Hey guys, here's the latest chapter. I have included some references in this story from other works that I DO NOT OWN. See if you can spot some of them. Got some assistance from both authors Jaykid1 and NeoNazo356.
Disclaimer is the same as in chapter 1.
*Magnolia*
We find ourselves in the city of Magnolia, a peaceful town that is home to many nice and amazing places like Cardia Cathedral, a large church in the middle of the city. It is also known as the town that holds the famous or infamous, depending on who you ask, guild known as Fairy Tail.
"Welcome to the town of Magnolia, home of many amazing things like our guild hall," Ryu told to Lucy as they headed down Magnolia's main thoroughfare, Lucy struggling to contain her excitement.
"I can't believe that I'm going to finally join Fairy Tail," Lucy said in excitement.
"That's great to hear. Do you have any questions before we get to the guild hall?" Ryu asked, Natsu and Happy walking in front of them.
"Well yeah, I have a few. Like, how were you able to grow wings like that last night?" Lucy asked very curiously about that.
He seemed to get very nervous about answering that question, but he had to as he didn't want to go back on his word. "Well, the wings I learned from another guild member, mostly because I was jealous of Happy being able to fly. So, I asked that guild member to help me with getting wings, and thanks to that, my wings have helped me out so many times." Ryu said as he had a weird sensation of telling Lucy, who he just met yesterday with this fact.
She was surprised to hear this, but she felt like that was a cute story and the fact that he was jealous of a cat being able to fly. So after hearing that, she giggled at this and thought that was adorable.
"We're here guys," they heard Natsu say as they found themselves in front of the Fairy Tail's main building. Lucy looked towards the two story building with the words 'Fairy Tail' over the door in awe.
"Well Lucy, welcome to Fairy Tail," Ryu said.
Lucy had a look on her face as this was a dream come true. When she was a little girl, she was in a runaway carriage and was saved by a blonde haired woman, whom she never saw her face. The only way she could identify her was by a pink Fairy Tail mark on the back of her right hand. Now she was finally going to be a part of a guild that she has dreamed of for years.
Natsu then suddenly kicked the doors open and shouted, "We made it back alive!"
Lucy saw a huge group of people around the guild and saw a lot of friendly faces. They were all happy to see their guild mates return safe and sound. This peaceful moment wouldn't last long however.
"Hey, Natsu and Ryuma. I heard about what happened in Hargeon. You guys just had to start some tro-" was what one buck toothed member had to say until he was kicked in the face by Natsu. Ryu was with Lucy to make sure she was safe as he knew what this would lead to quickly.
"You son of a bitch! You lied to me about that Salamander tip! I ought a kick your ass for that," was Natsu response for what he said.
"It was just a rumor!"
"What, a rumor?"
"You want to fight? Let's go then!"
It was then that at that moment, the peaceful guild suddenly turned into a guild wide brawl dragging innocent members into the crazy tornado of a fight. Tables were being thrown all over the place, as well as glasses, chairs, people, and hell even Happy was thrown and bounced off a few people in the guild.
"Wow, I'm actually in the Fairy Tail guild." Lucy said as she was in awe for two reasons. One was because she finally was in the guild that she dreamed of joining, the other reason was how everyone in the guild went from peaceful and happy to full-out brawling in a matter of seconds.
"Yeah, just so you know that this is a normal thing here. If you don't want to get involved in these kinds of fights, just try to find a good spot that's not too destroyed," Ryu told her as he stood beside her, watching the mayhem that is a normal day here.
"So, Natsu's finally back?" A mage said as he was walking towards the brawl. The most noticeable thing about this mage was the fact that he was only in his underpants. Lucy was appalled by seeing someone like this.
"This is the perfect time to introduce you to some of your future guild members," Ryu said to Lucy trying to calm her down. "This idiot right in front of you is known as Gray Fullbuster. He's a great mage who has this odd habit of taking off his clothes without even realizing it unless someone tells him."
A woman who was sitting at the bar, said to Gray, "Gray, your clothes…" She is a brown haired woman whose appearance leaves little to imagination. She wore a bikini as a top and had on brown pants that went a little past the knees.
"Oh shit, I don't have time for that," Gray said as he realized that he was in his underwear again. But then he ignored it as he went after Natsu.
"The woman at the bar is named Cana Alberona. She is the title holder of Fairy Tail's heaviest drinker," Ryu pointed out to Lucy as she saw Cana start to drink directly from a huge barrel of alcohol.
"That's why I don't like most of the men here. They are so undignified." Cana said as she put the barrel down for a breather. "Hey Ryu, who's the new girl?" Cana said as she just noticed Ryu standing next to a blonde haired girl.
"This is Lucy. She wants to join the guild," he said as she went to Lucy, walked around her to check her out. Then out of the blue, Cana groped Lucy from behind causing her to blush and Ryu to get a bit of a nose bleed.
"Yeah, I approve of her. She's got a nice body and some soft boobs," Cana said as Lucy hid behind Ryu out of fear of getting groped again.
"What does she mean by approve?" Lucy asked as she was worried as to what that meant.
"She's just teasing you. She does this to some of the girls that come by the guild. Cana has even does it to some of us here, even to some of the guy's here." he said trying to calm her down.
"It's only noon and you guys are already acting like kids now," came a voice from a very tall buff guy who was dressed in a long sleeved, blue coat with matching pants, wooden sandals and had very spiky white hair.
"That is Elfman, middle sibling to Mirajane and Lisanna Strauss. He's what he would call himself a real man. Super strong and likes to solve problems with his two fists," Ryu said as he pointed to the big guy.
"A real man should talk with his fists," Elfman said, before he was then sent across the room from both Natsu and Gray slamming him in the face with their fists.
"And he's already out for the count," Lucy said.
"Man it's really noisy in here," a voice behind Lucy and Ryu said as they turned to see a guy with light brown hair, blue tinted glasses, and a green coat over an orange shirt with black cargo pants. What caught Lucy's attention was the fact that he had a girl on both of his arms.
"That's Loki, resident player of the guild. Only known him for a few years, yet somehow he is in the top ten for "Most Desirable Mages" list," he said as a bottle hit Loki in the head, knocking him off his chair and girls of the day. Loki then, joined in on the brawl if only to impress the girls he is with.
"He's off my list," Lucy said as she had opened a booklet that had his picture on one of the pages to only cross out his picture.
"You have a list?" Ryu asked.
"Man, there is not a single sane person here," Lucy said as the brawl was getting crazy.
"What am I, chopped liver?" Ryu asked as he felt slightly offended.
"Sorry," Lucy apologized to him after almost forgetting how nice he has been to her.
"Hey Ryuma, I see that we have a newcomer today," came another voice from a young woman behind the two of them. They both turned around to see two girls both with white hair in beautiful dresses. One had her white hair long reaching mid back, blue eyes and was wearing a red dress that reached her ankles. The other girl had short white hair; she also had matching blue eyes, and a lovely blue dress that reached her knees. These two ladies were the ones that are featured a few times in Sorcerer Magazine either alone or together, Mirajane and Lisanna Strauss.
"Oh my god, its Mirajane and Lisanna in the flesh," Lucy exclaimed in excitement as she saw two of her idols standing in front of her. She also for some reason, had hearts in her eyes.
"And you already know about the Strauss sisters, Mirajane and Lisanna. They do quite a bit of modeling for Sorcerer Weekly, but don't let the pretty looks fool you they can kick anyone's ass," Ryu explained as he remembered what happened the last time someone crossed either of them.
Mira wasn't known as the 'Demon of Fairy Tail' for nothing. He read her diary once as a dare in the guild hall. All he remembered was reading 'Dear diary,' and next thing he remembered was that he's in the road outside of the guild and had multiple lumps and bruises all over him.
Lisanna may look innocent but she can still give you a good amount of pain, Ryu knew this from experience after walking in on her during mixed bath day at the local hot springs. She was just about to wrap the towel around her when he came in and saw her; next thing he knew, he found himself outside of the entrance and for some reason had a foot shaped bruise on his gut and a sore face.
Now that Ryuma thinks it over, he tends to get beaten up pretty badly by some of the girls in this guild. Given how tough some of these girls are, he isn't really all that surprised.
"Um, sh-shouldn't we try to stop them?" Lucy asked as she was pointing to the cloud of smoke that held the fighting inside.
"Don't worry, they're always like this. Just leave them as they are. Besides-," was all Mira could say as her brother crashed into her. Lisanna was able to get out of the way and hid behind Ryu just as Lucy did before. Lucy was shocked as that just happened. "-it's kind of fun, don't you think?" Mirajane finished asking her question as she passed out for a little bit.
"AAAHHH! DON'T DIE MIRAJANE!" Lucy shouted as she saw one of her idols unconscious. She was going to help her, but Ryu quickly grabbed her and pulled her towards himself and Lisanna. Lucy was about to ask him why he did that just when Gray came crashing down and landed where Lucy was just standing.
Natsu was seen in the crowd spinning what looked like shorts around his finger until Gray shouted, "Give me back my underwear."
Lucy, Lisanna, and Ryuma quickly either covered their eyes or looked away because they didn't need to see Gray like that again. Gray realized his predicament and turned towards the two girls and out of the blue asked them in the most casual way, "Excuse me but may I please borrow your underwear?"
What Gray got instead however was two fists to the face. "Damn it Gray, you never ask a girl if you can borrow their underwear. What is wrong with you?" Ryu exclaimed to Gray as he was impressed as to Lucy and Lisanna having a damn good right hook.
"Ugh, this is annoying. I can't even enjoy a nice drink," Cana said as she was walking towards the three trying to be safe from the fight. "Ryu, can you try to stop them before it's too late?" she asked Ryuma as she would try to, but she was enjoying her drink too much. Right after she said that, everyone was getting their respective magic ready to unleash it on everyone.
Gray (who somehow got his underwear back on), Elfman, Loke, and even Natsu were just about to unleash their power. Once the girls saw this they all hid behind Ryuma as a shield for two reasons. One was every time he was here he didn't have a scratch on him when the fighting was all done. The second reason was that he had a magic spell that was a barrier.
Ryu was blushing however for two reasons. One was that he was being used as a human shield, again. The second was that all three of the girls were pressing their chests against his back and he could feel it very easily.
"That's enough you fools," was said by a booming voice as a giant shadowy figure planted his foot down in the middle of the guild. This got everyone's attention as just that action caused everyone to freeze in place as not to anger this big guy.
Mirajane was back up and was able to read the mood very quickly. "I see your still here, Master." Mirajane said as she saw the giant figure and knew it was just the master of the guild.
"Wait he's the master?" Lucy shockingly asked as she stepped away from Ryu's back and looked towards the giant in the room.
"Yup, that's our master for yah," Lisanna said.
"He always has to stop these brawls from doing too much damage to the guild. Also will you two please get off my back," Ryu said as Lisanna and Cana are still clinging to his back. Cana had a smirk on her face and said in a sultry voice, "But I thought you loved having some sexy girls pressed on your back." This got Ryuma, Lisanna and Lucy to blush and for both Lisanna and Ryuma to jump away from Cana while she was just laughing at how she easily teased all three of them.
"I hate it when she teases me like that," Ryu said as he just saw Natsu bragging about how he won and then got stepped on by the master. This caused Lucy to flinch a bit.
"We have a new recruit here I see?" the giant pointed out.
"Y-Yes!" was all Lucy could say as she was still terrified as she stood next to Ryu.
Lucy then expressed a dumbstruck look as she saw the giant suddenly shrink in size. He stopped shrinking when he reaches the height of Lucy's knees. The master was wearing an orange and blue stripped jester hat, a matching jacket, a white undershirt with a black Fairy Tail mark in the center, orange pants, and brown jester shoes.
"Lucy, I would like to introduce you to the one and only, Master Makarov Dreyar of Fairy Tail." Ryu said as he let Lucy know what the guild master's name is.
"Nice to meet you," said the master.
"He's tiny," Lucy shockingly said as she was not expecting the guild master to be that small. Ryu chuckled at that knowing what she was thinking, he too had that same thought when he first met him. Master Makarov then turned around to do a flip up to the second floor railing. Unfortunately, once he reached the railing, he hit the back of his head with it.
"OH, he always hits his head in the same spot. That's what he gets when he does front flips for style." Ryu said as he cringed a bit at seeing the hit.
Once he recomposed himself, Makarov turned around towards the guild and everyone had remained silent as they knew what would happen next.
"You idiots have gone and done it again. You all got the magic council angry with me, just look at this list of complaints they sent," Makarov said scolding his guild members while holding a huge pile of papers in his hands.
"Gray walking around naked after completing a mission, Elfman you beat up your client, Loke you hit on a council member's daughter, Cana for billing for your drinks under the council's name, Natsu for the usual destruction of property, and last but not least Ryuma," Makarov listed as he looked down the list of complaints.
"What did I do?" Ryuma asked as he was confused by this. He was hoping that he wasn't mentioning what happened in Hargeon.
"You did take care of those twenty mindless Golem Soldiers and Tenga Warriors a week ago. But, you also destroyed part of a mountain and block of the town you were hired to protect." Makarov stated to Ryuma as he read off the mission report.
Tenga Warriors were known as one of the toughest creatures around. They are ugly looking humanoid black bird creatures that were as tall as a normal man. While they wear armor plating on their chest areas, it doesn't limit their ability to fly with ease. Golem Soldiers are equally in the same ranking. They have the appearance of stone imps with a bronze mark on their bodies that looks like a huge vein. They can even change their left arm into weapon to take their opponents down.
Lucy was surprised to hear that he took on Tenga Warriors and Golem Soldiers. Those were some pretty tough creatures to go up against. She's heard that many wizards tried to take on one or the other, but even those wizards had a hard time taking on a small group. The fact that Ryuma is still alive after taking on twenty of each and survived, she became even more impressed with him.
"In my defense, those Golem's and Tenga's were the one who destroyed that city block. And it was a medium size hill that was destroyed, at best." Ryuma explained as he wanted to clear the air with that fact.
Makarov believed him as Ryuma has a tendency to go overboard only when no people can get hurt. However, this did not excuse the report he got. "However," Makarov was beginning to say as the stack of papers in his hand just burst into flames. "I say to screw these complaints."
Makarov threw the fireball that was once the complaints into the air, only for Natsu to jump up and catch it in his mouth to enjoy eating.
"Now listen up, power that overcomes reasoning is born from reasoning. Magic is not some miracle. When the spirit flows from within us and the spirit flow in nature connect, they form a bond unlike any other. You will need a strong mentality and a lot of concentration for that. I mean, pouring all of your soul into whatever you do is magic. If you keep worrying about what the watchful eyes of the higher-ups, then your magic won't improve. Do not fear those fools on the council. Do what you think is right, because that is what makes Fairy Tail number one." Makarov stated as he then pointed a finger up in the air.
After that was all said, everyone else cheered and did the same hand gesture.
*Later*
Lucy had just finished getting her guild mark on the back of her right hand in a pink color.
"There, now you're a real Fairy Tail mage," Mirajane congratulated Lucy as she just welcomed the newest member of the guild. Once the mark was applied, Lucy had the happiest smile on her face. Her dream had just come true; she was now a member of the guild of her dreams.
"Natsu, Ryu look Mirajane just put the official Fairy Tail mark on my hand," Lucy excitingly said with a happy expression to her two new friends.
"Hey that's great to hear Lucy. Well from one member to the newest member of our guild, I say welcome," Ryu said as he was happy to see that Lucy has just become a member of Fairy Tail.
"Huh, oh that's good. Way to go Luigi," Natsu said as he wasn't paying attention as he was looking at the request board, looking to get another job.
"IT'S LUCY!" she exclaimed as Natsu said her name wrong.
She went over to the bar to sit down. Once she did, a young boy went to the guild master who was sitting on the bar and asked, "Is my father back yet?"
When that question was asked, both dragon slayers noticed the situation.
"You're starting to annoy me now Romeo. You're a mage's son, have faith in your father and wait." Makarov responded.
"But sir, he said that he would be back in three days. And he's been gone for a week now," the now identified Romeo said back to the older man.
"If I remember correctly, he took the job on Mt. Hakobe," Makarov recalling what job the boy's father took.
"That's right it's not that far. Please just send someone out to help him," Romeo begged to him for some help.
After Makarov said something that would sound mean from a kids view point, Romeo punches him in the face and runs away crying.
"That's got to be tough," Lucy said with a sad feeling in her voice.
What happened next made some people jump at the sound. Natsu punched the request board and Ryu just broke a table slamming his fist on it. With that done they both left toward the entrance of the guild, Lucy looked on from the bar wondering why they did that.
"Why did those two get so upset?" Lucy asked.
"Probably because they have a lot in common with Romeo," Mirajane started to explain, also with a sad tone in her voice. "They see themselves in Romeo. Just because we are members of Fairy Tail, does not mean that we have our own personal issues. We all had a moment in our lives of suffering and loss."
Mirajane went on to tell Lucy about how Natsu was found and raised by Igneel, only for him to one day disappear, without saying goodbye. From that, Lisanna decided to tell her of Ryu's past, as she was behind the bar as well helping her sister.
"Ryu's story is kind of different. When he was younger, he lived with his parents in a village that loved them. One day however, the village was attacked out of nowhere by cultists that worshiped Zeref and thought that a mass genocide would bring him back. Everyone in the village died that day even Ryu's parents who fought them to the very end." Lisanna said, also in a sad tone as she knew what it was like to lose parents at a young age.
"Oh my," was all Lucy could say about that story so far.
"Once all was calm, Ryu went to the playground where he had played with all of his friends and parents. Once he did, he sat on a swing and that was when he started crying. He was then visited by a dragon that knew his parents well. While Igneel was like a father to Natsu, Genryu, the dragon that raised Ryu, was more of an uncle to him. He went on to teach him everything he knew. But like Igneel, Genryu left as well. When Ryu noticed he was gone, he saw a note and a music box by his bed." Lisanna narrated.
"A music box and a note?" Lucy asked as she didn't know of that.
"Yeah, the note was from Genryu saying that 'he had to leave and that he will always love him.' The note apparently also said that the music box was a present from his late mother. A family heirloom that helped put him to sleep when he was a baby. It's actually kind of cute don't you think, he still has those things with him to this very day." Lisanna said sadly as she purposely left out some key details.
Once that was said and done, Lucy looked towards the entrance that the two Dragon Slayers left and with a look of determination went after them, wanting to help them out as much as she can in rescuing their guild mate.
*Wagon to Mt. Hakobe*
"Wow you guys really don't like transportation, huh?" Lucy said as she was sitting across from Natsu, who was sprawled out on the seat, and Happy on the floor eating a fish no one knew where it came from. Ryu was sitting next to her but had a pale look on him as he had his eyes closed to try and ignore all of the bumps this driver was hitting.
"I forgot to take a healing lacrima. It's the only thing I know that can help with a Dragon Slayer's motion sickness when they get on a mode of transportation." Ryu said as he tried to get his mind off of what he was in.
"I guess that's just another reason to feel bad for you guys." Lucy said as she turned her head away with her hands holding her cheeks.
"What's that suppose to mean?" asked the Dragon Slayers, Natsu more annoyed and Ryu more curious.
"Nothing, forget I said anything at all," Lucy replied as she just got busted as she didn't know that she said it out loud. Suddenly, the cart stopped moving, signifying that they have reached their destination. Once that happened, Natsu got up and being all dramatic was happy that the cart stopped. Ryu was more subtle and just got the color back.
"I'm sorry, but this is as far as I can take you," said the cart driver. Once the mages opened the back of the cart they realized that they were in the middle of a blizzard.
"Where the hell are we?" Lucy asked seeing the weather was very harsh.
"Mount Hakobe, the place we needed to be," Ryu answered her as Natsu was trying to make sure Happy wasn't blown away from the strong winds.
Later, the group was walking down a path alongside the mountain, trying to find out where Macao could be. "Why is it so cold here? I know that it's summer, but why is there a blizzard this strong here." Lucy shivered saying this.
"Well that's what you get for wearing light clothing," replied Natsu as he wasn't paying attention.
"Well she doesn't have the luxury of being a fire mage like you Natsu. Luckily for you Lucy, I come prepared," Ryu said as he decided to give Lucy a pair of snow pants he packed and snow jacket. He always brought an extra pair or two just in case.
"Wow thanks Ryu, at least someone here's nice." Lucy said as she put on the jacket first. Thankfully Ryu took the blanket from Natsu's pack and held it up for Lucy to put in the snow pants, giving her privacy.
She still felt a bit cold so she summoned one of her celestial spirits to help her. "Open gate of the Clock constellation, Horologium." Lucy said as she had just summoned a grandfather clock with arms and legs. She then quickly climbed into the glass case of the clock.
Once she was inside, she started to say something but nothing can be heard at all.
"W-We can't hear a thing?" Natsu said as all three of them were wondering why they couldn't hear her.
Luckily, Horologium decided to translate what she is saying, "She says 'I'm staying in here and I'm not coming out.'"
After that they continued to walk down the path, looking for their comrade.
"What kind of crazy job would force Macao to come to a place like this, she inquires," Horologium translated.
"If I remember, he took a job to take care of a Vulcan. It's a big monkey monster." Ryu told Lucy.
She gained a terrified look on her face and Horologium said, "I want to go home, she proclaims."
"Don't worry about it Lucy. We'll make sure that nothing happens to you," Ryu replied trying to make Lucy feel better and safer.
Once she heard that, she felt a bit better. "Thank you Ryu, she says lovingly." Horologium translated, causing both Ryu and Lucy to both blush badly.
As they were looking around, Natsu kept screaming, "Macao, where are you!"
Ryu then punched him in the back of the head and angrily said, "What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to cause an avalanche or get a Blizzardvern to arrive?"
"Blizzardvern, she asks worried."
"Yeah, they're Wyvern's that live in the mountains. Luckily, they only live in open fields in the mountains." Ryu explained to her.
But suddenly, a giant black and white creature landed between the Dragon Slayers and cat. It was taller than them, had black circles on its arms, and had a monkey like face; the head went up in a point. This was a mountain Vulcan.
"Holy crap, he's huge. You think this is the one that took Macao?" Natsu said as the Vulcan ignored the trio and went towards where Lucy was.
Lucy had her eyes closed when she heard something outside of Horologium. When she opened her eyes she saw the Vulcan looking at her with a very disturbing look in its eyes. "AAAAHHH!" was what Lucy screamed.
As the Vulcan just grabbed Horologium and ran off in a random direction. "Well don't just stand there, save me, she says furiously." The clock translated.
"Oh hell no. There is no damn way I am going to let that monkey get the better of us by kidnapping her," Ryu angrily said as he went off to make sure that monkey was going to enter a world of pain for taking his friend.
*Ice cave*
The Vulcan brought the clock and Lucy to his cave and was doing a provocative dance around them.
"How did I get into this mess? And why is this monkey so cheerful?" Lucy asked herself inside Horologium.
The Vulcan did stop his dancing to stare at Lucy in a kind of pervy way. She was just happy to be inside of Horologium at the moment. However, that moment ended when she found herself sitting on the cave floor and Horologium not in site.
"I'm sorry, but my time is up." Horologium's voice was heard as he was returning to the spirit world.
"No please, give me an extension," Lucy yelled out to her spirit. But out of the blue, the Vulcan suddenly ripped the jacket Ryu gave her right off of her. She was now afraid as she remembered hearing what Vulcan's do to beautiful women and she did not want that to happen to her.
"You damn dirty ape." A voice screamed out loud as Ryu and Natsu arrived on the scene to help Lucy.
Lucy was happy to see her friends arrive to save her from something bad.
"Where's Macao?" Natsu asked right before he slipped on the ice and spun around like a top. However, he even dragged Ryu with him as well since Ryu was in front of him. The two of them slid for a short distance before going into a stalagmite made of ice.
"You okay Lucy?" Ryu asked as he was lying upside down. Once he saw what happened to the jacket he gave Lucy he got an understanding as to what that Vulcan was about to do to her.
"Yeah I'm okay now that you came. Hey how were you able to find me so quickly?" Lucy asked him as she was curious about how they found her so fast.
"Well, I got a good whiff of the perfume you wear when we left Hargeon the other day." Ryu said embarrassingly as he turned his head to hide a blush, not knowing that what he said caused Lucy to blush as well.
"Alright now, where's Macao?" Natsu asked as he wanted to save his comrade and one time mentor.
The Vulcan pointed to a hole in the wall as Natsu thought that was where the beast hid his comrade. Natsu dragged Ryu over to the hole in the wall, thinking that Macao needed help to get out. Once they looked out the hole, the Vulcan pushed the two of them out, down a cliff.
"You bastard," was their response as they fell.
"No like men, me like women," The Vulcan said doing some happy dance.
Lucy became quite angry with this and decided to make the beast pay for what it's done, "Open Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus."
Suddenly, a golden light filled the cave and a giant humanoid bull appeared. He looked like a typical white cow with black spots, horns on his head, blue swim briefs, a pair of black combat boots and a giant axe in his arms.
"Cow?" the Vulcan asked.
"I'll have you know, Taurus is the strongest celestial spirit I have a contract with," Lucy told the Vulcan as a way to intimidate it.
"Oh wow Miss Lucy; I almost forgot what a nice figure you have. Can I please get a smoooch?" Taurus said as he made the 'moo' part longer, due to him being a cow.
"Oh yeah, he's also a perv." Lucy embarrassingly confessed. "Just get him already Taurus. He tried to take my innocence."
That got Taurus' blood pumping right there. He maybe a perv but he would never do anything like that. Gawk at hot girls yeah, but never anything sick like that. He then went after the monkey with his axe by slamming it into the ground, causing a fissure. The Vulcan surprisingly was able to dodge it with ease, revealing that it's pretty fast.
The Vulcan was about to unleash a counter attack, when two things happened. One was Natsu who kicked Taurus in the face. The other thing was, "Cosmic Dragon's Drill Claw" Ryu decided to go after the monkey. He launched a spinning drill kick right in the monkey's gut. These attacks caused both creatures to go flying and land on their backs.
"Guys," Lucy was excited to see her friends still alive, but was angry at Natsu for attacking the wrong guy. She wasn't angry with Ryu because he got the right one.
"How come there are more monsters now than before we left?" Natsu asked as he was pointing to the Vulcan starting to get back up.
"I think one of them is her Celestial Spirits Natsu," Ryu said.
"The monkey," Natsu replied.
"No you idiot, the cowman," Ryu said back to him.
"Wait how did you guys survive out there?" Lucy asked just realizing what happened to them not thirty seconds ago.
"Thank Happy for saving me," Natsu said as Happy was seen above him with his wings out.
"Aye."
"Yeah you do remember that I got wings, right Lucy?" Ryu said as his wings while still out, disappeared.
"Oh yeah I kind of forgot that with you Ryu. But hold on, So Natsu can't handle modes of transport but flying with Happy is okay?" Lucy said to the two.
"What kind of question is that? Happy isn't a mode of transport, he's my friend," Natsu said to Lucy.
"Yeah, you did kind of walk right into that one," Ryu said.
"MY WOMAN!" The Vulcan stated as he went to clobber the two with one punch. Only for Natsu to hold back the fist and Ryu to punch it right in the same spot he kicked him.
"Listen up, we consider everyone in the guild our friends," Natsu said as the Vulcan then went to kick him, only for Ryu to block it and Natsu punch him back. "Whether it's gramps, Mira, or those two idiots Gray and Elfman, even Happy and Lucy as well," Ryu said to the Vulcan finishing what Natsu was saying.
The Vulcan responded by starting to throw some stalactites that fell. Lucy and Ryu both moved out of the way. "Your ice attacks aren't going to work on me," Natsu replied as he was being hit by the ice spikes to no affect.
"Says you Natsu," Ryu yelled at him.
Once the dust cleared, it was revealed that the Vulcan somehow got a hold of Taurus' axe.
"Oh crap," was all they could say.
Lucy went over to Taurus trying to wake him up and get him back to the Spirit world. Ryu went right next to Natsu and they both dodged each attack the Vulcan was using with the big axe, only for Natsu and Ryu to slip on the ice again. The Vulcan used this moment to attack with the axe only for Natsu to grab a hold of it before it went any further. While those two were in the middle of that, Ryu saw this as an opportunity to attack the Vulcan.
"Cosmic Dragon's Roar," Ryu said as he attacked it with a navy blue roar attack with specks of white in it to make it look like he was firing a part of the night sky at it. The attack hit it right in the same spot as all of his other attacks hit. That caused the Vulcan to go flying right into the wall, knocking it unconscious.
"Wow that was amazing," Lucy said as she finally got Taurus to go back to the spirit world. "But wasn't he going to tell us where Macao was?"
Both Dragon Slayers gained a look of realization that they forgot all about that. But suddenly, the Vulcan started glowing and once it died down, it was revealed that it was there comrade Macao all along.
"Oh crap, Macao. I am so sorry about that," Natsu said as Ryu went to make an area where they can lie him down to try and recover.
Once Macao was all bandaged up, still unconscious, Ryu figured out and told Lucy that Vulcan's are known to use a magic known as Take-Over. Take-Over is a possession spell that Vulcan's can use to control another person. If not reversed soon enough, they would have lost him to the beast.
Once Macao was able to get back up, he explained to them that he took down nineteen other Vulcan's before the last one caught him off guard. The group then decided to take him back home to his son. They even used this time to introduce him to the new member.
*Magnolia*
Romeo was depressed due to his dad not being home was his fault. He was being picked on by some of the other kids around town that his dad was a Fairy Tail wizard and thought all he did was drink all day. That caused him to beg his dad to take a job to make them stop picking on him.
He started to cry again until, "Hey little bro," came a voice down the road. When Romeo turned around, he saw the group that went looking for his dad earlier returning and finding his dad among the group. "Look who we found," Ryu said revealing that he was the one who got his attention.
Romeo couldn't be happier and ran towards his father and gave him a huge hug. He was still crying but these were tears of joy. Macao then comforted his son by telling him, "The next time you see those bullies again tell them this 'Can your dad beat nineteen monsters all by himself, because mine did.'"
Once that was said the others left for the father and son to have some time alone. "Natsu, Happy, Big bro, thank you for bringing my dad home," Romeo shouted to them with a big smile on his face.
"No problem little bro," Ryu replied back.
"Lucy. Thanks for helping them out," Romeo thanked Lucy as well.
Lucy turned around and waved back to the father and son duo. She was happy that they have a great relationship. Once they turned a corner to the guild, they realized that they already closed. As Natsu and Happy went off to their home, Lucy just realized that she has no place to stay for the night.
Seeing Lucy's dilemma, Ryu asked her, "Hey Lucy, do you want to stay at my place? It's no problem for me. Tomorrow I can help you find a place to live." She was going to turn down the offer politely, but figured why not and agreed to the offer.
She walked down a road with a small river going down the middle alongside him. She decided to ask him something, "Hey Ryu, I was wondering. Why is your nickname Dragonborn? I have only heard of legends of people named that for being a dragon with a human hybrid form."
Ryu looked nervous about this but decided to trust her. "The reason why they call me that Lucy and you cannot tell anyone else, only some people in the guild know this, but not everyone. Sigh, I'm actually a draconian, a human/dragon hybrid."
Once Lucy heard that she was shocked but said this to him, "I guess that makes as much sense as anything I have seen. It also makes sense as why you have dragon wings instead of angel wings. Don't worry your secrets safe with me." She knew that some secrets were meant to be kept a secret. She has a few that she doesn't want some people to know just yet.
Once he heard this from her, he was happy to know that he can trust her with his biggest secret. They continued to walk in silence until they reached his home.
When they finally reached his house, he let her inside and was amazed to see that she walked into his home. She saw that there was a living room to the right that led to a back room, a dining room to the left that led to the kitchen and in front of her was a nice hallway with pictures on the wall of various moments in Ryu's life as well as a stairway that led to a second floor.
She saw the fridge door open and only saw a person's bare feet. "Um, do you have a roommate?" she asked Ryu.
"Yeah I do. Don't worry she is harmless, besides you met her already," Ryu replied. They both heard the fridge door close. They both turned to his roommate only to gain a full blush. Lucy saw that his roommate was Cana Alberona, the woman who groped her earlier, holding a bottle of beer. Only this time, she's wearing pink panties and nothing else.
"Damn it Cana, put a freaking top on," was all Ryu told Cana as he didn't need to deal with a barely naked Cana, again.
"Ah come on Ryu, I got to let my girls breathe every now and then," was what Cana countered with as she waved her chest around. But one glare from him and an embarrassing look from Lucy, what all it took for her to put on a shirt that was right next to her, in protest.
The shirt was green that said 'I'm not drunk, I'm awesome' in white lettering. As she left to go upstairs they both saw that on the back of her panties was blue letters that said 'Property of Ryuma A.'
Lucy decided to ask him, "Are you by any chance…" She couldn't get herself to finish that sentence before Ryu interrupted her.
"No I did not sleep with her, much to her displeasure. Not only does she tease some of the girls in the guild, but she also likes to tease me," he explained to her, not wanting her to get the wrong idea about him. Lucy decided to believe him as she did remember the groping.
He led her upstairs and saw that it was a straight hallway with doors on both sides and another flight of stairs to lead to the storage attic. She could easily tell which door was whose. There was a door with a picture of a beer bottle on it with Cana's name; two doors were labeled the bathrooms, and Ryu's bedroom door with his name on it in a dragon head. Some of the other doors weren't labeled.
She was led to one of the blank doors and when he opened the door and revealed it was a spare bedroom. "Well here's your room for now. I know it's not much but hopefully this will suffice for now," Ryu told her as she entered the room.
"Thank you Ryu, this means a lot," Lucy said as she hugged him out of the blue.
As they hugged, they heard Cana open her door only to say before closing it again, "Aw that's nice. I can't wait for the imminent threesome we could be having in the near future." That caused both of them to let each other go and go full blush again.
"Well um, good night," was all Ryu could say before leaving to his bedroom.
Lucy decided to do the same as she needed to get some beauty sleep as well. She was hoping that she wouldn't have any naughty dreams due to what Cana teased them with. After she got ready for bed she heard a beautiful song coming from where Ryu's bedroom was. It was a beautiful song; it helped her to go to sleep with ease. She was only thinking as what will happen to her now that she is a Fairy Tail mage.
Yes, I made Ryuma like an older brother figure for Romeo. Also the song that is playing is 'Dino Soul Ancient Version.'
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