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After nightfall had arrived, Lucy was walking down a street that ran across a canal that went through the city. She was pulling her suitcases behind her. Her faithful companion Plue was in front of her. The blonde mage was thinking about the damage done to the guild by the Phantom Lords,
"Well, this is some mess we're in now, isn't it Plue?" Lucy asked.
"Huh," the little spirit said.
"I didn't know that Phantom Lord and Fairy Tail had such a rivalry between them." She noted.
"Uh-huh," Plue remarked before he started dancing around her, a large smile on his face.
"Honestly," Lucy admitted, "I thought about joining them before I met up with Natsu. They have a reputation that's just as crazy as Fairy Tail's." the Celestial mage paused, and then smiled. "But I love our Guild, and I don't regret my decision at all."
"Fairy Tail's kinda like my family," Lucy confessed as she opened the door.
As soon as she entered, her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. Sitting at her dinner table eating a large, cooked fish was Erza, Gray, and Drake. Erza was at the front while Gray and Drake were on each side, the latter leaning against the wall with his arms folded. Natsu and Happy were on the floor, the latter was eating a fish of his own.
Drake had his coat on, as usual, but he had Rebellion leaning against the wall beside him. Erza wore a white shirt with a blue skirt. Gray sported a pair of black pants and a white buttoned up shirt. Natsu was in his regular attire.
"Very nice place you have here," Erza admired.
"YOU CAME IN WITHOUT ASKING FIRST!" the blonde then threw her at suitcase at Natsu, which Drake snorted at in amusement, "WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"
"Since the Guild has been attacked," Erza answered calmly, holding up a cup of tea, "we can assume that there are still Phantom Lord members in town."
"They probably figured out where everyone in Fairy Tail lives by now," Gray added.
Lucy flinched. "Where we live?!" she screeched.
"Mira said it would be safer if we grouped together," Gray clarified, "You know… strength in numbers."
"I guess you're right," Lucy agreed.
"That's why everyone in Fairy Tail is having a slumber party tonight," Happy exclaimed.
"You are a very attractive teenage girl after all," Erza explained, "I wasn't entirely comfortable with you being here alone with Drake, Natsu, and Gray. I felt like I could only relax if I stayed here as well."
Drake blinked and gave her a look. "First off, I have a girlfriend. Secondly, I'm not pervert. Thirdly, I was going to hang around the guild hall in case Phantom decies to come back but you convinced me to come here with you."
"It's not time to relax!" Natsu inputted angrily.
"So it was already decided that these three would stay with me?" Lucy inquired.
"Only Natsu and Gray," Erza corrected, "As Drake mentioned I convinced him to come along. After all, we are a team and must stick together."
"But why'd they have to come to my place?" demanded Lucy.
"Whoa!" Happy said, going through a basket of laundry, "You sure have a lot of dirty clothes."
"Hey!" Lucy shouted, "You better get out of my stuff or you're dead meat!"
As Happy went through Lucy's laundry, Plue had picked up a pink lollipop off the ground and started licking it. This quickly caught Natsu's attention.
"Hey Plue," Natsu yelled, "Did you find something to eat? Oh come on, don't be hogging it all!"
"Ahh…," Plue said, still licking at the candy.
"Ooh look Erza, I found some frilly panties you might like," Happy offered mischievously, holding up a pink pair of small panties.
Erza took them and examined them with wide eyes and a bit of sweat dripped down her face, "I can't believe you would actually wear something like this, Lucy," She chimed.
Plue eventually found a box full of sweets, which he and Natsu began to devour happily.
"I'm gonna catch some shuteye," Gray said, lying on Lucy's bed, "so could you please keep it down?"
"Not even your bed, Gray," snickered Drake as he shook his head. "also, you lost something."
The ice mage panicked when he realized he was in his boxers.
"You guys are taking this 'make yourselves at home' deal a little too far." Lucy moaned.
"We have a serious problem here," Erza glanced back, looking at the three teenage boys, "You boys' hygiene. I refuse to sleep in a room that reeks of sweat."
"Oi!" Drake frowned at her, offended. "I'll have you know, I take long showers every day."
'Yeah, and I bet Mirajane joins them.' Lucy thought with a bit of jealousy before shaking her head. She had no right to get jealous.
"I don't wanna take a bath right now," Natsu added.
"But I already got into bed," Gray whined.
Erza brought the three together. Natsu and Gray on the outside while Drake stood in the center. The red head stood behind them with her hands on both Natsu's and Gray's shoulders.
"Come on, boys," Erza urged, "Do we have to take a bath together like we did when we were kids?"
Drake stared at them. "...The fuck did you guys do before I showed up?"
"What kind of relationship do you guys have?!" Lucy shrieked, equally as stunned as Nero.
"Erza's ultimate team!" Happy commented.
"More like strangest team!" the blonde countered.
"Strange is Fairy Tail's middle name." The resident Devil Hunter commented.
About an hour later, Lucy and Erza had finished bathing. Gray and Natsu were still a bit reluctant to go while Drake just outright refused to do so. Though, he did look away quickly when Erza and Lucy came out their baths with towels wrapped around their bodies. He had to keep reminding himself that he had a girlfriend who was just as equally sexy in a towel. Goddamit, why did he have to be a guy with such teenage hormones?
Soon enough, Lucy and Erza got changed into sleepwear. Natsu was sleeping with his head down on the table while Drake and Lucy sat around him, the former leaning back in his chair, with his feet kicked up on the table. Gray, meanwhile, was sitting at Lucy's desk while Erza took a seat at Lucy's bed in front of the table. Excluding Natsu, the group was discussing an obvious topic, Phantom Lord.
"Do you have any idea why Phantom attacked us out of the blue?" Lucy asked.
"I'm afraid not," Erza replied, "We have had our fair share of scuffles with them in the past, but never on anything of this sort of scale before."
"If Gramps wasn't so scared we could wipe out those punks once and for all," Natsu mumbled.
Gray just glanced at Natsu for a second, "Come on, Natsu," the ice mage scolded the Dragon Slayer lightly, "you know Master Makarov isn't afraid of them. You seem to be forgetting that he's one of the Ten Wizard Saints."
"I didn't give you permission to read that!" Lucy shouted at Gray, who was holding a stack of paper in his hand. She quickly snatched it from him and held it close to her.
"You can't just snatch it out of my hand without at least telling me what happens next," Gray complained.
"Yes, I can," Lucy stated, "I promised Levy she would be the first to read it, so you're just gonna have to wait."
Unexpectedly, Erza held out a hand, expecting for Lucy to give it to her, "You're not getting it either! So what's with these Ten Wizard Saints anyway?"
"It's an honor bestowed from the Magical Council," Drake explained, shifting slightly in his chair to get a little more comfortable, well as comfortable as one could get leaning in a damn chair. "It's an extremely coveted title shared by the ten most powerful wizards on the continent."
"Wha…really?" Lucy stammered.
"Phantom Lord's Guild Master Jose is one of them too," Happy added.
'That's true,' Erza thought, her mind drifting back to a certain blue haired mage, 'And so is he.'
Natsu slammed his palm onto the table, nearly breaking it, "He is afraid! He's scared that Phantom has too many members for us to handle!"
"Could you please use your inside voice?" Lucy suggested weakly.
"That's not true and you know it," Gray rebuked sternly, "It's just like what master and Mira said before. The consequences of us going to war with Phantom are nowhere near worth the fight. The order of the magical world is at stake here."
"But I don't understand. Are they really that strong?" the Celestial mage inquired.
Natsu grinned confidently, "They ain't got nothing on us. We can take those clowns."
Erza stood up from the bed, "No. If we were to engage them in battle…neither Guild would survive. Their strength equals ours. Phantom's Master Jose is also one of the Ten Wizard Saints, which means he's on par with Makarov. They also have an elite group of wizards similar to our S-Class, known as the Element 4. But the strongest out of all of them is Black Steel Gajeel, the Iron Dragon Slayer, who I believe was responsible for the destruction done to the Guild Hall."
"He's a Dragon Slayer too? I thought Natsu was the only one." Lucy said. "So if he's the Iron Dragon Slayer, does that mean he eats iron?"
"Yeah, basically." Drake nodded, his arms crossed over his chest.
The main hall of the Phantom Lord guild was a dark, large stone-walled room with tables aligned everywhere. The torches mounted on the walls were the only source of light in the main hall. Sitting alone at a table was a young muscular man with long, black hair that was spiked up. He wore a shabby, black, sleeveless tunic with silver studded edges, a pair of beige pants, and studded black boots. On his right shoulder was a black wing-like ornament jutting upwards.
This was Gajeel Redfox, the Iron Dragon Slayer; otherwise, known as Black Steel.
The table he was sitting at was covered in a variety of iron materials such as pots and pans. Gajeel was chowing down, not on regular food, but rather from the actual metal items sprawled across the table.
"Hey Gajeel, I heard you made a mess out of the Fairy Tail guild hall." A Phantom mage smirked.
Gajeel ceased his eating and growled. He swiftly turned to face the mage. Shockingly, Gajeel's arm transformed into a grey iron pillar and extended out, slamming into the man's face and sending him careening back. The other Phantom Lord wizards who witnessed the scene all laughed at the man's misfortune.
"How many times do I have to tell ya?" Gajeel growled as his arm reverted back to normal. "I don't like to be bothered while I'm eating!" He stopped as he stood up on his table, glaring at all his guildmates, "Those Fairy Tail clowns have got nothing on us. We're way more powerful than they could ever hope to be. More powerful than even their infamous Demon Hunter who slayed the demon Mundus!"
His guildmates all shouted in agreement.
"The die has been cast." A voice proclaimed.
Everyone looked up to see a tall figure standing by the railing of the second floor, his form shrouded by the darkness. It was the guild master. "I compliment your excellent work Gajeel."
"After that little stunt, I realized that we weren't hard enough on them." Gajeel jeered. "So, I decided to leave them a little something extra. A present. One that's sure to get the panties of that guild in a knot."
"Very good, my boy," Jose praised. "Be sure to not bring any harm to you-know-who, if you please?"
Gajeel only grinned wickedly.
Back at Lucy's house, everyone was asleep, well except for Drake who sat in a chair, feet kicked up on the table and leaning back with his arms at the back of his head as a pillow. Unlike last time, instead of just being in his boxers he was dressed only in a pair of knee-length shorts but had removed his top, leaving him shirtless. He only went to his boxers on Galuna because he didn't exactly have anything else to wear to bed, though maybe he should've slept in his normal attire.
His mind was all over the place, but lately he was thinking about the attack on the guild by Phantom Lord. What reason could they possibly have to finally grow some balls and get a crack at them?
He sighed and sat in the chair properly, looking around the room. Lucy and Erza were sleeping in Lucy's bed, which was big enough for two or three people so the girls decided to take it while the boys sleep on the floor.
"Can't sleep?" A familiar voice asked, and Drake looked over to see Erza sitting up in the bed, looking at him.
"Can you?" Drake countered.
"No." Erza sighed, climbing out of bed and joining Drake at the table. "This attack from Phantom Lord... it's troubling me."
"Same here." Drake said, staring up at the ceiling. "Why did they attack us know?"
"Don't know, but they chose their timing when several of Fairy Tail's strongest members were away." Erza said with a frown before they just sat there in silence before Erza looked at Drake. "So what's going on between you and Lucy?"
Drake paused before he gave her a look. "What?"
"You and Lucy, is something wrong? She takes glances at you and seemed so flustered when you took your shirt off." Erza said.
Drake couldn't help but smirk. "Because I'm the sexiest man alive."
Erza rolled her eyes with an amused smile. "Okay, Casanova, cool the ego." The two shared a chuckle. "Should Mira be worried about a potential rival trying to steal her man?"
"Why does everyone think that?" Drake sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Guess my good lucks are a blessing and a curse if I get all sorts of attention from women, even when I'm a taken guy."
Erza snorted but didn't say anything as her eyes started to wander down his body, taking in the view of his shirtless body. She had seen him without a shirt before, and it left her feeling... quite warm. It didn't help that whenever she'd read some of those... novels of hers that she'd kinda imagine Drake in that scenario. The thought of it now caused her heart to beat faster and she started to feel heat bloom within her core.
'Stop that!' Erza scolded herself as she tried to remain impassive on the outside so Drake didn't notice. 'Drake's dating Mirajne, your best friend! You had your chance to try and take him for yourself and you didn't.'
That thought made Erza's frown deepen. she hadn't admitted to everyone, as this was something she can't exactly come out and be open about, but her feelings for Drake didn't diminish even after he and Mirajane got together. But it feels like her feelings have grown stronger since then, and she didn't know what to do.
She really should try and sleep, maybe this whole situation with Phantom is stressing her out.
She glanced at Lucy's bed and the quietly sleeping blonde before looking at Drake who was still staring up at the ceiling, lost in his own thoughts. She glanced at the floor, almost snorting at Natsu's loud snoring which was in a competition with Gray's. As always, those two try to outdo one another.
"C'mon." Erza whispered, grabbing her friend's hand and pulling him off the chair.
"W-What?" Drake almost stumbled but caught himself as Erza brought him over to the bed. "Erza... what are you doing?"
"That chair can't be comfortable, and I know sleeping on the floor is even more so. You'll sleep in with me and Lucy." Erza said, giving him a look that said not to argue.
Drake froze and glanced around, hoping Mirajane wasn't just going to pop up out of nowhere and accuse him of cheating or something. "Um... why?"
"Don't argue with me. get in." Erza said, pointing to the bed and giving him a stern look.
Drake sighed and just decided to go with it. He got in beside Lucy and Erza got in after him, leaving him in between her and Lucy.
"No funny business." Erza warned.
"Do I look like that kind of guy?" Drake retorted before going silent. "Goodnight Erza."
Erza couldn't help but smile as she turned over, so she was staring at him. "Goodnight Drake."
Her eyes then closed...
The following morning, Lucy woke up feeling quite warm and comfortable and oddly enough she was pressed against something. Something so warm that she snuggled with it with a content sigh. She gave a light moan in surprise when she felt something squeeze her one of her ass cheeks and her eyes opened only to shoot wide open.
Drake was in bed with her... DRAKE WAS IN BED WITH HER!
'How the hell did this happen?!' Lucy screamed in her mind, trying to calm her rising blush and heartbeat at being in bed with him, especially when he was shirtless but thankfully only had his shorts on instead of just boxers. Oh... and he had his hand on her ass.
Lucy looked around frantically, hoping Mirajane wasn't here to see this. She looked back down at Drake's peacefully sleeping face and couldn't help but smile as she started to reach out and just touched his cheek to caress when she heard another female moan and snapped her gaze to the other side of the bed to see Erza, cuddled up against Drake with a leg draped over him... and he had a hand on her ass too!
'I hope he doesn't know what he does in his sleep or he might be a dead man!' Lucy thought as Erza started to wake before she saw the position she was in, as well as Lucy and the fact that Drake had a hand on their asses in his sleep, though he most likely didn't know.
Erza and Lucy shared a look before Erza gave her a look and gestueed for her to get out of bed, which Lucy was quick to do so and Erza got out of the bed as well, grabbing Lucy and bringing her into another room for privacy.
"Erza..." Lucy started.
"I know." Erza said, trying to calm herself down from feeling Drake's hand on her ass, a part of her wanted to stay cuddled at his side as he was just so damn warm! "Dammit, I knew I shouldn't have brought Drake into bed."
"Wait, what?" Lucy blinked.
"Never mind, let me ask you something." Erza said as she gave the blonde a blank look. "Do you like him?"
"W-What?" Lucy blinked.
"Drake, do you like him?" Erza repeated.
"W-Well, I-I mean..." Lucy stuttered before lowering her gaze and rubbed her arm. "Yeah, I may be attracted to him. I mean, he's... he's handsome, funny, doesn't seem like most boys who'd stare at my tits or ass and try to get fresh with me as soon as he meets me."
Erza smiled a bit. "No, Drake's not like that. It's actually hard to believe how much he's changed since I met him."
"He um... he told me about his mother." Lucy said, causing Erza's eyes to widen and look at the blonde. "Back on Galuna, I saw him looking at the locket with his mom's picture in it."
"...I see." Erza said, frowning. Drake hadn't told her or shown her a picture of Eva until a year had passed. "He never talks about her much, takes him a while to even open up about her. Back when he arrived, he was cold to us, emotionless, seemed to think we were weaklings in his way of power."
"Wow..." Lucy said, unable to think of Drake as that kind of person when she looks at him.
"It was... quite a relief when he opened up to us and became more light-hearted and friendly." Erza said, shivering as she remembered the emotionless, cold version of Drake that just trained and trained, and wanted to be left alone. Yet somehow even that version of him got attraction from the girls in town and at the guild.
"Mira's one lucky girl." Lucy muttered as she sat beside Erza.
"Yeah, she is." Erza said with a sigh, kinda wishing it was her that was in Mirajane's place and Lucy was kinda thinking the same.
Lucy suddenly chuckled. "Seems like something out of a story. Handsome boy with a pretty girlfriend, yet more girls like him and want to be with him."
'Or like something out of those harem books I once read.' Erza thought with a blush before she cleared her throat and gave Lucy a look. "We're not to mention this to anyone, nor how we woke up. Understood?"
"Yes ma'am." Lucy nodded quickly.
Later that morning, Team Sparda was preparing to head toward the guild hall, until they spotted a disturbance in Southgate Park. They approached a large crowd, composed of a big sum of their guildmates and town citizens, which was gathered at a large tree in the center of the park.
They were concerned, everyone looked horrified. When they spotted the commotion Drake and the other gasped in horror. Hanging from the trunk of the huge tree was Levy, Droy, and Jet. All three of them looked seriously beaten up, Iron clamps were keeping them pinned to the tree trunk, and painted on the tree was the Phantom Lord guild mark.
"LEVY!" Lucy cried.
Natsu clenched his fists, his eyes burning with fury. Drake was feeling a similar sense of anger as he glared at the Phantom Lord mark on the tree. He gritted his teeth, trying to keep his emotions in check.
However, Drake couldn't say the same for Natsu, not that he could blame him. First Phantom Lord attacks the guild, then attacks Drake's fellow guild members and strings them up like trophies!
'Okay, war or not, I'm gonna kick their asses!' Drake thought in his head.
The crowd grew silent and cleared a path for Master Makarov. Instead of his usual attire, he was wearing a pair of black pants and a white coat with the Ten Wizard Saint symbol on the back; though he still held his familiar cane in his hand.
"I can take our headquarters being reduced to rubble," hissed Makarov, "but I will not allow harm to come to my children without TAKING REVENGE!" His grip tightened until it promptly crushed his cane's shaft.
Suddenly, golden light began to shine from beneath the old man. With an enraged scowl on his face, Makarov yelled, "We have no choice but to go to war!"
Back in Oak Town, a small residence located in the Northeastern area of the Kingdom of Fiore, the Phantom Lord Guild had set up shop. The hall itself was a large, stone structure reminiscent to that of a castle. Not like the cathedral in Fortuna, but you get the idea. The hall rose above the other structures in the town, but even then, the stone walls hardly concealed the noise of the Phantom Lord Members as they lounged around, drank beer, spoke to one another, and laughed. Mainly about the deed that had been done a few hours prior.
Gajeel defeating three Fairy Tail members singlehandedly and hanging them up on a tree in a city park for everyone to see had been the buzz of the spoken conversations. Three wizards were sauntering toward the main doors with smug smirks on their faces.
"Wow," one said, "we should go pick off a few Fairies ourselves."
As they approached the exit, the front doors were blasted off of their hinges by a flaming inferno, sending the three wizards careening back. The Phantoms quickly turned their gaze to the main doors, and as the smoke cleared, standing in the doorway was a pissed off Natsu Dragneel.
Following the Dragon Slayer was Drake, Erza, Gray, and the entirity of the Fairy Tail Guild. Lucy, while absent, offered to stay behind at Fairy Tail to hold down the fort and look after team Shadow Gear back within Magnolia Hospital.
"Fairy Tail has come calling!" Makarov declared.
A group of Phantom Lords immediately jumped at Natsu, letting out battle cries. The Fire Dragon Slayer shot out a wall of fire, blasting back the group, their bodies charred and smoking.
"Alright! Who wants to play with fire?" Natsu roared.
"Let's rock!" Drake shouted as he unsheathed Rebellion and leaped into the fray.
The Phantom mages quickly got over their shock and charged head-on at Fairy Tail. Natsu and Drake led the charge, going right for the largest group, the former engulfing his fists in flames while the latter aimed Ebony at the approaching opponents while simultaneously dragging the tip of Rebellion through the ground, began attacking with fire fists, bullets, and sword swings.
Meanwhile, Macao held out his hand, and chanted, "Fish Net!" Without warning, several bluish-purple tendrils of energy manifested out from a purple magic circle on his hand and wrapped up several Phantom Mages, suspending them in the air.
Macao turned to Wakaba behind him. "Now Wakaba!"
The green shirt man smirked. "On it! Here comes, Smoke Punch!" Suddenly, multiple pink magic fists fired out from Wakaba's pipe and punched the Phantom mages trapped in Macao's net.
Drake was using the flat side of Rebellion to strike the Phantom Lord members. He had one rule and that's no killing humans. This is why he didn't deal with most jobs involving dark wizards making trouble, humans were more of a pain in the ass than demons.
Drake then sheathed Rebellion and holstered Ebony as he decided to use his fists when a random Phantom member leaped at him from behind. Seeing him coming, Drake leaped into the air, flipping in order to catch the man between his legs.
Using the shock, Drake grabbed both sides of the wizard's head and smashed his forehead into the wizards. As they were still suspended, the demon hunter hurled the wizard around and threw him across the room.
After landing back down, a few Phantom Lord wizards charged at Drake from the side, but the hunter just rolled his eyes and summoned two ethereal swords and sent them hurtling at the wizards. The effect was the two being pinned to the wall by the blades before they exploded and knocked them out.
Drake inwardly smirked- he almost felt bad for the Phantom Lord pussies. They were barely anything to him. Even an Assualt or a Scarecrow gave more of a fight than these wannabes. And from the way the battle was shaping out, they had close to nothing on his Guild Mates. But before, Drake could muse any further, he was suddenly surrounded by at least a dozen wizards.
"Let's dance, boys!" Drake gave them the 'bring it' gesture.
In the midst of the fighting, Makarov stood nonchalantly with his arms crossed and his eyes shut. A large mass of Phantom wizards, who surrounded him, all charged at once. Makarov opened up his eyes, bright golden light shining out of them. All of a sudden, the ground began to shake as Makarov's body increased to a height of sixty feet.
He slammed his palm on the stone floor, trapping a few mages underneath. They all stared up in fear and awe.
"He's…a monster!" a Phantom mage said fearfully.
"AND YOU WOULD DARE HURT THIS MONSTER'S CHILDREN!" Makarov bellowed; golden light illuminating off his body. "WERE YOU REALLY FOOLISH ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THE COUNCIL'S LAWS WOULD PROTECT YOU FROM MY RAGE?!"
The Phantom Lord members all paused, expressions of shock and awe plastered on their faces. They were amazed by the power shown in Master Makarov and the members of Fairy Tail.
"He's pretty strong." One remarked.
"Yeah, and his members are strong too." Another added.
"I didn't know Fairy Tail was like this."
As Fairy Tail continued their onslaught on Phantom Lord, the super-grown Master Makarov glanced around. "JOSE, SHOW YOURSELF!"
Erza, who was in her normal Heart Kreuz outfit, slashing two swords away at her opponents, Re-Quipped into her Flame Empress Armor. This armor was primarily dark red but also sported orange and black parts, with the first ones being shaped like flames and the second resembling the limbs of a Dragon. Her bright scarlet hair was tied into a pair of high, long pigtails. In her right hand was a long red, flaming sword.
Erza cried out as she leaped into the air, slashing her flaming sword at a group of Phantom mages. The attack sent them sprawling back charred and beaten.
"TELL ME!" she yelled. "Where can I find Gajeel and the Element 4!?"
Above the ongoing battle, standing atop one of the many timber rafters on the ceiling and watching the fight below was Gajeel who was smirking. He had to admit, he was impressed. Not only at Fairy Tail not caring for the rules of no guild wars, but also impressed at the power they were showing as they beat up his guildmates. His eye especially went to Makarov, Erza and Drake. He had heard of Fairy Tail's Demon Hunter. The one who slayed the demon Mundus and other powerful demons, the son of the legendary Dark Knight Sparda himself.
"Ah, the legend herself, Titania Erza," Gajeel remarked. "I guess Laxus and Mystogan are too scared to play or do they not care? Either way, Master Jose knew exactly how this was going to go down." He grinned. "Looks like their really good fighters…for a bunch of scumbags,"
As the battle waged on below, Natsu was consuming the fire that Phantom mages shot at him, which stunned them. The pink haired young man burped as a hungry grin spread on his face. "Oh yeah, now I got a fire in my belly!"
"No way! He ate fire!" a Phantom mage cried.
"You don't think he's one of those?" another asked in fear.
Natsu slammed his fists together, a reddish-orange circle appearing in front of them. "I'm gonna blow you away! Fire Dragon Roar!" He put both hands over his mouth like a trumpeter, a huge torrent of flames bursting out. The fire sent the group flying back with burns.
Gray, who wasn't wearing a shirt, stood in the center of a big pack of Phantom mages. The mages all charged at the raven-haired teen, but Gray remained calm. He put his fist on top of his palm and held them out.
"Ice Make: Lance!"
Without warning, a barrage of icy lances shot out from a magic circle in front of Gray. The lances sent the wizards sprawling back uncontrollably.
Erza had Re-Quipped into her Black Wing Armor. It was black with silver trimming with silver crosses in several places, consisting of a silver-edged breastplate and plates flanking her hips that reached down to her waist-guard, and two wings that had black metal "arms" acting as the wings' leading structure. Her hair was tied into a long ponytail.
As she flew through the air, she slashed her silver blade at her enemies and threw them around like nothing.
Eventually, Natsu and Gray were back-to-back, the former's hands covered in flames while the latter shrouded in icy mist.
"You're not doing so bad for being a snowman." Natsu quipped.
"I could say the same for you too, pyro," Gray replied.
Across the room, Drake had grabbed a Phantom Lord mage by the throat when one leaped onto his back, then a second tackled Jack down and soon enough it started to become a pile on top as a squad of at least two dozen Phantoms all jumped at Drake simultaneously. Drake lifted his head up and could only watch as the group dog-piled on top of him. While the large clique piled on top of the Demon Hunter, ten other wizards surrounded the pile. Some were holding magic swords and axes while others were summoning magic circles.
"He's not so tough after all." A mage commented smugly.
Erza, who was still flying in the air in her Black Wing Armor, witnessed Drake get overwhelmed. "Drake , hang on!" she yelled, taking off toward the large pile with her sword reared back when the Phantom members started getting thrown off and flying, crashing through the wall or support beams. drake burst out the pile, using his strength to throw the Phantom members off him.
"I'm alright, Erza!" Drake shouted up to her as he focused back on the fight. Once he was done with the idiots that dogpiled him, Drake looked around and narrowed his eyes. "We've still got a lot of these chumps to take out before we're done here."
It was true. They had successfully subdued a large fraction of Phantom Lord, but there was still plenty left standing. Though they were now wary of Fairy Tail's might, they still surrounded them and were ready to engage. The Fairy Tail guild stood together and prepared to continue their fight.
"We got 'em right where we want them though," Wakaba said.
"Erza," the redhead looked up the stairs that led to the second floor to see Makarov. He had reverted back to his normal size, but that didn't make him defenseless at all. "I'll leave the rabble to you and the others."
"Yes sir," she acknowledged.
Makarov walked leisurely but with a menacing aura casting off him. "Jose must be on the top floor," he growled. "When I find him, there will be hell to pay."
Erza watched as Makarov disappeared from view. "Please be careful." She prayed.
Makarov walked up to a wall, and without having to touch it, the stone was blasted away. On the rafters above, Gajeel chuckled darkly as he watched Makarov proceed into the giant hole in the wall.
"Now that their little boss man is out of the way," Gajeel said, "it's bout time I throw myself into the mix."
The Iron Dragon Slayer then jumped off the wooden girders, descending to the floor below. A hungry, sadistic grin spread across his face as he laughed...
And that's it for this chapter everyone, and it's the second part of the Phantom Lord arc.
Harem: 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.