Nick and Gear Chronicle
Chapter 32
It had been a day or so and the guild was back to normal. After defeating Gear Chronicle, we found the remaining members amongst some of the rubble. They were unhurt and doing perfectly fine. So everything was great. Maybe except for Makarov, who was practically dead from alcohol due to financial problems. We had all decided to help the master by donating 50% of the money we gained on jobs just to get back on his and the towns good side. I was sitting and talking to Silver about something when Kinana came running from the sick bay.
"Nick's awake! Where master Makarov?" Makarov stood up from the table he was sitting on and fell over again.
"He's right here. But I don't think he's in any state to have a serious conversation with anyone," Cana said and slapped her knee while downing her third barrel of booze. Everyone was about to storm into the sick bay to A: beat him up some more. B: Hear his reason for attacking our guild. Right as they were storming in, Nick came out of the sick bay. They all prepared to attack him, but his face was not one of anger anymore, but instead he was smiling a little. Kinana tried pushing him back to bed as the others stopped their attack.
"It's alright. I'm fine. Thank you for taking care of me, even though I don't deserve it," He smiled gently at her and Kinana stepped back. Nick went to the bar and sat on the bar table.
"Please allow me to explain everything. I don't expect you to forgive me, but I want you to know the story," everyone gathered around and decided to hear him out.
Nick POV.
Eight years ago, for us my team and I decided to take a mission. For you that would have been about a year ago, but I'll explain that later. It was supposed to be an easy mission. It was in a faraway village. Some bandits were rampaging and needed to be stopped. It was nothing. I gathered Billy, Kate and Will then we left. After a couple of days, we made it to the village and there were no bandits or even signs that indicated that there had been anyone rampaging. I checked the paper to see if it was the right place and we even asked the townsfolk about it. But no one what it was about. We were about to head home when we were approached by a mysterious figure wearing a coat covering his arms and face.
"I'm sorry to have called you here by tricking you," We started at him in confusion.
"Please follow me," He started walking into a nearby forest. We followed him since we had spent all that time getting there. We got to an opening in the forest and he stopped walking.
"What do you want?"
"I need your help with a rather urgent matter," Now we were even more confused.
"We're not big shots from Fairy Tail. There's not much we can do. We're not that strong," He smirked under his mask.
"Exactly. You're not. That means no one will miss you," He spun around and I could see he had dark purple eyes.
"Who are you?" Kate asked.
"None of your concern," he pulled down his coat a little revealing a mark on the bottom of his neck. Our eyes widened when we saw what it was. It was the Fairy Tail guildmark. Another figure came out of a tree.
"ARC OF BALANCE: POWER AND SPEED!" we suddenly couldn't move.
"What are you doing? What's going on here? Why can't we move? Nick I'm scared," Will said sacredly.
"You can. You're just moving a million times slower," He handed me a small pills. He then waved his hand out in front of our faces. On the palm of his hand were the Fairy Tail guildmark.
"Are you sure this is okay master. It will be poetic, but can I really allow myself to do this," he asked as he was about to cast a spell.
"Do you doubt my judgement? If you do it, you will soon have your revenge. Go ahead."
"The river of life will continue flowing within you, but I'm afraid your four rivers must combine at this moment. I'm truly sorry. ARC OF BALANCE! TIME AND SPACE!" his hand began glowing. I didn't feel anything.
"You will not age for the next eight years, but you will have to live in a different dimension during that time," A portal opened up behind us and we were sucked through. I remember thinking: I can't believe someone from Fairy Tail would do this.
We suddenly found ourselves in an unknown location we looked around and saw a giant city. We were surrounded by forest. We suddenly heard a loud noise and prepared to fight whatever it was.
"TIMMBBEERR!" someone yelled and a tree fell in our direction. We swiftly moved out of the way. A man wearing glasses and carrying a strange device with a long dull blade (A chainsaw) came walking.
"You shouldn't be here kid. It ain't safe. What brings ya' to this place anyway?" He asked.
"Where are we?"
"What kinda question is that? You're right outside the capital of Edolas. Go home. It's dangerous," Edolas!? That's the place Natsu and the others were sent to that one time. We decided to go to the capital to find out what was going on. We walked into the city and began going down the road. Suddenly a loud horn was right behind us, startling us.
"Hey kid. Get off the freaking road. You're blocking traffic!" A young man yelled from what looked like a magic mobile. We quickly got out of his road and he flicked his hand at us.
"Do any of you have the slightest clue what's going on here?" I asked my team who had all been completely silent ever since we got here. They all shrugged. Will was looked in the windows of every building. I decided to take a closer look at what that person gave me. There was also a note. It said. 'eat these to get back your magic' I ate one of them and true enough I could use my magic again. I gave one to each of my companions. After that, we decided it would be the smartest to go to the palace and speak with Mystogan. He was the leader right? We got to the palace and were stopped by the guards.
"Halt! May I see your pass?"
"Um… we don't have one, but we need to speak with Mystogan. It's urgent," the guard sighed.
"Everyone needs to speak with lord Mystogan, but he does not have the time to talk with everyone."
"It concerns Fairy Tail. We're from earthland and are seeking to get back," The guard's eyes widened when I mentioned earthland.
"Can you prove that you're from earthland? If so I will let you pass and notify lord Mystogan," I created some stone with my hands and the guard took out a small device and held it against his ear after tapping some buttons. (A cellphone)
"Yes, this is the guard stationed out front we have a wizard out here," He pressed another button and put the device back into his pocket. Two additional guards came out of the palace. We followed them. When we were outside of view, they zapped us with the staffs they all carried, knocking us out. We woke up in a holding cell.
"Hey let us of here!" I yelled out into corridor. A guard came walking along and banged on our cell door.
"Kid do you mind keeping quiet in there," A man placed a hand on his shoulder. The guard took one look at the man and quickly moved aside.
"Unlock this man's cell," The guard took out his keys and unlocked our cell.
"Please follow me. I'm Mystogan," The man in question gestured us to follow him and we did. He led us to a big office.
"So I understand that you're a wizard from Fairy Tail. Why are you here?" he asked sitting in a big chair.
"We have no idea. Some strange man sent us here. He said something about not aging for eight years and then he sent us here. We just want to go back home," Mystogan rubbed a ring on his finger.
"It is not that I don't want to help you, but there is nothing I can do. We have moved on from magic and made significant improvements in technology. We have no way of sending you back. People will be scared of you if you go around using magic everywhere. I'm sad that I have to do this to a comrade of the people who saved this world, but I must ask of you to leave this city. It's sadly too risky to have you walking around. Your instincts will tell you to use magic casually and I cannot allow that. Please go peacefully," and so no longer than an hour after we entered this new world and we had already been banished from the capital. Out of one final act of respect for Fairy Tail, we left without complaining. We went to a forest and set up camp. We had a difficult life after that. We then decided to spend the next eight years training for our revenge on the guild responsible for our situation. Fairy Tail. Even in another world, a member of Fairy Tail caused us to suffer. We couldn't think of anything else but revenge, and so we studying this new found world in secret. Looking for the perfect weapon to use against you from Edolas. To kill you all with a weapon you allowed to create. We found that weapon. Machines. After the loss of their magic, Edolas had made ingenious developments in technology. And so we created a completely new form of magic. Mecha make magic. Will was truly fascinated by guns and weapons and learned to create them himself. Billy was more into the vehicles of the world. Kate trained in building powerful robots to fight for her since she's not really a fighting type. But I… I wanted to beat you to death with my own two hands, so I specialized in mechanical suits built for close combat. And so the name Gear Chronicle got a whole different meaning.
After the eight most painful years of our lives the day finally came. It was a day like any other, when a portal suddenly opened up and we were sucked through again. We exited the portal and ended up in the exact same spot we were sent there from. The man who sent us came down from the tree again.
"You! I'll kill you. MECHA MAKE: BLACK RAVEN!" I created my black machine suit.
"ARC OF BALANCE: TIME AND SPACE!" Somehow, my suit started growing, but it also began rusting. It started tearing my body apart since I was directly attached to the arms and legs. I must have collapsed, because the next thing I remember is that I was extremely angry and ready to kill anyone who stood in my way. I found myself in a dark underground cavern. From what I could tell, we were underneath Magnolia. And that's when we began the mecha make crazy box project as well as CUBE – D. I looked at my teammates and we nodded at each other.
Jack POV.
"And you all know the rest of the story," he said tears forming in his eyes.
"That doesn't explain your sudden change of heart. Why don't you want to kill us anymore?" gray asked from the front row.
"I wasn't myself during the battle. You saw that for yourself. When you knocked me out it turned out I was a machine, but everything I saw was the same as the robot. I just couldn't do anything. He was acting on anger as the only motive. When I saw how much you went through to rescue your fellow members, I was certain that it couldn't have been you who sent us to Edolas for eight years. You are all way too kindhearted to do such a thing," He got onto the floor on his knees.
"I'm sorry!" He screamed off the top of his lungs. Makarov got over to him still drunk as all hell. He put his hand on Nicks shoulder.
"S 'kay. I might b' dwunk, but is fine. We forgive you," He said in the most drunk way possible and fell asleep right next to him.
"Thank you so much master. I will never forget your kindness. As punishment for my actions, I'm going to turn myself in. It was nice being accepted back into this guild, but I need to be punished for almost killing the entire town. No one got too badly hurt right?" everyone shook their head. He got up and began walking out of the guild. Makarov mumbled something in his sleep.
"f you get out. U'r still a mber f fary tail," Nick smiled.
"I will never forget you Fairy Tail," and just like that he was gone. Another massive enemy who turned out to just be misinformed.
A while later the guild was back to normal and everyone was having a drink. Everyone were talking and learning about all the unknowns of the guild, because we now knew how much they meant to the guild. It wasn't the same without them. I was sitting with the team and talking.
"He may be gone, but there is still a ton of mystery surrounding his story. Who sent him to Edolas? Why did they blame Fairy Tail for it? What happened to Kate, Will and Billy? They were machines when we battled them and we never saw their real bodies afterwards."
"Why are we discussing this? If we keep asking questions, we'll just fell as if we know less than we do," Kai said not really caring for the topic. Something must have clicked in Sapphire's head because she stood up and pointed to Kai.
"Oh yeah! Don't think I've forgotten Kai! Why were you so against me going in there? I've never seen you act that way before! Don't you think I'm strong enough," She yelled and eyed down Kai. For the first time ever I saw Kai raise his voice at one of us. He stood up and Sapphire sat back down at the sudden action.
"Because you three are the only people I care about in this world. If one of you were to get hurt because I didn't stop you, I'd never get over it," He quickly regained his cool and sat down again when he noticed that everyone were looking at us.
"Kai… I didn't know you felt that way. I'm sorry."
"No! I'm sorry for not thinking you were strong. You are strong. All of you. I have complete faith in all of you. I just have… some personal issues," Kai. Personal issues. No way! Geez. At some point we'd all have to force it out of him, but I don't think now would be the right time. We were all tired after the whole machine thing.
But I's got to be said. It feels nice and safe being surrounded by all these strong and caring people who will risk their life for you without thinking twice. Did mention I love being in Fairy Tail?