Disclaimer: Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima and its respective companies, I do not own anything except my OCs

Chapter 11

Oshibana Station Interior

"Just forget about it lady, I already told ya there's no undoing Erigor's barrier, you and your buddies are stuck" as Erza was interrogating the men from Eisenwald Shawn was busy tying up the rest of the guild, making sure they wouldn't be able to break out till the authorities arrive, if they could first somehow get through the barrier.

"Erza, Shawn" as they heard a voice they recognize, they saw Gray had returned, though there was no sign of Natsu or Lucy yet.

"What are you doing here? I thought you were with Natsu?"

"We decided to split up, never mind that now, listen I just found out Eisenwald's real target is Clover, the next town up"

""What?'''' both Shawn and Erza exclaimed, though Shawn merely faked it as he already knew that the whole time.

"Erigor's headed towards the conference as we speak, he's planning to use the Lullaby to kill the guild masters"

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" meanwhile Erza was seriously pissed at the lackey she was interrogating, the look on her face could scare even grown men out of their wits, let alone the poor sob in her arms.

After beating up the unlucky fellow unconscious she took a few minutes to calm down, then told Gray about the situation they're in, Erigor had placed a wind barrier and is preventing them from leaving the station, brute force won't work and instead will have to think of another way to solve the problem.

As Gray approached them he could tell both of them had slight injuries but Shawn was definitely the worst of the two "Are you both alright?" he asked in concern.

"I'm fine, fought with Erigor and things got a little rough, but I did get in a few good hits before he ran off" as I smiled in satisfaction, since I was able to actually get closer to knowing my own strength, and I can come up with new plans to improve my fighting for next time.

"That's not important, what is is getting out of here, we must stop Erigor before he reaches the Guildmaster's conference" as she closed her eyes in thought.

A moment later she opens her eyes "wait a minute, I remember them talking about someone named Kage back at the pub, we have to find that man Gray, Shawn, he was the one who broke Lullaby's seal"

"A dispeller huh, a seal breaking wizard, he could take down the wind barrier " as Gray thought about it.

"That might be our best shot at getting out of here, I think he mentioned before disappearing that he was going to go after Natsu, find Natsu, we find Kage"

"That's what I'm hoping, now let's start searching" agreed Erza, before ordering the two of us.

````Right'''' as both of them agreed before taking off.


A Few Minutes Later

After Natsu defeated Kageyama he began questioning him about Erigor

"Whatever, tell me where Erigor is or your gonna get toasted" as Natsu pointed his finger at Kageyama the latter soon began to laugh "He's long gone you idiot, he's not even in this station anymore"

"What?" as Natsu was about to pummel him again to be clearer.

"Natsu" as a distant voice was heard he looked to the left he saw Erza, Shawn, and Gray running towards him after hearing all the commotion from their fight.

"Do not harm him, we need him alive"

"So don't go roasting him just yet"

"Way to go you fire freak"

As they each gave their opinion he wondered just what was going on before Erza seemingly came charging after him with a sword in hand, scaring Natsu in the process.

Though Erza was actually going for Kageyama as she slashed at him but stopped inches from his neck.

"You will dispel the wind barrier and you will do so without complaint!" as she ordered him Shawn thought "damn, if I didn't know why she acts like this I would think she had a screw loose" as he felt sorry for anyone who got on her bad side, especially Kage right now as he was scared shitless.

"Just do it man, this chicks a real monster" as Natsu called out without remorse since he was still traumatized from earlier.

"Shut up Natsu" yelled Gray.

"Otherwise you might be next on the chopping block" which didn't help Natsu till he was petrified him in place, something Shawn took great pleasure in watching him act.

"Understood?" as she made herself clear.

"Fine, I'll dispel it… aghhh"

Though the next thing even freaked out Shawn, a hand suddenly emerged from Kageyama's stomach "Why? Kuraka" was the last thing he said before keeling over, losing consciousness in the process.

From out of the wall everyone saw Kuraka, with his entire body shaking in terror.

"Kage!"

"No, he was are only way out of here"

As Erza and Gray went to check out Kageyama's condition, Natsu was in shock, frozen in place.

"Alright that's it, get over here now!" as Shawn knew this was bound to happen, but was still pissed about it.

As he charged over at him Kuraka sunk back into the wall, though that won't help him, as Shawn covered his arm in a blood red aura, he used Aura Impact and punched straight through the wall.

BOOOM!

As the wall was blown to smithereens Kuraka appeared on the other side with a imprint of Shawn's fist on his face.

Natsu then walked out ahead of him and grabbed Kuraka by the collar of his shirt. "Is that how you dark guild members treat each other, he trusted you and you tried to kill him" with a look of pure rage on his face, before landing a blow himself, knocking the fat bastard (who totally deserved it) out.

"Natsu" as Shawn tried to say something but couldn't, he understands Natsu's feelings, he considers everyone in the guild his family, so to see someone injure one of their guildmates was in his mind, unforgivable.

...

...

...

"I'm fine… just, needed to get that out" was all he said before looking over at Kageyama.

...

..."... Right" was all he said as he nodded his head, or rather it was the only thing he could say.


"Please Kage, just stay with us" as Erza held him in his arms trying to do something.

"He's unconscious, it's just no use" as Gray offered his diagnostic.

"We can't let him die he's our only way out of here" as she soon dropped the gentle act and began banging his head against the floor trying to wake him up.

"But, there's no way he can use his magic in this condition"

"IF I FORCE HIM TOO HE WILL" as she kept on shaking him violently to wake him up.

Shawn then grabbed Erza's arms and separated him from her "that's enough Erza, you're just making it worse"

"What?" as she gave him the evil glare sending chills down his spine.

As Shawn tried to keep his composure he said "we'll just have to find another way out, or at least treat the man and hope he wakes up soon.

As Erza and Shawn stared down at each other for a few moments, neither giving an inch. Only after a minute of staring Erza gave up since he didn't say anything wrong. She could only sigh in defeat "I guess you have a point Shawn, we'll do it your way for now"

As he nodded back "Natsu, Gray, see if you can find a first aid kit, we need to keep Kageyama alive at all costs"

"Right"

"On it"

As they both ran off to look for it, Lucy and Happy came back and saw the scene "Lucy, Erza, I need you two to help me carry Kage to the front of the station, we can figure out how we can get out along the way"

"Sure"

"Very well"

As they slowly carried him Erza and the others explained the situation to Lucy, Natsu, and the others.


Oshibana Station Main Entrance

"What? Erigor wants to use Lullaby on the Guildmasters?" Lucy yelled in horror at their plan.

"We have to stop them" Natsu was furious as usual.

"That's easier said than done, Erigor cut off our only means of reaching Clover and is headed there by air"

"I'm pretty sure that we could catch up to him on the Magic mobile, but we can't do anything until we figure out a way to get on the other side of this barrier" as Erza and Gray gave the rundown and their options.

"How are we gonna do that?" asked Lucy,, though the next thing was that Natsu tried attacking the wind barrier with his fist, to no avail as sparks occurred at the point of impact, a few seconds later he was sent flying before being laid out on the ground.

"See? That's what happens when you try to bust through" as Gray monologues

Erza tried to wake up Kageyama and Natsu tried over and over again to break through, only to end up in worse shape each time.

"Cut it out you idiot, obviously brute force isn't gonna do you any good"

"Isn't there anything you can do? Maybe if you and Shawn tried freezing it maybe Natsu can melt it" as Lucy offered her idea

"If I could I would have done that already"

Natsu recovered and tried taking on the wind barrier again.

"Natsu"

"Would you stop trying to be the hero, your gonna get tore to shreds"

"Damn it, I don't know what to do" as Erza was completely at a loss, Lucy stopped Natsu from going to attack the barrier again.

As everyone was trying to come up with their own ideas Shawn placed his hand on the ground "If we can't go through force or with Kage's help, maybe we can go underneath it"

"What?

"Huh"

"Eh?"

"Que?"

As all of them looked at Shawn in shock he continued "I doubt the barrier extends underground where there's no air, if we can just dig a tunnel underneath we might be able to get out of here"

"Do you think that's possible?" as Erza showed him a hopeful look.

"Possibly, but the problem is we don't have anything to dig with and it could take too long, maybe if we had Everlue's key we could…" as he thought about back then, but in reality he looked at Happy.

"Everlue's key… hold on… AHHHHH!" as Happy who was completely forgotten by everyone again suddenly screamed, scaring the crap out of Natsu, Lucy, and Gray.

"I just remembered Shawn, Lucy"

"Remember what?"

"WHAT I WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU ON THE WAY HERE!" yells Happy, though whether in anger or for exaggeration was anyone's guess.

"On the way here… oh yeah, when you kept calling me weird?" remembered Lucy in anger, as she looked like she was gonna punish Happy at any moment.

Then Happy brought out his bag and rummaged through it for a second "look"

What he was holding were two keys, one of them was pure gold while the other had only gold at the top while the rest of the key was silver with a red jewel embedded in it.

It was Virgo's Celestial Spirit Keys

"HOW'D YOU GET YOUR PAWS ON VIRGO'S KEYS?" as Lucy screamed out in shock, panic, and delight all at the same time.

Then she grabbed Happy's mouth "Didn't anyone teach you that it's wrong to steal things?" as she berated him.

"But I didn't steal it, Virgo asked me to give it to you" only then did she let go of his mouth.

"Wasn't she that big gorilla looking maid?"

"Apparently, her contract with Everlue was broken as soon as he was arrested, before we all left that day she came up to me and said she wanted to sign new contracts with you two"

"Great, I get a big ugly spirit, anyway thanks for letting us know but we'll have to… deal with her… later… AHHHH!" as Lucy copied Happy while smacking herself on the forehead for not realizing immediately.

"Happy, why didn't you remember this sooner?" as Shawn appeared behind him he spoke in an unusually dark tone, scaring even Natsu and Gray.

"I-II-I f-f-f-fff-forgot" was Happy's plea.

"... Happy… when we get back to the guild you won't be getting any fish for a week" as the sound of a gavel echoed out once more sentencing Happy to misery.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" as Happy's face looked like it did from the painting, The Scream, from Shawn's old world, before groveling on the floor.

"Dude, he looks just like Erza, it's so close it's almost creepy how alike they are" as Gray started shaking from head to toe seeing the resemblance, he also made a mental note never to piss off Shawn.

"A-A-Aye" meanwhile Natsu reverted back to how he was in the guild

"I'm sorry, I just thought since you mentioned digging holes, Virgo can drill us a way out of here"

"She can?"

"Seriously?"

Gray and Erza were surprised to hear this, while Natsu was still trying to understand it.

Afterwards him and Lucy offered their sincerest apologies and decided to retract his sentence, giving them their new keys in exchange for extra fish later on.

We decided to let Lucy do it first as she took a slight distance between us and her.

She held out the key and began chanting "I call upon thee, in the world of the Celestial Spirits" as a golden light surrounded her "And now, I beckon you to my side at once, pass through the Gate" as she spun the key around before grabbing it.

"Open, Gate of the Maiden, Virgo" as she did a Spirit Gate opened in front of her, soon a figure came out of the ground and was shocking (except to Shawn) to say the least.

A maid with a petite body appeared wearing a maid outfit consisting of a black undercoat and a white, filled-trim apron. She had short, pink hair, and blue eyes with shackles around her wrists.

Virgo

Devoted Masochistic Maid and Earth Magic Specialist Spirit

"You summoned mistress? What can I do for you" as she spoke her voice was clearly more feminine compared to before, but Lucy was still in a biiiiit of shock at seeing Virgo's new appearance for the first time.

"... Who are you?"

...

...

Okay…a lot of shock

"What's up Burger, man you look great, you lost some weight" Natsu acted like nothing was out of the ordinary while Lucy retorted back.

As she explained that she's a very loyal spirit and as such she adopts whatever form her wizard desires.

"I don't know I kind of liked it when you were all big and tough looking"

"Did you really? Well then.."

POOF!

She returned to how she looked like at the Everlue mansion scaring the crap out of Gray and Lucy telling her that she's her wizard and preferred her other form.

After switching back she walked over to Shawn and bowed "It's a pleasure to see you again Master, I hope to be able to form a contract with you as well"

"Right, I hope I didn't hurt you too badly last time" as he offered his apologies for what happened in Duke Everlue's mansion.

"Please do not concern yourself with it" as she placed her hand on her cheek "In fact, I would consider it an honor if you would do so again… again… and again" and a blush appeared on her cheek.

"Yup, definitely Virgo" was the only thing running through his mind right now.

CHILL~~~~~~~~~~

""Shawn…""

All of a sudden he felt a serious chill go down his spine, as he slowly turned his sight he saw Lucy and Erza had their heads down covering their faces.

"What did you mean by…"

"Last time? What exactly happened between you two?"

CHILL~~~~~~~~~~

...

For the first time since arriving at Fairy Tail, and the first time since arriving in this world, he felt as if this was the closest he's ever been to death than ever before.

.

.

"Shit, I have to clear this up" as his mind was running at full speed trying to come up with a way to explain this without dying.

"Y-You see, what happened was..." as he gave them a quick explanation of the fight they had with Virgo at Everlue's mansion, as he reached the end of his story.

"So that's what happened, my bad, I'm sorry"

"I see, my apologies Shawn, it seems I misunderstood"

Lucy and Erza both offered him a smile (yet not a smile at the same time) as they seemed to have forgiven him (no way in hell) for the misunderstanding, but just asked them both to forget about it since it was no trouble.

Though he may have seemed that way on the outside, internally a different Shawn was pale while and sweating like crazy "That, was way too close a call, I almost died there" as he felt like he had just barely avoided the reaper's call… for now.


A Minute Later

"I'm afraid we don't have much time, can we work out the contract details later?" she asked politely

"Of course, whatever you like mistress" replied Virgo

"Do you really have to call me mistress?" As Virgo looked at Lucy's whip "would you prefer it if I called you Queen?"

"No"

"What about Princess?"

"Oh yeah, that's more like it" as she had a look of vanity on her face.

"Princess? Yeah right" complained Gray

"Hurry it up ladies" followed Natsu

"Otherwise Erigor is gonna get away" as Shawn reminded them of the reason they summoned her in the first place.

"Yes sir" as she finished her eyes turned slightly red for a moment before taking a bow as a magic circle similar to Everlue's appeared under her feet, the next moment she burst through the ground while making sounds like a modern day jackhammer as she tunneled through the Earth.

"Oh wow, look at her go" as Gray gave praise Erza appeared beside Lucy and grabbed her head.

"Nicely done Lucy" before pulling her into a hug against her armor, leaving Lucy in pain.

"I'm first" as Shawn announced he jumped down the hole hoping to get out as fast as possible.


Outside Oshibana Station

"Looks like we made it out"

"Let's head towards Clover"

"Whoa, this wind is crazy"

"Princess, I'll keep your panties from showing"

"You just worry about your own"

"Oh wow"

As everyone was up to their usual shenanigans Kageyama finally woke up after Natsu carried him with them outside the barrier and left him on the floor "It's no use, you'll never be able to catch up to Erigor, you can't stop us, we've won"

As he did Shawn came up driving the Magic Mobile "I wouldn't be so sure, Natsu and Happy went on ahead"

"What?"

"When did those two…"

"If we wanna catch up to them we better hurry, get in"

"Alright, everyone let's head straight for Clover" as Erza ordered Lucy, Gray, and Kageyama entered in the back"

"I'll drive Erza, we're gonna need you at full strength if we face off against Erigor" as Shawn equipped the SE plug onto his right arm.

"I'll be fine, now let me do…"

"Erza, remember what I said earlier about trusting us? Just rest and recover, we don't need you blacking out on us on the way there, also…"

"What?" as she asked with a concerned look on her face.

"Keep an eye on Kageyama, I don't want him trying anything on the way there, I'm trusting you to watch my back" as he looked at her he smiled like usual, despite the situation they're in

"Shawn…" she wanted to say more, but decided not to and merely nodded in response.

"He really is like him, it's almost uncanny how alike they are" as she thought her lips curled up unconsciously, though she may not have realized it herself, Shawn had taken a place in her heart in such a short amount of time.

Though more like…

… he's replaced someone.


Clover Canyon

"Would this be illegal since I'm driving without a license?" was the first thing Shawn thought after driving for a while, as he imagined not being able to do things like this in his old world without being caught by the authorities, he followed Erza's and the other's directions and arrived at Clover Canyon.

Even as the Magic Mobile crossed the train tracks at blinding speeds Shawn could still hear them talking inside.

"So tell me, why are you taking me with you?" asked Kage

"Because you obviously need a doctor, and since everyone left town you'll have to see one in Clover, try and show some gratitude" retorted Lucy in anger for Kage's rude behavior.

Though Kage didn't seem to think that way.

"I don't understand, why are you helping me? We're enemies" as he thought for a moment before coming to some sort of realization "Oh, I get it, your taking me hostage so you can try to make a deal with Erigor, well you can forget it, he could care less about me or any of his men"

"Geez, lighten up dude" as she tried to deal with his low ego.

"If you wanna die we can make that happen"

"Chill Gray" responded Lucy

"There's a whole lot more to this world than just life and death you know, you should try to look for the positive, you and your Eisenwald pals"

At this time Erza spoke up "He's right you know, there are other things to look forward to, but if you die than you'll never have a chance to see it for yourself, until it's too late" as she spoke you could tell she was thinking about something as a look of sadness appeared on her face.

"I think I know what you're talking about, Erza… Gray, better than anyone else here" thought Shawn

Bang!

""Ahhhhh''''

As he wasn't paying attention for a second the Magic Mobile jumped for a moment before Shawn refocused and put it back under control.

"What happened?"

"Oh great, sorry, bumpy road" as he turned back and scratched the back of his head and apologized.

"Watch the road Shawn!" as Erza scolded him he didn't dare turn his head back as cold sweat appeared and focused on the road ahead.

"I'm so sorry" as Lucy tried to apologize "Could your butt be any bigger?" Kage commented as he rubbed his nose.

"Nghhhh! Sexual Harassment! Kill him Gray, he said I had a big butt! You're not seriously going to sit there and let him get away with it?!" as Lucy exploded in anger

Erza on the other hand was lost in thought after her outburst, as she open and closed her fist "He was right, if I had driven the Magic Mobile now, I would probably be useless later on. How can he see through me so easily though? Maybe it's his Magic? Or something else?" as she turned her head to look at Shawn seemingly completely focused on the road, but she could see that he was focused on something else entirely.

"Shawn, just who are you?" as she got more and more curious about him the more she wanted to know.

Before a blush appeared on her face and looked down "What is going on with me? Now's not the time for things like that! I have to focus on the matter at hand"

As she pushed those thoughts to the back of her mind and decided to keep an eye on Kage like Shawn said to.

As she did a smile appeared on her face"It's funny, usually since I'm the S-Class Wizard I'm one who should be giving the orders, yet.. I think Shawn would definitely make the better leader"

Though at the time she didn't know that her assumption was the same as everyone else there.


An Hour Later

"Natsu!" Lucy called out as they saw Natsu without his shirt up ahead after driving through the canyon.

A bit ahead of them they saw Erigor on the ground bruised, burned, and unconscious. The Lullaby flute was also right next to him, though Shawn could see that it's eyes were glowing just a second ago.

"Hey, you guys just missed seeing me beat Erigor" boasted Natsu

"Aye" uttered Happy

"I'm proud of you" praised Erza.

"Amazing job Natsu... whoa" while Shawn offered his praise he stumbled out of the seat, most likely from going full speed for over an hour non stop, even Erza was exhausted in the original series, so it's no surprise Shawn would be too.

"Shawn!"

"I've got you" as both Lucy and Erza caught him in time they each grabbed a shoulder to support.

"You gonna be okay Shawn?" Lucy asked with a look of concern on her face.

"Yeah, I'll be fine after I've rested a bit, thanks for the help you two" as he said with a forced smile as sweat covered his forehead.

"Thank you Shawn, let us take it from here-"

Bang!

" Gahhh!" as Erza offered her thanks she grabbed Shawn's head and smashed it against her armor plated chest, since Shawn didn't have enough strength it really hurt.

"So...this… is what it feels like" was the last thought going through his mind as a huge bump appeared on his head before losing consciousness.

"SHAWN!"

"NO, WHAT HAVE I DONE?" as both Lucy and an embarrassed Erza held the unconscious Shawn in their arms Kageyama looked on at the defeated Erigor

"No way, Erigor never loses" as he looked on in shock and gulped in disbelief.

Before looking down and seeing the Lullaby flute with its eyes glowing, almost like it was enticing him.

"I can't believe you had such a hard time with this guy" as Gray argued with his shirt off again at some point.

"I never said that, I took care of him didn't I?" as Natsu fired back Happy chimed in "I was kind of worried there" while Gray muttered "whatever, you look pretty stupid wearing a scarf when you're half naked"

"Like you have room to talk, hey Lucy give me your clothes"

"In your dreams" objected Lucy while Erza after assessing that Shawn was okay, laughed at their bantering "Anyway, well done Natsu, thanks to you all the Guildmasters will be safe now" as both of them smiled at him.

Both Gray and Natsu nodded before they pointed at Shawn ""what happened to him?''''

"That… would be my fault" as Erza's face turned red in embarrassment for what felt like the umpteenth time today.

"He'll be fine, I'm sure he'll wake it up shortly, probably won't blame you either" as Lucy kinda knew how Shawn worked and tried to console Erza…

After a moment her smile returned since her words held some truth, though it seemed a bit forced "While were here I think we should make sure to stop by the Guildmasters Conference to tell them what happened and ask them how we should properly dispose of the Lullaby flute"

"Might as well since we're so close to Clover" said Happy with the others nodding in agreement.

Boom!

Boom!

All of a sudden the Magic Mobile came out in front of them with shadows pushing it over their heads with one of them grabbing hold of the Lullaby flute.

Obviously you know who's responsible?

"Kage!" yelled Erza as she was barely able to move her and Shawn in time to avoid serious injury.

"What do you think you're doing?" as Gray followed up "Lullaby's mine now, you shouldn't have lead your guard down flies"

As he sped down the tracks heading straight for Clover laughing the whole way.

"That jerk"

"This is how he pays us back for saving his life"

"Dammit, after him" as she inwardly scolded herself for not having listened to Shawn's warning enough that she let this happen.

"It's just been one mistake after another today" as she looked towards Shawn with a sad expression for losing the trust Shawn placed in her, she'd have to apologize to him for failing so miserably.

"Idiot, instead of saying things like that, you should focus that energy on making up for your past mistakes"

"!"

As she recalled Shawn's words from earlier, she decided to take what he said to heart, not knowing that those words would have a profound impact on her later on.

As she slung Shawn over her shoulder the rest of the team followed after Kage.


Later that Night

Clover

Guildmasters Conference

A while after they began their chase Shawn regained consciousness, Natsu and the others told him what happened while he was out. Erza also apologized for not having taken his warning seriously, though on the inside Shawn didn't blame her that didn't mean she couldn't make it up to him somehow.

So he agreed to let her off if she promised to do one thing for him later to which she agreed to on the spot, Natsu and Gray tried suggesting to get her to do some funny things but wounded up getting beaten by her as punishment.

They ran all the way till night fell, just as they can see the lights from the Guildmasters conference they find Kage and with Master Makarov as well.

"There he is"

"Gramps"

"Master"

All of a sudden a "Man" appears as tries to shush them to be quiet.


Fourth Wall Break Moment

Time stops around them leaving only Shawn moving, as he looks in the direction of the audience.

"Hi everyone Shawn here, I know this would be the part where I describe the Guild Masters appearance but I will leave that for later, and besides" as he finished he pointed at Bob.

"Nothing against him but do you really want to hear me describe 'that' right now… or get back to Master Makarov and Kage?" as he finished Shawn shivered just looking at him and he swears Bob's looking right back at him.

...

"That's what I thought, so the other guildmasters introduction will have to wait for another time and sorry for the interruption" as Shawn bows in apology before moving back into place.


"Ahhhh!" as Natsu, Lucy, and Gray were scared out of their wits seeing Guild Master Bob (for obvious reasons) "Were just about to get to the good part"

Shawn on the other hand shivered in fright at the sight.

"Well aren't you boys yummy, so adorable" as he spoke you could see Natsu and Gray huddle together in terror while Shawn chose the best option available… he hid behind Lucy and Erza for the first time.

"E-E-Erza, do you k-know what t-that t-t-t-thing is?" as he stuttered in terror, if Elfman saw Shawn and the others condition he would say "being scared like a bunch of babies is so not manly"

As the two of them looked at Shawn they couldn't blame him for this so they both decided to ignore his attitude this one time (though it would be perfect material to tease him with later, both of them thought the same thing) "Master Bob" responded Erza for them.

"Erza honey you have really filled out" as 'it' complimented her Lucy also hid behind Shawn in fright "Your telling me that weirdo's the Master of the Blue Pegasus Guild?"

As that ended they turned to look back at Kage about to play the Lullaby flute.

"Oh no!" as the rest looked on in horror while Natsu and Gray were unfortunately in Bob's clutches, Shawn climbed up a tree in order to escape the horrors from below.

"Can you guys keep it down over there? Were just about to get to the good part" as Goldmine, Guild Master of Quatro Cerberus appeared.

"He's with Quatro Cerberus" Lucy said in shock.

"That's their Master Goldmine"

As Makarov was still waiting he was starting to get impatient "well?" as Kage was still hesitating.

"Nothing's going to change" as Makarov began speaking leaving Kage wide-eyed in shock for reading his mind.

"You cannot change the fact that those who are weak will forever remain weak, now maybe it's just me, but I don't think that's a bad thing. I mean we humans are weak creatures by nature, our insecurities are the reason the Guilds even exist… and..."

As he turned around to meet Kage in the eyes "they're why we have friends"

"When we're surrounded with allies it's easier to stay positive about the future, think of it this way. If were clumsy then we may stumble and bump into things, but as long as we have faith in our future we continue marching forward"

"Our inner strength emerges on it's own, but we have to choose that path and to pledge to live our lives to the fullest"

As he looked at Kage his eyes turned serious "Don't let that silly flute get in the way"

As the wind blew through the cold night air everyone was watching with bated breath for what was going to happen next.

"... I surrender" as he dropped the Lullaby flute and admitted defeat from Master Makarov's words alone.

As Natsu and the rest of the group ran towards him Shawn stayed put in the tree and looked on with warm eyes "This… is the true power of Fairy Tail" as a smile soon followed "The trust… and the bond between its members… as family"

As he looked on he saw Erza squeezing the Master into one of her killer bear hugs, followed by Natsu's pats on the head, Lucy went to check on Kage, while Guild Masters Bob and Goldmine followed closely behind them.

On the other hand, Shawn turned his eyes to something more important lying on the ground.

He jumped down from the tree and landed next to it.

"How long are you planning to play dead for?" as he stared down at it.

"Huh?"

"Shawn what are you?..."

Before he could answer the eye sockets in the Lullaby flute emitted an eerie purple light and what looked like poisonous gas coming from it.

"HAHAHAHAHA- I'VE GROWN TIRED OF YOU COWARDLY WIZARDS AND YOUR ANTICS"

As everyone heard the voice Shawn jumped back in caution before a huge magic circle emitting lighting appeared in the sky.

"I CAN NO LONGER HOLD BACK, I SHALL COME FORTH TO DEVOUR YOU MYSELF"

As the light faded it revealed an extremely tall beast having three eyes, two legs, arms and one head with many cutouts throughout its body.

Lullaby's True Demon Form has Appeared

"I SHALL FEAST… UPON YOUR PITIFUL SOULS" as it announced finally stabilizing itself.

"It's so big" commented Lucy

"Way to state the obvious" as Happy followed up

"What happened Shawn, don't tell me you knew this thing was alive?" as Erza questioned him with a glare as if he should have told them "it was only a moment ago I noticed myself, after Kage dropped it I could sense it getting impatient, though before I could do anything it was already too late" as he placed he looked at Lullaby as it was much, much bigger in person than from in front of a monitor.

"What is that thing? Erigor never said anything about a monster" as Kage looked on in horror

"Were in a pickle" Bob looked actually afraid for once.

"It must be a demon from the book of Zeref" guessed Goldmine as he kept his cool.

The other Guild Masters at the conference on the other hand weren't as calm as they fled in terror.

"Why did the flute turn into a monster?" as Lucy questioned how such a thing is possible.

"That's what Lullaby's true form looks like in the flesh, it's Forbidden Black Magic, Living Magic, Zeref's specialty" explained Goldmine

"Living Magic?" Erza asked "Who's Zeref? Wasn't he some ancient wizard?" as Gray tried to remember where he heard that name before.

"He's the most evil wizard the world has ever known, he was very powerful in his day, but in my wildest dreams I never thought his dark legacy would pop back up again" as Bob elaborated it all in one sentence.

"NOW THEN, WHICH OF THESE DELECTABLE SOULS SHALL I DINE ON FIRST?"

"Delectable huh? Do you think souls are really that tasty?" as Natsu was off being stupid even at a time like this.

"How should I know what they taste like?" Gray replied in annoyance to Natsu's comment

"Always thinking about eating!" Lucy thought in shock

"Natsu and Gray, get everyone to a safe place" Erza ordered them with a serious look on her face.

"Quit barking orders"

"Yeah, your not the boss of us"

Natsu and Gray picked the worst possible time to pick a fight against Erza

""Just do it!'''' as both Shawn and Erza said at once, which finally scared them enough to act on their orders.

"Another bad Happy impression" as Lucy looked at the two stooges with a look if defeat on her face.

The Fiore Army which had just arrived were boasting about not being afraid.

...

One Magic Beam from Lullaby Later

And you can see them running for the hills in the distance.

"I HAVE NO NEED FOR THOSE PATHETIC HUMANS, I PREFER THE TASTE OF A WIZARD'S SOUL AND I WILL CONSUME ALL OF YOURS"

"Oh yeah? I'd like to see you try, bring it on big guy" as Natsu taunts it Shawn follows suit "Like we'd ever give you the chance to… it's time for you to disappear"

""Good Luck'''' as all the Guild Masters

"Now that we've proven that most Guild Masters don't have any backbone, let's get this party started" as he got into a fighting stance while hearing the curses and complaints from them for his statement.

"Can those four really beat Lullaby on their own?" as Lucy looked on in worry.

"You should help them" offers Happy "Normally I would but none of my Celestial Spirits are available right now and I would probably just slow them down"

"Good excuse" "DON'T JUDGE ME CAT!" as Happy picked a fight with Lucy the battle was about to start

The next thing is that Lullaby forms a huge magic circle above its head and lets out an ear piercing noise in all directions which Shawn and the rest cover their ears.

Once it subsided everyone took a moment to stop the ringing in their ears.

"Ready?" as Erza takes out a pair of swords with Requip.

""Oh yeah'''' reply Natsu and Gray

"I've been waiting for you to say that" as he took Aine and Celeste off him "Lucy, Hold on to these for me" as he throws them toward her landing in the ground a few feet from her.

"Don't you need these?" she asks as she tries to take them out of the ground and only through a bit of extra force did she unearth them and hold on to them.

"It's fine, I wanna pound this guy with my own two hands" as he cracked his knuckles before charging straight at Lullaby.

Erza Requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor before slashing at Lullaby's side with her swords.

On the ground Gray used his Ice-Maker Magic and launched several lances of ice straight at the beast.

"Now it's my turn" as Natsu brought his fists together before launching himself in the air and landing a Fire Dragon Iron Fist against Lullaby's face.

Shawn followed up by jumping with Armament and appeared in front of Lullaby's chest.

"Let's do this" as he reeled back his arms two blood red magic circles appeared on his arms followed by them slowly being covered in a red aura.

"Burst Impact Barrage"

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

As he yelled he landed over a dozen punches at high speeds with each one breaking Lullaby's body along with leaving fist imprints with each one about a meter deep,with the force sending Lullaby tumbling a few steps back.

Burst Impact Barrage allows the user to reinforce their arms and muscles in order to deliver quick yet heavy strikes to an opponent, and since they go at high speeds the opponent doesn't have time to counterattack.

The only downside to this technique is that since it launches so many simultaneous attacks at once it can be difficult to control where exactly the punches will land. So to say that it can be used against human opponents right now is currently impossible at the moment.

But since the enemy this time is a huge demon and not a human it's no issue.

As he looked to his right he saw Lullaby's left hand try to grab him, though instead of dodging he reeled his fist back, coated his arm in an even thicker aura before punching it back single handedly, much to the shock of the Guild Masters, before landing on the ground and running towards Lullaby's legs next.

"He just punched the demon with fire"

"I didn't know Ice Magic could do that"

"The girl can Requip her armor"

"And that man's beating it back with his bare hands"

As Shawn retreated he saw Natsu, Gray, and Erza do the same as they stood side by side.

"YOU ARE MAKING ME ANGRY" as Lullaby tried to crush them only to dodge at the last second, crushing the hill they were on just moments ago.

Shawn then used Burst to appear near its leg before landing a solid kick with Aura Impact,busting up the wooden leg pretty good in the process, but the fact it only kneeled down for a moment before getting back up shows how tough a demon from the book of Zeref really is.

Erza then slashed its arms, Gray launched over a dozen ice shards, some being as big as boulders straight at it. Natsu then laid down a Fire Dragon Wing Attack straight at Lullaby, resulting in a huge explosion.

"Their incredible, their combination attacks are so powerful" Kage looked on in disbelief.

"And they're in sync" "Aye" as both Lucy and Happy commented.

Lullaby on the other hand didn't seem happy as it focused the magic circle above its head into its mouth.

"This can't be good"

"Here comes its song"

As it hummed out the trees in the surrounding areas began to die out.

"JUST ONE NOTE AND YOUR SOULS WILL BE MINE, HAHHHHHHHH-" as Lullaby was about to unleash its song nearly everyone covered their ears.

As Shawn stopped to look at it a smile graced his face "sorry, that's not gonna happen"

PHHFHFFFFHFH

PHHFHFFFFHFH

….

….

…..

….

What came out instead was something like a low pitch flute sound, Shawn wasn't even sure if that was even a note at all.

"I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHY CAN'T I PLAY MY MELODY OF DEATH?" as it was left in shock at what's happening.

"Simple" said Shawn as he pointed to Lullaby "you're damaged beyond repair" as the rest wondered what he was talking about...

"It must be because of all those attacks" as Kage deduced

"They punched so many holes in that thing it totally messed up its sound. All that build up for this? Talk about going out with a whimper" as Lucy held out her hands in disappointment.

"Yeah flutes are pretty lame to begin with"

"Shut up Happy" while Shawn yelled at him, not wanting this cat to annoy Lullaby any further, though it was already too late.

"YOU DARE MOCK ME?" as it began to attack the away group to let out its anger, before locking on back to us.

"Guys, I think it's about time we wrap this up" as Shawn cracked his knuckles.

""Right'''' as the rest of the group nodded before running to do what they have to.

As Lullaby tried to fire a blast of fire magic at the Guild Masters group, it was blocked by Gray's Ice Make Shield

"Oh wow"

"That boy's Maker Magic is spectacular"

"What's Maker Magic?" asked Lucy while she held onto Shawn's swords.

"Its users can give magic energy a tangible form, however, there's another type of magic that can destroy it"

Next was Natsu who soon swallowed up the flames created by it "Oh yeah, now I've got a fire in my belly" as we wiped his face.

"YOU'RE NOT HUMAN. YOUR A MONSTER" as it launched a punch straight at Natsu.

Boom!

Creak!

Though instead of dodging Shawn appeared in front of him blocking Lullaby's punch with both arms crossed and an insane amount of aura covering his body.

"Like we care what you think" as Shawn shifted his footing while the ground underneath him cracked under the pressure.

Natsu took this opportunity to climb up its arm "oh like you can talk!" as it was like the pot calling the kettle black Shawn couldn't help but chuckle at the irony despite the situation.

"STOP CLIMBING ME" it yelled before Natsu jumped in mid-air.

"Now!" as Shawn yelled he put all the strength he had and pushed Lullaby arm back, making it lose balance and fall to the ground in response.

BOOOOOMMM!

As it fell it shook the entire area like a small earthquake.

"Requip" as Erza changed into her Black Wing Armor which increases her attack power.

"Ice Make Saucer" as Gray launched a saucer made of ice and crashed straight into Lullaby's waist as it grunted in pain. As it got back up from Shawn's push Erza then slashed it across the face. Shawn then jumped from its legs to its shoulder before using Aura Impact again to land a devastating blow to the chin, causing it to reel back from what he assumed was dizziness.

"Natsu"

"Now"

"Finish this" as all three of them yelled in response.

"I've got this" as he put his fists together and opened his eyes "the flames of my right hand"

"And the flames of my left"

"Put them together" as he brought them both together a huge ball of fire ignited around him, before concentrating them into a fireball.

"And this is what you get"

"Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!" yelling at the top of his lungs he hurled it straight at Lullaby who fell back in response, yelling with its dying breath before a huge explosion of light occurred, which reached all the way into the clouds, before dispersing into the sky with an impressive display of magic dust like falling to the ground.

"Well done" praised Makarov

"You're amazing" praised Bob, not that Shawn gave a shit about him.

"You kids made defeating Zeref's demon look easy" as Goldmine complimented them for a job well done.

"I can't believe how strong they are, are all the Fairy Tail wizards as powerful as these four?" as Kageyama was shocked for what probably was the umpteenth time today.

Soon the dust settled and soon came out Shawn with his hands in his pockets and the others taking on their own poses.

"No doubt about it, this is the strongest team" as Lucy looked incredibly happy at their display of strength, while Happy jumped with an 'Aye' as usual.

"Were an awesome Guild aren't we" as Master Makarov bragged about it.

"Yup, can't argue with that Master" as Shawn smiled at him.

Lucy soon walked up to them "great work out there guys"

"Thanks, but it wasn't a big deal" as Natsu smiled in response

"Yeah, piece of cake" Gray said while the others soon joined in on the fun.

Lucy then turned her attention towards Shawn "here, these are yours" as she held out Aine and Celeste for him.

"Thanks a lot Lucy for holding them for me" as he grabbed them before strapping them back to his sides.

"No problem, just give me a little more warning next time okay?" as she smiled before responding back with "yes ma'am" with a military salute, earning a few more laughs from the rest of the group.

"This is what Fairy Tail is all about" as he looked at the smiles on everyone's faces he couldn't help but smile alongside them.

"Now then…" as he turned around and saw the clouds behind them "better be ready guys" as he knew what was going to happen next.

"Now I really know I can't come back to Clover anytime soon, such a shame. I really wanted to see Gast and the others" as he thought about his other friends, he couldn't help but feel like stopping, even if only for a moment.

"I can't exactly say I know what just happened but it's obvious we owe a big round of thanks to the Fairy Tail guild" as Goldmine smiled

"We do?"

"Even so I must say..."

As he tapped Erza's shoulder she looked at Shawn, he only pointed with his finger, as she turned around to look behind her as cold sweat covered her while the others followed suit.

"THEY WENT OVERBOARD!" as all the Guild Masters yelled in frightening sync, it showed that the entire Guild Conference Hall was destroyed leaving a huge crater from what Shawn could tell was over the length of a few football fields and probably over a few miles deep.

"The Conference Halls been destroyed" as Lucy held her fist close to her mouth while she sweated in worry.

"Aye, there's also a couple of mountaintops missing" as Happy floated in the air.

"For the record I blame Lullaby for that" as Shawn stated for the heck of it, as he looked at Master Makarov had his mouth wide open in shock, before his soul literally left his body as a white ghost waving farewell

"Master!" yelled Lucy in panic "something came out" followed up Happy

Natsu on the other hand laughed "hahaha, we really made a mess of the place huh?"

"Please forgive us Master" as Erza chased the spirit of Makarov around the area.

"You guys trying to catch somebody, I'll do it for ya" as Natsu finished the entire crowd erupted in anger as they soon started chasing us.

"Guys, it's time to make our exit" as Shawn ordered everyone agreed in response. Everyone ran off from the angry mob Erza carried Makarov on his back before running off into the night.


Author's Note: Hi everyone, Ashbel Dusk has returned for the New Year with the conclusion to the Lullaby Arc in Guildmate from Another World.

I hope you guys are enjoying 2019 so far. I know I have with writing these chapters, though unfortunately I wasn't able to release my chapters for December. I know I said I would be releasing two chapters a month, so in order to make up for it I'm releasing up to four chapters this month to catch up to my quota.

I had also been reading the reviews and some of you have been asking for Shawn to use his fists more rather than Aine & Celeste. I can say for certain that in this chapter I made sure to include that in this chapter and will do so in future chapters as well. But it's worth noting that I won't have him stick to always using his fists. And I wanted to have a blend of both in one, or at least make sure he has a good balance of sword techniques and hand to hand combat in tandem with Body Reinforcement Magic.

Also, on how I've been having trouble with the way characters speak I am slowly improving but sometimes it's hard to get rid of old habits when your writing your stories. I hope you guys can continue to support me and point it out for me so I can improve for next time.

Lastly, some of you have been asking whether there will be another girl for Shawn.

I thought long and hard about it.

Though in the end, I decided to limit it to just Lucy and Erza for this series. As for those who thought in previous chapters that Mira, Juvia, Cana, or any of the other girls will be included I'm sorry to say that it won't happen.

One of my reasons is because I thought it would possibly end up as another harem series with too many girls going for Shawn would become... what's the word for it?... repetitive?... not sure.

My second reason is that I haven't seen many fanfics where it's only Lucy and Erza with the OC, and I wanted to do something that would also happen to stand out from the rest of the Fairy Tail fanfics here and to be able to spread my story to more people to enjoy it.

Plus they were my favorite girls in the series (in my opinion by far) and I've really been enjoying writing about this scenario.

Real reason ;)

Still, thanks you guys for your opinions and I hope you guys enjoyed this Arc.

Next Time: Natsu's fight with Erza begins. Prelude to Galuna Island, will "he" show up? Tune in to find out.

Till Next Time!