Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, it belongs to Hiro Mashima and I, unfortunately, am not him. I do however own any OC characters that will appear later in the story. Relax and enjoy the story.
People speaking "Hello Hello Hello"
People thinking 'Geronimo'
Magic Spells "Fire Dragon ROAR"
Creature/Dragon speaking "I am ALIVE"
Creature/Dragon thinking 'Come along'
Chapter 13
Team Natsu vs. Eisenwald
"Get all the guests and driver off the train now!" Erigor shouted as he removed the blade of his scythe from the dead corpse of one of the train employees. "Eisenwald is taking over!" The guild members all nodded and began pushing people out of the train as they were hijacking it at. As Erigor examined the train, he saw that the last cart was cut in half and noticed a figure jump off and started walking towards him, the figure was a roughed up Kageyama.
"I'm surprised to see you here, Eligor..." Kageyama said as he stopped right in front of the reaper.
"When I heard you were going to come back on this train, I figured why not wait here." Erigor said, taking notice of but dismissing how roughed up his subordinate looked. "Did you do it?"
"…Y-Yeah, I broke the seal. However…" Kageyama was hesitant to answer but reached into his pocket and took out the broken Lullaby, which was slowly repairing itself.
"What the hell happened?" Erigor questioned with anger heard in his tone.
"I was able to break the seal, but I ran into a fly on the way back. During our battle he discovered it and broke it in two." Kageyama tried to explain to the enraged scythe mage. "B-But look! The flute is repairing itself, we can still continue with our plan!"
Erigor was silent as Kageyama shook from the fear he was feeling."YOU INCOMPETENT FOOL!" The reaper shouted as he snatched the flute out Kageyama's hands before slamming the blunt side of his scythe into the shadow user's gut, making him fall to the ground clutching his stomach in pain. "Even if Lullaby heals itself, we will have to wait for it to fully repair itself before we can use it, putting our plan on hold! Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now!"
"Come on now Erigor. It would be a waste, after all the trouble I went to saving him and Lullaby and bring them here." A female voice called out, making the man turn his head to see a very developed woman slowly descend from the air to the ground.
"I'm surprised Sora, you actually standing up for someone." Erigor raised an eyebrow at the woman. She had light purple hair with blue high-lights and topaz eyes, she was wearing a blood-red jacket over a tight black tank-top and she had black pants that had one of the leg cut off just under her thigh.
"Standing up for him? Oh no, you're mistaken…" She replied as she was close to Kageyama and raised one of her legs and pressed into his chest with her high-heel boot. "I just wanted to deliver his punishment myself!" Sora grew a sadistic grin as she raised a hand, pointing at one of Kageyama's, and concentrated some of the wind in her hand. She then released a blade of wind and sent it straight through Kageyama's wrist, almost slicing his hand clean off and causing the man to scream out in agonizing pain.
"You're as sadistic as ever." Erigor commented with a smirk, which the woman returned as she turned to face him.
"Of course, now let this be a lesson to you Kageyama." Sora said as her magic swirled around her a little as the wind moved Kageyama's hand back to his arm and slowly started healing the wound. "And don't worry about Lullaby Erigor, the flute will be ready when its time."
"Oh really?" Erigor replied with narrow eyes.
"Lullaby used be a simple curse flute that could only kill a few people at a time, but the great dark wizard Zeref changed that and turned it into a demon flute that can annihilate an entire town with ease. Since it still has demon magic within, it can repair itself even if it was destroyed into a thousand pieces." Sora explains as she took the flute from Erigor and let out a dark laugh. "I can help it repair itself faster with my magic."
"Your magic? What is it anyway, though I seriously doubt it compares to Erigor's Wind Magic." One of the Eisenwald members said as he leered at Sora's form.
The next thing the man knew his body was slammed against a wall with a giant hand created from black and green wind, Sora gave Erigor a hard stare as if to tell him not to interfere; she used the wind hand to cut up the man's body and made some of the cuts bleed. "My magic is one of the strongest powers that any human will ever see in their entire lives. So unless you want yours to be cut short, I suggest you keep your mouth shut." After the man slowly gave a nod in understanding, Sora dismissed her magic and walked away. "Let me know when we are ready to leave, I'll be inside repairing Lullaby."
"Crazy bitch…" The man muttered before he noticed Sora suddenly stop before quickly spinning around and released a large amount of wind blades at the man and ripped him to shreds. She continued to walk inside and her figure disappeared.
"When we depart, you are going to tell me who this fly was." Erigor said as he turned to Kageyama, who was slowly getting up while holding the arm that Sora had slashed and his body shaking from the scene he just watched. "We are heading to Oshibana Station for my strategy to take place. Make sure everything we need is on board."
"R-Right." Kageyama said shakily as he went onto the train.
(A Few Hours Later)
When Natsu and his team arrived at the cliff just over the station, they watched as the civilians were explaining to the soldiers what had happened. People were in a panic as the knights tried to defuse the situation.
"So they took over a train? But why would they do that, it can only follow the track." Lucy spoke out in curiosity.
"Whatever their reason is, at least we will be able to know where they're going." Gray replied, he was in his boxers once again. "But if they took a train then they needed to get somewhere in a hurry."
"Aye, that's true, trains can go very fast." Happy agreed before looking at Gray. "Your clothes are gone."
Erza ignored Gray's frantic search for his clothes as she stared down at the scene below, Eisenwald definitely needed to be stopped. She turned her head and saw Natsu had a hard look on his face. "Natsu…is something wrong?"
"I smell blood." Natsu answered, pointing to a spot below. The other wizards took notice to some of the soldiers moving a few body bags to a transporter; Natsu clenched his fist at the sight. "Those bastards…they didn't need to kill anyone!" Natsu growled surprising Lucy a little at the anger in his voice.
"I know how you feel Natsu, but we need to keep calm." Erza placed a hand on Natsu shoulder before walking towards the driver's seat. She attached the plug to her arm and started charging magic into it. "We need to catch up to them before it's too late."
The others nodded in agreement as they walked back into the wheeler. But as Natsu started to turn around, his body twitched as the wind blew past him and a small scent filled his nose. 'This scent…its familiar somehow…But where have I-' His thoughts were cut off by his wife's voice.
"Hurry up Natsu, the sooner we stop them, the better!" Erza said before noticing a small look on Natsu's face. "Is something wrong?"
Natsu looked back at the station for a second before walking into the carrier, "Nothing, just the horrible stench of death in the wind." Natsu sat down and crossed his arms, he could feel Erza starting to move and was in deep thought. 'What was that feeling I got just then…it seemed very familiar for some reason…?'
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Makarov was sitting on one of the tables, drinking and chatting with the other guild-masters as they continued their meeting; the man's face was a little red from all the alcohol he had drank. Next to his table, Master Bob was happily chatting with his old teammate as they ate.
"I'm so jealous Maki, so many of your wizards are so incredible and so full of life." Bob said as he rested his head against his hand. "I hear your newest member gave someone quite the thrashing."
"Ahh, you're talking about Lucy, strong little thing…" Makarov lowered his beer from his mouth and gave his fellow guild-masters a smirk, "She's got an incredible body too."
"You're so naughty Maki, talking about your wizards like that!" Bob commented as he waved off Makarov's perverted words. "From the rumors, she took that mission with a certain Dragon Slayer."
"Yeah, Natsu is taking her under his wing until she gets used to the guild." Makarov replied with a laugh. "Though, it might take a while for her to get used to our guilds lifestyle."
"You shouldn't laugh about your wizards' behaviors; they like to go overboard a lot." Goldmine said frowning slightly. "The council has been talking about how Fairy Tail possibly destroying a city one of these days. Remember all the damages your wizard couple did all those years ago?"
"Ahh, who cares? Let those idiots on the council worry. They're just jealous that my wizards are awesome!" Makarov exclaimed with a grin before biting into his chicken leg. "And besides, there is no way something like that would happen anytime soon." His attention was taken away when he heard a tiny voice call out.
"Master Makarov, Master Makarov!" A little bird wearing a purple hat chirped as it stopped right in front of the old man." I have a letter from one Mirajane, sir!" The bird said as it handed the letter to Makarov.
"Ahh…Thanks." He said as he activated the letter and a small magic seal appeared over the envelope with a miniature image of Mirajane on top of it.
"Hello master, I'm glad to see that you arrived to the meeting safe and sound!" She said as Makarov began showing her off to the other male mages.
"Take a look at Mira boys; she's our poster girl for Fairy Tail. A real cutie isn't she." Makarov said chuckling before he noticed Nova appeared next to Mirajane. "And that little darling is Nova, my cute little granddaughter!"
"…So that's Natsu and Erza's daughter, she's adorable Maki!" Bob gushed, watching Nova let out a giggle as Mirajane picked her up.
"And it's hard to believe that's the same Mirajane from back then, she sure has matured." Goldmine said with his arms crossed.
"Grandpa, guess what!" Nova exclaimed happily, "Something really cool happened earlier today!"
"Really now?" Makarov wondered with a smile, thinking it was something small that happened in the guild earlier or one of those little things that excited children so much; nothing prepared him for what Nova was about to say next.
"Mommy came back from her mission and teamed up with Daddy and Uncle Gray to go on another one!" Nova said with a big smile on her face, not knowing her words nearly gave her grandpa a heart-attack. "Happy and Lucy are with them too."
"They might have just created the strongest team that Fairy Tail has ever known!"Mirajane was the next one to speak, "Well, we just want to let you know what was happening."
"A-are y-you kidding me!?" Makarov exclaimed in shock and fear.
"Good-bye master!" Mirajane said. Nova was waving goodbye as the letter finished and the images disappeared. Makarov stood there for a while, staring into space with his shocked expression. His body started to swat a little before he collapsed on his back.
"Oh my, are you okay Maki?" Bob asked.
"…I guess the council has a right to be afraid after all." Goldmine said as he watched Makarov's form tremble.
'A team made up of those three!? Erza and Natsu were bad enough when it was just the two of them, but now that Gray is with them…THEY REALLY COULD DESTROY AN ENTIRE CITY!' Makarov thought in a panic before trying to calm himself, 'Since the conference ends today I can make it back to the guild by tomorrow; I just hope nothing bad happens until then, PLEASE LET THERE BE NO DESTRUCTION UNTIL THEN!'
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Erza's wheeler made a sharp turn as she poured more of her magic into the machine to increase its speed. She continued moving forward, even as the carriage collided with wagons, fruit stands and almost hitting several civilians. Lucy and Happy were sitting inside as Gray was sitting on the roof to keep an eye out for attacks from above, currently trying to hold on as Erza once again increased speed. Natsu was sitting in the back; both to use his flames to increase speed and keep a look out for any sneak attacks from behind.
"Erza, you're going way too fast! The S.E. plug is going to rupture if you continue forcing too much magic into it." Gray shouted as he looked down.
"I can't stop, you heard what Lucy said about Lullaby! We can't afford to waste any time, we need to stop Eisenwald before someone hears it." Erza replied while keeping her eyes on the road.
"If that thing can really repair itself, then Eisenwald with try to buy time." Natsu shouted as he held onto the back, releasing flames from his feet. "You saw what those guys did at Kunugi Station! They might do something a lot worse!"
"But still, if you keep using your magic like this then you won't have any to fight with!" Gray warned as Erza turned another corner.
"You don't have to worry about that, Natsu's flames are helping me greatly so I don't have to use a lot of magic. I'll have plenty to help me deal with them." Erza replied with a smirk, "Besides I have you two with me so we'll be fine!" Gray grit hit teeth and said nothing.
Inside the carriage, Lucy and Happy were waiting for Erza to arrive at the train station; Happy suddenly spoke. "Hey Lucy…I feel like I'm forgetting something important to tell you." Happy said, making Lucy turn to him with a curious look.
"Something important?" She asked, making Happy nod his head before he made a face that showed he was thinking hard about it.
"I can't remember…" Happy replied. "All I know is it was something that had to do with you…hmmm."
Neither of them seemed to notice Natsu sliding against the door to get to the front. He stopped for a second to look inside, before shaking his head a little. "Those two are so weird."
"…Weird…weird…That might be it!" Happy said, making a pose like he realized what was so important…that Lucy's weird.
"SERIOUSLY!?" Lucy questioned before finally noticing Natsu just outside the window, he head was turned to the front of the wheeler. "What are you doing out there!?"
Natsu turned to look at the blonde girl. "You don't have to shout, I'm not even three feet away…Talk about rude." Natsu continued moving
"…I am not!" She shouted to Natsu, not seeing Happy snicker a little behind her. "And you're one to talk!"
Ignoring Lucy as he got closer to Erza, Natsu maneuvered his body to sit right next to her. Reaching for the plug on his wife's arm, Natsu quickly removed it and replaced it on his own. The wheeler seemed to increase speed a little.
"Natsu, why did you-" Erza started to exclaim.
"We can't afford to have any of us run out of magic before we fight Eisenwald, so I'm going to take your place! Now just focus on driving!" Natsu responded; Erza nod her head.
Suddenly, a large sound echoed though-out the town, making the four wizards plus cat look to the direction that the sound originated from and saw smoke rising up into the sky. "W-What is the hell is that?!" Lucy exclaimed as she stuck her head out the window.
"…I think we just found Eisenwald." Gray said as the wheeler headed towards the smoke.
"Let's just hope no one is injured or worse!" Natsu shouted, putting more magic into the wheeler.
(A few minutes later)
When the team arrived at Oshibana Station, there was panic all over; the civilians were going crazy from the explosion and the employees were failing at their attempt to calm them down. As they got off
"Will everyone please remain calm! It is too dangerous at the moment to enter the station!" An employee was speaking through a microphone as his co-workers were trying to keep the people from forcing their way through. "The train has been derailed due to an accident, so please be patient until then and I apologize for the inconvenience."
"Derailment, is that what they're calling it?"
"No way, I heard it was a dark guild!"
"The station is closed to all public until we can confirm that it is safe inside." The employee had finished speaking, but the crowd did not break.
"We need to get inside. Come on!" Erza told the others as she started to push her way through the crowd toward the front, the others following right behind her.
"But they said the station closed." Lucy said, watching Erza push people out of the way. "Wouldn't it be bad to force our way through?"
"We don't have time to listen to them." Erza retorted as they made it to the front, "Besides, if it is a dark guild then they shouldn't give us any trouble." Erza immediately approached the closest station employee and started questioning him. "What's the situation?"
"Huh? Why should I te-" He didn't get to finish as Erza head-butted him and knock the poor guy out cold. She then turned to the next victim…I mean employee.
"What's the situation?" She asked him, but she head-butted him as well not even a second later when he didn't respond quick enough. This continued a few more times; Lucy watched this with a sweatdrop that grew with each head-butt.
"That's an interesting and slightly scary method of interrogation; she didn't even give them time to answer." Lucy commented. "…And I thought she was one of the very few normal members of Fairy Tail."
"Actually…this is pretty normal for us." Natsu said, Happy and Gray nodded their heads in agreement. "Erza may seem scary in some cases, but she is much better than you think."
Erza walked up to them; several men with steaming lumps on their heads lay unconscious behind her. "Eisenwald is inside the building, a few army units entered the station earlier however none of them have come back yet."
As the group entered the building Happy grew a concerned look "I hope they're okay…"
"With how Eisenwald dealt with some of the people at Kunugi Station, I'm going to have to say that we might find some dead soldiers." Gray said with a grim look.
Natsu started sniffing the air, "I'm picking up the smell of blood…this way!" Natsu ran down a hallway with his team following after him. They soon came across a number of troops that were injured, unconscious or unfortunately dead, spread across the floor and stairway. "They didn't stand a chance; the poor guys were almost completely wiped out." Natsu looked back to his team to see Erza, Happy and Gray had solemn looks on their faces and slightly clenched fists; he looked at Lucy and saw she had a scared look.
"Lucy, don't be scared" Natsu spoke with a reassuring voice as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "This type of thing can happen on a mission like this, but these guys will be fine. And don't worry; Erza, Happy, Gray and I will be here to make sure nothing bad happens."
Lucy looked at him for a moment before looking at the others, who were smiling at her, agreeing to what the rose-haired wizard said. "…Thanks you guys."
"No problem Lucy, everyone at Fairy Tail is always there for one another." Erza said with a smile. "Now then…lets deal with Eisenwald!" The other members of her team nodded before walked the halls that were also littered with the bodies; as they passed the bodies Erza whispered to Natsu. "Natsu, are they?"
Natsu was silent for a moment before nodding his head a little, "Only a few though." Erza was silent as she saw Natsu's shoulders shake a little from anger, the group soon made it to a large room where they saw the entire Eisenwald guild waiting for them.
"I knew you'd follow us here, Fairy Tail flies." Erigor snickered, staring down at Team Natsu with an arrogant smirk. Erza returned his stare with a powerful glare as Lucy shook a little in fear at how many people were there. "We've been waiting for you…"
"There's so many of them…" Lucy muttered as her eyes moved back and forth to each ends of the large group of dark wizards.
"You're Erigor, aren't you?" Natsu questioned with a glare of his own.
"W-wait a moment…that's the armor girl from the other day…" Byard said as he got a good look at Erza.
"I see, so she's the one who leaked out our plan." One of the guild members next to him stated.
"That son of a bitch! It's his fault that Erigor and Sora…!" Kageyama growled in anger; his hand drifted to his bandaged arm, still throbbing in pain.
"You have to calm down Kage." A fellow guild member told him from behind.
"Hmm? That voice…" Natsu gaze shifted to see Kageyama holding his bandaged arm as he glared at him. 'That's the guy from before…what happen to his arm?"
"We are not threatened by any of you" Erza proclaimed while building up a little magic. "What are you going to do with lullaby, tell us!?" She demands, making Erigor's smirk grow a little.
"How about a little hint, if you are so desperate to know." The reaper said as he used his Wind Magic to fly on top of one of the speaker systems. "What do all train station have in common?" His easy hint made Erza and Natsu gritted their teeth in anger.
"You're going to use it to kill thousands of innocent people" Natsu yelled, gritting his teeth.
"Why would you want to hurt the people of this town; they're innocent!" Erza shouted.
"They gave committed the sin of turning a blind eye to the world injustice; so the reaper has come to cleanse the world of the those that flaunt their rights so carelessly!"
"Killing them won't help you get your rights back" Lucy shouted making Erigor smirk.
"We don't care about rights, we want power! We'll use power to erase the past and control what will happen in the future." Erigor replied with a clenched fist.
"…Power?" Natsu repeated, remembering the dead bodies they saw earlier. "So you killed all those innocent people…so you could acquire power? WHAT BULLSHIT!" Natsu unleashed a large amount of flames from his body, making his comrades take a step back. "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU PAY AND DESTROY LULLABY COMPLETELY THIS TIME!"
"So you're the one who broke Lullaby, such a bad boy."Natsu and the other's eyes were wide as a voice called out from behind them. They turned to see a woman standing behind Natsu; she moved her arms around him and reached up to his face, Natsu's flames cancelling out. "Though…now that I get a good look at your face, you're quite the handsome one."
'What the hell!? How did she sneak up on me!?...Wait a moment…this scent…it's the same as the one my nose caught earlier.' Natsu thought as his eyes met the woman's, when the Dragon Slayer looked in her eyes, there was only death and destruction. "…Who are you?"
The woman let out a laugh, "Who am I? I am Sora Barostar," She quickly let go of Natsu and leaped into the air just as Erza was about to attack her with a sword. But instead of landing on the ground, the woman just stays in the air, like she was standing on it. "But you might know me from my title, Ryūketsu-fū no Sora."
"Ryūketsu-fū no Sora; the female dark wizard that has assassinated all of her opponents with her deadly Wind Magic." Erza said, making Sora let out a dark chuckle.
"Wind Magic, not even close!" Sora exclaimed as her dark-green wind swirled around her. "My magic far surpasses simple magic like that! I use a legendary magic and I'll give you a hint. You've fought a variation of my magic Natsu, except it was a lot darker!"
Lucy turned to look at Natsu, who was silent as he thought about Sora's words. His eyes suddenly went wide as he looked at the woman in shock. Erza, Happy and Gray seemed to have similar reactions, though not as strong. Sora reached into her jacket and pulled out a completely repaired Lullaby.
"No way, the flute-" Gray started to say before Erigor interrupted him.
"That's right; Sora was able to speed up its recovery and now it ready for action!" Erigor took the flute from the woman and started to rise into the air. "Eisenwald, show them why they should have never tried to get in our guild way!" He shouted before both he and Sora disappeared in two mini tornados of wind.
"We have to go after them."Erza shouted as she and her team watched the two disappear. "Those two need to be stopped before they have a chance kill again!"
"You're not going anywhere!" Kageyama spoke up; a magic seal appeared under him. "I said that I was going to make you suffer, Salamander," Kageyama released several shadow tendrils at the group. "And you won't get in the way of our new world!"
"…Sorry, but we have more important things to do." Natsu said as he raised a flame-covered fist, the flames growing to an incredible size as he brought it back. "I'm going to blow you guys away! Fire Dragon's Meteor Fist!" A giant fist of fire flew forward and easily destroyed the tendrils before making contact with many of the dark wizards and sent them flying with major burns. "…Damn, held back too much."
"He did all that…in one move…" Lucy was shocked the results of Natsu's attack, he didn't even seem tired after. "Just how strong…is Natsu."
"Never mind that now. We still have more of them to deal with." Erza said as she stared at the remaining wizards who escaped Natsu's attack. "With so many of them we won't be able to reach either Sora or Erigor in time…Natsu, Gray!" The two men turned to her s she walked forward. "Lucy and I will deal with these guys; you two go after Erigor and Sora and stop them."
"Just you and I!?" Lucy exclaimed in shock and fear.
"What about me?" Happy asked, but was ignored.
"Are you sure Erza?" Natsu questioned with concern in his voice.
"Yeah, as much as I don't want to agree with fire-breath, You still haven't recovered much of the magic you used on the wheeler." Gray said.
"I'll be fine." Erza responded before looking at them with a serious look. "I have more than enough to deal with them before we join you, but if we don't hurry then a lot of innocent people could be in danger. Now go!" The two nodded their heads before running off, leaving Erza, Lucy and Happy to face the dark guild.
"You're not getting away!" Rayule shouted as he released a bunch of black wrappings out of his sleeves before chasing after the two. "I, the great Rayule, will make them suffer."
"I'm coming too!" Kageyama grunted as he rose to a kneeling position, he activated a magic seal before disappearing into the shadows. "That scarf-wearing asshole is gonna pay!"
"We will catch up to them once we are finished here." Erza said to Lucy, not looking away from the dark guild.
"B-but just two girls… against that many people…" Lucy nervously replied.
"Normally I don't hit girls, but I'll make an exception."One of the dark wizards sneered.
"Sorry ladies but you're not going to be as cute when we're done with you." Byard said, cracking his knuckles.
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"I've heard enough, it's time for me…" Erza said as she stuck her hand out in front of her when a red magic seal appeared. A bright glow object erupted from the seal before spinning into her hand and after the glow disappeared, in Erza's hand was a long sword with wing like object sticking out from the hilt. "To get rid of you trash!"
"She's using Sword Magic!" Lucy said in surprise as Erza shifted her stance a little.
"Big talk for a chick, let's show them Eisenwald's power!" One of the dark wizards said to some of his comrades as they charged at Erza with different weapons in their hands. Erza stood in silence before raising her sword and brought is across her torso; as soon as the wizards got close enough she swung her sword with such strength and that it destroyed all of the dark wizard's weapons and were sent flying across the large hallway. Erza quickly followed up with a charge of her own and dived right into the large crowd and started wiping out the Eisenwald wizards.
"Damn bitch!" Two dark wizards came behind her, each hold giant swords, before swinging them at her. Erza quickly spun around and her sword glowed while she moved to block the strikes, the glow died down to reveal a double-bladed sword. Both wizards' swords were easily blocked by both blades before Erza spun the weapon with a quick twist of her wrist, destroying the swords and slashing at the two before sending them flying.
"Take this!" Another wizard shouted as he and two others released beam of light from their hands. The three beams combined to form a larger beam that increased speed towards Erza.
Erza silently glared at him and used her other hand to grab the hilt of her double-bladed sword, she started spinning it at high speeds as the sword started to glow before turning into a lance, the spinning from her lance deflected the beam, She quickly used her lance to strike the wizards behind her as she flipped backwards into the air and transformed her weapon again as she pulled the glowing object apart and as she landed, the glowing weapons turned into twin swords and she struck a couple more enemies down with ease.
"She has twin swords now!" Karacka said to Byard in shock.
"I've never seen anyone Requip like her before!" Lucy heard Byard reply.
"Requip, what is that?" Lucy asked, tilting her head in confusion. Was that the magic Erza used? Lucy had never seen magic that could be so elegant, yet so fierce at the same time.
"Erza'sRequip is similar to your Celestial Spirits, when someone uses Requip they can summon weapons that are stored in a different dimension." Happy explained to Lucy. "With this kind of magic, Erza can have almost an unlimited amount of weapons to fight with.
"That's amazing..." Lucy was in total awe as she watch Erza slash through another enemy, her scarlet hair flowing as she charged forward.
"It is, but Erza's awesomeness has only started to show itself." Happy smirked, making Lucy curious.
Karacka's eyes widen as he heard the cat speak. 'Did that cat just say Erza?'
Erza stopped her assault to look at the remainder of the guild's forces, "There's still so many left…annoying...But I'll wipe them all out at once." As soon as Erza finished speaking, her armor started to coming off with glowing smoke circling around her.
"Woah! Her armor's coming off!"
"Yeeaaah baby!"
"W-What's she doing?" Lucy asked.
"Usually, magical swordsmen use Requip to change their weapons as they fight, but Erza can also fight by changing her amor with magical armor that increases her abilities." Happy explained; Lucy watched in awe as the smoke cleared and Erza was wearing a completely different armor. "That's Erza's true power, the magic known as The Knight!" Lucy's eyes widened at Erza's new armor, it was now made of a silvery metal, with large steel wings on her back and a sword in each hand.
"W-Wow..." Lucy muttered with a little blush on her cheeks.
"Woooaaahhh!" Some of the enemies cheered as their eyes turned into hearts.
"Dance! My swords!" Erza activated her armor's ability as many swords appeared around her and circle behind her, spinning in a disk formation before she unleashed the attack at the rest of the Eisenwald guild. "Heaven's Armor: Circle Sword!"
"I-it really is that Erza..." Karacka muttered to himself in shock as he finally recognized the red-headed woman. He and Byard were the only ones that survived the attacks destruction.
"She wiped out the rest of them in a single attack…" Lucy said as she saw the aftermath of Erza's attack. 'So this Erza's power... she definitely earn the title of the strongest woman in Fairy Tail.'
"You bitch!" Byard exclaimed as he leaped at Erza with magic-covered hands, "Let's see you deal with this!" But Erza just replied with a cold stare before using her sword to swat him away like a fly.
(End Song)
"S-she defeated B-Byard with just one strike!" Karacka stuttered, watching Erza change back into her regular armor. "T-there's no doubt about it! She's Fairy Tail's strongest woman... Titania "Queen of the Fairies" Erza!" The large man's body was shaking from the fear he felt, so he did the only thing he could do at the moment…run away.
"He might be going to Erigor, " Erza said to Lucy as they saw the man escape. "Follow after him."
Lucy was about to say something when she noticed Erza's body was trembling a little. 'She must've used too much magic.' The blonde shook her head before looking at the female knight in concern. "What about you, you used a lot of magic to not only get us here, but to also fight all these guys-"
"I'll be fine." Erza interrupted, she was a little surprised Lucy caught on to that fact. "Right know we need to make sure there is no chance for anyone in Eisenwald to cause anymore harm…Please!" Erza sent a small glare at the girl.
"A-alright! I'll go after him!" Lucy replied in fear. She started running down the hallway with Happy right behind her.
After Lucy left the room, Erza began to wobble and began to feel faint. She felt her legs give as she fell on one knee. "I overdid it a little…need time to catch my breath…The rest is up to you guys."
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Natsu and Gray were currently running down a stone hallway, keeping an eye out for any signs of Erigor or Sora. They were trying to focus on finding the two wind users; however their attentions were a little shifted…
"Damn it, where the hell are those two? Can't you pick up their scents Natsu?" A frustrated Gray questioned.
"No…they're using their magic to block their scents." Natsu answered.
"Tch…You're really useless." Gray said; Natsu's eyebrow twitched.
"What did you say?!" Natsu shouted as he slammed his head against Grays'. "I don't understand why Erza wanted you to come with us anyway!"
"Maybe because she knows that I'm the better wizard between us!" Gray retorted.
"Then why am I the S-class between the two us." Natsu said with a smug grin.
"Like that matters, I can still kick your ass!"
"Yeah right, you'd lose to me in an instance."
"I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY!" They shouted at one another as they came to a stop and grabbed each other's collars.
The two stopped their argument as they saw the hallway split into two different directions. "I guess we will have to split up." Gray said making Natsu nod his head. Gray took the hallway to the left while Natsu to the one on the right; however before Gray could start moving, Natsu's voice called out.
"Gray…" The ice wizard turned to Natsu, whose back was to him. "Erigor and Lullaby are putting a lot of people in danger so we need to defeat him as soon as possible. And that woman," Natsu paused as the image of Sora flashed in his mind. "She is even more dangerous than Erigor, so if you run into her…be careful."
Gray was silent for a moment before turning back to his hallway, "Of course I will, I'm going to bet whoever I fight. But if this Sora really uses that magic, then who knows what she's capable of." This time Natsu said nothing before he started running down his hallway.
Gray sprinted down the hallway and soon arrived at a door with words Studio Room written on it. 'There's a good chance they would be in here if they planned to use the speakers to broadcast Lullaby's melody.' Gray thought before he approached quickly kicked the door down, destroying it as it flew into a wall. As he walked inside, Gray saw the room was filled with different sound equipment all around the room but there was no living person inside. "There's no one here, does that mean they're not planning to use the speaker systems." He said out loud as he walked to the centre of the room.
As Gray started to turn around, large black wrappings shot down towards him from the ceiling. 'Crap!' Gray thought as he narrowly managed to get out of the way. "Who's there?"
"That was a pretty good guessing you've got there." A voice said as Gray looked up at the ceiling to see Rayule from the ceiling with black wrappings squirming around in his hands. "But good guessing doesn't help you understand our plans. They're not as simple as you might think." Rayule said with a smirk as Gray straighten himself.
"So why don't you tell me this great plan now instead of later." Gray said with a grin, the air chilling up around him. "If you do that, I won't have to thrash you too badly."
(Outside the Station)
When Erza reach the balcony overlooking the mass of people that had gathered around the train station, she brought out a megaphone and began to speak. "If you value your lives you will leave this area at once. The train station has been taken over by evil wizards and all your lives are in danger," The scarlet wizard's words made all the civilians start to go crazy and create a ruckus, but she continued to speak. "There is a deadly spell that these evil wizards plan on casting and if you hear it, you will lose your lives. All of you must leave the area immediately!" She shouted causing chaos as everyone to begin running away.
"Why did you send them into a panic?" A station employee question Erza as she placed the megaphone away. She looks towards him and his co-workers for a moment before speaking.
"Better for them to panic then for them to lose their lives…you better leave as well." Erza answered in a tone that said there was no room for argument. The employees quickly left, not wanting to get knocked out by the woman again. "Good, now that they are out of the area, we won't have to worry about all them losing their lives" Turning her head, Erza's eyes widened when she saw what looked like a huge tornado forming around the station. "What the hell is this?" Erza said as narrowed his eyes. "Is it some kind of wind barrier?" She asked.
"Correct!" Erigor's voice called out, Erza turned to see the reaper floating behind her looking at female wizard with a smug look on his face. "As much as I want to fight the legendary Titania, but unfortunately I don't have the time." He said before a creating a seal appeared in front of Erza; she was engulfed in a bright light before she was sent into the wind barrier.
"Damn you Erigor!" Erza shouted as she tried to punch the wind wall.
"You'll never be able to get out!" Erigor shouted as Erza tried to get out but found the wind damaging her arm when she tried to punch out of it. "I have wasted enough time with you flies, time to go after the bigger prize." Erigor said before he disappeared into the air.
"Erigor…just what the hell is he planning." Erza said as she held her arm.
(Studio Room)
"Take this!" Rayule shouted as he shot his black wrappings towards Gray at a great speed causing the Ice Wizard to jump away before the black wrappings made contact. "What happened to all that big talk!" he shouted before sending another wave of black wrappings at Gray. "All you've been doing is dodging like a scared maggot!"
(Play Fairy Tail ost - Gray's Theme)
"…You really annoying, you know that?" Gray asked as he got in his stance with one palm open and the other hand in a fist lying on top of the palmed hand."Ice Make…" he said before his eyes narrowed a little. "Shield!"
A flower-like shield made out ice appeared in front of Gray in an instant, towering over Gray as the highest petal cracks into the ceiling a little. The black wrappings slammed into the shield and were easily repelled as Gray stood behind his creation.
"This punk can use Ice Magic?!" Rayule exclaimed with a surprised tone, with hints of nervousness.
Gray wasn't finished as he once again formed his stance, "Ice Make: Knuckle!" Gray released a wave of his magic at the ground, which bounced off the ground and turned giant fists that shot towards Rayule. The giant ice fists all made contact simultaneously as they slammed into Rayule's body and sent the dark wizard crashing through the machines and wall into another room. Gray followed after him and walked through the hole into the next room, never taking his eyes off Rayule. "Spill it. If you're not going to broadcast Lullaby's melody using the speaker system; then what is your guild's true plan?"
"…Erigor should be activating his Wind Wall right by now," Rayule commented, making Gray pause after he heard that.
"Wind Wall?" Gray questioned with narrow eyes.
"He had created a wind barrier to keep you fairies caged."
Gray not liking where this was going grabbed Rayule by the collar and pushed him up against a wall. "Let's not waste anymore of my time. Tell me what Erigor is planning!" Gray threatened.
"All we did was lure you flies here and trap you." Rayule explained with a smirk. "The only reason we invaded this place was to stop all the traffics going into Clover station."
"Clover Town…Why there?" Gray demanded again but Rayule just smirked.
"Come on now…think hard," Rayule answered as black wrappings began to silently make its way from his hand. The black wrappings then shot out at Gray, who wasn't able to dodge from the close-range attack and bought his arms up to block it. The force of the blow sent Gray into the air, as he flipped his body and landed back on the ground, Gray's eyes went wide he figured out what Rayule was talking about.
'Wait a minute! The guild-masters conference is in Clover Town, that means gramps and the other guild-masters are in trouble!' Gray thought angrily as he glared at the man he was fighting.
"So you finally figured it out, huh!" Rayule shouted with a sneer as he saw the rage in Gray's eyes. "Well it's too late to stop us now!" Rayule charged forward and hit Gray again with the black wrappings while Gray defended himself again. The ice wizard stood still as the attack hit, Gray didn't even take a step back from the blow."Those pathetic old geezers will be killed by Erigor, for meddling in Eisenwald's affairs!" Rayule said as his black wrapping now wrapped around Gray's body, trapping the Ice Make wizard. "There is nothing you or those other fairies flies can do!"
"You Eisenwald thugs…are really stupid…" Gray said, the tone in his voice made a shiver go up Rayule's spine, before releasing a strong wave hisice Magic around him, turning his black threads into ice. Rayule was shocked at how quickly the Fairy Tail wizards had frozen the wrappings and didn't know what to say as Gray broke free of the bindings and stepped hard on one of the destroyed ice fragments. "Did you really think you guys had any chance against any Fairy Tail wizard?" Gray asked as he used his ice to started freezing Rayule's body, already the dark wizards legs were trapped in a thick, cold covering.
"W-wait a minute!" Rayule's teeth chattered from the cold temperature.
"Let's get this straight; when you target the guild-masters, then you mess with each and every one of their guild's members. For targeting them, and our own guild-master, I hope you ready to pay the penalty!" Gray said as he roughly grabbed Rayule's face. The ice wizards hand released a huge amount of ice that covered the room in white.
(End Song)
It soon cleared as Gray walked out of the room, leaving a completely frozen Rayule standing there with a look of fear stuck on his face. "I have to find Erza and let her know what is happening." Gray said before he ran off down the hallway, looking for the red haired mage.
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"How hard is it to find a big guy like that?!" Lucy questioned as she ran down the hallway, looking for Karacka after he ran away.
"You better hurry or else Erza gonna get you~" Happy said as he flew next to Lucy, freaking her out a little.
"AAAHH, DON'T SAY THAAT!" Lucy cried tearfully as she stopped running and grabbed Happy, starting to shake him as she panicked a little. "We need to find that guy and quick!" As Lucy was shaking Happy, the blue cat noticed something above them.
"Look over there!" Happy pointed up to the ceiling making Lucy look up to where he was pointing and saw Karacka with his head pooped out of the wall.
"Damn it! They found me!" Karacka snarled as Lucy reached for one of her keys.
"I've got you now!" Lucy exclaimed as she grabbed one of her keys. 'Theres no water around so Aquarius is out, and today isn't one of Taurus' summoning days…that leaves me with one choice." Lucy brought the gold key in front of her and chanted, "Open, Gate of the Giant Crab - Cancer!"
In a flash of light and smoke, the hairstylist crab had returned. "Hey Lucy, what's the hair choice for today~ebi?" The crab-man looked up and saw Karacka staring at them. "You need me for another fight~ebi?"
"Yes please." Lucy said as she pointed up at Karacka, "Take him down!"
"Right-ebi!" Cancer nodded and jumped upward. Karakka saw Cancer appear in front of him and he quickly retreated back into the wall. Cancer slashed the wall and created a perfect cut hole, however Karacka was already gone. "I just missed him...ebi."
"Where did he go?" Lucy questioned as she and Cancer looked around.
"It must be because he says ~ebi at the end; I told you it makes things worse." Happy said to Lucy.
"Will you just shut it!?" Lucy yelled back, not noticing a hand holding a dagger shot out of the ground towards her back, but Happy did.-
"Lucy, watch out!" Happy exclaimed as he grabbed Lucy before quickly flying them away as Karacka's upper body came out of the floor.
"I missed…" Karacka grunted before sinking back into the floor again.
"How do we fight this guy when we can't even find him?!" Lucy shouted as Happy placed her next to Cancer; all three trying to keep watch over the area. "He can disappear into the walls, ceilings and floor, just like the creep Everlue!"
'Just like…Everlue…!' A thought suddenly went through Happy's mind. "That's it!"
Lucy jumped a little at Happy's voice, "What's it?"
"I remembered what I was supposed to tell you earlier." Happy said as he reached back into his bag. Lucy looked at him questioningly as he looked through his items.
"Is this really the time for-" She was cut off by Happy taking out a gold key and not just any ones, it was Virgo's. "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?!"
"I got it from Virgo; she wanted me to give it to you after Everlue was sent to prison." Happy explained as he placed the key in Lucy's hand. "Since she can dig and stuff, she might be able to track him down while he is hiding."
"Happy you're a genius!" Lucy exclaimed happily before hugging the cat into her huge chest causing the cat to get lose a bit of oxygen until Lucy released him from the hug. "Alright then, it might take a lot of magic to bring out two gold key Celestial Spiritsat the same time but here goes…"I call upon thee from the Celestial Spirit World. I beckon you to my side at once, pass through the gate. Open, Gate of the Maiden - Virgo!"As Lucy chanted as a golden magic seal appeared and a girl shot out of the seal, she was around Lucy age wearing a maid outfits with pink hair reaching just above her shoulders and broken chains around her wrists, bowing a little to Lucy.
"You called me mistress?" The girl asked, not noticing Lucy look at her like a gaping fish.
"…Who…are you?" Lucy replied; the girl straightened herself before answering.
"I did appear a lot different from when we last met, but I am Virgo." Virgo introduced herself before starting to explain, "I am a loyal Celestial Spirit to my owner. So I work in whatever appearance my master would like me to."
"Wow…Wait I can think about that later! I know we didn't make a contract yet, but I need your help." Lucy told her.
"That is fine, Mistress. What is it that I can help with?" Virgo asked.
"We're fighting someone that uses magic to travel through the walls and floors. Do you think you can help track him down and beat him?" Lucy explained the situation to her newest spirit before a small thought came to mind. "And please don't call me Mistress."
"I will see what I can do to help." Virgo answered as she started to turned towards the battle, but stopped to look at Lucy with a tilt head. "Would 'Your Highness' work?"
"No." Lucy answered quickly.
"Princess?"
"That's fine." This time, Lucy seemed to have a small grin on her face. As Virgo walked next to Cancer, Happy looked at Lucy with a sweatdrop.
"You're really enjoying that, aren't you?" But Lucy ignored the cat as she kept her attention on the battle.
"Are you ready Cancer?" Virgo asked as the dirt below her started to pick up.
"When ever you are Virgo ~ebi." Cancer got his scissors ready to strike as Virgo disappeared underground. The room was silent for a while, Lucy and the others listening for any sounds; then there was movement coming from above.
As they looked up, Virgo burst out of the ceiling holding an injured Karacka before letting him go. Virgo seemed to bend a little before shouting, " Cancer!"
"Right," The crab man replied before leaping into the air toward the falling Karacka as Virgo leaped from the ceiling. Time seemed to slow as Cancer brought one of his blades forward and Virgo bringing a fist closer. The two double teamed Karacka before landing on the ground gracefully while the larger man fell on his back, unconscious and his hair almost completely taken off. "How's that style for ya ~ebi."
"You did it!" Lucy exclaimed in excitement as she ran up to her spirits.
"Aye!" Happy said, walking up to them. "So how did you find him so quickly?"
"When I am digging, I can sensed the different types of magic the is being used," Virgo explained. "When I concentrate on a specific target, I can locate the target easily and attack if need be."
"Amazing." Lucy muttered.
"Is it time for punishment Princess?" Virgo asked as her eyes drifted to Lucy's whip.
"N-No, why would you ask that?" Lucy responded before gaining a sweatdrop when she saw Virgo motion to her weapon. "This is for fighting! I don't use it on any of my friends!" Lucy released a sigh before bringing the two gold keys in front of her. "Thanks for the help you guys, I really appreciate it. Virgo I'll call you again when I am ready to set up a contract."
The two spirit nodded before starting to glow, signaling their returning to the Celestial Spirit World. As soon as they vanished, Lucy wobbled a bit before Happy caught her.
"Lucy, are you okay?" The cat asked in concern.
"Yeah, a little drained but I'll be better in a few minutes. But right now let's get back to Erza and let her know we beat the guy." Lucy said; Happy nodded his head in agreement as he activated his wings and started carrying Lucy back to where they left Erza.
(New Station Sector)
"I can't pick up either of their scents!" Natsu said to himself as he ran down the hallway, checking several rooms as he moved. "Are those two even in the station anymore?"
Behind the Dragon Slayer, a shadow was following after him from a distance. A head rose from the shadow a little to reveal Kageyama watching Natsu with narrow eyes. 'This guy can try to look all he wants, but since Erigor and Sora are no longer in the station, he's just wasting his time.'
Natsu soon came to a stop near the end of the hallway, he was completely still for a moment before punching the wall next to him, making it crack and collapse. "Okay, I have to think…" After he calmed himself a little, Natsu brought a finger to his forehead as he tried to think. 'If they were going to use the speaker system then they would have attempted to do it by now. But if they haven't tried anything then that means they must be after something or someone else…What are they really after?' Natsu's nose twitched as he picked up a familiar scent, '…Not this guy again.'
Natsu was silent as Kageyama exited his shadow fully, before placing his hand on the ground, 'Now to repay this bastard for the trouble he caused me!' A magic seal appeared under Kageyama's hand and released multiple shadow snakes with their fangs poised to strike Natsu from behind. "Shadow Pythons!"
As the snakes drew close Natsu turned around slowly, his eyes hidden under his rose-colored hair. Kageyama suddenly felt the room begin to heat up at alarming speeds as Natsu's body began to shift a little; flames shot out of Natsu's body and surrounded in a giant flaming ball, incinerated the snakes. The flames were so bright that Kageyama had to block his eyes and in that small instant, the flames disappeared and Kageyama felt something impact hard into his stomach. Spitting up a little blood, the shadow user was sent crashing into a wall before a hand grabbed him tightly by the shirt and throat.
"Good timing. I didn't have time before to deal with you, but now I think it's time we had a little chat." Natsu said as he drew his face closer to Kageyama's with an image of a growling dragon behind him. "You can start by telling me where Erigor and Sora are." The shadow user could only shake from the fear he felt as Natsu glaring eyes stared into his own.
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A/N: Chapter Thirteen completed, I hope it was enjoyable for all you readers out there. Be sure to review and no flames. I will ignore them and they will be given to Natsu. I am sorry for the delay.
Omake
A chibi Makarov stood in front of the mission board.
Makarov (Sweating like crazy): This is bad, this is really bad!
Makarov (Grabbing head): I need to get to those idiots before they destroy an entire town; the council will be all over me if that happened.
Bob and Goldmine appear next to Makarov
Bob (Dismissive gesture): Come now Maki, it won't be that bad. I'm sure those cuties will be able to handle themselves.
Makarov is silent as he thought about the scenarios that could involve Natsu, Erza and Gray. With his body twitching, a ghostly image of himself exits his body
Goldmine: Something came out.
Makarov, Bob and Goldmine: Next time on The Fairy Flame Dragon…Chapter 14 – Death Carried Within The Wind
Makarov: Protecting my guild and its members is like protecting a family, and I will always protect my children from any dangers that threaten their lives.