Chapter Four: Zuri's Best Day Ever
Last chapter was exactly 9001 words. You don't know how happy that makes me. Also, to hell with Mashima. Edo-Lisanna is Edo-Lisanna. To hell with Mashima. Why the fuck didn't Mirajane and Elfman MENTION or NOTICE that Lisanna apparently ascended into fucking HEAVEN, as opposed to getting SMASHED INTO ITTY BITTY PIECES AND THEN PUT IN THE GROUND, LIKE WE THOUGHT.
Ahem. Anyways.
-FAIRY TAIL-
"GREETINGS, ALLIES! I AM THE FANTASTICALLY AMAZING DOCTOR TERASU!"
"KILL HIM!" Natsu roared, rushing towards Edo-Terasu, fists raised.
"WOAH NELLY!"
Edo-Terasu ducked under Natsu's punch, then slammed him in the forehead with an open palm. Natsu toppled back and felt his back hit the floor. He started scrambling to get up, when a foot slammed on his back, shoving him back down.
"Gonna be nice? If you can't play niiiiice, you don't get to play at all!" Edo-Terasu declared, looking down at Natsu, waving one finger 'no'.
"Um... what?"
"Natsu, stand down. You attacking their Terasu is no different than the others attacking me," Erza ordered.
"Oh... right. Reflex," Natsu grumbled, trying to get up.
"Can ya play nice?"
"...Yes."
"Okay!" Edo-Terasu declared, grinning from ear to ear, as he stepped back.
Natsu crawled back a bit before getting to his feet. He looked over to Lucy, whose face had darkened, but the girl had otherwise remained silent. The rest of Edo-Tail was just sort of staring at him, utterly confused. Queen Shagotte smiled, highly amused. As for Edo-Terasu, he was watching everyone for a few moments, before he apparently grew bored and began fiddling with the bolt in his head as he walked over to his work-table.
"This is the Doctor," Queen Shagotte said, "He's quite amazing."
"Just the Doc, kitten," Edo-Terasu grumbled, as he began rapidly assembling an odd work of machinery.
Shagotte didn't seem to notice the doctor's annoyane, only chuckling lightly, before she turned to the others, "Well, I'm sure some of you may want to understand the Doctor a bit better."
"THE. DOC. I LIKE IT SIMPLE."
Queen Shagotte glanced at him, highly amused, before continuing on, "But I understand if you don't. Gajeel has informed me of many of your Terasu's activities. And how he single-handedly thwarted them all. I think I started tuning him out shortly after that declaration."
There was a light growl, before Gajeel grumbled, "That was a totally kick-ass story, though..."
"In this tale of yours, how many women did you score?" Lucy asked, in a deadpan.
"All of-... Shut up."
"Happy, Charle, come with me, please," Queen Shagotte said, walking through one of the three doors in the room, holding it open for a moment, "There are a few things we must discuss."
The Earthland-raised Exceed looked to their partners, who just indicated for them to follow the Queen. The cats rushed off, to do so. Meanwhile, the various members of Edo-Tail and Fairy Tail began to scatter about, leaving, eventually, only Wendy, Paizuri, and Edo-Terasu in the room.
"Nowhere to go?" Edo-Terasu asked, not looking up.
"What's with that bolt?" Wendy asked, "It's scary."
"Oh, this thing? It was a science project..."
"Gone horribly wrong?" Paizuri offered, when the doctor seemed to have trailed off.
"Nah, horribly right. Do you know how kick-ass it is to pretty much scare off everyone in the room by offering everyone the chance to touch it?"
"...I see," Zuri said, calmly.
"Also, check it," Edo-Terasu said, as he began to rotate the giant bolt with a rhythmic clanking noise.
"Ummm... Zuri... I'm scared," Wendy whispered.
The succubus patted her on the back, and quickly pulled her to leave the room. Edo-Terasu grinned, spinning in his chair, just to observe the entirely empty room. He steepled his fingers and looked around, grinning.
"Just as planned. NOW! To construct something incredibly silly, like something that pumps radiation into food to make it cook faster!"
-FAIRY TAIL-
Charle and Happy walked along after Shagotte. Their queen had taken to hovering along, though they noticed one of her wings was missing. Neither dared to comment, but couldn't help but glance at it. They moved along down the hall for a while, in silence. Finally, it was apparent Happy had grown bored with this.
"Um... Your Highness?"
"Just call me Shagotte. Queen if you simply must," she replied, obviously amused, yet a bit exasperated.
"Well, Shagotte... what is it you wanted to talk about?" Happy asked, his eyes glancing to her missing wing again.
Queen Shagotte watched him, amused, "Curious about it?"
"About what?"
"My missing wing."
"Umm..."
"I wasn't aware that... that Aera magic could be broken like that," Charle said, concern in her voice.
"You're wondering if yours has been broken, as mine has? No, you don't have to worry about that," Shagotte said, "You likely just overexerted yourself. Your Aera will be back soon. Mine can't recover."
"Why?" Happy asked, tilting his head.
"Faust," Shagotte said, looking off to the side, "It all comes down to him, I'm afraid. It was when he ordered us to get rid of Dragon Slayers. They were... unique, in that their innate magic worked away at ours, even from Earthland. His idea was to simply kill all Dragon Slayers. We, naturally, decided it would be best to save them... So we changed the orders implemented in the many children we sent. Regrettably, Faust walked in during the experiment. We had to do a massive wipe, then change a couple to his order as he viewed them. Most we left wiped, hoping they would make it in some way. Some we managed to give the proper order, too. I fear two or three still live in Earthland, believing they must kill a Dragon Slayer..."
"Oh my," Charle muttered, a paw flying to her mouth.
Shagotte sighed, "I had to sacrifice part of my Aera in order to work the magic necessary to access Earthland from here, so that we could fix as many of the agents as possible. Even then, as you know, it wasn't enough... But it was all I could do."
"And you can't get it back?" Happy asked, his eyes wide.
"Not yet. Possibly not ever. The good doctor is working on it."
Happy and Charle looked at one another, their thoughts clearly focused on a similar doctor with ill intentions. Shagotte chuckled.
"Don't worry, he's on our side, completely."
"Our Terasu tricked us once," Happy said.
"So, how can you trust this one?"
"Very simply," Shagotte said, "Faust killed Terasu's wife. He won't stop until Faust is dead."
-FAIRY TAIL-
In a pool hall area, Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Lucy stood. Edo-Nab and a few others actually tested out the tables, playing for the fun of it. The supposed "Fairy Tail's Strongest Team" congregated near a corner.
"Allying ourselves with any sort of Terasu sounds like a bad idea," Erza said, crossing her arms.
Lucy nodded, looking off to the side, quite clearly distressed by the idea of it. Natsu and Gray had their arms crossed, looking down and to opposite sides.
"I don't like it one bit," Gray growled, "But like hell if we got a choice."
Natsu grimaced, "That's the worst part about it. Gotta go with this bastard completely against our will. It's bullshit."
"We can subdue him, undoubtedly, if it comes to that," Erza said, sternly.
"If Natsu's anything to show for it, this geezer's tougher," Gray said.
Natsu snarled, and internally bemoaned the inability to blow fire from his nostrils, like in the good old Earthland days. Instead, he had to settle for plain old annoyance.
"This Terasu... All of our counterparts. They've all proven to be similar to us. Edo-Ichiya was just as vain, even if a cat," Erza noted.
"So this bastard's probably faking it to trip us up again! HE'S GONNA PAY!" Natsu roared.
"...Natsu, chill," Gray said, "We can't do anything about him. The Queen trusts him, and like hell if he's doing anything evil right now. We kicked his ass in Earthland, so we can totally kick his ass here."
Natsu, after a moment, nodded sagely, "Indeed."
"...I'm going to be watching him constantly," Lucy said, quietly, "And if he so much as fucking moves wrong, I will kill him."
Erza, Natsu, and Gray all stared at Lucy, held in place for a moment by her sheer killing intent. The cold fury in her eyes disturbed Erza, but not as much as it did Natsu or Gray.
"Lucy...?"
Lucy stood up sharply, "I'm going up to my bedroom. Not in a good mood."
She departed, abruptly, and everyone watched her go, quietly.
"...Erza, go do whatever it is you do to make her overly happy," Natsu said, quietly.
"Shut it, Natsu," Gray snapped, "You gotta be sensitive about these matters."
"D'awwwwwww, but I can't do sensitive," Natsu said, "I'm only good at massive amounts of force!"
"Even in conversation?" Gray asked.
"Especially in conversation."
"...I'm not sure I am in the mood to talk any longer, myself," Erza said, quietly.
"YAY! Go make Lucy happy!"
A moment later, Natsu was sent flying across the room with a backhand. Gray gulped and ducked out of sight. Erza walked on out, without a glance back, worried for her dearest.
-FAIRY TAIL-
Happy stood out on a balcony railing, with Charle sitting on the floor. Shagotte had led them out here to relax for the time being, and both eagerly seized the chance to think and talk amongst themselves.
"So, my mission was just a screw-up," Charle said, sighing in relief, "It was all a lie."
"...there are worse things they could've done," Happy said, quietly.
"They made my entire life into something twisted, made me hate myself for being Wendy's friend and not being able to kill her. I can never forgive that dreadful woman."
"So, if you had the mission to kill Wendy, why did you stop yourself?" Happy asked.
"...whenever I thought about it, truly thought about it... I would see myself and Wendy, fighting side by side, or laughing and playing. It confused me, but I just felt like I had to pursue her, stay by her side..."
Happy leaped off of the railing and floated down next to Charle. He gently pulled her into a hug.
"I'm so stupid," Charle said, quietly.
"Nah, that's my job."
"I didn't even realize the mission was a mistake. I thought I was doomed to be alone, and I didn't even realize I had a perfectly good friend around."
"Yeah, Wendy's nice," Happy said.
"Not her, stupid."
"Eh? Then who?" Happy asked, feeling a flicker of jealousy flare up within himself.
"You, stupid," Charle said, laughing and shaking her head.
Happy blinked, for a moment, then grinned, nodding.
-FAIRY TAIL-
Edo-Terasu clicked his bolt a few times, then brushed the counter, sending a smattering of objects to the floor. He groaned, massaging his temples for a moment, before letting out a cackle.
"Yes... I can feel it... battle's coming up. Of course I can't focus on something stupid... It has to be the project..."
Edo-Terasu snarled and reached into a drawer, from where he pulled out a set of blueprints. Various objects were designed before him, with gratuitous amounts of labelling, so much so that even someone as scientifically underdeveloped as the average commoner might have been able to put it together, given enough focus. He grinned and started digging around in the pile of technology.
"That bastard Faust... he thinks he's so damn smug with that beast of his... I'll crush it with him inside," Edo-Terasu cackled, his glasses and bolt glinting.
He snapped together pieces, screwed in other pieces, and laughed the whole way as his creation became ever-larger.
-FAIRY TAIL-
Gajeel sat across the table from Edo-Wendy, tilting his head. Edo-Wendy sipped at a cup of tea for a moment, looking at him.
"...damn is it weird to look at you," Gajeel said, blinking.
"Right back at ya. Edo-you is kinda dead."
"...I better have died after having scored with every hot chick in Edo-Magnolia."
"...He died fighting off four Legion, Knightwalker, Pantherlily, and Sugarboy. He killed three of the Legion and broke Erza's spear so severely it's never been at full power since."
Gajeel tapped his chin for a moment, "I accept this. How was he? Manly? Awesome?"
"Very manly," Edo-Wendy said, tapping her silver-studded ear, "He did these himself."
Gajeel grinned, "I like him."
Edo-Wendy chuckled, smiling, "Yeah. He was Uncle Gajeel, to me."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Looked out for me. Made sure I got in some trouble. But not too much. Ya know. An awesome guy."
The door opened, and Wendy and Paizuri entered the room. Edo-Wendy stood up and looked towards Paizuri.
"Something I gotta talk to you about, Zuri," the older-looking girl said, "Wendy, hang here with Gajeel, please?"
"Sure!" the younger declared, giving a mock-salute, before giggling.
Zuri and Edo-Wendy left the dining area, and the two Dragon Slayers looked at one another for a moment.
"Gajeel, can you pierce my ear?" Wendy asked.
"Do you want it just to look cool?"
"Kinda."
"Are you ready for the pain?"
"Totally!"
"Will it piss off Charle?" Gajeel asked.
"Probably," Wendy said, shrugging.
"Awesome, we'll do it when we're back in Earthland," Gajeel said, giving a thumbs-up.
"Yay! Also, do you know any cool clubs?"
"...not until you're fifteen. The age I started going to clubs."
"But!"
"No. Zuri's damaged your mind enough as it is, I ain't pulling you anywhere like that, got it, kiddo?"
"Awwww..."
"...We took to this very quickly."
"Can I call you Unca?" Wendy asked, looking up at Gajeel, her hands clasped, her eyes shimmering.
Gajeel stared for a few moments, blinking. A few beads of sweat formed as he attempted to resist, before he finally broke a smile.
"Sure, kiddo."
"YAY! I get presents!" Wendy cheered.
-FAIRY TAIL-
Zuri recognized, after a moment, that she was in Edo-Wendy's room. She blinked and turned around to see Edo-Wendy grinning at her.
"Um, Edo-Wendy?" Zuri asked, tilting her head.
"Yeah, I wanted... I just wanted some alone time with you. To get everything together, you know?"
"All of what?"
Edo-Wendy sighed and gently brushed her hair to the side. She reached behind her back, then unsnapped two buttons. Her dress fell to the floor, and Zuri froze in place.
"The fact that I want my first time to be with a succubus, the alternate of which I killed. Took some time to get used to."
"So, wait, you're asking me to sleep with you?"
"Yes."
"Best. Day. Ever."
-FAIRY TAIL-
Erza shut the door behind her just in time for Lucy to toss a plate at the wall, with a resounding crash. Erza stopped, shocked, just as Lucy punched a wall, not flinching at the pain. She slammed it again, totally silent, before headbutting it. She let out a shuddering yell, and Erza could hear the half-gasp, half-choke. Lucy whirled around, letting out a choked-off yell, her teeth gritted, and Erza saw tears streaming from her eyes. The Knight rushed to hold her beloved, but Lucy shoved her away.
"Goddammit, Erza, he shouldn't exist! HE SHOULDN'T FUCKING EXIST!" Lucy screamed.
Erza Scarlet, her hands at her side, thought back to every situation she had ever been in.
"HE SHOULDN'T! IT'S NOT... it's not... right. Not fair. Why is HIS counterpart alive an-and... Gajeel, Makarov... Why is half of Edoras' Fairy Tail dead and that BASTARD ALIVE?" Lucy shrieked, her hands clasped, her eyes slammed shut, the tears flowing all the more.
Erza Scarlet, her eyes closed tight, thought back to every victory she had achieved, to every deed she had accomplished.
"God... goddammit, Erza... Why...?" Lucy groaned, falling to her knees, her whole body shaking.
Erza Scarlet, on her knees as well, realized she had no idea what to do.
-FAIRY TAIL-
Edo-Levy lay sprawled out on her bed, the other members of her team sitting on opposite sides of the room. An uneasy silence filled the space. The girl sighed, then sat up. Edo-Droy and Edo-Jet glanced over at her, blinking, a bit concerned. She had been like this all day. Untalkative, almost depressed seeming. It concerned the two, deeply.
"Levy...?" Edo-Jet asked, calmly,
"Hm?"
"Are you okay?" Edo-Jet asked, tilting his head, "You've been way depressed lately..."
Edo-Levy sat up and pulled her knees into her chest. She gently bit her nails, shutting her eyes. Edo-Droy was beside her in the blink of an eye, one hand on her shoulder. Edo-Jet stood up, sharply, and looked at them both. He sat down on the bed, a small smile on his face. Edo-Droy had a neutral expression, but some exhuded a comforting air.
"It's... Well, I've been thinking about us," Edo-Levy said, quietly.
"What about us?" Edo-Droy asked, very quietly.
"Well, it's... ugh...," Edo-Levy said with a groan, before slapping her palm to her forehead, "I... both of you..."
"What is it, Levy?"
Edo-Droy gently rubbed her back as he asked. Edo-Jet watched her, cautious of her current state.
"...it's just that, ya know, something Zuri said."
Edo-Jet blushed and looked to the side, grumbling something like "not true...", while Edo-Droy looked generally uncomfortable.
"No, not that... well, that, too. It's just that, ya know, she brought up some good points. Including the fact that... Ilovebothofyou," Edo-Levy said, the last bit in a rush.
She was half curled-up, her eyes slammed shut. The silence ruled the roost, ramping the tension until Edo-Levy couldn't take it; she opened her eyes, just a bit, to see her team members staring at her, unblinking.
"You..."
"Both of us...?"
"...eep."
The men of Edo-Shadow Gear looked at one another and Edo-Levy buried her head in her knees, shaking in anticipation of the inevitable "we can't accept this", the "you disgust me for not being able to choose". She was so surprised, then, when two pairs of arms encircled her, tight. She blinked, then blushed when two pairs of lips brushed against her temple. There was a pause, and then...
"We love you, too, Levy," Jet and Droy said.
-FAIRY TAIL-
Edo-Natsu sat in what seemed to be a living room, tapping his chin. He grumbled to himself, as he thought of new ways to impress Edo-Lucy. Maybe Earthland's Lucy was right, in talking about playing hard-to-get. Maybe that was all there was to it. Yeah!
"Lucy... I umm... I like you."
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!"
Edo-Lucy set upon Edo-Natsu with her whip, viciously beating him and crying out "HOW DARE YOU!", until...
Edo-Natsu fell out of his chair, twitching, "Oh god, no, I'm sorry!"
"What are you sorry for? You haven't done anything yet, have you?" a voice asked, tauntingly.
Edo-Natsu, shaking, looked up to confirm the owner of the voice was... yep. She was also, he found out, wearing very sexy lingerie. Edo-Natsu fell back, covering a noseblood, his face beat-red. Edo-Lucy put one hand on her hip, arching a brow.
"What?"
"I s-saw... s-saw..."
"Did you see this...?" Edo-Lucy asked, her demeanor surprisingly calm, tapping her forehead.
Specifically, she was tapping on the pair of goggles Edo-Natsu had managed to give her. Dragion stared for a moment, then broke out in an enormous grin. Edo-Lucy gave a little smile, and then, in a flash, she was upon him. She locked his head under her arm and viciously noogied him.
"THIS IS FOR LOOKING UP MY SKIRT!" Edo-Lucy shouted, angrily, "I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT!"
"I'm ! Forgive me, Lucy!"
Edo-Lucy let go of him after a moment, then looked incredibly nervous.
"...eh? That... those usually last longer..."
"I thought of an alternative punishment."
"...oh... meep."
"Go on a date with me," Edo-Lucy blurted out.
"WHAT? NO! ANYTHING BUT- ...wait. A d-date...?" Edo-Natsu said, covering his face at first, then peering out at the girl.
"Yes, bonehead, a date, wanna make something of it?" Edo-Lucy said, shaking her fist at him.
"N-No, ma'am!"
"That's right. Meet me after all this is over, okay?"
"Okay!" Edo-Natsu said, giving a salute.
Edo-Lucy promptly walked off, grinning from ear to ear, an exact mirror of Edo-Natsu's expression.
-FAIRY TAIRU-
At the bar, Gray busily drank from his mug. The bartender set a pitcher down in front of him. After a few moments, Gray set down his empty mug, before pouring another drink for himself. He sat for a few moments, shaking his head.
"Hey, maybe you shouldn't do that, you know... You don't want to get drunk before the mission," Edo-Gray said, sitting down.
"Nah, I'm good. Takes way more than this to get me slammed. I once got in a drinking contest. Gildartz won, but only by ten mugs..."
"Gildartz...? What's he like?"
"Natsu breaks buildings on his own. Gildartz accidentally knocked Natsu into the ceiling. For comparison."
"...woah."
"How about your Gildartz?"
"He was... well, he was actually the weakest member. But he got his hands on this way powerful magic item, the Crash Blade. It exploded when he used it, killing about thirty soldiers... and he half-killed one of the captains. Took out Knightwalker for a few days."
"...damn."
"Yeah... Gildartz was a great guy. Miss him."
"I understand, man," Gray said, holding out his mug.
Edo-Gray took it, gratefully, "So, why are you drinking like this?"
"My entire family's trapped in a crystal and we have about a day to save them. Or they die. Also, they're in the hands of a crazy-ass king who may have done something to kill them. Also, this world is screwed up so that I can't use my normal magic, Terasu is walking about, Erza's evil, and half of this Fairy Tail is dead. So, uh, yeah, I really want a drink. To take the edge off."
"Gotcha," Edo-Gray said, before chugging down the mug.
"Two Grays. This is quite the odd sight for Juvia," Edo-Juvia said, sitting down beside Edo-Gray.
"Hello, Juvia!" Edo-Gray declared, holding out his mug, "Want some?"
Juvia gently tapped the rim of the glass and pushed it away, smirking, "No, thank you, Gray."
"Hey, Juv," Gray said, taking his mug back and drinking deeply from it.
"Hello, other Gray. Are you having a fine day?"
Gray nodded, not stopping to speak, just continuing to chug. Finally, the mug emptied and he slammed it down, before pouring another glass.
"Juvia thinks you should not drink so much, other Gray."
Gray swivelled in his seat, looking towards Juvia, his eyes a little glassy, "Looky, I am totally capable of knowin' my own damn limits."
"Don't speak that way to Juvia! She is wonderful!"
"Ah, shut it, doofus, and take off those clothes. I'm sweltering just looking at you..."
"How can you be, you're only wearing boxers, Juvia wonders?"
"...huh, so I am. Whoops."
Gray looked around for a moment, "Oh, right, no Erza."
"Sir, put on some pants," the bartender said, his eye twitching.
"Ah, damn it, you ruined my fun."
-FAIRY TAIL-
Edo-Terasu and Shagotte stood on a platform together, the Queen also on a large throne which mostly equalled out their height. The crazy doctor carefully drilled a thick, cylindrical piece of metal through the side of his wrist. Shagotte watched him, blinking. Edo-Terasu hummed some odd showtune, not twinging, then letting out an "aha!" as he slid it all the way through. After a moment, he slid two pieces of metal onto the small rod to secure it. He repeated the procedure on his right wrist.
"Doesn't that hurt?" Shagotte asked.
"Did I ever tell you about my God Complex?" Edo-Terasu asked, twisting the bolt in his head one click.
"Well, I'm certain you have mentioned your intentions for world domination in your sleep."
"Oh damn, my plans are all ruined now that you know. I suppose you've found my eleven doom machines?"
"Hrm... wait, no, we've only found ten."
"You should look in the pudding."
"Ah, I see," Shagotte said, laughing.
A few moments later, Edo-Ichiya came in, leading in a stream of Exceed, Edo-Fairy Tailers, and Earthland-Fairy Tailers. Happy and Charle sat on their Dragon Slayer's shoulders. Shagotte looked out over the group, chuckling.
"Here is the plan, everyone," Shagotte said.
"We're going to fuck up their day. And it shall be wonderful."
"Well, yes, but to elaborate, Doctor..."
"The Doc."
"To elaborate, we'll be setting off a detonation right outside the Capital. This will draw out the army, en masse, ensuring that most of them are away from the castle. This will likely take fifteen minutes, but that will give everyone enough time to adjust to the new invention."
Edo-Terasu held up a pair of glasses, grinning, "These little dandies make the dark into daylight. But only for you. They're kind of beast, because I made them. They can probably also tell time and access a connected network of systems that I'm getting around to inventing."
"Very nice, Doctor."
"Where's a dog? There's not enough dogs in this world. I need one."
"So, after the army comes running, our Fairy Tail will engage them wearing the glasses to gain the advantage, given that night is falling fast. Earthland Fairy Tailers, you will infiltrate the base with Terasu's specialized equipment."
"After figuring out just what the hell you guys did, I made armour to simulate it or something. Not exact or anything, but hey, what is? You'll get over it."
"...Eh?" Gray asked.
"I had to scrap a refrigerator for your stupid suit, so be grateful, and put a damn shirt on."
"Oi."
"How do we know where to go?" Lucy asked, "I mean, this is a big castle."
"And what's our objective?" Erza asked.
"The capture of King Faust, Erza Knightwalker, and Sugarboy."
"Execution allowed?" Erza asked.
"If necessary," Shagotte said.
"Kill the crap out of Knightwalker," Edo-Terasu said, nodding, "Cuz I'm sure she has a grudge against me still for that whole not dying thing a few years back."
"Oh dear," Lucy said.
"As for the maps," Shagotte said, pulling out a roll, "These were provided by our top-level informant."
"Alright," Erza said, taking the roll, "We'll devise our own infiltration plan amongst ourselves. When does the detonation occur?"
"One hour, Miss Scarlet. You have until then to get everything sorted out."
"Oh, you bastards need to check out the magic I made. So that ya got an idea of how it works."
Gajeel shrugged, "I've been training with this for a couple days. Pretty easy."
"I've got something from Mystogan," Wendy said, holding up her glove.
"Oh holy shit that's awesome, I haven't seen one of those things in ages!" Edo-Terasu said, kneeling in front of Wendy, carefully examining the glove, "Oh damn, I've wanted one of these."
"You know what it does?"
"No idea, but I know it's rare, expensive, and magic. That's really all the qualifiers I need."
"...hey, where's Zuri?" Gajeel asked, "I suddenly realized I've not been distracted."
"...where's Edo-Wendy?" Edo-Levy asked.
"...oh goddammit, no," Lucy said, facepalming, "She won't be able to shut up after this."
"Ewwwwwwwwwwwww," Wendy gagged.
-FAIRY TAIL-
Mystogan waited on the edge of the Capital, beside a large Exceed, known as Pantherlily.
"They have the maps," Pantherlily said, "They shall infiltrate, soon. Should we do anything?"
"No. You need to maintain your cover."
"And you?"
"I want to surprise dear old dad. Maybe he'll have a heart attack."
Pantherlily grinned, "I see."
-FAIRY TAIL-
Sugarboy stood before the king, his arms crossed, his face the perpetual grin.
"What do you want, Sugarboy?" Faust demanded, "And where is Knightwalker?"
"Knightwalker is in her room, either cleaning her spear or smearing it with blood. Never know with that one. Got a replacement maid, by the way?"
"...hmmm... I'm sure we can find someone. Maybe. What is your business?"
"I've found out, based on very reliable information, that invasion is impending. I think it'd be necessary to implement the defenses."
The king looked down at his general, blinking, "...Invasion? From who?"
"I'm unsure at this time, but I know the Capital is in danger. Please sire, and swiftly. You must go unharmed."
"...fine, then, activate the defenses."
Sugarboy whirled about and walked on up to the defense control room.
'Of course I can't tell the King about it being the Exceed. He wouldn't believe me, for he didn't see God's Island moving as it did. Stopped for a day over a suspicious location, say the reports, then moved right for the Capital. Hmph. They dare to move against Edoras.'
End of Chapter Four
Omakes continue!
-OMAKE: Gildartz, part the second-
Natsu sat in front of the pond, sighing, his line cast. Happy danced about behind him, even though they'd caught nothing all day, when suddenly... fish bobbed up to the surface, their bodies severely wrecked and bleeding, utterly destroyed. Natsu gagged at the smell, then felt an enormous tug at his line.
"Woah! YEAH!" Natsu shouted, pulling the line with all his might.
Happy leaped forward, gripping the pole, and the duo pulled and pulled, until finally...
"HAW, YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S DEAD!" Gildartz shouted, flying out of the lake.
-OMAKE: Zombologizing-
In an alternate Fairy Tail-verse, Mirajane and Elfman bent before the grave of their beloved sister, taken from the world before her time. The rain poured upon them, reflecting their inner sorrow. Elfman bent his head, silently crying, never having quite gotten over how responsible he felt for her death.
"He-hello...?" a voice cried out, through the rain.
It rang in their ears like the most wonderful of symphonies, for a moment, and then for one, it became terror. Lisanna, returned from Edoras, approached them slowly. Elfman stared, in horror, then rushed forward.
"OH FUCK, ZOMBIE!"
SLAM.
"Oh god, Mirajane, I'm so sorry!"
"Mira, why are you zombologizing! This is a fucking zombie! WE BURIED HER! ZOMBIE!"