Recap: After staying in Magnolia Town for a few days Rex has his first encounter with the strongest female wizard, Erza Scarlet. Contrary to almost all of the Guild members he wasn't intimidated by her and instead found her rather amusing and then she formed a team alongside Rex, Natsu, Gray and Lucy in order to stop Eisenwald using the Lullaby flute. Their team encountered the Eisenwald guild at Oshibana Station where they split up into three groups with Rex and Erza taking care of most of the members.
Chapter 4 - Fairies in the Wind
Further inside the station Natsu and Gray were running through a corridor and butting heads all the same. There were angry looks on their faces. "Why the hell does Erza have to be so bossy?" Gray scowled at Natsu.
"If she wanted us to work together then she should have just asked us nicely instead of ordering us around!" Natsu shouted back.
They both then stopped and looked at each other. "I don't need to team up with you I can take on Erigor all by myself! Are you copying me?!" Both of them shouted in unison. Looking ahead they saw that the path split into two branches going into opposite directions.
"Looks like we have no choice but to split up and look for him." Gray noticed and then they both looked down a different corridor. He then turned back to Natsu. "If you run into that Erigor guy, don't hold back and beat the crap out of him."
Natsu grinned at this statement. "You don't have to tell me twice." He replied before they both realised that they were smiling at each other and turned away with a scowl, and Natsu thought they he heard Gray say something but couldn't make out what it was. "Did you say something?"
"No I didn't, later loser." Gray stated out loud and then began running in the down the corridor he had chosen, where he didn't see many doors and then came to another fork in the road and looked up at a sign that lead to several different areas within the station. If they were planning to use the Lullaby flute through the speakers then Erigor would need to use the broadcasting room. "So I guess that's where he plans to use the Lullaby flute then." Gray guessed.
Once he got there the kicked down the door and saw that the room was full of all sorts of equipment with a microphone that was hooked up with a Lacrima but most pressing was the fact that no one was in the room. "Why is the place empty? I would have thought that Erigor would be looking for this place if they were going to broadcast Lullaby." Gray thought out loud.
Sensing something coming from behind he dodged it to see that it was the guy with the strange pyramid hat and saw the grey tendrils supporting him as he dropped down. "That was a pretty good guess. But our plan isn't as obvious as you think, fly." Rayule stated with a grin and then his hands twitched as the grey pieces of tape moved around in the air.
"So why don't you tell me about your plan and you won't get hurt then." Gray declared with a grin.
"Anyone who gets in the way of Erigor needs to be killed, so have a taste of my Urumi!" Rayule shouted as h then threw his hands at the Fairy fly and several rolls of tape then fired towards Gray who jumped to the side and then backwards, avoiding all the tape. Rayule then moved his hands to the left and the tape followed the fly's movement.
Gray then got into a two handed stance and a light blue seal appeared on the floor. "Ice Make: Shield!" He chanted and then spread out his arms to the side and created a barrier that was made out of multiple sections.
The ice shield held up against the tape and deflected that attack. "This punk uses Ice Magic?" Rayule frowned as he moved backwards.
Looking backwards he saw that the equipment behind him was completely trashed. Gray realised that if the broadcasting equipment was destroyed then all the people outside of the station were not the intended target and then stood back up to face Rayule. "What is your real target here? If it was the station then you wouldn't be so hesitant to destroy the equipment." Gray demanded.
Back with Erza and Rex they made it outside to the entrance of the station where the employees and the crowd were still there and Erza then took the megaphone from the station attendant. "Hey, give that back!" The attendant asked, but was stopped with a hand from Rex.
"Listen up! The wizards in this station have a powerful magical tool that is used to kill many people! If you value your lives then you will leave immediately!" Erza shouted into the megaphone. There was a short period of silence as the crowd discussed what the red headed woman just said before they all panicked and began running away from Oshibana Station as quickly as possible.
"Hey, lady! Are you TRYING to cause a panic?" One of the attendants protested.
"I would rather that no one died so I decided to get them away from the station. You should go to." Erza advised, ignoring the comment just made. Seeing as arguing with her would be pointless the station attendants decided to take their leave as well and began running away as quickly as possible.
"So where the heck do you think that Erigor went off to?" Rex asked as they began to walk around outside of the station before coming back towards where they started. Something about it wasn't feeling right, if Erigor was going to use the speaker system then he should have used it by now. His line thought was interrupted by the sudden increase in wind which then began kicking up everything around it and sending debris from the nearby building flying.
"What is that?" Erza called out from behind him and they saw that a gigantic whirlwind had enveloped the station and was blowing outwards. The force of the wind was amazing and they were managing to stay upright. The debris of the area was repeatedly assaulting their bodies as small rocks and pieces of wood rode the winds and larger objects were knocked over before smacking into the building.
A laugh cut across the sound of the wind and they both turned to see that Erigor was floating in the air and looking at the two of them. "Well if isn't the Fairy Queen. I've always wanted to have a turn at fighting you but I don't have the time to right now." Erigor stated.
"Then I'll make time!" Rex shouted as he jumped up with Quick Attack only to be stopped in his tracks by Erigor who flicked a pair of fingers at him and a purple seal flashed briefly that blew Rex away back into the wall of wind and then firmly into the wall of Oshibana Station.
"Rex! What is this Erigor?" Erza demanded of the dark guild member.
Another laugh from the black clad man. "Just my Wind Wall. Once you're behind it you can't get out no matter how hard you try." Erigor replied before doing the same to Erza with the palm of his hands and she was thrown through the barrier, feeling the intense winds for a second.
"Damn you Erigor!" Erza shouted and then tried to break through the wind barrier with one of her arms but the ferocity of the winds began tearing apart at her left arm. She was forced back outwards and saw that her arm was cut up in multiple places and the piece of armour on the same side was visibly torn in several places.
Inside Oshibana Station in the broadcasting room Gray was holding Rayule up by the collar of his shirt and then placed him up against the wall. "I told you to talk! What are you really up to?!" The blue haired wizard demanded and smacked him into the wall.
Rayule let out a small chuckle of amusement. "Erigor's sealing barrier should be complete by now." He declared, ignoring the demands of Gray.
"What do you mean by that?" Gray asked, reaching his limit with this guy.
"I'm talking about the Wind Wall that he set up while you were all in the Oshibana Station. One way in, no way out, it's the perfect way to trap a bunch of pathetic flies like you so Erigor can focus on his real target." Rayule explained with a grin on his face.
This member of Eisenwald was getting on his nerves and Gray then kicked him through the wall and Rayule fell down on the floor before picking him up again. "What is his real target then?" Gray demanded.
"Clover Town, that's where it's going down. Think about it for a moment, what does Clover Town have?" Rayule answered cryptically.
This didn't make sense to Gray at first and then he tried to think about it for a moment and this lapse in concentration allowed Rayule to shoot his black bands at him, making five cuts through Gray's white coat. It hit him then that Eisenwald's real target was the Guild Masters that were having their regularly scheduled meeting and then his eye began twitching.
"So you've finally realised it, huh?" Rayule grinned and then his Urumi shot forwards and then wrapped themselves around Gray's body, restricting all but his hands and feet. "It's the perfect plan. By the time you make it out of there, if you make it out of course it will be too late. Those old creeps will be too busy at the Conference!"
Waves of cold air then began surging through the ice towards Rayule who watched on as Gray slowly began to freeze all of the bands and the ice began creeping back up towards him. Once the ice was close towards Rayule it broke apart, completely destroying all of the bands that had been frozen and Gray began walking slowly towards Rayule. "You're pretty bold for a guild that wants to kill the old geezers, but they are the closest thing we have to parents! If you mess with them you mess with us!" Gray shouted.
Gray made a two handed stance and then smacked his palm in the face of a triumphant Rayule whose entire body began to freeze up until it was completely covered in ice. Once that was over Gray walked out of the room and then looked around. "I'll show you that Fairy Tail can be scarier than any of the Dark Guilds out there." He declared before setting off back to find Erza and the others.
Back in the main area where Erza and Rex had battled the other members of Eisenwald and they began interrogating the remaining members that were still conscious and she was holding up the tall wizard with whiskers on his face. "It's no use lady, you can't get through Erigor's barrier. Why don't you just give up?" Byard explained.
"Erza!" The voice belonged to Gray.
"I thought you and Natsu were together." Rex noted.
"We were but we decided to split up, that's not important now!" Gray dismissed, both of his hands were on the railing. "I've just found out that Eisenwald's real target is Clover Town. They intend to use the Lullaby flute on the Guild Masters at the conference."
"Why didn't you tell me?!" Erza demanded, emanating a fierce pink aura that made Byard scream like a girl.
Despite that she didn't knock him unconscious and just stood up as Gray jumped down onto the same floor as the two of them. "We can't get out, Erigor set up a wind barrier. If we try to break through you will only hurt yourself." Erza sighed, clutching her left arm with her right.
"Yeah I noticed that. I couldn't use my Ice Magic on it either." Gray replied and then noticed her damaged arm.
Erza was silent for a moment before remembering something that they said about the one of the other members. "Wait, they mentioned another person by the name of Kage. He was the one who managed to get rid of the Seal on Lullaby so he can also get rid of the Magic Sealing Barrier." She informed both of them.
"So he's a dispeller?" Gray guessed.
There was a slight groan coming from Rex as he put a hand to his head. "I think he went after Natsu, so now we gotta stop him from knocking out this Kage person." He realised and they both looked at him surprise and they began heading off in the direction that Natsu and Gray had first gone.
Byard just looked up at the flies in annoyance. This was bad for them, if those flies found Kageyama then their plans would easily fall apart and then waited until they were out of hearing range before he spoke up. "Come on Karacka, are you just gonna stand there and do nothing?" Byard demanded, still too injured to move.
From the wall behind him a small yellow seal appeared and then the aforementioned man appeared and was a nervous wreck. "I'm sorry Byard it's just that you know I can't find well and…" Karacka rambled on through the wall.
Byard interrupted him. "Don't worry, this is a simple task, even for you. All you have to do is kill Kage." He explained and then handed Karacka a small knife who took it with a trembling hand.
Lucy was walking through the upper parts of Oshibana Station in pursuit of Karacka alongside Happy. So far their search for the green haired fat person was proving useless. "Oh, man I can't seem to find that fat person anywhere. Maybe we should go back to where Erza and Rex are." She suggested, but Happy jumped up and screamed in horror. "What's up with that crazy reaction?"
"Erza told you to go after the bad man so… so you have to do as she says! Disobeying an order from Erza is never a good idea! If you go back now she may have to punish you and it may scar me for life." Happy replied in a frightened tone, every inch of his body shaking from fear.
"What kind of punishment are we talking about?" Lucy replied, scared out of her wits mainly because of the fact that she hadn't received the punishment Happy was referring to and quickly did a 180 in her suggestion. "Hey I was just kidding!"
"The thought of an Erza smackdown put some sense into you?" Happy asked in reply.
"Shut up you stupid cat! Why are you even following me?" Lucy demanded.
With Natsu
Instead of moving around quietly and trying to find places where Erigor could be Natsu decided to destroy every wall in sight with his Magic. "ERIGORRRRR! Where are you?!" He shouted, kicking down the wall with a fiery foot revealing an empty room and then moved down to the next room and punched down the wall with a blazing fist, completely destroying it.
From behind him, Kageyama was sneaking up inside a shadow that was travelling across the floor but was just astounded at the level of stupidity displayed by this pink haired wizard. Does this guy even know what a door is? Kageyama thought and slowly rose up through his shadow until half of his body was visible though Natsu was still running ahead and destroying everything in sight.
"I could just stay here and watch him act like an idiot, but where's the fun in the that?" Kageyama grinned and then attacked Natsu from behind with Shadow Knuckle, sending him crashing through a door and into a pile of crates.
After a few seconds Natsu got up and glared at Kageyama. "It's you again!" He growled, though they both realised that his face was stuck in a small board that was advertising for some sort of amusement park.
"You look pretty ridiculous with that on your head." Kageyama smirked at him.
"Shut up Doggy!" Natsu retaliated.
"It's Kage! The name is Kage!" Was the reply as an irritated Kageyama stamped the floor with a foot. "I think I understand you now. Your Magic lets you eat fire to increase your strength huh? Shouldn't be hard to stamp out."
Natsu was angered enough to set his head on fire and destroy the board. "Now I really wanna beat you up but I can't right now. Where's Erigor?" He demanded with an outstretched fist.
Kageyama smirked and got himself ready for the imminent battle. "Like I'd just tell you, but if you can defeat me then I'll tell you where Erigor is." He stated, knowing that even telling him was not going to change anything as the flies were still stuck inside the station. Then he attacked Natsu again with fists made out of shadow but only pushed him back to the wall.
"So I get to beat you up and find Erigor? That's killing two birds with one stone." Natsu grinned.
Kageyama tried attacking with more shadows but didn't land any hits this time. Seeing the opposite happen to when they were on the train was surprising him. Alright you nimble fly, see if you can stand up to this. He thought and then placed a hand on the floor. "Shadow Orochi! It's no use dodging it, fairy fly!" Kageyama declared as a purple seal appeared and eight snakes made out of shadows came forth and then began bearing down Natsu.
"Is that so?" Natsu grinned as he then began punching through the snakes one by one, completely tearing them apart.
Kageyama just stared at him in shock that someone had so easily managed to overpower his strongest Spell. "No, you're a monster!" He cried out.
Natsu then punched him into the air and placed his hand in front of his mouth. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" He chanted and then a stream of orange flames shot out towards Kageyama who was blasted up through several walls and then crashed into one of them along with a burnt trail. The force of the roar shook the whole station and everyone took note of it.
He ran up the steps to catch up with Kageyama and grinned. "Okay since I won tell me where Erigor is." Natsu demanded.
There was a short burst of laughter from the black haired wizard who looked up at him with a smirk on his face. "He's long gone you idiot. Even better is that you can't escape from the barrier that he set up." Kageyama replied with a laugh.
"Natsu!" Rex called out from below and he turned to look at them. "Don't attack him anymore! We need him to dispel Erigor's barrier!"
There was a moment of confusion from the wizard before Erza jumped up with a sword in her hands and he began panicking on the spot. "IdunnowhatIdidwrongbutI'msorry!" Natsu shouted desperately and let out a high pitched scream when Erza swung her sword.
Instead of hitting him she made a decent sized crack in the wall by Kageyama who sported a similar expression to Natsu and they both fell back down from fright. "You will Dispel the wind barrier and you will do so without hesitation, understand?" Erza demanded.
Kageyama was petrified from the fear for several seconds before composing himself. "Fine I'll do as you say-!" He was cut off when a light coloured Seal appeared and then a knife suddenly pierced him through the lower half of his body and was then pulled out. "Karacka… why?" He asked and slumped forwards to reveal the quivering frog faced member of Eisenwald.
"Kage!" Erza cried out and then moved him down onto the floor. "Come on Gray, help me with him! Don't die on us, we need you to Dispel the Wind Wall." She demanded and began smacking him into the floor.
"Don't do that, it'll make things worse. We can help him but hold him down this might sting." Rex replied, moving Gray out of the way before switching to the Flame Plate and then his hand began glowing red. Gray and Erza each took an arm as applied the hand to the open wound. Kageyama cried out in pain and then thrashed around. Natsu was staring at Karacka silently.
"What the hell are you doing?" Gray asked.
"Sealing the wound. Although it will stop the bleeding he'll need proper treatment later." Rex replied as he removed his hand to see that the wound was still there, but it was no longer bleeding but was still much redder in comparison to the rest of his body and they quickly turned him onto his side. Rex repeated the same movement as before.
"I think we came here at the wrong time." Lucy noted.
"Aye…" Happy agreed and they just stayed at the back.
"How could you do that to one of your friends! He was your fellow guild member and trusted you! Is this how you Dark Guild members treat each other?!" Natsu shouted as he attacked Karacka with a burning fist and knocked him out with a single hit, destroying the wall in the process.
Once the wounds inflicted by the knife had been sealed they then got out some bandages to help clean up the blood on Kageyama's body and ended up having to wrap the lower half of his body alongside his left side to completely cover up the wounds and Erza thanked Rex again by smacking him against her breast plate. After that they got outside and faced the wind wall, though Kageyama was still unconscious from the knife wound.
"What?!" Lucy cried out as Gray filled her in on what was going on. "They are planning to use the Lullaby flute on the Guild Masters?!"
Gray nodded and looked at the Wind Wall, where Natsu was staring it. "If you try to get past this barrier though you'll only be sent backwards." He added and they watched as Natsu let out a roar and then tried to break through the barrier and there were orange sparks from the wind repelling the fire and then Natsu was flung backwards on the floor. "See? Told ya." Gray scowled, Lucy freaked out at the prospect.
"Come on Kageyama, wake up please!" Erza demanded, pressing down gently on his body and was looking up at the wind barrier.
Once he stopped twitching Natsu got up again and his fists were surrounded by fire. "I gotta break through! We have to save Makarov!" He roared and then tried to break through again only to be blasted backwards. Despite that he continued to break through and then forced his head through despite the pain it was causing him.
"Cut it out you idiot!" Gray scowled at him.
Lucy grabbed onto his scarf and pulled him backwards, stopping himself from going in for a fourth time. "Will you stop trying to be the hero?" She demanded of him.
Natsu stopped and then looked at Lucy for a second before crying out in shock and turning back to face the blonde. "We could use your Celestial Spirits!" He stated and there was a look of confusion from her for a second. "Remember back at Duke Everlue's when I grabbed onto Virgo and then appeared when he summoned that spirit? If you summon one of your spirits we can make it to the other side!"
Lucy shook her head. "That's not going to work Natsu! Normal people wouldn't be able to survive in the Celestial Spirit World and besides we would need another Celestial Spirit wizard on the other side of the wind barrier to let us out." She explained.
Natsu just stared at her. "I'm not following you at all." He replied.
There was a sigh from the blonde wizard. "Okay let me try to put it simply, even if we could we wouldn't be able to and besides the very act of a human passing through the Celestial World is a serious breach of contract! I didn't mind when you did it back at Everlue's mansion because it was his key." Lucy pointed out.
The mention of Everlue sparked something in Happy. "Everlue's… key… AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed suddenly, making everyone around him jump into the air. "Lucy, I just remembered!" He called out.
"Remember what?"
"WHAT I WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU EARLIER!" Happy shouted back and Lucy thought back to when she was in the Magic Mobile with an annoyed look on her face. He then took something out of a bag, producing a small golden key with a heart shape at the end of it and a pink symbol on the other.
"How did you get your paws on that?!" Lucy demanded, pinching his mouth.
"Virgo gave me this key. When Everlue had been arrested her contract was broken and she asked me to gave this to you." Happy spat out through his mouth.
"Virgo? Ohhh you mean that big gorilla maiden!" Natsu remembered with a smile on his face.
Lucy was still focusing on Happy though was nice enough to let go of his mouth. "That's great and all Happy but we can't exactly do anything with this Zodiac key." She replied, having forgotten about her abilities. He started speaking again but Lucy grabbed his cheeks and stretched them apart. "Why can't you just meow and drink milk like normal cats?!" She demanded in a harsh tone.
Gray shuddered behind. "You know, she can be pretty scary too."
"Must have learnt it from Erza." Natsu agreed with a grin.
"But Virgo can dig holes so she can get us out of here." A despondent Happy replied.
There was a ripple of shock throughout the group as Natsu remembered what had happened at Everlue Mansion and the others of the groups were also realising what this meant. To be fair, Rex wasn't at the mansion and Natsu had forgotten about Virgo's ability. "Oh yeah, of course she can! Why didn't you say so in the first place?" Lucy asked.
"Somebody was pinching my lips." Happy replied with a dark look on his face.
Lucy began bowing on the floor. "I sincerely apologise for my actions."
"Bring me some fish and all is forgiven!" Happy replied.
After agreeing to it Lucy took the key and then stood out in front of the group with Erza nodding on, still holding the body of Kageyama carefully in her hands. She turned away from them and hold out the key in her hands before casting the spell. "I call upon thee in the world of the Celestial Spirits and now I beckon you to my side, pass through the gate! Open, Gate of the Maiden - Virgo!"
Contrary to what Natsu had said Virgo was actually looking like a normal maiden with pink hair and blue eyes though she was also wearing a pair of broken hand cuffs around her wrists. "You summoned me Mistress?" She asked.
"Who are you?" Lucy asked, blinking.
"Hey Burger, haven't seen you in a while. You've lost a lot of weight since last time." Natsu spoke up, looking at her new form.
"My name is Virgo, I apologise for my earlier actions." The spirit corrected him with a small smile on her face.
"She doesn't look different Natsu, she's a completely different person!" Lucy pointed out.
Virgo turned to face the wizard who had summoned her. "I am a very loyal spirit who takes on whatever appearance pleases her wizard the most." She explained.
"I dunno I kinda like that big gorilla appearance." Natsu grinned.
At this Virgo then changed into a large fat gorilla with two short pigtails and a bit of red lipstick. This sudden transformation startled Gray and Rex who jumped backwards and opened their mouths from fright. "No! I am your wizard and I prefer your other form!" Lucy protested and Virgo assumed her normal form. "Can we work out the details later?"
"Whatever you wish Mistress." Virgo complied.
"Can you not call me Mistress please?"
Virgo spied the whip on Lucy's waist. "Would you rather be called Dominatrix?"
"No."
"Then how about Princess?" Virgo suggested.
Lucy grinned and held a hand to her face. "Oh yeah that sounds a lot better."
The three male team members just looked at her in mild annoyance. "Please get on with it." Gray requested.
"Of course." Virgo responded and her eyes glowed red and she then plunged into the ground and began drilling through it with her bare hands. Gray and Rex peered down the hole in amazement as Lucy was the next person to get smacked into Erza's breastplate.
Probably should have chosen Ground instead of Fighting how did I not think about that. Rex thought.
Before they were about to leave Natsu picked up the injured Kageyama. "I know he's one of our enemies, but I'd hate to leave him behind." He stated and Kageyama briefly opened his eyes to see that Erza was smiling gently at him.
Outside the Wind Wall stood four members of the group. Gray, Lucy and Erza were looking up at the barrier and Kageyama was lying down on the floor and almost all of them were looking upwards at the barrier with Lucy trying to hold her skirt down which was blowing up in the wind. "Let me help you Princess." The spirit requested, unaware that her skirt was also blowing up with Gray getting a full view of it.
"Oh wow." Gray muttered with his face completely red. Rex had turned away to avoid the wind blowing right into his face.
"Hey where did Natsu and Happy go off to?" Lucy asked, looking around.
"Probably went off to fight Erigor." Erza guessed after looking around.
There was a small chuckle coming from Kageyama and they looked at him. "It's too late for you to do anything now. Erigor cannot be stopped." He managed to say.
"…We'll see. Multitype: Sky Form." Rex said calmly before glowing as he changed into the flying type. All of Rex's hair turned white. His outfit is replaced by a flight suit that is dark blue along the sleeves, shoulders, legs, and collar with the top half of the chest being a red arrow pointing down and the bottom half being white. The shoes are also dark blue, and a pair of similar dark blue wings manifested, and Rex stumbled forwards from the force of the wing before drawing them back. Hen then ran down the main street before kicking off into the air and flying up a couple of metres into the air before following the railway track and boosted his speed further with Tailwind.
Clover Canyon
The only way to get to Clover Town was on the train as Clover Canyon, which was a large canyon with the bottom going down so far it was practically impossible as a mist was obscuring the bottom. Standing on the train tracks was Erigor who was taking a break to keep recovering the energy spent putting up his Wind Wall. "You ignorant fools took away our rights, so now the Reaper draws nigh!" He declared before starting to fly again.
Something to his left sparkled in the distance and Erigor looked at this distraction and saw that a second small sparkle of life followed behind it. He stopped to look at it before realising that he was being followed and then got on the move again, but by that time it was too late as a loud voice made his presence known.
"You didn't know that cats could fly at Max Speed, could ya?!" Natsu shouted as Happy carried him and flew so fast he crashed headfirst into Erigor and then fell down on the tracks and rolled over.
"Natsu… I feel… exhausted…" Happy said slowly before falling unconscious and his wings disappeared.
Natsu caught him just before he landed on the ground. "I got ya, just take a break and let me handle it from here." He stated before turning back to Erigor.
The white haired man was stunned for several seconds. "I can't believe that a couple of you Fairy Tail flies managed to get past my wind barrier." Erigor noted out loud.
"Make that three!" Rex shouted as he caught up as well, landing next to Natsu.
Once he touched down Rex then reverted to his normal form, and Erigor was surprised to see that it was the same white haired wizard from the station. The way he changed like that reminded him of Titania and wondered if all of the flies from Fairy Tail were like this. "You're looking pretty cold up there. Why don't you warm up a little?" Natsu suggested then charged forwards with his Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.
Erigor swung his scythe out in a circle and he blocked the attack with a burst of wind blocked the attack and then spied Rex jumping up. He placed his hand in a triangle formation and three small orbs appeared in a triangle formation in front of Rex, one red, one blue and one yellow before the Tri Attack fired and three beams streaked towards Erigor who flew out of the way and then unleashed a wave of wind that blasted Rex and Natsu back with Rex nearly falling over the tracks but he grabbed the side and climbed back up.
"Multitype: Zap Form!" Rex called out and switched back to the electric typing, if this guy was using wind magic then electricity would be perfect against him.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu shouted and then a stream of fire was shot towards Erigor.
Moving himself into a better position Erigor moved his left hand in front of him and a Magic Seal appeared in the air. "Storm Wall!" Erigor shouted and a blast of wind blocked both of their attacks, with Rex having the unfortunate honour of running right into the wall and feeling the full force of it.
"Thunderbolt!" Rex called out and blasted at Erigor with electricity but watched as the dark wizard used the sky to his advantage and moved out of the way easily. Two yellow balls of electricity with a red core formed in his hands and Rex then threw each Electro Ball at Erigor, though the first one was avoided easily the second one made him duck from his position as it flew past him.
"Get down here and fight me like a man!" Natsu demanded though Erigor seemed to ignore his demand. "Fine then, I'll come to you. Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He called out and jumped up in the air before throwing a punch at Erigo but met the blunt side of his scythe and moved backwards before his arms were covered in orange flames. "Fire Dragon Wi-!" He called out but was hurtled back by a sudden blast of wind from Erigor and he fell over the side of the track.
Happy had gained enough strength to witness what had just happened. "Natsu…!" He called out desperately and tried to summon his own wings but couldn't due to still feeling the exhaustion from the use of the Max Speed.
"Natsu!" Rex called out but was interrupted from a blast of wind from Erigor that knocked him back a couple of feet.
After having recovered from the initial blast Natsu folded his arms as he fell down further and further through the fog, getting faster and faster until he began hitting the rocks below several times until he lost consciousness and held out a hand to where up was. Gramps… Erza… I'm sorry. Natsu then recalled something Macao had once said about using his fire to make it not burn and showing off Purple Flare to pick up a mug of beer and move it around the air. An audible roar then broke through the air and a pillar of fire shot up past them all and they all turned to see Natsu lifting himself back on the track.
"What the?" Erigor cried out as he saw a hand made out of fire holding onto the tracks and saw that Natsu had come back up and stood on the tracks looking at the fly in amazement. This wasn't an ordinary fire wizard that was for certain and this other form of Magic, he wasn't sure if it was a Take Over or a Requip. "Interesting, it looks like I might actually have to get serious for a change." Erigor observed.
"You better get down here right now!" Natsu shouted, annoyed that he was the only one unable to fly.
"Why don't you make me fly?" Erigor smirked at him and then watched as Rex got up into the air again though this time he was taking a defensive position and unhooked his scythe. There was a brief stare down between the three of them before Erigor made a few hand gestures before pointing his index and middle finger at the two of them. "Storm Bringer!" He cast and a purple Seal appeared.
A violent wind whipped up and a tornado appeared in the air that sent them both spinning around, and they smacked into each other several times. Despite his attempts to break free Rex was still spinning though recovered in time and caught Natsu as he crashed back down. "You okay?" Rex asked but was met with the sound of him groaning. "Come on Natsu, are you seriously getting motion sickness from that?" He protested before setting him down.
Despite this Natsu was still groaning from the motion sickness and taking his time to recover. "Of course you are." Rex scowled in annoyance as he activated the Sky Plate, figuring now would be a good time to start getting practice for aerial fights.
"Air Cutter!" Rex called out as he fired three white discs from his wings and watched as Erigor slashed through them with his scythe, closing the gap with Quick Attack and then slashed across his chest with Aerial Ace. Erigor imbued his scythe with magic then released a blast of wind from it, spreading out across him like a crescent. Rex scrambled to minimise the distance lost and regained his balance, right as he saw a magic seal appear in the air.
"Hurricane!" "Storm Bringer!" They both shouted as Erigor pointed at Rex whose wings began shining brightly as two powerful tornadoes formed in the air with the resulting collision spreading out extremely strong winds in every direction, forcing the two of them to focus on each other and Natsu was thrown backwards into Happy.
Both of them continued to pour energy into their attacks until both of them cancelled each other out and were forced back even further apart. Natsu had got up and then let out a Fire Dragon's Roar, Erigor flew down and watched as the attack went over his head. "Brave Bird!" Rex was then coated in sparking blue energy as he charged right into Erigor and they both crashed into the ground.
"Get off me!" Erigor demanded and released an upwards blast of wind to get Rex off but stubbornly hold on through the red sparks that were flashing across his body and then punched Erigor in the head, smacking it against the rail.
Natsu grinned and then saw red sparks flashing from Rex, making him shake. "What the heck was that?!"
"That was recoil from the damage done. Brave Bird is powerful but that's the drawback of using it if it connects, it's also not the only move that can do that." Rex winced as he got back up, the sensation of the recoil make him realise the impact of a similar move one of his team members used.
"Enough of this cat and mouse game, it's time for me to end this! Storm Mail!" Erigor declared as he jumped up in the air and spun his scythe in a circle. A spiral of wind burst out before before the winds all began blowing to him and then wrapped around him, the force of the winds was pushing everything outwards. "Just try and break through these winds!" He dared.
The others were in the Magic Mobile with Erza powering the car again. They had just made it to Clover Canyon and were following the tracks. Inside sat Kageyama who was opposite Gray and Lucy and the Eisenwald member was looking at the two of them in confusion. "I don't get it, why are you helping me? I'm your enemy." He spoke up.
"It's because you're injured, and Erza scared off all the doctors in Oshibana. The nearest town from us is Clover!" Lucy pointed out.
"Oh I get it now, you're going to take my hostage. Well you can forget it, Erigor doesn't care about any of us." Kageyama pointed out with a wry smile.
Gray was fed up with the way he was talking. "If you want to die then we can arrange that for you." He spoke up.
"Chill Gray!" A shocked Lucy called out.
"But you should try to look at the positives once in a while." He continued, ignoring what Lucy had just said. Those words appeared to mean something to Kageyama for a moment before he scoffed and sat back down in his seat. The Magic Mobile then jumped up in the air as Erza ran over a bump and they then landed down with an audible crash.
"Are you okay Erza?!" Gray shouted.
"Yes I'm fine, don't worry about me." Erza replied before setting off again and then felt her breathing becoming heavier. The use of all that Magic for the Magic Mobile and the Requips when she fought EIsenwald alongside Rex was beginning to take its toll on her and it most likely fell on the combination of him and Natsu to stop Erigor.
"Could your butt be any bigger?" Kageyama groaned, putting a hand to his injured face.
Lucy was outraged. "WHAT?! Gray kill him he said I had a big butt! That's sexual harassment…" She began and carried on yelling at him.
This annoyed Gray who looked away from her and pretended not to hear whatever Lucy was saying. "Geez, so much for a touching moment." He mumbled.
The strength of the winds coming from Erigor's Storm Mail was a sight to behold and complicating things even more was the fact that they appeared to be stronger whenever you got closer to them. "The winds of my Storm Mail blow outwards, you can try to get close to it but the winds will tear you apart!" He stated.
"You coward! You just had to wrap your body in wind." Natsu shouted in annoyance before charging forwards and using his Fire Dragon's Iron Fist to try and hit Erigor only to find that it was blocked by a hand and then pushed by hards by a blast of wind from Erigor.
"Try as you might, you cannot break through! Fire will never defeat wind!" Erigor declared.
Rex was looking at Erigor and trying to figure out a way to break through the Storm Mail and then spread out his wings and nearly found himself flung into the air and quickly drew them together to avoid being blown away. Standing up straight required effort to keep himself steady, it felt like having Hurricane non stop around him.
"Fire might not be able to hurt you but lightning can. Shock Wave!" Having switched to the Zap Plate Rex let a small blue bolt of electricity that struggled for a couple of seconds before breaking through and zapping Erigor.
"What?" Erigor flinched and looked down at Rex in surprise.
There was a shout of frustration from the pink haired wizard who then jumped up and boosted himself with his fire and tried to get close to Erigor but seemed to stop when he got a foot close to him and was blasted back again into Rex who caught him. "Don't try to get near him Natsu! We gotta used ranged attacks if want to hit Erigor."
Natsu stared at him for a moment. "But how come you managed to hit him?" He asked.
"Shock Wave is a m- spell that doesn't miss. It's not as powerful but it does a good job." Rex explained to a slightly confused Natsu. "Besides I have an idea that might work."
"I won't let you do that. Storm Shred!" Erigor chanted as he put a hand in front of himself and then multiple blade projectiles then shot forwards from the seal and spread out over the area. They both moved around trying to dodge it whilst Rex flew in the air in an arc whilst they rained down from above, getting hit a couple of times and several tear marks appearing in his suit in those places at well. Rex then turned around and fired a web of electricity that blocked the remaining blades of air coming down to him.
"Listen when I use it again on Erigor you have to use you Roar on the Shock Wave attack, got it?" Rex asked sharply. Having seen, or more accurately heard, Erza used the tone he tried it as stopping Erigor was the priority.
"Y-yes sir!" Natsu replied in a high pitched voice like Happy.
"Good, Shock Wave!" Rex called out and another blue bolt of electricity went arcing straight towards Erigor who then tried to dodge it and found that was following him.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu shouted and then let out a powerful stream of orange flames.
The orange flames followed the path of the electricity for a few seconds before latching onto it and racing down at a faster pace to catch up. Erigor nearly lost it and wasn't focusing on the two people who were still in the fight and then heard Natsu from below and he stopped. A few moments later his Storm Mail had been broken through for the second time and was blasted with a weakened fire and lightning combination. "Don't you Fairy Tail flies know when to quit?" Erigor growled in annoyance.
"Sorry to disappoint you but we don't." Rex replied with a smirk on his face though still kept his wings together and ready to fly. His next plan would be to use a combination move to really upset Erigor though from the way he flew back down to on the train tracks it couldn't be any good.
"Then try to survive Wind magic that cuts up everything in its path. Emera Baram!" Erigor shouted and crossed his fingers into a X shape and began whipping up the wind around him. An array of Magic seals appeared and began moving around the air in a circle before forming the same shape as Erigor's index and middle fingers.
Happy looked up at them both, having enough power to look up and move slowly. "Emera Baram?! Be careful you two that's a dangerous spell that could kill you!" He shouted.
There was a shout from Erigor who casted the spell and a concentrated blast of wind blades roared right into both of them, and they were sent spinning backwards and came to a rest a few feet away from Happy. There were scratches and wounds on both of them, with their clothes being torn up pretty badly.
Shit, I can't believe how strong that Spell was! Rex thought once the spell had faded. The sleeves of his jacket were completely shredded, the rest of his outfit faring somewhat better and noticed the bleeding cuts on his arms. Surprisingly the band on his wrist was fine and internally was relieved.
"You're still here? Never mind, once the Lullaby flute has played it's song there is no hope for the Guild Masters." Erigor stated.
Natsu managed to get himself up though and took of his torn and bloodied coat. "All you talk about it that stupid flute, I'm getting sick of you hearing about it!" He shouted and emitting more heat then usual. Ignoring the stare Rex gave him, he then took hold of the rail tracks and then a pillar of flames erupted around him. "Why can't we get a decent hit on this guy?!" Natsu shouted and the flame then got larger.
Erigor was staring at this kid in confusion. The angrier he gets the bigger his flames become… but that's an ancient Magic. Where did this kid learn such a powerful Magic? The flames of emotion… Erigor began thinking to himself.
Everyone was ignoring the fact that the wind appeared to be changing direction and heading towards Natsu, which was also making the Storm Mail weaker and it was getting easier to see Erigor. Happy was the first one to see what was going on though. "Natsu!" He called out and got the attention of the literally burning up wizard. "You stink. Give up since you're never going to win and let Gray handle this."
This single statement made Natsu pause for a moment and several tick marks appeared on his forehead and a large pillar of fire erupted around him. Happy's comment made him angrier than before. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Natsu roared.
The sudden change in his demeanour startled Erigor who began looking around and realising that his Storm Mail was getting weaker. "No! My Storm Mail!"
"Now I get it. Natsu's flames are heating the area around him are creating an updraft which also creates a low pressure area. Wind blows from a high pressure area to a low pressure area." Happy noted.
Seeing that Erigor's Storm Mail had gone completely Rex stood up and sparks danced across his body. "Thunder!" He called out and let out a large bolt of electricity that lit up Erigor in a flash despite his attempt to stop it and the force of the move made him drop his scythe.
"I won't let a pesky fly defeat me! Storm Shred!" Erigor shouted once the move subsided and then fired a barrage of wind blades that were all concentrated on Rex. They all met a green shield though and dissipated harmlessly.
"I'm gonna bring you down!" Natsu roared and then charged forwards as he was completely surrounded by fire that concentrated into a spear like weapon. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Natsu chanted and tackled Erigor before soaring into the air and crashing down onto the ground and leaving Erigor in a small pile of rubble. Lullaby flute was scattered from him and the three eyes glowed for a moment.
The two other members of Fairy Tail grinned before coming over to face. "Did you like that guys?"
"Aye! You showed him that if you mess with the Salamander you're gonna get burned!" Happy nodded.
Natsu didn't look impressed at that turned back to face Happy. "Didn't you say something about not being able to defeat Erigor?" He asked.
"Cats have a very short term memory you know." Happy replied and Rex wasn't sure if he was faking it or not but decided to let it slide.
"You told me to leave it to Erza or something." Natsu added.
"Wow it's even worse than I thought." Happy and Rex stated at the same time before the cat continued talking. "Anyway it doesn't matter now because you defeated him right?" He asked and the two humans nodded in return.
A few moments later the Magic Mobile could be heard and Erza came down from the driver's seat alongside the other wizards. As Kageyama got out of the vehicle he looked at Erigor in complete shock at the fact that the de facto leader of Eisenwald had lost and then took a note of the fact that Lullaby was just lying down there on the floor.
"Hey guys, look at what we just did." Rex grinned as he came over to the other members.
"I'm proud of the both of you for defeating Erigor." Erza grinned.
"I can't believe you two had such a hard time with this guy." Gray scowled, looking at the half naked Natsu with dislike.
"We didn't have a hard time with him, Erigor was just a little tricky that's all." Natsu stated and glared back at him.
"I was worried for a moment there." Happy admitted.
The two of them moved a step closer to at each other and were giving off a fiery aura. "Oh yeah, then why the hell are you half naked like that?" Gray challenged and folded his arms.
"In case you forgot Erigor uses Wind Magic." Rex pointed out, though he was relieved that Erigor was defeated. He winced as he felt the pain from the Emera Baram spell shoot through his arms. I wonder, would any of the potions in my bag work on me?
"Unlike you yah icy freak I have a reason for that, give me your clothes Lucy." Natsu shot back at Gray before turning to face her.
Lucy scowled at him. "In your dreams!" She shouted right back at him.
Erza simply chuckled at that, though didn't make any sort of attempt to quell their argument and then adjusted her position so that she was standing more upright as opposed to using Lucy for support. "Well it's good to see you anyway. As we're so close to Clover it would be a good idea for us to get to the Guild Masters and report on what happened." She suggested.
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
The sound of something revving up made them look over to the Magic Mobile before they scattered as a shadow appeared over them to reveal that Kageyama was driving it and one of the shadowy hands had picked up the Lullaby flute and was passing it to him. "You pathetic flies shouldn't have let your guard down! The Lullaby is mine now!" Kageyama grinned as he sped off and left them in the dust.
They were silent for a moment before Natsu began shouting. "That jerk! We save his life and this is how he repays us?!" He shouted in disbelief.
Can't catch a break can we? Rex thought, staring at the magic Kageyama had used.
"Nevermind that we need to go after him!" Erza replied as the whole group began running frantically to catch up with him, Natsu and Rex wincing through the pain of the battle they had just finished.
Clover Town
By the time Kageyama arrived to the forest overlooking the Conference it was dark and also quiet, perfect conditions for playing the Lullaby flute and he felt a dull pain coming from the stab wound and winced. He vaguely remembered hearing something about the inside of the wound but not much else and ignored it as he continued to stare down at the hall in front of him. "This should be the perfect place for everyone to hear the Lullaby." Kageyama whispered to himself.
The Lullaby flute went close his lips before the sound of someone else making kissing noises made him yelp and turn around to see that Makarov was sitting on top of a small rock and was reading an issue of Sorcerer Weekly. It's the Master of the Fairy Tail guild. Why do I keep running into those flies? Kageyama thought.
"Oh wow, this week's edition of Sorcerer Weekly has some hot wizards! This generation's female wizards are much stronger than when I was young and sexier too!" Makarov said out loud with a perverted grin on his face. Then he growled and jumped down onto the floor and shook his head, becoming more annoyed by the moment. "What am I doing? I need to get back to the Guild before the others cause a major incident."
Makarov took a step before sensing the presence of the younger wizard and turning round in horror, clutching his issue tightly against his chest and his jaw dropped. "Ahhh! This isn't what it looks like, I swear! I was just doing some research on female wizards and it was completely innocent!" He began to spout out rapidly.
"I don't care." Kageyama replied bluntly.
The white haired wizard stopped and noticed the bandages, burns and some of the dried up blood on his body. "You look like you've been injured pretty badly my boy. You should be in a hospital." He noted.
"Of course, sorry." Kageyama replied politely before looking down at the flute for a second and back up before pulling it up and got ready to play it.
Makarov noticed the flute and then looked at it. "That's a creepy looking flute you got there." He observed.
Kageyama nodded and didn't see that he was sweating slightly in apprehension. "The folks at the hospital wouldn't let me play it, would you like to hear me play a song?" He asked nicely but was gloating on the inside about how Eisenwald had won.
"Hmm… I suppose it wouldn't hurt to listen to it but just one song, I'm in a hurry." Makarov replied firmly, turning so that he was fully facing the young man.
"Alright but listen carefully." Kageyama replied and then his grin widened at the thought of victory. He pulled the flute closer to his mouth and something made him pause. Kageyama then opened his eyes and found out that he was beginning to sweat at the thought of why he was holding back, not certain of his nervousness. Several thoughts began to form in his mind, including hearing Byard mocking the normal guilds, Erigor triumphantly declaring his revenge on those with rights and finally the words of Natsu that were directed towards Karacka.
From higher up the group of wizards had arrived and was watching the scene unfold before their eyes and began to run towards him. It was at that moment that Bob came into the picture along with several other Guild Masters and he immediately began talking to Natsu and Gray. "Well hello there, it's been a while since I've seen you two handsome boys!" He greeted them and they both looked creeped out by him.
Lucy was hiding behind Erza and looked just as creeped out as the boys. "Who the heck is that guy?" She asked as he seemed to tap dance over to Natsu and Gray.
"That is Master Bob of Blue Pegasus, a rather eccentric person." Erza stated, keeping her ground.
Bob then turned to see an unfamiliar face and then walked right up to the man and gazed adoringly at him. "And just who might you be? A new face of the Guild?" Bob asked Rex, disregarding any sense of personal space.
Seeing Bob suddenly go up to him in that way creeped him out and he moved backwards a few feet. "Uh… Rex Vermend. Pleasure to meet you." Came the awkward reply from one of the newest members of Fairy Tail.
"Would you keep it quiet? We're just getting to the good part." Goldmine stated, watching the conversation between the two wizards down there.
"He's with Quatro Cerberus!" Lucy recognised.
The three boys eventually made their way to the front of the pack and the group of Fairy Tail wizards all turned their attention towards Makarov and Kageyama, though they were keeping their distance from the strange Guild Master of Blue Pegasus. I don't understand! All I have to do is play this flute and then everything is going to change right? Kageyama thought and grasped the flute even tighter, trying to find the strength to play it.
Makarov let out a sigh before turning away. "Nothing is going to change." He began saying and Kageyama looked down at him in surprise. "You cannot change the fact that those who are weak will remain weak. Now it may just be me but I don't think that's a bad thing because we humans are naturally weak so we band together to form guilds and make friends with each other. Don't let that silly little flute govern your life." He spoke up, still unaware of the fact that he was being watched by the others.
There was a moment where Kageyama opened his eyes in surprise and his hands dropped to his sides. He could feel a strange kind of warmth coming from those words, the likes of which he had never felt at all during his time with Eisenwald and he fell down to his, relinquishing his grip on the Lullaby flute that fell down on the floor. "I surrender."
The others were just as shocked and moved by the speech the Master made before they all rushed out of the bushes much to their Masters surprise and Kageyama's open shock. Erza then picked him up and smacked him against her breast plate. "That was such a moving speech it almost had me in tears!" She admitted.
"W-what are you kids doing here?" Makarov asked once he recovered from the stinging. The others were gathered around him and celebrating him being able to defeat Kageyama without having to fight, Natsu and Gray were both complimenting him with Erza and Rex going over to take a look at the injured dark wizard. Several of the others Masters had also walked up to them.
"What just happened?" One of them asked.
"I don't know but it looks like we owe the Fairy Tail one." Goldmine surmised with a grin.
While they were all discussing what was going to happen next the Lullaby flute clattered slightly before smoke began leaking from it and opened it's mouth. A loud deep laugh made everyone stop and turn to face the object. "I grow tired of wizards being indecisive!" Lullaby roared as a large Magic seal appeared in the air and lightning sparked across the whole area.
"What the hell is going on?" Rex asked as they watched the flute grow in size. He had seen a lot of large pokémon back home, but this was larger than practially everyone he had seen.
Lullaby was now a gigantic monster that had to be at least 10 metres tall with three eyes, two arms and legs and one face. There was a large round hole in the body and other holes and cut out segments everywhere else too, and the air was filled with a strange quality that made it look distorted. "So many delectable souls, which one should I eat first?" Lullaby roared.
"I… I was never told about any of this!" Kageyama replied with his eyes wide in shock.
"This is Lullaby's true form, a type of Magic known as Living Magic that was used by Zeref a long time ago." Goldmine explained, looking calmly at the abomination in front of them.
"Who's Zeref?" Gray asked.
"He was the most evil wizard known to have walked through Earth Land 400 years ago and was known as Black Wizard Zeref. It's amazing that one of his creations is still around today." Bob added with a frown.
"Do you think that souls taste good?" Natsu asked with a grin.
"How am I supposed to know?" Gray retorted though he was keeping his eyes on Lullaby.
To the left of Lullaby a large army that was made of several thousands of soldiers that were all approaching the monster after receiving intelligence that the Eisenwald guild were planning to attack the Guild Masters at Clover Town and had just made it and could see the hulking form of Lullaby. "Alright men, let's show that demon the might of the Fiore army!" The leader declared and sounded the charge.
"You doubt my power?" Lullaby growled before emitting an orange beam that hit the mountains behind them and ended up destroying one of them completely. The army looked at this display of power before retreating. "I prefered the souls of a wizard anyway." Lullaby brushed them off and turned back to face the bunch of wizards.
"Someone stop that thing!" One of the other masters demanded.
"I can't I have a bad back!" Another added and they cowered backwards aside from Makarov who simply looked on with confidence in his kids.
"We need to take this thing down, ready?" Rex asked with a grin as he stood alongside Erza and then shifted into the Sky Plate to the amazement of the others. Erza had requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armour and had a sword in each of her hands. Natsu and Gray looked at each other for a moment before they each received a look from the two of them.
"I don't think I've ever seen a type of Requip like that." Goldmine noted, looking at Rex with curiosity.
"Rex calls it Multitype, it's a little different to a normal Take Over." Makarov explained, not looking away from the group and grinned confidently.
Happy looked up at Lucy. "Aren't you going to help them?" He asked.
Lucy nervously took a few steps backwards and began averting her eyes. "Well I could, buuut I think that they pretty much have it covered." She pointed out.
"Oh so you're making excuses now?" Happy asked darkly.
There was a blue glow form Rex's wings "Air Slash!" He called out and then sent out blades of air towards Lullaby and they tore through the body, making the giant monster recoil. Natsu jumped up into the air with his fist alight in flame and then smacked it on the head with his Iron Fist spell and Lullaby let out a roar of pain.
Erza took this time to dashed forwards and attack one of the legs with both of her swords, and Lullaby moved his foot upwards before slamming down on the ground hard and sending out a small shockwave across the ground. It didn't count on the Heaven's Wheel Armour allowing Erza to fly over short distances though and she jumped up and slashed the side of her face.
Lullaby let out a roar of annoyance and then threw a punch at Gray who rolled to the side and he got into a two handed stance. "Ice-Make: Lance!" He called out and a blue Seal appeared before multiple blue lances fired out and all curved towards Lullaby and piercing it in multiple places.
"How dare you!" Lullaby roared before aiming in Gray's direction and charging up an orange beam in its mouth and then fired it.
Gray spread out his legs and then cast another Spell. "Ice-Make: Shield!" He chanted and then a shield with spikes on the ends appeared from the ground and managed to hold up against the beam without breaking. A good thing too as had the shield fallen then Gray and the Guild Masters would have been badly hurt.
"That boy's Maker Magic is impressive!" Another master with a thin white beard noted.
"Maker Magic?" Lucy asked.
"Aye, it's a type of Magic that allows the user to give form to their Magic as opposed to most Magic users that simply use it to cast Spells." Happy explained with a dark look on his face.
"Don't forget about us!" Rex called out as his hands became red claws and dug right into the other arm with Crush Claw. Lullaby turned to face him and then roared right in his face, Rex flinching from the sound of the roar and took in a breath of his own before yelling in response with Hyper Voice. Once that had subsided Lullaby growled as Erza made her next move and began stabbing it with her swords, it attempted to punch her but the wooden fist was impaled on a sword and it recoiled.
It's amazing to see how in sync they are when Natsu and Gray aren't bickering with each other. Lucy thought.
"Requip!" Erza shouted and he body shone brightly for several seconds before it faded away to reveal a mostly black armour with silver trimmings, and the most distinct features being a pair of wings that reminded Rex of the wings of a Charizard or maybe a Golbat, it was kind of hard to tell. There were also several silver crosses on several of the plates of the armour. It was accompanied by a purple and silver sword with a black hilt, a golden hand guard and two small red diamonds just above.
"That's her Black Wing Armour! With it her strength is increased!" Happy explained.
Letting out a battle cry Erza charged forwards and swung a mighty blow that sent the Lullaby demon crashing down. "Enough! I've decided that I'm going to eat all of your souls at once!" Lullaby declared before letting out a roar and the air seemed to flow towards it with the parts of the trees and the surrounding area was actually dying out with the trees, bushes and the grass turning brown before disappearing completely.
"Now what's going on?" Rex asked, clasping his hands over his ears.
"It's preparing to unleash it's Magic on us." Goldmine stated.
"Shouldn't we be concerned about it if it's trying to kill us with it's Magic?" Lucy pointed out. Happy had taken the initiative and put earplugs on.
Once it was done sucking in the air Lullaby paused for a moment and then let out a roar and then began to play something that wasn't like what it was supposed to do it. Instead what came out was a pitiful whine that eventually faded away and Lullaby was standing there, dumbstruck at what had happened.
"Well that was anticlimactic." Lucy commented and Happy nodded.
"Why did I not kill anyone?" Lullaby demanded.
"It must have been because of the numerous holes created in its body, altering the sound made." Kageyama guessed and Lullaby looked down at its body and saw that there were a number of different shaped holes that weren't originally part of its body and then turned back to face the wizards.
"I got an idea. I need you to stop him from moving Gray and for you to distract him Erza. Once that happens get away because I'm going to unleash a really powerful attack." Rex explained. Internally he wasn't completely on board with it but if this thing was made of wood then there was one way that he could end it here and now.
Natsu realised that he had been left out. "What about me?!" He protested.
"Defend the Guild Masters." Rex replied.
Natsu's protests were drowned out by the three of them getting to work as Rex switched to the Flame Plate and then fired a Flamethrower at Lullaby's body whilst Erza swung the sword she was currently wielding and attacked the side of Lullaby's face and it roared and tried to hit her again but she blocked it with her sword and barrel rolled in the air to avoid the force of the blow. "Moon Flash!" Erza chanted as she rushed past Lullaby, attacking the body in a cross formation.
Gray was running underneath and stopped once he got close to Lullaby, and then began aiming for the feet as he used his Magic. "Ice-Make: Grappling Hook!" A pair of hooks then shot into the feet and then buried itself into the ground and making Lullaby roar out in pain. Now that it was in place and unable to move out of fear of even more damage he could freeze the feet completely. "Ice-Make: Fishnet!" This time a wave of cold energy swept over the feet before being encased in ice.
Lullaby noticed his lack of movement and then looked down at the blue haired wizard and charged up an attack but was interrupted by Erza who slashed at his body from behind with enough force to make him stop. "You have your opening Rex now hit it!" She ordered as she went back to the Guild Masters along with Gray.
Rex nodded and got close to Lullaby who turned to face him and they all saw that his body was completely cloaked in an orange and red fire that was emitting a lot of power. Everyone could feel it and were amazed, aside from Natsu who was practically drooling at thought of eating the fire, though Erza was frowning slightly.
Lullaby had also noticed the power that the strange wizard had been emitting and was looking down at him. "That sort of power… you're not human!" It called out, but the third eye on the head was looking at Natsu in confusion.
There was an amused smile coming from Rex as he gathered the fire in his fists. "You're one to talk. Blast Burn!" He roared and slammed his fists into the ground, seconds later multiple cracks of red light appeared around Lullaby and converged on its position before a massive explosion rocked the place and completely engulfing it in fire for a minute before it dissipated and left the Lullaby standing there motionless before it fell backwards and then slowly fell apart.
Cracks began appearing all over the Lullaby before it reverted to the flute and the air and sky suddenly returned to normal with the Lullaby flute falling down on the ground in front of them. There was a moment of complete silence as everyone just staring ahead, not sure what to make of this for several seconds, though Makarov was extremely impressed at what had just happened before they began cheering and applauding the Fairy Tail group for what had happened. Rex returned to his normal, clothes still torn.
"Well what do you think? Now that you've seen what a regular Guild can do it's pretty great isn't it?" Goldmine asked of Kageyama.
The Eisenwald wizard had his eyes open at the sight and there was a genuine smile on his face. "Yeah."
Bob came up to him and made the injured man jump in shock. "You know when I was your age I looked a lot like you." He noted and showed him a picture of a group of people and then pointed to a tall thin man with black hair and a strange aubergine suit and blue. "See this handsome young man? That's me."
"You mean I'm gonna be fat and bald when I grow older?" Kageyama cried out and then fainted on the spot, a small white ghost of him appearing in the air to the amusement of Bob and Goldmine.
"Our guild is pretty awesome, isn't it?" Makarov cheered as he jumped around in the air.
Several of the other Guild Masters were also praising Fairy Tail and the rest of the members present had gathered around Rex to congratulate him, namely Erza who smacked the side of his head into her breast plate for the second time that day and it felt worse than the first. The fatigue of having to do so much fighting was starting to set in for him and he sat down to recover.
"That was incredible!" Lucy blurted out, shaking.
"Aye!" Happy agreed, hovering in the air.
"Aw man! Why couldn't you have let me take that thing on?!" Natsu complained.
One by one the Guild Masters had turned back to look at the Conference Hall and each of them were displaying a look of shock and one of them tapped Makarov on the shoulder. The small man looked in confusion then went white from the sight in front of him, and the other members of the team looked at what everyone was staring at and Natsu was the only one who was impressed. "He went overboard!" All of them except a few stated and all of their eyes were on Rex. The Conference Hall had been mostly destroyed thanks to the Lullaby being defeated by the Blast Burn attack and there was a sizeable hole in the ground.
"Oops." Rex replied with an embarrassed grin, he was swaying on the spot from the intensity of that move.
The shouts of confusion and shock became shouts of anger and the members of Fairy Tail began to quickly make their way out of here. Makarov was leading them with Rex quickly following just behind and the Guild master of Fairy Tail was crying his eyes out over the fact that the Magic Council would surely get involved on this and the others were falling right behind with Natsu grinning like a maniac.
Next Time - Natsu vs Rex