Key to a Wolf`s Heart
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Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters. Hiro Mashima does. I only own the OC(s).
Summary: The story of the Mage Guild, Fairy Tail, moves along, but a newcomer arrives to bare his fangs for Fairy Tail, and seems to fall for a certain stellar spirit mage. Can she unlock his heart? Lucy H. X OC
Rating: T for Language, Violence, and Blood.
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"How did it come to this?" Lucy asked herself while sitting in Horologium and crying. The Vulcan was dancing around her in a strange fashion, like a ritual or something similar. "And this monkey is hyper for some reason!" She pressed her face against the glass and tried to look around. "I wonder if this is where that monkey lives. Besides, what happened to Natsu and Raito?"
"Woman," the Vulcan said almost perversely while looking at her, causing her to freak out. A split second later, Horologium disappeared, leaving Lucy at the Vulcan`s mercy.
"Wait! Horologium! Don`t disappear!" Lucy yelled desperately.
"Sorry, time`s up," Horologium said sadly.
"Extension! I need an extension! Please!" Lucy cried desperately. The Vulcan looked at Lucy, and blew hot breath from its nose, ready to pounce.
"I finally caught up to you!" Natsu said as he ran up to where the Vulcan was.
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed as the focus of the Vulcan shifted to Natsu.
"Where`s Macao?" Natsu asked loudly as he slipped on the icy floor and slid right into a pillar of stone.
"Can`t he appear in a normal fashion?" Lucy asked as she held her face in her hand.
"Well, that kind of killed the heroic mood," Raito said as he jumped up to the cave opening and stuck his sword into the ground.
"Raito!" Lucy exclaimed again, as the Vulcan shifted his focus to Raito, then back to Natsu.
"Hey, monkey," Natsu said while upside-down, "where`s Macao?"
"Who?" the Vulcan asked.
"You understand what I`m saying, right?" Natsu began saying. "I`m talking about Macao, a human man!"
"A man?" the Vulcan echoed.
"That`s right!" Natsu clarified. "Where did you hide him?"
"He claimed the monkey hid him?" Lucy exclaimed. "Wait, now that I think about it…" she said in her mind, "is Macao-san even alive?"
The Vulcan gave a sly look, and Raito looked at the Vulcan with suspicion. "If these guys can understand human language, then they might be able to…" Raito said in his mind. The Vulcan gestured over to a hole in the wall, and Natsu followed eagerly. "Oh, CRAP! NATSU!"
"Hey, he understood me!" Natsu said in high hopes."Where is he?"
"Maybe Macao-san is already…" Lucy said in her mind looking at the situation.
"Natsu, DON`T…!" Raito said as the Vulcan pushed Natsu out the hole in the wall, and down the mountain.
"NATSU!" Lucy screamed as she jumped up to see if Natsu was alright.
"Me no likes man," the Vulcan said as he looked down to where Natsu fell, "me likes woman."
"Damn you," Raito said as he pulled his sword out of the icy ground, and took a fighting stance. "I guess you`ll want to get rid of me next, right?" The Vulcan took notice of him, and took a primitive fighting stance as well.
"He`s not dead, right?" Lucy said as she looked out the hole and into the snowstorm. "He`s a great mage and all…! I`m sure he`s fi…" She was cut off by the Vulcan chanting in a taunting tone to Raito.
"Me no likes man, me no likes man," the Vulcan chanted. "Woman, woman!"
"Woman, woman," Lucy said with anger rising in her voice. "You perverted monkey! What`re you gonna do if Natsu got hurt?"
"He`s gonna pay, that`s what," as Raito began charging his blade with a weird green energy, and Lucy pulled out her key ring.
"Open, door to the golden bull palace," Lucy said as she pulled out a new key, "Taurus!"
"MOOOOOOO!" yelled Taurus, who`s form was a very muscular, anthropomorphic white cow with black splotches over his body. He wore brown fingertip-less gloves and wraps on his forearms, black, skin-tight boots, a nose ring, a bell on a choker and a dark blue speedo-type undergarment with a belt with the Taurus symbol for a buckle. And on his back was a giant, gold-decorated axe.
"A bull?" the Vulcan stated.
"Taurus, the most powerful Stellar Spirit in my contract, will be your opponent!" Lucy cried out loud as she dramatically pointed at the Vulcan. "You perverted monkey!"
"Lucy-san," Taurus began. "You have nice udders as always. You`re even moo-re lovely than usual." He was blowing hot breath out of his nose and had hearts in his eyes.
"Oh, he`s a pervert too," Lucy said holding her head with her hand.
"Well, you certainly have a colorful cast of characters on hand," Raito said a bit nervously.
"Don`t you two take my woman!" the Vulcan yelled at Taurus and Raito.
"Your woman?" both Raito and Taurus said simultaneously.
"That`s a moo-st unforgivable remark," Taurus said pulling out his axe.
"Now, I`m angry," Raito said as the green aura around his sword became larger and flickered fiercely.
"Taurus!" Lucy said as Taurus ran forward to attack the Vulcan.
"How dare you push me off the cliff!" Natsu said as he kicked Taurus in the face. "Eh, a second monster?"
"I`m pretty useless, aren`t I?" Taurus asked as he was knocked out and his axe knocked out of his hand.
"What the hell Natsu?" Lucy yelled at Natsu. "He was an ally! A Stellar Star Spirit!"
"The monkey?" Natsu asked confused.
"No, the bull," Raito said face palming himself.
"Wait, how did you survive?" Lucy asked.
"It`s all thanks to Happy," Natsu said grinning.
"Aye," Happy said floating above Natsu, Lucy, and Raito.
"Oh yeah, I forgot Happy can fly," Lucy said. "So you can`t deal with transportation, but you have no problem with Happy?"
"What are you talking about? Happy`s not transportation, he`s "Nakama"," Natsu replied.
"Right, sorry," Lucy quickly apologized.
"Weird," Natsu said to Lucy.
"He called me weird?" Lucy said in her mind.
"That`s my woman!" the Vulcan said lunging at Natsu.
"From the geezer, Mira, Annoying Grey, Elfman, to Happy, Lucy, and Raito," Natsu said as the Vulcan came up behind him. "We are all nakama. That`s why I`m taking Macao home!" Natsu kicked the Vulcan right in the jaw with a flaming kick and sent him farther away. Then the Vulcan started picking icicles from the ceiling and threw them at Natsu. "Those won`t work on fire!" Natsu said as he melted the icicles. Just then the Vulcan picked up Taurus`s axe and sent an evil gleam to Natsu. "That looks painful," Natsu said nervously.
"Taurus`s axe!" Lucy exclaimed as the Vulcan began swinging wildly at Natsu. Natsu began dodging, but slipped on some ice, and the Vulcan brought the axe down towards Natsu.
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Oi, big monkey, you shouldn`t play with sharp objects," Raito said smiling as he intercepted the attack with his sword, and held the monkey in a stalemate. "You might get hurt." Raito broke the stalemate, and slashed at the Vulcan`s midsection with his blade glowing emerald green.
"Raito!" Lucy said in awe of his strength. "You look so cool!"
"Thanks," Raito said as he looked at the Vulcan`s midsection, which spilt no blood, but looked like it was reforming in rectangles or blocks. "I see, so that`s what happened," he said as he sheathed his sword.
"Why are you putting your weapon away?" Lucy said in shock of what Raito was doing. The Vulcan charged at him, swinging the axe wildly, while Raito just dodged deftly, and began surrounding his fist with the same emerald green energy as before.
"Let`s wrap this up," Raito said as the energy began to form into a wolf`s head around his hand. He charged at the Vulcan, and dodged the axe swing, and swung his fist as hard as he could. "Emerald Wolf Fang!" Raito yelled as his fist impacted with the Vulcan`s stomach, sending it flying into a wall of the cave, and knocking it out. His fist just smoked as he shook his hand like he was dusting it off.
"That was so cool!" Natsu said amazed by what Raito just did.
"So cool!" Happy echoed.
"One punch," Lucy said in awe as well of Raito strength. "He knocked out the Vulcan with one punch." Just then the Vulcan began to dissipate into the rectangle shapes from before, and the emitted a bright light, and when the light dissipated, the Vulcan was gone. In its place was a man with close-cut dark blue hair, and wearing a beat-up pair of green shorts, similar white jacket, and also a beat-up blue shirt.
"Macao!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Wasn`t he the pervy monkey just a minute ago?" Lucy said shocked.
"The Vulcan must have done a Take Over," Raito explained.
"Take Over?" Lucy asked.
"Take Over is a magic that lets you occupy someone else`s body," Happy explained further. Just then, the wall behind Macao shattered, most likely from Raito`s earlier punch, and Macao began to fall down the mountain.
"Macao!" Natsu yelled as he tried to grab Macao as he fell down to the ground.
"Raito!" Lucy exclaimed as Raito jumped out the hole and dove after Macao. "What the hell was he thinking?"
"Raito, I`m sorry, if I had been a bit faster…," Natsu said beginning to cry. "Less than a day, and you were already a true Fairy Tail member."
"Hey, I`m not dead yet," Raito said as he held Macao`s unconscious body in his hands, shocking Natsu, Happy, and Lucy.
"How did you get back up so quickly?" Lucy asked almost immediately.
"Look, he`s got wings!" Natsu said pointing out a pair of green ornately crafted wings coming out of Raito`s back, made of the same energy as before.
"Copycat," Happy said bluntly to Raito.
"What`s with the cat pun?" Lucy exclaimed at Happy.
Later, our crew of four had set down Macao on a blanket and taken care of most of his wounds. "Looks like he was in a serious fight before he was "Taken Over"," Happy said as he rummaged through the first-aid kit.
"That wound there, by his ribs," Lucy said pointing out the bleeding wound. "Raito, can you heal it?"
"I wish I could," Raito said a bit frustrated. "My magic can`t heal people, myself included. I`m not a miracle worker. But we need to close that wound as soon as possible."
"I got it," Natsu exclaimed, after thinking a bit, before igniting his hand on fire.
"GRAAAAAAHHHH!" Macao yelled in pain as Natsu cauterized his wound shut.
"Lucy, help me hold Macao down," Raito said as he grabbed one of Macao`s shoulders.
"Right," Lucy said a bit uneasy. "I guess it does stop the bleeding," Lucy said in her mind.
"Just bear with it a bit longer, Macao!" Natsu said fiercely. "Don`t die! Romeo`s waiting for you!"
"Natsu," Macao said slowly as he regained consciousness. "I`m pitiful… I beat nineteen of those things, but got "Taken Over" by the twentieth one." This statement shocked Lucy as Natsu had trouble fighting just one. "Ghah!"
"I understand, don`t speak anymore!" Natsu said loudly. "Don`t move or your wound will open back up!"
"Damn it, how can I face Romeo like this?" Macao asked himself.
"He`ll be more happy that you`re alive," Raito said drawing Macao`s attention to the newest member of Fairy Tail, "…trust me."
"I can`t match up to these guys," Lucy said in her mind thinking about how Macao was able to take on more than one of the Vulcans.
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Back in town, Romeo sat thinking about how the other boys teased him for his dad being a mage and Fairy Tail. "It`s my fault," Romeo said to himself as he began to cry. "It`s my fault Dad went out on that job."
"Oi!" Raito yelled getting Romeo`s attention. There was Happy and Lucy, walking alongside Natsu and Raito as they held up Macao with his arms slung over their shoulders, and Macao waving to Romeo.
"Romeo!" Natsu yelled as Romeo began smiling that his dad was back, safe and sound. He jumped at his dad, and hugged him as hard as he could, knocking Macao over, and shocking Lucy.
"Dad, I`m sorry," Romeo said through his tears.
"I`m sorry I made you worry," Macao said hugging Romeo back.
"It`s okay, I`m the son of a mage, after all," Romeo replied still crying.
"If those brats tease you next time," Macao said to Romeo, "Ask them if their old man can beat nineteen monsters by himself!" Romeo had a huge grin on his face after that.
"Thank you big bro-Natsu! Thanks big bro-Raito!" Romeo said waving at Natsu, Raito, and Lucy as they walked away. "And thank you too, big sis-Lucy!"
"I think I`ll like being part of this guild," Lucy said to herself as she walked away.
"Hey, Raito," Macao yelled at Raito, getting the attention of Raito, Lucy, Natsu and Happy. "It`s nice to know such a powerful mage is helping out our guild! Thanks again, Raito the Emerald Wolf!"
"Eeeeh!" Lucy exclaimed at Raito`s title.
"You`re welcome!" Raito said smiling as he walked backwards waving to Macao and Romeo, sending Lucy into further shock at Raito`s confirmation of his title.
"Raito is the Emerald Wolf?" Lucy said shocked as Raito walked past her. "He`s the wandering mage who`s rumored to be able to take down entire criminal organizations by himself?"
"Oh yeah, that`s what that bastard Bora called Raito when they were fighting," Natsu said nonchalantly. "I`ve heard some of those rumors too."
"Why didn`t you say anything about this earlier?" Lucy yelled at Natsu.
"Some say he can kill you and you won`t even notice it until it`s too late," Happy said bluntly. "Others say their magic for the day just evaporates when they get touched by him."
"Those are just some of the rumors?" Lucy asked fearfully. "Raito, how strong are you?"
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Chapter Three is done. Please read, review, and comment!
Next time, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy (and all of the Fairy Tail Guild) learn a bit more about the mysterious mage, Raito.
Tsugino jikan made! (Until next time!)