Chapter 4 – Excalibur
"You want to make a contract with me!?" exclaimed a shocked Lucy, "yes I do" answered Cal "together we will" but, before he could finish Kid shouted "NO!" Everyone turned to look at him, the looks on their faces revealing that they had forgotten he was there. They were even more shocked when Kid dropped his guns and they transformed into women. "Professor you can't be serious! They've been corrupted, the glyphs prove it! You can't contract yourself to" "FOOL", Excalibur shouted, his cane now pointing at Kid. "I had thought you smarter than that, do you truly believe that I do not fully understand these glyphs and their function? Look at them, tell me what you see." Kid looked at the glyphs that Cal was pointing at and answered, "They're glowing, indicating that the people near them have been corrupted." "No" Cal replied, "they are glowing faintly. Showing that they have been near someone corrupted, but aren't themselves. They are immune, meaning that we should introduce them to your father, in fact Death City might be the perfect place for their new guild."
"Forgive the interruption" started Erza, "but did you say the name of this place was Death City? And why did he call you professor?" "Yes, it's called Death City," answered Kid "it was founded by the Grim Reaper Death, as a place to house the Death Academy, where special wizards are trained to locate, seek out and destroy a particular type of corruption. As for Cal, he was a professor there for a while." He thought to himself for a moment before continuing, "I think you might be right Cal. With the academy, our range is fairly limited, but if we had a guild, we'd be able to reach areas we previously couldn't. Very well, I shall take you to meet my father, you can learn more from him." "Now hold on a minute there stripy" said Laxus, with Kid flinching at the comment, "why should we want to meet with your dad? Who is he exactly?" Kid smiled rather smugly, "that's right I haven't introduced myself yet, what appalling manors. My name is Death the Kid and I am the son of the Grim Reaper Death."
Hearing that they all looked at each other in shock, before finally agreeing to go to Death City. While they made their way to Death City, Lucy finalised her contract with Excalibur. Frankly it was the best contract she had ever made. Excalibur's terms were that he was available 24/7, required less magical energy than Plue to summon and once summoned, instead of using Lucy's energy to remain he'd use his own. Meaning he could remain for months at a time if needed, as evident by his stint as a teacher. Once the deal was made, he told her that he would train her in his use in Death City but for now he would show her how to summon him. "Wait" Grey, whom had been listening said, "She doesn't need a key to summon you?" "Indeed not, we shall test this, I shall return to the spirit world, Lucy, you hold up your hand and use the words I have given you." She nodded in agreement, because even though he had not told her the words she knew what they were, like he had implanted them within her mind
Cal closed his own gate and returned to the spirit world. Lucy raised her hand and spoke;
Appear: Celestial Sword of Kings Excalibur
A light in the shape of a sword shone from her hand, the light burst and in its place, was Excalibur in his sword form. "As called I am here my lady." It took two days, but eventually Kid said "there it is, Death City." The whole group stood in awe, as the city was huge but had one very large building standing prominently in the centre. "Is that the academy?" Erza asked, "yes it is" Kid replied "It's also my father's seat of power so to speak, come on." He led them through the city to the academy and then into it. As they passed through the halls the group all thought how big they were, until they reached a giant door. The door was massive and had a huge picture of a skull on it. "This is the Death Room, where my father resides" Kid exclaimed, he placed his index finger on the door and appeared to draw an invisible picture on it, causing it to open. They moved through the door into what seemed like a humongous desert graveyard, complete with blue sky. Then they saw him, standing in front of a full length mirror, It was Kid's father and founder of Death City, the Grim Reaper himself, Death.