Eat the Fairy
Chapter 4
Take me to Japan ~ Soul Resonance The Iron Maiden!
Time Skip - One week later - Death Weapon Meister Fairy Academy:
It was a bright and early Monday morning; only about 7:30am. Coming up the long staircase heading to the courtyard of the academy, it was Natsu and Lucy. As Lucy was dusting off her skirt as she walked.
"You should really brush Happy once in a while, his fur is everywhere" Groaned Lucy, as she finally got all the blue and white fur off of her. "Get a lint roller" Replied Natsu, "Happy is just a cat" He continued with a nonchalant attitude.
"Soul resonance~" A voice sang out, as Lucy paused and looked around. "Luce what's up?" Natsu questioned, Lucy shook her head, "I thought I heard something… I guess I must be hearing things" Lucy said, as her and Natsu continued to walk to class.
After a few minutes Lucy and Natsu finally made it to the classroom to be greeted by Gray and Juvia. "Where's Erza and Jellal?" Lucy questioned, as they were normally always the first ones there. Gray shrugged his shoulders, "We don't know either. I texted Jellal but he didn't answer yet" Gray said, as he checked his phone and placed it down again.
"Lucy-San, have you and Natsu-San tried Soul Resource yet? Juvia questioned, Lucy shook her head. "No, but the weirdest thing happened this morning; I thought I heard someone call it out to me but I'm not sure" Lucy tried to explain.
"You're such a weirdo, you're hearing things now" Mocked Natsu with a laugh, as Lucy rolled her eyes and then whacked Natsu square on the top of his head. "Owwww" Cried Natsu, as he rubbed his head.
Suddenly the door of the classroom slid open; revealing MiraJane. "Ah Meister Natsu and Meister Gray, and weapons; please report to Lord Death's office" MiraJane said, the four paused.
"What's the reason Mira?" Gray questioned, as MiraJane shrugged her shoulders. "I was just told to get you guys, I'm sorry, I don't know anymore information" MiraJane said. The two pairs then started to get out from their seats and all began to walk to Lord Death's office.
"I don't think I ever met Lord Death" Lucy commented, "He's cool; almost like a gramps in my opinion" Natsu said, "He is also powerful" Juvia added. "Oi Flame Brian, we might see your dad" Gray pointed out. There was a pause, as a giant smile appeared on Natsu's face.
"You're right! Luce! You haven't met my dad yet, let's go!" Natsu began to cheer in joy; as he grabbed a hold of Lucy and began to run, dragging Lucy behind him. "Ahh Natsu slow down" Lucy cried, as her skirt was flipping up and she tried to cover it.
Gray began to blush at the sight of a flash of Lucy's pink panties, a frown crossed Juvia's face as she noticed this happen. "Looks like Juvia has a love rival for Gray-Sama's attention" Hissed Juvia, Gray shook his head and stopped smiling. "Oh whatever, let's hurry up" Gray added, as he started to walk faster and Juvia followed close behind him.
Within a little bit, Gray and Juvia caught up to Natsu and Lucy who were just at the door to enter his office, "Lucy we could have made it" Whined Natsu, as Lucy was huffing and puffing. "Now that we're all together, let's go" Gray said, as he pushed open the large black painted double doors that lead into a large narrow hallway; surrounded by multiple crosses on the wall.
After a few minutes of walking in silence, they came to a large opening of a room at the end of the hallway, it was domed shaped and had Japanese aesthetics and architect designs around the walls. With a single wooden desk in the center of the room, with a single chair, and a large mirror with black trimming behind the desk.
In the chair there was a figure dressed in black, with a white skeleton bone face mask. "Gramps!" Cheered Natsu, as he approached the desk. "Ah my dear boy" Replied the figure as he took off his mask, to reveal a little old man with a white mustache. "Lord Death, it's nice to meet you. I'm Weapon Lucy" Spoke Lucy, as she introduced herself. "Pleasure is all mine, my child" Spoke Lord Death. "Also remember, in my office, I am Master Makarov!" Reminded the man, who was Lord Death; but his real name was Makarov Dreyer.
"Master, what did you call us in here for?" Questioned Gray, "I have a mission for you all. In Japan, they have been having a surge in demon souls popping up. They only have one Meister and Weapon Team there, so I will be sending you six for assistance" Makarov explained.
"Lord Death!" A voice boomed, as Makarov laughed a bit. As a tall man with red hair and a scar running across his right eye then appeared, "So this is your partner huh Natsu?" Spoke the man, it was Igneel Dragneel - Lord Death's most powerful Death Weapon.
"Dad!" Cheered Natsu, as Lucy then turned around to look at Igneel. The red haired man froze, "Stars" He whispered. "Igneel, is something wrong?" Questioned Makarov. "Oh uhm no…. But~ Look at this beautiful lady, thank you for taking care of this idiot that is my own" Igneel said, as he bowed his head.
Lucy chuckled as Natsu pouted his lip, "Shall we all get going?" A voice then called out, as everyone looked, it was Erza and Jellal.
Erza has a large suitcase next to her, as Jellal had a backpack on. "Master Makarov did say six people" Jellal reminded, as it seemed like no one was paying attention. "When did you get packed?" Gray questioned, "We found out late last night and were ready" Jellal added.
"Yeah so hurry up and pack your things!" Erza ordered, as the two pairs then began to leave the office and head back home to pack their stuff.
The six children were all out of Makarov's office, as it was only himself and Igneel left in the room. "The Stars" Igneel said, "I know" Makarov added. "I would not have not expected the daughter of Layla to be partners with my son" Igneel said with a faint laugh of disbelief, as he covered his face with his hand.
"Young Lucy truly does have her mother's soul… The soul of a burning star, a celestial body" Makarov said softly. There was a long silence, it was very serious.
"They'll be okay right?" Questioned Igneel with a worried tone. Makarov was silent. "Maybe" Makarov then sharply said with a deep laugh, "Wahhh! What do you mean maybe!?" Igneel then cried out, as his jaw dropped.
_12 hours later - Wednesday - Chiba, Japan - Japan Branch of DWMFA_
"Wow" Gasped Juvia, as the three pairs stepped out of a van. They were all in front of a five story Japanese temple that has only about fifty stair steps to get to it. "Thank you" Jellal told the driver, as the man driving the van departed the six figures then began to make their way up the steps.
"It's peaceful here" Gray said, "I wouldn't mind living here" He continued, "Neither would I" Jellal added.
As they got to the stop of the staircase, they were greeted by a short girl with long blue hair and a little white cat at her side; she was sweeping up the ground. "Ah welcome" She said as she noticed everyone, she seemed very nervous.
"We are here to meet with Dr. Porlyusica" Erza said, "Uhm you may follow me" Spoke the little girl, as they followed her into the building. "By the way, my name is Wendy" Said the little blue haired girl.
"Nice to meet you Wendy" Said Lucy, "I'm Lucy; and this is Erza and Juvia. And Jellal, Gray, and Natsu" Lucy said, as she waved her hand to point out everyone. "Nice to meet you all," Wendy cheered, as the little white cat started to follow her, as it was walking on it's back legs.
"Oh, is that an Exceed?" Natsu questioned, as the white cat then looked, "Yes I am, my name is Carla" Spoke the white cat. "Oh Happy would have loved to meet you" Lucy commented. Exceed(s) were cats with wildly strong magical abilities.
A smile crossed Wendy's face, "It's very rare to find people who know what Exceeds are" Wendy spoke, "Yeah my dad came home with him one day" Natsu added, "Ah my mom came home with Carla one day too" Wendy said in surprise.
After a little bit, they reached a room, as Wendy knocked and then opened the door. In the room that was a clean office, with large bookshelves on the side, a shelf with multiple vials and jars filled with things labeled medical; a little sitting area with two couches facing each other, and a cherry wood desk.
Sitting at the desk was an older lady, with pink hair that was tied into a bun. While there was a young lady sitting on one of the couches, with long pure white and a blue feather in her hair.
"Porlyusica-San, you have guests from the main academy" Wendy spoke; "Thank you darling, you all may come in" Spoke the lady with the white hair, as she waved her hand. "Bye everyone" Wendy said, as she left with Carla.
As the pink haired lady who was called Porlyusica looked up from the work she was doing at her desk, "You all may take a seat" She said, as she got up from her desk and walked around towards the little sitting area.
"My name is Porlyusica, and this is my partner Grandeeney. We are the Death Weapon and Meister pair that have been placed in charge of the Japan Branch; we first would like to thank you all for coming" Spoke the pink haired female.
"To get to the point of everything, Japan has always had a very rich culture with demons and many paranormal or supernatural entities; but in recent months we have seen a dramatic spike in demons around" Grandeeney explained.
"As you can see our school here is nowhere in size or population as the Academy headquarters in Death City; so at least 99% of our student body is composed of NOT students" Grandeeney added.
"We are hoping that you all could stay with a little bit to help mediate the souls popping up across Japan; as we currently only have one pair out hunting for all the souls… And they have been doing it for months single handedly - I'm worried they are burnt out at this point" Porlyusica then said.
"I see, we are more than happy to help. If we could meet this pair, I'm sure we can establish a sort of rotation for all of us" Erza said. Grandeeney nodded, "You can find them on the 5th floor, in the Library" She said. Erza nodded, as the rest said their thanks, they then went to find the way to get to the top floors.
It was only Grandeeney and Porlyusica left in the room. "Igneel's son sure is a handsome young man" Grandeeney said, Porlyusica nodded, "Lord Death sure did send us an interesting and powerful bunch to aid us… I wonder what that old man is planning" Porlyusica with a low tone, as she rubbed her chin.
_Meanwhile - 5th Level - Library_
"Here we are," Erza said, as she led everyone to the top floor and they found the door label library. As she pushed open the door, it revealed a large room with floor to ceiling bookshelves everywhere; there would have been over a million of books in this library.
"Wow" Lucy gasped, as she was staring in joy at all the books. "We the library is pretty big, maybe we should split up and try to look for the pair" Gray said, everyone agreed.
As everyone split up with their partners. Lucy started to look at the index of all the books and headed towards the very back, in the furthest corner of the library. "Oh Luce, where are you going?" Natsu questioned.
"Natsu, we're in a library, don't be loud" Scolded Lucy, as she continued to walk, and Natsu followed her. As they got to the furthest part of the library, "It should be here" Whined Lucy, as she was scanning hundreds of book spines.
"Luce, this is no time to be looking for books; we should be looking for that Meister and Weapon" Natsu rebuttal.
"Don't worry, we have time - Besides, I know this library has the only copy of this famous book called Daybreak by this author named Kemu Zaleon" Lucy said, as she vigorously looked on. Standing next to one of the rolling ladders that went all the way up to the ceiling, "I bet it's up there!" She called out, as she standed to climb the semi-sturdy ladder.
"What happened to being quiet cause we're in a library" Mocked Natsu, as he held onto the ladder to make sure it was more stable and to ensure Lucy didn't fall. She was about thirty feet in the air, and still had more room to climb.
"I still can't see it up here" Whined Lucy, as she then looked upward and heard whispering. "Someone is up there" She said, as she started to climb up quickly. "Oi Lucy what are you doing?" Natsu called out in worry, as she then disappeared from the ladder.
"Luce?", Natsu gasped, as he instantly started to climb up the ladder, as he got to the area where Lucy was, as he then continued to climb, and then noticed that where the ladder ends; it was a platform to a lounge.
He found Lucy, as there was also a petite blue haired girl, sitting on a couch in the little lounge at the top of the bookshelves.
"Uhm excuse us?" Natsu called out, as the blue haired girl jumped in surprised and closed the book she was reading. "Daybreak!" Gasped Lucy, as then the blue haired girl then looked at Lucy with joy. "Do you know about Daybreak too?" Questioned the girl.
"Yes, I was looking for it! - Oh, I'm sorry, we didn't mean to bother you up here. I guess this is like your private spot" Lucy said, as she tried to laugh it off.
As suddenly there was a tall and muscular built man, standing in front of the little blue haired girl. He had black hair and red eyes, and was covered with piercings. Natsu did the same and stood in front of Lucy.
"Who the hell are ya? And what do ya want?" Growled the black haired male, "Who are you getting aggressive huh?" Natsu growled back. "Gajeel~ Stop!" Whined the blue haired girl, as she then got up and pushed passed him. As the man named Gajeel stepped back, Natsu did the same.
"I'm sorry about him" She said as she tapped him on the arm. "My name is Levy, and this is Gajeel" Spoke the blue haired girl.
"I'm Lucy, and this is Natsu" Lucy replied, "Hm… Lucy.. Lu-Chan" Cheered the girl named Levy. "Well I assume you from the Headquarters?" Questioned Levy, Lucy nodded. "Yup, and we're here with four more people. We are all here to help out" Lucy replied back.
"We don't need ya help bunny girl" Growled the male named Gajeel, "Well you must do if Lord Death himself sent us now huh" Mocked back Natsu, as there was confusion on Lucy's face at the fact that she just got called bunny girl.
As the two pairs then descended the ladder and went to the front of the library, they were able to see Juvia and Gray, along with Erza and Jellal.
"Nice to meet you all, I'm Levy McGarderner" Spoke Levy, as she was very sweet. "I'm Gajeel Redfox" Replied Gajeel, as he frowned as looked over everyone.
"So tell us how your process for hunting across the country works" Erza said, "Well we start at the northern side and then we'll spend a couple of days there and then work our way down the island" Levy explained.
"Japan is pretty large… How could we split it up so it's even" Questioned Juvia, "Well there are eight regions in Japan, and four pairs here. We each could take two regions" Levy then said, "That's a great idea" Erza said.
_Time Skip - Two laters later - Erza and Jellal's team_
Region: Hokkaido & Tohoku
"We finally get a break" Jellal said softly, as he and Erza were relaxing in a rental car, they were currently in the Hokkaido Region, at the very bottom, near the Hakodate Pier. Since Hokkaido and Tohoku are separated by a land of water, they have to take a ferry to get across.
"I can't believe Gajeel and Levy did this all on their own for months" Said Jellal. "Well we are currently at 513 Demon Souls. I wonder how the others are fairing" Erza added, as she pulled out her phone and made a note of the current amount of demon souls that Jellal has devoured.
"Erza look!" Jellal then gasped, as there was a floating girl with an old and torn up sailor school uniform, her eyes glowing red and horns protruding out of her head; she floated past the rental car. Erza sighted, "Let's go" She then commanded as her and Jellal hopped out of the car and began chasing the floating spirit.
_Meanwhile - Gray and Juvia's Team_
Region: Kyushu & Shikoku
"They weren't kidding when they said their has been and increased in Demons" Juvia said, just as she devoured a soul that was burning bright red. As Gray and Juvia were in charge of Kyushu and Shikoku, because they got the island chain, that means they even had to go all the way down the island chain and survey Okinawa.
The pair was currently in Okinawa, they just finished chasing a Demon all the way from Shikoku.
"Ugh now I'm annoyed, we wasted all day chasing that one Demon" Groaned Gray, as he scratched the back of his head. "I'm sorry Gray-Sama, it's my fault Juvia wasn't able to hit him on the first shot" Juvia said as she lowered her head.
There was a pause. Suddenly Gray let out a deep sigh, as Juvia glanced up to look at him; he reached his hand out and patted her on top of her head. "It's never your fault Juvia, It was my fault my aim was off; so don't blame yourself" Gray said.
Juvia's eyes watered a little bit, "Now let's try to find a ferry to take us back" Gray said, as he started walking towards the direction of the dock. "Yes Gray-Sama" She cheered, as she followed him.
_Meanwhile - Gajeel and Levy's Team_
Region: Chugoku & Kinki
"He's getting away" Gajeel yelled, as he was running through a forest, but Levy in his arms. "Hehe you'll never catch me! I am a Kamaitachi" Roared the Demon, as it was a weasel-like figure with razor sharp claws that looked like sickles.
"I'll slice my way through everyone's legs!" Proclaimed the demon, as his claws were stained with a dark-reddish brown tint; it was dried blood.
Gajeel and Levy's region was Chugoku and Kinki; the pair was currently in Kinki, running through a forest, but they were coming up on the region separation line. "Gajeel we have to stop chasing him! They are going into Lu-Chan's regions!" Reminded Levy.
"No way in hell I'm letting that Flame Bastard take this soul!" Roared Gajeel, as they came to in opening, the opening was a part of the region separation line, one the other side of the line there was Natsu and Lucy.
The demon was in the middle of both pairs, as it started to wildly laugh. "I shall slice you!" Roared the demon, as it then started to charge towards Lucy. "Lu-Chan watch out!" Cried out Levy.
A smirk appeared on Lucy's face, just as the demon made contact with her shin, her left turned into the solid gold blade and deflected the attack. The demon withdrew a bit, "Ah you're a weapon too" He slurred.
_Lucy and Natsu's_
Region: Kanto & Chubu
Lucy and Natsu were right at the region area where Chubu and Kinki are separated by. As they came to the clearing, there was a demon, and Gajeel and Levy were right behind the demon.
The demon charged towards Lucy but she turned her legs into a golden blade and she was protected. As the demon drew back a bit.
"Lucy" Natsu called out, as suddenly a golden bladed black staffed scythe appeared in Natsu's hand. Gajeel smirked, "Levy transformed" He commanded, as he tossed her up into the air and she yelped.
As Levy's body began to turn a dark gray color, as then Levy finished her transformation and then there was a large staff with a spiked ball at the end of it. "Levy's a Morning Star" Lucy said in surprise.
"Are you surprised Lu-Chan? I guess you didn't expect my weapon form to be like this" Levy said, as their talk was cut short by Natsu charging at the end; swinging around the scythe, the demon dodged it and then went to charge at Gajeel.
Gajeel swung around the Morningstar, but the demon jumped out of the way again. "Aye Flame idiot, get back to your own region. This one's ours" Gajeel yelled, as he charged towards the demon.
The demon charged back towards Gajeel again, as the demon flashed his sharp claws and made contact with the morning star. "Extend" Gajeel commanded, as the spikes at the end of the weapon then extended towards the demon; piercing him.
"No it's ours!" Roared back Natsu, as he charged the demon from behind, before it could move from where it was. It was trapped by one of the spikes of the morning star. Natsu slashed the back of the demon; it then roared out in pain.
Natsu and Gajeel both backed away and got distance from the demon, as it continued to scream. "My brethren come to me!~" Roared the demon, as he let out a high pitch screech.
Shifting of the surrounding could then be heard, as shadows then started to run around the opening. And four figures then appeared, surrounding the injured demon.
"My brothers we call kill these humans and devour their souls" Spoke the second demon. "Yes, we shall" Hissed the third demon. They all looked like, all resembling weasels. The uninjured four demons took stances as they were ready to attack.
"Lucy get ready" Natsu ordered, "I'm ready" Lucy replied, "Stay out of this flame brain. Levy and I are gonna finish this" Gajeel then said with a very serious voice. As he slowly walked towards the group of five demons.
Natsu was about to retaliate, but Lucy stopped him. As Lucy then watched on intensely. "Their souls are resonating… It's Soul Resonance" Lucy told Natsu in awe, as she stared on, looking at their souls.
'I can see it… Gajeel's soul looks like an iron ore, and Levy-Chan's soul looks like a book', Lucy thought to herself.
As a swirls of light grey colored wind started to surround Gajeel, as he then held the morning star weapon high into the air. "I'll show you just way we are ahead of you Salamander" Roared Gajeel, as the spiked iron ball then popped off the top of the metal staff, and started to fly around the five demons; but it was still attached by a chain.
Flashes of lights exploded from around Gajeel, as his soul then expanded, "Iron Maiden" Gajeel then commanded, as a ghostly tomb shaped as a human coffin appeared. It was ten feet tall, and closed, as the door started to open; a pull of wind started to pull the demons in.
"Brothers what is happening?!" Cried out one demon, as he got sucked into the coffin. "Run my brothers!" Called out the third demon, as he cried to run away but the wind caught him and he was getting dragged in.
"Gihihi~ None shall escape the Iron Maiden" Gajeel roared, as he let out a deep laugh, "The more you struggle… The more the Iron Maiden shall grip you" Levy's tiny voice chimed in.
The Iron Maiden is a medieval torture device, consisting of an iron cabinet with a hinged front and spike-covered interior - And that's exactly what this attack was.
"Please spare us" Cried another demon, as moments later the remaining demons were sucked into the ghostly tomb; the cries and screams could still be heard. Slowly the door then started to close, as the begging and cries of the demons began to vanish; the door then slam shut completely.
Gajeel then waved around the club, as the chain started to retract and bring the spiked ball back to its original position at the top of the club. The large ghostly coffin started to crack and simply shattered away - It all all over.
Lucy transformed back, as she started in complete awe. As Levy also transformed back and five demon souls were around there, "Here Lu-Chan; at least one is yours" Levy said, as she passed the red orb to Lucy.
Levy and Lucy devoured the souls, "Thank you for the meal" Levy said, as Gajeel came up from behind her and placed his hand on her head. "What did ya think of that Soul Resonance?" Questioned Gajeel, with a smug smirk on his face.
"How long did it take you guys to be able to get it done?" Lucy questioned, "Not too long honestly" Levy replied. As Natsu came up from behind Lucy, "Luce we have to try a Soul Resonance too!" Natsu called out.
"We aren't ready yet," Lucy said with a soft voice. "Well we are going to finish patrolling, see you later Lu-Chan" Levy cheered, as she and Gajeel began to walk away. Lucy turned around and told Natsu that they should do the same.
It was silent between the pair, "Was that your first time seeing a Soul Resonance?" Lucy questioned, trying to break the awkward silence. "Nope; Erza and Jellal do it all the time; and I think that ice bastard is almost able to do it" Natsu replied.
"I see…" Lucy said softly, as she lowered head. "It's okay though, we'll get there," Natsu said with a faint smile. As Lucy looked at him, she could tell that smile was fake. "Uhm - I have twenty souls now!" Lucy then said, trying to brighten up the mood. Natsu looked and flashed a real smile. "That's great" He then cheered.
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