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Chapter 3: Infiltrate the Everlue Mansion
A few days after the Mt. Hakobe incident, Lucy had found a comfy little apartment for herself. Alyssa had offered her a room at Fairy Hills, Fairy Tail's women's dormitory, but the blonde girl wanted a place to call her own. She had just gotten out of a relaxing hot bath and was changing when she heard a knock on her door.
"Be there in a sec," Lucy said as she put on a red t-shirt and jeans. She opened her door and saw Alyssa clad in a red tracksuit. She also had something strapped to her back, but Lucy couldn't quite make out what it was.
"Buongiorno, Lucy," Alyssa greeted as she wiped some sweat off her brow.
"Mornin', Alyssa," Lucy replied. "What brings you to my cozy little place?"
"Oh, I was just doing some early morning jogging. And since I was passing by, I figured I'd stop by to see how you're doing."
"Aw, thanks," Lucy said. "Hey, if you want something to drink, you can come on in."
"Thanks, Lucy," Alyssa said. And as she walked in, Lucy's eyes widened as she got a good look at what Alyssa was carrying on her back. A massive block of solid iron.
"Just what kind of jogging you were doing?" Lucy asked with a shocked expression as Alyssa placed the iron block near the door, making a loud 'thud' sound as it touched the floor.
"Oh, nothing too tough. Just a few laps around Magnolia with some extra weight," Alyssa said with absolute sincerity as she rolled and rubbed her shoulders, all with a cheery smile to boot. Lucy figured she'd be better off not asking Alyssa what she considered a 'tough' workout to be.
A few minutes later, the blonde brought them two cups of tea.
"Sorry about the place," Lucy said, looking around at the luggage strewn about the apartment. "I wasn't ready to have guests over yet."
"It's alright," Alyssa replied as she took a sip of her tea. "Ooh, this is pretty good. It's got a bit of kick to it; what kind is it?"
"It's ginger tea," Lucy said. Her expression changed to one of curiosity. "You know, I'm surprised you even decided to visit me. I figured you and the guys would already be off on another job."
"Well, Zeke's the one who usually picks out our jobs," Alyssa explained. "He should be at the guild right about now."
Back at the Fairy Tail guildhall, the brunette archer was looking over the job request board, sipping a cup of coffee.
"Exorcism, Ɉ70,000…Museum Thieves, Ɉ85,000…Giant Frog infestation, Ɉ167,000…"
"Mornin', Zeke," He turned and saw Nab approaching the board.
"Hey, Nab," Zeke said as they both looked over the various flyers. "Finally, gonna pick a job today?"
"Just waiting for the right one," Nab stated. "How about you?"
"I'm trying to pick a job that pays well, but where we won't end up blowing something up," Zeke explained.
"Isn't that asking water not to be wet with you guys?" Nab joked. Zeke was about to say something in protest but sighed as he continued to look.
Back at Lucy's apartment, Alyssa explained how, since team Bravestar were the ones that recruited her, Lucy was somewhat their responsibility.
"I wouldn't call being grabbed while running from the army 'recruiting,'" Lucy answered with a sweat-drop. The two ladies continued to chat until the conversation steered towards their magic.
"So, you need to be insanely strong to use Boost Magic?" Lucy asked for clarification.
"Yup. Trust me, I tried using Boost Magic when I was younger and smaller," Alyssa explained as her face suddenly gained a haunted look. "I tried punching an ogre with my magic, and I ended up breaking every bone in my arm."
"Holy shit, talk about a drawback," Lucy said, feeling sorry for the orange-haired woman. But Alyssa's expression went back to her usual enthusiastic look as she flexed her arms.
"I know, right? But that's why I've pushed my body past its limits for over ten years! Now, my limbs just get a bit numb if I use my magic too much."
'That still sounds like a drawback,' Lucy thought.
"Although speaking of magic, how does yours work?" Alyssa asked. "'Cause I've never seen Celestial Magic before."
"Well, Celestial Magic lets me summon spirits from this place called the Celestial Realm," Lucy explained, getting up from the table and walking towards a nearby drawer. "Celestial Wizards use these things called Gate Keys to summon them to our world." Lucy pulled out her keyring that held three gold keys and four silver keys, each of them bore a unique design. Lucy smiled as she took them off the keyring, laying them on the table.
"I'm contracted with six in total. Not to brag or anything, but I've even got a few different types." First, she gestured to the silver keys. "These silver keys are the kinds you can find in any store. So far, I've got three of these; Horologium the Clock, Lyra the Harp, and Crux the Southern Cross." She then pointed to the three golden keys. "And these are the gold keys. They're super rare, and there are only twelve of them. They open the gates of the Zodiac Spirits. I've got Taurus the Golden Bull, Aquarius the Water Bearer, and Cancer the Giant Crab."
"Woah," Alyssa said, in awe of how well-crafted the keys looked. "So are there only Gold & Silver Keys, or are there keys of different colors?"
"I'm not sure; I've only heard of the Gold & Silver keys," Lucy answered as Alyssa noticed something.
"What about that fourth silver key?" Referring to the key with a blue silhouette of a wolf's head on the base and teeth shaped like a wolf paw.
"Oh, that's Lupus the Wolf. I actually bought this back in Hargeon, so I haven't formed a contract with it yet," Lucy explained before she got an idea. "Hey, you wanna see how a contract between a wizard and a Celestial Spirit is made?"
"Hell yeah!" Alyssa said with glee. Lucy had a slight giggle at this. Despite how tall and intimidating the Boost Wizard looked, she was insanely friendly and enthusiastic.
"Alright then," Lucy said as she stood up and held out her new silver key. "Now pay attention. I call upon thee in the world of the Celestial Spirits. I beckon you to my side at once. Pass through the gate!" Lucy chanted as a magic circle appeared under her feet. "Open, Gate of the Wolf - Lupus!"
The spirit that appeared through the gate was…small in stature, about the size of an average twelve-year-old girl. She looked like one as well, the only difference being wolf ears on top of them. She had cornflower blue eyes and silver shoulder-length hair. Her outfit consisted of a zipped-up white hoodie that seemed one size too big for her, black fingerless gloves, black shorts with a hole for her silver tail, and white bandages wrapped around her feet. The wolf spirit looked up at Lucy and tilted her head.
"Hiya! Are you my new master?"
"I am. My name's Lucy," she said politely and held her hand out. The wolf girl saw this and then enthusiastically shook her new master's hand with both of hers.
"Nice to meet you! My name is Lupus! Let's kick all kinds of butt together," She said with a gigawatt smile that made Lucy giggle.
"Aw, aren't you such a cutie patootie," Lucy said as she patted the wolf girl's head, making her tail wag with happiness. It took every fiber of Alyssa's will not to rush in and hug the adorable spirit.
"Is…is this really a spirit?" Alyssa asked with sparkles in her eyes. "Cosi Carino! Hey, do you mind if I…"
"Go ahead," Lucy said, the look in Alyssa's eyes telling her all she needed to know. Alyssa placed her hand on Lupus's head and began to rub it, the wolf girl sighing with joy.
"That's so nice. Your friend is really nice, Miss Lucy," the wolf girl said with a lazy smile.
"Morbido," Alyssa squealed as she and Lucy continued to pet the girl.
"It doesn't take a lot of energy to summon these little guys, so a lot of celestial wizards keep them as pets," Lucy explained. After a few minutes, the two stopped petting the spirit, much to Alyssa's disappointment, and Lucy pulled out a notepad and pencil as she faced the Celestial Spirit. "Alright then, let's move onto the contract."
"Okie-Dokie!" the wolf girl said with an excited smile.
"Are Mondays a good day for you?"
"Yup!"
"Tuesdays?"
"Yup!"
Lucy continued to ask the tiny wolf girl about what times & days were good for her. And to the blonde's joy, the child-like spirit was available 24/7, all while Alyssa watched.
"And done!" Lucy said as the spirit and caster shook hands.
"Yay! Let's kick all kinds of butt together, Miss Lucy!" Lupus said with an adorable smile.
"Is making a contract really that easy?" Alyssa asked.
"I know it might seem easy, but it was very important," Lucy explained. "When a contract between a Celestial Wizard and Spirit is made, it becomes an important promise. That's why I always make it a priority to keep my promises."
The wolf spirit looked at her new wizard in awe. She was about to say something but then decided not to.
"Now, all we need to do is to give you a name."
"I thought her name was Lupus?" Alyssa asked.
"Oh, that's just the name of my species," the wolf girl explained as Lucy tried to think up a name.
"Really? Do your other spirits have names, Lucy?"
"Of course," Lucy said. "My Horilogium is named Cogsworth, but I like to call him Cog for short, my Lyra's name is Melody, and my Crux is named Grandpa Raymond."
"Okay," Alyssa said. "But what about your gold ones? You didn't give them names?"
"Actually, they already have names," Lucy said, but Alyssa gave her a confused look. "Let me explain." Lucy picked up Taurus's key. "Unlike silver spirits, the twelve golden zodiac spirits are all the only members of their respective classifications, so their species name is also their proper name. Taurus here is the only Taurus Spirit, same for Aquarius, Cancer, and the rest."
"But there are lots and lots of Lupus spirits like me," the wolf spirit chimed in.
"I get it," Alyssa said. "But what happens if you don't give a silver spirit a name?"
Lucy blinked in surprise. "I mean, technically, we're not required to name out silver spirits, but I've never met a Celestial Wizard who hasn't." She turned back to Lupus. "Sorry about that, didn't mean to get distracted."
"It's okay, Miss Lucy."
"Say, Lupus," Alyssa said, getting the spirit's attention. "If there are "lots and lots" of you guys, then how do you tell each other apart?"
"There are lots of subtle ways. There's the scent, eye color, fur color and pattern, sound of their voice, all sorts of things." As the little wolf spirit listed all those off, Lucy finally decided on a name.
"I've got it!" She said, getting the two's attention. "How about Vali?"
"That sounds awesome!" the newly-named Vali proclaimed, celebrating by doing some fighting poses, the girls giggling at her enthusiasm. "Vali, the super wolf spirit! I like the sound of that!"
"Alright, I'm gonna finish my jog," Alyssa said as she put the iron block back on her back, much to Vali's shock. "See you at the guild, Lucy!"
"Ya, see you later," Lucy replied as the brawny woman walked out of her apartment.
"Are all your friends as interesting as her, Miss Lucy?" Vali asked.
"Interesting is one way to put it."
And then...
After having breakfast with her new spirit and returning her to the Celestial Realm, Lucy headed over to the guildhall. Because it was still early in the morning, there weren't as many people around as usual. Lucy looked around and saw Team Bravestar sitting at a table, Alyssa having changed back into her everyday outfit.
"I'm telling ya, its teeth were as big as my arm," Natsu stated as he explained the monster he had fought earlier that morning.
"I guess their migrating season started early this year," Zeke responded.
"Hey, guys," Lucy said, getting their attention.
"Oh, hey, Lucy," Happy said.
"Ah, just the blonde I wanted to see," Zeke said as he pulled up a chair for her. She took a seat and then noticed all four members of Team Bravestar staring rather intently at her.
"Uh, what's going on?"
"Happy, if you would," Zeke said, ignoring Lucy's question.
"Aye, sir," Happy said as he jumped up on the table. He pulled a tiny trumpet out of his backpack. He started playing a ceremonial tune as Natsu, Alyssa, and Zeke stood and saluted.
"We, Natsu Dragneel, Alyssa Gagliardi, Ezekiel Hudson, and Happy the cat, officially invite you, Lucy Heartfilia, to join Team Bravestar," Zeke proclaimed.
"Really?!" Lucy exclaimed. Suddenly, a thought occurred to her. "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask why you guys have been calling yourselves a team."
"Allow me to explain," Happy said as he put away his trumpet. "While everyone in the guild is allied to each other, there are some who get along so well they join together and form teams, like us. Those teams can handle missions that are better suited for bigger parties or even help out other teams on perilous missions."
"That sounds awesome!" Lucy excitedly said. "And you guys really want me to join your team?"
"Sure. We all put it to a vote last night, and you seem like a nice girl," Alyssa said with a smile.
Natsu held out his fist. "So what do ya say? You wanna join Fairy's Greatest Team?"
Zeke and Alyssa held out their fists as Happy floated up with wings and held out his.
"You bet!" Lucy said. She stood and bumped her fist with theirs, officially joining the team. They all cheered, and Happy threw confetti all around. As the group had their little celebration, Gray was sitting near the bar, overhearing this entire conversation.
'Just great,' Gray thought. 'Another member of "team reckless and stupid."'
"Hey, Gray. Nice skivvies." He heard Mirajane say as she walked by with a tray full of drinks in hand. Gray looked down, and to his shock, he was in only his underwear.
"Damn it!" he shouted and started looking for his clothes.
"Alright, Lucy," Zeke said as he pulled out a request poster from his pocket. "I got your first job with the team right here."
"Cool!" Lucy said with glee as she grabbed the poster. "Shirotsume town, huh? That's not too far." She looked at the reward money, and her eyes went wide as dinner plates. "200,000 jewels just for stealing a book from some rich guy named Duke Everlue?!" But the blonde's excitement quickly waned as she saw a picture of a bizarre-looking man with a curly mustache and verrrrrry creepy smile. "Please note: Duke Everlue is a dirty old man who is currently looking for blonde maids." It took a second for the realization to hit her. "HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!"
"Well, lucky for us, we happen to know a blonde girl," Natsu said with a mischievous smirk.
"Aye. You can dress up like a maid and sneak us in," Happy followed up with an equal sneaky smirk.
"You guys tricked me!"
"Trick is such an ugly, yet very accurate, word," Zeke replied with a sly smile.
"Well, if you plan to distract him with a maid, why don't you have Alyssa dress up?" Lucy said as she pointed at the tall woman.
"Because I'm not blonde," Alyssa responded.
'Alyssa in a maid outfit,' Natsu thought as he started to imagine his girlfriend in such an outfit. He started blushing, and a perverted grin spread across his face. However, his fantasy was interrupted by the real Alyssa lightly pulling on his ear.
"Now, now, Natsu. You shouldn't be thinking about such lewd thoughts in front of friends," she lectured.
"You're right. Sorry about that," Natsu apologized. Alyssa smiled before leaning in and whispering something into his ear. Whatever she said caused steam to blow out his ears, and his entire body turned red.
"Look, don't sweat it, Lucy," Zeke explained to try and placate Lucy. "It's a Fairy Tail tradition for your first job to be somewhat humiliating."
"Oh, really?" Lucy said with a raised eyebrow, rather annoyed at her new teammates. "And what was your first job, Mr. Sneaky?"
"Well, I was supposed to collect rare seashells off the southern coast," Zeke explained before he gained a haunted look on his face. "I ended up getting swallowed by a giant slime."
"Run over by a pack of geo-boars," Natsu stated.
"Dunked in itchy-paint," Happy chimed in.
"Got caught in my own trap," Alyssa said.
"I…wow." Was all a stunned Lucy could say.
Zeke stood up with a determined look on his face. "Alright. I'm gonna go get this request signed. Let's meet up at the carriage rental in about an hour," he said and walked off. Lucy was still a bit miffed that her first job was basically acting as eye candy, but she figured that everyone has to start somewhere.
And then...
"You know now that I think about it, this is a pretty easy job," Lucy stated as the group rode in a carriage to Shirotsume. As usual, Natsu was lying in his girlfriend's lap, looking very pale as Alyssa stroked his hair.
"I thought you were mad about the job," Happy said as he munched on a fish.
"Ya, you seem pretty excited now," Zeke said as he sat next to her.
"Well, it is my first job." The blonde said as she pumped her fist in excitement. "I know I'm totally gonna rock it! After all, I just gotta sneak into a mansion and get a book."
"It's also the mansion of a dirty old man," Zeke said.
"That's what makes it so easy." Lucy gave a cute pose. "With my good looks, I'll charm my way in no time flat."
"Meh, all you humans look alike to me," Happy said bluntly, causing Lucy's eye to twitch.
"Anyway, I think we should talk about our pay scale," Lucy said. "Since I'm doing most of the work, I think we should split it at 60: 10: 10: 10: 10."
"You only want 10%?" Alyssa asked.
"I'm getting the sixty!"
Over the next few hours, team Bravestar, sans Natsu, who was trying not to barf all over Alysa, discussed various topics. Finally, the team had reached Shirotsume Town and got off the wagon. "Alright," Lucy began to say as she read the job poster. "First things'-"
"Quit being a baby and drink it!" Lucy turned and was once again greeted with the sight of Zeke forcing a wheezing Natsu to drink some foul-looking green liquid.
"Okay, is this going to be a regular thing?" Lucy asked Happy and Alyssa.
"Aye," Happy replied. "If Natsu doesn't take his motion-sickness medicine, he'll be all groggy and cranky for hours."
"It wouldn't be so bad if the medicine didn't taste like ass!" Natsu shouted as he stood right up.
"Come on, how bad could it be?" Lucy asked. She got her answer when Happy pulled another bottle out of his bag and uncorked it. The putrid smell made the Celestial Wizard's eyes water and burned her nostrils so bad she was sure it had gotten rid of her nose hair. "Holy shit! What's in that stuff!?" She could only imagine how that foul-smelling substance tasted.
"No idea," Alyssa said with a shrug. "All we know is that it's the only thing that works."
"So, do you guys want to do anything before we meet our client?" Zeke asked.
"Let's grab a bite!" Natsu said as he pointed to a nearby cafe.
Zeke sweatdropped. "Of course."
"Can't you just eat your own fire?" Lucy asked.
"Great idea, and why don't you just eat your fish lady or that cow spirit of yours while you're at it?" Natsu asked back.
"Why would I do something like that?!" Lucy exclaimed with a horrified expression.
"It's the same thing, really."
Lucy sweatdropped at this. "So you can eat fire, but just not your own? That's kind of weird."
Natsu simply pouted and headed for the restaurant. "You coming?"
"Nah, I got something else to do real quick," Lucy said as she ran into town. "Catch ya later."
"So much for eating as a team," Alyssa said as she crossed her arms.
'Probably thought she'd end up paying for us again,' Zeke thought as the group headed in.
A few minutes later, the group was enjoying their lunch. Natsu was eating several different types of meats, Happy was chowing down on some sushi, Alyssa was enjoying her third bowl of beef noodles, and Zeke was just staring at his friends as he held up a burger.
"You would think I'd be used to watching you guys gorge yourselves by now," he said with a chuckle.
"Hey, you could stand to put some meat on your bones," Natsu said through a mouth of chicken. "And make sure to leave some food for Lucy. She'll need the energy for the mission."
"Let's save all the fat," Happy said. "From the looks of her, that seems to be what she likes the most."
Alyssa gave Happy a disappointed look and started lecturing him with a full mouth of noodles that roughly translated to, "Happy! You shouldn't make fun of a woman's weight!"
"Hold up, cat! What's that supposed to mean?" Lucy's voice called out from behind.
"Oh Lucy, perfect ti-" Natsu started as the group turned and saw Lucy in a maid uniform. To her credit, it was a lot more tasteful than you would think. "Um…wow."
"I know. I look super-cute in this," Lucy said as she started her maid routine. "Have you had enough food, Master, or should I bring you some more? Your wish is my command."
"Hmph," Zeke said with a surprised expression. "You actually pull a convincing maid. Congrats."
"You were right about being super-cute." Alyssa smiled at her friend.
"Aw, thanks, guys," Lucy said bashfully as she saw Natsu had just gone back to eating. "Nothing to add, Natsu?" Natsu turned as Lucy winked at him. However, he simply gave Lucy a blank, uninterested stare.
"What am I supposed to say?" Natsu said flatly.
Lucy's eye twitched in annoyance. "You could say I look cute or something."
"Why? I already have a girlfriend," Natsu said as he swallowed his food.
"Aw! You're so sweet!" Alyssa blushed as she hugged Natsu and gave him a kiss, making him blush as well. Natsu kissed his girlfriend back, eliciting a giggle from her.
"Oh, Natsu…"
"Oh, Alyssa…"
"Oh, Natsu…"
"Oh, Alyssa…"
Zeke and Happy sweatdropped at the familiarly cheesy sight. Lucy joined them when she realized this was going to be a regular thing.
And then...
After lunch, the team met with their client, a man with grey hair and a short mustache dressed in a black suit. He invited them into his house, the group sitting on a couch across from him as his wife stood close by.
"Nice to meet you," the man said. "My name is Kaby Melon."
"I'm Natsu Dragneel," the Dragon-Slayer greeted back. "And your name sounds tasty."
Kaby chuckled at this. "I get that all the time."
'For some reason, that name sounds familiar,' Lucy thought to herself. "I'm Lucy Heartfilia."
"I'm Ezekiel Hudson. Yes, that Ezekiel Hudson," the brunette said with a cocky smirk. However, the older couple just looked at him in confusion. "You know, Archer Extraordinaire, heir to the Hudson Legacy, leader of Fairy Tail's Greatest Team?"
"I thought that was the Thunder Legion?" Mrs. Melon stated, making Zeke feel like someone had stabbed him right in the ego.
"Anywho, I'm Alyssa Gagliardi," the Boost Mage said quickly to try and move the conversation off of her embarrassed friend. "Lieto di vederla."
"Ah, similmente," Kaby replied, making Alyssa smile. It wasn't often she met someone who knew her native language.
"The name's Happy, and I'm a cat," the blue feline said proudly, puffing out his chest as best he could, making Mr. and Mrs. Melon chuckle.
"Yes, I see. I never would have guessed that wizards from the renowned Fairy Tail guild would accept my request."
"You know the guild but don't know the actual best fuckin' team," Zeke grumbled. Lucy sweatdropped. Given Bravestar's reputation, the celestial mage figured they'd be better off not saying their team name.
"Now, about your mission," Kaby Melon began, his expression turning dark and severe. "I only ask one thing of you. I want you to find a book in Duke Everlue's mansion called 'Daybreak' and destroy it. That is all."
"Huh? But the job description said you wanted us to steal it," Alyssa said.
"Well, I am asking you to destroy someone else's property, so it's kind of like stealing."
"Well, that's definitely up our alley," Zeke said with a sweatdrop as he mentally recalled team Bravestar's many incidents of collateral damage.
"I'm sorry, but do you mind if I ask what's so important about this book?" Lucy asked. "I mean, a Ɉ200,000 reward seems like a lot for just destroying it."
"Actually, the reward has been raised to two million Jewel." At this new information, Team Bravestar's collective jaws hit the floor.
"TWO MILLION JEWEL!" Natsu yelled, his mind figuratively blown. "WOW, I SUCK AT MATH, BUT THAT'S A LOT!"
"Oh, wow!" Alyssa said as she started daydreaming about being surrounded by all the plushies she could buy.
"I GOT IT!" Zeke proclaimed as he did the calculations in his head. "SPLIT FIVE WAYS, THAT MEANS EACH OF US GETS 400,000!"
"Okay, I take back my 60:10:10:10:10 offer," Lucy said dreamily as thoughts of paying rent and having a crap ton of money left over floated around her head.
"FISH!" Happy said, drooling over all the seafood that he could buy with 400,000 Jewel.
"Oh my, it seems you weren't aware of the pay increase," Kaby deduced.
"Hey, for that kind of money, I'll burn down his whole mansion for ya!" Natsu said as he lit his pointer finger on fire.
"No way!" Lucy snapped. "I'm not going to jail for arson."
"Lucy raises a good point," Zeke followed up. "This is strictly a 'no collateral damage' mission. And that goes for everyone."
"Thank you," Mr. Melon replied solemnly. "I can't forgive that book's existence. It must be destroyed."
And then...
"Excuse me! I heard you had an opening for a maid! Hello?" Lucy shouted as she stood in front of the gates to a fancy mansion. 'This is gonna be so easy. Charm the old geezer with my looks, burn the book, and hello 400,000 jewels.'
Nearby, the rest of Team Morningstar were watching from behind some foliage.
"Knock 'em dead, Lucy," Alyssa whispered.
"Good luck." Natsu and Happy whispered together.
"You'll do great," Zeke whispered.
It wasn't long until a giant brute of a maid with pink hair burst from the ground in front of Lucy and she let out a shriek. "So you're a maid?" the beast of a woman asked as she looked Lucy up and down.
"Y-Yes, ma'am," Lucy squeaked.
"I assume you're here because of the master's ad."
Suddenly, something else burst out of the ground.
"Boyoyoyoyo!" The person landed, revealing the strangeness known as Duke Everlue. "Did someone say, Master?"
The bizarre sight of the rich man could be summarized in Zeke asking, "Guys, am I seeing things, or is that guy's mustache growing out of his nose."
"Nope, you're seeing that right," Natsu commented.
"I want to look away, but I can't stop staring," Alyssa said.
"Let's see here," Everlue said as he looked over Lucy as gave him her best cute poses.
"Well, I sure hope you like what you see," Lucy said seductively, giving Duke Everlue a look at her goods. The short man continued to stare, creeping Lucy out even as she managed to keep up the act.
"Hmmmmm…I'll pass," Everlue said. "Now scram ugly."
That comment felt like a stab in poor Lucy's pride.
"You heard the man," the giant maid said as she lifted Lucy up. "Beat it ugly."
And another stab.
"Sorry, but a man of my standing has certain standards to uphold," Everlue said. Four more maids popped out of the ground. "That's why I only hire the fairest of the fair."
And at the sight of these 'fair' maidens, the five wizards were stunned, confused, and offended, although that last one was more Lucy than anyone else. After being rejected, Lucy collapsed to her knees and started crying near a tree as Alyssa patted her back in comfort.
"Well, that plan was doomed from the start," Natsu stated as Happy nodded.
"I tried!" Lucy cried. "But that idiot wouldn't know beauty if it bit him in the ass!"
"Hey, it ain't your fault the duke has a…unique taste in women," Zeke said as gently as he could. "Alright, after Lucy changes out of that maid costume, we go to Plan N."
"OH YEAH!" Natsu exclaimed.
"What's plan N?" Lucy asked. She was answered by Natsu wrapping his scarf around his head so that only his eyes and hair were visible. He made a symbol with his hand as Happy made his ears stand and made the same symbol.
"Ninja!" The two proclaimed, making Lucy sweat drop while Alyssa had to hold back her laughter. Unbeknownst to them, they were being watched by a security orb.
Twenty minutes later, team Bravestar had snuck in through the roof and was now searching for Daybreak. After Happy attempted to freak everyone out with a plastic skull he had found in the attic, the five figured they'd cover more ground by splitting up.
As they did, it didn't take long for the destructive team to realize another trait of Duke Everlue: the man was insanely vain. Portraits of himself doing heroic deeds were hung all over the mansion's walls. In the main foyer was a two-story golden statue of the man. And almost all the furniture had his face embroidered on it or made in his visage.
As Zeke was carefully walking on the second level, he heard a brushing sound as he passed a room with a slightly opened door. With caution, the brunette opened the door to peek inside. He had to do a double-take when he saw a golden toilet shaped like Everlue's head, with the seat being his open mouth. Then he noticed Lucy scrubbing said toilet with a toothbrush, chuckling as she did so.
"Lucy?" Zeke whispered, getting the blonde's attention. "What the fuck are you doing?"
"Oh, just getting some payback," she answered with a sadistic smirk before dropping the toothbrush into the toilet. "Oopsie. That'll teach that little perv for calling me ugly."
As the blonde chuckled to herself, Zeke had a look of disbelief. 'Note to self; never piss off Lucy.'
Meanwhile, Natsu was walking with his back pressed against the wall. His eyes darting back and forth as he attempted to blend in with his surroundings…attempted being the operative word. But as he rounded a corner, his enhanced hearing picked up the sound of footsteps coming on the other side.
"WASSHOI!" Natsu shouted as he quickly turned the corner and delivered a kick...only to realize he had accidentally kicked Alyssa in the stomach. "Oh, crap! Sorry, honey!"
"It's alright, tesero," she said, not even batting an eye at her boyfriend's kick. "Any luck finding the book?"
"Huaah!" Natsu quickly said, speaking in his 'ninja' voice as he took on a ninja stance. "I am afraid my search has not borne any fruit."
Natsu saw his girlfriend quickly cover her mouth with her hand, her body shaking as she tried desperately to contain her laughter. Feeling a bit mischievous, he decided to keep going.
"Wuah? You find this amusing, Girlfriend-san?" Natsu said, his poses getting more and more ridiculous, alongside his random ninja noises. Eventually, Alyssa couldn't help herself as she burst out laughing.
"AHAHAHAHAHA! Natsu, stop! I'm gonna piss my pants!" Alyssa cried out as she gripped her sides from laughing. However, her laughter quickly ended when the couple noticed the floor beginning to shake. Suddenly, the maids from earlier burst through the floor, the big, gorilla-like maid leading the charge. "Uh, oh."
"Intruders, Virgo!" One of them said to the biggest maid.
"Let's get 'em, girls!" Virgo said as they jumped towards them.
Natsu and Alyssa were quick to strike, attacking the strange bundle of maidens head-on.
"WASSHOI! Prepare to feel my ninja power!" he yelled as his arms exploded with orange flames. "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!"
As her boyfriend unleashed twin streams of fire that sent the smaller maids flying, Alyssa dealt with Virgo. The Boost Wizard evaded the pink-haired maid's wide punches.
"Why don't you just give up and take your beatings, ugly?!" the large maid exclaimed as she threw another punch. But to her surprise, Alyssa caught the fist with one hand.
"Hey, cagna. Didn't anyone tell you-" The orange-haired woman began to say as she grabbed her foe's wrist with her free hand, magic flowing through her arms. "-it's not polite to insult a lady's looks?! Boost Magic: Grand Over-Toss!"
With a mighty yell, Alyssa tossed Virgo over her shoulders. She slammed the giant maid into the floor, creating cracks from the impact zone and knocking the pink-haired maid unconscious.
"These maidens were no match for a true ninja!" Natsu proclaimed.
In another part of the mansion, Lucy, Zeke, and Happy had decided to look around together. They opened a pair of large doors on the second floor, revealing a rather extensive library.
"Woah. Didn't think Everlue would have a big book collection like this," Lucy said as she looked around. "Guess we better start looking. But it's going to take a while to find Daybreak."
"Oh, not necessarily." Zeke chimed in. "I'll have this entire collection sorted in a matter of minutes."
"What makes you say that?" Lucy asked. When she turned to look at Zeke, she saw the increasingly familiar sight of the archer's cocky smirk.
"Simple; My great-great-great aunt Beatrice Hudson once combed through the entire Royal Archives within a single afternoon," Zeke proclaimed as he approached the bookshelf. "As the same blood runs through my veins, finding a single book amongst this collection should be no problem for me."
"I don't think that's how that-" Lucy never got to finish her sentence as Zeke quickly got to work sorting through the bookshelves.
"Adventure, romance, porn, porn, self-help, history, porn, murder-mystery, porn, adventure, horror, horror, adventure-" Staring in shock, Lucy did have to admit to herself that watching the archer go through the books with breakneck speed was kind of cool. "Philosophy, adventure, political thriller, horror, biography, porn, history, history, adventure, murder-mystery, porn-."
"Hey, guys," Happy said, catching Lucy and Zeke's attention and pointed to the far end of the room. "I found the book."
"Really, where?" Zeke said.
"It's in that glass case at the end of the library." Happy pointed to the far end of the room, where they saw a glass display case sitting on top of a pedestal. Inside the case was a book resting on a pillow.
"How the hell did we miss that?" Lucy exclaimed. The group walked over to get a better look at it, and inside of the display case was a book with a golden cover and the word "DAYBREAK" in bold black letters.
"Here we go," Zeke said as he went to get a better look. "Daybreak by…Kemu Zaleon?"
"What?! No way!" Lucy said as she suddenly pushed Zeke out of the way. "This was written by the Kemu Zaleon?!
"Huh. Didn't expect you to be a literary nut. Also, rude."
"Well, I'm the complete package of brains and beauty," she said smugly before going back to geeking out. "I'm also a huge Zaleon fan! I was totally positive that I'd read every single sentence he'd ever written, but this must be an unpublished novel!"
"Well, either way, we found our objective," Zeke replied. He tried to open the case but unfortunately found that it was locked. "Should've figured, and Everlue's probably got the key."
"You wouldn't happen to have any master thieves in your family tree, would you?" Lucy asked.
"Not to my knowledge." A sly smile spread across Zeke's face. "But we happen to have our very own cat burglar. Happy, do your thing."
"Aye, sir," Happy exclaimed. He reached into his backpack and pulled out a hammer. "It's Happy Hammer Time!"
"HAPPY, NO!" Zeke screamed. Happy looked at Zeke, his hammer a hair's breadth away from hitting the glass. "I meant the other thing."
"Oh, right," Happy said, embarrassed. He put his hammer away and flexed his paws to reveal his claws. Happy slipped his claws into the lock- which was, of course, shaped like Duke Everlue's face with the keyhole being in his open mouth. A look of serious concentration spread across Happy's face as he wiggled his claws around inside the lock. After a few seconds, a click rang through the air. "Open sesame," Happy said with a satisfied grin as he swung open the display case. Lucy grabbed the book, her eyes lighting up like a kid on Christmas.
"Great, let's get out of here before Duke Nosestache finds us," Zeke said as he started walking toward the door. "Now, we just got to find Natsu and have him burn it up."
"Wait a minute," Lucy said quickly, stepping in Zeke's way. "We already found the book, so…"
"So what?"
"I…what if I just keep the book and just say we burned it," Lucy pleaded, earning a blank stare from Zeke and Happy. They began to chuckle.
"You are the total package, brains, beauty, and a sense of humor," Happy said, clutching his sides.
"Yeah, that's a good one, Lucy," Zeke said before seeing the pleading look on her face. "You're not joking."
"Of course, I'm not! I can't just let that pyro burn a literary treasu-" Lucy began to say before Zeke grabbed her cheeks and began to roughly pinch them.
"Our job is to destroy Daybreak. Not lie about destroying it," Zeke said, letting go of Lucy's cheeks.
"Come on, what if you found a lost piece of art from your favorite creator?" Lucy pleaded as she rubbed her sore cheeks.
"That's got nothing to do with our mission," Zeke replied as he and Happy gave Lucy a stern look. "Besides, I'm more of a lacrimal picture fan than a book fan."
"Boyoyoyoyo! What do we have here?" A voice called out from below. Suddenly, Duke Everlue burst from the floor. "I knew you brats were after something of mine."
"Diver Magic?" Zeke said, recognizing how Everlue managed to burst through the floor unscathed.
"I had heard through the grapevine that the wizard guilds had posted a job to steal something of mine," Everlue continued before gaining a disappointed look on his face. "But out of all the treasures you could have stolen, you pick a piece of trash like Daybreak?"
Lucy smiled at the creepy little man's words. "That works out great. If it's trash, you won't mind if we keep it."
"No way! It's still mine!" Everlue yelled.
"Greedy Gus," Lucy pouted.
"Shut your trap, ugly!" Everlue shouted, stabbing Lucy's pride again. But before Everlue could take a step forward, Zeke let out a high-pitched whistle and transformed his bracelet in its bow form, startling the duke.
"I'll admit, I was surprised by your Diver Magic," Zeke stated, aiming his bow at Everlue. "But a narcissistic businessman like you has no chance against an S-Class Guild Wizard."
However, Everlue simply smirked. "I suppose that's true. But that's why I've hired these fine gentlemen. Come forth, Vanish Brothers!"
With a snap of his fingers, one of the bookshelves opened up, revealing two men. One had star-shaped hair, a blue shirt, white pants, an armband, and an orange bandana. The other man looked like a monk; he had four characters tattooed on his face, a mostly bald head with a single, long ponytail, a white shirt, black pants. He held a giant frying pan with a multi-colored crystal in its center.
"You called us, sir?" the monk asked.
"Tch. They don't look so tough," the man with star-shaped hair said as he looked over Zeke, Lucy, and Happy. "Two string-beans and cat? They're no real threat. One of them's not even paying attention."
"What are you talking about? We're- ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" Zeke shouted as he saw that Lucy was now reading Daybreak. "There's being a bookworm, and then there's being stupidly obsessed! Emphasis on the STUPID!"
"There goes her being the total package," Happy sighed.
"Taking care of these idiots should be a piece of-"
"WASSHOI!" Suddenly, the doors to the library exploded, Natsu and Alyssa bursting through. "Domo. I am the ninja known as-"
"Not the time, Natsu!" Zeke shouted.
"Well, sue me for having some fun," Natsu said as he pushed his scarf back to his neck. As Alyssa took up a fighting stance, she noticed the wolf insignia on the taller brother's armband.
"You guys are part of the Southern Wolves mercenaries."
"Observant, aren't you?" The monk retorted.
"Wow, this is," Lucy whispered as she was reading the book before standing up. "Guys, I need you to buy me some time. I'm not sure yet, but I think this book holds some kind of secret."
The group looked at their newest member before looking at each other and nodding. "Alright, but you better go somewhere safe," Natsu replied. "Happy, go with her."
"Aye, sir," Happy said.
"Thank you," Lucy said and ran out of the room with Happy trailing behind her.
This got Everlue's attention. "You two, handle these brats. I'll go after the girl and the cat." He said as he sunk into the floor.
"Right, boss," the Vanish Brothers replied.
"You weak-ass wizards won't last even a minute against us," the taller brother proclaimed. A fierce smirk spread across Natsu's face.
"Oh, yeah? Well, try this then!" Natsu shouted before sucking in a big gulp of air. "Fire Dragon's Roar!"
As Natsu unleashed his fire blast, the shorter brother stepped into the spell's path. The gem in the center of his large pan changed color to orange. To the Bravestar trio's astonishment, Natsu's Roar spell was absorbed into the pan. The monk-like mercenary twirled his pan and aimed it at Natsu & Alyssa.
"Elemental Cooking!"
A scorching blast of pure magical energy launched from the pan, blasting Alyssa and Natsu out the doors, over the Everlue statue, and onto the second-floor balcony across the foyer. They quickly recovered as they saw the Vanish Brothers rushing at them, jumping off the gold statue's tongue to strike.
"Boost Magic: Boosted Kick!" Alyssa chanted as she lept to kick the bigger brother. He raised his left arm to block. Alyssa grit her teeth when she felt her leg strike metal beneath his sleeve. The star-haired man smirked as he spun and kicked her onto the ground floor and landed on the balcony's railing.
In the meantime, Natsu was fighting the smaller brother, his hands alight with his Blazing Fist. Natsu figured that if he came in fast, the ponytailed mercenary wouldn't be fast enough to swing that huge pan to absorb his magic. But that plan soon backfired as the mercenary simply slapped his right wrist away. Before Natsu could do anything else, the mercenary smacked him with his frying pan. Natsu was sent flying through the railing into a marble bust of Duke Everlue on the floor below.
The shorter mercenary jumped down to continue his assault. But before the brother in white could attack again, he was forced to evade a barrage of magical arrows. He looked up and saw Zeke standing on top of the golden Everlue statue, his magic bow at the ready.
"Don't get cocky, ya jackasses!" Zeke said with a fearsome expression. "I don't know how some two-bit mercenaries got their hands on an anti-magic weapon, but you're still outnumbered against Fairy Tail's best team!"
"Huh, funny. You guys don't look like the Thunder Legion." The taller brother said. Zeke grit his teeth in annoyance. "And besides, you might want to do another headcount."
As Natsu got back up, his ears picked up a series of rapid footsteps heading in Zeke's direction.
"ZEKE, LOOK OUT!" Natsu shouted. Zeke, deciding to trust his friend, jumped back from the top of the Duke Everlue statue. He narrowly avoided a wide sword slash. The brunette quickly got up and saw his attacker was a teenage girl in a green cheongsam with dark blue hair tied up in two buns, her black eyes glaring at him, and she held a short sword in each hand. "BEHIND YOU!"
And just as Natsu shouted, another hidden assailant dropped down from the rafters. Zeke barely managed to block a strike that sent him flying off the statue. Alyssa leaped to catch him, but the taller brother jumped and smashed them into the floor with a savage kick.
"Geez, Gang. That was savage, even for you." The three Fairy Tail wizards looked up to see a woman with black hair tied in a ponytail. She was clad head-to-toe feudal-looking red armor and held a red and gold three-section staff.
"So there were more than two mercenaries." Zeke surmised. "The ladies must've been waiting in the rafters, waiting for the perfect moment to strike."
"Nailed it on the head, string bean," the lady in red said as she and the teenage girl leaped down to join their brothers.
"Now that we're all out in the open, allow us to formally introduce ourselves," the brother in white said as he struck a pose with his anti-magic pan. "We are the Vanish Siblings. I am Bai Yuan, eldest sibling and anti-magic warrior of the Cardinal South."
The sister in red spun her three-section staff around herself. "I am Yaling Yuan, second eldest and prodigy coiling dragon staff warrior of the Cardinal East."
The brother in blue cracked his knuckles. "I am Gang Yuan, second youngest and brawler of the Cardinal North."
The sister in green twirled her short swords. "And I am Mei Yuan, the youngest sibling, and master of the Butterfly Swords of the Cardinal We-"
But the sword-wielding girl bit her tongue, causing her to tear up and her siblings to look at her in concern.
"Um…you okay, Mei?" Gang asked before the girl broke out in tears, comically falling to her knees.
"I bit my tongue! And I messed up the intro!" Mei cried out. "I'm such a screw-up! I'll never be a good mercenary!"
"Now, now. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're still learning after all," Yaling said as she tried to comfort her little sister.
"If it makes you feel any better, you're doing a hell of a lot better than Gang," Bai said with an amused smile. "This dumbass actually managed to knock himself out on his first mission."
"Hey, don't bring that up!" Gang shouted. As the siblings chatted with each other, Team Bravestar was left a bit baffled.
"I kind of feel like we're being ignored," Natsu said.
"Maybe we should just go?" Alyssa chimed in as she scratched the back of her head. However, Zeke simply pulled back his bow, creating an arrow with a drill-shaped arrowhead.
"Arch Shot: Drill Arrow!" When Zeke unleashed an arrow spell made of swirling magic at the four siblings. However, in an instant, Mei stopped crying and swung her short swords. And to Zeke, Natsu, and Alyssa's surprise, the blades actually managed to cut the spell to pieces. "What the fuck?! Are those swords anti-magic weapons too?!"
"How dare you!" Mei shouted. "We were having a moment, you skinny-ass, pencil dick, jerkwad!"
"Calm down, Mei," Bai said, placing a hand on his sister's shoulder. "We'll just have to make sure their demise is extra painful."
"Combo attack?" Gang suggested.
"Sounds good to me!" Yaling said. Gang leaped into the air, landing on Bai's outstretched frying pan. As he did this, Yaling took a stance on Bai's left while Mei stood to his right.
"Prepare to feel the unbridled fury of the Yuan family's signature technique; The Four Cardinal Directions Annihilation Technique!" Bai proclaimed.
'Gods, that's a mouthful,' Zeke thought to himself as Bai launched Gang into the air. They looked up, just what Bai was expecting.
"Look towards the north-" Bai calmly as he rushed towards Alyssa and smashed her into a wall with his pan. "-and we strike from the south!"
"Alyssa!" Natsu shouted.
"Gaze toward the south-" Gang shouted as he came down and kicked Natsu into the floor. "-and we strike from the north!"
"At once, we strike from the west!" Mei said as she ran towards Zeke from his right. He attempted to launch a barrage at her, only for the girl to slice up his spells with her anti-magic swords.
"To keep your gaze away from the east!" Yaling appeared behind Zeke, slamming her three-section staff into his stomach, sending him flying into a painting. The Yuan siblings then stood together, standing in line from oldest to youngest.
"You have now witnessed the full power of the Four Cardinal Directions Annihilation Technique," Mai proclaimed with a serious expression…that lasted all of four seconds. "I did it! I said the full phrase!"
"There you go!" Gang said as he patted his little sister's head, making her giggle.
"We knew you could do it," Bai said.
"You just gotta keep at it," Yaling said. But the four siblings' celebration was soon interrupted when Team Bravestar got back up.
"Aw. That's actually kind of cute," Alyssa said as she rubbed her sore shoulders.
"Kind of makes me feel bad that we gotta beat them up," Zeke said, groaning as he stood back up.
"Not me! That star-haired jerk kicked me in the face!" Natsu shouted as he jumped back up with a furious expression.
"Hm. You three are tougher than I thought," Bai stated.
"But we'll just take you jerks down, no matter what," Yaling stated.
"Ya, I'll admit that combo move was pretty good," Zeke said as the trio grouped back together, Alyssa standing to Zeke's right and Natsu behind them. "But you're not the only ones that can do stuff like that. Alyssa?"
"Destra! Let's show these guys what we can do!"
(Music Que - Fairy Tail Game OST: Bravers)
Working in sync, Zeke channeled his mana into his right hand while Alyssa channeled her mana into her left. The two bumped fists, creating a shared flow of mana between the two. Both Zeke and Alyssa gained a purple magical aura around them as a purple & green magic circle appeared under their feet. And around Alyssa's wrists were several of Zeke's different arrowheads.
"Unity Link: Arrow Boost!" The two shouted in unison, much to the shock of the Vanish Siblings. But that wasn't the only surprise as Natsu crossed his arms, an orange flame-like aura surrounded him, and magic circles appeared before each hand.
"O swift flames that blaze through the battlefield! Fire Dragon's Vernier!"
Alyssa and Zeke were enveloped in the same aura as the two felt their bodies become lighter.
"Let's fuckin' do this!" Zeke shouted as he and Alyssa charged forward at superhuman speed. Using his acrobatic skills, Zeke leaped off a statue and onto the balcony. As he did, Alyssa rushed towards the Vanish Siblings until she was right in front of Gang. The mercenary barely had time to block as a Demolition Arrowhead moved to the top of Alyssa's knuckle.
"Demolition Knuckle!" As soon as the punch connected, the arrowhead exploded. Gang was sent flying into the Everlue statue, and his sleeves were shredded to reveal the metal bracers underneath.
"What the hell?!" Mei shouted, only to be forced to dodge a sudden arrow barrage from Zeke.
"Arch Shot: Enhanced Arrow Volley!" Zeke proclaimed, quickly drawing back the bowstring and firing a barrage of spells that forced Bai, Yaling, and Mei to evade. The youngest Yuan sibling began to swing her butterfly swords to cut the oncoming spells to pieces. Still, she quickly found herself overwhelmed by the sheer volume of arrows.
Yaling grabbed several throwing knives from her pouch and threw them at Zeke. But to her dismay, the archer evaded them with astonishing speed. 'What the hell?! I know this string bean wasn't that fast before!'
"Zeke's not your only opponent, stronzo!" Alyssa shouted as an arrowhead appeared around her right ankle. "Boosted Arrow Volley!"
The orange-haired amazon swung her leg in an arc, firing a wave of green arrows at the sisters that began to tear apart Yaling's armor.
'I've heard of this phenomenon before,' Bai thought as he used his pan to deflect Zeke and Alyssa's arrows. 'When two wizards form a strong bond, they can temporarily share their magic and mana pools. This is Unity Magic!'
However, Bai was knocked out of his train of thought as Natsu attacked, his fists blazing with fire once more. But the monk man was quickly able to block the strike with the open end of his pan, absorbing the fire.
"Elemental Cooking!" Once more, Bai unleashed a blast of pure magical energy from his pan, Natsu dodging the blast with a smirk on his face.
"Fire Dragon's Vernier!" Natsu's body glowed with the same orange aura as Zeke and Alyssa. Bai's eyes widened as Natsu attacked him with sudden blinding speed, forcing him back with strikes to his chest and face. "Hehe. So that fancy frying pan of yours can absorb my elemental spells, but you can't absorb my enchantments!"
"I have to admit," Bai said, watching Natsu like a hawk. "I didn't expect some of your demeanor to know Enchantment Magic."
"Well, I can only do this one enchantment," Natsu said, a bit embarrassed. "But it's one more than you can do!"
The tide was turning in Bravestar's favor. Thanks to Zeke, Alyssa, and now Natsu, they had managed to corral the three remaining Vanish Siblings into one place.
"How about that?" Zeke proclaimed as Alyssa managed to kick the anti-magic butterfly swords out of Mei's hands. "When it comes to team synergy, Bravestar is second to none!"
Zeke then leaped down from his sniping spot and stood near Natsu. "Now, let's blow them away!"
"You got it!" Natsu proclaimed as he channeled his magic into his right hand. Zeke and Alyssa mentally canceled their Unity Link just as Natsu placed his right hand on Zeke's shoulder. A green & orange magic circle appeared underneath the two as Zeke pulled the bowstring back. The arrow that manifested within the bow seemed to be made of emerald fire, its arrowhead in the shape of a roaring dragon's head.
"Unity Raid: Arch Dragon's Hellfire Arrow!" Natsu & Zeke shouted as the brunette unleashed the spell, the arrow roaring like a dragon\.
Bai stepped in front of his sisters to absorb the spell with his anti-magic pan. But when the spell hit, Bai noticed cracks beginning to form all over his pan. And that's when it hit him; his weapon could only absorb one elemental at a time. And this Unity Raid spell wasn't pure fire like Natsu's other attack spells! It was fire & light magic combined!
The pan shattered in a burst of green fire, the spell engulfing Bai, Yaling, and Mei and sending them flying towards the Everlue statue…just as Gang finally got back up. Gang barely had time to register the sight of his siblings and the unity raid flying at him before they were all blasted into the two-story statue. When the dust cleared, all four of the Yuan siblings were knocked out cold.
(Music Que End)
"And that's how it's done!" Zeke proclaimed with a smirk and a snap of his fingers.
"Um, Zeke. Didn't you say this was supposed to be a non-collateral mission?" Alyssa said. The brunette looked around and realized that they had completely trashed the foyer alongside part of the second floor during their battle.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Zeke yelled as he pulled on his hair. "We really can't go one mission without breaking shit, can we?"
Natsu was about to comfort his friend, but his ears picked up the sound of rumbling coming from under the floor. And once more, the being that leaped from the floor was the gorilla of a maid known as Virgo.
"You intruders caught me by surprise before. But this time, you'll get the punishment you deserve!"
It seemed that Lucy would have to deal with Everlue on her own. Because the Bravestar trio was now caught in another battle.
To be continued…
Author's Note 2: With this chapter, we now start to see a major divergence from A New Day. Since me and xpegasus have our revamped magic system all worked out, I figured we could show off some of those revamped elements earlier so that the story feels more natural.
And yes, you did read that battle right: Natsu can use Dragon-Slayer Enchantments just like Wendy. Granted, he's not particularly skilled with them, but he will become more adept with them as the story goes on.
Next Time: A Silver Sensation! Please remember to read and review!
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