Lucy leaned over the space in between the seats facing each other and poked Natsumi's face while the pink haired Mage rested her head on Erza's shoulder. Erza spaced out, her eyes blank and her head leaned to one side as if listening to something.
Suddenly, she snapped back into reality, shuddering and causing Natsumi's head to slip off her shoulder and onto her lap. She managed to hold Natsumi above her dress above her lap before she lowered it down gently after she adjusted her skirt so Natsumi wouldn't be sleeping on the hard steel.
"Lucy, stop bothering Natsumi," she scolded. Lucy puffed out her check and looked disappointed.
"But she's cute when she's sleeping!"
"Don't let her hear you say that," Erza smiled. "She probably never slept while on a journey before. We have a change of plans and we'l wake Natsumi up at the last minute." In front of her, Gray yawned, bored, and continued playing with Happy.
They both looked up. "Change of plans?" they asked.
"Yeah. I just recieved a message from Warren saying they got a message from the council...which says Eisenwald activites were seen at Oshibana Station."
Everything fell into place. Erza was looking spaced out because she was talking with Warren Rocko with telepathy! Gray realized something. "Oshibana Station is the next stop."
Erza nodded. As they watched, the nature outside gradually became urban until they reached the station. The train screeched to a stop. "Natsumi, wake up!" she called, shaking her. Natsumi's liquid black eyes opened slightly, clouded from sleep, and closed again; her breathing becoming deep and rhythmic again.
Erza sighed. With a grunt, she lifted Natsumi and carried her on her back. "You better not get use to this, Natsumi," she muttered, and followed Happy off the train. As she walked, she smiled. She liked Natsumi as a boy, but as a girl, she was the cutest she ever saw.
An explosion rocked the station and Natsumi's eyes flew open. Erza quickly let her down and yelled over the panic for them to get to the main building of the station as fast as possible.
The four Mages and the Exceed raced against the rivers of people. By the time they got to the building, the place was almost empty; the passengers retreating to a "safe" distance to watch. The Fairy Tail members burst out into the central room of the building. It was the lobby where the passengers buy tickets. No employees were in sight and in their place, spread out through the room, was the Mages of Eisenwald.
Erza looked at Natsumi, worried she might charge in without thinking, but the change made her more cool-headed. Lowering her voice, she whispered the Gray, Natsumi, Lucy and Happy.
"Me and Lucy will handle this lot. You two go find the guild master Erigor. He must have to flute."
Gray started to argue, but Natsumi's hand covered his mouth. "Lets go," she told him, and dragged him toward the stairs. Gray disappeared shouting into the second floor.
"Now...we're short on time," Erza said. "Disappear." The decree of the Queen of Fairies Titania cannot be denied. "Requip! Heaven's Wheel Armor!"
Rings of swords appeared behind Erza's armor and each of them pointed at the Mages of Eisenwald. Without warning, each other them shot forward and rotated, spinning the air into a tornado; scattering the trash mages. In the meantime, Lucy felt useless.
-.-.-.-
Gray stood at the edge of the train station roof while he looked at Natsumi fly over the tracks, hanging on to Happy. After a brief fight, the two Mages completely one-sided the Eisenwald mages and got the plans of the Shinigami out of them...with some help from Natsumi, of course.
He curled his fist. It's stupid how Happy can't carry both of them at once. Now Natsu's going to get all the fun. He heard footsteps behind him and he turned to see Lucy and Erza run up the staircase.
"Where's Natsumi?" Erza asked. Gray pointed to the black dot in the distance, which Erz had to squint to look. She groaned and jumped off the building, requiping in midair into a heavy armor. She landed and cracked the ground, making a crater.
Gray made a ice slide and slid down with Lucy. The blonde looked at Erza's armor, before the other Mage switched back. "How heavy is that thing?!"
Erza shrugged. "I dont know. It broke every scale i tried to weigh it on though." She rummaged through her bags and uncovered a huge mound. Under the clothe was a car...
She rolled it off and strapped a pump to her arm. "Hop on!" As the other two clambered in, she floored the pedal and zoomed down the train tracks.
-.-.-.-
"Erigor!" Natsumi yelled as she saw the Wind Mage flying ahead. She zoomed past him on Happy and dropped to the floor of the train tracks, putting Happy on the ground. "You did great" she murmured.
She straighten and the Shinigami slowed, then stopped.
Without warning, he sent a blast of wind toward her. Natsumi dodged to the side and the gale passed her with a slight breeze. The fire mage jumped up with impressive power and made a fist.
"Karyu no Tekken!" Natsumi's flames wreathed around her fist and she swung it at Erigor, crushing the hasty wind shield he threw up. Surprised at the force, he went flying through the air. Blasting herself through the air with her flames as jets to move the air, she caught up with Erigor. "Karyu no Kagizume!" She sent a powerful kick into Erigor's side and launched him into the ground with a explosion, destroying the tracks.
She landed lightly and watched as Erigor stand up. Her light smile faded as she saw the man walk out of the smoke, completely unfazed.
"It would seem that I underestimated the mosquito..." he began. "The mosquito turns out to be a...fly." He rose slowly through the air on currents of air. "As a reward for being able to even touch me...I will show you my true power."
The wind around his began to spin, turning into a tornado around him. Erigor disappeared into a thick tornado. Not to be stopped, Natsumi lauched herself at him again. "Karyu no Tekken!" She punched him, but her fist was stopped by the wind, and the fire was blown out like a candle.
"Iron fist? Dont make me laugh." The wind picked her up from where she was, suspended in the air, and hurled her down. She managed the land on her feet, skidding several meters. Erigor raised his hands and a arcane circle appeared. A blast of wind flew at Natsumi, who quickly countered with a Roar. The fire was pushed back by the tornado and knocked her back.
"This is stupid," she grumbled. Slowly, she brought her hands to her side. Flames appeared on hands. She brought them together and they flared brighter and larger. The ball ended up to be a huge fireball. The heat started to melt the metal on the tracks. She removed one hand and held the fireball in the air with one arm. She wiped a trail of blood from her head.
"What you get for making me mad...IS THIS!" She hurled the fireball at the wind-wreathed man; the heat changing the wind direction and negating the Storm Mail. His shield gone, Erigor instinctively raised his hand to protect himself. It was too late.
The fireball crashed into him and exploded, sending him flying out, almost unconcious. "It's not the end of it!" Natsumi yelled. She jumped and became covered in flames.
Blasting like a rocket through the air, she flew headfirst into the stomach of Erigor, a column of flame throwing him away, and he landed in a pile on the tracks, right in front of Erza's car. She stomped on the brake, and stopped right before she ran over the guild master.
"Well...Natsumi..." she said, raising her eyebrows. "There's no kill like overkill..."