Before we get to the chapter I would like to thank Insane Dominator for his review and the discussion we had about it in messages, was nice to see a review that was paragraphs long instead of a one liner.
Recap: Rex and Lucy finally arrived at the Guild and saw that there was complete chaos going on in there, and once the chaos stopped, they officially joined the Guild thanks to Mirajane. Then they helped rescue Macao who had gone to defeat 20 Vulcans but was taken over but the last one, and Rex was invited to temporarily live at Mirajane's house whilst he searched for a new one. The following day he looked up maps of the world he had been sent to and learnt of Fairy Tail's strongest female wizard, Erza Scarlet.
Chapter 3 - On Rails Showdown
A group of four people entered the Guild, it was Natsu, Lucy, Happy and Gray the last of which surprised him as he thought that the blue haired wizard wasn't with them. All of them were frowning, which he guessed was due to the immediate return of this Erza. Lucy took up a seat a few spaces next to him and slumped in the stool, with Natsu and Happy sitting at one desk, and Gray separating to another.
From their job, though none of them didn't look so happy. "What's getting you down in the dumps?" Rex asked curiously.
"We couldn't accept the reward for the job." Lucy replied.
"Why is that?" Rex asked.
Lucy then began explaining how they tasked with finding a book called Daybreak from a guy named Duke Everlue and burning it but encountered much more than they bargained for as he had come with bodyguards and also used Magic though they were all defeated. As it had turned out the Daybreak book was meant for the job client and not for Everlue as originally intended so they couldn't really accept the rewards, despite Lucy wanting too.
"Huh, that does sound pretty crazy. After all that though I think that it was probably for the best that you didn't get the reward, sorry." Rex apologised as he saw the look of despair on her face.
"Well it looks like we gotta go on a new job and get some food money." Natsu groaned as he sat down.
"Aye." Happy agreed.
"Three more beers please, Mira!" Wakaba called out, puffing out small hearts from his pipe. "So when are you going to go on a date with me?"
A purple haired wizard with glasses looked on at him in annoyance. "Come on Wakaba!" She cried out in protest.
"There is just one small problem though." Mirajane noted, not the least bit concerned by this advance and then a number of purple tiles appeared on her face before it took on the appearance of an older woman with puffy hair and red lipstick. "You already have a wife!" She pointed out to the dismay of Wakaba.
Rex scowled at the advance made by Wakaba and kept an eye on him but chose to say nothing. "So you're on a team with Natsu and Happy then?" He asked Lucy.
"Aye!" Happy nodded, who was holding a fish as he flew over. "Whilst everyone in the guild is technically allied to each other, particular groups of wizards that get along with each other form teams. Why don't you be a part of our team?" He asked.
"What?!" Rex and Lucy replied, the former curious and the latter startled.
This was enough to get Natsu to snap out of his funk and he jumped up. "Yeah! With your Multitype Magic you could wreak just as much havoc and destruction as I can, and it would be fun to fight you too! In fact we can fight now to see who is the strongest!" Natsu declared with a flaming fist, ready to throw down at this very instant. Everyone near the bar turned their eyes to look at Rex and watch his reaction.
"Does Natsu always do this?" Rex asked Mirajane, stalling for time.
"Yup, it's always usually towards people stronger than him." Mirajane added with a smile.
Turning back, Rex could see that Natsu was like a coiled spring just waiting for him to attack. Don't get me wrong I enjoy battling, but why do I feel like he's gonna try to attack me even if I say no? The almost casual way she mentioned it is odd.
"How about you don't attack me right now? I've been doing some training earlier on today and it's been pretty exhausting so no." Rex eventually spoke up and Natsu slumped in disappointment, though Rex let out a slight sigh of relief.
Lucy moved to stand at the request board alongside Nab, reading all of the different jobs that were on offer. "Wow there sure are a lot of different kinds of jobs." She noted, not sure which one to pick.
"Let me know which one you pick. The Master is away at his regularly scheduled Conference meeting." Mirajane called from the end of the bar.
"Conference meeting?" Rex asked, confused.
"Yup. It's like the Magic Council but it's not at the same time. Reedus, can I borrow your Light Pen?"
Reedus was a tall man with curly orange hair and a black pointed body and was wearing a white shirt on top of his large round body. "Oui." He nodded and then handed over a small green pen with a yellow nib and Mirajane began drawing in the air.
The boxes of the diagram were in blue and the words and links to the different boxes in them, with the top one reading Government that was connected to Era which in turn was connected to multiple boxes all reading Local Guild Master League and they were all connected to boxes that read out Guild.
"The Magic Council, Era, is the most powerful organization in the world aside from the government. They have ten members, and they uphold all magical rules and regulations, if a wizard breaks magical law they would be tried. Then there are the Guild Master Leagues which are made up of all the different local Masters, and they meet each other regularly to discuss the state of affairs, making them all interconnected. It's a pretty stressful job." Mirajane explained.
"With all the destruction this Guild does it's not surprising." Rex stated wryly.
"I never realised that the different guild masters were all connected like that." Lucy mused.
"You could say that they are the glue that holds us all together. It's a pretty stressful job. If we didn't cooperate the system would fall apart." Mirajane agreed and began writing in the air again.
"Otherwise the black ones will come! Ha ha ha!" Natsu spoke up suddenly from behind Lucy and in an sinister evil tone, making Lucy jump and scream in fright. He then threw back his head and chuckled. "That was too easy."
She didn't look too impressed by that but before she could respond Mirajane spoke up again. "The ones that Natsu are referring to do exist though, they are the Dark Guilds and they don't follow the rules set by the Magic Council." She pointed out with a frown on her face. To the left of the diagram was a label reading Dark Guilds and a blue ring around them.
"Yeah, yeah. Now why don't we go on our next job." Natsu grinned.
"Since the two of us picked the last job you can pick one!" Happy chirped, hovering at head height.
Lucy looked embarrassed. "No way."
Well there goes that team. Rex thought, with a deadpan look on his face.
"Why not?" Natsu asked, confused.
"It's because you picked me specifically for that job as Duke Everlue was looking for blonde maids in particular." Lucy pointed out, still a little sore from that.
Natsu was still smiling though. "We didn't make you a part of your team because of that, we picked you because you were such a nice person." He explained. Lucy was still unconvinced about that.
Gray was sitting down at one of the benches nearby Cana and overheard the conversation that they were having. "I wouldn't bother staying with those losers if I were you Lucy. There will be plenty of requests from other teams asking you to join them." He smirked.
"Clothes, Gray." Cana pointed out and Gray panicked in realisation.
"Jerk." Natsu scowled.
This made Gray stop and then he glared at Natsu before butting heads with him and staring right in his face. "Did you just call me a jerk, dragon boy?!" He demanded.
"So what if I did? What are you going to do about that?" Natsu shot back with a glare.
"You mouth breather!" "At least I'm not a coward!" "You're a spineless wimp!"
"Looks like they're at it again." Happy noted with a weird look on his face.
All of them were ignoring Lucy, who was being carried in a bridal style by Loke. "You can join the Team of Love, ignore these two clowns." He began seducing her and readjusted his glasses. "If I took this off then I would be blinded by your beauty."
This didn't work like he intended as Lucy was just annoyed by this. "Girls really fall for this?" She asked, not seduced in the slightest.
Anything that would have been between them vanished instantly the moment Loke caught wind of the small chain of gold and silver keys and then he backed away, looking at Lucy like she was going to attack him for some reason. "You're not a Celestial Spirit Wizard are you?" He panicked.
"Yup she's got crabs, cows and fish!" Happy replied cheerfully on a mouthful of fish.
"Curse you fate why must you toy with me?!" Loke exclaimed rather dramatically and then ran out of the guild hall.
There was a moment of silence as they just stared at him, trying to comprehend what had happened. "What was up with that guy?" Rex asked, thoroughly confused. Sceptile had finished most of her salad and was coming over to join her trainer.
"Loke has a bad history with Celestial wizards. Rumor has it that he date one and it didn't end well." Mirajane replied.
"Aye." Happy agreed.
"Shut up you stupid cat!" Lucy began protesting but Natsu crashed into her courtesy of Gray and they both fell down on the floor. "Could you try to knock it off?"
"Natsu's the one who started it, I'm just finishing it." Gray protested, holding up the arm that punched the fire wizard.
"Clothes, Gray." Cana pointed out, and the blue haired wizard cried out in surprise.
"Well you were the one who was provoking me you dirty slimeball." Natsu insulted with a fiery red aura surrounding him.
"Oh yeah? And what did I do to provoke you, you fire clown?" Gray retorted with an icy blue aura surrounding him too.
"You pervy flasher!" "Pink haired punk!" They continued, getting in each other's faces once again. The insults quickly went downhill in terms of intelligence.
"Lame insults guys." Rex and Lucy pointed out at the same time.
"They start to run out pretty quickly." Happy added.
Despite their fighting the whole guild was laughing at their antics and didn't seem to be too upset about it if the smiles from the others were any indication. Neither Lucy nor Rex were sure what to think of it until the front doors slammed open suddenly to reveal that Loke had ran back in a panic. "Bad news everyone! It's Erza… SHE'S IN TOWN AND HEADING RIGHT THIS WAY!"
This revelation sent a shockwave across the guild with several different reactions. Most opted for shock and then trembling in their seats but the others jumped up and began trembling too. Loke was running from the approaching sounds of steady metallic footsteps. Gray and Natsu were looking equally surprised and horrified too.
"You can feel the tension in the air, everything's gone dead." Macao noted.
"I can't believe the mere mention of her name sends everyone into shock." Lucy pointed out, looking around at everyone. At the request board Nab's mouth was wide open but he wasn't saying anything.
"Yep, that's Erza for you. She's the strongest female wizard." Mirajane added serenely
Erza had long scarlet hair that went down behind her and also sported diamond earrings though Rex noted they weren't as long as his and brown eyes. She was wearing armor which possessed a yellow cross on it and the guild emblem on the left in a similar colour to her hair. Her current armor half covered her upper arm and completely covered her lower arm with small wings on the elbow and a blue skirt along with tall black boots.
There was a large white horn that she was carrying with one hand that was decorated with various bits of jewellery around the wide end of the hall and everyone was staring at it and her, mostly Erza who was walking through the Guild Hall. She set down the horn and then addressed the whole guild, "I have returned. Where is Master Makarov?" Erza asked.
"Hello Erza. The Master is at a conference right now." Mirajane replied happily, being one of only two people who wasn't cowering in fear. The other person was Rex who was brought out more by curiosity than anything else
"Um… Erza-san, what is that you're carrying?" Max Alors asked. He was a sharp looking person with sandy coloured hair.
"It's the horn of a local monster I vanquished. The locals were thankful enough for me, so they decorated it and gave it to me as a gift. Do you have a problem with it?" She asked with a glare.
"N-no! Not at all!" Max replied hastily alongside everyone else on the table.
"Listen up, I've heard that Fairy Tail has been causing nothing but trouble for the Magic Council." Erza began and then started telling off the other members of the Guild one by one, starting with Cana and then Vijeeter, Wakaba and several other members. Each of them reacted with a jerk and they shook themselves straight, obeying the commands that she was giving out. When she turned to face Macao she fell silent for several moments and simply looked at the older wizard.
"Please say something!" Macao protested desperately.
"I don't know where to begin with you." Erza sighed and put a hand to her forehead and then turned back to face the rest of the Guild. "Where are Natsu and Gray?" She asked.
"Aye." Happy stated, pointing to the two of them.
Natsu and Gray were now hugging each other with forced smiles on their face and looking like they were best friends. "Just hanging out like good old friends do, right buddy?" Gray asked hurriedly.
"Aye!" Natsu agreed, and both of them were sweating bullets.
"I don't believe this! They are acting like their best buddies! Why is that?!" Lucy asked in shock and Rex silently admitted that it was a little crazy that Natsu and Gray were acting like best friends even though they had just been fighting with each other. It made both of them wonder what the heck Erza did to them.
"It's good to see that you two are acting like buddies, though I suppose even the best of friends get into fights occasionally." Erza noted with a smile on her face.
"I'm not sure if you could call us the best of friends." Gray admitted, too scared to move.
"Aye!" Natsu agreed.
"This is crazy, he's acting like Happy!" Lucy cried out.
Mirajane had taken the time to create a diagram with Natsu and Erza and several arrows drawn on it in various different colours and was grinning all the way. "A couple of years ago Natsu challenged Erza to a fight and was beaten up very badly." She explained.
"I can understand that, and why are you drawing those sorts of diagrams?" Lucy questioned with a strange look on her face.
"After that she found Gray walking around naked and decided to beat him up too." Cana smiled slyly.
"Loke then tried to hit on her, so she beat him up as well." Macao added.
The image of her beating up Loke was in both of their minds and Loke grinned at this as if he were proud. "I can't blame her for that last one though he's kind of a pervert." Lucy glared in annoyance at the orange haired male.
Seeing that neither of them were fighting was good enough for Erza. "While I was heading back to the guild I heard something that worried me. Normally I would consult with the master about this but seeing as he is away at the conference I have to ask a favour." She explained and the guild hall fell silent at this, the silence was also accompanied by a sense of foreboding.
"I need you two to help me out with this task." Erza declared.
For the second time this day there was a shock that spread out through the entire guild and they began murmuring about what had just happened. "Did she really do that?" "Well that's something I'd never see." "Erza, Natsu and Gray? On the same team?" The various members began saying to each other and wondered if this was really Erza that was speaking.
Me and Natsu? On the same team? Gray thought, looking at him.
I gotta team up with this guy? Natsu thought, looking back at Gray.
They then glared at each other in dislike before Erza put a stop to it. "Problem boys?" She asked sternly and they both jumped up in fright and were acting like buddies again. "Good, we'll meet up at 7 in the morning at Magnolia Station." She informed, ignoring their protest.
It didn't take for the silence that followed to break and were surprised that it was broken by laughter of all things. Many heads turned in the direction of Rex Vermend who had tried to hold it in once things settled down, but it became too much for him and it began to come out. Instead of being afraid as most of the others were in the guild, he was greatly amused between Erza's antics and everyone's reaction, and this was the breaking point of it all. Rex sucked in a breath to stop himself from laughing harder at the sight before brushing down and approaching her.
"Who are you? You must be a new member since I haven't seen your face." Erza inquired, scowling at the fact that he laughed.
"My apologies for that, I did not imagine that happening." Rex smiled as he stood up and corrected his footing. "I'm Rex Vermend and a new member of the Guild." He introduced himself with an outstretched hand.
There was a moment of surprise from the red haired female, as this was the first time she had come across someone who didn't cower in fear that wasn't allowed to go up to the second floor. Erza then composed herself and shook the hand, at least he was polite and being respectful. "Well then welcome to Fairy Tail. That reaction of yours was an unexpected one though."
"Don't worry about it. With all of the things the whole guild was telling me about you I was expecting someone a lot different." This made Erza turn around to everyone with a questioning look and they all backed away in fear, whimpering at the expression on her face. Erza wasn't trying to look scary, but it didn't really help her case.
"If you want some more help Erza you could always bring Rex along with you." Mirajane recommended.
"Oh?" Erza asked before turning to face Rex. "Very well then, I will expect to see you at seven am sharp tomorrow morning as well." With that she then turned and began walking out of the Guild.
"Natsu, Gray, Erza and Rex. Those four together could easily be the strongest team that Fairy Tail has ever put out." Mirajane mused after thinking it through for a moment and Lucy pictured them in her head. Although she hadn't seen much of his power it certainly looked strong in its own right, and with the creatures he could summon too it was completely possible that Rex was one of the strongest wizards in the guild.
Later that evening Rex and Lucy were sitting at the bar with Mirajane doing a bit of work at the counter and she was talking to the two of them. "It's probably for the best that you go along with them as well Lucy. They'll be at each other's throats when Erza isn't looking at them and the two of you can keep an eye on each of them." Mirajane explained.
"Wait, why do I have to come along with them?" Lucy pointed out.
"Didn't you defeat a giant gorilla maid with one hand though? That's reason enough for you to come along." Rex replied.
Lucy groaned. "Not you too. I told you about what happened, remember?" She reminded him and was crying in a comical fashion.
Eisenwald Guild
The Eisenwald Guild was located in a dark forest where most of the trees surrounding the hall were dead. It looked like the decay was starting to set it on the outside and there was black clock with the rest of the clock being engraved in gold, including the numbers. Two members were walking down the main corridor of the Dark Guild in conversation.
"I wonder which guild the armoured chick belongs to?" One of them asked.
"Does it matter? You're not going to date her if she's going around dressed like that." The other one said, and the first member suddenly glared fiercely at him with intense dislike.
"What did you say?!"
"Cut it out you two." A third voice cut in. There was a fourth person, who was undoubtedly the one who stood out the most with his long with hair that was styled not unlike a Mohawk with a tuft hanging over the left side of his face. He had distinct sharp eyes and tattoos on his arms and body as well as wearing a hakama. The defining thing about him was that he carried a large scythe that was meant to look intimidating.
"Is Kageyama back yet?" The scythe wielding man inquired.
"No. It isn't easy to break the seal containing Lullaby." The third person explained, unfazed by the other two arguing. They were eventually joined by a crowd of people who were also their comrades in arms.
"Now is not the time to relax. We strike now, when the old farts are at their meeting!" The gray haired male declared, pointing his scythe forward.
Magnolia Station
At Magnolia Station the whole group was waiting for Erza Scarlet to accompany them, though more accurately it was Rex, Lucy and Happy who were waiting for her to show up. The other people were staring and making strange comments at them, this was because of the fact that the other members of the group, Natsu and Gray, were at it yet again and were right in each other's faces.
"I hate this! Teaming up with you is worst idea ever!" Natsu complained.
"Yeah, tell me about it. Erza made a huge mistake inviting a loser like you!" Gray shot back.
They continued arguing whilst the other three looked on, also trying to not look like they were with the pair of wizards that were at each other's throats. "Why did the two of you come along?" Happy asked, eating a fish and acting as if the argument was something normal.
"Well Mirajane recommended me to Erza and suggested that Lucy join them to stop the two of them from fighting. We weren't expecting them to already be fighting." Rex explained though he wasn't smiling as he just stared at the pair of them.
"You don't seem to be doing a good job about it though." Happy observed bluntly.
"Yeah but sadly their hopeless." Lucy admitted with a sigh. On her lap was a small white creature with black beady eyes and what looked like an ice cream cone for a nose. This was her pet from the Celestial World which she named Plue who was shaking despite it not feeling very cold.
A mischievous grin then formed across Rex face and pretended to look surprise. "Oh look Erza is coming up towards us!" He suddenly stated.
The two of them twitched for a moment before hugging each other and acting all buddy buddy as they had back in the guild until they realised that she wasn't coming and that this was just a very cruel trick played on them and they both faced Rex with an unhappy look on their faces. "That was a dirty trick you little-!" They started but dropped it and groaned, Erza would be showing up soon anyway, so it didn't matter either way.
"Would you like some fish to help your mood?" Happy offered but Natsu rejected it with a sullen look on his face.
This time the sounds of metallic footsteps could be heard for real, and Lucy and Rex stood up to face Erza, but their greeting was cut off when their jaws dropped. Erza had taken a ridiculous amount of luggage with them to the point that it piled up until it towered above her. Natsu and Gray went buddy buddy for real. "It's time to go good buddy!" "Aye!"
"One Happy is enough!" Lucy shouted them.
Erza gave a smile at the two of them and looked over at Rex for several seconds before moving to greet Lucy. "I didn't get your name back at the guild hall, who are you again?" She asked. From behind her both Natsu and Gray were still at each other's throats, but they acted like friends whenever she turned around to check up on them and then straight back to glaring at each other when she was focusing on Lucy.
"Oh right I never introduced myself. My name is Lucy, nice to meet you. Mirajane suggested that I go with you to get some experience." She introduced.
"Lucy... I've heard about you now that I know your name. Apparently you managed to defeat a gorilla using only your pinkie finger." At this Lucy jumped up in surprise, "That sort of strength would be helpful on this mission." Erza smiled.
On second thought I really don't want to go. Lucy swallowed and then felt her heart beating faster as she shook on the spot.
During this conversation the two other male members of the team stopped fighting and then faced Erza, though Natsu was looking more at Rex with a determined expression on his face and he realised where this was going to go. "Fine Erza, I'll come with you on one condition."
"Shut up, you idiot!" Gray frantically told him and then appealed to Erza. "I don't need to set any conditions to work with you!"
Erza didn't seem all that upset about it. "Oh, and what would that be?" She asked calmly.
Natsu then grinned and pointed to Rex. "When we get back I wanna fight ya Rex! This time you can't say no!" He declared.
Everyone else turned to face Rex who then looked over to Erza for any sort of help though her expression was unreadable. Turning back to face Natsu he saw that his two hands were balled up into fists and came to the conclusion that Natsu was going to keep that up until he gave into that demand. "Fine, but not until after we finish this mission and when I am ready, understand?" Rex replied in a tone that offered no argument.
Erza smiled again at this. Back at the guild hall she wasn't too sure what to make of him exactly and had considered talking to him more about his reaction to her appearance. But with the way he handled this challenge from Natsu she now held a better opinion of him. "Do you want to issue a challenge?" She asked Gray who shook his head quickly.
This didn't bother Natsu that much and then his head was on fire. "Oh yeah, I am all fired up now!" He declared and they went onto the train.
Not even ten minutes had passed and Natsu was laying down on the train in agony, his face looking pale from motion sickness. Erza, Rex and Lucy were sitting on to the opposite side of him and Gray and Happy were sitting in the same row and their attention was turned towards the pink haired wizard. Gray was at the window seat looking out as the country passed by.
"I swear Natsu, you're totally pathetic. Go and sit on the other side." Gray scowled at him.
"It really must be hard for him to get around like this." Lucy sympathised.
"Come over here Natsu let me help you." Erza stated smoothly, with Lucy sitting on the opposite row and Rex leaning backwards in his seat as Natsu began leaning over towards Erza who then smiled before punching him in the gut, knocking him unconscious and he lay down over the laps of both Erza and Rex.
"I swear if you throw up on me Natsu…" Rex threatened, and the Lucy and Gray sweatdropped at the next motion he made.
"Now that I think about I've never seen any sort of Magic similar to the one that Natsu uses. What sort of magic do you use Erza?" Lucy asked.
"That's a good question." Erza nodded.
"Erza's magic is really pretty. She makes her enemies bleed a lot!" Happy stated cheerfully as he waved his arms everywhere. This made both Rex and Lucy gag slightly, the thought of ridiculous amounts of blood spraying everywhere didn't exactly help the situation.
"Personally I think that Gray's is a lot more beautiful than mine."
Gray put his hands down from the open window. "Oh you mean like this?" He asked and then placed his right hand into his outstretched left hand and then a small light blue seal appeared with cold steam emitted from it for a few seconds before a crystal construction of the guild mark appeared and floated in the air. "I use Ice Magic." He explained.
"So that's why you don't get on very well with Natsu. Fire and ice do not mix at all." Rex guessed, likening the two of them to an Ice type facing a Fire type.
"I never thought of it that way." Erza admitted.
"Nah, I just hate his guts. So what's got you so worried that you would actually want us to come along with you Erza?" Gray brushed off the guess from asked, changing the subject and turning to face Erza.
The red haired wizard dropped her smile. "Right. It all started from when I had finished my previous job. I stopped on the way to a local bar that was a popular place for wizards to gather…"
She was carrying her horn as well as dragging her luggage. Several people stopped and looked on in awe as they saw her pass, but Erza ignored them. She was heading straight for a local wizard bar to rest for a moment before heading back to Guild. Erza ordered a strawberry flavoured drink and took no notice of anyone else in the room until a group of wizards caught her attention.
"Where the hell is that liquor waiter?" One of them demanded. This person was 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 whiskers-like things, with each cheek bearing three of them. He donned a simple attire consisting of a zipped, brownish jacket with a large collar over a dark shirt, dark pants and simple shoes. He took the beer using Telekinesis.
"Pipe down Byard, we're not supposed to make a scene." The second person said. He was a tanned man with a pointed nose and a sharp chin. He had dark lines circling his eyes and 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. He wore a light shirt under this signature jacket of him, simple pants and shoes.
"How can anyone take this aggravation and not get mad?! We finally find where Lullaby is and then there is that seal protecting it!" Byard said loudly and they quickly turned to him.
"What did Rayule say? He said, pipe down." A third person said. He was a short, hunched and fat man with strange facial features. His attire consisted 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, revealed much of his stomach, as well as loose, military-spotted pants that was 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.
"Damn!" Byard swore and quickly began drinking.
"Relax. The seal can't be broken by numbers alone." The final man said calmly, appearing not as bothered as the other men at the table. He was a young man with black eyes and black hair which he tied in a short, spiky ponytail. He wore a white shirt with a high collar and an intricate symbol on its back over a plain, dark red undershirt. He also wears a pair of aquamarine pants, black shoes and small black earrings in each ear.
"Wait, you've found a way to break the seal? That's Kage for you!" Rayule said in a lowered but impressed voice, but Erza was still listening, having slowly finished her strawberry drink.
"Tell Erigor I'll return with Lullaby in three days." Kageyama said and stood up to leave.
"Isn't Lullaby a song that you sing to make children sleep?" Rex noted, not sure what Eisenwald would want to do with a song.
"Lullaby?" The other conscious team members opposite them repeated, looking at each other.
It seemed like something happened that neither of them had witnessed as Rex and Erza shared a glance with each other. "You've heard of this Lullaby object?" She asked in confusion.
The two wizards nodded and then began explaining what had happened before they returned and how they ran into each other after they completed their separate jobs. Gray was rather desperate to get back to the Guild because he had heard that Erza was returning back to the guild when they were ambushed by several other wizards who then captured Happy and tried to eat him. He and Natsu made quick work of them but after mentioning Lullaby they were suddenly pulled away by a strange shadow.
"I see. I'm only hypothesising but it sounds like those were members of the Eisenwald guild who didn't like what was going to go down and tried to bail on them." Erza guessed.
"So if those members wanted nothing to do with this Lullaby then it must be a powerful magic tool." Rex deduced.
"Indeed. At first I thought it was a job to get a powerful magic tool. Then I heard the name Erigor and I realised that it was a Dark Guild who managed to find it." Erza continued and paused as she lingered on that name. "Erigor… he is the ace of Eisenwald and also known as Erigor the Reaper." The mention of the nickname sent shivers down the spines of the other conscious members.
"When the Magic Council outlawed assassination requests six years ago Eisenwald decided that money was more important than the Magic Council and have been ignoring their rules ever since." Erza carried on and the other members of the team began thinking about Eisenwald and why they would want the Lullaby.
"Okay, now I want to go back to Magnolia Town!" Lucy complained, shaking in her seat.
"Eww, Lucy's slimy!" Happy stated, and she shot an annoyed glare at him.
"Lullaby…" Lucy muttered to herself. That name seemed familiar but she could put her finger on it right now.
"What are we going to do about Eisenwald?" Gray asked.
"We're going to storm the entire guild. I don't believe that I can do it on my own which is why I wanted help from Gray and Natsu." Erza finished and they saw that they were coming to the next stop as the train began slowing down.
So it's a mission to take them all down and retrieve the Lullaby. No worries then. Rex thought.
"That sounds like an awesome mission." Gray commented with a grin on his face.
The group had exited the train at Onibas Station with Rex frowning in thought. Something definitely felt upwards and then he stopped and turned around. "Hold on guys, I think we're forgetting something." Rex spoke up. The others then turned to face him in confusion.
"We've forgotten Natsu!" Lucy panicked and there was a joint look of shock across the faces of Gray, Erza and Rex.
"How foolish of me! I was caught up with talking to you all about the Eisenwald guild I forgot Natsu was with us. Natsu can't handle moving vehicles! Please hit me for my penance!" Erza declared and closed her eyes, bracing herself for the next hit.
Rex and Lucy stared at her in disbelief and he shook his head. "We don't need to hit you, we need to stop the train." He shook his hands.
Back on the train Natsu was still shaking from his motion sickness having managed to sit up, though he was still waiting for the train to stop. He was the only person in the carriage until the door that he could just about make out opened to reveal the fourth wizard that Erza had told the others about, Kageyama, entering the carriage and walking over to the seats that Natsu was sitting down on and took note of the guild mark on his arm.
"So you're from the Fairy Tail guild, huh? How is the Magic Council treating you these days?" Kageyama asked and sat down opposite Natsu, smiling calmly. Though he got no answer for it Kageyama didn't wait for it and then kicked him in the face. "You Fairy Tail members are just blindly following the rules of the Council. Do you know what you look like to us? Harmless little insects!"
Natsu managed to gather enough strength to stand up and then both of his fists were surrounded by fire and he got ready to fight, with Kageyama backing away in amusement. The train then jolted and Natsu felt sick again.
Kageyama laughed. "What sort of Magic is that? This is some real Magic. Knuckle Shadow!" Kageyama declared as he placed a hand on the floor of the carriage. A purple seal appeared and then several fists made out of shadows rose up from the ground and pummeled Natsu backwards. "It's all in the follow through."
"That Magic…" Natsu noted.
The train then jerked before screeching to a halt and Natsu no longer felt motion sickness. This was thanks to Erza back down the line where she pulled the emergency stop lever despite the protests of the employees there. "Please understand, we are doing this for one of our comrades." She explained and the employee continued to protest.
"I'm starting to think that maybe all of the wizards in Fairy Tail are a little bit crazy." Lucy stated, giving Erza a funny look.
"Not all of us." Gray countered, managing to strip down to his pants.
"Oh yeah, where are your clothes?" Lucy retaliated quickly.
Back on the train Natsu got up and saw a strange looking object on the floor. It was wooden with a three eyed skull and holes down the main body of the object. "The train stopped… what's up with that?"
Kageyama looked afraid of something and quickly picked it up. "You saw it?" He asked.
"That's enough out of you, it's payback time!" Natsu growled as he got up and then jumped forwards using his Fire Dragon's Iron Fist to attack.
"Guard Shadow!" Kageyama countered and multiple purple hands then moved in front of the attack and there was an explosion that revealed the black haired man was pushed backwards a few rows and the sides of the carriage were half destroyed. "Lucky shot." He spat.
"How do you like a Fly Punch?" Natsu grinned, holding his fist in the air.
That grin faded almost instantly with the following announcement. "Attention all passengers, our emergency stop was a false alarm. We apologise for the delay."
Natsu began panicking and then quickly began gathering up his stuff. "I'm not gonna let you off that easily. You're messing with Eisenwald now." Kageyama declared, getting up and ready to continue fighting this pesky fly.
"Oh so you're with Eisenwald huh? Well I'll show you what happens when you mess with Fairy Tail, but first let's take this outside." Natsu stated as he felt the train moving and tried to keep himself together as the train began to move again.
"You're not going to get away!" Kageyama declared.
But it wasn't going to work for him as Natsu then ran out of the train through the window and then found Gray running into himself and they headbutted each other. What happened next with the others was that they hired a Magic Mobile, a type of car that runs on magic that would be supplied through an SE Plug that was currently attached to the driver of the vehicle, Erza. She and Rex were sitting next to each other, and he was doing his best not to fall off, Gray was on the roof and hanging on for dear life and both Lucy and Happy were inside the vehicle.
They came to a stop once they headbutted each other and were sprawling on the floor. "That hurt you idiot!" Gray scolded at him.
"Hey what's the big idea of leaving me on the train?!" Natsu demanded, ignoring what Gray had just said.
Erza took off the SE Plug. "We're sorry about that. Anyway what matters is that you're unharmed Natsu and we're grateful for it." She apologised then smacked him against her breast, completely ignoring the fact that she was still wearing her armour, so he got a hard smack to the side of his head.
"It's okay." Natsu whimpered and rubbed the side of his head before thinking back to the train. "Well I was attacked by some weird guy on the train. He had a strange three eyed skull and looked like he was in a rush. I think he said that he was a member of Eisenwald." He recalled.
There was a look of shock from the group and then Erza smacked him hard across the face "You fool!" She shouted at him. "I told you about this on the train. Where you even listening to me?" Erza asked.
Natsu was genuinely confused at this. "What? But this is the first time I've heard about this." He replied honestly and Erza continued to berate him.
Lucy, Rex and Gray all gave Erza a withering look. "I can't believe that she's already forgotten what she did to Natsu." The white haired male stated, putting a hand to his face.
"That's Erza for ya!" Happy chimed in.
"Lullaby…" Lucy frowned, thinking more about it now and then widening her eyes as she remembered. "It's a tool used for killing people with Death Magic!"
"Death Magic?!" Gray asked, not liking where this was going.
"There are a number of Magic Items that are forbidden by the council for any sort of use." Lucy explained to him.
They hurried to get back onto the Magic Mobile with Natsu getting inside the car reluctantly, not really willing to go from one moving vehicle to another but was promptly shoved in by Gray who followed him and both Lucy and Happy also came inside. Riding the vehicle towards the next station was rough and they often jumped whenever they came across a crack in the road that was deep enough to send them flying in the air for a second.
They came to a halt as Erza took her hands off of the wheel and she began panting for a second to recuperate. "Let me have a go, you can steer the thing whilst I supply it with Magic." Rex suggested, pulling back one of his sleeves and he was handed the SE Plug and then slipped it over his hand and then concentrated.
There was a moment where nothing happened until the car began revving up with a slightly different sound than when Erza had used it before the Magic Mobile shot forwards faster than the last time, with the speedometer reading around 80-90 miles per hour. This made the ride for the group inside the actual car even worse, any sort of protest was drowned out by the bumpy ride.
"Keep doing whatever is your doing, don't stop!" Erza shouted to him as she swerved to avoid a pothole in the road.
In the vehicle the others weren't faring as well with the four of them all regularly being thrown into the air and colliding with each other on a frequent basis. Natsu was the only one who couldn't say anything as his motion sickness combined with the constant jumping in the air was making his face turn green and nearly managed to fall down on the floor once or twice.
"Keep him up Lucy! I don't wanna have to deal with flame brain barfing over the floor!" Gray protested once they managed to settle down for a few seconds.
"Why do I have to be the one to keep him upright?" Lucy protested. They passed over another bump in the road and Natsu was thrown into her.
Kunugi Station
When the train Kageyama was on arrived at the station, Eisenwald made their move and beard down upon the train. The one station employee who tried to stop ended up getting a taste of Erigor's scythe, much to the horror of the crowd. "This train belongs to the Eisenwald guild now!" Erigor declared. No one even bothered to resist him as the whole guild began getting rid of everything - passengers, luggage and crew alike.
"Make sure everything is off of this train!" Erigor ordered as he watched the chaos unfold and then spotted a badly damaged carriage with Kageyama coming out of the wrecked. "Kageyama, care to explain what this is all about?" Erigor asked.
"Come on, don't you wanna see this?" Kageyama changed the topic and he pulled out the Lullaby flute.
"Is that Lullaby?" Byard asked.
"It's gotta be, there is only one flute with a three eyed skull on one end." Rayule replied with the other members of the Eisenwald guild cheering in triumph.
Erigor took the flute and held it out in his hand. "Yes. This used to be a simple flute for casting curses, until the great Black Wizard Zeref took it and made it into a more powerful tool. Anyone who hears this song will die." He declared and then boarded the train, ordering a couple of members to operate the train.
Once they were moving swiftly Erigor demanded that Kageyama tell him about what had happened and then slashed at the seats, narrowly missing the black haired male with a look of displeasure on his face. "Let me get this straight. You let a Fairy Tail fly see the Lullaby flute and then let him get away?" He demanded.
"B-b-but it's not like he knows of our plans Erigor and besides it was a brief look at Lullaby. It's not like he could stop us even if they tried." Kageyama pointed out, hoping that Erigor wouldn't attack him because of a minor slip up.
There was a moment of silence before the Reaper chose to respond. "Be grateful that I had a strategy in place. Even though a fly did see the Lullaby, we still have that up our sleeves." He noted with a smile and the other members of Eisenwald in the same carriage smiled in agreement.
Clover Town
The building where the Guild Masters were meeting it was located just outside of Clover Town and was one of the large buildings there. Inside were many different Guild Masters including Makarov who was sitting down on one of the tables and having a conversation with another Master and a old friend of his.
"Oh Macky, I'm so jealous of your wizards! They are full of life and look so adorable! " Bob stated. He is a bald elderly man with a stubble and was wearing an outfit that looked like it would be more fitting of a female and was also the Master of Blue Pegasus. "I heard that a new female member gave some big shot a spanking!"
"Oh you must be talking about Lucy. *hic*" Makarov replied, slightly drunk. "She's our newest recruit and she's got a body that won't give up." Bob shied away from him in adoration.
There was a growl from another member of a Guild who was also present. "They maybe hot and spirited but you gotta admit that they go overboard from time to time." The voice came from Goldmine, the master of Quattro Cerberus. He was a thin man with a black hat that had a red stripe around the bottom with spikes coming out of it and wore a pair of dark glasses, and he wore a black shirt. "The members of the Magic Council are worried that Fairy Tail are going to do something really bad one day."
"Ah let those blowhards on the Council worry. They are just jealous that my wizards are hotter." Makarov fired back, boldened by the alcohol. Bob shied away, but Goldmine still looked nervous.
"Master Makarov! Master Makarov!" The tinny voice came from a small blue bird wearing an even smaller pointed hat and was carrying a letter. "I have a letter from Miss Mirajane!" It announced.
Makarov caught the letter in one hand. "Oh? Thank you." He replied and then made a circle motion with his finger and a small seal appeared to create an image of Mirajane in the air. "Take a look everyone! This is our poster girl Mirajane!" He called out and a small crowd gathered around the table Makarov was sitting on.
"Hello Master! Something incredible just happened and it was too good for me to wait!" Mirajane began saying and Makarov looked at her in curiosity. "Natsu, Erza and Gray have all formed a team, isn't it fantastic? Rex and Lucy are also on the team which is also great!" This wasn't actually good news for Makarov whose mouth was open wide with shock.
"Well I guess the Magic Council now has a reason to be afraid." Goldmine observed with a small smile on his face at Makarov's reaction.
No, this can't be happening! It has to be some sort of nightmare I'm experiencing! The Conference ends today so I have enough time to make it back to the guild before they cause an incident or destroy an entire town! Makarov though as images of the worst possible scenario began flashing through his mind and fell down backwards.
Kunugi Station
Back with the others they slowed down and arrived at a place that was overlooking Kunugi Station. From there they could see that knights belonging to the Fiore Army had surrounded the station and were doing their best to make sure that nobody panicked, and they were just able to hear what was being said by them.
"I heard that a group of thugs hijacked a train, it was probably those creeps from the nearby Dark Guild." One of them stated, ignoring the official statements made by the leader of the group of knights.
"Why would they take a train? They don't have the freedom to go anywhere it wants to." Lucy pointed out once she had managed to recover from the dizziness of the ride.
"Yeah, it does seem a bit weird." Happy admitted with a nod.
"Maybe but a train is a good way to get to your destination as they are fast. Even more so if you minimize the weight of the train." Erza pointed out.
Rex took off the SE Plug and handed it back to Erza before he made his way onto the rooftop and spread his body apart. "I think it would be better if you supplied the magic again, that thing didn't feel right on me." He declared nervously, still shaking slightly from the speed they went at.
Erza nodded and thought for a moment about why the vehicle reacted the way it did. Was it because of his Magic or is there some other reason? She pushed the thought out of her mind and focused on the mission at hand. The Magic Mobile then revved like normal as they set off again with Rex clinging on the roof even harder, feeling every little bump on the road.
Their next stop was at Oshibana Town and Erza narrowly missed a few people as she took a hard right and Rex fell down the side of the Magic Mobile. He scrambled to get up and regain his balance. "Slow down Erza!" Gray called out from the side.
"I can't! Not when lives are at stake!" Erza replied as she continued to drive through the town at a high speed. Lucy and Gray were trying to stop Natsu from falling out of the motion vehicle.
Happy was deep in thought and frowning. "I have this strange feeling that I was supposed to remember something, but I don't know what it was. I know that it was something to do with you Lucy, but I can't remember it yet. Let's see… Lucy, weird, sick, strange…" He began to say random words out loud, annoying Lucy.
"Weird, Lucy, fish… I like fish." Happy remarked, still closing his eyes in concentration.
Managing to look up he could see a column of smoke coming from a building in the station. "Over there!" He pointed to Erza who then took a left and then rocked the Magic Mobile from the force. The amount of energy she was putting into the SE Plug was starting to take it's toll on her, though the ride was almost over and they only took ten minutes to get near the station.
Rex made the brilliant decision of letting go of the roof right before Erza screeched to a halt as the inertia threw him forwards right into the wall. "Owwww…" Rex groaned as he got up and staggered for a bit to regain his bearing.
Once they were out of the Magic Mobile the group headed towards the entrance to Oshibana Station where there was a large crowd gathered outside and a few station employees guarding the entrance. One of them had a megaphone and was speaking through it. "We apologise for this delay but there has been a train derailment that will be dealt with very soon." The person announced.
"A derailment? I heard that a group of thugs took control of one of the trains!" Somebody shouted.
Erza put a firm hand on the shoulder of one of the employees. "Excuse me, what's going on here?" She asked.
"Why the heck would I tell you?" He replied and was headbutted unconscious by Erza in response.
"What's going on?" Erza demanded of the next employee who jumped in fright and was also knocked out by her. She then went through the employees one by one and continued to headbutt them when they wouldn't give a satisfactory answer.
Lucy and the others (aside from a motion sick Natsu) just stared at her in amazement. "It seems that Erza's methods of questioning are a little counterproductive."
"No kidding." Gray added, staring at Erza as well.
"That's Erza for ya!" Happy chimed.
It took them a couple of minutes before they actually got wind of what happened thanks to Rex intercepting Erza then asking one of the guards nicely and explaining that they were here to stop a Dark Guild and they needed to enter the station to stop them. They were reluctantly let in by the guards and when they entered the first thing that they came across was the bodies of multiple guards who tried to stop Eisenwald, scattered across the floor.
There were a few pools of blood from some of the injuries sustained by the guards and the group stopped to look at a few of the injured. "Eisenwald definitely came this way. The members of the Royal Army didn't stand a chance." Erza observed.
Lucy shuddered at one of the wounded who had slash marks across the body. "They're really scary now!" She shuddered.
"Never mind that, we need to go inside." Rex stated.
The other wizards nodded and they continued on through the station until they got to the platform were they all stopped to see that a large group of people, at least one hundred, probably even two hundred, of them were present alongside the four wizards that Erza had seen in the bar and standing on the train carriage was a grey haired man with tattoos over his body, wearing a hakama and carrying a deadly looking scythe.
"Welcome Fairy Tail flies, step into our parlour." Erigor grinned as he turned to face them. This was perfect, the wizards had fallen right into his trap and everything was proceeding according to plan. By the time they realised what his real target was it would too late for them to do anything about it.
"You must be Erigor then, what do you plan on doing?" Erza demanded.
Erigor gave a cold laughter and then used his magic to fly into the air. "Tell me something, what do all train stations have?" He asked as he flew upwards then across.
"How is he doing that?" A scared Lucy asked.
"With Wind Magic!" Happy replied.
Something spoke up and answered that question. "Trains?" Rex asked, with everyone just staring at him like he was an idiot. Even Erigor was surprised at this answer, he wasn't expecting such an obvious yet stupid response to his question. "Why is everyone looking at me like that? It was a question! Okay then, conductors? Offices?" He continued guessing.
This line of question was starting to annoy Erigor who then flew onto one of the speaker system and tapped it with a knuckle. "A speaker system you idiot!" He barked.
"You're going to use that to broadcast the Lullaby?" Erza guessed.
Erigor gave a chuckle. "With the broadcasting system I could let the crowd outside hear the song of the Lullaby, if I turned up the volume enough I could even let the whole town hear it's soothing melody. The people take their rights for granted and are ignorant of the rights of other who have been denied by the fools at the council." He declared, throwing his arms wide open.
"But killing all these people won't change that, it's the reason that you were declared a Dark Guild in the first place!" Lucy protested.
"It's gone beyond that point now. We don't care about our rights anymore, instead we seek power as those with power are allowed to rewrite history as they see fit." Erigor stated and jumped into the air.
Far less interesting than the people I've fought. Rex thought, keeping his eyes on the Reaper.
Lucy put Natsu down and began shaking him in an attempt to wake him up. "Come on Natsu you gotta recover from your motion sickness!"
Happy was standing by her side. "Good luck! He went from a train to the Magic Mobile to Lucy! It's a motion sickness triple whammy!"
"I'm not a vehicle you stupid cat!" The blonde wizard retaliated.
Kageyama grinned as he placed a hand on the floor and a purple seal appeared on the ground around him. "We're going to roll in a new era of darkness! Of course by the time it starts you won't be around to see it!" He stated and then shadows began moving towards Lucy at a fast speed, but unfortunately for him Natsu had recovered in time.
A burning fist broke through all of the shadows which broke apart into many pieces to reveal a perfectly normal Natsu. "Eisenwald dude… now I remember your face." the pink haired wizard grinned, holding up his fist.
"You… your little stunt got me in trouble with Erigor." Kageyama growled.
"It looks like we've got a party here." Natsu grinned.
"Natsu… those are our enemies." Lucy argued.
This didn't deter him any further. "Like I said it's a party."
"At least you're awake now." Rex snarked as he was trying to gauge how many members of Eisenwald were in the train station, it was somewhere between a hundred and a hundred and fifty.
Seeing as how things were going smoothly, Erigor jumped off of the speaker he was standing. "I leave these pesky flies to you." He stated towards the other members of Eisenwald before seemingly vanishing with his Magic, making Lucy and Happy jump in fright.
Various members were grinning and chuckling, as if they were expecting to have it easy. Some of them were cracking their knuckle and others had drawn their weapons, most of which were basic looking swords and a couple of other weapons.
Not looking away from the other members of Eisenwald, Erza spoke up. "Natsu, Gray. I need you to team up. If the two of you join forces not even Erigor can stop you." She stated. They glared at each other before she gave them a fierce look. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Aye!" They declared and ran off towards the corridor that led to other parts of the station.
"Someone find those flies and stop them from getting to Erigor!" One of them called out.
The man with the pyramid head hat then fired some black rolls of tape towards the upper floor and then pulled himself so that he was standing above the other wizards present. "Don't worry, I got this. I, the great Rayule, will stop those flies." Rayule declared.
"I'm coming too, I've got a score to settle with a pink haired punk." Kageyama declared and then sunk into a shadow before the shadow disappeared and began racing across the floor.
After the two of the members of the Eisenwald guild left there were still many for Rex, Lucy and Erza to defeat and most of them were grinning lewdly at the pair of girls. "Mother always taught me about how I shouldn't hit girls, but I think I can make an exception for you two. Once were done with you, you won't be looking so great." One of them stated.
Rex was pissed off at this. "Multitype: Zap Form!" Rex stated and was encased in a golden light. Rex's hair turned yellow with black locks at the front. Rex's jacket is all yellow with two black horizontal lines across the middle with a lightning bolt decal on the back, his trousers matching the jacket. The shirt and trousers are both black while his shoes are now yellow.
Erza likewise didn't appear fazed by their sheer number. "Your words don't intimidate me. If you insult the Fairy Tail guild again then I promise that you won't leave unscathed." At this a red seal appeared and then she summoned a sword in her hand with a feather like hilt.
"She summoned a Magic sword out of nowhere!" Lucy observed.
"Nice pointing out the obvious." Happy replied sarcastically.
"It doesn't matter, we have plenty of magic sword users in Eisenwald!" One of the members declared.
A small group of members with swords tried to attack Erza who didn't move for several seconds before disarming and breaking their weapons with a few short, precise strokes. The force of the blade was also enough to defeat them instantly and more people came at her, forcing her to move and avoid other weapons. Erza continued to defeat them until several members attempted to fire some sort of bright coloured magic and the sword glowed brightly as it changed into a spear and she swung it around her in an arc, repelling the blasts of magic back at her.
As other Eisenwald members went to attack her she then changed her weapon again into two shorter swords and continued to defeat dark wizards. "First a sword, then a spear and now two short swords? I've never seen someone Requip so fast!" The fat member of Eisenwald observed.
"Requip? I've heard of that before but…" Lucy trailed off, looking towards Happy.
"Magical weapons are much like your Celestial Spirits. They are stored in a separate dimension and are called out and swapped with other weapons, and this is called Requipping." Happy explained with a wide smile on his face.
"That's amazing." Lucy whispered in awe.
There was a dark smile on Happy's face. "Oh you ain't seen nothing yet, Erza can do much better." He grinned.
"Erza?" Karacka whispered, recognising the name now.
After watching her first couple of weapon switches Rex then started his own battle with the members of Eisenwald, deciding to go for crowd control he stayed back as he called out his first move. "Electroweb!" A pulse of electricity shot out from each hand before expanding into a web that shocked half a dozen members each. "Thunderbolt!" Rex's whole body flashed as he fired several of them towards individual members, felling them as smoke rose from their bodies.
Those who weren't busy engaging Erza had turned to Rex and Lucy, still leaving a fair number of people for the two of them to take down and the blonde was freaking out at the numbers. "Relax Lucy this is gonna be over quickly." Rex assured her before charging forwards with electrified fists and attacking anyone who got too close with Thunder Punch. Move forwards still he made sure Lucy was further away before grinning and calling out, "Discharge!" bolts of electricity spread out everywhere near him catching even more of the dark guild.
"Multitype: Splash Form." Rex spoke as he switched to his water form and put his hands together to form and orb appeared between them "Water Pulse!" he then threw into the crowd and they both watched as an explosion of water spread out, swamping the nearby Eisenwald members. Erza briefly stopped to look at this before slashing one of the members she was dealing with almost instinctively.
Then he grabbed a scalchop that glowed blue and extended until it resembled a blade of water and then blocked an incoming sword the blows feeling sloppy and telegraphed compared to what Erza had done. Rex's mouth swelled up and then he unleashed a Scald that drenched a group of Eisenwald members in boiling hot water.
"It burns!" They complained in unison.
A member with glasses then fired a blast of red energy towards Rex who then jumped out of the way. "Water Pledge!" Rex cried out and then surrounded most of them with a large pillar of water and knocking them out. A couple of small bursts of magic then blindsided him but the attacks hurt less than he thought they would.
"What kind of Magic lets him do that?" Karacka asked, looking at Rex in surprise.
"There are still a fair few of them left. Have any ideas on how to take them out?" Rex asked Erza.
Now that Erza had a chance to see his Magic in action she was quite impressed by it and it reminded her a lot of her own Magic. There were obvious differences such as Rex being able to use more than sword like attacks and she wondered if these different forms also had other abilities. It wouldn't be surprising if she did. "I can take them out with one attack. Requip!" Erza stated.
Instead of her weapon simply changing her whole body was engulfed in a golden glow for several seconds and a large red seal appeared. "Erza can do more than just Requip her weapons, she can also change her armour as well. That's what makes her Magic special. It's a technique called The Knight!" Happy informed them.
Erza's next armour had a metallic feathery look to it with a headband that made her hair cover her own eyes and a feather cap and a metal breastplate with a red jewel in the center and armour that covered her sides. Erza was also wearing a metallic skirt with a dark grey upper part and metallic sharp armour on her legs. In each of her hands she held a sword.
"That's her Heaven's Wheel Armour." Happy commented.
A ring of swords appeared in the air and the began spinning in a blue circle. "Dance my blades, Circle Sword!" She cast the spell and they began to spin faster and faster until they spread out in multiple directions and slammed into the remaining members of Eisenwald, taking everyone out except for two of the members that Erza had seen.
Byard wasn't intimidated though and then charged directly at Erza with two orbs of magic surrounding his fists. "Now you're dealing with me!" He shouted.
Karacka then recognized that name. "Wait Byard! Don't you realise who she is? She's the Queen of the Fairies, Titania Erza!"
His warning came too late for his fellow guild member as Erza defeated him a single blow, and then let the swords fall down by her sides as she Requipped back into her normal Heart Kreuz Armour and let out a breath that she was holding. The last remaining member of Eisenwald in the room just stared at her before fleeing through the wall.
"I need you to go after this last member Lucy." Erza requested.
"Uh… me?" Lucy asked, still slightly dazzled from the awesome display of Magic she had just seen.
"Just do it!" Erza ordered her with a glare.
"Yes ma'am whatever you say!" Lucy protested and then ran off down one of the corridors alongside Happy.
Once they had disappeared Erza let out another sigh and then took this moment to relax and recover some of the Magic she used up. It could be a lot worse if it wasn't for Rex helping her with the Magic Mobile then she would likely be even more exhausted from using all of that Magic. "I must say I am very impressed with your Magic, I certainly wasn't expecting something like that." Erza complemented and then smacked Rex against her breast plate.
"Ow! Well thanks but your Magic is just as impressive, I can see why some of the members of Fairy Tail compared mine to yours." Rex returned the complemented as he rubbed the side of his head. "We should probably head outside to clear up the crowd now. If Erigor is going to use the speaker system then clearing them is the first thing we need to do." He decided and Erza nodded in response before they both ran back where they had come from with the intent of finding the station employees.
Next Time - Fairies in the Wind
I was thinking about how much would change but it turns out there was less than I expected as from changing a few bits of dialogue and the main fight scene of this chapter. The same thing might be occurring for the next chapter as well.