Chapter 9: Just Not the Same
As soon as the new group leaves the town, Natsu begins to get the uneasy feeling. "What's wrong, Natsu?" Happy flies up to him. Natsu pauses for a minute, coming with an answer that can be easy for Happy to understand it clearly. "I'm not sure." Natsu murmurs to the blue cat. Happy doesn't seem to believe that. He looks around their group of misfits. Sure it's just him, Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, and Carla. But then it hit him. Instead of Gray there's Lyon. And there's Erza that is missing.
"I know it's hard to be hard on you guys." Lyon gets their attention. "It's just Gray is somewhere out there and I hastily decided to join you guys." He explains to them. He did had a point. Like Gray, he is an Ice make wizard. Being taught by their teacher Ur. But he was a bit more arrogant than Gray. He claims that his ice make magic was better than Gray, with a bit of living magic with any creature he can come up with. However Gray manage to persuade him to forget about what he tried to do. Melt the ice that Ur turned herself into in order to protect them from Deliora's wrath. But what Lyon wasn't informed that Gray told him that their master died. Before Ur used the technique, she told them that there are more powerful wizards than her out west.
Gray took her word and went west and joint Fairy Tail. Off course, Gray trained so hard to improved his own ice make spells. Then came in Natsu. Instinctively they couldn't stand each other because of the magic they use. Soon after, they became rivals and yet friends at that point. About ten years later, Gray tried to stop Natsu, Happy and Lucy from doing an S-Class job at Galuna Island. But seeing that the problem included the demon Deliora in ice deep under temple. Upon further investigation, the spell that was using on the ice was called the Moon Drip. Gray found out that it was Lyon who behind this. He was outraged. He used all the power he trained himself and defeat Lyon. Unfortunately, when the showdown was finished, the Moon Drip manage to melt the ice, freeing Deliora. Gray rushes down to use the same move Ur uses to seal the demon away. But what they didn't know was that the spell slowly killed the demon. Gray picks up a handful of water that was once ice, that was once Ur. He thanks her. Lyon came to his sense and take Gray's advice and join the Lamia Scale that his assistants were from.
They arrive in front of the train station. "Hey Wendy, why don't you use your Troia spell on me." Natsu gets the blue hair girl's attention. Wendy smiles back. "Gladly." She walks up to him and cast the spell. "What is she doing to Natsu?" Lyon asks Happy curiously. "Natsu can't stand riding on vehicles. So Wendy casts the Troia spell to treat his sense of balance." Happy explains the spell's effects. Lyon holds his chin. "But can he ride animals?" He asks the blue cat. Happy holds his chin in the same manner. "Come to think of it. I only know that he can ride on the dragon that came through the eclipse gate." Happy thinks back that one particular moment. "Do you think he could right on the ice animals I'd be able to make?" Lyon asks him. Happy looks back up to see that Wendy completed the spell. "We'll have to see when we get to the next stop. There's no telling how long the Troia spell lasts on Natsu." Happy suggests as they board the train.
Just like Happy told Lyon, Natsu isn't getting the motion sickness on the train. "So where exactly are going?" Lyon asks Natsu. Natsu leans back against the seat. "We are going to the Draco Orbits." Natsu tells him casually. Lyon raised an eyebrow. "Draco Orbits? What is that?" Lyon asks his next question. Natsu sighs, "Let's just that only me and Wendy are allowed to go to." He answers to him. Lyon hmms. "That's something. But wouldn't that Black Steel Gajeel be interested about it?" He asks him. Lucy nods at he and speaks. "Our next stop is close to the Magic Council. That's where Gajeel works as an agent. I hope we'll find him. Not only him but we also have to go to the Sabretooth Guild to see rather or not Sting and Rogue would like to join." She explains to him.
Then the silence takes over for a while. "Don't get me wrong, Lyon. I was hoping that we could find Gray and Erza." Lucy spoke as she pulls out a map of the recent information on where the two of them are. Lyon nods. "Seems like it. But the reason I left was because I could get away from my nagging guild mistress." He honestly replies back to her. "Hey don't speak to about Master Obba like that." Wendy scolds him. Carla copies her face. Lyon chuckles. "That's what you think. You don't have the slightest idea what that hag is capable of. If things don't go her way, she'll spin you. Trust me, I've been through that kind of crap."
Just hearing that made Wendy and Carla look at each other in such stuff. "Well I guess she hasn't done it to either or us." Carla tells him. Lyon just smiles. "That's because she spins the adults not you two. Even Jura knows when to keep his mouth shout whenever she's around." He cheers them up. Not much was mentioned so they group decide to take a rest and wait till their destination.
Then all of a sudden the train comes to a halt. "Hey what's going on?" Lucy asks as she rubs her head. Natsu stands up and walks towards the conductor. "I don't know. But I'll go check it out." He said to them. Once passing through the cars until he gets to the conductor to find him unconscious. "Hey." Natsu shakes the man. The man opens his eyes to find Natsu looking down with concern. "What happened?" Natsu asks him quickly. The man thinks for a second. "I was just minding my own business to get to the next stop and then all of a sudden there was a line of tracks that's been broken apart." He tells Natsu. Natsu climbs out. "Natsu!" Happy grabs the fire dragon slayer from behind to see what's up ahead. Just like what the conductor told him, the tracks are broken. "Who could've done this?" Happy asks him with a frown. Natsu sniffs the area. "I don't know, but we have to do something to get the tracks repaired." He looks back up.
Happy came up with an idea. "Hey do you think Lyon could use his ice make to build new tracks for the train to get through?" Natsu smiles. "Yeah. He could be perfect for this." Happy flew back onto the train.