Sin And Sacrifice
Chapter 4-Her First Mission,Part 2
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-Hargeon Town-
"NO!NO! I DON'T WANT TO!" Natsu yelled and screamed just as Erza was dragging him on the ground,towards the port.
"Please! Wait,Erza! I'll just walk there." Natsu tried but Erza kept on dragging him.
Natsu and Erza were in the front. Gray,Lucy and Meredy were close behind. Happy was on Gray's shoulder and Carla was sitting on Wendy's.
"He's doing this because he's got motion sickness?" Meredy asked.
"Yeah,that idiot." Gray complained.
"Wow,he looks so uncool right now." Lucy said,turned off.
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
They reached the port after a while of walking.
"Wow,this ship is amazing." Wendy yelled and pointed towards the huge ship ahead of them.
"Are we boarding on that one?" Wendy asked.
"No,that's a military ship. It probably belongs to the army." Carla explained.
"ARMY?" Gray and Natsu asked in panic.
"Don't worry. We didn't do anything wrong." Lucy tried to reassure but her voice wasn't confident.
Meredy smiled. She was always reading about Fairy Tail's dealings with the army and the council. Even when she was a part of Grimoire Heart.
"So,which one are we boarding?" Gray asked towards Erza.
"That one!" Erza pointed.
It was just a small boat,similar to the one they went to The Tower Of Heaven with.
"You're kidding,right?" Lucy asked.
Natsu just barfed.
"You can't just get sea-sick from seeing that,you moron!" Gray yelled.
"I'm not sure we can fit in that Erza. If we were to throw out Lucy,then maybe." Happy said,leering.
"Stop joking about my weight,you damn cat!" Lucy yelled.
"It's just a rowboat. Considering where we're going, we're definitely gonna get overboard." Meredy said,causing Lucy and Wendy to hug each other in fear.
"Yeah." Gray agreed,looking at the boat.
"I wish Juvia was here. She could've covered us from drowning." Gray said.
-Back At Fairy Tail-
Mirajane and Lisanna are trying to comfort Juvia,who is rubbing her head towards one of the wooden columns of the guild.
She sneezes all of a sudden.
"Bless you." Lisanna says.
"That sneeze was so full of... GRAY-SAMA!" Juvia started crying. Causing the guild to flood.
"I'm sick of this." Elfman said before getting sweeped away by Juvia's tears.
"Yo,Juvia. You got my books wet again." Levy complained.
"Just send her with Gray next time,save us from the trouble." Laxus yelled.,
"GRAY-SAMA!" Juvia flooded the entire guild and the garden in front of it.
"Stop complaining." Erza said before going on board the small rowboat.
"Yeah,whatever." Gray stopped complaining.
"Lucy-san,we'll be fine. Right?" Wendy asked while hugging Lucy.
"Yeah,I'm sure we'll be fine." Lucy said with a shaky tone just as they boarded the ship.
"No,we won't!" Natsu said before he barfed again.
"Stop whining Natsu. This is inevitable. There is no other way to get to Akishor other than sea." Erza said before she grabbed Natsu and pulled him to the boat.
Meredy came from the corner walking,with a compass in her right hand and a map on her left.
"Where is this Akishor anyway?" Gray asked Erza.
"Near the border between Seven,Bosco and Fiore. Each country has a settlement near each other. Akishor is in Fiore. Forasshor is in Seven and Dijonshor is in Bosco. They have lived as neighbors for the last 200 years. The request says that we are to research the communal temple of these three settlements. It says sacred,holy grounds. So Natsu and Gray,no destruction and no busting things up." Erza warned them.
Gray nodded and Natsu barfed in approval.
Meredy boarded the rowboat and Gray loosened the rope that was connecting it to the dock
"What about you,Erza?" Lucy quietly asked.
"What do you mean,Lucy?" Erza asked,with a glare.
"I-I mean,you do help them destroy buildings and such du-during missions,right?" Lucy asked,with fear in her voice. Carla and Wendy nodded.
"You vile scum! How can you say that to the great Erza-sama!" Happy yelled.
"I-I'm sorry Erza." Lucy bowed up and down repeatedly.
"Well,then should we start sailing?" Erza raised her fist.
"YEAH!" All of them,Gray,Lucy,Carla,Meredy and Wendy raised their hands and yelled. Natsu barfed.
"We didn't even move yet. You idiot." Gray yelled.
Erza released the rope and took one of the rowing paddles. Gray grabbed the other one.
"Then,let's get a move on." Erza said as they started rowing and slowly set sail from the Hargeon Town Port.
-A Few Hours Later,Middle Of The West Ocean-
"ROW" Lucy slowly,tiredly said as she rowed another time.
"ROW" Wendy mumbled before she yawned and rowed another time.
"ROW your boat." Carla said .
"Gently down the stream." Meredy mumbled.
Happy was still energetic.
"Merrily,merrily,merrily.
Life is but a dream,AYE!" Happy finished on his own.
"Will you guys shut your nap? I'm trying to sleep!" Gray yelled.
Natsu barfed again.
"Oh,this is getting on my nerves." Gray mumbled.
Erza was staring out into the ocean.
She was thinking about Jellal. Where was he? What was he doing? Her mind was filled with questions.
She remembered her time with Jellal in the Tower Of Heaven.
"Erza... Freedom is not a thing that exists in this world." Erza remembered his voice in her hand.
"That's your precious "freedom"! Go on and live while carrying the lives of your friends upon your back, Erza!" He shouted before banishing Erza from the Tower.
These thoughts filled her with fear and sadness. But then she remembered another memory.
"Erza... I can feel kindness from that name... I can feel kindness, cheerfulness and warmth... I'm sure you'll continue to hate me, but I can't help that. It's only natural. But hatred will steal the freedom from your heart. It will eat away at you from within. I can't go that far. I can't go before you! You will be free from Jellal. I will take your hatred and sadness... with me... You are... free!" Jellal said before he let himself be destroyed by the self-destruction spell. But Erza stopped him.
Erza remembered what Jellal said before he went off to help Natsu with his fight against Zero
"It's your words that gave me courage. It became my light that would guide me towards the right path again." Thinking about that caused Erza's eyes to tear up.
"Such beautiful scarlet hair...Why don't we call you 'Erza Scarlet'? It's the color of your hair, that way, I won't forget it!" Jellal said,thus giving Erza the last name she would carry for all these years.
She held back her tears. Not wanting to show her sadness to the rest. Especially Meredy.
But then she heard a voice. A sound that sounded like a bellow.
All the others stopped to listen.
"W-What is this?" Wendy asked just as the water around them started to shake and vibrate.
"It's probably Lucy's stomach growling." Happy said.
But Lucy was too frightened to respond.
They stood for another second until something hit the end rear of the boat ,turning it up and down. And throwing everyone in it to the sea.
"AHHHHH" Lucy yelled before she hit the water. Meredy and Wendy followed in after her. The rest falled down at the same time.
They started swimming to the boat. But the boat was turned upside down.
Natsu was a little bit back to normal. Happy reached him and pulled him out of the water. He opened his wings and they started flying to see what happened.
"Aera!" Carla yelled and pulled Wendy out of the water.
"Thanks,Happy! But where are the rest?" Natsu asked just as Wendy and Carla approached them by flying.
Suddenly four figures got out from the water and the water beneath them froze.
"ICE MAKE FLOOR!"
Gray yelled and froze the sea under him,Erza,Lucy and Meredy. They stood up.
"What the hell was that thing?" Gray asked.
"I don't know. But it looks like it's gone now." Erza said just after she checked the water around them.
"Y-Yeah,It was probably a w-wave,right?" Lucy asked,nervous.
Happy and Carla dropped Natsu and Wendy and landed on the ice floor.
But just then something came out of the water.
About thirty-feet away from them,something huge came out of the water.
It was almost three times the size of a forest vulcan. It looked like a dark-grey snake but was about a thousand times bigger than a normal snake.
"T-THAT'S HUGE!"Gray,Lucy and Meredy yelled at the same time.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?" Natsu and Happy yelled at the same time.
"A Charybdis." Erza answered.
"Charbian?" Natsu asked while scratching his head.
"Charybdis" Happy corrected him.
"It usually lives in the ocean between the Northern Isles. It's a dreaded creature the natives of the Isles fought at the cost of their lives."
"What is it doing here?" Wendy asked.
"It's as I fear. We have sailed too much with the wind on our backs. We have come north more than we should have." Erza explained.
The Charybdis roared. The water under him and near the group started shaking.
"Is it hostile?" Meredy asked Erza.
"He's as hostile as they come." Erza said.
She stepped in front of the group.
"Natsu,Gray! Let's go." Erza yelled.
"Kansō: Kaiō no Yoroi! (Requip:Sea Empress Armor!)" Erza yelled before she requiped into her armor.
"Yeah,let's make that jerk pay for throwing us overboard!" Gray said before he removed his shirt.
"Yeah,I'm all fired up!" Natsu said as he clenched his burning fists.
"Meredy,Lucy! Cover us from the behind." Erza instructed.
"W-What about me?" Wendy asked.
"No,not you Wendy. I'll have another use for you later. Let's go!" Erza yelled before she,Natsu and Gray jumped up towards the approaching sea monster.
Erza jumped first. She tried to slash the monster's chest with her crystal sword but the monster was quicker. She raised his tail and whipped Erza away with it. Erza defended with her sword but she was blown away 20-feet.
"Karyū no Hōkō! (Fire Dragon's Roar !)" Natsu quickly gathered and released a large quantity of flames from his mouth at his target.
The monster roared and a huge amount of concentrated water came out from his mouth. The water slashed through Natsu's flames and sent him flying back towards the rest.
He hit the frozen ground and the ice broke under him.
"Idiot! Do you want to drown us?" Lucy yelled.
"That thing is strong." Natsu replied.
Gray created himself a frozen ladder from where he jumped towards the monster.
"Ice Make: Saucer!" Gray created a large, spinning ice disk and sent it towards the monster.
The monster quickly evaded it and slapped Gray with the back of his chin,sending him crashing down the water.
Gray quickly resurfaced in the water again. The monster launched himself towards Gray,opening his mouth.
"GRAY!" Lucy and Meredy yelled at the same time.
Lucy quickly grabbed a key from her belt.
"Gate of the Water Bearer,I open thee! Aquarius!" Lucy yelled,and summoned Aquarius.
"Aquarius,I'm counting on you!" Lucy yelled.
"TCH!" Aquarius replied.
"What's with the "Tch"? Come on,just do it for once!" Lucy yelled.
"Don't order me around!" Aquarius yelled and grabbed her vase.
"EHHHHHHHH!" She yelled and created a giant wave towards the monster that was trying to attack Gray.
Lucy got caught up in the wave.
"YOU TRAITOR SPIR-" Lucy's voice disappeared.
"Well,now that this is done. I'll be going on a date with my boyfriend." She said towards Meredy.
"With my boyfriend." Aquarius said before closing the gate and going back to the spirit world.
The giant wave prevented the monster from attacking Gray but had very little damage.
Lucy swimmed to the surface,only to find a giant mouth closing in on her.
"NOOOOO!" She yelled and prepared herself for the worst.
But she hit her back against something cold but soft.
She opened her eyes to see a half-frozen and half-open mouth that was struggling to close.
"What is-" She said but realized that she was in someone's arms.
"G-Gray?" Lucy asked,surprised.
Gray was holding Lucy with one of his arms and stopping the monster from eating them with the other.
"We're getting out of here." Gray informed her.
"When I say so,Jump!" Gray said.
He started running towards the exit from the mouth. Stepping all over the monster's tongue.
"NOW!" Gray yelled and released Lucy near the exit. Lucy jumped together with Gray and they got out of his mouth just before the monster closed it,breaking and destroying the ice in his mouth.
They hit the water and Gray helped Lucy swim to the surface.
"T-Thank you,Gray." Lucy said.
"Don't mention it." Gray responded.
The monster was now furious. He was preparing for another assault.
But something on top of it came flying down on it.
"You bastard! How dare you extinguish my flames? Eat this!" Natsu yelled before Happy dropped him above the monster.
"Guren Bakuenjin!" (Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade! )"
Natsu created a torrent of flames that barraged the monster. The explosion caused the monster to scream and roar in pain.
Another figure came from the sky.
"Kansō: Tenrin no Yoroi! (Requip: Heavens Wheel Armor!) Erza yelled before Carla dropped her.
"Tenrin: Burūmenburatto! (Heavens Wheel: Blumenblatt!) " Erza sent the large amount of swords she requipped together with two slashes with the swords on her hands before yelling.
The swords pierced through the surface that Natsu had destroyed a moment ago. The monster screamed in agony.
"Don't count me out!" Gray yelled.
"Me neither!" Meredy yelled from afar.
"Ice-Make: Lance!"
"Maguilty Sodom!"
Both their attacks,Gray's ice based lances and Meredy's sensory magic blades hit the monster at the same time. Causing an explosion of ice and shattered scales of the monster.
The monster screamed and roared in pain for one last time before returning to the seas and disappearing.
Gray froze the ground again so they could stand on it.
"Pheww! That was intense!" Natsu stated.
"Yeah,what are we gonna do now?" Gray asked but the answer appeared in front of them.
Wendy appeared with the boat,now turned to it's normal state.
"So,we got our ride back. Where to now?" Carla asked. Just as everybody boarded.
"I know where to head now. To south-east. Wendy,if you could please." Erza politely said.
"Yes,Erza-san." Wendy slowly walked to the edge of the boat and started eating the air around her.
"Tenryū no Hōkō! (Sky Dragons Roar!)" Wendy created a hurricane-like blast at the back of the boat.
This caused the boat to move at and incredible speed and Natsu to collapse and start barfing. Erza and Lucy laughed at this.
Gray turned to Meredy.
"What's wrong,Meredy? We're back on track. We'll complete the mission in no time!" Gray happily pointed out.
"No,it's not that. It's just that I wasn't pretty useful during the fight." Meredy said.
"What,you were great!" Erza responded.
"Yeah,you did good." Carla agreed. Gray and Lucy nodded.
"Yeah,even if you did nothing. You're still better than Lucy!" Happy said with a cheerful tone.
"You damn cat!" Lucy grabbed Happy and started squeezing him between her arms.
Everybody started laughing. Wendy tried not to laugh because it would disrupt her breath.
"Yeah,you were right Jellal. This guild is really,really something else!" Meredy thought before bursting out a laughter.
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