Chapter 10: Investigation

Natsu and Happy make it back to their group. "Hey, the tracks up ahead are broken." Natsu tells them. Lucy and Lyon look at each other before turning their sights back to Natsu. "What happened?" Lucy asks him first. Natsu shrugs his shoulders, "I'm not sure. We need to go outside and investigate the area." Natsu suggests the group. Lyon nods. "Looks like we have a mystery to solve." He speaks bluntly. They don't waste a minute to exit the train. Natsu leads them to the spot where the tracks broke off. He sniffs around the area, to find if anything out of the ordinary is connected to it. "Nothing. But that doesn't mean we're going to ignore this." Natsu tells Lyon. Lyon kneels down to touch the tracks. So far from the looks of the damage is that the tracks have been cut clean, as if they were slashed by a powerful thing. Lyon looks up ahead to see how much has the broken part of the tracks have been. He walks along the track. "So far, it's about 50 yards." He said to himself. He turns around to spot Natsu and Happy flying over the area. "Anything, Natsu?" Lyon calls up to them. Happy carries Natsu down by Lyon, "Nothing as of yet. You checked the area as well?" He asks Lyon when Happy set him down.

"The tracks that were broken are about 50 yards. I'll try to make new ones of out of my ice make magic." Lyon explains to them. Happy flies back so that Lyon can take his stance. Lyon widens his stance, opening his left hand and put his right hand into a fist and hit the palm of the left hand. "Ice Make Tracks." Lyon chants the spells. The magic energy surrounds him in a chilly feel. The boy managed to create train tracks long enough to connect them to each other. "Go. Get the train across before the ice melts." Lyon shouts to Happy. Happy flies quickly to the conductor.

The Conductor waits patiently. Happy flies into the car. "Hurry. Get the train across the new tracks, but it won't hold." Happy speaks like crazy. The conductor doesn't waste another second and gets the train going. To make sure that the ice make tracks hold, Lyon uses all the magic energy to make sure they can hold the weight of the train. Nobody wants to see a crack on the ice when the train gets onto it. Once the train gets onto the ice track, Lyon continues on giving his power to keep the ice intact. The train makes it halfway through. But then a crack is spots under the second car. "Oh no." Lyon gasps as he uses every bit of his strength.

Just when is about to give up, another ice based spell seals the crack. "Ice Devil Tracks." A new voice calls out to the area. Natsu, and Lyon look up to spot the new comer. "Hey it's Gray!" Lucy smiles brightly. Wendy and Carla copy their faces, relieved that Gray is here. Thanks to Gray's new Ice Devil Magic, the tracks have been reinforced to withstand the train's weigh. And as such, the train makes it across the ice tracks. After the train makes it across, the ice dissipates. The train again to allow Natsu, Happy, Gray and Lyon back on board.

A few minutes later after the ice make tracks issue has been settled, the conductor contacts the repairs for the empty space between the two tracks. Meanwhile in the other car, the group take their seats. "So Gray, what's with that marking on your right arm?" Lyon asks his icy rival. Gray is striped above the waist up. But his arm has a marking that Lyon didn't notice before. "Oh this? Let's just say I inherited new ice devil powers from my old man." Gray answers the question. Lyon widens his eyes, "Your father? But did he died with your mother when Ur and I found you?"

Gray narrows his eyes. "That's what I thought as well. But that guy Keyes from Tartaros used his curse powers to resurrect my old man as a test subject." Gray continued on about his encounter with his father as well inheriting the Ice Devil Slayer magic. "And by the looks of this, I'm stronger than you." Gray spoke bluntly. Lyon just gives his annoyance look back. Lucy and Wendy are just enjoying the show. "So where are you going anyway?" Grays asks the question. Natsu answers first, "We're going to Draco Orbits." Gray nods. "I see. Well I was just passing along, that was until I discovered the broken tracks." He explains so far.

"Wait let me get this straight." Carla points her paw at him. "You were sitting here all this time. Tell me, were you the one who broke the railings?" The group look intently at Gray, demanding an answer from him. "Well, Gray?" Lucy pressures him. "It was an accident yesterday." Gray admits to them calmly.

Flashback

Gray is practicing his new Ice Devil Slayer magic. Of course, it's hard to learn such a thing. But after sparing with his father, he had memorized which spells Silver used against him. Like Dragon Slayer Magic, Devil Slaying Magic has similar facts to it. One is that Gray is able to consume ice from any outside source to power up his own attacks. But that's all hhe knows so far. And it's hard to find a book based on this magic. The Library that supposed to have such stuff doesn't have which is a huge disappointment. But then again, he could use his Ice Make magic to be the power boost. Taking Ur's advice to practice hard and to create a style all his own. "Ice Devil Rage!" He shouts. He looks in the direct where the attack is going. "Oh no!" He gasps as the attacks breaks the tracks down the hill.

End of Flashback

Natsu connects his forehead to gray's "The least you could've done is inform the conductors to fix the tracks." He glares at his rival. "I would but that attack took a toll on me, so I had to rest to restore my magic energy." Gray said back to the fire breather. "I was well enough to help to create new tracks so that the train could get to the other side." He defends in the end. Lucy grabs hold of the guy's shoulders. "Come on guy, this is no time to bicker at each other. Should we be glad that we found Gray?" She tries to negotiate between them. Natsu and Gray decide to take Lucy's word and save their argument for another time.

Hello my fellow readers, Sorry for taking so long, but I got a little distracted by writing my other fanfiction "The Bet" I hope you appreciate my work for not just this story but also the other one i just mentioned.

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