Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks.
Kage's POV
"How'd you find out about this place?" Natsu asked.
"The book." Dan explained "it says there's a clock piece here."
"Looks like they haven't found it yet." Lucy said happily.
"AH! It's Lu-Lu!"
"Lu-Lu?" Romeo and I questioned.
"I see fate has bound us together!"
"Fire Dragon Roar!"
"I don't really have time to waste on you…Love is beckoning me with its call"
Natsu's attack hit the shield and bounced off back at us.
"Watch where you point that!"
This is the guy they met in the mansion, that lance must be what shrunk Natsu.
Natsu kept punching the shield and making fire fly around the room.
"Shadow Knuckle!" Fists came out and punched but they too got reflected by the shield "So it's not a mirror." I observed as I punched myself in the face and slurred "That's~ good to know…"
I shook the cobwebs from my head and we took the distraction created by Natsu's destruction to make a run for it.
"Let's find the clock piece and get out of here." Lucy said.
"Wait my LOVE!"
"Dan knock it off we have to find the clock piece; did you forget the mission." Coco snapped.
"I didn't forget the mission…I found LOVE!"
He then proceeded to spell the word for us.
"Would you shut up?!" Natsu yelled punching the man.
The two started fighting and Dan just thrusted his spear all over the place, he completely missed Natsu and nailed Lucy with the weapon instead.
"Oh!" We all yelled
"I'm not sure if it's funny or sad…" I shrugged.
Dan then decided he needed to carry Lucy around like a key chain.
"I now fear no man!" he yelled.
Natsu and I had to dodge the spear again.
"We gotta get Lucy back."
"Focus on not getting hit!" I yelled at him.
Then he stopped attacking to pick his teeth. We somehow convinced Dan to marry Lucy today in this tomb and he totally bought it.
"If you two get married Erza's gonna have a fit. I don't know what will get left in her wake" Happy joked
Michelle had this whole thing planned out, a ceremony and a honeymoon.
"How long have you been planning this?" I wondered.
Romeo managed to smoke out Dan's armor and free Lucy, but in the process he stunk up the whole room.
"Couldn't you have done that with a different flame?"
Happy scooped up Lucy and made a run for it. Dan ran after them and turned the girl back to normal but in the process he made Happy humongous.
"WAH!"
"Uh oh. Must 'a slipped." Dan said.
"You suck at that…"
"Happy stop flailing around you're stepping on Natsu!"
"Sorry!"
Happy proceeded to fly around so he wouldn't crush people.
"Just sit still!"
Dan jumped up and shot the cat returning him to normal.
"Relax your back." Natsu told him.
"Everyone's back to normal." Michelle said.
"Let's get back to the task at hand." I told them "We gotta find the piece."
"I got the book we can use that." Lucy said.
"Hand that over!" Coco said running towards her.
"No way!" I kicked the floor and made my shadow attack her.
"Get back here!"
"We're not going anywhere." Natsu told Dan.
"I'm going after the girl." I told him "You take the knight."
"Fine."
I slipped into my shadow and sped across the floor.
"You're not getting away!"
"Yes they are!" I yelled emerging from the ground and trying to uppercut the girl.
She avoided my attack and kept going after the others. Lucy ran into a statue because she was trying to read and run. That triggered another trap which made a hole in the floor.
"Hang on I'll get you out." I told them.
Lucy offered her hand to Coco but the girl refused until Lucy forcefully took it. That weakened the rocks and the two fell down the hole.
"Lucy are you okay?" Michelle called.
"We'll come help you." Romeo told her.
"No!" she yelled up "Go find the clock piece we'll meet back up soon."
"You heard the girl." I said using my shadow to lift them out of the hole.
"She's got her spirits she'll be fine." Happy said.
"Let's get to looking." I told them.
Scruff's POV
"Isn't there an easier way to the top?" Levy asked.
"Map says this is the only way." Gajeel spat.
"This is a pain in the butt."
"Why can't you two carry us?" Droy whined.
"We might miss a clue on the ascent." Lily told him.
"That and you could use the exercise Tubby." I joked.
"Quit whining!" Gajeel snapped.
We kept climbing up the mountain till we reached the top.
"According to Lucy information we should be on top of the piece." Gajeel said "but I don't see anything."
"Finally!" Levy yelled as she reached the top.
"Oh no we climbed the wrong mountain!" Lily told them.
"WHAT?!"
"I'm just kidding." He snickered "but it was worth it to see the look on your faces."
That just sucked the life out of them.
"Stupid thing's probably buried." Gajeel said.
"Then what now?" I asked.
Gajeel changed his arm into a shovel and we got to digging. We dug for a while, till the sun started setting.
"Why haven't we found it yet?" Levy asked.
"Stop working your gums and move your arms." Gajeel told her.
I smell something
"Someone's here." I told them hopping off the rock I was sitting on.
Gajeel got out of the hole "There."
"It appears I've been discovered."
"Samuel…" I grumbled "He's here for the clock part."
"This the one you saw before?" Levy asked
"Yes." I told her "He's a thinker like you."
"Hmm…" Lily just stared at the other cat.
"Well Sammy if you want the piece come get it." Gajeel laughed.
"Please don't abbreviate my name."
"We can take him." Lily told Gajeel "You look for the piece."
"It's Pantherlily correct? It is a pleasure to meet a senior Exceed; it almost makes you my big brother."
"Umm no it doesn't." I said shaking my head.
"You're not worthy to call yourself my brother."
"Don't encourage him Sir Lily."
"We should at least try to be friendly." Sam said "I know all about you, how you sided with the humans."
"I did that for my own reasons." He told him.
"Logic will always trump brute force."
"Quit yapping and fight." I said shifting into my battle form.
"Happy to oblige." Sammy said transforming.
"A speed form like mine…" I observed "I didn't think Earthland Exceeds could use Battle Form. I look forward to testing your body's abilities!"
The two of us flew forward and traded blows. His nails were as sharp as mine.
"Ringblade!" I pulled off the accessory and in grew into the large saw blade.
I swung it at him but he blocked my slashes.
Sir Lily came in and swung his sword.
"Stop running and fight."
Sammy spouted off nonsense about how thinking through the situation had already made him the victor.
"A fight is decided on the battle field not in the classroom!" I said kicking him in the back.
He grabbed my arm and threw me off the mountain.
"Behind ya!" Lily came up and slashed as the other Exceed.
"Pay attention!" I yelled flying up and punching him.
Sammy pinned Lily's arms behind his back "Will you attack your own partner."
I threw the Ringblade at Sammy and it missed.
"You didn't calculate for the wind."
"Did I?" the blade came back and slammed into Sammy's back.
The mountain rumbled.
"Seems like your allies triggered the trap."
He separated us to prevent us from helping the others with our mobility.
Lily elbowed Sammy and flew back.
"Why did you side with the Legion?"
"Because they took me in!"
I flew in and tried to kick him but he blocked my attack. I backed up into the mountain and saw the others fighting some golem.
"Just as predicted."
Gajeel threw the clock piece to Levy and ran up the machine.
"He can't!"
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Karma Demon Iron God Sword!"
Gajeel's arms became one big blade and but the guardian in two.
"We're done here. Finish up." Gajeel said.
Sammy had some sort of panic attack when he saw Gajeel defy his calculation.
"You're wide open." I said grabbing him and throwing him to the ground.
I shifted back into my normal form and we got ready to head to the meeting point
Kanji's POV
You're telling me this thing's underwater?" I asked "We can't pull it out if it's submerged."
Lisanna had gone underwater to scout for the piece and found it wedged in some rocks.
"We can't just drain the lake." Mira said.
"Maybe we can." Lisanna said coming back to the surface "There's a plug at the bottom."
"There's a crater over here." Elfman called "Think the two are connected?"
"Pull the plug." I said "Let's see what happens."
Lisanna swam down and yanked the cord; the lake drained and unearthed the clock piece.
"It worked."
"There it is."
"Good job."
"Glad I could help. I was starting to feel like dead weight." Lisanna laughed
"Prior to this you were." I told her before feeling like someone was stabbing me "Is something wrong Mira?"
"What was that? Didn't Erza tell you to be nice…" she said giving me the evil eye.
"I mean…we couldn't have done it without you Lisanna."
Elfman pulled the piece out and then threw it to the side.
"What are you doing?"
"Oh come on not her again!" Elfman grumbled.
"Thanks big guy."
"Hughes…"
"I'm a genius it was so~ much easier to just follow you and let you four do the heavy lifting." She remarked.
"It's four against one." Elfman said charging forward.
He then got turned around and almost punched us.
"As long as I have this baton you're all my puppets." She said.
"Lisanna hold this." I said taking off my jacket and letting lightning leak out "Since you've pissed me off just by talking, I'll show you just how out of your league I am. Let's go."
She flicked her wrist and I shot a blast off to the side that almost roasted my jacket.
"Watch it." I told her "That's a family heirloom."
The clock piece started humming.
"It's like…resonating. I better get going." Hughes said.
"You're not going anywhere." I told her.
"Why are you doing this?" Mira asked her.
"Just doing what the archbishop tells us."
"If you don't question your superiors, you're nothing more than a puppet." Lisanna told her.
"Well then…You can be a puppet too."
The wand glowed and Mira moved. Then her eyes went dark black.
"Shit!" I hissed.
"AHHAGH!"
"What the hell'd you do to her?!"
"Second Movement!"
When she moved the wand Satan separated form Mira.
"Impossible." Elfman said "Satan's Soul got pulled out."
"You two stay back!" I told them charging the demon "Mira and I haven't fought in a long time this will be fun."
I punched at the demon but it avoided the attack.
What a joke Mira would have been ten times faster in that dodge.
I ducked under a blast "Lightning Dragon Talon!" I kicked Satan up and followed it into the sky "Without Mira commanding you it's like fighting a child!"
The demon tried blasting me but I put up a shield.
"Demolition Fist!"
I punched the monster and blasted it into the crater.
"Stop wasting my time!" I yelled at Hughes "Just put Satan back where she belongs."
The demon just went around me and went after Elfman and Lisanna "If I can't get you I'll just get them!"
The two were no match for a monster like that and I wiped the floor with them before I could even take a few steps.
"All sinners must die! Bye Bye Fairy Tail!"
The blast that was fired off was Soul Extinction.
I went to block the energy wave but someone else jumped in front.
"You're not supposed to use that form." I told her "You know what the old man said. You can hear me right…Mira?" I looked back at Elfman "Get out of here; I'll handle it if I have to."
Great now I have to fight Satan and Halephus.
"Heavenward Halberd!" I threw the lightning lance at Satan.
"This is such a waste of time." Mira said.
"I know right."
"Third Movement!"
Hughes did the stupidest thing possible and merged with Satan's soul.
"RAH!"
She punched at us but Mira caught it with one had.
"Come on!" I yelled kicking her in the back "Is that it?!"
"Not even a scratch!"
"You had your fun!" Mira said blasting her.
When the smoke cleared Hughes was only left in a crater.
"You used my magic to hurt my siblings." Mira said "Now you'll pay."
"Easy now Mira." I said as she approached the woman and nearly punched her in the face.
"Bad." She flicked her forehead.
"It's so terrifying." Elfman said.
"An attack like can send shivers up your spine." I added "Come on let's get the clock and go."
Kage's POV
After looking for a while we met up with Lucy and came out at an old church in the tomb.
"Is this the place?"
"The book says it is." Lucy replied.
"I'll get the high view." Happy said flying high.
The roof broke and Natsu crashed into the floor.
"So this is where you are."
"BUTT OUT!" Natsu tried to punch Dan but only ended up getting shrunken.
"Stay away from me!" Lucy yelled.
"Back off." I told the man as he reflected my shadow.
"Just keep attacking it'll only bring the ruins down on top of us."
I pulled my shadow back and stopped attack. When Dan tried to go after Lucy, Romeo tackled him and gave Lucy the chance to fall back. With the man boxed in between me and Romeo he wasted no time going after the younger boy.
"Oh Dan~" I heard Lucy coo.
Lucy was half naked wearing a bridal veil.
"Uhh…" the other two men and I just stood there stunned.
"Oh yeah!" Dan was all excited "Love me!"
"Now Natsu!"
Happy threw Natsu into the lance and he grew back to normal.
"Game over. Fire Dragon Iron Fist!"
When Natsu punched Dan the back wall disappeared and reviled the clock piece we were searching for.
"It's huge!"
"It was back here."
"You must have dispelled the wall when Dan hit it." I told him.
"That was my plan all along." He gloated.
"Lucy!" Dan jumped up.
"You still wanna fight?" I asked.
"No you won fair a square I'm done."
He then proceeded to tell us his life story with the help of visual aids.
"These pictures don't match the story at all…"
"Well Hughes and Sugarboy drew the pictures based on my travel journal so there's likely some errors on their part."
"Ahh. That makes more sense." We said.
"So why are you looking for the clock pieces?"
"Can't tell you."
"What a waste of time." I mumbled.
Dan went back to hitting on Lucy.
"We can't leave because this is the meeting point for the others."
"Let's hunker down and wait." I told them taking a seat.
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