Silence permeated the chamber as Gray, Tyson, Mizu, Erza, Lucy and Happy all stared up at the large light purple chunk of ice that held the massive demon of destruction, Deliora.
"Okay, what is that thing?" Lucy asked, fear in her voice.
"That Lucy is Deliora, otherwise known as the demon of destruction. It is another of Zeref's creations, along with Lullaby through the use of Living Magic. Ten years ago, it went on a rampage across the northern parts of Fiore. However, Ur, the Ice Make mage that taught Gray sealed the demon away using a forbidden spell known as Iced Shell and for a couple years was actually part of the ice that currently contains the demon." Tyson explained.
"She was a part of the ice?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, her body was actually turned into the ice that holds the demon. Several years earlier me, Gray, Erza, Mizu and Gildarts all went and managed to free Ur from the ice while leaving said ice intact. That is actually how Gray managed to obtain his Ice Devil Slayer magic." Tyson told the blonde.
"Oh." Lucy said, surprised at how Gray acquired his magic.
"How? How is it that Deliora is here?" Gray said as he glared at the ice, his hands shaking in anger as his magic started to flare outwards, showing that he was absolutely livid.
Tyson placed his hand on Gray's right shoulder and said, "I honestly have no idea, but we are going to find out. This must be what the Moon Drip is being used to free. It's not a Shadow Wraith, it was Deliora the whole time. This is a good thing."
Gray whipped around, fury present in his eyes as he shouted out, "Good thing?! How could this possibly be a good thing?!"
"If Deliora is released, we have a way to deal with him. A shadow wraith on the other hand, there would be very little we could have done to kill one of those things. So, yes Gray, it is a good thing we're just dealing with Deliora and not a Shadow Wraith." Tyson said.
The two locked eyes, neither one of them backing down until Gray finally relented and looked away before apologizing, "Sorry I snapped. It's just that seeing Deliora again brings back some bad memories."
"Don't worry about it. I am curious about something, who in the hell thought it was a good idea to even free Deliora from the ice?" Tyson asked.
"That is a good question. Here's a better one. How did they even find out where Deliora was? The Magic Council placed a no travel ban a mile radius around Deliora. No one should even know where it was." Erza pointed out.
This caused the group to think, how did anyone even know where the block of ice containing one of the most dangerous Etherious demons in the world when almost no one was supposed to know Deliora was even still alive.
"It has to be someone who was present when Deliora was first placed under the effects of Iced Shell. There weren't supposed to be any survivors in that village after Deliora was finished with it, but I suppose someone could have survived and waited for the right time to get the block of ice out of there, but the real question is why take the demon? What is their reasoning for all of this?" Tyson questioned.
"Revenge on the demon? Kill it for destroying that person's lives." Happy suggested.
"That's a possibility. We must also consider that the person trying to free Deliora is doing so with the intention of trying to get control of the demon." Erza noted.
"That is stupid. Nobody can take control of a demon, they are only designed to respond to commands from a higher ranking demon, they would soon rather kill a human in the blink of an eye then take orders from them." Gray argued.
"Aye. No human has ever successfully commanded a demon besides Zeref." Happy added.
"I wouldn't put it past someone to try. Desperation makes people do crazy things after all." Tyson informed them.
"So, what should we do? Try and find those people?" Lucy asked.
"Let's try and lay low for the time being and try to look for whoever is doing this quietly. WE don't want to give away our location and element of surprise this early." Tyson said.
Just then, they heard several voices coming from the tunnel to their back.
"Hurry! Hide!" Tyson shouted as they all hide behind a pile of rocks.
A few minutes later and they saw who was talking.
It was a pair of weird looking men.
The one on the left was a lean built, muscular man around 6 feet tall with some strange features on him. He had a pair of elongated canines, a pair of canine ears, a small dark nose and finally his lower face was colored differently from the rest of his body and resembled a canine's muzzle. He had small black eyes, shoulder length brown hair and dark eyebrows. He wore a pair of light blue pants with a black belt on, plus black combat boots with silver soles. On the left side of his pants was a white skull and crossbones symbol on a black patch.
To his right was a short, slim young man who was about 4 feet tall with a large bushy pair of eyebrows that curve downwards at the edges. He had black eyes and spiky dark blue hair. He wore a light green jacket with black sections on the sleeves outer edges and on the sides lower parts while a black belt with a rectangular silver belt buckle wrapped around the outside of the jacket to keep it closed. His pants were dark and loose and he had on plain light colored boots.
"You sure you heard noises down here? I don't want to be awake right now." The man with the canine muzzle said.
"I am positive. Are you sure Moon Drip didn't affect you?" The other said.
"These are purely decorative you jerk!" The other shouted at him.
The two men entered the chamber and looked around, then the man with the canine muzzle said, "See? Told you nothing was here."
"Yuka! Toby! I have bad news!" A feminine voice exclaimed.
A woman then entered the chamber.
She was 5 feet 9 inches tall, slim and young looking. She had mid lower back length pink hair tied into pigtails, had robin blue eyes and a curvaceous body. She had on dark purple hoop earrings, a choker tied as a ribbon, a purple and pink spaghetti dress that has light pink trimmings, high-heeled sandals, while also having two thin and long white wings on her back.
"Angelica has been hurt!" The woman told the two men.
"Do you have to refer to your oversized rat as a person and not a thing?" Toby asked.
"Angelica is no mere thing! She is an agent of love!" The woman said dramatically as she placed her hands on her forehead.
"You're a weird one Sherry." Toby said as he sweat dropped.
"Never mind that! If Angelica was defeated, then that means that we do indeed have intruders inside the temple!" Yuka said.
"Then we must go find them and defeat them! In the name of love!" Sherry exclaimed.
"Yes, let's go find them!" Toby yelled out.
The three left quickly, intent on finding the intruders, unaware that their targets were in the same room as they had been.
After a minute of waiting to see if they would return, Tyson and the others emerged from their hiding spots.
"Okay, who were those people?" Lucy asked.
"Not sure, but they aren't from the island. Their scent is all wrong." Tyson said.
"They must have been a part of the group trying to free Deliora, they seemed pretty determined about finding us." Gray added.
"So, what do we do now that we are being hunted?" Happy asked.
"Well, we should go along the tunnel that is the opposite to the one they left in, that way we can minimize the possibility of us being found." Erza said.
"And after that? What should we be looking for or doing?" Lucy asked.
"We should be looking for the leader and try to find out what his plans are, that is key to this whole thing. We need to know, we need information, right now we are blind. We have no idea who we are fighting, what their capabilities are or what their objectives are. Those are questions we need answers to if we wish to beat whoever is behind all of this. Keep your eyes and ears open for anything." Tyson said.
The others nodded and then started moving across the whole cavern, trying to find a way back up to the temple floors above their heads.
After searching for hours through a winding mess of tunnels and dead ends, they finally found their way back up to the main floor just as night had fallen and the moon was starting to rise, causing a large purple beam to come from the moon and go down a circular symbol that was directly above Deliora, allowing the purple beam to strike the purple ice that held the mighty beast.
"They are starting the Moon Drip again!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Quick! We need to get to the top! Their leader should be there!" Gray shouted out.
The group quickly started to ascend the temple, heading higher and higher as they tried to get to the top as quickly as they could, desperately trying to get there before the ritual could be completed.
After a few minutes of running, they came to the top of the temple and quickly got behind a broken down pillar and started to peek out to get a look at what they were dealing with.
A large group of people dressed in white robes were standing in a large circle, each one of them chanting in perfect harmony as the purple light came down from the sky to strike the ice holding the massive demon.
The group then saw Toby, Sherry and Yuka all come out of another exit onto the top of the temple and with them was a fourth figure.
He was about 6 feet tall and was currently wearing a helmet with a large strand of hair at the back and has two large horns on the forehead. He wore a large white cloak with a wide collar, gold trimmings and fur patches on the coat's shoulder pads. The coat is held closed by a belt that is made of stylized blocks in the shape of a snake. Below the cloak it was possible to see a dark blue high collared tunic that went down to his knees. He wore dark baggy pants tucked inside armored greaves composed of different metal plates and has knee guards.
"Reitei, we have failed to find the intruders!" Sherry said to the man.
"Where could they have come from? Ah, the village. They are responsible for this interruption. We must punish them. Go and destroy the village." Reitei ordered.
Gray froze when he heard that voice, "No, it can't be!"
"Yes sir!" Sherry, Yuka and Toby said all together.
Gray then leapt from their hiding place and yelled out, "Ice-Make: Javelins!"
Gray's purple glowing hands were thrown forwards as a large number of 3 foot long javelins were sent flying towards Reitei.
Reitei jumped out of the way and let all of the javelins strike the ground where he had been not a moment before.
"Erza, you, Lucy and Happy go back to the village and keep them safe." Tyson ordered as he emerged from the hiding spot.
"We'll take care of this." Mizu added as he leaped out from behind the pillar.
Erza wanted to argue, but she knew that the mission and the safety of innocents came first before her own pride and feelings.
So, it was with great reluctance that Erza turned to Lucy and Happy said, "You heard him, we have to go."
Lucy looked at the three males worried, but turned and ran towards the village, Happy leaping onto her back and popping out his wings flying her to the village.
Erza changed into the Blackwing armor, but before she took off, she turned and looked back at Tyson, a look of worry on her face.
She, Lucy and Happy were not worried about Reitei, he wasn't strong enough to hurt Tyson, but they could sense that there was something in the shadows, something that could hurt him and that terrified her.
"Tyson, be safe." Erza muttered before she flew into the sky.
He faced a seemingly harmless mess of shadows before saying, "I know you're here. Come out."
A second or two later and the shadows morphed.
They grew and twisted around each other before they finished transforming into a humanoid shape.
The mess of shapes was completely black, with two red glowing embers where there should be eyes and in the shadow's right hand was a three foot long great sword made entirely of shadows.
Tyson engulfed his right fist and took an offensive stance staring at the shadows, who took their own stance as well.
Neither did anything for a few seconds before he charged forwards, his flaming orange fist cocked back and ready to punch.
The shadow being responded by shifting their stance and bringing their sword closer to their body.
When Tyson's fist flew forwards, the shadow being blocked the fist with his shadow sword.
He leapt backward as the shadow being created another sword and swung at him, the blade of shadows just nicking a bang of his brown hair and as the blade touched the hair, the hair was destroyed in a second.
'That blade seems to be able to cause whatever it cuts to die or degenerate immediately, so I can't let it cut anything else.' Tyson thought as he dodged yet another swipe from the shadow being.
Tyson's left hand crackled with emerald green lightning and he shouted, "Electric Vortex!"
He cupped his hands together as a emerald green sphere was created between his palms and once the sphere was big enough, Tyson threw the sphere forwards.
The sphere broke open and formed a emerald green five sided star that reached the shadow being before it could move.
The shadow being didn't even react as the powerful blast of condensed plasma went right through it's person and struck the wall behind it.
'So, it's not affected by my lightning dragon slayer magic huh? It is a being made of pure shadow, so it would stand to reason it wouldn't be hurt by almost anything. Maybe my golden flames?' Tyson thought.
He lit both of his fists on fire, but now instead of their usual orange color, the flames were golden as scales started to form on Tyson's sides, arms and under his eyes.
He then roared out as he charged forward towards the shadow being.
The shadow being had both of his swords at his side and ready to block Tyson's attack, but what the being of shadow didn't expect was for him to disappear in a flash of lightning and then reappear once again behind him.
Tyson threw both of his fists into the shadow's back, his fists going through the shadow, but causing the shadow to shriek in pain as the golden flames went through him.
He smirked, he had found the shadow's weakness, the golden flames of Dragon Force, meaning this shadow was made of black magic, since the golden flames were ultra effective on things of darkness.
The shadow then melted away as if they had never been there.
Tyson expanded his senses, but wasn't able to track whatever it was he had just fought, it was long gone.
'What was that? I have never encountered or battled anything like that thing? It's not a demon, but there was some degree of dark magic. That's a mystery for another time. I should go and see how Gray's doing.' Tyson thought as he went back to where he had left Gray on the other side of the temple's top.
Meanwhile, with Gray...
Gray and Reitei were staring at each other, neither one moving at all.
Even with the sounds of Tyson battling something, neither man moved an inch.
Finally after what seemed like an eternity, Gray said, "Remove that mask, Lyon."
Reitei was silent for a few seconds before he reached up and took off the helmet, revealing his face.
He was a young looking man with blueish silver tinted spiky hair, dark slanted eyes surrounded by black lines and small black eyebrows.
"So Gray, it has been quite some time since we last saw each other." Lyon said.
"Yep. You haven't changed much since then, have you?" Gray asked as he got into his combat pose, his purple ice forming around his hands.
"Oh, I have changed far more than you could possibly imagine." Lyon said as he too got into his combat pose, his own light blue ice forming over his own hands.
Gray suddenly felt a bit apprehensive fighting Lyon.
It wasn't Lyon's magical power, Gray was a bit stronger, it was Lyon's ice itself.
It felt dangerous, as if Lyon's ice wasn't normal Ice Make magic.
"So, you can sense my ice has changed since we last saw each other?" Lyon said with a smug look on his face.
"What did you do?" Gray asked.
"Oh, nothing much. I just got an upgrade, like you did. I heard you have Devil Slayer magic. Trying to get strong enough to kill Deliora yourself?" Lyon asked, making Gray a lot angrier with his tone.
"I, unlike you, don't need to. I have buried my past where it belongs, in the past." Gray said.
"Your anger proves otherwise." Lyon replied, becoming amused with Gray's anger.
"Enough! What are you trying to do Lyon? Freeing Deliora? Have you gone insane? You know what that monster is capable of." Gray yelled at his old friend, hoping to get through his thick head.
"Indeed I do know what that monster is capable of. It is capable of killing Ur, our master. It is the one thing our dear master was never capable of killing, even with all of her power." Lyon said with his arrogant smile.
"So, what are you planning to do?" Gray asked.
"Indeed. This is the part where I go into a long, boring monologue about my nefarious evil plot, and thus give away my plans." Lyon said sarcastically.
Lyon then yelled out, "Ice-Make: Eagles!"
Lyon waved his hand as eight light blue eagles made of ice flew from his hand towards Gray.
Gray yelled out, "Ice-Make: Shield!"
Gray smacked his left palm with his right hand and created a large dome of light purple ice in the shape of a flower.
However, to Gray's shock, the eight ice eagles destroyed the ice shield, leaving him open to a counterattack, which Lyon acted upon.
"Ice Make: Arrow!" Lyon shouted out as the long bow he had created using his magic sent a large light blue ice arrow towards Gray.
"Not so fast pal. Water Dragon Shield!"
Mizu created a dome of swirling water protecting himself and Gray from the light blue ice arrow. The dome of water then opened up around the two slayers.
Gray shouted, "Ice Devil Zeroth Glacier Cannon!"
A familiar light purple cannon formed onto Gray's left shoulder.
Gray then jumped out of his hiding spot, rolling a few feet to avoid the arrows Lyon had sent at him.
Gray finally stopped rolling, then got down on one knee and took aim at Lyon.
Gray then clicked the trigger as a large purple blast of ice came roaring at Lyon.
"Water Dragon Bullet!" Mizu's hand mimicked the appearance of a gun and then slightly bent his index finger, as a piercing bullet of water is fired at Lyon.
Lyon simply waved his hand and yelled out, "Ice-Make: Shield!"
A familiar flower shaped shield appeared in front of Lyon as the purple blast and water bullet struck.
The light blue shield stayed strong, barely wavering as the two attacks struck it.
Once the attacks stopped, Lyon then said, "Impressed? I always knew Static Ice Make Magic was useful, but I never would have thought it would be this useful. I can see why you use it all the time."
"How did you learn Static Ice Make Magic? You always used Dynamic Ice Make Magic." Gray called back.
"I simply read how to use the Static version of my magic, it was really quite simple when you put your mind to it." Lyon said.
"So, you can now use Static Ice Make. You really think that is going to kill Deliora?" Gray asked.
"Oh, I never intended to use Static Ice Make to kill Deliora, I intend to use another thing I learned since we last met." Lyon smugly said.
"Whatever it is, it won't be enough. That demon took yours, mine and Ur's strongest spells and walked away like we threw pebbles at it." Gray reminded him.
"I have changed greatly since then. Not only am I stronger, but my magic has evolved, just like yours has." Lyon calmly said back.
"Wait, are you a Devil Slayer?" Gray asked, shocked.
"No you idiot! I am not a Devil Slayer. I have a trick up my sleeve that you would never expect." Lyon said, pride and arrogance oozing off of his voice.
"Whatever. We gonna fight or are we gonna talk?" Gray asked as he got back into his fighting form.
"You are gonna regret your hasty nature." Lyon said as he too got back into fighting form.
The two stared at each other for a few seconds before Gray yelled out, "Ice Devil Zeroth Long Sword!"
Two ethereal purple blades formed in Gray's hands as he charged towards Lyon, who simply stayed still, completely calm.
Once Gray was close enough Lyon yelled out, "Ice-Make: Warhammer!"
Lyon formed a massive double sided warhammer that was bigger than he was and tried to bring it down onto Gray's back.
"I don't think so!" Mizu exclaimed. "Water Dragon Double Star!"
He threw two shurikens of water at the warhammer, knocking it out of the way.
"Thanks." Gray said before closing the distance and slashing at Lyon, who jumped out of the way and yelled, "Ice-Make: Ape!"
A large light blue ape was formed and then roared out as it charged towards Gray.
Gray simply ran towards the ape and once he was within five feet, jumped up and sliced the ape's head off.
Gray landed and picked up a piece of ice then began to chew on it.
However, that is when he felt something wrong.
He wasn't getting his strength back from eating the ice, the ice itself just tasted like regular ice and wasn't replenishing his magic.
Gray was so stunned he didn't see the new ice arrow until it struck him clear in the chest, causing him to go flying backwards.
"Gray!" Mizu shouted. He then ran forward and threw some punches at Lyon, which were dodged.
Gray flew backwards and hit the ground hard, causing him to roll for a bit before he stopped.
He got up and groaned, tentatively holding the area where the ice arrow struck him and saw a large bruise forming.
Gray was even more shocked, he was resistant to all ice based attacks, so how did Lyon's attack manage to hurt him so much?
He didn't have time to ponder this revelation as several more attacks were now coming towards him.
Gray jumped to the right as the attacks struck, causing an explosion.
He got behind some debris and concentrated creating a game plan to beat Lyon, who was much stronger than he had originally thought, his arrogance and pride coming back to bite him in the ass.
"Where is all that bravado Gray? Don't tell me you are beaten already?" Lyon taunted the man.
"Far from it!" Gray yelled out as he charged towards Lyon.
"Such a fool." Lyon said as he saw his former fellow student charging for him.
"Ice-Make: Dragon!" Lyon yelled out as he created a massive serpentine dragon of light blue ice.
The dragon roared and then moved towards Gray at lightning speed.
Gray yelled out, "Ice Devil Zeroth Destruction Fist!"
His right fist became coated in light purple ice and then Gray threw the fist forwards with all the force he could muster.
Gray's fist smashed into the ice dragon, the Ice Devil Slayer magic of Gray ultimately destroying Lyon's magic and destroying the ice dragon in a large explosion.
Gray ran through the explosion and before Lyon could react, he had already plunged his left fist deep into Lyon's stomach.
Lyon doubled over in pain, allowing Gray to smash his other fist into Lyon's chin, causing the man to fly backwards and land harshly onto his back.
Gray went over and roughly grabbed Lyon's collar then lifted him up and said, "Now talk. What are you planning to do?" He demanded.
"Tell me Gray. Do you ever get tired of losing?" Lyon asked.
Gray was confused then he felt a horrible pain coming from his stomach.
Looking down he saw Lyon's right hand had created a light blue blade that had gone right through Gray.
However, the blade wasn't just light blue, there was a golden aura around the blade.
Gray let go of Lyon as he grabbed the wound and tried to put pressure on it, stumbling away as he did so.
"You asked me how my magic has changed. Since you are going to die anyway, I will tell you. My magic has evolved into something new. I use Holy Ice Make magic, the direct opposite of Devil Slayer magic. My ice is created with holy energy within it, so Ice Devil Slayers like you cannot eat my ice to gain strength and also it pierces the skin and hide of all devils. That is why my blade went through you so easily, since you now have the skin of a devil for added protection." Lyon explained to the bleeding out Gray.
Lyon pushed Gray onto his back and then said, "But now, we must part ways. Goodbye Gray."
Lyon created an ice bow and aimed it at Gray's head.
"Water Dragon Crushing Fang!" Mizu yelled. He covered his left hand in water, then swung it down in a arc, striking Lyon with his finger tips. This distracted the Holy Ice Make mage long enough for a large blast of golden flames to strike him in the back and sent him flying away.
Tyson came running over to where Gray laid and said, "You're going to be alright, man."
He then placed his hands onto Gray's wound and pushed his flames into the wound, preventing Gray from bleeding out.
Gray grit his teeth as his flames seared the wound closed, a horribly painful process.
After a few seconds the wound was finally sealed shut and Gray let out a strained breath as the pain finally left him.
Tyson sighed in relief, Gray wouldn't die, but he needed to be checked out by the village doctors to be completely sure he was not going to die.
He gently placed Gray onto his right shoulder and then ran towards the edge of the temple, stopping to glare over at Lyon, who was standing and glaring at Tyson as well.
"I'm coming back here and I'm going to make you wish you hadn't hurt my friend." He said and then flew into the air, using his flames. Mizu shot out of the temple as a stream of water.
Lyon glared at Tyson and said, "Oh we will have a reckoning Salamander, I promise you that. You are the greatest obstacle to my plan and I will not let you stop me from completing my plans."
Lyon then turned around and walked back into one of the hallways leading away from the roof of the temple, and within moments was out of sight, leaving the now silent temple top as a witness to the battle he and Gray just had.
Meanwhile...
He had stopped flying after a minute so not to jostle Gray around as much and Tyson wasn't the best at flying with someone on his back, it messed up his flight patterns.
So, he was walking as fast as he dared with a badly hurt Gray on his right shoulder, intent on getting back to the village as fast as he could.
"Hey Tyson?" Gray said.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Thanks for helping save my ass back there." Gray said.
"It's no problem. We are guild mates, it's what we do." Tyson told him.
Gray fell silent as he continued his trek through the jungle and after a little while, they eventually came across the village.
Tyson yelled out, "We need a medic!"
Mizu sped past him and then reverted back to his human form.
The gate opened up as he ran in and saw Lucy, Erza and Happy all there and running towards him.
"What happened Tyson?" Erza asked after she saw Gray.
"Gray defeated Lyon, Reitei's real name, but Lyon ran a sword through him. The wound was sealed, but I want him to be looked over by a medic." Tyson explained as he placed down onto the ground.
A villager who had a bird clawed hand came over and after looking him over said, "He will live, but he needs to rest and be given medicine. Take him to my hut."
Tyson nodded and gently picked Gray up then took him to the hut.
After laying Gray down onto the hut's bed, he left the hut and met with Erza, Lucy and Happy to talk to Moka.
"What happened?" Moka asked.
"We searched around the island for clues when we found a deserted temple further along the island. When we went inside we noticed some strange markings so we investigated when the ground collapsed and we fell. When we got back up, we saw a massive demon encased in ice. Then we heard voices and hid and we heard that the voices belonged to a group that is planning on releasing the demon from the ice. We then searched the rest of the ruin for a way to the top of the temple and after we found one, the group had started a ritual called Moon Drip to break the demon free. We went to the top of the temple and fought the leader, but Gray was stabbed and I had to retreat in order to keep him alive." Tyson told him.
"A demon you say? This is bad. What do they plan on doing now?" Moka asked.
"Their leader sent them to the village to try and kill you all, we don't know how. You should start getting everyone here ready for evacuation." Erza said.
"Agreed. Although it pains me to leave my son's grave, the lives of the rest of the village come first." Moka said.
Just then, a loud noise was heard and then Happy asked, "Hey Tyson? Quick question. Do rats fly?"
Tyson looked at his little buddy with confusion and said, "I doubt it."
"Then what's that one doing?" Happy asked.
Tyson, Lucy, Mizu, Erza and Moka all turned towards the direction Happy was pointing and gasped in shock.
Flying over the trees by using it's tail as a rotor blade was the massive light blue rat from earlier. On it's back was Sherry, Toby and Yuka, while a large silver bucket was in it's hands.
"It took a lot longer than I expected to create the Nuke 'Em Jelly we needed." Sherry said.
"But now we have it and now the villagers shall die." Toby added.
As the rat flew closer, a drop of jelly struck near Lucy, causing the ground to melt.
Tyson's eyes widened and he yelled out, "That's acid! Everyone get to the center of the village!"
All the villagers quickly ran to the center of the village and Gray was also taken from the medical hut to the center of the village as well.
Sherry then said, "Good, they are all in one place. Angelica, drop the jelly."
Angelica chittered as she threw the bucket forwards, the Nuke 'Em Jelly flying outwards toward the village.
Tyson then roared out as he assumed the Crimson Fire Dragon Mode and to add even more power, he yelled, "Crimson Fire Dragon Fire Drive!"
His flames grew even more powerful and intense as a crimson red aura of fire enveloped Tyson.
"Crimson Fire Dragon Magma Core Implosion!" He roared out as a large ball of crimson/orange fire was formed above his head and then Tyson threw it towards the approaching blanket of acid.
When his attack hit the acid, the attack detonated, releasing all of the energy at once, causing a large explosion that instantly evaporated all of the acid in a large area, plus also pushing the rest of the acid away.
By the time the acid actually hit the ground, the acid ate a large circular ring around the village, but everyone inside was safe and also none of the houses were destroyed either.
Lucy smiled and said, "Good job Tyson, you destroyed almost all the acid."
He nodded and replied, "I'm just doing my job. How is Gray? He didn't get injured, did he?"
Erza checked Gray over and said, "Gray is alright, not a drop hit him. Good job."
"Guys! Look!" Happy shouted.
They all turned and saw Toby, Sherry and Yuka walking towards the village, Angelica having landed and torn the front gate off, allowing the enemy mages inside.
"Just look at them all. They are like Deliora's children. How revolting." Sherry said as she looked at the frightened villagers.
"Let's just hurry this up and kill them already." Yuka said, impatience in his voice.
"Lucy, you and Happy take care of the giant rat. Erza and I will handle Toby and Yuka." Tyson instructed.
"On it. Happy!" Lucy called out to the Exceed.
"Got it." Happy said as he deployed his angelic wings and took Lucy into the sky, heading for the monstrous rat.
"I'll make sure nothing bad happens to Lucy and Happy." Mizu went after the blonde and blue furred Exceed.
"You will leave Angelica alone!" Sherry yelled as she ran off to stop the two Fairy Tail mages.
"Sherry!" Toby yelled.
"Don't worry. We can deal with these two meddlesome mages ourselves." Yuka said.
Tyson powered out of Fire Drive mode, aware of the fact if he used too much power he could kill these two, so he just accessed Crimson Fire Dragon mode.
He then said, "Erza, you take the dog guy, bushy eyebrows is mine."
Erza nodded and requiped into her Flame Empress armor summoning her fire sword.
"I am not a dog guy!" Toby screamed out.
"My eyebrows are perfectly normal!" Yuka yelled.
"Yeah whatever. Let's do it." Tyson sighed.
Yuka snarled and then he and Toby activated their magics.
Toby's finger nails grew two inches longer and were now neon green, while Yuka's hands glowed translucent blue.
Tyson's hands were engulfed in crimson flames while Erza activated her fire sword and got into her combat stance.
He then charged forwards, flames shooting out of his feet to give him a boost as he ran towards Yuka.
Tyson threw a quick right hook towards Yuka, who simply placed his hand out and a translucent blue shield appeared and blocked the blow.
He back flipped and then roared out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Roar!"
A torrent of crimson flames came out of Tyson's mouth and went towards Yuka, who placed both hands before him and made the shield in front of him even stronger.
The flames struck the shield, but couldn't break through and eventually died out.
Yuka then went on the offensive, creating a number of small translucent blue orbs that he sent flying towards Tyson.
He jumped to his right and saw the orbs strike the ground and cause an explosion each time they struck the ground.
Yuka created three more orbs and sent them towards Tyson.
He charged up his emerald green lightning and roared out, "Lightning Dragon Roar!"
The bolt of emerald green lightning struck the three orbs, but the orbs were completely fine and continued unimpeded towards Tyson.
He accessed his inner lightning and dodged the orbs with ease then asked, "What magic are you using?"
"I use Wave Magic, which allows me to nullify any magic that comes into contact with my magic, making me the anti-mage specialist. I was once a part of Lamia Scale? Surely you've heard of Iron Rock Jura?" Yuka asked.
"Sure I've heard of him, I actually fought and defeated him. Surely you've heard of Fairy Tail's Salamander." Tyson stated with a grin on his face.
Yuka suddenly felt very afraid, he had heard tales of the Salamander, the man who fought and defeated all Ten Wizard Saints as well as Gildarts Clive, someone even Jura couldn't beat.
"Regardless, I shall fight you." Yuka said as he regained his composure.
"What's the point? You're not gonna defeat me." Tyson asked.
"I must. I cannot allow you to stop us from freeing Deliora." Yuka said.
"Why do you want to free Deliora anyway?" He questioned.
"That monster killed our families and destroyed our homes. We are going to free that monster so Lyon can kill it for us." Yuka explained.
"That's not going to bring back what you lost." Tyson informed him.
"No, but it will make me feel better. Enough talk, let's end this." Yuka said as he took his combat stance once more.
Tyson sighed in exasperation and took his own combat stance once more.
Neither did anything for several seconds before Yuka let out a yell as he created a large number of translucent blue balls of Wave Magic and then threw them at Tyson.
He saw the incoming blasts and started using his lightning speed to dodge them all, trying to get closer to Yuka to land a blow against the man.
However, he wasn't paying close enough attention and one of the balls struck him in the right side of the chest, knocking him backwards and leaving him open for more attacks.
Yuka capitalized on this and sent several other blasts at Tyson.
He saw the incoming blasts and rolled to his right, dodging the blasts.
Tyson then jumped to his feet and got back into his combat stance.
With long range attacks not working, he knew he had to use close range.
Tyson ran towards Yuka at incredible speeds, his fist cocked backwards and coated in lightning.
Yuka saw the incoming fist and raised yet another large translucent barrier against Tyson.
His fist struck the shield, but since he used too much force behind the punch, his fist was caught inside the shield, causing horrible amounts of pain to shoot up his arm.
Yuka then gathered energy for four other blasts and threw them into Tyson, causing an explosion each time the ball hit him.
"Fool! Now I shall blast you until you die! The great Salamander was in reality just hot air." Yuka taunted.
Tyson grit his teeth and then roared out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Flame Elbow!"
A giant jet of crimson fire came roaring from Tyson's elbow and his trapped arm suddenly burst through the shield striking Yuka in the face, causing the man to go flying backwards.
Yuka flew about twenty feet and then fell to the ground with a thud, a large red mark on his right cheek.
Yuka was stunned, no one had been able to break through his shield before and yet this man broke through his shield with almost no problems and all of his hits on Tyson did nothing more than leave some small marks on his cheeks.
The difference is power was obvious and absolute, Tyson was just better than him.
Yuka then fell unconscious with one final thought on his mind.
'This is no ordinary man. He is indeed a DRAGON SLAYER!'
Tyson sighed as he powered down, he could see where Yuka and the others were coming from, but they had become consumed by revenge and turned into monsters.
The brown-haired Dragon Slayer then turned towards Erza's fight.
Meanwhile, with Erza...
Erza was facing Toby, who was currently in his combat stance, his long neon green finger nails out and ready.
"You should give up. My Paralyze Claws: Mega Jellyfish is able to kill a person in seconds from just one swipe." Toby boasted.
"Then I guess I will have to make sure you don't get a swipe in." Erza said, trusting her armor to keep her safe.
Erza then gripped her sword and got into her combat stance, ready for anything Toby would throw at her.
The two stayed still for a few seconds before Toby ran at Erza, his long neon green claws outstretched.
Erza deftly dodged the strike and then slashed at Toby's chest, just missing him, but she did manage to cut several strands of hair off with extreme precision.
Toby then came in for another swipe, but Erza moved to her right, the claws coming within a few inches of her face.
Erza retaliated with a swift and powerful kick to Toby's midsection, causing all of the air to be knocked out of Toby's lungs while also causing a little bit of saliva and blood to be forced from his mouth.
Toby wheezed out and was unprepared for the powerful uppercut that Erza launched right into Toby's jaw, sending the man flying backwards.
Toby landed hard on his back and rolled head over heels for a few seconds before he stopped, his body hurting all over.
Toby then got up quickly and glared at Erza.
"That wasn't very fair, so I guess I will just use all my power." Toby said as he closed his eyes.
Suddenly, the soles of his feet began to glow neon green as small bolts of neon electricity starting crackling over his body.
Suddenly Toby phased out of existence and the next second he was to Erza's left, trying to get a swipe in.
Erza ducked down and let the attack pass over her and in retaliation, she tried to slash at Toby, who simply faded out of existence once again.
Erza then said, "If it is a speed battle you want, I shall be more than happy to comply."
Erza's entire body glowed golden as she changed armors once again and when the golden glow ended, Erza was in a new armor.
Erza now wore a outfit that was composed of a black formfitting body suit that covered her entire body, while pads of green leather armor lay on top of the armor. The green leather armor was on her chest and went down to her waist, while her legs and forearms were also given green leather pads. On her shoulders she had green leather pads and on her feet she wore black boots. On her waist was a silver belt that held up her two short swords, each one having an elaborate hand guard shaped like a rapier, her hands had green leather gloves with silver spikes on the knuckles and to finish the armor her hair was tied into a ponytail and she wore a green helmet made of slimmed metal to help with wind resistance that had two upwards facing fins.
Erza then took out her two swords and said, "So, what do you think of my Flight Armor?"
"Looks too fancy. What do you think you will be able to do now that I am using my Neon Burst?" Toby asked.
"Only this." Erza said, right before she disappeared.
"What?" Toby asked, right before he screamed out as Erza slashed him across the chest at incredible speeds and sent him flying.
Erza reappeared and then said, "That is this armor's power, allowing me to fight and act at speeds considered ludicrous."
Toby grunted, then got back up and said, "Well then, this shall be an interesting battle."
"Indeed." Erza nodded.
The two of them then disappeared and reappeared with Toby's elongated claws blocking Erza's two swords.
The two then disappeared once again and then reappeared with Toby being flung across the battlefield from one of Erza's blows.
Toby struck several trees and broke them in half as he flew backwards.
Eventually Toby landed and once he did, he got right back up and ran back towards Erza.
Erza had to admit, she was impressed by Toby's resilience, even if he was really weak magically, he had a resistant body and good determination, a few more years and he just might become a S-Class mage.
Erza was brought out of her musings as Toby ran towards her, his paralyzing claws ready to slash.
Erza brought her swords up and blocked the attack.
She then raised her leg and smashed Toby in the face with her foot, causing his head to fly upwards, spittle and blood flying outwards.
Erza then twisted her body around and smashed her leg into Toby's left side, sending the man flying once more from the sheer force of her blows.
Toby once again got right back up, blood dripping from his nose and mouth, for which he just wiped away and prepared to fight Erza once again.
"You are really strong." Toby complimented her.
"Thanks, you aren't so bad yourself." Erza said back.
"Let's finish this." Toby said as he powered up to his maximum.
Erza simply raised her power level to match Toby's and waited.
Toby roared out as he flew forwards, his claws glowing bright neon green.
Erza waited until he got closer and suddenly dodged to the right bringing her hands together and then brought them above her head.
Once Toby realized what was happening, it was too late.
Erza brought her fists down onto Toby's head with the force of a bomb, causing a slight shock wave to be formed from the sheer force she exerted when her fists struck Toby.
Toby's face was smashed into the ground, the sheer force causing a small crater to be formed.
Toby was unconscious and most likely now had a concussion, but other than that he was fine.
Erza glowed golden as her Flight Armor disappeared and her swords went back to their pocket dimension.
Erza turned and saw Tyson won his own fight.
Tyson then walked over to Erza and said, "Well done. Now we just have to wait for Lucy and Happy to win their fights."
"Shouldn't we go and try to find them?" Erza asked.
"No, we have to stay here and protect the village. We have no idea if Lyon has any more minions to throw at us." Tyson said.
"I agree." Erza nodded.
Tyson then took the two beaten up and unconscious enemy mages and tied them to a tree.
Erza looked over to where Happy and Lucy had disappeared to and thought, 'Be safe you two.'
Meanwhile, with Happy and Lucy...
Happy swore as he barrel rolled to the right to avoid another swipe from Angelica.
Lucy had gone off to take on Sherry by herself while Happy had stayed to stop Angelica with Mizu's assistance.
Happy flew higher up into the sky and a large cloud erupted from the blue cat as Happy's Battle Tiger mode was once again present.
Happy flew forwards, his large white angelic wings moved closer to his body to provide less wind resistance.
Happy cocked his left fist backwards and aimed towards Angelica's face.
Once close enough, Happy sent his fist forwards and struck Angelica hard, causing a small shock wave to erupt from the collision.
Angelica stumbled backwards, completely disoriented from the immense strike to the face by the much smaller Happy.
Happy then flew underneath Angelica's head and launched a hard right hook to the rat's face, causing the rat to stumble even more.
Angelica then whipped around and tried to bite Happy, but the light blue Exceed was much faster than the massive rat and quickly got out of the way of the strike.
Happy then requiped out his massive trident from it's pocket dimension.
Happy decided to end the battle as quickly as possible, so he flew over Angelica and went for the rat's tail.
"Water Dragon Iron Fist!" Mizu engulfed his fist in spiraling water and punched Angelica in the face.
Happy quickly grabbed the rat's tail while Mizu distracted it and then with all of his incredible strength, yanked on the tail.
The sheer force of the yank pulled the massive rat above Happy's head and then Angelica was roughly thrown to the ground, causing a massive crater to be formed when the huge rodent struck the ground and also a large dust cloud was formed as well.
When the dust finally cleared, Happy was shown to be standing victorious nearby the massive rat, who was clearly unconscious from being slammed roughly into the ground.
Happy then heard several large explosions go off nearby where Lucy was supposed to be and said, "Wait for a few seconds, I am coming Lucy."
Happy then flew off towards the explosions as fast as he could, all the time thinking about his newest friend. Mizu had went in the opposite direction to tell the rest of the group that Angelica had been defeated.
When he got there, he saw several large craters all over the area and not a sign of Lucy anywhere.
Just then he saw a battered and tired Lucy stumble into view, having come from the beach.
Her outfit was torn in many places, Happy could also see several cuts and bruises over the blonde's body, but other than that, Lucy was fine.
"Hey Happy." Lucy said tiredly before she started to fall down.
"Lucy!" Happy yelled out as he flew towards Lucy and caught her before she fell to the ground.
Lucy groaned and said, "I won, but that was a tough fight."
"What happened?" Happy asked.
"Well..." Lucy said as she recalled the battle she had just fought a few minutes ago.
A few minutes ago...
Lucy ran through the jungle, trying to find Sherry before she could do any more harm.
She then burst out onto an open field about 700 feet across and saw Sherry waiting there for her at the other end.
"So you came. I thought you would never get here. Now I shall defeat you in the name of love!" Sherry exclaimed.
Lucy sweat dropped a little and then shook her head and said, "We will see."
Lucy then grabbed one of her golden keys and yelled out, "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!"
A golden glow erupted and from the golden glow came the familiar shape of Taurus, his signature axe on his back.
"Hello Lucy! What do you need?" Taurus asked.
"Can you help me beat this crazy woman?" Lucy asked.
"Sure thing. Let's do this!" Taurus said as he grabbed his massive axe and got into his fighting stance.
"So, you are a Celestial Spirit mage? That makes defeating you all the easier." Sherry said with a smirk on her face.
"Arrogant much?" Lucy asked.
"It is not arrogance if you have the skills and the ability to back the claim up." Sherry said as a red and pink magical circle appeared before her hand as she then yelled out, "Doll Attack: Puppeteer!"
Taurus then twitched a little as a pink and red glow replaced his eyes.
"Taurus?" Lucy called out the spirit's name.
Sherry smirked and then ordered, "Attack her!"
Taurus then turned around and swung his massive battle axe at Lucy, who barely got out of the way by leaping to the right, the place where she had just been standing now a crater from the force of the blow.
"Taurus? What the hell is going on?" Lucy yelled out, unable to believe one of her oldest and best friends had just betrayed her.
"I...I can't...c-control m-my body. R-run L-Lucy." Taurus said through gritted teeth, as if he was fighting himself as his body then slowly started to walk towards Lucy.
"Surprised? My magic is Doll Attack. It allows me to control anything and everything in my vicinity and turn them into my puppets. That includes Celestial Spirits. Your friend will now do anything I command him without hesitation. Can you bring yourself to fight your own friend?" Sherry said, a smug grin on her face.
Lucy grit her teeth as she had to dodge yet another powerful overhand swipe from Taurus, which cracked and broke a ten foot section of the ground.
"I should also tell you my Doll Attack gradually increases the power behind my puppets. If you do not defeat him quickly, he will become strong enough to destroy mountains with a single swipe." Sherry said, feeling very proud of herself right now.
Lucy was really starting to panic right now, she didn't want to fight Taurus, but it seemed as if she had no choice.
"Forgive me Taurus." Lucy said as she charged up one of her Celestial Spirit Star Blasts and then threw the attack right at Taurus's face.
Normally, Taurus would have no problem defending himself from such an attack, but right now with his mind being controlled his reaction time and speed had taken a massive nose dive, so the attack struck him right in the face with almost casual ease.
Taurus staggered backwards a few steps from the blow and Lucy used the opportunity to attack with two other Celestial Spirit Star Blasts pushing the massive Zodiac Spirit backwards.
Taurus staggered backwards even more and was starting to pant a little, the power of the Celestial Spirit Star Blasts showing.
Lucy was about to knock Taurus out when several small pink magic blasts came out of nowhere and struck her in the back causing her to cry out in pain.
The blasts had come from Sherry, her finger tips glowing pink and smoke coming from the tips.
"How do you like my Finger Attack magic? I created it to supplement my Doll Attack magic." Sherry said, smirking all the while she talked.
Lucy was breathing hard, those magic blasts, although not anywhere close to her Celestial Spirit Star Blasts in terms of power, were nothing to scoff at, not only did they do magic, they could be fired in massive amounts, allowing damage to be accumulated very quickly and they were also designed to sting after they hit the target, causing horrible jolts of pain to the target.
This allowed Sherry to attack with much greater ease, as the target would not be able to focus on the battle with the jolts of pain flaring up randomly.
Taurus got back up and then walked over to where Lucy laid, picking up his massive battle ax and preparing to kill his master against his will.
Lucy saw Taurus raising his ax and quickly acted.
Just as Taurus brought the ax down, Lucy gathered her Celestial Magic in her arms and hands and then caught the blade of the ax with her hands.
This normally would have snapped her arms off and then left the ax able to continue on it's path, but her Celestial magic was augmenting her arms, allowing her to do this, even if it was with great effort.
Lucy knew she couldn't do this for very long, so she then gathered what little energy she could spare into her foot and said, "Sorry Taurus."
Lucy then kicked Taurus in the stomach with her foot, a small shock wave being sent outwards as the kick connected.
Taurus gasped as all the air in his lungs was driven out in one of the most painful ways possible, a little bit of saliva and blood coming out of his mouth.
Taurus placed both of his hands on the spot where Lucy had kicked him, allowing Lucy to finish her plan.
She focused a large portion of her magic into her fist and said, "I am really sorry Taurus."
Lucy then delivered a massive right hook into the side of Taurus's face, causing the massive bull to go flying about three feet backwards, where he landed with a thud, a massive bruise now on the side of his face.
Taurus started glowing golden, signaling he was going back to the Celestial Spirit World, but not before he said to Lucy, "Good job Lucy, you beat me. Your mother would be so proud of you."
Taurus then vanished in a golden flash and Lucy fell to her knees, a large amount of her magic now gone.
Lucy was on all fours, sweat building up on her forehead as she breathed deeply, trying to calm her heart down.
Lucy then heard footsteps and looked up to see Sherry walking towards her, a pink blade of energy in her hands.
Sherry smirked and said, "Very impressive, defeating a Zodiac Spirit is no easy feat. But now you are weakened and hurt. Just close your eyes and it will all be over very shortly."
Lucy continued to watch as Sherry walked closer, each step making Lucy grow a bit more afraid.
Lucy then thought back to all that had happened to her since she joined Fairy Tail.
She had helped save Macao, she had gotten Daybreak back, had helped taken down Eisenwald, did loads of damage to Lullaby and had come here to Galuna Island and this is how her life ended?
She thought back to all the friends she had made in her brief time at Fairy Tail, how each and every single one of them was not only an amazing wizard, but also an amazing person.
She then thought back to her mother.
She remembered her mother's sweet embrace, her kind words, the gentle and warm aura the woman radiated.
She remembered how as a child all Lucy wanted to be was a wizard like her mother and make her proud.
She had never been able to do that since her mother died and after that her father changed into another person.
Was this how it was going to end? Dying on a small island just after she had begun her adventure of becoming an amazing wizard.
"No!" Lucy shouted in her mind.
Her hands clenched as Sherry closed the distance and was starting to raise the pink energy blade.
"Not here! Not now!" Lucy roared out as the blade started to fall towards her.
Lucy then shot out her hand as a Celestial Spirit Star Blast charged up.
Lucy's hand planted itself directly onto Sherry's stomach as the Celestial Spirit Star Blast finished charging.
The Celestial Spirit Star Blast detonated, causing a small explosion that sent Sherry flying backwards.
Sherry landed on her right side and rolled for a bit before she stopped.
Sherry groaned as she got back to her feet and looked down.
The area where the Celestial Spirit Star Blast had hit was now bright red and hurt a lot, and the entire stomach area of her dress had been destroyed by that attack.
"You bitch!" Sherry roared out as both her hands glowed and then Sherry shouted out, "Doll Attack: Wood Doll and Rock Doll!"
A tree near Sherry glowed and then transformed, now having holes in it's bark in the shape of a face while arms and four legs grew out of it.
The rocks near Sherry also glowed and then combined together to form a large golem with four arms, a round head and two legs, while two sharp rocks came out of it's back.
Lucy charged up a Celestial Spirit Star Blast in each hand and threw them at the puppets, causing large holes to be blown in them, but the puppets were repaired within seconds.
Lucy cursed as she had to dodge a punch from the tree and then was nearly hit by the golem.
She sent her magic into her two fists and then struck the golem in the chest, causing the entire torso of the golem to be destroyed, along with the arms and head collapsing moments later. However rocks from all over the beach flew up and merged with the golem healing the damage.
Lucy knew she couldn't keep this up for long, she was going to run out of magic soon, she needed a plan.
She jumped into the air and back flipped to avoid the swipe of the tree, which hit the golem and broke the golem into tiny rock pebbles which reformed the golem within seconds.
Lucy saw Sherry and knew she had to take her out, but Sherry would see her coming from a mile away and just run away and dodge her attacks.
Lucy then remembered the technique she used on Tyson and smacked herself in the face.
The problem with that technique was the fact that it was best used against Dragon Slayers or others with enhanced eyesight and the effect would pass quickly for regular mages, but it would have to do.
Lucy placed both her hands on both sides of her head and yelled out as a massive golden glow erupted, blinding Sherry who screamed out.
Lucy then ran at Sherry, her right fist glowing with golden energy.
Lucy reached Sherry in seconds and then smashed her fist into Sherry's stomach, sending the pink-haired woman flying into the forest.
Sherry flew through several trees and then hit the forest floor, causing a little crater to be formed.
Sherry rubbed her eyes as her vision started to come back, although she couldn't really see colors that well.
She saw Lucy running towards her and charged up her Finger Attack magic and started to fire towards Lucy, who put up a small Celestial Star Bunker in front of her and continued to charge at Sherry.
Sherry started to pour more and more magic into her Finger Attack magic, the blasts becoming larger and larger, but Lucy pushed forwards.
Lucy was now starting to push all of her remaining magic into this one last attack.
Her left hand was now holding a two foot wide Celestial Spirit Star Blast and once she reached Sherry, Lucy slammed the golden ball into Sherry's chest.
A truly massive explosion erupted, blinding anyone looking at the fight.
After a few minutes the dust settled and showed the victor.
Lucy was standing on her two legs, a large amount of the clothing torn and covered in soot, while cuts and bruises were all over her body.
Lucy opened her left eye and saw that Sherry was nowhere to be seen, but a trail of footprints told the tale that she had managed to get away.
Lucy smiled, she had beaten Sherry all by herself, she had won due to her own strength, she didn't have any help and yet she still won against a powerful foe.
She then grimaced as several large bolts of pain went through her body.
She then started limping out of the forest back the way she came, seeing the two creations Sherry created nothing more than piles of their respective element.
Back with Happy and Lucy...
Lucy was being led back to the village by Happy who she was leaning on.
After a few minutes they came back to the village.
Inside the village they saw the villagers talking to Tyson and Erza.
"Hey guys." Happy said.
They turned around and gasped when they saw Lucy's state.
"Geez, you look like you've been run over." Mizu stated.
Erza ran over and gently took Lucy leading her to the healer tent, Tyson and Happy close by.
Erza gently laid Lucy down on a cot and the doctor started healing her.
"Happy, what happened?" Tyson asked.
Happy told them about the fight and he smiled down at Lucy saying, "I knew you would get stronger, but I never expected you to ascend to this level so quickly. Keep this up and you just might be in the running for strongest female guild member."
Lucy tiredly nodded and then fell asleep, the doctor then told them to leave so she could heal both Lucy and Gray.
Just as Happy, Erza, Mizu and Tyson left the hut they heard someone say, "Excuse me?"
They turned and saw one of the guards saying, "There are two people saying they are members of Fairy Tail outside the gates."
The gates then opened and two figures walked in.
"What are you doing? I said wait until I give the go ahead!" The guard yelled up to his partner.
"Sorry, I forgot!" His partner yelled back.
The first guard face palmed and said, "Oh my hurting head."
The four mages looked at the figures who walked closer and once they saw the faces, they all smiled.
The first figure was a slim and curvaceous woman. She had black pupils, chin length dark purple hair, and a purple choker on her throat. She currently wore a light green t-shirt, a tan jacket over the t-shirt, a white belt with a silver snowflake buckle, black pants with dark boots on and finally, she had two purple wrist bands on her wrists.
The second was a man who was just as muscular as Elfman with blonde hair and blue eyes. He held a metal hammer in his left hand and had on a suit of chain-mail armor.
She smirked at the Fairy Tail mages and said, "Did you four miss me?"
Tyson smiled and said, "Ur, Thor, you two sure picked a good time to come here."
How will Ur's presence on Galuna Island change the flow of time? Only the future knows.
Elsewhere...
The same mysterious figure watched from back on the tropical island through a portal that showed the group.
"Ur, Wizard Saint and member of Fairy Tail and the one person who could actually keep up with Deliora for a little while. How will you affect my plans for Tyson to fight Deliora. I guess another upgrade to my old creation is needed." He said.
He raised his right hand and from it came a large amount of the black mist that changed Lullaby. The mist then went into the air, headed towards Galuna Island.
"I sure hope you are ready Tyson, for Deliora is going to be a vastly different challenge than Lullaby was ever capable of being. If you are strong enough to kill Deliora, then you may have a chance of killing me." The mysterious figure said.
He then walked away into the jungle and vanished once more from sight.