Disclaimer: I do not own Devil May Cry or Fairy Tail. I only own the OC Drake Redgrave.
Things had been going pretty well for Team Sparda. Currently, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Happy, and Erza were returning from a successful quest. Drake had, unfortunately, been unable to join them as a last second quest came in that involved demons attacking a nearby village. The demon promised to meet back up with them after the job was done.
A few days ago, the team had been involved a spell mishap known as the Changeling spell. While it took some time to figure out, everything was returned to normal, or about as normal as what passed in Fairy Tail Guild. Thanks to Levy, the team was back in their original bodies, though a mishap did occur in the form of other wizards swapping bodies.
After taking a look at the request, Drake figured out that Levy had just mispronounced the words backwards which in turn caused the other Guild members to be switched amongst each other. However, the incident had been resolved and now everything was back to normal…well as normal as things could get for a demon and team of wizards.
At the moment, the team was passing through a small village that was on their way back to Magnolia, and also happened to be the one where Drake was doing the job.
"So where do you think Drake is?" Asked Happy, to Natsu.
"Eh, he can't be far," brushed off the Dragon-Slayer casually as he folded his arms behind his head.
"What kind of job was he doing again?" Asked Lucy, having forgot since she was focused on her own quest.
However, before either Gray or Erza could answer, a twisted cackle filled the air, sending everyone on edge.
"What was that?!" Shivered Happy, looking around.
Leaping down from a building, a form landed in front of the group of wizards. It had a rag-like body, poorly stitched together, wooden peg legs, a single wooden arm, and a massive executioner's curved blade. It has blank eyes and wobbled on its peg legs.
"The heck is that?" Demanded Natsu, having never seen something like this.
"I think it's a demon," suggested Gray. However, it wasn't long before the demon had its attention directed on them. Rushing towards them, the Arm Scarescrow raised its blade up into the air.
It didn't get very far because Erza sprung into action and impaled both her swords into the chest of the Demon. The creature let out a hiss before sliding off the blade and fell onto its back. Blood leaking out from the wound as the blood on Erza's swords crystallized and evaporated.
"Pitiful," Commented Titania.
"You beat me to the last one," said a familiar voice, causing all the wizards to turn around and see Drake walking towards them, Rebellion resting on his right shoulder while Ebony was in his left hand.
"Hello, Drake, how goes your-" Greeted Erza, however, stopped abruptly when Drake suddenly aimed Ebony at her and fired. Instead of Erza being shot, a screech echoed through the area. Everyone spun around to see the Arm Scarecrow fall back, missing its head as the body melted away.
"What did I tell you about turning your back to demons, Erza?" Drake asked with a smirk while spinning Ebony on his finger and holstered it.
"My apologies." Erza said.
"The hell kind of demon was that?" Natsu asked as he looked at where the demon had just been before it was shot.
"Scarecrow, lesser demon. Easy by itself, a littleharder in a large groups," Replied the Devil Hunter as he sheathed Rebellion. "Now let's go visit the mayor so I can go and get paid."
2 hours later...
Magnolia
Team Sparda was currently walking down the street to Fairy Tail Guild. Erza was bringing up the rear of the group, pulling her cart full of suitcases. To this day and with how long he's known her, Drake couldn't understand why she brought so much stuff with her on jobs, or even how she possibly carried it around all the time. At this point, he's decided to just go with it. When it comes to Erza Scarlet, it's best to just accept and move on. Less you want to be punched in the face by her.
"Was that an awesome job or what?" Natsu laughed a hearty laugh with rosy cheeks.
"Well, the client sure seemed to think so," Happy replied.
"Sounds like you guys had fun," Commented Drake, one hand in his pocket and the other holding a bag of his payment, "almost makes me think you didn't break anything."
"Come on!" Groaned Natsu, shooting the hunter an annoyed look, "we don't break that much stuff!"
"The past says otherwise." Drake snorted. "That village we went to two years ago is still wondering what hit them."
Gray scoffed playfully, "Face it; you guys are just lucky that I decided to come along."
"We're lucky that you begged to come with us?" Natsu countered, "How do yah figure?"
"Because you're as helpful as one of Erza's suitcases," Gray responded.
The Dragon-Slayer and ice mage got in one another's face with angry looks, "You better watch your mouth or I'm gonna pack you like a suitcase, pal!" Natsu growled.
"That doesn't make any sense," Gray retorted.
"And here we go again." Drake sighed before looking at Lucy. "You may want to start getting used to this sight."
"Oh I've already gotten used to it." Lucy said, exasperated. Instead of wearing her usual attire, she was sporting a tight pink shirt with a black skirt. Also, in her arms was her Celestial spirit, Plue.
Erza got between the two and forced them apart easily, "Enough boys!" she then turned to Gray, "Now please get dressed."
It was true. Gray had somehow stripped down into a pair of black boxers within the blink of an eye. Drake just rolled his eyes, at this point, he wasn't surprised that Gray couldn't keep his clothes on.
Gray's expression fell into shock, "For crying out loud how does this keep happening?!"
"Piece of advice, Gray," Happy suggested, "Never get in a fight in your underwear."
"Words to live by," snorted Drake in amusement.
"Uh guys, hate to interrupt your conversation, but…," Lucy intervened.
"What's up?" Natsu asked.
She held up the request, which depicted a five hundred jewel reward, "When I took this job I was hoping for it to be a solo mission. So, why did you all come along?" She asked sheepishly.
"Oh come on, isn't it obvious?" The Dragon Slayer said.
"No I don't think so," Lucy replied.
Natsu gave her his trademark toothy grin and a 'thumbs up', "We're Fairy Tail's ultimate team, so we have to stick together."
"Aye sir," Happy agreed.
"And don't you forget it," Gray added.
"With all the craziness and benefits that come with us," added Drake with a smirk along with the others at the blonde mage, "like it or not, you're stuck with us to the bitter end."
Erza only nodded in agreement.
Lucy was blank for a short moment before she smiled, "Yeah we are!"
"No job is too tough, " Natsu stated with confidence, "Not for me, Happy, Drake, Erza, and even droopy pants here."
"Don't call me that," Gray said.
"We are quite a capable bunch," Erza admitted happily.
"A bunch of misfits that enjoy causing trouble and destruction." Drake smirked.
"Aye," Happy agreed.
"HEY! You forgot about me!" Lucy yelled.
As the group continued down the stone street, Natsu laughed a bit, "Oh lighten up Luppy; I'm just messin' with yah."
"Well I don't appreciate it and that is not my name," Lucy replied, annoyed.
Erza stopped as she clenched her fist tightly, "Please, forgive me," She said sincerely, "I truly did not mean to upset you. I let myself get carried away, it will not happen again. If you would like, you may strike me now."
'I still don't understand why Erza would allow that to happen to her when she scares the shit out of everyone.' Thought Drake.
"That's okay; I really don't think it's in my best interest," Lucy responded.
"Smart move," Natsu and Gray said simultaneously.
As the team strolled down the street, passing Magnolia citizens stared at them and whispered to one another. They looked at them with albeit…sympathy?
Drake narrowed his eyes before looking at his friends. "Why are they looking at us like we are going to a funeral?"
"No idea." Erza shrugged, a frown on her beautiful face.
Drake looked ahead before he gasped and his eyes widened. The others stopped and followed his gaze to see the Guild Hall looked very peculiar. They couldn't see much, but from here there appeared to be large poles sticking out in random spots all over the building.
"The hell?" Demanded Drake. "what happened?"
"What? Why does the Guild look so…bizarre?" Erza inquired.
"Standing here isn't gonna answer that question," retorted Drake as he picked up the pace, "let's go."
Team Sparda continued down the path that led to the Guild Hall. When they finally reached their destination, they were dumbstruck. Several giant iron pillars were protruding out everywhere across the pagoda-shaped building, one was even sticking out through the Fairy Tail sign above the front doors.
"No way," Gray muttered.
"What's happened to it?" Erza asked.
"No," Lucy whimpered lightly, holding her hand over her mouth. "I don't understand."
Drake said nothing as he clenched his right hand. If this was some kind of sick joke, he ain't smiling.
A moment passed as the group stood stationary, gazing in a mixture of shock, confusion, and in Natsu's case, anger.
"Our Guild," Natsu snarled, clenching his fists, "Someone did this to our Guild."
"But who would do such a thing?" Titania said.
"It was Phantom," a female voice answered.
The team, minus Natsu, turned around to see Mirajane standing behind them, ready to break into tears. Drake's anger immediately was gone and replaced with concern as he walked over to hug his girlfriend close.
"Mira, you okay?" Drake asked but she just held him tight and buried her face in his chest. "What do you mean that Phantom did this?"
"We couldn't do anything to stop them. They got us good," Mirajane sobbed into Drake's chest as her boyfriend rubbed her back comfortingly.
"Shit, didn't think Phantom would go this far, but I should've guessed." Drake growled.
"Wait, Phantom? As in Phantom Lord?" Lucy asked.
Drake nodded. "The very one. They're a rival Guild, a powerful one. We've never been on the best terms with those jerks…as you can see. And it looks like they just took it to a whole new level."
Later, the group proceeded into the building and headed down a flight of stairs that led to the basement. The basement was usually used for storage but since there were iron pillars everywhere, it was the only place in the Guild Hall unaffected by the devastation.
The rest of the Guild was sitting at makeshift tables, either eating, drinking, or moping. Anyone could tell that their morale was very low. Drake even saw that his friends' seemed disheartened too. This didn't sit well with him. Not even one bit.
"Yo! What's up kids?" Makarov slurred, holding a mug of beer. It was obvious that the master was drunk.
"Uh…hi," Lucy said awkwardly.
"Sorry we weren't here sooner," Erza added, skipping preamble.
"Why the heck are you all just sitting around down here?!" Natsu demanded angrily.
Natsu was ignored as the old mage shifted his gaze to Lucy, "How did it go, Lucy? Did yah finish the job like a good girl?"
"Yeah…I guess so," Lucy replied.
"Master," Erza said firmly, "do you not understand the gravity of this situation?"
"The Guild Hall has been completely destroyed!" Natsu inputted.
"There's no need to get yourselves worked up," Makarov responded, "It's not like it's the end of the world or anything," He then took another big gulp of beer.
"What?" Gray asked.
"Hmph," Makarov continued, "just goes to show you how cowardly those dunderheads in the Phantom Lord Guild really are. They struck when no one was here, is that anything worth bragging about?"
"No one was here?" Erza queried.
"It was after everyone had already left for the night." murmured Mirajane.
"Good time to hit," Commented Drake bitterly, angry that these cowards attacked his home, "least nobody got hurt."
Yes," Erza agreed. "Thank goodness for that."
"We shouldn't trouble ourselves with people who don't even have the guts to face us head-on," Makarov asserted, "Forget about those fools."
Suddenly, Natsu slammed his fist into a wooden crate, putting a huge dent in it and sending wooden chips flying.
"Ain't gonna happen, gramps!" the pink haired mage shouted, "We can't just let them trash our place and get away with it!"
"We're not talking about this any longer," Makarov replied calmly, "We'll handle job requests down here until the upstairs is repaired."
"We shouldn't be worrying about…" began the Dragon Slayer, however, the Master wasn't having any of it.
"NATSU!" Makarov yelled, cutting off the aforementioned wizard, "That's enough out of you!"
Unexpectedly, the old man reached out his hand and slapped Lucy's rear.
"Yeah, he's wasted." Drake deadpanned.
"And you spanked me because…," Lucy trailed off to let the old man explain his actions.
"Because he's drunk," supplied Drake, voicing what everyone was thinking.
"Hands to yourself, master!" Mirajane admonished, forgetting what Drake said as her attention was on the old man.
Makarov pulled back his hand and laughed sheepishly. He then jumped off the crate he was sitting on and ran across the room.
"Where are you going?" Natsu demanded.
"Oh, keep your dress on," Makarov retorted, "I gotta take a leak."
Natsu's ire dimmed a bit as he looked at the floor, "I don't understand why he's being like this."
"Listen," said Mirajane, "this is just as hard on him as it is for you. He's mad, but conflict between the Guilds is strictly prohibited."
"But that's not fair!" yelled Natsu, "Those Phantom creeps started this!"
"I know, but that doesn't matter," The white-haired beauty responded.
"If the master's decision is to not retaliate, then we must respect it," Erza said, although there was a hint of reluctance in her voice.
Drake looked at everyone, seeing how depressed and downtrodden they all were. Fairy Tail had been his home for five years and a bunch of spineless jackasses think it's a good idea to attack them when they aren't prepared?
Phantom Lord just pissed off the wrong demon...
And that's it for this chapter and we're now in the Phantom Lord arc. I gotta ask, does anyone have any ideas for how Lucy can fall for Drake and want to be in the harem with him? Actually, I need ideas for how Mirajane can agree to sharing her boyfriend with multiple women and who should come after the other.
Harem list is this: Mirajane Strauss, Erza Scarlet, Lucy Heartfilia, Hisui E. Fiore, Aquarius, Kagura Mikazuchi, Jenny, Irene Belserion, Seilah, Ultear Milkovich, Minerva Orland, Cana Alberona, Brandish μ, and Dimaria Yesta.
So, Mirajane is his girlfriend, so who should be the next girl and then after that girl and so on.
I need ideas or else this will never work. Of course, girls like Erza and Cana alreadyty have feelings for Drake, but have put them in the back due to his relationship with Mirajane but they still want to be with him. So how can Mirajane agree to the harem idea?
How can Lucy fall for Drake and be brought into the harem?
What about the rest of the harem?
Help and ideas are greatly appreciated.