Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Kanji's POV
After a few days we had all finally started to get back into a grove. It was like the Seven Year skip never happened. Laxus is still loitering around in my guest room, but at least we have help fixing up the apartment.
Occasionally Laxus and Erza cross each other and make my life hell.
"Seriously! If you're going to stay here at least wash the dishes or something." Erza yelled.
"I did!" Laxus yelled back "I washed what I used."
"Well you could wash the other things in here at the same time."
"Will you two knock it off!" I yelled "It could be worse Erza he could just leave his dirty dishes in the sink at least he washed something. Laxus wash what's in the sink if there's stuff that's not yours."
"Fine." They both mumbled.
"Let's go to the guild." I told Erza "Don't break anything Laxus."
LATER
Erza and I sat around the guildhall socializing. Lucy was reading the paper, something about churches and that guy Lahar.
"What's that smell?" Natsu said quickly sitting up.
"Hey Lucy!" Romeo called "someone's here to see you."
"She's the blonde girl in the pigtails." Carole told the woman at the door.
This girl had long dark blonde hair and was wearing a poufy pink dress and bonnet.
"Thank you for your help."
"You know her?" I asked.
Lucy asked the girl who she was and that's when the waterworks started.
"How could you forget your dearest Michelle Lobster." The woman cried.
"What is happening?" Scruff asked me.
"I have no idea."
"How could she forget a girl as cute as that?" Kage asked.
"I suggest you rethink your choice of words." Laki added.
"I mean how one could forget a face the…memorable."
"He's whipped." I joked
"You're not much better Sir." Scruff added.
The girl started over "My name is Michelle Lobster, it's good to see you again big sister."
"Hang on…"
"Sister?!"
"Well were not really sisters." She corrected "just close relatives."
Lucy and the girl talked for a few minutes while the rest of us listened on.
"Here let me take that case for you."
"Oh right, I'm supposed to give this to you." Michelle said.
After nearly breaking her foot Lucy managed to get the case up on the table.
"What's in this thing?"
"I don't know what's inside, just that your father wanted you to have it." Michelle explained that she had been working as Mr. Heartfilia's assistant "I've never looked inside."
"Well open it up!" Natsu said "She carried it all the way here so let her see what's inside."
Lucy opened the case and the only thing inside was a bundle of bandages wrapped around something.
"Smells funny." Natsu said.
Lucy removed the wrapping and underneath was a strange metal rod of some kind.
It feels…odd.
Lucy didn't recognize the object in the slightest. After getting the girl some food Lucy took Michelle home.
LATER
After that Michelle started hanging around the guildhall more and more helping out however she could. I think it has been good for Lucy to have some family around; it helped her out of the slump she was in. The two of them get along so well. The other day Lucy somehow put in a request for the guild to investigate the dial she found.
Michelle tripped like she always does and that hunk of metal bounced across the room.
"Hey look!"
The handle started levitating and spinning around.
"No one touch it." I said.
Just what the hell is this thing?
Some glowing text appeared on the metal.
"It looks ancient."
"Levy and Freed are both out of town." Gramps said.
"Can't you read this ancient mumbo jumbo Gramps?" I asked.
"Listen." He said "I think you should let this dog lie."
He knows something.
After that Erza, Gray and I left on a job without Lucy and Natsu.
"Wait just the three of us?" Gray asked.
"That a problem?"
"Uhh…no."
"If we're quick we can be back tonight." I told him.
So we left, and Juvia followed.
Scruff's POV
Apparently, we're having a festival to watch Natsu and Gajeel get their butts whipped by Laxus. I don't even think the fight lasted two seconds. Natsu was charred on the ground and Gajeel had run off like a baby. After that the other Exceeds, Kage and I went back to the guild.
"Talk about a waste of time." Kage said.
"Yep. I have nine lives and I felt like I wasted one on that." I joked.
"I think someone's outside." Lily said as we went to the door.
Three people were walking up to the guildhall.
"Can I help you?" Kage asked stepping forward adjusting his tie.
The group was made up of two women and a man. They looked familiar.
"This is impossible…"
"How'd they get here?"
"Stop talking like you know me." The shorter girl said
"I get it." Kage said "These are the Earthland versions of the people we meet in Edolas."
The rest of the guild showed back up as he was finishing his thought.
"We have guests."
Anyone else who had gone to Edolas had similar questions.
"Sugarboy…Hughes…and Coco." I mumbled "Why are their Earthland selves here."
And why is Hughes a girl?
"If you're not here for a job then leave." Max told them.
"I'm only gonna say this once." Hughes said "Hand over Lucy Heartfilia, we know she's here."
Macao denied their stupid request and told them to leave. Kinana suspected that these might be the people who were destroying those churches in the paper.
"Hand over the girl before we get violent."
Sugarboy pulled out a stick and sang into it.
He should shut up.
A bunch of goop started pouring out his shirt. Elfman tried punching it put he just got sucked in. I grabbed Kage and we flew up.
"What's with that stuff?" Wendy asked.
"It's like it's alive." Kage said.
We put Wendy and Kage down on the ground after Sugarboy's slime returned to him
"That stuff sucked the life out of everyone it touched."
"Just turn yourself over Lucy, or your friends will be in a world of pain."
"They still don't know who Lucy is." Natsu told Lucy, Michelle and Levy.
"You three go find the old man leave this to us." Kage added
Kage kicked the ground and sent his shadow fists at them
"Conducting Art!"
The whole shadow bent off course and slammed into Laki and Max.
"What the hell."
Natsu tried to use his flames but they got turned around and sent at Lucy, Levy and Michelle. Kinana tried to help by throwing rocks and Lily and I had to step in and help her.
"Run now!"
"No way cat!" Coco jumped up and kicked us in the face.
Wendy tried to help but her attack only sent Natsu flying.
"What do you want with Lucy?" I asked.
"Shut it flea bag."
"What! I'll have you know I haven't had fleas in years!"
"I am Lucy." Michelle said.
And they bought it, they believed Michelle was Lucy. This charade resulted in a really lame comedic gag of people pretending to be Lucy…and they fell for that too. It did manage to confuse them and let the real Lucy and Michelle run away.
We tried a counter attack but every move was stopped in its tracks. Coco ran after the two and the rest of us tried to hold them off for as long as we could.
LATER
We had gone into the woods to find Lucy but Coco intercepted us. Lily was mostly useless against the girl due to his past relationship with her. I tried to fight her but I'm not familiar enough with the Ringblade to use is properly yet, and in terms of Martial Arts her Athletic Magic nearly broke my bones with each blocked kick.
I shrunk back into my tiny form after a few minutes of exchanging blows with the woman.
"Crud!"
"She's too fast what'd we do?"
"Electro Ball!" The cliffside Coco was running on exploded as balls of static crashed into it.
I heard loud whistling as someone walked up "You don't really belong here."
"Is that?"
"Kanji!"
"The Electrocutioner?"
"I hear you're looking for a friend of mine… here hold this." He said handing Wendy his coat "You do know what happened to the last group who tried to take Lucy away? We crushed them!"
A laser came out of his eyes and blasted the cliffside. Coco emerged from smoke and tried to kick him but he blocked it with his arm.
"That tickled." He smirked
He barely felt it. That attack almost broke my leg! He really is incredible.
"Lightning Dragon Demolition Fist!" Kanji punched the girl and blew her back into the cliff "What do you want with Lucy?!"
"Like I'd tell you."
"Lightning Dragon Talon!" He kicked her in the stomach "Each shock will be more violent than the last, I want an answer."
A bright green light appeared in the sky.
"That's the signal. They got the clock hand." Coco said running off.
"Lucy…"
AN
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