you!"
Erza then speaks to herself. "So he wasn't targeting the station after all. Just what is he planning?"
Meanwhile, back with Gray and Rayule, the Ice Make Wizard has Rayule by the lapel of his striped hat.
"Why don't I get straight to the point buddy!" Gray exclaimed as he looks straight into Rayule's eyes. "Tell me what the plan is or else!"
"We knew you pests would cause problems, so we lured you here and trapped you." Rayule explained, then continued. "The only reason we took over this station is to block traffic to the final stop. We didn't want any trains to getting into Clover Station."
"Yeah, why?" Gray asked as Rayule pulled out a map of the train line and pointed to the stations along the way. He ended at Clover Town, which is at the end of the line.
"Because that's where it's going down," Rayule continued. "Clover's just beyond the canyon and this train line is the only way in or out of town, unless you're able to fly like Erigor."
"So the Lullaby's in Clover?" Gray asked of the striped headdress wearing wizard.
"You know what else is there right now?" Rayule asked as he extended his Urumi item. "Think hard and you'll get it."
While Gray is thinking Rayule sends his Urumi straight toward Gray as he crosses his arms to block. He also has a worried clenched-teeth frown on his face as he realizes what it is. He then thinks to himself as the scene in his mind switches to focusing on the Mountain Town known as Clover.
"Gotcha!" Rayule exclaimed as he sent his attack at Gray once again.
'Clover, that's where the conference is being held. So this was their plan all along.' Gray thought to himself as the scene in his mind switched to the conference hall. He then continued to think to himself. 'They're targeting the Guild Masters!'
The Ice Make Wizard then comes out of his thoughts with his left eye twitching in anger.
"Ha ha! You finally figured it out huh?" Rayule inquired, then added. "Well it's too late to stop us now!"
Gray is still reeling from the hit he took earlier from Urumi Wizard. He then gets attacked again, still blocking his face.
"You Eisenwald thugs must be pretty brave then, taking on such a powerful group of wizards," Gray taunted.
"Those ignorant old fogies won't even realize what hit them once Lullaby's song starts playin'." Rayule continued as he is still attacking the Ice Make Wizard. "There's no way Erigor's plan will fail!"
Rayule then sent another attack Gray's way thinking he will be able to finish him off. He manages to tie Gray's arms up making him seemingly useless.
"You and your little Fairy Tail friends are stuck in this station; so there's nothing you can do about it. Soon we'll have our revenge on everyone who tried to keep us down!" Rayule exclaimed evilly as he tightens the hold his Urumi has on Gray. "When we're done, they'll be completely wiped out!"
As the rope that Rayule is using continues to tighten around Gray's arms, icy fog starts to materialize around his hands. The icy fog reaches Rayule's Urumi and turns it into ice the entire length as Gray manages to break his bindings, this in turn freezes Rayules feet in place.
"That's not going to happen," Gray explained as his eyes stared downcast, his bangs leaving only a shadow over his eyes as the Ice Make Wizard sauntered up to Rayule to teach him a lesson. Gray's bangs were covering his eyes as he marched up to the Eisenwald thug, then continued his explanation, "Now get this straight, when you mess with the Guild Masters then you mess with all of us. They may be old fogies, but they're the closest things we have to parents."
Gray continued to march angrily up toward Rayule as the air around him begins to freeze until he finally reaches Rayule. The Urumi Wizard is gritting his teeth in fear as the Ice Make Wizard approaches ever closer. Once Gray gets up close and personal with Rayule, he places his hand over the Eisenwald thugs face.
Meanwhile, with our favorite Fairy Tail Heroines, a shadow is trailing Starry Sky and Wild's Soul(2) as the two girls are getting really frustrated with the shadow.
"Hey just come out and fight us already," Lucy and Lisanna exclaimed together. "Or are you too afraid of being beaten by two girls?"
Kageyama's pony-tailed head pops out of the ground as he chuckles evilly. "Looks like it's about time for me to strike."
Meanwhile with Titania, the Queen of the Fairies, a certain Scarlet Haired Requip wizard is scolding the Wind Barrier, "We will stop you!"
We pick up with two newest Fairy Tail recruits and our favorite blue cat friend looking for Karacka.
"Now where did that fat one run off too?" Aspen and Kyuri asked with Happy flying close behind.
"You better find him or Erza's going to strangle you both." Happy retorted.
"Ah!" Aspen and Kyuri chime together in fear of Titania.
Meanwhile, back in the broadcast studio, Gray is sauntering out of the hole he made in the wall.
"When I get my hands on 'em, I will show them that Fairy Tail can be even more terrifying than any dark guild." Gray said while stopping for a moment.
As Gray is walking out of the broadcast studio, behind him against the wall is the Eisenwald Dark Wizard known as Rayule completely encased in ice.
Lucy and Lisanna are running from a shadow in the ground following them preparing for battle, looking for Erigor.
Uh oh, will Team Lucy get there in time? Be on the look out to find out.
To Be Continued...
Next Time: The tracking down of Eisenwald continues. Team Lucy sets off on a quest to find Erigor, Karacka, and Kageyama. Also, just as they are about to go after the thugs, they come face to face with the wind barrier. The group needs to find a way through it. Aspen and Virgo will certainly come in handy for this task. Although will Aspen be able to dispel it with her wind magic, or will the group need to think of a different way to escape? Only time will tell.
Next Time on Starry Heavens: Bonds of Friendship, Magic & Love - Episode 008: Let Your Emotions Burn! Lisanna Vs Erigor!
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Author's Notes:
(1) The original version of this story had Lucy fight a Freelance Wizard named Angel, who was also a Celestial Wizard. However, the chapter that had it was redone and Angel was taken out of the story. So as of right now, Lucy just has Aquarius, Cancer, Taurus, and Virgo for her Zodiac Gate Keys.
(2) Starry Sky and Wild's Soul: These are the nicknames that Lucy and Lisanna will go by every now and then. Since I gave Lucy and Lisanna nicknames in my other two re-tellings, I figured I should give them a nickname for this story as well. These names belong to a friend of mine OathkeeperRoxasXNamine09. He also happens to be my beta reader. Right now he is busy with his own stories and doing something else for me so I didn't want to put even more on his plate. Thanks Oathkeeper for the ideas of the nicknames for Lucy and Lisanna.
(3) Also if anybody has an idea for a nickname to give Gray, Kyuri, and Aspen just leave them in a review or PM them to me. However that doesn't mean I will actually give those three nicknames though.
The next chapter will cover the following Episode:
Episode 007: Flame and Wind