Chapter 27

Coco's Island Resort

Departing from their boat ride, Natsu knelt on the ground and shouted, "Sweet sweet land!"

"Is he gonna do that every time," Felix asked as he watched Natsu kiss the ground multiple times.

"Probably," Happy answered.

"Welcome to Coco's Island gentlemen," the hotel manager greeted the wizards. "Follow me this way to check you in," he continued as he turned and began walking to the hotel. "Don't worry about your bags, the bellhops will get them."

"I guess we follow him," Gray commented.

"Guess so," Elfman added as the group headed to the hotel.

The lobby was filled with advertisements and pictures of famous people who visited the island. "Right this way gentlemen," the hotel manager said as he entered behind the counter. "So how long will you be staying and how many rooms?"

"I guess 3 days should be fine," Alzack answered.

"And give us two rooms," Laxus added.

"Why two," Natsu asked.

"One for me and the other one is for all of you," Laxus replied.

"Uh uh, I'm not sharing a room with flame brains," Gray commented. The boys began arguing about room arrangements while Felix approached the counter.

"So how much will it be," Felix asked as he took out his bag of jewels.

"50,000 jewels," the hotel manager answered.

Felix felt his heart stop and asked, "U-uh h-how much again?"

"50,000."

"5-5-50,000...," Felix mumbled. I don't even make that much cash on a requested job...

"I got this," Laxus said as he took out his bag of jewels. Dropping the bag it made a loud thud on the counter as he began retrieving the required amount. "Here," he continued as handed the money to the hotel manager.

"Y-yeah, Laxus gets a room to himself," Felix commented.

"B-," Natsu uttered.

"I DON'T SEE YOU PAYING ANYTHING SO YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT," Felix shouted.

"Fine," Natsu replied.

"Here you go gentlemen," the hotel manager said as he handed them the keys to the room. "Third Floor. Rooms 777 and 778. Please enjoy your stay," the hotel manager continued as he walked away.

Settling in their rooms, the boys gathered in Laxus' room to plan their next move. "WHY IS EVERYONE IN MY ROOM," Laxus shouted.

"You know we really didn't think about it," Felix answered.

"Focus guys," Alzack interrupted. "Tomorrow is when we begin our search," he continued as he laid out a map of the resort he got from the lobby. "The island is big so we've got to split up."

"Teams or solo," Gajeel asked.

"Solo since there are seven of us," Alzack answered.

"Technically nine," Pantherlily commented as he pointed to Happy and him.

"Well you guys are always with your partners so it counts as one," Alzack explained as Lily nodded.

"There is so much stuff," Gray said as he examined the map.

"Finding the girls aren't gonna be easy," Natsu commented.

"Hey can't Natsu and Gajeel pick up on their scents," Felix questioned.

"If that were the case then we'd already have found them," Gajeel answered. "Too many people and other stuff here to pick up their scents," he explained as Natsu nodded.

"Damn," Felix responded. It be too easy if that were the case...

"Get some rest guys, we've got a busy day tomorrow," Alzack said as he headed back to the room.

Felix followed the rest of the guys as Laxus commented, "Finally." The next morning Laxus exited the hotel and waited for the others. What's taking them so long He spotted the others slowly making their way to him. "Come on guys, we've got a job to d- What happened," he asked as they all look groggy and not rested.

"You...you don't want to know," Felix answered as the others nodded.

"Uh...okay, anyway, get fired up or something cause it's time to get serious," Laxus replied.

"Hey that's my line," Natsu snapped as he came back to life.

"Really? That woke you up," Gray questioned.

"Shut it Frost Troll," Natsu responded.

"What was that," Gray replied as he grabbed Natsu.

"Stop it," Elfman shouted as he came between the two.

"Come on guys we've got to focus," Alzack said as he jumped in.

"Never a dull moment," Felix commented as the others had a short brawl.

"Aye," Happy added as Pantherlily shook his head.

Few minutes later, the boys found the directory to choose which places they were gonna search for the girls. "Happy and I will hit the skies," Natsu said as Happy prepared to take off.

"Same here with Lily," Gajeel added.

"I guess I got the water park," Gray announced.

"I'll check the Underwater Kids World," Alzack announced.

"I got the bars and the shops in the area," Elfman announced.

"The beach is mine," Laxus announced.

"Then that leaves the Island Adventure, which is a hike around the island...," Felix announced as he examined the route. This is gonna take a while...

"Alright, let's go," Natsu shouted as Happy took off followed by Gajeel and Lily.

"Meet back here at the end of the day," Alzack shouted as he headed to his destination.

Elfman and Laxus nodded at each other as they left. "Well, it's adventure time," Felix said sarcastically as he headed to the route. An hour in Felix stopped at the top of a hill and commented, "Why are there so many hills on this island..."

"F-Felix...," a voice called out.

Hearing it, Felix scanned the area and asked, "Hello? Who is there?"

"C-Come...," the voice continued.

Locating the direction of the voice, Felix stepped of the path and headed into the jungle. "Where are you," Felix asked as he searched the area.

"O-over h-here...," the voice answered.

Snapping branches, Felix followed the source of the voice and found Mavis, laying down, trapped in a magic circle. "First Master," Felix shouted as he entered the circle, but was immediately zapped, causing him to back off. "What the hell is this?"

"I-Island...D-Danger...," Mavis uttered.

"The island is in danger," Felix questioned.

"D-dang-gerous," Mavis answered. "G-Girls i-in t-t-trouble," she continued.

"I knew it," Felix commented. "Hang on Master, I'll try to get you out," he continued as he examined the circle. "How'd you even get trapped? You're a ghost."

"G-g-great evil...," Mavis announced. "V-very p-powerful."

"What is he a ghost buster," Felix commented as he casted his spell.

Ice God's Claymore

"Here we go," Felix shouted as he impaled his sword on the circle. "Did not-" Felix said before being electrocuted. Letting go of his Claymore, Felix fell to his knees and apologized, "Sorry Master...I-I can't get you out..."

"F-F-forg-get me," Mavis replied. "S-Save the others...d-defeat the evil then I sh-shall be f-fr-free," she continued.

"Okay, don't worry we'll get it done," Felix replied as he left. Sprinting through the jungle, Felix found himself back on his original path. Gotta tell the others.

"Hey you," a female security guard shouted. "Don't go off the path!"

"Oh my bad," Felix replied as he bowed and headed back. Can't trust any worker or maybe anyone here besides the guys.

"Did you find them," Elfman asked as he waited for Felix with the others.

"Nothing," Laxus answered.

"Happy and I flew all over the island didn't spot them at all," Natsu answered.

"Lily and I had the same results," Gajeel added.

"Juvia wasn't at the water park," Gray said as he scratched his head.

"I thought I'd find Asuka there, but nothing," Alzack answered.

"Guys," Felix shouted as he stopped.

"You okay Felix," Gray asked as he noticed Felix taking heavy breaths.

"I..I found..found the First Master," Felix answered as he collected himself.

"The first master," Elfman questioned as he and the others were shocked by Felix's answer.

"Yeah. She was trapped in some weird and powerful magic circle," Felix replied.

"Well what did she say," Natsu asked.

"This island is dangerous and there is a great evil," Felix answered. "The girls are in trouble and we have to save them."

"Where do we look," Laxus asked.

"I don't know, but we can't wait for tomorrow," Felix replied.

"You're right," Alzack said as he turned. "Let's g-" he stopped as he bumped into a chest plate.

"I agree you won't have to wait for tomorrow," a female voice announced.

"Who the-Erza," Alzack responded as he regained focus. The boys noticed that she was wearing a darker, somewhat eviler version of her normal clothes and her facial expression gave off this demented feeling.

"Hello gentlemen," Erza replied as she gave a hand signal. Suddenly darts began flying towards the group.

"Watch out," Elfman shouted, but was hit.

"Elfman," Gray shouted as he tried to fight back, but was struck.

Dodging multiple darts, Natsu shouted, "Erza what's going on?!" Giving him the silent treatment, Natsu shouted, "Fine then, I guess I'll have to beat it out of ya!"

Seeing Natsu charged Erza, Felix shouted, "Wait don't hurt her!"

"I kno-" Natsu said before he was sent flying to the wall.

"What the," Felix questioned as he noticed the person who sent Natsu flying was Wendy. Wendy? Oh crap, she's the same as Erza.

"I hope you didn't kill him," Erza commented.

"Don't worry, I held back," Wendy replied as she flipped her hair. "I know 'he' wouldn't want them dead yet."

Who is he? "Wendy! Erza! What happened to you two," Felix shouted.

"You're about to find out," Wendy replied as she charged him.

"Guys I ne-crap," Felix said as he finally noticed he was the last one standing. "Argh! Fine then, bring it on Wen-" Felix stopped as Wendy landed a kick on his stomach, sending him to the wall. C-can't b-bl-black out no-now..., Felix thought as he blacked out.

"Wakey wakey gentlemen," a voice called out. The boys slowly regained consciousness as the got to their feet. "Finally. We've been waiting for hours," the voice continued.

"Wh-where are we," Alzack asked as his vision focused.

"My head...," Natsu uttered as he shook it.

"Welcome to my castle," the voice shouted, causing the boys to snap to attention. "My name is the Harem King and you are here to be punished," the voice continued.

"Can this guy shut up," Felix commented as he and the others looked up. Seeing a pale, lean man, with slicked-back, grey hair; reaching to the back of his neck, and his entire face is, however, covered by a golden mask, with simply design with a mischievous smirk running from its cheekbones down to, slightly above, the jawline and arching back up to his opposite cheekbone.

The Harem King could see the male wizards through the two crescent-shaped spots flowing downwards, forming a wicked portrayal along with the mouth piece. He adjusted his upper body that was completely covered by a connected blue jacket with three buttons on either side. "Any questions," he asked.

Felix and the others could see his jacket's collars flipped, giving view to a plant-like design on the inside and several diagonal lines on the higher areas. At thejacket's end spots a split cape elongating to his feet. Underneath the jacket, they noticed he was wearing a black shirt with many buttons and a small collar, as well as a small white bow-tie around his neck. His lower regions are covered by a pair of darker blue pants spotting multiple lines jutting downwards. "What did you do with the girls," Felix asked.

"Me? Nothing," the Harem King answered. "After enjoying their two weeks here, they decided, on their own free will, to stay," he continued.

"Bull crap," Natsu commented. "Where are they?!"

"Oh, we've got a fiery one," the Harem King replied. "Don't worry gentlemen. Your lady friends are right here," he continued as he pulled a lever which raised a platform, revealing the girls.

The boys noticed all of them had evil expressions on their faces and wore darker versions of their normal clothes. "This isn't good," Felix commented.

"Yeah," Laxus answered.

Noticing Asuka wasn't with Bisca, Alzack shouted, "WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER?!"

"Oh. You mean mine," the Harem King replied as Asuka appeared from behind him.

"Daddy who are those men," Asuka asked as the Harem King picked her up.

"Bad men who need to be punished," the Harem King answered. "Right honey," he asked as he looked at Bisca.

"Yes dear," Bisca replied as she turned and blow a kiss.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM," Alzack shouted as he stepped forward, but hit a invisible wall.

"Like I said. They decided to stay with me," the Harem King answered. Pulling another lever, the floor the boys were on began lowering as he continued, "Forever."

Visual Reference for the Harem King: Kagetane Hiruko (Black Bullet)