a few days later in Magnolia, the day is just starting as the sun rises to shine its warm sunlight, birds were flying in the air, clouds were floating and moving ever so slowly in the blue sky.

We turn our attention in the eastern forest and within Natsu's home as the salmon haired mage is currently still asleep on his bed with Kiara who laid beside him before her hind legs started scratching her head from an itch and then went back to sleep.

Natsu snores quietly in his sleep before he turns his position to get a more comfortable position. As Natsu dreams, we look into his dreams.


Natsu sits upon a large stone while holding his katana that is being polished with a small napkin. he raise the weapon up and looks at the shining light reflection upon its blade. Natsu looks at his katana before he continued to polish it a few times and after polishing it, he sheathed the katana.

He got off the large stone and heads south where he passes by Ikaruga who had dropped a hair pin on the ground. Natsu picked up the hair pin and went to the woman who turns to look at him and smiled.

Ikaruga thanked Natsu as the man nodded

"My name is Natsu Daimou" Natsu introduces himself to her and then asked "you are?'

"it is Ikaruga" Ikaruga replied before Sakura petals started to rain down upon them as her pink hair started to dance from a breeze.


Natsu's eyelids open up as he wakes up from his dream because his bed is invaded by Haruka and Haruo who are jumping around to wake him up while causing Kiara to ran away in fright.

"PAPA! WAKE UP! PAPA!" exclaimed Haruka and Haruo as both keep on jumping on the bed. Natsu sat up as he sighs while rubbing the back of his head.

"alright, I am awake" said Natsu as he sat his legs on the floor while Haruka and Haruo jumps off the bed, then made a dash out of the room.

Natsu cracked his neck to the sides before he rubs his neck and got out of his bed, but as soon as he is near the door, he hears Kiara squealing for his attention. Natsu looks down and sees Kiara on the floor, near some Sakura petals that are around the bed.

Natsu got near as he bends down to pick one up and his nose sniffed a woman's scent from the petals. He looks at the petal as he caresses it in his palm. Natsu stands back up as he took a glance to a table where there is a pink crane origami beside a small picture frame of him with his kids when they were still infants.

he went and took hold of the origami into his palm as there are several kanji like writings written on the wings of the paper crane. Natsu looks at the kanji writings as his lips formed a small smile with his eyes softening.

"eternal love…..huh?" said Natsu as he understood the meaning of the letters before he slowly placed the paper crane

"PAPA!" Haruka and Haruo called out to their father as Natsu turns to look at the door before back to the paper crane on the table. He softly looks at the paper crane before he went to the door.

"I am coming" said Natsu as he got out of his room with Kiara following behind.


meanwhile at Fairy Hills, Lucy with Levy walked out of the dorm's gates as they are heading for the Guild, first thing in the morning. The two girls walks down the path as they chatted while heading straight for the guild.

"thanks to my last quest, I can pay the rent and stay in for a month" said Lucy as she is now a resident of Fairy Hills, along with Levy and other girls. She stretched her hands up and heard the sounds of her bones popping in her morning stretch.

"better get another high paying job next, Lu-chan." Said Levy before pulling out a request paper from out of nowhere. "and I happen to have one that is fit for our criteria!"

"that's Levy-chan!" said Lucy with a smile as she has been sometimes going with Levy with her team on combined quests.

The girls continued to chat as it took a whole 15 minutes for them to arrive at the guild and the place is already packed with the members inside.

"talk about morning birds" said Lucy seeing so many people already in the guild. "almost everyone is in the guild now"

Lucy and Levy went to the bar where Mira with Lisanna were at, the sisters were prepping up the bar together before Elfman came and placed a crate that he is carrying behind the bar. Cana is there at the bar as she is drinking her morning round of alcohol.

"morning you two" said Lisanna to Lucy and Levy who came and sat down beside Cana.

"morning, Mira-san, Lisanna-san" said Lucy greeting the two sisters in the morning before doing the same to Cana.

"morning" said Mira as she is in the middle of filling up a teapot with hot water.

The group started chatting around while the rest of the guild members just do their daily things, either drinking, chatting, or looking for any good request to take. While in the chat, Lucy realized that Makarov isn't around and asked on where he went.

"he went to Clover town for the regular Guild Master meeting" replied Lisanna as she dried a wet glass mug.

"The regular meeting?" Lucy raised an eyebrow in question as she had no idea.

"It's a meeting where all Guild Masters of the region gather to exchange information. it's a bit different from the council, though." explained Mirajane as she reached into her pocket and took out a magic tool called the Light Pen.

Mirajane began to draw the organizational chart of the mage world as she spoke, "The one's in charge of the magic world are the ten members of the council, who also have ties to the government. Their job is to maintain order in the world of magic. If a mage breaks the law, they also have the authority to pass judgement." she explained and then gestured to another section of her diagram, "And beneath them are the guild master league, where the guild master gather. They distribute the decrees of the council. Maintenance communication between guilds of the same region and keep us united."

"It seems like a pretty hard work," Lucy commented while having a hand under her chin. "I didn't know that guilds were connected like that."

"It's important to maintain cooperation between guilds. if it's neglected..." said Levy as she trailed off while having a grim face.

"you will be chased by the darkness" said Natsu who appeared behind the two girls who let out a shriek of fright because of how Natsu just appeared behind them and without them even hearing him coming.

"morning, Natsu" said Lisanna, greeting Natsu while pouring some tea into a cup, her knowing how Natsu always come for tea every now and then, so she served up tea beforehand.

"morning" said Natsu as he wore a plain red shirt with jeans. Behind the man is Haruka and Haruo, both wearing matching red and pink clothing.

"morning!" said the twins as they greeted Lucy and the others.

"Morning, Haruka-chan, Haruo-chan" said Lucy and the others before seeing Haruka and Haruo got up to the seats beside Cana who is still drinking her beer.

"man, Natsu. You had us scared" said Levy, reminiscing of how Natsu just appears out of nowhere.

"is that so?" replied Natsu as he took a seat and took the cup of tea which he sips and sighs before he sees Kiara hopping to his shoulder and then to the table where she got served with a plate of roasted nuts by Mira.

"by the way, what do you mean by 'you will be chased by the darkness'?" asked Lucy, referring to what Natsu had said before.

"it's Natsu's phrase for Dark Guilds." Said Mirajane while gaining Lucy's attention. Mira pointed to one part of her diagram as it spelled 'Dark Guild' "These people aren't part of the league and they are called Dark Guilds. They are often engaged in illegal activities."

"they don't follow the rules and they don't care of what they do" added Levy while pointing a single finger up "We will probably meet a lot of them in the future and believe me, they won't be friendly."

"dark guilds, huh?" said Lucy while thinking of the bad things that one dark guild can commit.

"hey, Lucy-neechan" Haruo called out to Lucy who glance at the little boy. "are you and Levy-neechan going on a request? Can I come too?"

"ah! no fair! I was going to ask Lucy-neechan first!" exclaimed Haruka to her brother "I want to go on a request with Lucy-neechan too!"

"no! me!" exclaimed Haruo to his sister before the two butt heads.

"no! me!" retorted Haruka as the two got into a glaring competition.

"come on, you two. Don't fight" said Lucy while frantically afraid that the two siblings might fight. "we can go together, alright?"

"no! I want to go without Haruka! I am older than her and that means I can go on a team request first!" said Haruo with a proudful look.

"says who!? Papa told me that I'm the older one here!" exclaimed Haruka before puffing her cheeks.

"no! Papa said that I'm the older one!" retorted Haruo as he puffs his own cheeks.

The two started to grumble against each other while Lucy tried to calm them down.

"come on, you two. Don't fight!" said Levy as she and Lucy took the two away from each other before placing them far from each other as they sit at the edge while in between them are Natsu, Lucy, Levy, and Cana as the four made a boundary over the twins.

"you still can't tell on who is the older one?" asked Lisanna to Natsu who is getting his tea refilled by Mira.

"no" replied Natsu as he looks at Kiara who is munching on the roasted nuts before he sips his tea again. "I was never told on who was born first"

Haruka and Haruo glared at each other with puffed up cheeks as they still want to go on a request with Lucy and Levy while without the other.

"enough" said Natsu as he placed his cup on the table and glanced at his kids "puff your cheeks anymore and both of you won't have sweets for an entire month"

"he/she started it!" said Haruka and Haruo while pointing at each other before they shut their mouths when Natsu's eyes glows red and his right hand is on the handle of his katana.

"who started it?" asked Natsu as his glowing red eyes turned emotionless.

"N-nothing!" said Haruka and Haruo, both not wanting to anger their father.

"that is what I thought" said Natsu as his right hand lets go of his katana's handle and holds his cup of tea then lifts it up for him to drink.

"scary" said Lucy, seeing the method Natsu use to stop his kids from fighting.

"Natsu becomes that when the two won't behave," said Levy with an awkward and scared smile.

"what's all the fuss about?" said Gray as he sat on a table with Loke, both having a share of drinks and snacks together.

"Haruka and Haruo here wants to go on a quest with Lucy but they don't want to go without the other" said Cana who patted Haruka's head, the little girl doing her best to behave. "geez, these two can be such a handful sometimes"

"I can see where the two are going" said Gray before looking at Lucy. "Lucy is after all the one who took out two mercenaries and a gorilla maid, right? Haruka and Haruo probably want to join up with her because of how strong she is"

"uh…" said Lucy with an awkward smile as a few days back, she and Natsu took a joined mission to take a book from a man named Everlue. Lucy didn't do anything big as Natsu handled everything and took out an entire mansion down to the ground. Lucy pointed at Natsu and awkwardly said "Natsu is actually the one who did all of that"

"oh, that makes more sense" said Gray while rubbing his chin, the man now in his boxers.

"Gray, your clothes" said Lisanna while covering Haruka's eyes with a metal tray.

"aagh! When did that happen!?" exclaimed Gray before he ran away to find his clothes back.

"that guy never changes" said Mira while sighing before looking to Lucy who is somehow getting flirted with Loke

"Lucy, right? how about we form a team of love tonight, just the two of us?" said Loke to Lucy with a sparkling smile "You really are beautiful! I'm forced to look at you through these sunglasses. If I take them off, i'd become blind for sure!"

"then take them off and go blind" said Lucy with an annoyed face as she hates flirting type boys.

Loke was about to flirt some more with her before his eyes caught the sight of her Gate Keys stored on a holder strapped to her belt that made his eyes widen in shock.

"Y-You're a Celestial Spirit wizard?!" shouted Loke in shock while jumping a few feet away from her.

"yeah? What of it?" asked Lucy with a question mark appearing above her head.

"what a cruel twist of fate!" shouted loke in tears before he ran out of the guild "I'm sorry! But it's over between us!"

"did we even have something that started?" said Lucy while watching Loke just run away.

"Loke once got some trouble with a Celestial Spirit mage before" said Levy as she explained to Lucy about Loke's strange behaviour to her.

"I thought so" said Lucy with a sigh while seeing Gray coming back with his clothes back on.

"so about the quest" said Levy to Lucy as the two planned to go on a quest with Jet and Droy but she got cut off by the sound of the guild doors slammed open and Loke who is panting hard as if he had run a marathon.

"he's back so fast" said Lisanna while placing a plate of sandwiches for Haruka and Haruo who are drinking up glass of milk courtesy of the short white haired girl herself.

"this is bad!" exclaimed Loke as everyone in the guild had their attention to the man. Loke took a few deep breathes before he continued "Erza…..she's back!"

Everyone in the guild with the exception of Natsu, Lucy, Mira, Lisanna, Haruka, and Haruo had the colour of their face go down the drain.

"E-Erza is coming back?!" said Gray before he looks down and sees that his clothes are gone again. "oh crap!"

Gray ran to find his clothes again as he is looking extremely afraid of who Erza is.

"Erza? I think I heard that name before" said Lucy as she cups her chin and started thinking. "isn't she like an S Class Mage of Fairy Tail?"

"yeah, and she's the strongest female mage in the guild too" said Levy before she felt an ominous aura behind her that made her body shiver in fear.

"you said that the red haired glutton is stronger than me, Levy?" said Mira who had a tick mark glowing on her forehead while she is cracking her knuckles.

"n-n-no! I am just saying stronger in a….a…a….a swordsmanship way! Yeah! That's it!" said Levy in a frantic and scared voice.

"that's what I thought" said Mira as she cracked her knuckles before punching a fist into an open palm. "I hate being compared with her!"

"w-w-what's wrong with Mira-san?" said Lucy while looking scared.

"Mira-nee and Erza have a bad history in the past, you see" said Lisanna while pouring more tea for Natsu.

Everyone soon heard heavy and loud footsteps coming from the door as there appeared a shadow of something large coming.

In a few minutes time, Erza Scarlet entered the Guild while carrying a large horn that is decorated.

"I'm back. Where is the Master?" said Erza before she sets down the large horn to the floor, making a small tremor to went through the ground.

"Welcome back" said Lisanna as she greeted Erza before everyone else "The Master is at the Regular meeting in Clover Town."

"I see." Said Erza as she nodded before looking down as Haruka and Haruo ran to her.

"Erza-neechan!" the two squealed as they hug Erza's legs while having big smiles. "welcome back!"

"I'm back, Haruka, Haruo" said Erza with a smile as she caresses the twin's head. "you two been well?"

"yup!" said Haruka and Haruo in reply while nodding their head once.

"Umm Erza-san, what is that huge thing?" asked Max while pointing at the large horn beside Erza and the twins.

"Oh this." Said Erza as she placed a palm on the horn "The local townspeople decorated the horn of a monster I had defeated. They gave it to me a souvenir. Will it be a nuisance here?"

"Not at all!" replied Max and the others as they frantically waved their hands around.

"She is quite different from what I imagined." Muttered Lucy, thinking that Erza is a superpower woman with raw muscles but here she is as a young woman with beautiful looks.

"All of you!" Erza suddenly exclaimed as she glared draggers at the mages making them sweat, "I heard some rumors during my absence. About how Fairy Tail keeps causing problems. Master might forgive you, but I will not!"

"Cana! how dare you drink in such a shameful manner when Haruka and Haruo are here?!" "Vijeeter! take the dancing outside!" "Wakaba you're dropping ashes everywhere!" "Nab! stop staring at the request board and pick up a damn job already!" Erza pointed out at everyone's behaviour before sighing and pinched the bridge of her nose before saying "Geez you're all so troubmesome. Anyway, I won't say anything today."

"She said quite a lot already" said Lucy with a sweatdrop before she whispered to Lisanna "is she with the disciplinary committee or something?"

"that's Erza" said Lisanna with a smile.

Erza soon looks to the side and her eyes turned into a glare as she sets her sight on Mirajane who is covered in a menacing purple aura.

"welcome back, glutton face. Back so soon from wimpland?" asked Mira with a smile while she crack her knuckles.

"I have, and I can see that you are still wearing heavy make up. You cosmetic eating machine" said Erza in reply as a spark of rivalry flies between the two. Levy and Cana taking away Haruka and Haruo in between as they can tell a coming catfight.

"Demon whore!" "Glutton Slut!" "succubus!" "shit for brains!" "dog bait!" "pussy cat!" Mira and Erza threw insults at each other as both butt their foreheads while growling at one another.

"what is going on?!" exclaimed Lucy while in fright as she can feel a rising magic power coming from the two women.

"Mira and Erza don't like each other since we were kids" said Levy as she covered Haruka's ears while Cana did the same to Haruo's, preventing the two from learning bad words at such a young age. "they always go to get the other dead"

"they hate each other that much?!" exclaimed Lucy before she yelped and ducks when a table went flying over her head.

"bitch!" "whore!" Mira and Erza got into a power struggle as both gritted their teeth while glaring at one another. The two punched each other's fist as the floor cracked from their attack.

Everyone heads for cover as Mira and Erza started a brawl with one another, both pulling each other hair, punching each other's face, and slamming one another to the floor, it is the pure description of a battlefield in the guild.

"they are going to destroy the guild!" said Lucy while scared as she and the others got to cover behind the bar where Natsu is still drinking his cup of tea while Kiara munches on her roasted nuts.

Natsu drinks his tea as he finished it before glancing behind to see the two women fighting one another.

"what a bother" said Natsu as he got off his seat and heads to the fight.

"fucking bitch!" "shameless whore!" exclaimed Mira and Erza at each other as both readied to use their magic but Natsu came in between and surprised them. "eh!?"

BANG! POW! BANG! BANG!

Mira and Erza's head were on the floor with several steaming bumps on their head, courtesy of Natsu who cracked his knuckles.

"guild brawls aren't allowed, right?" said Natsu as he looks down at the two.

"strong!" said Lucy as she knew that Natsu is strong, Mira as well but she never knew that he was so strong to knock out two S-class mages at the same time.

"owowow" said Mira as she got back up while holding her aching head, Erza doing the same as Natsu's punch is powerful and painful.

"welcome back, Erza" said Natsu, greeting Erza home.

"huh? Natsu….ah, I'm back" said Erza while standing up, her right hand rubbing her aching head.

"phew, he stopped them" said Macao as he and the others were glad that the brawl between the two women had stopped.

"you two are still children like in the past, huh?" said Natsu while rolling his eyes and placed a hand to his waist.

"She started it!" Mira and Erza exclaimed in unison while pointing a finger at each other. Natsu grabs their fingers and bend them upwards, the two women started to yelp in pain while going down on one knee.

"who started it?" asked Natsu as Erza and Mira started to apologize to one another because their index fingers are in pain. "that's what I thought"

"he sure is stronger than the two" said Lucy as everyone watched Natsu let go of Erza and Mira's index fingers, both caressing their finger that is just in pain from being bend the wrong way.

"Natsu is far stronger than any S-class mage in the guild, his power rivals that of Master himself" said Lisanna while cleaning up a mug with a towel.

"so?" said Natsu as he looks at Erza "how was your job?"

"about that" said Erza before she looks around and then looks back at Natsu "is Gray here?"

"here!" Gray appeared magically beside Natsu while doing a salute. "what is it, Erza?!"

"I need your help" said Erza to Gray before looking at Natsu "from the both of you actually"

This sent everyone into shock, confusion, and a little panic. There were muttering all over the guild.

"What's going on?!" "This is the first time Erza needed help!" "Erza needs Gray and Natsu's help?" "Those three in a team?!" "The world is ending!"

"I overheard some troubling things, while I was on my mission. Normally I would consult the master about something this. But this is an urgent matter." Erza explain, putting her hands on her hips. "I need you both to lend me your strength. You'll help me, right?"

"that's rare, even for you, Erza" said Gray while crossing his arms. "what's the problem?"

"it is better to speak when we are on our way to Onibus" said Erza before looking at Natsu. "can you lend me your strength?"

"very well" said Natsu while shrugging his shoulders and continued "I have nothing planned for today"

"we want to come too!" said Haruka and Haruo with cheers as they run and hugs Natsu's legs. "we want to come too, Papa!"

"no" said Natsu with a stern voice. "if Erza needs help with something, it must be dangerous and that means no for the two of you"

"eeehh?!" said Haruka and Haruo before they puff their cheeks and started pouting.

"I'll be going to pack up first" said Gray as he left the guild first to prepare.

"Meet up at the train station in one hour!" Erza shouted as Gray waved a hand in reply before she turns to look at Natsu.

"I think just having Gray's help will do, Natsu" said Erza seeing how Haruka and Haruo look like they were about to cry "you don't need to come if you can't"

Natsu shook his head before he ruffles Haruka's and Haruo's head then looks at the twins.

"this job is too dangerous, therefore you two must stay" said Natsu to his kids with a small smile. "I promise that we can go on request together with Lucy and the others when we get back, but for now the two of you have to be patient, alright?"

Haruka and Haruo puffs their cheeks even more before they hold out their right hands with their pinkie fingers out.

"promise?" said Haruka and Haruo to Natsu who nodded before he leans down his right hand with his pinkie finger out.

"I promise" said Natsu as his bigger pinkie finger intertwined with Haruka and Haruo's, the three sharing a promise before Natsu patted their heads. Natsu stands up as he whistled and Kiara came climbing up his back and to his shoulder, he then turns to look at Mira. "take care of the two while I'm away"

"yeah" said Mira while holding her right hand index finger, the limb still hurts after being bend the wrong way. Natsu nodded before he looks at Erza who nodded to him.

"let's go" said Natsu as he walks towards the door, followed by Erza.

"have a safe trip!" said Haruka and Haruo while waving their right hand up, wishing their father to be safe. Natsu waved a hand back as so did Kiara who waved her paw instead.

"Erza, Gray, and Natsu…" said Lisanna while cupping her chin as Lucy looks at her. "this might be the most powerful team that has ever been created"


one hour then passed as Natsu, Lucy, and Gray are at the Magnolia Train Station, waiting on Erza to come. The three stood by their train as Erza is a tad late.

"so? why you came along?" asked Gray while leaning against a podium.

"Lisanna said that I would need the experience to handle a big job. So, she encouraged me to come with" replied Lucy while carrying Plue in her arms, near the two is Natsu. the man wore his cloak while sitting by a bench as he just sat there silently with his eyes closed while Kiara is on his head, the little Pop Fox curled up in a ball.

Lucy looks at Natsu before to Gray and whispers "does he always wear a cloak when he goes on a job?"

"beats me" replied Gray "and don't try to whisper, he has enhanced hearing after all"

"really?" said Lucy in surprise before the two turns and sees Natsu standing up from his bench and looks to the side.

"she's here" said Natsu as Lucy and Gray looks at him before to the side as they see Erza coming into view.

"Erza-sa- Wah!" Lucy called out to her but her eyes popped out of their sockets when she saw the amount of luggage that Erza brought with.

"Sorry, did I made you wait?" said Erza as she pulled the cart that is carrying her luggage.

"just how much does she pack with her?" said Lucy with a sweat drop before seeing Erza's attention is to her.

"And you are? I think I saw you in the guild before." Said Erza, her attention is to the blonde mage.

"I'm the new recruit, Lucy. Nice to meet you" said Lucy as she greeted Erza before doing a bow.

"I am Erza. It's nice to make your acquaintance." Replied Erza with a smile before crossing her arms "so you're Lucy, huh? I heard that you beat a gorilla monster with a single finger"

"why does everyone think that I did such things by myself?" thought Lucy as she wondered who spreads weird rumours about herself.

"This mission will be a bit risky, but with your performance in you last mission. I am sure you'll be fine." Said Erza with a head nod and a smile.

"R-risky?!" said Lucy in fright while paling a bit. 'I only came because I needed experience, though!'

"let's get going" said Natsu as he hears the train conductor's whistle, that means that the train is about to leave. Kiara squealed before she hops to Natsu's shoulder and got a few chin scratches from the man.

"yes" said Erza as everyone gets on board the train.


The train's engine whistles again before the transportation started to run on the rail tracks and out of Magnolia station, taking its passengers to Onibus station.

Natsu and the others sat at their passenger seats as Gray with Natsu and Erza with Lucy.

"explain to us what you need our help in" said Natsu as he looks at Erza with Kiara doing the same.

Erza nodded and began to explain, "Our opponents is the dark guild: Eisenwald. They intend to cause trouble with some magic Called Lullaby."

"Lullaby?" said Gray as Erza nodded

"It was on the way back on my last job. In the city of Onibus, I stopped at a bar where Mages gather..." said Erza, recalling where she heard of such information

flashback

Erza sat by the bar as she drinks her beverage quietly before she heard some yelling from a nearby table.

"Hey! Where is my sake?!" a voice echoed through the bar and even people outside could hear it.

Erza turns and sees a group of four people seated by a table, the one who yelled seemed to have whiskers on his face. he had a great resemblance to a rat.

"Hey calm down!" one of his companion told him as he leaned back into his chair.

"How can I calm down?!" he shouted as he slammed his empty mug on the table, "We finally found where Lullaby is hidden, but that damn seal is an obstacle!"

"You talk too loud!" a hooded man shouted at him.

"No need to rush." a man with black hair said while standing up with a smile, "I will take care of the rest, you guys can return to the guild. Tell Erigor-san that I will be back with Lullabay in three days!"

flashback

"So those guys were part of Eisenwald." said Gray with a serious face.

"Yes. I didn't realize it at first. Until i remembered the name Erigor, Eisenwald's ace. He is called 'the Grim Reaper' because he only accepts assassination requests." Said Erza as her eyes hardened like steel as she spoke.

"Grim Reaper?!" Lucy asked in panic as she began to sweat buckets.

"you're leaking" said Gray while pointing at Lucy.

"it's sweat!" said Lucy while looking scared.

"Eisenwald's plan is to use Lullaby, huh?" said Natsu who closed his eyes before opening them. "I see"

"yes, but I didn't think that I would be able to defeat an entire dark guild by myself, so I requested your and Gray's strength for help" said Erza with a head nod.

"Sounds interesting!" declared Gray with an excited smile, "But what this Lullaby is?"

"Death Magic" said Natsu as everyone's attention is to the man. Natsu's eyes were squinted but if one looks closer, they can see that his eyes were glowing a bit reddish blood colour. "it's a Living Magic Spell, and the creation of Zeref"

"Zeref? As in the Black Wizard of Death?!" asked Lucy shocked.

"You mean it's one of Zeref's demons?" said Gray while having hardened eyes.

"how do you know about this, Natsu?" asked Erza as she needed to know more.

"i just happen to know, that is all" replied Natsu as he closed his eyes and said "for now, we have to find Eisenwald and take Lullaby before they can use it. That magic can cause thousands of other's deaths; except for the one who plays its melody"

"A black Magic curse that saps the life out of the person it's cast upon." Said Lucy while shaking a bit in fear.

"If I had remembered the name Erigor, I would have beaten up those mages so hard until they told me about their plans!" said Erza while clenching her armored fists.

"s-scary" said Lucy with a scared look.

Moments later, the train hit a quick stop by another station where there are more passengers getting on board while some were getting off.

Lucy and the others bought meals as they still had a long way before they reach Onibus station.

"By the way, what kind of magic do you use Erza-san?" asked Lucy while holding a sandwich in hand.

"just Erza is fine" replied Erza while having a slice of strawberry cheesecake in hand. "and I use Requip Magic."

"requip?" said Lucy before Erza lifted her left hand up and a dagger appeared in her palm then disappeared. "wow!"

"it's basically a magic that stores weapons and calls them out from a pocket dimension" Erza explained her magic.

"what about you, Gray?" Lucy asked as she looks at Gray who put his hands in a gesture, cold air coming out of his palm and on Gray's palm is an ice sculpture of Fairy Tail's symbol.

"wow!" said Lucy as Gray handed the ice sculpture to her.

"It's Ice Maker Magic" said Gray "I can mold my ice into anything that I can think of"

"oh!" said Lucy amazed before looking to Natsu who is just sitting by his seat just silently "What about you, Natsu?"

"what?" said Natsu as he glance at Lucy.

"I never seen you use your magic before ever since I joined the guild, what magic do you have?" asked Lucy, curious to know.

"just strengthening magic. that is all" replied Natsu before closing his eyes.

"what are you saying, Natsu?" said Erza with a smile "you use Fire Magic, right?"

"that was in the past" replied Natsu "I don't use it anymore"

"eh? Why?" said Lucy, curious but Natsu didn't spoke another word.

"the guy has his reasons, don't nose in his private life anymore" said Gray while munching on a sandwich.

"o-oh ok" said Lucy as she is a bit confused on why Natsu never use his fire magic anymore.

Natsu peeks an eye open as he glanced to the side to see someone with black hair, wearing a white coat and white jeans sitting by a passenger seats a few rows away.

'I sense it" said Natsu in his mind as he placed a hand on the scabbard of his katana under his cloak


A few minutes later, the train arrived at Onibus station where Erza and the others started getting off the train and into the station.

"Do you think those guys from Eisenwald are in this city?" asked Gray while they were heading off the station.

"I don't know. That's what we are going to find out." Erza replied as she dragged her cart of Luggage that Kiara sitting on top.

"Hey, where is Natsu?" asked Lucy as she noticed that they are missing one person.

"Kiara is here then that means" said Gray as he looks at Kiara who is scratching her head with her right hind leg before the group looks at the train that is leaving.

"ah, it left" said everyone in unison.


Within the train, Natsu stood inside as there are large slash marks everywhere. The man looks down at a young black-haired man with white shirt and white pants, and he looks pissed scared of Natsu. He is Kageyama who Natsu presumes to be a member of Eisenwald.

"I ask you again" said Natsu as his eyes glows red while in his right hand is a small dagger knife which he threw and nearly hits Kageyama's head but miss it by a few inches. "where is Erigor?"

"K-Kunugi Station! I-I was supposed to meet up there with Erigor-san to give him Lullaby!" exclaimed Kageyama while taking out a skeleton headed flute from inside his shirt and showed it to Natsu.

"give it to me" Natsu said as he reach his left hand out "and I will let you go with your life"

Kageyama nodded and was about to give the flute to Natsu before suddenly the train stopped

"this is" said Natsu as he balanced himself from the sudden stop that Kageyama took as a chance to escape.

"See you, sucker!" Kageyama shouted as he got to another part of the train and took off the pin that separates the train carts together.

Natsu clicked his tongue in annoyance as the train cart he is in started to slow down after no longer getting pulled by the train at front. Natsu was about to give chase before he heard an engine roar coming from outside the train. He went to a nearby window and saw Erza with the others coming to train while driving a magical transport car.

Natsu got out of the train as he jumped off and landed within the magical transport car that shook a bit from his hard landing.

"h-hey!" exclaimed Gray while hanging onto the car.

"after the train," said Natsu to Erza who is driving "there is someone inside and has Lullaby in his grasp"

"what?!" said Erza and the others in surprise.

"get to Oshibana Station, we need to catch that train" said Natsu as Erza nodded before hitting the engine hard as the car's wheel spins fast before it took off.


Meanwhile at Kunugi station, the train hit a stop as the passengers were forced off board by the members of Eisenwald.

"This station belongs to Eisenwald!" shouted the Grim Reaper Erigor, the leader of Eisenwald. "Get all the passengers off the train now! Resist and you die!"

Erigor and his Guild had hijacked the train as soon as it arrived at the station. They all got on board and met with Kageyama.

"Erigor-san.. " said Kageyama who got bruised up from his fight with Natsu that is one sided.

Erigor raised an eyebrow at his state and said in curiositty "What the hell happened?"

"It's nothing. More importantly, here." Said Kageyama before handing over to Erigor, the skull headed flute to him "I managed to break the seal somehow!"

Erigor took the flute from his hand and examined it. An evil smirk made it's way toward his face, "So this is the forbidden Lullaby, eh?" He grinned like madman, "Originaly this flute was nothing more than a tool used for deadly curses. But the great Black Wizard Zeref turned it into a demonic flute! All those who hear the melody played by this flute will die! This means... The mass death curse Magic, Lullaby!" he finished with a laugh. He then turned to his men and shouted, "Men! Let's begin the operation!"

"Right!" all of them shouted.


That's a wrap!

Bye bye