A/N: Sorry, I was dead for a while for certain reasons. Chapter 8 is up and so did Fairytail season 2 as we all know. Being a NaZa fan, I hated the end of the intro song and the ending of the new season. I'm sure others loyal to NaZa felt the same. And if you haven't noticed, this story is now officially rated M. Well on to the story.
Chapter 8: Phantom Lord hits Fairytail...again.
After a long time of running, the Fairytail members, along with their master, had lost sight of the enraged masters (or villagers or whatever). They were now peacefully walking towards their guild, chatting amongst each other. Lucy and Happy were yelling about her giving him a whole mountain pile of fish while Gray was laughing at their antics (I used antics correctly, right?). Makarov was walking ahead of them in silence; enjoying the sound of his lively children.
While they were disputing, Natsu and Erza had resorted to walking a couple meters behind the group. When it seemed that the others were not paying attention to them, they would sneak a few kisses that longed for each other.
"You never cease to amaze me Natsu." Erza said quietly to not attract attention from their friends and looked into his eyes.
"Hehe arigatou Erza. You're getting a lot stronger too. I guess I'm lucky to have one of the strongest women of Fairytail as mine. And a beautiful one at that..." He said as he closed the gap between their lips and kissed.
When they separated, her eyes were dazed and shimmered with happiness. They stared into each other's eyes, lost in desire. Both had to reluctantly look away as their friend's surprised voices entered their ears.
Looking to the front of them, they saw ruins of what used to be a building that had iron poles sticking out of it. Turning back, they realized that they had passed through Magnolia without realizing it. The day was on the brink of dawn as they came to realize that the destroyed building was their Fairytail Guild.
"What happened to the guild?!" Lucy shouted.
"My children...quick, let's see if anyone was injured!" Their master ordered and the group ran over to their demolished guild and searched. After a few minutes, they found a door that led to the building's basement. When they entered, they saw all the members of Fairytail talking loudly over each other. Makarov walked over to a group of members and sought an answer as to why the guild is in pieces.
'I forgot that this was the time of Phantom Lord's assault.' Natsu mentally sighed. 'This is going to be a tough day for us, especially Lucy. Well, at least I'll be able to handle those assholes with ease...I hope.'
Makarov came back to the group, whom was eager to find out what had occurred.
"According to the members; we were attacked in the middle of the night by Phantom Lord-"
'Bingo.'
"-But don't worry, it was at a time when no one was at the guild, thankfully." Makarov said.
"Master, what will be our next course of action?" Erza asked as she was preparing herself for combat.
"Oh we won't be doing anything other than drinking and relaxing. We'll be operating from down here until the repairs are made." The master said as if there was nothing wrong with it and started drinking a mug of beer.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Natsu said playing his part from the original timeline. "We just can't sit here and do nothing! We should attack them as well; let's make them pay for what they've done to our home!"
"Believe me Natsu; I want to strike back at them as much as you do. But the magic council strictly prohibits a fight between guilds. I'm sorry, but rules are rules." Master said looking down.
"Damn it..."Natsu quietly cursed and punched the top of a table.
The returned Fairytail members sat around a small table with Erza obviously next to Natsu.
"Who's Phantom Lord guys?" Lucy asked.
"They are this guild's rival. They've been at rivalry with us ever since we've reached first place in the guild league. I suspect they hold a grudge because they used to be the best."The red head explained.
"Oh, I see."
-Later at night-
"Phantom Lord seems like a really powerful guild. Erza said they used to be number one. Fairytail might have a hard time if they fought. Well I shouldn't worry, after all, it's Fairytail I'm talking about!" Lucy said to herself.
She was headed back to her apartment for some well deserved rest. Lucy was happily walking on a railing next to the river along with Plue her dog spirit. When she arrived home she was horrified at the site before her: the rest of Team Natsu was relaxing in her home.
"Welcome back Lucy." They all said at the same time.
"It was bad enough that Natsu and Happy barged in everytime, but the whole team?" Lucy sulked however they ignored her and went about their business. "Why are you all here?"
"Since phantom lord attacked us, it's reasonable to say that they're in town." Said the knight.
"Besides after what happened, it's a lot safer if we stay in groups. That's what Mira-chan said anyway." Gray answered.
"Fine but why in my home!?" Lucy shouted.
"Well it's because you're a girl Lucy. I wouldn't feel comfortable with just Natsu and Gray." 'Although if it was just Natsu I wouldn't mind.' Erza noticeably blushed at the thought. 'But I couldn't have people wondering why I wasn't just with the whole team.' "But I'm here to keep you all company."
"Alright alright.."
"Hey look! Lucy's laundry!" Happy said excitedly.
"DON'T GO THROUGH MY CLOTHES YOU DAMN CAT!" Lucy hollered at him and turned to see Plue eating a lollipop. "Plue what are you doing!"
"Woah what do you have there Plue?! Give me one!" Natsu yelled.
"Erza look! I found sexy underwear!" Happy said as Erza came over.
"W-wow, you really wear stuff like this?!" Erza commented while she blushed. 'I wonder if I should wear things like this one day for Natsu..' She thought pervertedly as her blush became scarlet as her hair.
"Which reminds me: You two, take a bath before you go to sleep."She demanded at Gray and Natsu.
"Ugh I don't wanna."
"But I'm already in bed."
"Come on boys, or do we need to take a bath together like we used to?" She said demonically sweet to them as they froze in place. 'Only me and Natsu...' She blushed as she imagined both of their naked bodies against each other in the shower.
"WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP DO YOU GUYS HAVE!?" Lucy shrieked.
"They're the strongest team." Happy responded casually.
"THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF STRENGTH IT MEANS!"
-Not to far from Lucy's apartment-
"Are you sure you want to stay with us and not the other girls?"Jet asked a certain blue haired girl.
"Yeah we would understand." Droy finished.
"No it's fine!" She cried enthusiastically. "Besides I've got the two of you to protect me!"
"Ahhh Levy!" Jet and Droy said with hearts comically floating around them.
On the top of a rooftop stood a young man with long black hair and piercings on his face instead of eyebrows. He launched himself at the group. They turned around and Levy had wide eyes as she realized what was going to happen.
-At the Phantom Lord hideout-
The place was flooded with Phantom Lord mages and they were all happily partying. In one area, there was a young man who was apparently eating scraps of metal. A drunken mage walked up to him.
"Oh hey Gajeel! I heard you did a real number on that guild and that you beat some weak fairies. Tell me, how are yo-" At that moment he was punched in the face and sent flying across the room and crashing into a wall.
"I told you before to leave me alone when I'm eating!" Gajeel snarled while all mages were laughing at the scene.
"Excellent work Gajeel. I'm sure that those Fairytail weaklings will get what they deserve this time." Someone spoke from the shadows.
"Geheeh! I promise you they will, Master Jose. I even added a little bonus, that trash should find it in the morning if they haven't already." Gajeel said proud of his work.
Phantom Lord's master Jose, merely smiled evily.
-The next morning-
There was a large crowd in front of a huge tree chattering loudly. Team Natsu decided to investigate and what the saw sparked demonic hatred to the core. At the tree, they saw the beaten bodies of Jet, Droy, and Levy hanging from iron restraints. Levy had the Phantom Lord symbol poorly drawn on her stomach.
"L-Levy-chan?" Lucy muffled a cry.
They stood there, with pure hatred seeping out of them. Then, the master walked up to them, wondering what all the commotion was about until he too stopped at the horrifying sight.
"Master..." Erza said quietly without looking at him.
Master Makarov had his face shadowed and a deathly aura around him that lusted for vengeance. "I can handle having my guild destroyed. BUT WHEN MY OWN CHILDREN ARE ATTACKED I DRAW THE LINE! PHANTOM LORD, THIS IS WAR!"
-Later at phantom's hideout-
Once again, everyone was happily drinking and laughter was everywhere. They were all savoring the little "present" that Gajeel had left for Fairytail.
"Hahaha! I can imagine the faces of those Fairy Butts when they saw what Gajeel had done!"
"Yeah! Gajeel outdid himself this time!"
"We're off to another job, and perhaps along the way we'll clip off some fairy wings!" Said a mage whom was walking to the hideout's doors along with two other mages.
Before they could even touch the doors, the doors exploded and sent the group flying and crashed into the walls. All burnt up.
"What the hell? Who did that!?"
When the dust that had been kicked up cleared, there stood the wizards of the guild of Fairytail; eager for some destructive, incredibly painful, beatings.
"Here's Fairytail!"The master roared before everyone charged at Phantom.
Everyone started using their respective magic spells. Natsu kept using his Roar to wipe out dozens of enemies and Gray froze some and lanced others. Erza was requipping into her heaven wheel armor and slashed her swords at her enemies.
While the battle between guilds was raging on, several Phantom wizards surrounded Master Makarov whom had his eyes closed. His eyes then shone brightly as he opened them and activated his Titan magic. After his size turned enormous, he started trampling over the mages while smashing others with his fists.
"He's a... monster.." One of the trampled mages croaked.
"YOU PROVOKED THIS MONSTER. NOW I WILL TEAR YOU ALL LIMB FROM LIMB!" Makarov roared as he towered over them.
On the other side, was Natsu and Gray battling at least two dozen mages which surrounded them.
"You're not doing so bad, droopy eyes!" Laughed Natsu as he was back to back with Gray.
"Heh, you too Flame Brain!" Gray retorted.
Then they jumped into the crowd of surrounding mages and went back to kicking ass. The next thing Natsu heard, however, made him stop.
"Erza! I'll leave the rest to you all!" Makarov called out to her.
"Are you sure master?" The Scarlet Knight asked in worry of her master whom was like a father to her.
"Jose must be at the top." He said more to himself than to her. "I'll teach him a lesson for hurting my children." The master then left through some doors, out of sight.
'Be careful master..' Erza thought to herself before resuming her battles.
After hearing their brief conversation, to Natsu it seemed as a lightbulb went off. He realized that it was going to happen once more. His master was going to get his magic drained and the possibility of him dying would rise.
Natsu being Natsu ran off after his master without a plan.
-With the master-
"JOSE! WHERE ARE YOU!" Makarov shouted as he blew open a doorway that led to a big room.
"So you have come Makarov." Said an eerie voice. "I figured it was you."
"JOSE! YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!" Makarov yelled and tried to punch Jose but his fist went directly through him. 'A thought projection?!'
"Oh please don't be so rude. Besides, I did not order my very own Dragonslayer to do that to your brats. He did that of his own free will." Jose spoke calmly as one of the element four that controlled the air rose behind the unsuspecting Fairytail master.
"Airspace Zero." He said as Makarov's eyes widened in shock.
However, just before the elemental could cast the spell upon him, Natsu burst through the room and pushed his master out of his reach and unknowingly took his place. Natsu didn't count on himself getting caught in the spell though.
"Guaaah! Natsu cried out in pain as his magic was being sapped out of him.
"Natsu!" Makarov shouted.
"Natsu Dragneel, Fairytail's Salamander. I didn't count on him interfering with your death. But no matter, at least I'll get rid of another problematic mage sooner. You have been quite lucky to live for now, Makarov-san. But remember, I will deal punishment to Fairytail.." Jose said as his image disappeared leaving Makarov shocked out of fear.
Once Natsu's magic had been drained, the elemental kicked him through the walls and sent him down below. As soon as that was done, he quickly disappeared to avoid Makarov's wrath.
"NATSU!" Erza's shriek could be heard throughout the place.
-Later, back at Fairytail's Basement-
The usual excitement among the rambunctious Fairytail wizards seemed like a myth. Everyone was sitting at the tables in deathly silence.
Erza was in the showers under the warm running water. Her head was pressed against the wall; lost in thought. What had happened after their assault on phantom stuck on her mind.
-Flashback-
"Natsuu!" Erza wailed as she hugged Natsu's head which was now a sickly green.
It took a moment for Makarov to understand the situation as a reality and issued a command.
"FAIRYTAIL! RETREAT!" Everyone just stared at him in shock. "WHAT ARE YOU ALL WAITING FOR?! I SAID RETREAT!"
They all hurriedly ran out; headed straight back to their destroyed guild. Erza was not to far behind them as she carried Natsu over her shoulder; dried up tears over her face.
"Erza, give him to me, I'll take him to Porulusica! She's the best chance we have right now to help him!" Master Makarov said as he grew in size from his magic and placed his enlarged hand near knew Natsu needed the best help they could get, but she didn't want to be separated from him.
Seeing her hesitation, Makarov quickly soothed her. "I know how you feel, my dear. But I promise you that he will come back to us fully healed. Please, allow me to take him." The knight reluctantly agreed and handed him over and prepared to run off before he stopped her. "Erza, you should hone your skills and prepare for our battle with Phantom. This war is not over yet; it has merely just begun. We shall make them pay for what they have done to our loved ones." He finished with a dark tone and ran in his giant form.
-Flashback end-
'I promise you Natsu, we'll defeat Phantom Lord. We'll make you proud!' Erza thought as a determined expression was shown on her face. 'Just come back to me Natsu, please... I love you..'
Just then the entire building shook and shook again as if an earthquake kept repeating itself.
"YOU GUYS. WE GOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM!" Gray shouted to all from the gates doors.
Everyone, along with Erza whom was wrapped in a towel, scurried outside and watched in horror as a building seemed to be walking through the water. A banner in front of the entrance of the building was quickly recognized.
"IT'S PHANTOM LORD!"
"NO WAY! HOW IS THEIR GUILD WALKING!?"
"Fairytail... I told you I would have vengeance against you." Jose said through a loudspeaker. "Give up! After all, we have your newest member in our clutches.." They could then hear Lucy's grunts as she struggled against her shackles.
"Lucy! You bastards! Give her back!" Gray shouted.
"Lucy... she was with Levy and the others! They must of kidnapped her from right under our noses!" Erza seethed angrily.
"JOSE! I will not let you take any more children of mine! Come out and fight!" Makarov hollered.
"I would love to Makarov-san, but time is short. However..." Jose eerily spoke as a gigantic cannon appeared out of the building. "...I shall destroy you all with this! My Jupiter Cannon!"
The guild of Fairytail stood in horror while Jupiter was quickly charging up and ready to fire. They knew that even if they ran, they could not escape the blast from the cannon.
"Fire the Jupiter Cannon!" Jose's voice could be heard and the cannon shot it's powerful beam; destroying all before it.
However, before it reached Fairytail, Erza requipped into her Adamantine Armor.
"Everyone! Quickly! Get behind me!" She ordered.
"Are you crazy?! No matter how much insane defensive power that armor gives you, you won't be able to stop it!" Macao told her.
"That doesn't matter... it's what Natsu would of done..." She declared with her face shadowed.
At the mere mention of their guild's ace (yes ace), they took cover in case they were able to survive.
When the Jupiter Cannon shot it's beam, Erza closed her shields; causing a large magic circle along with a barrier, to appear. The beam collided with her shield and appeared evenly matched. Then, after what appeared as an eternity, the beam died down.
Everyone was so happy at the thought that Erza was able to stop it. But then Erza collapsed as she requipped back to her normal heart kreuz armor.
"Erza!"
"Are you alright!?"
"Someone take her to the medical room!"
A short while later, Erza could be found resting on a bed in the medical room being watched over by Cana and Mirajane.
"I'm impressed that she was able to stop it... but that was only the first." Jose said to them. At this everyone's eyes widened. "Cower in fear for the next fifteen minutes as Jupiter recharges!"
"What!?"
"They're gonna shoot that thing again?!"
"Don't worry we'll go and destroy that cannon!" A certain ice mage spoke up.
Everyone looked over at the small team that consisted of Gray, Elfman and Cana.
"Cana?! I thought you were taking care of Erza!" Wakaba shockingly asked.
"I was but Mirajane told me she could handle it." Cana responded.
"Alright you guys! Let's do this for Natsu, Erza, and Fairytail!" Gray yelled out loud as the three of them gave the friendship symbol of Fairytail.
A/N: And thats the end of that one. By the time this is up I should have a couple other chapters ready. Again sorry for not updating quickly but I had no service to post this chapter. I would of gotten it back but couldn't because of damn poverty, and you know how that is. Well R&R!
A/N 2: Just to sate your curiosity as to why Mira hasn't joined in the fight: You'll see her soon.