A/N: I have removed Lucy from the last chapter as I have finally decided what time frame to put Percy and Nico in. To be honest I am biased to PJO so I want Percy to amass a good reputation before Lucy meets him.
It's been 5 months since Percy and Nico arrived in Earthland, Percy has no idea what his cousin has been up to but he knows that his mission is to swim in the darkness of this world so he's understandably worried. He, himself, has done considerably well here that it almost feel like a vacation, if only Annabeth was sent along with him or if the gods would allow him and Annabeth to live here. Within the months he has spent in Earthland he has not been attacked by a monster once, plus he found it easy to earn money here as a wizard, if Annabeth, his mother, Paul, and himself lived here he could provide for everyone no problem.
After that spar with Erza two weeks after he joined the guild the former has proceeded to form a team with him and brought him along to S-Class quests. It's mainly subduing massive monsters or taking down an entire dark guild but they are yet to find a real challenge on their jobs. Erza has started to teach him the basics of Requip magic and he has used it to his advantage when travelling, after successfully summoning Mrs. O'Leary he has also attempted to summon some of the creatures in his father's kingdom and found that he is able to accomplish it easily, his favourite is summoning Blackjack and going for a relaxing flight on his friend.
After saving enough money he bought a massive ship, not unlike a Greek Trireme, it took a while and a lot of jewels but he was able to renovate it into his own house and named it Atlantis. Several thieves has tried to rob the ship and about two pirate crews but when your guard dog is a hellhound from the Underworld no one stands a chance.
The biggest problem his house faces in a regular basis is Natsu, who is fond of sneaking into the ship for the godly amount of food Percy always keeps in storage thanks to his mastery over any form of water, turning the ships hold into a humongous fridge by using his Poseidon magic to make ice. Mrs. O'Leary is also very fond of Natsu and Happy that whenever Percy sails the ship and anchors it in front of Fairy Tail at Lake Scillora, the three usually gallivants around playing on the pavement.
Of course being a dragon slayer Natsu has advanced motion sickness and usually give Percy something to clean up whenever he steps on board.
He has also met Levy, a bright blue-haired girl from Fairy Tail whose brains reminds him of Annabeth, after a meal and him telling her story of how his friend once made a flying Trireme complete with Ballistae and Shields, Levy decided to see if she could make Percy's ship like that. Barely 3 months after she succeeded and Percy has little doubt that Leo will bow down to her and beg her to teach him.
Shortly afterwards, much to Percy's annoyance, his house became Fairy Tail's signature vehicle. Something the master is so proud off. Which brings us to right now, as Percy and Erza have recently accepted another S-Class quest, Natsu and Grey of course complained and tried to sneak their way in to joining the job. They were discovered the moment the ship took off to the air and Natsu's motion sickness kicked-in throwing up all over Grey in their hiding places and Grey shouting for being covered in the slimy ex-contents of Natsu's stomach, Mrs. O'Leary found them immediately and Erza tossing them overboard to the water after hitting them.
"So Erza what's the job?" Percy asked as stands on the ship's wheel following the directions of his brand new magical compass.
"A dark guild called Poison Naga has been terrorizing Romulus Island, the royal army almost managed to defeat the guild but it seems their master is a very powerful wizard. He rained gold blades on the army and killed half of the regiment in one attack." Erza said as she sat on a railing looking at the beautiful scenery passing beneath them.
"Our first stop would be the Army outpost in Hargeon where the regiment commander, our client, is" she finishes.
"Do you think the two of us would be enough?" Percy said without a hint of worry, merely curiosity.
"Positive, we will be joined by two other guilds on this mission, Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus" Erza responded
It took them a total of thirty minutes to reach Hargeon. Every town they passed gave Percy a reason to smirk as his baby garnered awed looks as they sail in the air. Since Hargeon is a port town Percy landed the ship in the water and dropped anchor telling Mrs. O'Leary to guard the ship.
The moment they set foot on the port a stately looking knight approached them.
"Miss Erza Scarlet and Mr Percy Jackson of Fairy Tail, please follow me" the guard said though it certainly didn't sound like a request. Percy and Erza shared a look before following the knight as it leads them to the Army Post.
As they got inside they were led to a conference table with several important looking officials sitting ramrod straight and four people who were obviously the mages if the difference in their clothing from everyone else is anything to go by.
"Thank you for joining us in council" the man at the head of the table spoke up as Percy and Erza took adjoining seats. He's a tall man, tanned and buff; he has a rather angular face and long nose with an Afro.
"I am Arcadios, First regiment commander of Fiore's Royal Army and your employer." he said "I am going to be blunt and say this, I am doubtful that you can defeat this enemy." A palpable silence entered the room after that pronouncement.
"Though three of you are S class wizards the enemy has shown incredible power worthy of matching those of the wizard saints; however at the urging of the king himself I have turned to your wizard's guild before sending in my own specialty team."
Arcadios raised his arm holding the top edge of what seems to be a photo. It shows a man probably, 25-27 with black hair and wearing a gold cape; he is standing on the only approachable beach on the island, hands encased in gold light shooting what looks like gold cannonballs and gold tinted energy.
"This man is Joshua Renvolt; he is the master of the dark guild Poison Naga. He was born in Fiore but has been out the country for a few years, after coming back he immediately took control of his hometown Romulus Island. We tried to step in and almost succeeded but he killed half my men in one attack, I was barely able to escape with my life." Arcadios stood up
"You're mission is to liberate the island and incapacitate the guild master." Everyone saluted as everyone but the six wizards filed out.
"Big vote of confidence" Percy commented
"Arcadios-dono is known for not having much trust in magic" commented one of the wizards from Lamia Scale; he's bald with dark oval eyebrows.
"I am Jura Neekis, S class wizard of Lamia Scale" He introduced himself as he tapped his guild mate sitting beside him.
"I am Gordo Kordova, from Lamia Scale" his other guild mate said quietly, he is rather well built with shaggy black hair and angular jaw line
"Nice to smell such wonderful new parfums, I am Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki, S Class Wizard of Blue Pegasus, men!" said a short wizard with orange hair in a crisp white suit, for some reason he leaped to the table doing poses as he introduced himself.
"It's great to be in the presence of such powerful parfums, Rockiron Jura and Titania Erza" he said still doing weird poses
"I am Eve Tilm of the holy night, I'm a new member of Blue Pegasus, I hope I can be of assistance." Says a young looking man in a light yellow button down shirt, he has pale blonde hair and rather feminine looking face
"Eve-kun, may be new at Blue Pegasus but he has proven himself a wonderful wizard and was once part of the council's Rune Knights" Ichiya interjected
"I'm glad to be here, Erza Scarlet, Fairy Tail wizard." Erza introduced
"Hope we get along, Percy Jackson, Fairy Tail." Percy followed suit
"Now that the introduction is over I wish for us to go over our strategy." Erza began as they discussed exactly how they are going to complete said mission.
Percy has no idea how he survived it, they discussed strategies for two straight hours, he has done whatever he can think of doing; mapping the strength of his allies (Jura's magic shows to be the most powerful by far), psychological analysis (he dubbed Ichiya to be insane almost immediately), and trying not to notice the superior gaze everyone apart from Erza and Jura seemed to be giving him.
"Now that's settled" Jura announced as he stood up "get some rest and prepare everyone we will be starting tomorrow at daybreak.
"Understood" Erza answered, as everyone left.
Percy and Erza heard a weird sound going "kuf, kuf, kuf, kuf" and almost jumped when someone behind them spoke.
"You have a nice parfum as expected Erza-san" Ichiya said sniffing Erza from behind
"Dude, what are you doing?" Percy asked as Erza jumped away startled
"You should show respect to your superiors, Percy-kun" said Eve
"I don't classify dirty old men as superior to me." Percy snorted
"I think you should just go home newbie, you've obviously bitten more than you can chew." Eve said with a weird glint in his eyes
"I've already mapped your potential Eve, and you're the one with the shallowest mist container in the group." Percy said as he turned around and walked away "Erza, you coming? I'm kind of craving for a nice leg of turkey."
"I'll be right behind you." Erza answered
Just as she was about to walk however, she felt someone grab her arm, looking back she saw Ichiya
"Ichiya?" she asked
"It looks like we are about to see a wonderful show, my honey" Ichiya said
"What did you call me?!" Erza asked outraged before she processed the meaning of Ichiya's words
"What do you mean show?" She asked
"The parfum of youth is about to explode, I'm afraid Eve is far too prideful and he will most definitely challenge young Percy to a battle, men." Ichiya explained
"Not good," Erza began she was about to dash forward when she found her way blocked by Jura and Gordo
"They need this Erza-dono; otherwise they would not be able to work well tomorrow."
"How long have you two been standing there?" Ichiya asked
"We came back right away, Gordo left something inside. I wonder though who is more powerful, Ichiya-dono's apprentice or Erza-dono's" Jura said
"He's not my apprentice" Erza answered "He is my partner." She finished confidently as Ichiya, Jura, and Gordo settle to watch.
Percy and Eve are standing 10 feet from each other, as Eve is in a fighting stance eye blazing while Percy is looking bored his hands in his pockets.
"You don't want to do this Eve" Percy warned
"You are the weakest one here; we don't need you in this mission!" Eve snarled as he thrusts his hand towards Percy, Several people and knights stationed heard the snarl and went to watch including Arcadios and some of his captains.
"Snow Magic: White Fury!" a small concentrated snow blizzard blaster from Eve's hand towards Percy
"Snow magic," said Jura, "that's quite rare magic"
"That is our Eve-kun" said Ichiya proudly still making weird poses
Eve smirked as it neared Percy; however that was soon replaced by a shocked expression shared by everyone else who's watching apart from Erza.
"It is an impressive magic, and he is quite powerful; however that will not be effective against Percy." Erza said, arms crossed on her bountiful chest
"Try this! Snow Magic: White Fang!" Eve yelled, once again Percy just took the attack his hair blowing in the wind, along with his clothes.
"What is this parfum?" Ichiya asked unable to comprehend why Percy is not affected by the attack
"The attack itself is hitting," began Jura "but neither the force of the wind, nor the coldness of snow is affecting the opponent." He said rather impressed "his only chance is a forceful attack or a physical hit."
Completely consumed by anger and frustration Eve dashed towards Percy. He attempted a punch with his left hand which Percy dodged by going left, Eve smirked as he caught him in his trap. With his right hand he grabbed Percy's shirt and focused his magic
"There's now escape! Snow Magic: Blizzard!" Percy was struck with tons of snow at point blank range and disappeared under the barrage. The knights watching behind him were about to be struck by the snow.
Gordo and Jura seeing this rushed to move the knights out of the way when Erza stopped them from taking action. About a feet before the avalanched hit the knights it re-routed upwards much to everyone's surprise including Eve. The snow formed a serpentine shape with a massive head and multiple spines on its back and horns on its head. In a flash the snow turned into hard ice and the serpent became a very large ice sculpture, with Percy in its coils, dusting off the snow that has clung on his shirt.
Eve walked towards Percy, clearly admiring the ice sculpture; he stopped directly in-front of Percy and held out a hand.
"Glad to have you on this mission, and I'm sorry for my stupidity."
"Glad to be on board" Percy reached out and took his hand for a shake
Jura was glad he saw wonderful potential in Percy and has a leader's thinking, Percy made sure that Eve was serious and used his full power, so when the inevitable happened and Percy defeats him Eve would be sure to take it well and strive to someday surpass him.
Morning came way too quickly, everyone assembled in the port and Erza was currently leading them towards the ship as they have agreed to use it to get to the island, it's conspicuous with the entire Fairy Tail motif the ship is showing but they planned to use it as a decoy, much to Percy's dismay.
They all have their mouths hanging open however at the sheer magnificence the ship is exuding.
"Close your mouth people, you'll get flies!" Percy yelled as he looked over the railing with a smirk.
Erza led them up the ladder to the ship's deck as they all look impressed with the ship. A loud bark surprised them all as Mrs. O'Leary leapt from the Captain's deck towards the new comers, everyone prepared to attack but Erza stopped them.
"Mrs. O'Leary heel" Titania's authoritative voice stopped the hellhound on her tracks, Erza walked to her though and rubbed her head earning her a bath from the over excited pooch.
"What is that?" Jura asks as he circles around and look at Mrs. O'Leary
"It's Percy pet hellhound, Mrs. O'Leary" Erza answered "These are friends girl, identify them." with the command the hellhound bounded over and sniffed everyone recoiling slightly at Ichiya's parfum, she even allowed Jura to stroke her to everyone's surprise.
"You really are powerful, Jura." Percy explained "That means she will allow you to give her orders" making Jura smile.
"Shall we?" Percy asked as everyone nodded, he raised the anchor mentally and unfurled the sails revealing a red Fairy Tail emblem superimposed over a bronze trident.
Without even touching the wheel Percy willed the ship to traverse the sea towards their destination. The journey didn't even lasted twenty minutes as they saw an impressive 60 foot statue of a woman holding a sword point down and both hands resting in the pommel in front of her. Faster than sound a massive golden beam of light blasted from a figure on top of the statue's head, Percy would have been caught unawares had he not been expecting it. Erza was one step ahead however as Percy didn't even noticed her re-quip to her adamantine armour as the beam collided with her defensive magic circle. Jura, Gordo, Eve and Percy ran to the side as Percy struck the side of the ship and summoned several creatures from his father's kingdom,
"Magic Summoning: Hippocampus!" A dark green magic circle appeared on the water as three Hippocampi appeared in the water. Jura, Gordo and Eve leaped overboard instantly and claimed one for each.
"Take them to the beach and avoid being spotted!" Percy ordered the Hippocampi, and they all rushed to the shore flanking the Island faster than a Jetski, skilfully avoiding the sharp rocks that littered the high cliffs surrounding the island.
Ichiya and Erza were still on the bow of the ship defending against the magic blasts Erza having more success than Ichiya. Percy rushed over and slammed his hands on the wooden deck again.
"Magic Summoning: Pegasus!" A bright blue magic circle appeared as two Pegasi appeared on deck, one pure black the other a splotchy blue and white colour.
Ichiya can only look in amazement as the very creatures that gave its name to their guild was summoned and is being commanded by someone so young.
"Speedo take the short guy, Blackjack take the red head. Make sure they arrive safe at the island and you take care of yourselves." Blackjack gently nuzzled Percy then jumped swooped towards Erza as she swung herself towards the Pegasus and Speedo did the same with Ichiya.
"Time to see how powerful this guy really is" Percy though as he willed Atlantis to back off and get out of range. He leaped over board and landed on top of a wave he created using it as a ride to shore. The Golden blasts were powerful but it's slowing down, not surprising since it's fired about 16 times by now (thank ADHD). There was one last massive blast that was aimed for him which he blocked by summoning a deluge of water, he had to keep the deluge for about three seconds as the beam evaporated about a ton of water in that short amount of time. Percy however is now close enough as he disappeared in a swirl of water and cloud of mist, appearing right behind the culprit. He saw a girl with fiery red hair much like Erza's, tanned, not very tall, lean, and sexy with a voluptuous figure. She's wearing a black kimono with gold trimmings, a golden plaid skirt, and a gold bow tying it from the back. Surprised as he was expecting the male from the photo Percy's ADHD got the better of him again as he spoke without thinking.
"You're a girl?" faster than thought the surprised female whirled around and swoop his feet from under him, as Percy falls from the statues head, she leaped and pulled back her hand in a clawed position.
"Gold Dragon's Chuka Zanmai!" a spear of gold in ancient Chinese design materialized in her hand, she jabbed the spear and Percy saw multiple spear heads launched towards himself as he crossed his arms and enforced his body with magic, effectively protecting him though the fall was still enough to hurt a bit.
Seeing as Percy was not really affected by her attack the woman inhaled an inhumane amount of air her cheeks bulging.
'A dragon slayer?' Percy though as he remembered what she called her first attack and recognized the breath attacks that Natsu uses.
"Gold Dragon's Breath!" she launched the massive energy built up towards Percy who in turn rolled to his stomach and using his arms and legs as leverage enforced with magic pushed himself twenty feet to the side to avoid the enemy's attack.
The woman landed on her feet though she seemed to be breathing heavily her body not yet recovered from the multiple attacks she sent to their ship (now identified to be a breath attack). She pulled her hand back again this time three fingers are closed and the forefinger and index finger pointing forward. Golden energy seemed to spiral from the tip building up as it gathered more energy spiralling on her fingers, hand and arm.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Gate of Babylon:" a golden magic circle appeared behind her seemingly feeding more energy into the attack "Enuma Ellish!" she yelled as shethrust her hand towards Percy location and launched an incredibly massive attack of chaotic spiralling golden light with sharp shredding gold dust. There was no way Percy could jump out of the way and his pride would not allow it. Percy gathered water to form a whirlpool on one hand and gale force winds on the other; he willed both to flash with lightning and clapped them together with massive strength.
"Poseidon's Storm Clap!" Hurricane force winds immediately exploded in the area meeting the woman's attack head on, the winds tore away the golden magic flash of the woman's attack. Lightning charged through the gold dust being an efficient conductor and the massive wave washed away the magic's strength.
The woman didn't stood a chance as she saw her strongest magic get dispelled and screamed in pain as the man's spell struck her and blasted her off her feet.
She landed barely conscious but she still reached out to the magnificent wizard that so easily defeated her.
"Joshua threatened my family. Please save the Island, save my family. My failure here will result in their deaths if you don't defeat him in battle today." She pleaded as tears fell in streams from her eyes.
"My name is Percy Jackson, a Fairy Tail wizard; and I swear to you he will not get away with threatening your family." The sheer conviction in his voice made her open her eyes, the look in his face was scary; a glare that promises retribution and justice, it made her trust him.
"I'm Amethyst, Amethyst Blake, the Gold Dragon Slayer"