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Guest: Right. Sorry, it's like I said, I haven't played the first game. I've actually only ever played a bit of the third game, bit of the fourth one and completed the 5th game and the 2013 game, despite it's reception but I needed a good hack and slash game at the time.
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In the town of Clover, there's a building where the guild master conferences are held at. It was a large building, and inside it held the masters of many different guilds. Makarov was one of those masters and was sitting at a table with other masters and old friends that were having a conversation with him.
"I'm so jealous, Makky. Your wizards are all full of life and they're such cutie-pies," stated the master of Blue Pegasus, Bob. An elderly, bald, and cross-dressing man. "I hear you've got a new wizard that gave some big shot quite the spanking."
"Oh, you must be talking about Lucy," Makarov, slightly drunk while eating on the table. His words were slurred slightly as he took another gulp of his drink. "She's got a body that won't give up."
"I wouldn't be joking around if I were you, Makarov," said another master at the conference in an annoyed tone. It was the master of Quatro Cerberus, Goldmine. "Your wizards may be spirited, but you gotta admit they go overboard sometimes. The members of the Magic Council are getting worried that Fairy Tail's going to end up destroying an entire city one of these days. Can't say that I blame them."
"Oh, let those blowhards worry. What do I care? They're just jealous my wizards are hot!" Makarov fired back at him, drunk by the multiple cups of alcohol he's consumed.
That's when a small blue wearing a tiny pointed hat flew into the building. It was carrying a small letter in its talons. "Master Makarov, Master Makarov!" It said, flying over to the small old man. "I have a letter from Miss Mirajane, sir."
The bird dropped the letter in the master's hand. "Oh, thanks a lot," he replied and the bird flew away. Makarov then traced a circle around the small seal with his finger, making a Magical Seal appear. From that seal appeared a small projection of Mirajane.
"Hi, Master. I'm glad you made it to the conference safe and sound," Mira said in the letter.
"See? This honey's our poster girl, Mirajane. Grab some eye candy, boys," Makarov bragged to the other masters, who had gathered around the table to ogle at Mirajane's mature body.
"Oh, Master, you're not gonna believe what happened. It may be the greatest thing in the history of Fairy Tail. Drake, Erza, Natsu, and Gray have all teamed up together. Lucy is also on the team too. An amazing combination, huh? In fact, I think they may have formed the strongest team Fairy Tail's ever seen. Sorry to bother you, but I just had to send a quick note to tell you the exciting news."
The moment Erza, Natus and Gray's names were mentioned, Makarov froze up in shock. But when the name of the Demon Hunter was said, he felt like he was about to have a heart attack. Makarov fell on the table as his body started twitching.
'I can't believe this is happening. Lucy's harmless, those three are bad enough...but to have Drake on the team?' Makarov could only image the trouble and the destruction that will follow with Drake, Gray, Natsu and Erza on a team!
A large crowd was still gathered at the front of the train station. People were wondering what was going on. However all the talking was put to a stop when Lucy and Happy came walking out while supporting Erza. As they down the stairs, Erza was able to stand on her own and snatched a megaphone from an officer's hand.
"IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVES, THEN YOU WILL LEAVE THIS PLACE AT ONCE! THIS STATION'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY EVIL WIZARDS! THEY ARE THREATENING TO BROADCAST A DEEPLY SPELL OVER THE LOUDSPEAKERS THAT WOULD KILL EVERYONE HERE!" Erza yelled into the megaphone, getting a collective gasp from the crowd. "I BEG YOU, RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN!"
Thankfully, the crowd took her hint and bolted as fast as they could run.
One of the officers ran up to them. "Hey lady! Why would you make everyone panic like that?!"
Lucy then said. "Because it's the truth. They have a powerful magical item that will kill everyone."
"In fact, you gentlemen need to evacuate as well," Erza told him. Seeing as it was it futile to argue with the woman in armor, and how serious they sounded, the police started running away with everyone else.
"What now?" Lucy asked.
"Now that we've cleared everyone from the train station, we'll have to finger out Erigor's next move," Erza said, feeling the wind starting to pick up. When they turned back, they all gasped by what they saw.
There was a gigantic tornado surrounding the station with winds blowing outwards. The force of the winds was intense that it was forcing the two girls and Happy to shield their faces.
"W-What is that?!" Lucy shrieked as debris such as small rocks and pieces of wood were blowing in their faces.
They then heard the sound of someone chuckling behind them and turned around to see Erigor floating in the air. "It's a shame, really. I've always wanted the opportunity to fight the Queen of the Fairies. But unfortunately, I don't have time to play with you all right now," he said with a wicked smile.
Erigor then blasted Erza, Lucy, and Happy with a powerful burst of wind, sending them back and flying through the wall of wind. Back in the translation, the girls came to crashed to the flower while Happy was sent into a wall.
"Erigor!" Erza shouted as she got back up and ran to the barrier. She tried to push her hand through the wind. However, she was sent flying back, screaming in pain when the wind broke her armor and slashed up her arm.
"Erza!" Lucy screamed and rushed over to her.
"It's useless. There's no way you'll ever be able to break through my magic sealing barrier," Erigor said outside the wall with a chuckled. "You see, it's one way only. If you try to escape, the wind will tear you apart."
"What is the meaning of this, you scoundrel?!" Erza angrily demanded.
"We've wasted enough of our time on you Fairy Tail flies. Now if you'll excuse me," said the Reaper, before flying off into the air.
"He's getting away!" Happy gasped.
"Come back here!" Erza shouted, standing up to her feet with Lucy. Erza gripped her arm with gritted teeth. "Curse you, Erigor! I will find a way to stop you!"
Lucy shook her head to get back to the situation at hand. "So he wasn't targeting the situation after all? Then what's their plan?"
"I don't know, but we've got to figure out how to bring down the barrier," Erza before turning around and started running into the build with Lucy and Happy following behind her.
Drake was running down the hallway where he could hear explosions going off and knew Natsu had to be the cause of it. Natsu was so fast and erratic that it was hard to get a clear lead on where he was at the moment, but when he heard the sounds of explosives going off, he immediately started heading in that direction.
Drake ran around the corner and paused at the sight before him.
Natsu was down the hallway barging from room to room with his fire powers. "ERIGOR! COME OUT! COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE!" He yelled, before raising a flaming foot and smashed through the wall of the next door. He then moved on and crashed through the wall in a fiery explosion.
Drake shook his head before he sniffed the air several times with a frown, but what he smelled and sensed made his eyes widen. He rushed down the hallway towards another room that Natsu busted into. Unbeknownst to Natsu, Kage's shadow was approaching from behind.
Drake turned the corner and watched as Kage emerged from his shadow. "Natsu, look out!" He yelled.
Natsu turned around, before being attacked by Kage's shadows. Sending him flying across the room into a stack of wooden boxes.
"There, I've wanted to do that for a while now. Had enough, Fairy Tail insect?" Kageyama mocked.
"You missed one." Drake's voice said behind him, causing the dark wizard to whirl around and see the Demon Hunter but was punched in the face by Drake's right hand, sending Kageyama flying into the wall hard.
"Ow..." Kageyama groaned as he rubbed his head before Drake grabbed him by the throat tightly and slammed him against the wall as Kageyama choked.
"Alright Drake!" Natsu cheered when seeing his friend had Kageyama beat. "How you feeling now, doggy?"
"Kage! It's Kage!" Kageyama manged to get out through the grip on his neck.
"Where's Erigor?" Drake growled
Kageyama glared at him. "Like I'm gonna tell you!"
"Wrong answer." Drake said as he brought Ebony and pointed it to the man's head, causing Kageyama to freeze with fear.
Drake took a sniff of the air, having far enhanced senses due to his demon side, before his eyes widened and he turned back to Natsu with wide eyes. "Erigor's not here!"
Kage's eyes widened.
"WHAT?!" Natsu shouted in anger.
"He's flying away to the northwest!" Drake turned to Kageyama and his grip tightened, causing Kage to start choking. "What's his plan? Talk or I will crush every bone in your body!"
"How...how did you k-know...Erigor wasn't here?" Kageyama choked out.
Drake scoffed. "I've got a VERY good sense of smell. You were the last person to Erigor that had the Lullaby on you, and it left behind some of its aura, and trust me, it's got a lot of dark magic that it practically stains my noise and I know the smell and feeling of demonic energy like no other. Now talk... or else."
A short chuckle escaped Kageyama's throat as he looked up at the two with a smirk. "He's going to Clover," he confessed, shocking the two young wizards. "By the time you're alone to leave this place, it'll be too late."
Drake growled and went to deliver a good knockout punch when a familiar voice shouted. "Drake wait!" He and Natsu turned to see Erza, Gray, Lucy and Happy running. "We need him alive!"
Erza leaped with a sword in hand, Natsu freaked out while Drake prepared to block the attack, but Erza's sword landed an inch away from Kageyama's head as she glared at the now scared dark wizard.
"You will dispel the Wind Barrier and do so without complaint!" Erza demanded, as Kageyama whimpered in fear.
Drake looked at Gray and Lucy. "What wind barrier is she talking about?"
"Erigor put up a wind barrier around the station that we can't get out of. We're trapped in here." Gray explained. "And this guy is the only one who can bring it down."
Natsu was shaking in fear. Knowing full well just how scary and frightening Erza could be when she was angered. And it didn't take much to do just that. "Just do it, man! This chick's a real monster!" He wailed at Kageyama.
"Shut up, Natsu!" Gray exclaimed.
Erza continued to glare at him. "Understood!"
"Fine, I'll dispel it," Kageyama said. Suddenly, he choked out in pain as blood poured from his mouth. Everyone gasped and watched with wide eyes filled with horror as Kageyama slumped forward with a small dagger stabbed in his back.
It was now revealed that Karacka was sticking out of the wall. Now, after stabbing Kage, he looked shell-shocked by his action. Before Erza, Lucy, and Happy returned to interrogate Byard, he regained consciousness. He used his magic and phased into the floor, hiding and listened in on the teenagers' conversation. When they left to go find Drake and Natsu, Byard regained unconsciousness and called out for the frog-like man and gave him a simple order.
Kill Kageyama.
"No, he was our only way out of here," Gray exclaimed, rushing over to help. Natsu stood there as he stared at Kageyama lay unconscious in the redhead's arms.
"Kage, don't you dare die on us!" Erza demanded to the man in her arms. Lucy took him and started to everything she could to keep Kage alive after pulling out the knife. "We need your help! Do you hear me?" But the unconscious wizard didn't wake up, as the blonde worked desperately to keep him alive. "You're the only one of us that's able to dispel the wind barrier. Just hang on!"
Drake heard a whimper and snapped up to see Karacka still frozen with half of his body sticking out of the wall. He glared at the man, before sensing something. He turned to see Natsu glaring at Karacka in fury with his fists on fire.
"How could you do that to one of your friends?" He growled before his entire body was ignited in a ball of flame with a vein bulging on his head. "HE'S A MEMBER OF YOUR GUILD! HE TRUSTED YOU AND YOU TRIED TO KILL HIM!" Like a coward, Karacka immediately fled through the wall he phased through, but that didn't stop Natsu as he launched towards the wall. "HOW COULD YOU!?"
He punched the wall with a burning fist, destroying it, knocking Karacka across the room, knocked him out with that single hit.
"IS THAT HOW YOU DARK GUILD MEMBERS TREAT EACH OTHER?!" He yelled before thrashing the man even more.
"Please Kage, just stay with us!" Erza pleaded.
"He's unconscious." Gray said. "it's just no use."
Erza just started to forcefully shake Kage, smacking his head against the ground. "We can't let him die! He's our only way out of here!"
Drake watched with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, there's no way he can his magic in this condition," Gray insisted.
"If I force him to, he will!" Erza insisted, still shaking him up and down. She was only stopped when Drake pushed her away from him and picked up Kage's body.
"Let's just all calm down," Drake told everyone. "So, is anyone going to tell me what the hell is going on?"
"So Erigor's plan is to use Lullaby to kill the guild masters at the conference?" Drake asked as they made it outside to the Wind Barrier as it was still up and faced it. Kageyama was still in his arms, unconscious from the knife wound.
"We have to stop him!" Natsu exclaimed over the high winds in front of them.
"That's easier said than down," Erza told them as Drake set down Kageyama. "Erigor's cut off our only means of reaching Clover and has headed there by air."
"I'm pretty sure that we could catch up to him on the magic-moble, but we can't do anything until we figure out how to get on the other side of this barrier," Gray said with a scowl.
"How are we gonna do that?" Lucy asked.
Suddenly, out of the blue, Natsu charged at the Wind Barrier with a flaming fist. He punched the wind wall, only to be sent flying backwards on the ground after being repelled. "See, that's what happens if you try to bust through," Gray said with a deadpanned look at Natsu's state as Lucy looked a little shaken.
"Move." Drake ordered and everyone scattered as he faced the wind barrier. He narrowed his eyes as he looked it over before he summoned Yamato. Channelling power into the demonic katana, Drake swung the katana and it connected with the barrier, creating a cut through it that showed the other side.
"It cut through!" Erza exclaimed in astonishment.
But before the Fairy Tail wizards could move, the hole in the barrier closed up.
"Okay...we're gonna play it the hard way then." Drake said with a nod as he rolled his shoulders and cracked his neck before he took a deep breath as he began to unleash a powerful attack with Yamato, one he hoped would work in destroying the barrier. Considering the sword's power was stronger than probably a wind barrier... Drake hoped it was enough.
"Eliminate all." he muttered a wave of blue power burst from him and he gripped the handle of the sheathed Yamato tightly, feeling the power build in him and he increased it to full strength. "Judgement Cut End!"
To the Fairy Tail wizards, Drake disappeared in the blink of an eye and a blush flash zoomed back and fourth in a split second, followed by massive sword slices in the air striking the wind barrier. Drake appeared again and sheathed Yamato until the clink! was heard and the attack did it's job.
it also worked in destroying the wind barrier.
"Wow! he did it!" Lucy cheered as Natsu and Gray grinned.
Erza was smiling as she looked at Drake. 'Never one to give up...'
"Hey Lucy!" Happy said as he suddenly presented a golden key to Lucy. "This is what I wanted to tell you about earlier!"
"Is that Virgo's key?!"
Finally leaving the station, the Fairy Tail wizards looked in the direction of the Masters conference.
"It's no use. You're too late to do anything. Erigor cannot be stopped. We've won," Kageyama suddenly said with a cough.
Drake blinked and looked around, seeing Natsu and Happy were gone. "Oh, you got to be kidding me!" He threw his hands up. "Why do those two have to run into everything without a plan?"
"Natsu's not that smart." Gray scoffed.
Drake shrugged and nodded. "True. I'll go and help stop Erigor."
"How will you get-" Gray cut himself off as Drake summoned Cavaliere, got on and drove off. "-there. Right, forgot he can do that."
The only way for someone to get to the town of Clover was by and train track that ran across a large canyon with virtually no bottom to it. It was on this track that Erigor stood to recollect and recover his magical energy after putting up the Wind Barrier. Looking out at the sight of Clover in the far distance. "Clover town, where the guild masters have gathered...it's getting close. The magic energy I used for that Wind Barrier should be recharged anytime now. I'm gonna make them all pay for taking away our rights!"
Gathering the wind around his legs, Erigor shot into the air and was about to speed towards Clover Town when something to his left sparkled in the distance. His eyes widened when he felt a presence rapidly approaching behind him. He turned his head to see what it was...
BASH!
Only to get smacked in the face by a punch as Drake crashed into him and sent the two of them crashing into the ground hard.
Drake slammed his foot into Erigor's stomach, sending him rolling across the railroad bridge which shook under Drake's powerful stomp.
Natsu then landed on the bridge and rushed over to Drake with an unconscious Happy in his arms. "Hey! How come you got here before me?!" He inquired.
"Drove." Drake said as they faced Erigor. "Now we can get down to business."
The white-haired man got up to his feet, shocked to see the two had gotten out of his barrier. "Y-You..." he said while glaring at Drake and Natsu. "Why are you here...?"
"What do you think?" Natsu asked with a smirk. And ignited his fists. "We're here to stop you!"
Drake cracked his knuckles. "No way will you use that flute while we stand in your way."
Erigor gritted his teeth in anger. What happened to the Wind Barrier? What did that they do to Kageyama and the rest? He was so close to the masters, and now these two kids were stopping him. As they've become an annoyance, Erigor started making several rapid motions with his arm. Sensing an attacking coming, Drake got ready to withstand it.
The Dark Wizard shot several blades of wind towards the two. But when the blades of wind drew closer, Drake got in front of Natsu, summoned Yamato, and sent a normal Judgment Cut attack that destroyed the wind blades. Erigor couldn't believe what he saw, as he stared at the Demon Hunter as Drake glared at him.
"W-What?!" Erigor exclaimed as he took a fearful step back. "H-How's that possible!?"
Not wanting to wait any longer and wanting in on the action, Natsu jumped over Drake and then leaped into the air to attack head-on. With his fists a flame, he attacked Erigor but the man jumped back, making the Dragon-Slayer punch the bridge.
Drake jumped at Erigor. Moving too fast for Erigor to react and punched him in his chest. But then Drake was on him again and started punching his head while bringing him down to the ground with him. Right before they landed, Drake smashed his feet on Erigor's chest. Smashing him into the train track with an audible crunch.
Drake landed on the bridge as Natsu went for another attack on the Reaper, but Erigor rolled out of the way and propelled himself into the air. He hovered in the air while panting and heavily bruised from the attacks of the two boys. He's underestimated their power. They might actually be a challenge.
"I'll admit, you're good for flies," he said, spitting out some blood from his mouth. "But let's see if you can handle this!" A Magical Seal appeared in front of him. Drake gripped Yamato.
"Storm Bringer!" Erigor unleashed a giant tornado towards Drake and Natsu. Natsu screamed when seeing the massive vortex of coming at them. Drake, however, stood his ground and sent a blue energy wave from Yamato that collided with Erigor's attack. causing the wind to rise and throw dust, stones and rocks around.
The wizard of Eisenwald eyes widened in shock as he watched the tornado get destroyed.
Starting to panic, Erigor shot towards Drake and swung his scythe at him. But Drake easily blocked it with a sheathed Yamato.
Drake glared at Erigor who was trying to cut his throat open with the scythe. Drake pushed back before he Spartan kicked Erigor in the chest, sending him back.
Natsu ran forward at the Dark Wizard. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He threw his flaming fist out Erigor, but the wizard managed to get out of the way in the nick of time, the flames searing the bottom of his clothes. "Fire Dragon's Roar!"
"Storm Wall!" As the column of fire came towards him, Erigor used his wind magic to deflect the attack. Extinguishing the flames in front of him.
Erigor stared at the two wizards, panting slightly. He didn't understand them. There was no rhyme or reason to their attacks. The one that he worried about the most was the monster looking one. Could it be that this was what all Fairy Tail wizards are like?
"I don't get it. Why can't my attacks do anything?!" Natsu complained, getting frustrated that while Jayden was able to hurt Erigor, he couldn't.
"Because he's able to put out your flames with his winds," Drake explained.
"Your friend is right. Although your powers are remarkable, I'm afraid you're still no match for me. Enough of this cat and mouse chase. It's time to get serious." Erigor declared and then spun his scythe in a cycle in front of himself.
"Storm Mail!"
The winds were conjured up from his scythe, and the air currents to gather around him. Creating a hurricane surrounding his entire body like a suit of armor that pushed everything outwards and the two Fairy Tail wizards were slowly being pushed backwards from it. "Here I come!"
Erigor rushed at the two in the form of a long column of wind. Jayden was about to attack when Natsu rushed forward and lunged at him. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu's fist only got a foot away from the mage before his flames were put out and he was sent flying back onto the train tracks. Erigor would have chuckled if Drake hadn't leaped and dropkicked him in the chest.
The kick knocked him out of the air. The Storm Mail was dissipated before crashing to the ground. Erigor groaned in pain as he got on one knee to stand back up. He couldn't understand how it was possible that the Demon Hunter was able to hurt him so easily.
"Natsu, let me handle this. You're unless against his wind," Drake said.
"No way! No, he's defenseless without that wind armor, I can take him down," Natsu exclaimed, getting a little frustrated.
"My Storm Mail simply extinguishes any flames that are in close range," Erigor explained, before cloaking himself in another Storm Mail. "I don't know how you're able to able to dispel my Wind Magic, but its time that I put an end to this now!" He then crossed his fingers into an X shape and made a Magic Seal, before creating several smaller seals that revolved around it. The wind whipped around him engulfed his body. "Let's see you handle soaring Wind Magic that cuts up everything!"
"EMERA BARAM!"
Drake's eyes widened when Erigor blasted the highly concentrated wind that was bigger than any of his previous attacks. Drake grabbed Natsu by the shoulder and jumped out of the way and into the air.
The Emera Beam struck and ripped up the railway and train tracks.
The Demon Hunter landed on the track, which shook under that impact. Drake set the Dragon-Slayer back down. "Seriously, Natsu, just let me deal with this asshole!" He exclaimed to the hotheaded Natsu. "Your flames will be useless against his wind. I'm the only one that can stand against him."
Natsu's body suddenly ignited into flames and then grabbed a hold of the rail tracks and starts trying to pull it off. "NO! I don't understand! I have to beat him!" He yelled, as the fire was now erupting everywhere around him out of anger.
'Seriously, what is with him?!' Drake thought.
Drake then sensed a change in the wind. He looked around and saw some of the wind currents changing directions and heading towards Natsu, which made Erigor's Storm Mail weaker.
"Natsu!" Happy shouted, causing Natsu and Drake to turn to the talking cat. "You stink. Just give up and let Drake handle this because you're never gonna win. Even Gray would win in five seconds."
Drake's eyes widened at that. He knew Happy was trying to rile Natsu up so his flames would get stronger...but that was a bit too harsh. This was proven to be true when several tick marks appeared on his forehead.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Natsu roared as his body erupted a large column of flames like a volcano. Drake stared at his friend with eyes widened seeing the huge amount of intensity, which was much more than he's ever seen from the Dragon-Slayer. He looked back to see Erigor's Storm Mail disappear completely. This was because Natsu's flames were heating the air around him. The hot air created a vertical updraft, which also creates a low-pressure area. And the winds always blow from high-pressure to low-pressure areas.
Drake turned to give another attack from Yamato when Natsu shot past him as he lunged at Erigor. With his entire body ablaze, he slammed head-first into Erigor's stomach. Knocking the air out of the mage's lungs.
"Fire Dragon Sword Edge!" Natsu then sent Erigor soaring up into the air with a pillar of fire that was produced from his body. Drake and Happy watched as Erigor came crashing down onto the bridge with extreme force. His body in a small pile of rubble. The Lullaby flute knocked out of his clothing.
"Did you like me now, guys?" Natsu boasted with a grin.
"You showed him if you mess with a salamander, you get toasted," Happy cheered, Drake nodded with an impressed smile.
"Natsu!/Drake!" The three heard the voice of Lucy and Erza. They turned around to see the Magic Mobile coming to them on the train tracks. Erza was in the front seat and when she saw Erigor was defeated she looked shocked. She then looked up and saw Drake grinning at her, satisfied with the victory, and seeing that she and the others had made it safely.
"Hey, guys! You just missed us beating up Erigor," said the Demon Hunter as the Mobile pulled up to them.
Erza grinned back, happy to see Drake and Natsu were okay as well. "I'm proud of you two." she said as Lucy helped her out of the cart. They and Gray then walked over to congratulate them. Kageyama was the last to exit out of the car, and was shocked to see Erigor, who had been undefeated, lying on the ground defeated by the two Fairy Tail wizards.
Drake walked up to Erza as Lucy supported her. "Are you okay, Erza?" he asked with worry.
"Y-Yeah, don't worry about me," Erza replied. "I just need to catch my breath."
"I can't believe that you two had such a hard time with this guy," Gray said to Natsu with a glare.
"Oh, will you two stop?" Drake rolled his eyes at the duo's rivalry and antics.
"Well done you two." Erza said with a smile.
Drake picked up Lullaby and looked it over. "So, THIS is what this was all about?"
"Don't underestimate it." Erza warned as she walked over and looked the flute over after Drake handed it to her.
"What are we going to do with it?" Drake asked.
"We should destroy it for good and then stop by the guild masters' conference to tell them what happened and ask them how we should properly dispose of the flute," Erza said to the Demon Hunter.
Suddenly there was the sound of an engine roaring to life. All the Fairy Tail wizards looked to see Kageyama in the seat of the Magic Mobile and speeding towards them. Everyone quickly got out of the way before they could get run over, but one of Kage's shadow hands reached out and snatched the Lullaby flute out of Erza's hands.
"Lullaby's mine now! Shouldn't have let your guard down, flies!" Kage shouted as he drove off to finish was Eisenwald started.
There was a moment of silence as the wizards all tried to take in what had just happened. Then it was broken...
"That jerk!" Natsu shouted
"This is how he pays us back for saving his life?!" Lucy shouted in disbelief.
"After him!" Erza ordered and they ran after him...
Near the end of the Lullaby arc, folks.