Chapter 3: The First Mission

'Thinking' – thoughts

"Speaking" – speech

'Thinking' – Dragon/God/Beast thinking

"Speaking" - Dragon/God/Beast speaking

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters they are property of Hiro Masima.

Roll24k: We all have our own opinions and there is nothing wrong with that. I'm glad that I managed to pique your interest and I hope I can keep continuing to do so.

Earth Dragon Arnighte: Glad you liked it and I hope I can continue throwing interesting curveballs.

-With Natsu and the Strauss siblings-

The group of five managed to make it to the town early on the second day after leaving Clover town and now they were standing in front of a board that read 'Kodokuna Yama'.

"Here we are," Natsu said with a grin.

"What a lovely town, it's so peaceful," Lisanna said with a smile.

"Let's go see the mayor, then we can start with the procedures to start a guild," Mira said, taking charge of the situation. The group followed Natsu while marvelling the beautiful town. The buildings all followed a similar building style, consisting of dark wood roofs and lighter brown wood for the walls and large open windows that faced the beautiful mountainside. Each building had a small flight of stairs that lead up to them which allowed small mountain streams to flow freely through the town with small bridges scattered everywhere to allow easy crossing without disturbing the natural flow of the streams. Beautiful flowers and grass filled the streets and great green trees provided shade. A majestic waterfall connected a river on top of a cliff to the river that flowed through the town.

The group moved through the market place and smelled the aroma of mouth-watering fresh bread that usually filled the air in the early morning. Happy was exceptionally excited when he saw a man sitting next to the river pulling out a juicy fish.

"A fishy that was pulled out of the water is the best fishy," the small blue cat said with drool leaking from his mouth. His reaction to fish got a laugh from the rest of the group and a promise from Natsu to buy him a fresh fish once they talked to the mayor.

They arrived at a large building that was built in the same style as the rest of the town and quickly made their way in. A beautiful young girl with brown hair and green eyes stood behind a desk and as they entered she looked up at them.

"How may I help you today?" she asked with a bright smile.

"We would like to meet with the mayor if that is all right," Mira replied with a smile of her own.

"One moment please and I'll see if he is available right now," the girl said before turning as walking through an elegant wooden door. After a minute she returned with her bright smile and told them that the mayor will see them now.

The group thanked her and walked through the door she just came from. They entered a room that was decorated a large wooden desk, leather couches, beautiful countryside paintings and a large bookshelf. Behind the desk sat a stocky old man with a kind smile.

"Hello young ones, my name is Delmude Gelt and I am the mayor of Kodokuna Yama," the old man now known as Delmude introduced himself.

"Hello sir, my name is Mirajane and this is Natsu, Lisanna and Elfman," Mira introduced the group, falling into the role of leader.

"Have you come here to deal with the wyverns that had popped up in the mountains?" Delmude asked with a frown.

"Actually no, we were thinking of starting a guild in this wonderful town, but if there is a wyvern problem we would be more than happy to help out," Mira said with a bright smile that was mimicked by her companions.

"A guild you say, any particular reason you chose our secluded little town?" Delmude asked.

"It's a wonderful town with a beautiful landscape, and if we have a guild here we will be able to grow with the town," Mira said with a smile. Delmude saw that the group was hiding something but he chose not to press the issue since he could see hurt on the short-haired girl's eyes and rage in the pink-haired boy's.

"How about I strike a deal with you then, as a reward for completing my extermination request I will get everything ready for you to start a guild," Delmude offered with a kind smile, extending his hand.

"That sounds perfect," Mira smiled as she shook the old man's hand.

"Now for the information on where you can find the wyverns, the group usually appears from the east just as the sun is setting. There are at least six of them but we don't know what elements they use since we don't have any wizards in our community so the beasts' brute strength is enough to overpower any who face them," Delmude explained.

"Do you have any information on their appearances?" Natsu asked.

"Ah, yes, there are two green ones, a white one, a brown one, two orange ones and finally a red one who is the largest of the bunch," Delmude said.

"So two with no elements, one with air, one with earth and three with fire, with one of them being the alpha," Natsu muttered, surprising the Strauss siblings but they stayed quiet for the moment.

"If there is anything else you want to ask I will answer to the best of my knowledge," Delmude said. He wanted the problem dealt with, and seeing as he wasn't a mage himself the only way he could aid them was with information.

"I think we have everything we need, thank you mister Delmude," Mira thanked the mayor before they said their farewells and made their way to the east side of town.

Not too far from the town entrance, five figures could be seen approaching.

-With Wendy-

Wendy was following the Thunder Legion to the mission location with Carla in her arms, they had told her it was a monster extermination request and that it was a bit out of the way. She didn't mind that it was some ways off because that just meant she was away from the guild where everything reminded her of Natsu. She loved the Fire Dragon Slayer like an older brother and her greatest regret is staying silent when he left.

You couldn't really blame the child since the shock that came with Lucy's injuries were quite overwhelming, especially for one so young. It took Carla almost the entire day to calm the crying Wendy down and if it wasn't for the little search Gajeel took her on she would have probably still been a teary mess. A small smile grew on Wendy's face when she thought about the people who helped her.

"Now that's a pretty smile," Bickslow commented with a large grin as he looked back towards the little girl while his babies chanted 'pretty smile'. Evergreen and Freed both grew soft smiles at seeing this.

"I was just thinking about how nice you are being to me, thank you," Wendy said as her face lit up in a larger smile.

"I have to thank you as well, even in this guild of hooligans and hoodlums it's good to see there are still some of you who can act proper and accurately read a room," Carla smiled as she thanked the Thunder Legion.

"When Laxus was thrown out we felt his loss, he was our leader and role model. Honestly, if it wasn't for him telling us to stay we would have probably left shortly after he did if not with him. So we understand to a degree how you feel," Freed started explaining in a kind tone.

"But we also believe it's a bit harder on you, you're younger than us and we could clearly see how you looked up to Natsu," Evergreen said before slapping her hand over her mouth at the mention of Natsu's name.

"Don't worry about saying his name Evergreen, really it's okay," Wendy frantically began flailing her arms in her attempt to show the woman she wasn't sad at just hearing her older brother figure's name.

"Just hearing that buffoon's name isn't the problem that arose at the guild, the problem was more that, either they would try and convince young Wendy that he was in the wrong or that they mentioned him as if the events that transpired never happened," Carla explained as she saw Wendy would just keep on apologising in her current frantic state.

"Basically, what we're saying is we have an idea as to how you feel and the best way to get through it is to have someone around you who you can talk to if you want to," Bickslow said with a kind grin as his babies chanted 'if you want to'.

"Thank you so much," Wendy said with a bright smile as a tear formed in her eye.

"There's no need to cry child," Carla lightly scolded Wendy in a motherly tone which got the girl to wipe away the forming tears.

"Here we are, 'Kodokuna Yama'," Freed announced from his spot at the head of the party. The beautiful mountain valley town spread out in front of them. Unfortunately, they weren't here for sightseeing so that could take place after the mission was completed.

"Let's go see the mayor and after we're done with the mission we can go sightseeing," Bickslow said as his babied chanted 'sightseeing'.

They made their way to the town hall and was met by the brown-haired receptionist.

"How may I help you today," the lady asked with a bright smile.

"Hello yes we would like to talk to the mayor about a request he sent out, we're Fairy Tail wizards," Freed requested in a polite tone.

"It sure is busy today," the receptionist commented with a giggle before disappearing behind a door.

"I wonder what she meant by that," Wendy pondered the last words of the woman before she went through the door. She wasn't given much time as the receptionist quickly returned and told them the mayor is ready to see them.

As they entered a faint scent made its way to Wendy's nose. It was a familiar scent, one she grew accustomed to but she decided not to focus on that, there was no way it could be him.

"Hello there young ones, I am Delmude, mayor of this town, now I heard you are here for the request I sent out," Delmude introduced himself.

"Yes sir, we saw the request and came to your aid, mind telling us exactly what we need to do," Freed asked.

"It's a wyvern extermination request, there are six wyverns and recently I learned that they have a variety of elemental powers, fire, earth and air," Delmude said.

"Six wyverns, I'm glad we brought you, Wendy, this might be a bit more difficult than I initially thought," Freed said with a thoughtful expression.

"If you are worried about the difficulty of this request I should inform you that a group came here a few minutes ago, they wanted to help with the wyvern problem so they already went to after them, if you hurry there might be a chance that you can catch up to them. They were heading east last I saw," Delmude informed the Fairy Tail mages about the group that he just met with.

"Thank you for the information, we will be on our way then," Freed said with a small bow before leading his group out of the office.

"I wonder who it could be," Evergreen thought out loud as they left the town hall and made their way east.

"I'm not sure but fighting wyverns can be quite tricky, usually it would either be classified as a high ranking A-Class request or even S-Class but this one was ranked as B-Class. The best course of action would be to quickly try and catch up with the other group before they engage and possibly get themselves injured," Freed said as he increased the pace he was moving at to a brisk walk.

"I hope nobody gets hurt," Wendy said as she began jogging to keep up with the older mages.

-With Natsu and the Strauss siblings-

The trek up the steep mountain went smoothly with the combination of the mages' physical prowess, powers and help form Happy every now and then. They made their way to a snowy peak where Natsu had spotted a cave entrance with his advanced sight thanks to his magic.

"What's the plan when we get there?" Natsu asked as they made their way up the mountain.

"My, my Natsu this is a pleasant surprise, from what I can remember and everything I heard you usually run in head first whenever there is a battle involved," Mira said with a giggle.

"Well I have more reason to be careful now," Natsu simply replied as he gave Lisanna a big toothy grin. The white-haired girl could only blush and smile back as her heart soared with happiness. Her happiness quickly infected the rest of the group as they continued their ascent.

"Since you asked, wyverns are a lot like Dragons, so please tell me what would work ad what would not, but the plan I came up with is that Natsu and I will lure them out because I doubt fighting them in that cave will end well," Mira started while quickly looking at Natsu to hear his input so far.

'Yeah, if we go into the cave we will probably lose or at the very least get out with serious injuries, Dragons are very territorial and wyverns aren't different in that regard,' Natsu agreed.

"Is there anything that we have to watch out for with these wyverns, considering their elements?" Lisanna asked.

"Yes, each elemental wyvern has some sort of speciality. The air wyvern will be fast, the earth one will be very tough and he fire ones will be more aggressive. The two that don't have an element will be the most balanced, but that means they won't excel in any specific areas either," Natsu explained. The group would have been surprised by his extensive knowledge about the creatures if they weren't so closely related to Dragons.

"So you're saying that the elemental wyverns will have some weaknesses?" Mira asked.

"Correct, the air one wouldn't be as powerful as the rest, while the earth one will be slower. As for the fire ones, their aggressive nature will cause them to sometime throw caution to the wind,' Natsu explained.

"So that's why you usually don't plan ahead, I knew it," Mira grinned victoriously as she finally had definite proof that Natsu's careless attitude during battles came from his magic, she always thought that was the case but now she knew. Lisanna could only giggle at her sister's antics but her mind went to Natsu's overprotective nature and wondering if that was also due to his very specific brand of magic or whether it was just in his nature as a person, maybe both. Elfman shouted things about Natsu being manly and how knowing your enemies makes you even more manly.

"Okay, considering their weaknesses, I suggest Elfman takes on the earth wyvern, Lisanna takes the air wyvern, I'll deal with the two without an element and you can deal with the two orange fire ones, then we can all deal with the alpha together, Happy you stay back and help whoever needs it," Mira suggested.

"That should work, but we should never let our guard down, wyverns can be quite sneaky and I don't know how long the Alpha will stay out of the fight," Natsu said with a concerned look on his face.

"So keep your guard up and watch each other's backs," Mira said just before they came to a levelled area which was used as an entrance to the cave.

"Let's do this," Natsu said as he punched a flaming fist into his other palm. Lisanna and Mira giggled at the enthusiasm while Elfman shouted something about being manly.

Natsu and Mira carefully made their advance to the cave entrance, constantly scanning their surroundings as to net get jumped on. Luckily for them, the wyverns hadn't met any creature that could threaten them just yet so they didn't feel the need to have some form of a guard. This allowed Natsu and Mira to sneak into the cave and spot the sleeping forms of the five smaller wyverns.

"Do you see the red one anywhere?" Mira whispered to Natsu as softly as she could.

"No, but I can smell its scent and it's fresh," Natsu whispered back, a look of fear took over the two mages' faces when they felt hot air being blown on the back of their necks.

-With Lisanna and Elfman-

"Are you sure they will be all right going in there?" Lisanna asked with concern laced in her voice, it wasn't that she doubted their power, it was just that she was worried for her sister and the man she loved.

"I'm sure they will be all right, their powers are manly," Elfman said with a grin as he tried to comfort his sister. The two suddenly felt a quick wave of fear coming from the cave witch their concern for the two inside to skyrocket. The fear they sensed vanished as quickly as it came which confused the two but before they could react they heard a draconic roar coming from the cave entrance shortly followed by two figure running out.

"That was quite the scare, luckily the brute was asleep,' Mira said as they ran over to Lisanna and Elfman.

"He is sure to wake up now and I bet he will be cranky," Natsu replied with his normal goofy grin on his face. Lisanna and Elfman felt smiles grew on their faces as the saw the excited look on Natsu's face. A rumble could be felt coming from the cave before five wyverns slithered out.

"The alpha sent his pack to deal with us, let's see if we can get him out here," Natsu said with a feral grin as his hands lit up in deep orange flames with a tint of crimson red. Mira was the only one to see this since her years of being an S-Class mage had honed her observations kills to the max but she decided to keep the question till later.

The four mages saw the wyverns spreading out and to their luck, the two fire wyverns, as well as the two non-elemental wyverns, were standing next to one another. With a battle cry, the mages charged forward.

Lisanna called out "Take Over Animal Soul: Cat" as she grew a pair of white cat ears, her hands transformed into cat paws with sharp claws, a long cat-like tail sprouted from her rear. Her attire changed from her normal clothes to a blue tiger-skin bikini. 'With the speed increase I get from my cat soul I should be able to either keep up or outspeed the air wyvern,' Lisanna reasoned.

"Full-Body Take Over: Beast soul" Elfman roared out as he transformed into a giant maroon-furred beast with a green chest, yellow horns protruding from his shoulders and his forehead, his white hair elongated and his teeth sharpened.

"Bring it on and fight like a real man," Elfman roared out as he charged at the earth wyvern.

A frightening smile grew on Mira's face as her hair shadowed her eyes and a purple aura formed around her. "Take Over Satan Soul" Mira called out as she sprouted two black bat-like wings, a long black scaly tail and her hands change do demonic claws. Her hair flares up and stays in a position which defies gravity. Her long pink dress changes into a skimpy one-piece suit that reveals her arms and legs, it also opened up in the front and back, exposing her belly, wide cleavage and upper back. The demon slowly made her way to the non-elemental wyverns.

The feral grin never left Natsu's face as he covered himself in the deep orange flames that had crimson red tints to it. He let out another draconic roar before dashing towards the two fire wyverns.

Lisanna and the air wyvern were the first to clash thanks to their enhanced speed. She dodged the wyvern's snapping jaw and ran her claws down its side. Even though she couldn't pierce the wyvern's tough scales she was able to leave some scratch marks. She quickly rolled out of the way of its tail that came crashing down on the spot where she just was.

Lisanna jumped up and called out "Take Over Animal Soul: Harpy". Her cat ears turned into harpy ears as her arms turned into two harpy wings. Her legs and feet turned into harpy claws as her attire returned to her usual pink skirt and blue top. "Harpy Storm" Lisanna called out as she flapped her wings over one another in front of her. A green tornado with sharp harpy feathers barrelled down on the wyvern. The wyvern let out a roar attack of its own. The two tornados met one another in the middle, pure white air against the green winds with harpy feathers.

While Lisanna was dealing with her foe, the other three mages engaged in their own battles. Elfman slammed his beast-like fist into the earth wyvern's head. The wyvern's head got smashed into the ground, but being as resilient as it was it quickly countered Elfman by swiping its claws at the beast. Elfman let out an angered roar as he grabbed hold of the wyvern's tail and with all his might lifted the lizard into the air before slamming it down on its back.

The wyvern quickly recovered and reared up onto its back feet and brought it front claws down on Elfman. Elfman countered by grabbing the wyverns' claws in his hands and the two started wrestling with one another, throwing their weight around in an attempt to throw their opponent off balance and gaining the upper hand.

Mira kept glancing between the two wyverns that were circling her. Getting tired of the circling she lit her hands in purple and black energy. She called out her first attack, "Darkness Stream" causing several tendrils of darkness to explode from the ground beneath both the wyverns and surrounding them. Not given the wyverns any chance to counter she focused her attention on the one to her left but always keeping in mind where the other one is.

"Evil Explosion" Mira called out as she formed a ball of darkness at the wyvern. As soon as it made contact a large explosion shook the mountainside. Mira had to quickly duck to avoid the green-scaled claw from injuring her back.

"Explosion Punch" Mira called out and surrounded a fist in darkness. She slammed her fist into the wyverns belly sending it tumbling with the resulting explosion. Quickly returning her attention to the other wyvern she dodged a snapping jaw and a sweeping tail before launching her counter.

"Soul Extinctor" Mira called out as a swirling orb of purple and black formed in her hands before she thrust her attack forward, sending a colossal beam of purple and black at the wyvern. The angle she was attacking from allowed her to hit the other wyvern with her colossal attack while missing all her allies.

The battle between fire users started as one would suspect, throwing caution to the wind the three fire users charged at one another with reckless abandon. Natsu rammed a flame covered fist into the first wyvern's head, causing the creature's momentum to make it somersault before landing on its back. The other wyvern smashed its head into Natsu's stomach but with a feral grin Natsu locked his two hands into one ball and brought his hand down with great force, causing a created to appear below the wyvern that could only let out a pained groan before Natsu called out his first spell.

"Fire Dragon Talon" Natsu called out as he coated he foot in fire and sent a devastating kick to the wyvern's side. A stream of fire courtesy of the other wyvern surrounded Natsu. A slurping sound came from within the vortex of flames before all of the fire disappeared into Natsu's mouth.

"Now that's what I call fire, thanks for the meal," Natsu said with a grin before cocking his head back and returning the favour with a shout of "Fire Dragon Roar". The deep orange flamed with embers of crimson engulfed the wyvern as it let out a pained screech. A loud roar came from the cave which caught the attention of the mages.

"Crap, he's coming too soon," Mira said with an angered expression as she sent another blast of demonic energy at her opponents.

"You three take over here, I'll deal with the big boy," Natsu called out as he sent a parting gift to the two fire wyverns in the form of a "Fire Dragon Wing Attack". Using the dust Natsu's attack sent up Lisanna once again dashed past her wyvern, this time leaving a trail of blood on the creature's side in her cat soul before calling out "Take Over Animal Soul: Harpy". With her wings, she flew towards the downed fire wyverns and sent a tornado towards the as she called out "Harpy storm".

Seeing that the air wyvern was moving slower Elfman let out a thunderous roar as he used his impressive might to lift the earth wyvern and began spinning around. After gaining enough momentum he released the creature causing it to collide with its white kin. It was as if the Strauss siblings were communicating telepathically. The three began herding the wyverns closed to one another between them.

The wyverns were able to detect that between their three white-haired opponents the large male was the slowest. Four roar attacks were sent to him encasing the area in a massive cloud of fire and dust.

"Elfman," Mira and Lisanna shouted as they saw the area where their brother was, went up in smoke.

"Right behind you," the manly voice of Elfman sounded. As the two sisters turned around they saw the colossal beast floating in the air with a pair of angel wings on his back.

"Aye sir," Happy's signature phrase sounded from behind the mountain of a man.

"Remind me to give you a fish when we return to the town," Lisanna said with a bright smile while Mira turned to the wyverns below them.

"Let's show these lizards what a Strauss can do," Mira said with an evil grin.

"Take me down Happy, we will show these lizards what a real ma can do," Elfman roared out. Once Happy placed him on the ground Elfman slammed his fist into the earth and dislodge a massive slab of earth. With a roar of pure manly power, Elfman threw the giant slab at the wyverns.

Not allowing any chance to recuperate Lisanna took the next shot. "Take Over Animal Soul: Mermaid" Lisanna called out as he legs turned into a pink fishtail and a blue bikini top covered her bust. "Mermaid Typhoon" Lisanna called out, raising her arms to the sky. Dark clouds formed above the five wyverns as the raindrops began converging into a massive typhoon.

Mira took this as her chance to end this battle. "Soul Extinctor" Mira called out sending a devastating beam of black and purple at the wyverns. The resulting explosion shook the mountain causing five unsuspecting travellers to fall to their knees before picking up the pace they had.

The three Strauss siblings landed on the ground and admired their handiwork. A massive crater had formed in front of them and inside this crater, five wyverns laid, knocked out and defeated.

"We did it," Lisanna said with a tired smile dispelling her Take Over.

"That was manly," Elfman said as he returned to his normal muscular form.

"I'm so proud of you guys," Mira said as she embraced her siblings which they both quickly returned. A massive heatwave reminded them that the fighting wasn't over just yet as they turned to look at Natsu who was busy slamming a fiery fist into a massive red wyvern's body.

"Do you think we should go and help him?" Lisanna asked, she was feeling the drain from her fight but if she needed she would happily stand beside Natsu against their final foe.

"I don't think that would be needed, just look at that stupid grin on his face," Mira said with a soft smile. It was true Natsu was grinning like a mad man as he traded blows with the scaly red beast.

"Natsu is a real man," Elfman said as Happy agreed with his signature "Aye sir".

"Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame" Natsu called out as he threw a massive ball of fire at the red wyvern. The wyvern took the hit with a grunt before showing something the others were incapable of. The wyvern formed its own ball of flames and using its tail it flung the ball towards Natsu. If Natsu wasn't a Fire Dragon Slayer the flaming ball would have caused serious damage, but fortunately, or unfortunately depending on who you asked, that was the case here.

With his feral grin still plastered on his face, Natsu grabbed hold of the ball. Something happened that no one there had ever seen before. The ball of flame Natsu had just caught started pulsing. A blood crimson colour started taking over the flames as the heat it produced increased to unfathomable levels.

"Flames of Purgatory, burn with the hellish light of darkness," a deep voice said. The voice sounded as if it belonged two different entities, one a Dragon, one a Demon.

The blood crimson flames rushed forward and consumed the wyvern. A pained screech sounded from within the hellish vortex as the mountains around the vortex was set ablaze by the same crimson flames.

Natsu swiped his hand to the side, revealing that his hand transformed into a scaly, clawed appendage. Even though it quickly reverted back to the human hand it previously was it didn't go unnoticed by the three white-haired Take Over mages. There was no time for questions since Natsu started toppling over and hit the ground with a thud.

"Natsu," Lisanna screamed out in worry as she dashed towards the fallen man with tears threatening to spill. Mira and Elfman were quick to follow as all three of them came to a skidding halt next to the downed mage. Lisanna threw herself into his chest and clutched him tightly.

"Natsu," was the only word she could muster in a soft voice but a small smile grew on her face as she felt the rhythmic rise and fall of his chest.

"It seems like he just spent too much magic," Mira said in relief.

"That was so manly," Elfman said as he flexed his muscles.

"But do any of you know what that was at the end?" Happy asked as he placed a comforting paw on Lisanna's back.

"No, maybe Natsu knows?" Lisanna suggested as she looked up at her siblings.

"Whatever it is it can wait till we get him back to the town and well rested," Mira said. Elfman gently lifted Natsu up as they made their way back down to the town.

A completed mission, a brightening future, and a new and strange power.

Hey guys, here is the next chapter to this story. Next story I will update will be Death Dragon God Slayer and then A kind Devil, but after that, I will see how I feel. I don't know if I will be updating this story with the same frequency as the other two unless I get enough feedback. Next chapter will involve forming the guild, so if you want to suggest a name feel free to do so. Anyway, feel free to leave a review of your thought on this story and I will see you in the next chapter.