Team Natsu and the One Ring
Hi everyone. FairySinGirl here with another chapter for Team Natsu and the One Ring! This is gonna be an intermission chapter before I start getting into The Two Towers part. Hope you enjoy it!
Also I forgot to mention last chapter that I noticed some of you have been questioning the Fairy Tail arc that I have this story set after. Well you'll be happy to know that I went back and fixed that, so this is no longer set after the Edolas arc. This story now takes place after the Tartaros arc, but it's AU courtesy of Warmachine375 suggesting it. For more details, feel free to go back reread the first two chapters that I went back and fixed up along with some of the other chapters that needed a bit of fixing up as well. So this story is now set after the correct arc.
Anywho, enough rambling.
Disclaimer: Again I don't own Fairy Tail or Lord of the Rings, that also goes for the two Dark Guilds that allied themselves with Saruman during his visit to Earth Land.
Intermission Chapter
Upon entering through the portal to Earth Land made by Levy McGarden albeit unwillingly, Saruman gazed upon the lush countryside of the Kingdom of Fiore that the blue haired woman explained and sensed the abundance of Magic Power everywhere. It is like a paradise for magic users who can use their powers compared to Middle-Earth.
"Fascinating. A world full of mages and magic. Far away from the influence of the Valar. My power is stronger and more potent here," the White Wizard mused as he thought, Once Middle-Earth is taken, Earth Land will be next. But for now, time to find allies from these Guilds that Levy McGarden explained to me in great detail.
Saruman started his search for Earth Land Guilds that he can sway to join him and his conquest of Middle Earth.
He attempted to recruit Fairy Tail and see if they can be persuaded but predictably they refused as the so-called Fairies immediately knew he is the conquering and evil kind of man and battled him. But alas they were no match for the White Wizard who is one of the Maiar and bested them including even Makarov and Gildarts. The guildhall was left in complete ruins with unconscious and bleeding members.
Seeing the Guild has been dealt with and no reinforcements for Natsu and his team, Saruman left them for dead, not caring if they survived or not, and continued his search. Eventually, he happened to stumble upon two powerful wizards filled with great dark magical energies dueling with one another and they were equal in strength as their sword clash caused a massive explosion around them and they are in a blade lock.
"Hell Oblivion!", the tall pale man with a pumpkin-shaped helmet and vampire-themed outfit fired a huge blast of Dark Magic at his opponent who began to swing his large sword that transformed into a sleek looking one towards it.
"Dark Runesave!" the older blonde man with a dark armored caped outfit nullified his enemy's magical attacks. He then charges towards him as his sword changes again. "Dark Silfarion!"
"No matter how fast you are Gael Raregroove, I am faster!" the pumpkin-head wearing man declared as he rapidly blocked and parried his enemy's Dark Silfarion-enhanced sword strikes.
"Don't count me out, Doryu! I am just getting warmed up!" Gael declared and jumped high in the sky as he transforms his sword into a heavy looking one. "Dark Gravity Core!"
"Bring it! Darkness Weight!" Doryu lifts his arm in the air and instantly gathers a spiraling mass of Dark Magic above him which he is about to throw it towards Gael swinging his weapon down on him.
"Now these are powerful mages I have been looking for," Saruman mused and decided to intervene.
He appeared by teleporting in front of Gael and Doryu who are about to hit each other with Dark Gravity Core and Darkness Weight, and slammed his staff which caused a powerful shockwave that sent them flying. This shocked the two combatants and looked up to see who the interloper before them is.
"Alright, old man. Who are you and why did you interrupt our duel?" Gael demanded as he changed his heavy looking sword back to its original form.
"Indeed, state your business or we will take you down for interrupting us," Doryu agreed as he readied his black sword.
"I am Saruman the White Wizard. Just like this Edolas, I have come from another world called Middle-Earth and I come to you two for a glorious purpose," the treacherous leader of the Istari introduces himself to the two Dark Mages with his silver tongue.
That surprised Gael and Doryu because while they did hear about Edolas being a parallel world to Earth Land, they did not expect that there is another world and this Saruman claims to be from it. Of course they can sense that the man in white flowing robes is much powerful than he looks and could do much more than interrupt their duel with a simple shockwave slam of his staff.
Deciding to entertain the old man for a bit and sees it as a sales pitch, Gael asked. "A glorious purpose eh? Sounds interesting but what kind is it?"
"How does conquering Middle-Earth sound like to you and your rival?" the White Wizard revealed which surprised Gael and Doryu.
"So I see that you came to Earth Land to look for allies to conquer your world? With your power we can sense from you, you could have done it yourself," Doryu stated with skepticism.
"That is true but unfortunately, there are enemies that oppose my conquest especially the wizards from this world. I believe they are from Fairy Tail," Saruman stated which brought out a negative reaction from the two. "I take it you know of them."
"Unfortunately so, the Doryu Ghost Attack Squad was a subordinate Dark Guild of Tartaros and Fairy Tail was the one who took Tartaros down and I took what remains of their Guilds into my side," Doryu explained.
Gael nodded and stated, "Same with mine. Demon Card was Grimoire Heart's subordinate Dark Guild. But like Tartaros, it fell to Fairy Tail and all Dark Guilds affiliated with Grimoire Heart split off especially mine."
"I see. Well, your Dark Guilds, Demon Card and Doryu Ghost Attack Squad, will find more success in taking over Middle-Earth than here. If it makes it more appealing, I have destroyed Fairy Tail when I first came here," Saruman revealed.
This shocks and terrifies the two Dark Guild Masters to learn that the White Wizard was responsible for taking down the number one Guild in Fiore, that was responsible of defeating the three members of the Balam Alliance. And before they could refute such claims or call out Saruman for being a bit ridiculous, a Lacrima phone ringed loudly which Gael took out and answered it.
"What is it, Deep Snow?" Gael demanded.
"Father, you won't believe it! News spread across Fiore that Fairy Tail has been attacked by some old man in white robes and they are defeated. All of them! I can't believe the phrase "How the mighty have fallen" has been more appropriate for those arrogant Fairies who thinks they are hot shit and believed the world revolves around them!" the man in arctic themed clothing explained with an amused laugh.
"Language, boy!" the Demon Card Guild Master scolded him.
"Yes, father. I apologize but I needed to tell you about the news. It's already circulating in the newspapers," Deep Snow stated after calming down.
"Very well, thank you and I will contact you later. Stay safe, son," Gael said before turning off his Lacrima phone and faced Saruman who seemed pleased that his infamy has been known in Earth Land.
"Impressive, I'd say. Not many have dared faced Fairy Tail and walked away victorious. So care to explain why you attacked Fairy Tail?" Doryu asked in curiosity.
"To recruit them. At first, since I learned from one of its members called Levy McGarden that Guilds take any jobs in exchange for rewards. I see it as glorified mercenary work for mages here. I thought I could recruit the Guild to be part of my conquest on Middle-Earth," Saruman explained.
Gael laughed in amusement, "Oh okay that's just hilarious! You came to Fairy Tail and hoped that they join your side! Those guys take serious offense at anyone who attempted to either conquer the world or kill everyone or even both. How did you beat them?"
"A Wizard shall never reveal his secrets. But if it's any consolation, the Fairies do not go down gently and I am not the mightiest of the Istari for nothing," the White Wizard stated with his Maiar aura briefly leaked out to show off his power that brings chills down on the two Dark Guild Masters' spines that his light looks white and pure but it is full of malice and evil.
"Alright, you have our interest. So what would you have us do?" the Doryu Ghost Attack Squad Guild Master inquired.
"Assemble your Dark Guilds and bring everything and everyone you have here. I am going to open a portal to Middle-Earth. Thanks to the abundance of Earth Land's magic power, I can make it large enough for all of you to enter into my world and land on Isengard, my base of operations," Saruman stated to the two of them.
Doryu and Gael look at each other and great and terrible minds think alike, clearly accepting Saruman's offer and joined him.
Meanwhile
While Saruman was still in Fiore recruiting Demon Card and Doryu Ghost Attack Squad to join him in conquering Middle Earth, the Iron Dragon Slayer Gajeel Redfox and his Exceed partner Pantherlily had just made it to the area where Levy was still being kept. They had been following Gajeel's nose, as the Iron Dragon Slayer had made sure to keep track of Levy by scent, as they made their way throughout Isengard and doing their best to be careful to avoid running into any orcs and Uruk-hai along the way as they continued to search for Levy. And now here they were, now standing before their fellow guildmate as her rescuers.
"Yo shrimp, we're here to bust ya outta this place already," Gajeel greeted.
Levy, who had been sitting there distraught and sobbing her eyes out over not having been strong enough to resist the treacherous White Wizard's silver tongue when she had unwillingly been forced to explain to him everything about Fiore and was now worried over what he might do to Fairy Tail, suddenly looked up at hearing the familiar voice of the Iron Dragon Slayer and blinked in surprise when she saw both him and Pantherlily standing there. "Gajeel? Lily? You have no idea how happy I am to see you guys right now!" she suddenly said happily as she ran over and threw her arms around both of them and just broke down. "I'm sorry, he-he's already in our world. Now who knows what he'll do to Fairy Tail, and it's all my fault. I-I wish I had been strong enough to resist his persuasive words," she sobbed as she could only blame herself for being weak against Saruman's silver tongue.
Gajeel gently put an arm around her to comfort her. "Well if it makes ya feel better, I can always arrest ya later," he teased.
Pantherlily deadpanned at that. "Now isn't the time for jokes, Gajeel. We need to focus on getting Levy out of here now," he told his partner, before then looking over at Levy. "It's not your fault, Levy. Gajeel and I don't blame you, and nobody back at the guild will either," he assured her.
Levy nodded as she began to wipe the tears from her eyes. "You're right. But still, if only my will had been stronger-"
"Lily's right, no one back at the guild's gonna blame ya," Gajeel told her before she could continue going on about not being stronger. "Anyway, you've been held prisoner here long enough so let's get ya outta here already."
Levy nodded. "Yeah, let's go," she agreed after gathering up the job request with the portal spell as well as another portal project she had also been working on in secret that she would have planned to use as a means to escape before Gajeel and Pantherlily showed up to her rescue just now, though she had a feeling her secret portal project would still come in handy to use in order to return home to Fiore once they would hopefully be able to find Team Natsu after they escape from Isengard.
And just like that, Levy McGarden made her escape from Isengard as she followed close behind Gajeel and Pantherlily.
And no sooner had Levy escaped with her fellow guildmates, that was when Saruman had soon returned while opening a portal large enough for him, Demon Card, and Doryu Ghost Attack Squad to enter. The treacherous White Wizard suddenly sensed Levy's escape when he discovered that she was suddenly gone, though he wasn't at all bothered by it as he already got what he came for during his visit to Earth Land.
Gael and Doryu had begun taking the time to set up their Guilds in preparation to assist in the conquest of Middle Earth. Gael had also managed to capture a certain mage at some point in order to use as an ally against Fairy Tail when the time was right, while Doryu had recruited two certain wizards who had joined Demon Card and Doryu Ghost Attack Squad willingly in order to each get their own revenge on Fairy Tail.
The two Guild Masters could now be seen inside the Doryu Ghost Attack Squad Guild taking the time to set up Hell's Core that Doryu had ended up salvaging from the remains of the Tartaros Guild which they planned to use later in their aid to help conquer Middle Earth.
Saruman observed approvingly and with interest as his new allies began to set up their guildhalls and prepare to help conquer Middle Earth.
Hope you all enjoyed part 1 of this intermission chapter. And yes, I'm aware that Demon Card and Doryu Ghost Attack Squad are actually from Rave Master. But I needed Dark Guilds to use here to join forces with Saruman to help conquer Middle Earth, so Warmachine275 helped come with the idea of using Demon Card and Doryu Ghost Attack Squad as said Dark Guilds. No this will not be crossing over into Rave Master territory, and nor will I be including Haru Glory and his friends as well (Plue being the only exception of course, because he's Lucy's Celestial Spirit, and not Rave Master's Plue).
Also the spelling of Gale Raregroove's name has also been altered and will be spelled as Gael in this story so as to avoid any confusion with Rave Master. And also to avoid confusion with the GaLe ship for Gajeel and Levy as well (according to Warmachine375), even though I normally capitalize the 'L' in the GaLe ship to set it apart as both Gajeel's and Levy's names. But whatever, enough rambling.
Anywho, yeah, just thought I'd clear that up.
Credit for the help with this scene goes to Warmachine375.
Well anyway, I know this is short but I hope you still enjoyed it.
