Written: 7/30/13-7/31/13
Edited: 4/16/14
Thoughts/Flashbacks
Author's Note/Dragon/Demon/Monster Speech
Special attacks/Dragon/Demon/Monster thoughts
"Speech"
Special Thanks Goes To: Alistar, Silent Reader 6100, Drake202, Chronotimeguard, Tpinz, Akim, Emeraldpichu, shadow coat 64, BadazzEXE, Kasai no Oni, Boyzilla, lagiacrus, NIX'S WARDEN, wolf fang X1, guest, Cloud Ex-SOLDIER, and Scion 141.
Reviewer Responses:
Boyzilla: Yeah I know what you mean. Including my story there's only a total of ten Dragonball Z and Fairy Tail crossovers which is pretty sad. I've only enjoyed one or two of them which is partially why I wrote this story. Thanks for reviewing.
Shadow coat 64: Thanks I'm glad you're enjoying the story that much. Yeah, there is a significant lack of Fairy Tail and Dragonball Z crossover stories. I won't give away any spoilers but Trunks leaving the Fairy Tail universe will be very unlikely considering the fact the time machine is broken. Thanks for reviewing.
Emeraldpichu: What did you think about the previous chapter felt rushed? Also what do you mean by no rock skin? Trunks won't be immune to magic in this story. There will be tons of ignorance from Trunks lol. That's an interesting idea about the whole life force thing and if you have any more details you'd like to share feel free to PM me. Thanks for reviewing.
Alistar: I had the free time and was bored so I just decided to update lol. The Lullaby Arc was kind of anti-climactic; hopefully I'll be able to spice it up somehow. Trunks won't reveal everything yet that would make for a boring story. He'll be slowly revealing details about himself throughout the story. I'm still working on Trunks personality, this is the first story I've ever written him into. Thanks for pointing that out he'll show more of a backbone in upcoming chapters. Trunks hasn't forgotten his mother's death or the fact that he's in a lost world; he's just put his emotions to the side for the time being. As for Trunks sword being in one of those capsules let's I'll roll with that lol. Thanks for reviewing.
Silent Reader 6100: Thanks!
Drake202: Trunks will probably end up eating all of Fairy Tail's food. Poor Trunks he'll be fighting Natsu everyday lol. Thanks for the review.
Chronotimeguard: I'll expand more on Trunks feelings and emotions. Coming from a post-apocalyptic where death is almost natural Trunks has learned to put his emotions to the side, well at least for the time being. He's not over his mother's death yet; he's just pushed it to the side for now. Maybe Trunks could have acted angrier with Macao but he would've killed him and that would have put a hamper on the story. The thing with Erza was for comedic purposes but since multiple people are finding faults with it, I'll change that. Ki and magic aren't equal in this story. Ki is more powerful but Magic is more dynamic and useful than Ki as you will see later on. I don't mind the rant at all; any and all constructive criticism is welcome. Thanks for reviewing.
Tpinz: Thanks, and I'll try to update as much as I can.
BadazzEXE: I'm glad you enjoyed the previous chapter. I'm glad you thought it was funny too, that was my first chapter attempting any kind of humor. I don't plan on having Trunks go all out in this story, or at least not yet because he'd basically just one shot every character in the story lol. I'll update as much as time allows me to do so. If you need any more advice or help with your upcoming story feel free to pm me. I don't mind long reviews at all, those are the best kind. Thanks for reviewing.
Kasai no Oni: Since I was listing character ages it felt right to list Macao's age since he appeared in the previous chapter. I'm a guy so I don't know about Trunks height making him cuter lol. I didn't really have a reason for making Trunks taller I just thought he'd be better off that way. Thanks for reviewing.
Scion 141: I didn't think changing Trunks height would be that significant in my mind it's only a minor detail. I like using the Japanese terms instead it feels more authentic to me. I'm still working out how Trunks personality will be. I think the cross somewhere in between Vegeta and Goku will be right though. Poor Trunks all his money from jobs will go to his food bill lol. Thanks for reviewing.
Lagiacrus: Are you talking about the DBZ section or just all Fairy Tail crossover's in general? Because I haven't seen many parings with Lucy. As far as any pairings go it's pretty early in the story for that but maybe later on. Thanks for reviewing.
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NIX'S WARDEN: Thanks! I still have plans for Trunks to go Super Saiyan 2 but that will be much later on in the story. It's the coat and sword Trunks.
Wolf fang X1: Thanks! Trunks still has his sword; it was a mistake of mine not mentioning it this entire chapter.
Cloud Ex-SOLDIER: Yes you should read/watch Fairy Tail it's currently my favorite anime. Trunks still has his sword from the future I just forgot to mention it in the previous chapter lol.
Guest: I didn't make Lucy 17 that's her actual age at the start of canon. I have no plans for a pairing yet and even if one happens it won't be for a while. I just updated the story over a week ago. I have two other stories which I'm still writing and planning to update. Plus I also have other endeavors going on. I try to update as much as I can.
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, or anything having to do with the Dragon Ball franchise. Nor do I own Fairy Tale or anything pertaining to it. This is just a fan fiction made for personal pleasure and writing experience.
Chapter Cover: Trunks, Erza Gray, Lucy, and Happy sit on a train laughing at Natsu's ghastly expression.
Chapter 3: Lullaby Arc I
Trunks gazed longingly out of the train window. He felt as if he had been sitting in his seat for hours. The time was escaping him and he didn't know where it was going to. As his eyes gazed over the changing landscape the son of Vegeta couldn't help but smile sadly. This world was so beautiful, so breathtaking, and so serene…..so unlike his home world. With every tree and bird the train passed Trunks couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness in his heart.
His world would never be like this. It would never be so beautiful. But worst of all his world would never know peace. All of the Zetto Senshi were dead. Not a single warrior remained on his home world to defend it from the Androids. He had failed miserably in his attempt to combat the Androids. Not only had he failed but his mother had been a casualty of his failures. Looking back on it his life was filled with innumerable failures.
He had failed his father's legacy. He had failed Gohan as a student. He had failed to stop the Androids. But most of all he had failed to stop his mother's death. If only he had trained harder. If only he had been stronger. If only he could have saved his mother. If only….. These thoughts were once again returning to him. He had thought intense meditation would be able to seal them off but it appeared his mother's death had reawakened them.
His mother. Sighing as he slumped his face into his arms, the lavender haired Saiyan attempted to repress his tears. She was gone. She would never return. He would never be able to feel her touch, her soft hands wrapping around him. He would never be able to go to her for advice, to share a laugh, to cry with. He had not only lost his mother, but he had also lost his best friend. She was the only person he had remaining in his life and now she was gone.
The feeling of losing his mother was oddly different than losing Gohan. Both had been important figures in his life. Gohan had acted as a big brother, a mentor, and even as a father figure at times. But his mother….she had given birth to him. She had raised him. She had been there through his darkest moments, specifically when he had lost Gohan. She had always been the one fixture in Trunks life that he was certain would never leave. How wrong he had been.
Lifting his blue eyes, Trunks thought to himself. He wondered what his father would think of him. His father had been one of the strongest warriors to ever exist. He had been a brave, proud man, though sometimes foolishly so. He had not always been the most dependable of men, but when the chips were down he had always came through. He had sacrificed everything for his mother and family.
Would he be proud of me? Would he be angry with me? Would he think of me as a disappointment? Would he hate….
"Trunks…are you ok?" A concerned voice broke Trunks train of thought. Quickly turning around the demi-Saiyan quickly composed himself, flashing Erza a fake smile.
"Yeah…I'm fine just doing some thinking."
He's lying. I've seen that expression before it's the same one I used to wear around.
"Are you sure? You've been staring out that window not saying anything for the past hour." Gray added in, slightly worried about his new companion.
"It's been an hour already?" Trunks asked to himself. The time had really escaped him.
"Yes….an hour. We were beginning to wonder if you suffered from the same sickness Natsu has." The armor clad girl said, motioning to Natsu who was bent over his armrest, looking deathly ill.
"What's wrong with him?" Trunks asked, the color of Natsu's body having turned shades darker than his hair.
"Natsu suffers from intense motion sickness. Whenever he's on any moving object he gets sick like this." Happy said, a little too joyfully as he plopped down on Trunks arm.
"Lucy would you mind trading spots with me?" Erza asked politely, putting on a freakish smile.
Lucy, who Trunks had forgotten was even there immediately, traded places with her. As the scarlet haired girl took her seat she placed her arm around Natsu's neck. "This should make you feel better." Before anyone could even say a word, the pink haired dragon slayer was unconscious from Erza's punch to the stomach.
Trunks and Lucy both shared a sweatdrop as they watched Natsu's unconscious form slip into Erza's lap.
"Typical" Gray snorted as he watched with annoyance. "First he asks for a rematch with Erza then he comes and does this on the train."
"Rematch…with Erza?" Trunks rubbed his head in confusion.
"You were too busy staring off into dreamland to hear his challenge before we boarded the train." Lucy replied, quickly bringing back memories to Demi-Saiyans mind.
"So Erza I think it's about time you told us what this is all about and what the mission is." Gray said as the mood on the train instantly became tense.
The armor clad girl's facial expression became dead serious as she responded. "I have reason to believe the dark guild Eisenwald is planning something big. I'm not sure what exactly but it has something to do with an item called Lullaby."
"Lullaby!" Gray and Lucy shouted in unison, the duo nearly jumping out of their seats.
Trunks simply sat back confused as to what they were referring to. But from what he could infer this "Lullaby" was not a good thing.
"So you've heard of it?"
The blonde girl quickly shook her head. "Yes. When we were on our last mission we came across these dark wizards that were mentioning something about the coming of Lullaby. They seemed really scared about it."
The scowl on Erza's face deepened as Trunks literally felt her aura change. "It sounds like they were members of the guild who dropped out and went into hiding. Perhaps they wanted no part in whatever is coming."
"So this thing is so bad that it even scares dark wizards?" Gray questioned. His normally calm relaxed demeanor becoming more serious.
"I can only hypothesis but it appears so."
"What do you think they're going to try?" Lucy inquired, holding the tiny white being in her arms closer.
Growing tired of being ignored Trunks finally raised his questions. "What's a dark guild? Who's Eisenwald? And what's a Lullaby?"
"You seriously don't know anything do you?" Gray said with a sigh, slightly irritated.
"Gray, where are your manners?" The scarlet knight asked cracking her rather large fists menacingly. "Do I have to remind you of them?"
The dark haired mage quickly gulped, uncharacteristically sweating bullets. "N N-n-no Erza…you don't have to remind me."
Dropping her fists Erza smiled. "Good. Now like I was about to say before I was so rudelyinterrupted" She said batting an eye towards Gray who shrunk in his shirt. "Dark guilds are guilds that are not officially recognized by the Magic Council; therefore, they are treated as criminal organizations."
Well there goes the peace I was hoping for. "Criminal organizations?"
"Dark guilds are usually involved in various illegal activities and heinous crimes. Eisenwald is one of these dark guilds. They're planning to use Lullaby for something…something which more than likely will cause harm to others."
Silence echoed throughout the train compartment as Trunks engulfed the information. Even in this world there was no peace. He had hoped this world would be different but his hopes had been dashed. But regardless he would not idly stand by while villains attempted to harm others.
"Do you have any more information on Eisenwald?"
"Yes I do." Erza stated grimly. "I have strong suspicion that the one behind this plot is Erigor the reaper, the ace of Eisenwald. He is a man known for taking assassination requests and will willingly kill anyone who gets in his way."
"He…he kills for money!" Lucy stuttered out in shock.
Erza nodded sadly. "When the magic council outlawed assassination requests Eisenwald decided that money was more important than the council's rules. As a result they were kicked out of their wizard league six years ago. But that didn't stop them, they disobeyed orders and remain active till this day."
A chill ran through Lucy's body as she began to sweat in fear. "May-maybe I should just go home now."
"Lucy's slimy all of a sudden now." Happy quipped as he felt a puddle of water grow underneath him.
"That's sweat you dolt!"
Slamming her fist down angrily on Natsu's unconscious face Erza growled. "How could I be so careless? If only I had recognized Erigor's name that day I could have pulverized them. I could have forced them to reveal their scheme!"
Trunks sympathized with the rage Erza was bubbling with. It was the same rage he had carried for most of his life. He understood perfectly how it felt to agonize over previous mistakes.
"So basically Eisenwald is planning to do something with this Lullaby thing right?" Gray asked, throwing his hands behind his head in a shockingly calm manner.
"That's correct. I'm also not foolish enough to believe that I can take on an entire magical guild by myself either. That's why I asked for you and Natsu's help. We are going to storm the Eisenwald guild."
Gray's hands transitioned from atop his heads to his lap as he cracked his knuckles in excitement. "Sounds like fun to me."
"Aye Aye" Happy chirped in cheerfully, accidently rubbing against a still trembling Lucy. "Eww now you're super slimy."
"I told you it's sweat you dumb cat!"
-FTSJ-
After the explanation of the mission had taken place the Fairy Tail mages had decided to get a quick bite to eat. Taking pity on Trunks for his lack of money Lucy had decided to buy him a meal…how quickly she regretted the decision.
"10-10,000 jewels all gone down the drain!" Lucy hollered, streams of tears falling from her eyes as she watched the Demi-Saiyan devour his food and her money.
Gray could only watch with a horrified expression as he observed Trunks consume all the sandwiches of his tray. Does he even chew? The raven haired mage questioned to himself as Trunks hands became blurs, moving at a rate so fast that he couldn't make out what was going in and what was going out. I think I'm getting motion sickness just watching him. Nearly barfing Gray turned his head deciding he could no longer watch.
Erza stood, mouth gapping forgetting she even had food in her hands as she watched Trunks at work. She wasn't sure whether to be disgusted or to be amazed. The rate at which he was consuming food was unbelievable! He had engulfed more sandwiches than herself, Lucy and Gray. She was almost certain that the lavender haired boy would come back with an arm missing every time he took a bite.
"I think there's another person inside Trunks; there's no way one person eats that much." Happy commented as he nibbled on the head of his fish. "Or maybe that's his magical ability…he can devour food in seconds."
Erza couldn't help but let out a giggle at the blue feline's last comment.
"Speaking of magic." Lucy said lowering her sandwich. "What kind of magic do you use Erza?"
"Erza's magic is really pretty. She makes her enemies bleed…..a lot." Happy roared, the tone of his words in stark contrast to their meaning.
Lot…of…blood. Lucy shuddered to herself
"Personally I think Gray's magic is much more beautiful than mine." The scarlet haired girl said taking a slice from her cake.
"Magic?" Trunks mumbled to himself, raising his head from his tray.
"Like this."
Gray's clenched fist proceeded to slam down upon his outstretched palm. Trunks watched in awe as a blue beautiful seal with intricate designs appeared before Gray's fists. A small chill swirled around the room as the design on Fairy Tail's flag appeared in Gray's palm. Trunks eyes widened slightly as he watched the ice sculpture float over to Lucy.
"Wow." Was all Lucy could utter as she watched the ice sculpture rotate around.
Having seen that symbol multiple times Trunks inquired to find out what it was. "What exactly is that thing?"
"It's the Fairy Tail symbol….a fairy." Gray responded.
The Demi-Saiyan nearly face palmed at his own stupidity. How had he not realized that was a fairy?
"I use ice magic."
"So that explains why you and Natsu don't get along well. He uses fire magic and you use Ice magic, those two don't mesh well together."
"Ice magic? Fire magic?" Trunks asked, interrupting the pair's conversation. "So you mean to tell me that there's different kinds of magic?"
Gray rolled his eyes sighing deeply. He opened his mouth to make a snarky comment but was interrupted by Erza who made a threatening glare at him, prompting him to close his mouth.
"There are two main classifications of Magic: Caster Magic and Holder Magic. Caster Magic is magic that is expelled from the body as opposed to Magic done through the use of a weapon or outside source. Holder Magic is Magic that requires a Mage to use an external source to produce the Magic. It usually requires the use of Magic Power, though there are some exceptions. The magic I, Gray, and Natsu use is Caster Magic."
"And the magic I use is holder magic. I'm a celestial mage." Lucy added in.
"So I'm guessing there are various kinds of Caster and Holder magic then right?"
Erza nodded her head approvingly. "You're correct."
Continuing on with the topic of magic Gray decided to pose his own question to Trunks.
"Earlier back in the guild hall you said you didn't use magic; so what do you use then? It wouldn't be wise to have someone on this mission that can't fight."
Erza and Lucy anxiously awaited the lavender haired teen's response. Neither one of them had felt any magical energy from him, but he still had an aura of strength around him.
"Yeah what do you use Trunks?" Happy questioned once more, taking a seat on his head.
Taking a deep breath Trunks pushed his tray to the side. "I use Ki."
"Ki?" The group retorted in unison.
"Yes Ki, the people from my home use it."
Unsatisfied with Trunks cryptic response Erza was determined to find out more.
"Do you mind telling us more about this Ki? It's something that none of us here have ever heard about and please be detailed."
Trunks took a bite from his remaining sandwich. He hadn't intended on revealing any information until he met with master Makarov but it appeared he would have to talk now.
"Ki is a tangible energy inside every living person, with its major focus being in the center of the body. Ki is made up of three components: Genki which is Energy, Yūki which is Courage, and Shōki which is Mind. Also, Ki can be positive or "negative, depending on the user. By drawing it out, an individual is able to manipulate it and use it for performances outside the body."
Silence echoed momentarily as the group of Mages fully engulfed Trunks words. It wasn't every day that they heard about a new source of energy independent from magic.
"This Ki that you're talking about and magic sound very similar." Erza stated, noticing a semblance between the two energies.
"Yes they are." Trunks nodded. "But they are both vastly different. Ki is found in every living thing and anyone can use it. The same cannot be said for magic. You told me earlier on our stroll to the Fairy Tail guild hall that only ten percent of the population can use magic, but everyone can use Ki."
"Everyone can use Ki?" Gray asked in disbelief.
"Yes, everyone can use Ki. Everyone here including Happy can use it."
"Would you mind showing us what Ki looks like?" Lucy questioned, believing Trunks but still doubting how true his words were.
Outstretching his palm Trunks focused a small amount of Ki to it. A golden orb of light instantly appeared in palms, eliciting "oohs" and "awe's" from his companions.
"That's Ki?"
Trunks simply nodded. "Yep this is what Ki looks like, though the color of it does vary from person to person and from attack to attack. This is the weakest Ki beam I could form but it still probably has enough power to wipe out this train."
"You can wipe out this train with that tiny ball of energy!" Erza shouted tightening her fists, the sirens in her head going off.
"You'd better be careful with that thing then." Gray warned as an icicle formed in his hands, arming himself for whatever.
Noticing the duo on edge Trunks quickly dispersed his Ki beam. "I could wipe out this train. I have no reason to and I'm not that type of person. I just wanted to show you what Ki looks like."
Taking a heavy breath Gray and Erza both slumped back in their seats, recognizing that the threat was now over.
"So besides being able to destroy stuff what else can Ki do?" The celestial mage asked, wanting to know more about this new energy.
"Good question." Trunks smiled, thankful that she hadn't reacted like the others. "Ki can be used for many different techniques. It is necessary to increase one's Ki to become strong, because there are physical limits to the strength of the body itself, in order to overcome that barrier. Usually, the more concentrated the masses of Ki are, the more time the user requires to draw it out by powering up. When people gather Ki they are able to gain enhanced strength, speed, endurance."
Shock resonated throughout each Fairy Tail members face as Trunks uttered his last word. If everything Trunks had said was true then Ki was superior to magic. The sheer capabilities that Ki had made it more powerful. If Trunks knew how to fully utilize this energy then this mission would be a piece of cake.
"I take back my question from earlier. You will be useful for this trip." Gray stated coolly.
Trunks smiled in response. Gray wasn't so icy cold after all.
"In fact you'll probably be more useful than Natsu here." The ice mage said pointing to the unconscious dragon slayer causing the group to laugh.
-FTSJ-
Onibus Station
Trunks stretched as his feet touched the ground after what seemed to be days. The train ride had been excruciatingly long exemplifying the necessity of flying for Trunks. The son of Vegeta would have taken of into the skies had it been a solo mission but since they had come as a group, he felt it was better that he stick with them.
"You think the Eisenwald guys will still be in town?" Gray asked turning to Erza who was pushing the group's massive load of luggage.
"I have no idea but were going to find out." Erza said without batting an eye in Gray's direction. Her mind solely focused on the mission at hand.
"I'm still thinking maybe I should go home" Lucy muttered lowly under her breath.
"Hold on. Where is Natsu?" Happy suddenly piped up causing the mages and Trunks to stop in their tracks and look around them.
Trunks cursed under his breath. How had they lost track of someone with that brightly colored of a haircut? They must have left him behind during the commotion when train stopped.
The group halted their search as the heard the loud honk of a train horn. Quickly snapping their necks in that direction the group saw the train that they had just un-boarded leaving the station.
"Uh oh well there he goes." Happy uttered as he waved the train goodbye.
Lucy's jaw slumped down to her rather large chest as she watched the train disappear from sight.
"I was so distracted that I forgot about him. He hates all forms of transportation. This is all my fault. I need one of you to come here and hit me for my penance." Erza said pounding her fist into her armored chest.
Isn't she being a little overdramatic? The Demi-Saiyan thought to himself as a large sweatdrop formed on his face.
"No, that really won't be necessary." Lucy quickly responded. Frantically waving her arms attempting to diffuse the situation.
"Well this is just a great start to our mission." Gray said frowning, highly annoyed by his comrade's forgetfulness.
-FTSJ-
On the Train
"Oh they forgot about me." Natsu said groggily as he shook his head. Feeling his stomach churn the dragon slayer realized he was still on the evil contraption known as a train.
Turning his head as he heard a cabin door open, Natsu sensed that he wasn't alone. As he looked up he noticed an unfamiliar man approaching him. From the look on his face, he didn't have any good intentions. The man was dressed in a white jacket and pants with a maroon undershirt. He had black hair that was tied up in an odd way, making it stand up like a pineapple.
He grinned wickedly as he noticed the Fairy Tail stamp embroided on Natsu's arm. ""Well well a Fairy Tail mage. How is the guild treating you these days? Is it worth sticking around?" He asked, not giving Natsu a chance to respond as he planted his foot on the dragon slayer's face.
Snarling, the raven haired man leaned down to Natsu's ear. "Don't act all high and mighty because you're in a legal guild. You guys look like nothing but harmless little flies." He said smirking, causing the increasingly angry fire mage to growl at him.
Deciding he'd had enough the dragon slayer summoned flames to his fists and took a swing at the man. Unfortunately for Natsu the mysterious man managed to jump out the way just in the nick of time. Though his attack missed it provided Natsu with the opportunity to leave his seat and gain some distance between the two.
"I don't know who you are or what you want but you'd better leave…now" Natsu's usually happy voice shifted into one of pure rage causing flames to emit around his arms. As the fire mage took a step to charge forward the train unexpectedly shook causing Natsu to lurch forward, his flames dispersing.
"My name is Kageyama and if that pitiful excuse for magic is all you have then your doomed. Let me show you some real magic." The man sneered as a purple magic seal appeared from beneath his feet. Black shadows slowly crept their way out of the seal sending a chill down Natsu's spine.
Before the cherry blossom haired mage could react he was hit multiple times in the face. Each successive blow feeling harder than the last, knocking him down to the floor. Landing with a heavy thud Natsu frowned as he watched the shadows encircle Kageyama.
"It's all in the follow through."
-FTSJ-
Onibus Station
"What do you think you're doing lady? You can't pull the emergency lever without permission." One of the Train guards exclaimed. He doubted his words would be listened to as he could clearly tell this woman was on a mission.
"It's for our comrade please understood." Was Erza's response as she grasped and pulled down the lever.
"Are you kidding me?" The man exclaimed in disbelief. Why had he been so unfortunate as to have this specific shift today?
"Now I would like you to take our luggage to our hotel."
"Do I look like a bellhop!" The man half shouted and questioned. Whoever this girl was she certainly had a lot of nerve.
Lucy and Trunks watched from a distance shocked and slightly embarrassed by Erza's brazen behavior. That Erza… she's definitely something else.
"I'm starting to realize that all the wizards in the Fairy Tail guild are just a little insane."
Trunks quickly shook his head; he couldn't agree more. Everyone in this guild was like a clone of Chichi especially Erza, her behavior reminded him of Gohan's mother the most.
"Well not all of us." Gray coolly added crossing his arms over his chest. His clothes having somehow once again gone missing.
"Oh yeah well where are your clothes!"
The Demi-Saiyan couldn't help but smile sheepishly at their banter. Yep everyone in this guild is insane.
-FTSJ-
On the Train
Lady luck had once again smiled down upon Natsu. The hellish contraption known as a train had come to an abrupt stop. The dragon slayer didn't know who to thank but whoever had caused it he owed them greatly. Fighting on a moving train with his motion sickness problem would have been a real pain.
As the train had come to sudden halt Kageyama had lost his footing. The raven haired man had tumbled to ground, a wooden staff dropping along with him. The staff was particularly peculiar. It was nearly 50 centimeters in length. It had a skull with three eyes on one end, and an oval-like cutout in the skull's brow. On the other end, there were root-like cutouts.
What the heck is that?
Kageyama eyes darted back and forth as watched Natsu stare at the staff. "You saw it." His facial expression became an extremely worried one as he lunged at the staff, attempting to pick it back up.
"Oh no you don't!" Natsu shouted as he punched his fists together, sparking flames around his hands once again. "Karyū no Tekken (Fire Dragon's Iron Fist)!"
Natsu's fists became engulfed with flames as he leapt into the air lunging at a surprised Kageyama. The raven haired mage barely had time to react but was luckily able to defend himself with Guard Shadow. Though he was able to block the attack the shadow mage was still knocked back from the resulting explosion of Natsu's attack, sending him flying into the next train car.
As the smoke from the resulting explosion cleared Kageyama was given view of a smirking Natsu. "Little fly huh?" The Fairy Tail wizard grinned as he flexed his muscle.
"Attention all passengers we apologize for the abrupt stop. The emergency stop was false. We will be leaving for our destination shortly."
Natsu's facial expression did a complete 180 as he heard the news. He had to get off the train immediately. Glancing around for his bags in the destroyed compartments, Natsu spotted them and quickly placed them on his back.
Still shaky from dragon slayers attack Kageyama wiped the smudge from his face as he attempted to stand up. "Hold it right there! I'm not letting you get away that easily; your messing with Eisenwald now."
At the mention of the dark guild Natsu's head snapped to face Kageyama. "So you're with Eisenwald huh? I'll show you what happens to people who knock Fairy Tail. How bout we take this outside?" Natsu nearly barfed up his words as the train abruptly began to move once again. Cursing his luck the dragon slayer took one final glance at his enemy before jumping out the window.
"Where do you…"
Kageyama's words fell on deaf ears as Natsu was too long gone to hear them.
-FTSJ-
Trunks, Lucy, Gray, Happy and Erza all raced across the dirt road speeding to catch up with the train. Erza couldn't believe what she was currently riding in, it was something that she had never seen before. The 'hovercar' as Trunks had called it was incredible to say the least. The speeds at which they were going were mindboggling and it wasn't using up any magic.
It had been a huge surprise when Trunks had told the group that he had a way to get to Natsu quickly. Erza had initially proposed using her magic mobile to drive them there but Trunks had immediately shot down the proposal once he found out what it did to her magic. Instead the lavender haired boy had pulled out one of those capsules that she'd seen when she'd first met him. Just like her initial meeting with him he pulled it out, threw it to the ground and smoke had appeared. But this time something had appeared behind the cloud of smoke.
The group of mages had all stood with stunned looks on their various faces as Trunks had hopped in the driver's seat. He had ignored their amazed looks and had ordered them to get in the car with him. Lucy had been apprehensive at first but the tone in Trunks voice had squashed any opposition. As they'd drove along Erza couldn't help but admire Trunks driving skills. The way he maneuvered and steered through every tree, bump and ditch was spectacular. Though she hated to admit it the lavender haired teen was a better driver than her.
Now as they pulled up to the side of the train Erza barked out orders.
"Be on the lookout for Natsu! We can't let him…." Her words were dashed as he observed the cherry blossom haired mage fly out of a window. Her eyes widened as she noticed he was quickly approaching the hovercar. She opened her mouth in attempts to warn Gray of the imminent collision but was too late.
BAM!
Slamming down on the brakes Trunks maneuvered the hovercar sideways finally bringing it to a stop. Glancing at his side mirrors Trunks noticed Gray and Natsu lying on the ground unmoving, and seemingly unconscious. Lucy jumped out of the hovercar first and jogged over to the duo. Her nurturing nature taking over her, wanting to see if they were ok.
Natsu and Gray both recovered in record time, standing to their feet as if nothing had just happened. Quickly dusting himself off Natsu turned to the group and began angrily huffing about how they had abandoned him on that evil mechanical contraption.
"How can you guys left me on the train?" The dragon asked his voice spiking up like his pink locks.
"I'm just thankful you're safe." Erza said wrapping her arm around Natsu's neck. "I apologize." The fire mage's head was promptly slammed into Erza's chest as she began choking his head into a hug, causing the dragon slayer to frantically wave his arms telling her it was okay.
Breathing heavily as the oxygen finally returned to his lungs Natsu turned his attention back to the red head. "I'm shaken up pretty bad, I got attacked by a weirdo on the train."
"Are you serious?" Lucy asked, gripping her necklace closely.
"I think it was the dude who grabbed the guys who were going to eat Happy. He said he was with Eisenwald."
In a millisecond Trunks noticed Erza's eyes widen as she turned and slapped Natsu hard across the cheek, sending the fire mage skidding to the ground.
"You fool! That is exactly who we are chasing after on this mission. Why did you let him get away?" The armor clad girl screamed as she gripped Natsu's shirt forcefully tugging it, causing his head to wobble back and forth.
The dragon slayer lay on the ground, question marks rotating around his head as he rubbed his aching cheek. "What the? This is the first time I heard about it."
A large tick mark formed on Erza's face as she folded her arms. "I told you everything back on the train. You should listen when people talk to you!"
"Does she not remember she knocked him out on the train?" Lucy whispered to Gray and Trunks making them nod their heads in agreement. "This woman is unbelievable."
Unbelievable doesn't even begin to describe it. Trunks thought sweatdropping as he watched Erza continue her beratement of Natsu. Eventually the scarlet haired girl ceased her scolding, walking back over to the hovercar.
"Well let's go then we don't have time to waste. Hopefully he's not too long gone and we'll be able to catch up with him."
As Trunks hopped into the driver's seat he started the hovercar's engine.
Gray smirked as he walked over to lifelong rival. "You got beat up by him? How strong was he?"
Frowning, Natsu drew multiple circles in the ground with his finger. "I don't know how strong he was. He snuck attacked me and kicked me in the face, but I didn't even feel it. I managed to hit him with a punch and was about to do more until the train unexpectedly lurched. Some weird skull flute fell out of his pocket after the train stopped."
Listening in on the two mages conversation, Lucy gasped in horror as Natsu's description evoked a memory in her mind. ""D-did you just say a skull flute? Did it have three eyes? Was it fifty centimeters long?"
Crossing his arms, Natsu struck a thinking pose. "Yeah…I think so."
Glancing over her shoulder, Erza sent Lucy a concerned look. "What do you know?"
The mage's face trembled in fear as she began to share the information she knew. "Lullaby... it's actually a cursed song. I've only read about it in books, but one of the forbidden spells is the death curse! It's a horrible black magic that can suck the very soul out of the person its cast on. Well, apparently this Lullaby is even worse! The flute itself was never used for anything other than curses until the black mage Zeref got his hands on it. Once Zeref gained control of it he turned it into a demonic flute. He gave the flute the ability to kill who whoever hears the melody played by it! The mass death curse, Lullaby!"
A mass discussion broke out between the Fairy Tail mages as they tried to digest what Lucy had just told them. As the mages mooted ideas on what to do, Trunks halted the car's engine. So there was black magic too? This mission was becoming far more dangerous than Trunks had initially thought it would be. He didn't know exactly what he would be up against but the Demi-Saiyan was ready for anything.
"Damn. Death magic in the hands of someone like Erigor could be catastrophic." Gray said scowling as he knew fully well what a dark mage was capable of. "We have to hurry."
"I see. Then my theory was right. We must go after them! Cursed magic like that is used to kill the people that it's cast upon" Erza said slamming her fist into her palm. "We have to hurry." The armor clad girl proceeded to hop in the passenger's seat as Trunks roared the engine to life.
"Well hurry up and get in guys; we don't have all day!"
The Fairy Tail mages were taken back by the sudden rise in Trunks voice. The teen had been reserved and quiet since they'd met him and hearing him shout seemed uncharacteristic. They quickly boarded the hovercar as they realized the seriousness of the situation.
"Eisenwald here we come!"
-FTSJ-
Oshibana Station
Trunks had driven like a speed demon to get to Oshibana Station. Gray and Natsu had thought Erza was a daredevil driver, but the antics Trunks had done far surpassed anything they'd seen the scarlet haired girl do. He'd ignored their cries and groans from the backseat, every uttering falling on deaf ears. The only thing the lavender haired boy had listened to were the directions given by Erza.
Even though this world was completely different from the one Trunks knew, the terrain and landscape were still somewhat similar. He had listened to all of Erza's directions without missing a single beat. His eyes narrowed as he saw the train station closing in in front of him. He was nearly there. Finally skidding to a halt the hovercar arrived in front of Oshibana Station.
Natsu quickly exited the hovercar his face green, feeling wheezy from motion sickness.
"Never again." The fire mage lurched over as he clutched his stomach almost emptying his stomach's contents.
"You're an even worse driver than Erza." Gray muttered as he stretched, thanking whatever deity that had allowed him to survive that drive.
"What did you say Gray?"
The ice mage gulped as he heard Erza's menacing voice from behind. Quaffing as he turned around Gray came face to face with the scarlet haired knight, who did not appear to be pleased at all by his snarky comment.
"N-n-nothing Erza! I would never say anything about your superb driving skills." The raven haired mage quickly flashed the widest smile he could, desperately hoping to subdue Erza's growing anger.
"Whatever I'll deal with you later." Erza said whipping her head around to face the train station. "Right now we have more important matters to deal with."
Following the girls lead Trunks walked with her as she stepped into the large crowd in front of the train station.
"Please stand back the train station is currently closed due to a train derailment." A train guard shouted from his megaphone.
The crowd was clearly not satisfied with his answer as murmuring broke out.
"Are you serious?"
"Well I heard the train stations been taken over by a group of thugs."
Were amongst a few of the things that Trunks heard throughout the crowd.
"Excuse me do you mind telling me what's going on?"
Trunks looked up, noticing Erza had somehow managed to slip past the crowd.
The train guard turned around giving Erza a questioning look, wondering who the heck she was. "Why would I tell you? Who are…"
The man never got to finish his sentence as Erza's fist slammed into his face knocking him unconscious. The girl then proceeded to head-butt the next train guard that approached her.
"What's going on here?"
Trunks and Lucy could only look on with embarrassed faces as they watched Erza knock out every guard that didn't respond to her questions.
"Well that's one way to find out what's going on." Lucy muttered as a sweatdrop formed on her face.
"Erza's got her own way of getting things done" Gray said, his clothes once again disappearing into thin air.
"Where are your clothes!" Lucy shouted making Gray panic.
What a strange group of people. Trunks shook his head as he watched Erza walk back towards the group.
"The Eisenwald group's inside let's hurry!"
-FTSJ-
Inside Oshibana Station
As the group of warriors raced down the train stations hallway they were met with the sight if numerous unconscious soldiers. As they continued racing down the uncharacteristically empty halls Erza informed Trunks that those soldiers were Rune Knights. The Rune Knights were a military subdivision within the magic council, acting as a personal constable of sort. In short the Rune Knights were the Council's army. Their job was to enforce the Council's ideals of justice and to investigate crimes related to the Magic world.
Taking one final glance at the unconscious men Trunks frowned. There had to have been at least fifteen Rune Knights and if they were as powerful as Erza said they were then the Eisenwald guild was no joke. Though he felt angry at the sight of seeing innocent human being harmed, Trunks couldn't help but feel a twinge of excitement. The Eisenwald guild might provide him with an adequate challenge, and a way to vent out his frustrations.
Finally halting their run the group of mages and Trunks stopped as they approached railroad station. Trunks eyes darted around as he observed his new surroundings. There had to be at least forty members of the Eisenwald guild present.
"You fiend!"
"Ah, flies of Fairy Tail, welcome. I had a feeling you'd turn up."
Trunks diverted his attention from Erza to the owner of the voice.
The owner of the voice was an extremely tall, lean-built and yet mildly muscular man with silver hair. His eyes were dark and he had an elongated face with sharp features and somewhat pointed ears, but seemed to lack eyebrows. His eyes were circled by dark lines and each of them had a simple tattoo right below it, consisting of a pointed line going down vertically, crossed with two more, larger horizontal lines. The upper part of his body was similarly tattooed, but with much larger, blue-colored motifs, which took on spiraling forms, and adorned his shoulders, biceps, pectorals and back. He wore a torn Japanese-like outfit befitting his role as the Shinigami. He was bare-chested, with all of his tattoos visible, and his lower body was covered in different layers of clothing. He sported a long, worn skirt, reminiscent of a hakama, below a darker, shorter cloth, held up by an even lighter and shorter one tied like a belt. He had a black scarf wrapped around his thin neck, with its edges hanging on his back and traditional geta sandals on his feet. His attire was completed by a pair of distinctive dark gloves, each adorned by a light "X" on the back, and by bandages wrapped around his forearms.
Growling at the owner of the voice, Erza scowled. "So, you're Erigor I presume?"
The man known as Erigor said nothing, choosing to laugh instead as one of his companions spoke up. "Hey you with the pink hair get up! You're the reason why I got in trouble with Erigor."
The man's words seemed to snap the dragon slayer out of his sickness as he heard his voice. Pushing himself to his feet, Natsu turned and flashed the man a dangerous glare. "You're that guy who attacked me on the train earlier! I think your name was Kageyama….well you'd better prepare yourself from the ass kicking of a lifetime!"
Interrupting further threats from Natsu, Erza cut the fire mage off with a valuable question. "What do you plan to do with Lullaby?"
Laughing once more the man known as Erigor then stood up floated off the roof of the train carriage. The small contingent of Fairy Tail mages all widened their eyes as they saw the dark mage do multiple spins through the air.
"H-he's flying!" Lucy exclaimed.
"That's wind magic!" Erza growled as her eyes focused intently on the man.
So people in this world can fly too? Interesting.
"What do all train stations have?" The man asked as he landed atop the speaker system.
Erza's eyes exploded with rage as she put two and two together. "You intend to broadcast Lullaby!"
Erigor smiled confirming Erza's words. "There are currently thousands of nosy people surrounding this building. Turn the volume up enough and the whole city hears my beautiful song of death. So simple isn't it?"
Snarling Erza took an aggressive step forward. "You want to play this on innocent people? Why?"
Erigor simply laughed again. "This is a cleansing of all the fools out there who fail to appreciate the rights the hold so dearly. Who remain willfully ignorant of the plight of those who have had their rights taken away. They've committed the sin of turning a blind eye to the world's injustice. Therefore the reaper has come to punish them all!"
Lucy then stepped up, mortified by the man's insane logic. "But killing them is only going to make it worse, that's the reason you were kicked out of the guild league in the first place!"
Erigor shook his head scrunching his hands into a fist. "At this point we've given up trying to regain our rights. We want power! Only when we have power shall we able to wash away the sins of past and take control of what happens in the future!"
Just as Erigor rolled his neck to laugh again, a shockwave echoed through the room, immediately followed by the destruction of one of the train carriages. Wide eyes glanced around at the destruction, then at the man who had caused it all.
"I've heard enough! I won't allow you to harm these innocent people; you will pay!" With those enraged words the ground beneath the train station began to rumble.
A/N: Thank you guys for all of the reviews I seriously wasn't expecting that many. That was the most reviews I've received for one chapter in a long time. I'm probably not going to be able to update this story for the rest of the month. I have my two other stories, The Legend of Son Gokū, and DBZ: A Warrior's Path to update. Feel free to check those out too. Not to mention school will be starting soon for me (sighs). But if I do get enough time I will try to update.
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