Chapter 3
'Thinking' – thoughts
"Speaking" – speech
'Thinking' – Dragon/God/Beast thinking
"Speaking" - Dragon/God/Beast speaking
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters they are property of Hiro Masima.
-Oshibana Train Station main lobby with Erza and Lucy-
"Once we have finished off the scum here, we will catch up with them and join them in the hunt for Erigor," Erza told Lucy as Elfman and Gray ran off after the 'Shinigami'.
'Please don't fail me boys, I know you can do this' Erza thought as she prepared for battle.
"What, two girls against an entire guild?" Lucy asked flabbergasted.
"Mamma always told me not to hit girls but I can make an exception," one guy said.
"I'm sorry but you ladies won't look so cute once we're done with you," one of the Eisenwald members taunted.
"But without my stunning beauty I would be totally helpless," Lucy said in a provocative pose hoping to not be attacked by using her feminine wiles.
"We promise to be gentle," another joined his friend in the taunting.
"You Fairy Tail flies will die here," yet another grunt said.
"If you insult Fairy Tail's name in my presence again I swear that none of you will make it out of here with your lives," the threat came from Erza who was angered with the Eisenwald members' blatant disrespect of her guild's name. She extended her hand forward and after a bright flash, a plain-looking silver sword appeared in her grip.
"Let's get her," one guy yelled out as he charged at Erza with a sword drawn.
"You think we are scared of you, we have a lot of members who also uses magical weapons," another one of the grunts shouted out as five of them charged Erza with swords in hand. Erza swung her blade with insane strength sending all five of her adversaries flying back smashing their weapons and defeating them. Eight more grunts squared her up joined the fight. Erza charged at them and with practiced precision that only comes with years of training with a sword disposed of them.
Three new adversaries made their presence known by firing magical projectiles at Erza which she promptly dodged. Erza quickly changed her sword out for a long spear which she used to swipe at her three new opponents. This staggered their charge giving her time to prepare for the following eight opponents that prepared a charge. All eight of them spread out around her hoping that a simultaneous charge from all directions would head better results. Erza swung her spear in a circle managing to defeat all of her opponents with the powerful blow.
Erza exchanged her spear for twin swords in an instant and proceeded to slash at the opponents that came near her.
"I have never seen someone re-quip so fast," a short, hunched fat man that didn't seem to have a nose, large lips on a fish-like face and green hair.
"How fast she can re-equip won't matter once we smash her into the ground Karacka," a tall man with a square face and dark hair which is arranged on the front in a flat tuft going upwards and six whisker-like things on his cheeks.
"Something seems familiar about her," the fat green-haired man said.
Erza was busy waving around her opponents with practiced ease taking down one opponent after another with one sword while blocking the rest of their attacks with the other one. After they fell defeated at the hands of 'Titania', four more Eisenwald members decided to join the fray. This prompted Erza to re-quip her twin swords away in favour of a large one-sided battle axe.
Lucy decided that she couldn't just sit around and let Erza do everything even though it seemed like she was doing just fine. So Lucy unhooked one of her golden keys that had the zodiac sign for Cancer on its handle and the other end looked like a small crab. "Open gate of The Giant Crab: Cancer" Lucy called out while swiping the key vertically downwards. The sound of a doorbell could be heard and a golden flash glowed around the key.
A tanned man appeared after the flash died down and he had black hair with braided in red cornrows that end in a shape resembling a crab's pincers. He dressed in a way reminiscent of a hairdresser with a blue striped button shirt with the top button undone, dark trousers with two aquamarine stripes on each side, a ring chain in the right pocket and a hairdresser tools' bag on the left side of his belt. He wears a golden necklace and a pair of sunglasses with a green lens, and his weapon of choice is two scissors that are fashioned like a crab at the handles and coming from his back are six crab legs. This is the Celestial Spirit Cancer.
"What style would you like today? –ebi," Cancer asked Lucy, snipping his scissors as he talked.
"Not right now Cancer we have some bad guys to beat up with style," Lucy instructed pointing at a group of Eisenwald mages.
"Let's get the crab guy boys," one of the Eisenwald mages said to the group.
"And after we deal with him we can get some 'quality time' with the blond bimbo," another one commented with a perverted grin.
"Cancer, take them out right now," Lucy ordered angered by the remarks the Eisenwald mages made.
"Sure thing, -ebi," Cancer said turning towards the group of Eisenwald mages. The group consisted out of four mages all with swords in their hands. Cancer dashed forward and the sound of snipping and metal clashing could be heard from inside a dust cloud that came up due to the scuffle between the five men. As the dust settled Cancer could be seen striking a pose with his arms crossed in front of his chest in an X and his scissors extended outwards.
"How do you like your new do? –ebi," Cancer asked the mages he just clashed with.
"What happened to my beautiful hair?" one shouted while touching his head.
"My weapon fell apart," another shouted in disbelief watching his sword break into four pieces and falling apart.
"Look at your head," yet another one said to the second one that spoke. The members all commented that something was wrong with the others hair.
"Your all bald," Lucy deadpanned which caused critical damage and all four dark mages fell defeated to the ground.
"That was impressive Lucy," Erza said after she saw Lucy deal with the four men adequately.
"Oh thanks, but it was no big deal," Lucy responded. 'Yes I just totally scored major points with Erza,' Lucy thought in glee happy that a respected member of Fairy Tail praised her and feeling a boost in confidence.
"However this crab spirit of yours the way he calls you '–ebi', I find that quite insulting," Erza continued in a disapproving voice causing Lucy and Cancer to gain looks of fear on their faces.
'Points unscored' Lucy thought dejectedly, while Cancer only managed to stammer out a fearful "Sorry, uhm… Ma'am," while the two scooted away from the redhead.
"Still so many, I thought we took care of most of them," Erza said as she looked at the large number of dark mages still standing.
"Annoying, but I'll take them out," She said before her whole body becomes covered in a bright golden glow while she called out "Re-equip Heavens Wheel Armour".
"Wow her armour is disappearing," the men commented with hearts in their eyes.
As the light died down Erza now had a set of armour on that seemed to be made entirely out of silver metal. The upper part of the armour consisted of a small, revealing breastplate that extends along her hips, composed of feather-shaped plates pointing upwards with a large metal flower on the front, leaving the top of her breasts exposed as well as her stomach. Her biceps are covered in metal straps and very large gauntlets plated with feather-shaped metal adorned her hands. Her waist is circled by large, decorated plates reminiscent of feathers that lie on a long skirt. She wears a pair of plated boots that is partially hidden by the skirt with ornamental wings one each one. On her neck is a neck guard made of the feather-like plates and a tiara with prominent metal wings adorns her head. The armour is completed with two pairs of metal wings composed of metal feathers which get longer and larger at the edges.
As she donned her Heavens Wheel Armour she got all sorts of praise for her beauty from the men and Lucy.
"Now, dance my blades," Erza called out as she floated up in the air and made multiple swords appear in a circle around her while facing outwards. They started spinning around her, brimming with magical energy giving off a terrifying image to the poor souls that were her target.
"I knew it, it has to be her," the fat green-haired man said as he looked up at Erza.
"Circle Sword" Erza called out sending the blades spinning towards the large group of dark mages taking out all but two.
"Wow, she took all of them out with a single strike," Lucy said with a mixture of fear, respect and admiration in her eyes which were stretched wide open.
"All right, that's enough. You're dealing with me now," the tall dark-haired man with whiskers called out as he charged magic into his fists and jumped at Erza.
"Don't do it, Byard. Do you have any idea who that woman is?" the fat green-haired tried to warn his comrade. Erza easily took her attacker down with once strike causing him to fall to the ground with a hard thud.
"That is Erza 'Titania' Scarlet, Queen of the Fairies," the fat green-haired man finished with a look of fear on his face.
Erza re-quipped back into her normal Heart Kruez armour surrounded by her defeated foes. Lucy fangirled over how amazing Erza was while the fat green-haired man ran off out of the main lobby.
"I would imagine he is going to look for Erigor you should follow him," Erza commanded in a calm tone.
"Who me?" Lucy asked fearfully.
"Just do it," Erza commanded with a pissed of look in her eyes losing her calm demeanour from earlier. Lucy quickly ran off in the same direction as her quarry had done a few seconds prior not wanting to antagonise the scary woman she had just seen wipe out most of a dark guild in one strike.
As Lucy left the room they were in Erza sunk to one of her knees with a laboured expression on her face.
'I overdid it on the magic mobile. Please boys, please don't fail me,' Erza thought as she went to one of the benches that were still intact to catch her breath while thinking about Gray and Elfman who was on the hunt for Erigor. She took this time to tie up all the defeated Eisenwald mages so that they would not be a problem later on and the authorities could take them away. As she sat down she senses a strange presence behind her.
"Who goes there?" Erza called out but got no answer.
"If you don't reveal yourself right now I will come over there and beat you into submission," Erza threatened but still got no response. She stood up and walked to where she thought she sensed the presence and looked around but could not see anything and when she tried to sense the presence she couldn't detect anything. So she just chalked it up to her being exhausted. She moved to the upper balcony off the train station to search for a handheld loudspeaker so that she can warn the crowd that had gathered outside of the danger they were in.
As Erza left the area a grey cloaked figure materialised from the shadows.
'It seems like they have fallen for Erigor's trap. His target isn't the town of Oshibana at all. To get the point he is trying to make across he will have to target people who are much more prominent in the Magic World. And considering that he hijacked a train and led it to here there is only one place I can think of that he would want to hit… Clover town,' the shadowy figure pieced together Erigor's plan. It was no secret that the masters of the magic guilds had a meeting at Clover town this time of the month so it was easy to figure out Erigor's 'master plan'.
A spike in magical energy alerted the figure that something was happening outside of the station and they quickly made their way outside.
-A few moments earlier with Erza outside of the Station-
"If you value your lives you will leave this place at once. The dark guild Eisenwald has taken over this station and is threatening to broadcast a deadly spell over the loudspeaker that would kill everyone here. I beg you to run as far as you can," Erza said through her handheld loudspeaker.
As the crowd ran away Erza stood there thinking about what Erigor might do next when she felt a spike in magical energy behind her. As she turned around she saw a massive tornado covering the entire station acting like some kind of wind barrier.
-With Gray and Elfman right after Erza sent them after Erigor-
Gray and Elfman are running along a corridor.
"Why does she always have to be so freaking bossy?" Gray vented some pent up frustration.
"Yeah, it's more manly to ask us instead of ordering us around," Elfman agreed. Now they would never try and say this to Ezra herself but they can still have their own personal thoughts. That was when they came upon a T-junction in the corridor.
"Which way do we go?" Gray asked as they came to a halt.
"I guess we will have to split up," Elfman said. In silent agreement they each turned to one of the corridors.
"Elfman, we are up against an evil freak who is preparing to unleash a deadly spell, if you find him give him a thrashing," Gray said as he looked at Elfman over his shoulder with a grin.
"I'll show him just how manly I am," Elfman grinned back while flexing his muscles. Whit that said they took off.
Gray was running down his corridor when he passed a loudspeaker and an idea came to mind.
'If they are planning to broadcast the spell they will have to do it from the broadcast studio. Sorry, Elfman, I think I will be the one to show Erigor the strength of Fairy Tail,' Gray thought with a wicked grin on his face at the prospect of beating the 'Shinigami' into a pulp.
He quickly found his way to the broadcasting studio with the help of some handy signs. Now he was standing in front of a wooden door with a red label reading 'Studio'.
"What's the etiquette in these situations? Do I knock?" Gray asked himself out loud before coming to a realisation, "Hold on a minute since when did Fairy Tail mages ask the bad guys for permission to enter?" he asked himself with a grin as he lifted his foot.
The wooden door split in two as a result of Gray's powerful kick. As he walked in he looked around only seeing some recording equipment and some papers with various announcements on them but no evil 'Shinigami or death flute.
'There's no one here, maybe I was wrong about him broadcasting over the station's PA?' Gray thought to himself.
One of the ceiling sections behind Gray slowly slid open and from the dark depths came a yellow and black striped hooded figure with an evil grin on his face. The figure was upside down as it emerged from the ceiling. The figure extended his hand out in front of himself as black bandages began rising around his fingers.
Out of instinct alone, Gray rolled forward narrowly dodging a barrage of black bandages that broke the concrete floor into pieces. Gray quickly found his footing and turned around to see Rayule hanging from the roof with his bandages on his right hand while the ones on his left hand floated around as if they were alive.
"That was a pretty good guess pal, but unfortunately for you, our plan isn't as obvious as you might think," Rayule said still hanging from the roof.
"So tell me what the plan is and you won't get hurt," Gray replied with a grin that would fit perfectly on an evil maniac's face.
Rayule used his bandages as extensions of his hands and used them to swipe at Gray. The black bandages were a lot more durable than you would initially think, seeing as the impact they made with the concrete floor ended up with a shattered ground and unaffected bandages. Gray barrel rolled out of the way of the strikes.
"There is no escape from my Urumi," Rayule yelled out as he sent the bandages all around Gray so that they would be striking him from every side. Gray widened his stance and placed his right hand which was in a fist on top of his open left hand that was facing upwards and rose them up in front of himself with his eyes closed. An icy aura emitted around him chilling the small broadcasting room.
"Ice-Make: Shield" he called out as he opened his eyes and threw his arms out so that he was standing in an X formation. A large shield of ice quickly expanded in front of him with a shape that is vaguely reminiscent of a flower. The shield successfully blocked the4e incoming attack.
"This punk uses Ice Magic," Rayule stated in annoyance before slashing his bandages at Gray once more. Gray countered by shouting out "Ice-Make: Knuckle" creating multiple large fists of ice that shot out of the ground in front of Rayule hitting him and sending him flying. Rayule made contact with the wall and it gave way leaving a hole in the wall.
"This is your last chance to tell me what you are planning," Gray said as he stood in the newly made hole in the wall.
"I know you are not going to broadcast the Lullaby over the PA system since Erigor isn't here," Gray said as he made his way through the hole.
"Erigor's magic sealing barrier should be active by now," Rayule chuckled as he caught his breath while crouching on one knee.
"Erigor's what?" Gray asked with a trace amount of concern lased in his voice.
"He's created a wind barrier to keep your flies from escaping," Rayule laughed maniacally. Gray ran up to him, grabbing him by the collar and ramming him against the wall.
"Why don't I get straight to the point here buddy? Tell me what the plan is or else…" Gray threatened with an angered expression on his face.
"We knew you pests would be a problem once we caught wind that you were after us. So we lured you here and trapped you. The only reason we took over this station is to block traffic to the final stop. We didn't want any trains reaching Clover Station," Rayule explained their plan with a smug grin.
"Oh yeah, and why would you do that?" Gray asked giving Rayule an intense glare.
"Because that is where it's going down. Clover is just beyond the giant canyon and this train line is the only way in and out of town unless you're able to fly like Erigor," Rayule further explained still keeping his smug grin.
"So Lullaby is in clover then," Gray stated.
"You know what else is in Clover right now? Think hard and you'll get it" Rayule asked gaining a devious glint in his eyes. While talking to Gray he quietly extended the bandages on his fingers without Gray realising what he was busy doing. Before Gray could reply, Rayule swung his now extended bandages at Gray sending him tumbling back.
'Clover? That's where the guild master's conference is being held. So this was their plan all along, their targeting the guild masters' Gray thought causing a concerned look to appear across his face.
"So you finally figured it out? Well, it's too late to stop us now," Rayule said with a laugh while shifting into a battle stance as Gray recovered from the hit. He launched himself at Gray once again scoring another hit that sent Gray skidding further back.
"You Eisenwald thugs must be pretty brave taking on such a powerful group of wizards," Gray said as he defended himself by crossing his arms across his chest in an X.
"Those ignorant old fools won't even know what hit them once Lullaby's song starts playing. There's no way Erigor's plan will fail," Rayule replied swiping his bandages for another attack, wrapping his bandages around Gray effectively immobilising him.
"And you and your fairy friends are stuck in this station. There is nothing you can do about it. Soon we will have our revenge on everyone who wanted to keep us down. When we're done they will be completely wiped out," Rayule gloated with an insane look on his face.
While struggling against the bandages he started to release his magic around him. This caused the bandages to freeze over making it easy for Gray to break out of his constraints since he had control over the ice that covered it. Rayule gained a slight amount of worry at seeing his bandages freezing over and shattering.
"That's not going to happen," Gray retorted and further extending the effects of his magic. This caused Rayule's feet to start freezing. The ice layer quickly grew all over his body.
"Now get this straight, when you mess with the guild masters you mess with the rest of us too. They may be 'old fools' as you said but they are the closest thing we have to parents," Gray said while walking up to Rayule who was unable to move due to his legs and left arm being covered in ice.
Gray then grabbed him by the face and blasted him with ice. The ice-covered what was previously untouched by the ice now covered in it. Gray made his way back to the lobby to inform Erza of what he had learned leaving an ice-covered Rayule in the broadcasting studio.
"When I get my hands on them I'll show them that Fairy Tail can be much more terrifying than some dark guild," Gray vowed as he exited the studio.
-Outside the wind barrier with Erza-
Erza stared in horror at the massive wind barrier that was now around the station realising that there is a chance that her guildmates wouldn't be able to get out. Erigor appeared in the sky behind Erza and started charging up a deadly attack.
"I would have loved to fight the Queen of the Fairies, but unfortunately I have other arrangements. So I'll just have to kill you right here," Erigor said making Erza spin around just in time to see the fully charged attack.
"Decapitating wind edge" Erigor shouted sending the deadly wave of wind magic at Erza. Erza still wasn't able to restore most of her magical power since her previous fight and all she could do is cross her arms in front of her and hope she could survive the deadly blow. She closed her eyes and waited for the blow.
A shadowy figure, that was making its way to Erigor saw the attack approaching Erza and determined that it was potentially fatal. The figure dashed into her at an insane speed, knocking her out of the path of the attack saving her life. The impact took both of them through the barrier where the figure landed next to Erza.
Erza felt someone's body barrelling into her and flinging her through the wind barrier. She landed on the hard floor with a grunt.
"Are you all right Miss?" the figure asked as it stood up. Erza looked over to the person who pushed her out of the way of the deadly attack. From the voice, she could determine that it was a man that had saved her. She saw the man was clad in a grey cloak, black pants and combat boots, she could see that this man had an open jacket and nothing underneath. As she looked up at her saviour's face she saw a grey scaly scarf around the man's neck but it seemed as if the shadows itself concealed his face.
"I'm fine thank, you Mister…" Erza trailed off hoping that this man would tell her his name.
"That's good, unfortunately, it seems like we are now trapped behind this barrier," the man said as he looked at the wind barrier.
"Would you show me your face? I would like to thank the man that saved me face to face," Erza inquired curiously about how the man looked under his hood. There was a moment of silence that seems to starch on forever. Before Erza could speak up the man spoke first.
"I guess it won't do any harm considering who you are," the man said and reached to his hood to remove it. Erza looked at the man's handsome face and unique pink hair. She wanted to ask him about his hair and the large scar that ran across his left eye.
"Before you ask I can still see from my left eye," the man said as he felt her gaze lingering on the scar.
"Who are you?" Erza asked as she stood up.
"What do they call me here again?" the man asked himself. Erza wondered what he meant by 'call me here' but opted to wait for him to answer on his own time. She continued to observe him trying to get a feel for his magic or intentions. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't able to sense what kind of magic he sued only that he had some, as for his intentions all she could see was a thoughtful look on his face.
"I believe here in Fiore I am known as 'Death Walker'," 'Death Walker' replied. Erza froze when she heard that moniker. The man standing in front of her was the man who took out some of the most powerful dark guilds, just under the top three, in Fiore on his own and exposed numerous corrupt officials throughout the Magic Council.
"You are 'Death Walker'?" Erza asked in shock summoning a sword and falling into a fighting stance. Even though she was still not recovered she would stand her ground until the end as a Fairy Tail mage.
"Calm down Miss, I just saved your life so why would I suddenly decide to attack you now?" 'Death Walker' asked in a neutral tone not afraid of the woman who just armed herself with a sword and pointing said sword in his direction.
"My name is Erza Scarlet but some call me 'Titania'," Erza introduced herself after thinking over his words and realising that he wasn't going to attack her.
"Nice to meet you," 'Death Walker' replied with a toothy grin.
"Aren't you going to tell me your name?" Erza asked a bit irritated that the man didn't return her greeting in the way she wanted him to.
"You haven't gained my trust just yet," 'Death Walker' replied while walking up to the barrier and examining it.
"Why you," Erza muttered under her breath and once again raised her sword, this time to teach the man some manners.
"Sheath your blade 'Titania' you know that you aren't in fighting condition, and with what that sad excuse for a 'Shinigami' has planned you will need all your strength if you want to face him, I am only interested in one specific part of his plan," 'Death Walker' told Erza without taking his studying gaze off the wind barrier.
"Do you know what Erigor is planning? I demand you tell me now," Erza ordered advancing on the man and placing her sword against the back of his neck. 'Death Walker' enveloped his body with a black and purple aura and his power spiked to unbelievable levels. Erza stumbled back at this sudden increase in power. It far surpassed her own and the feeling of death flowed out of the man in front of her.
"Don't antagonise those that you know nothing about 'Titania' otherwise you will not like the consequences," 'Death Walker' said in an icy cold voice. "Death God's Decaying Advance" he called out and he was covered with a purple and black energy layer and dashed through the barrier vanishing from Erza's sight.
"Erza are you okay?" Gray shouted with concern as he appeared from the corridor he had disappeared into when he pursued Erigor. He felt the aura of death that 'Death Walker' released before he dashed out of the barrier but he didn't see it as he was still in the corridor.
"I'm fine but I have something to tell you," Erza said with a bit of fear in her voice.
"So do I," Gray said. He was worried about the fear he heard in Erza's voice and wondered if she learned of Erigor's plan or if it was due to whatever caused that aura of death.
-With Elfman just after he and Gray split up-
Elfman ran down the corridor and whenever he would come across a door he would smash right through it while yelling "Manly". Kageyama came out of the shadows behind Elfman.
'Does this guy know how to use doors?' he thought to himself as he followed Elfman who was rampaging as he sunk into the shadows once again.
'Now that Erigor is out safely and the wind barrier is up this muscle head doesn't pose much of a threat. I could just let him go, but where would the fun be in that?' Kageyama thought to himself.
As Elfman entered the last room in the corridor with a shout of "Manly" he sensed some magic behind him. Before he could turn around however he heard a shout of "Knuckle Shadow" and felt multiple punches on his back sending him flying into the boxes that were stacked on the far end of the room.
"I'm sorry but I had to get you back for that time you prevented me from hitting that blond bimbo," Kageyama mocked the white-haired giant. Elfman slowly rose from the shattered remains of the boxes that he had crashed into.
"Sneak attacks aren't manly," Elfman yelled as he pulled his head out of a box.
"I want to teach you a lesson on being manly but I don't have time for that right now. So tell me where Erigor is," Elfman said.
"Well if you really want to know you'll have to beat it out of me," Kageyama said as he formed fists out of the shadows underneath him and yelled "Knuckle Shadow". Elfman crossed his arms in front of him to block the blow.
"So I get to show you how manly I am and I get the information I want, now that's killing two birds with one stone," Elfman smirked. Elfman tanked the next few shadow fists that came his way shaking them off as if they did not even faze him. "Snake Shadow" Kageyama called out sending multiple shadow snakes towards Elfman.
"Try and tank this Fairy. They'll tear you to pieces," Kageyama taunted. "Take-over: Beast Arm: Iron Bull" Elfman called out and swiped all the shadow snakes away with his, now iron arm.
"He beat them all with one swipe, impossible," Kageyama called out in disbelief as his attack was easily neutralised.
"Are you ready to answer my questions now? If not I can show you how manly I am," Elfman asked as he flexed his muscles.
Before Kageyama could answer or retort he felt a familiar and terrifying aura that felt like death itself. Elfman felt a shiver run down his spine as he felt the aura as well.
"What the hell was that… death is not manly," Elfman wondered before turning back to Kageyama. Kageyama, however, was a stuttering mess in the corned continuously asking himself why 'that monster' was here.
"Stuttering is not manly," Elfman called out as he punched Kageyama in the face knocking him out into the ground creating a crater.
"Now that I showed you how manly I am, tell me where Erigor is," Elfman asked rearing his fist back indicating that if he doesn't get an answer another fist will come for Kageyama.
"You idiot Erigor isn't in this station anymore," Kageyama laughed as he slumped against a nearby wall.
-With Erza and Gray just after 'Death Walker' left-
"You go first Gray," Erza said guessing that what Gray had to say was a higher priority at the moment compared to 'Death Walker'.
"Erigor is targeting the guild masters meeting in Clover and he plans to play the Lullaby there," Gray urgently informed her.
"This is bad this wind barrier seems to be strong," Erza said with worry in her voice quickly pushing all thoughts of 'Death Walker' to the back of her mind for the time being.
"Yeah, have you tried getting through it?" Gray asked. Erza remembered how 'Death Walker' moved through it when he covered himself in a layer of some magic so she tried it. This attempt ended in failure however and a bruised arm for Erza.
"No good, this wind will shred us before we can get through," Erza reported.
"We need someone to dispel it, but unfortunately we don't have someone like that," Gray commented.
"Wait a second that Kageyama guy dispelled the seal that was on Lullaby so maybe he can dispel this barrier, where is he now he was one of the guys who went after you," Erza asked.
"I didn't come across him so that leaves him with Elfman," Gray said.
"Then we have to get to him before he knocks him out cold. Follow me," Erza ordered as she took off down the corridor that Gray came in through.
As the two Fairy Tail mages left the man known as Byard opened his eyes and looked at one of the walls.
"Kuraka, how long are you going to hide back there?" Byard groaned out.
"I'm sorry but I was scared," Kuraka said as he warped out of the wall.
"You must find Kageyama before they do," Byard said.
"No, I can't do it. You know I'm no good in a fight," Kuraka said with a fearful expression.
"Don't worry it's a simple job, even you can handle this," Byard replied while narrowing his eyes with an evil glint in them.
-With Erza and Gray as they closed in on Elfman's location-
"Elfman don't harm him we need him," Erza called out as they neared the mountain of a man. Erza drew her blade and jumped in Elfman's direction.
"I don't know what I did but I'm sorry," Elfman shrieked in fear and falling to the ground ready to do whatever the angry, red-haired woman said. The sound of steel digging into stone was heard from behind him. Erza had plunged her blade into the wall next to Kageyama's head. Fear quickly spread over Kageyama's face.
"You will dispel the wind barrier and you will do so without complaint," Erza said while giving Kageyama a death glare. Kageyama was stunned silent in his fear.
"Just do it, man this chick is a real manly monster," Elfman said to Kageyama with fear in his voice.
"Would you shut up Elfman," Gray said to the cowering man.
"Fine I'll do it," Kageyama said. Right after he finished his sentence his eyes widened and he grunted in pain as a fat hand excited from the side of his stomach.
"Why Kuraka," Kageyama grunted before falling to the ground with a wound where the hand was. Behind where Kageyama stood was the fat body of Kuraka from the waist up coming out of the wall.
'You have to kill Kageyama,' Byard's job repeated itself in the green-haired man's head.
"No, he is our only way out," Gray called out while Erza kneeled next to Kageyama and re-quipped a first aid kit. She quickly started treating the wound while Elfman and Gray pulled stared in horror at the green-haired man in the wall.
"You are the only one who can get us out, don't you dare die on me," Erza said as she treated him.
"How could you do that to one of your friends?" Elfman roared and threw a punch at Kuraka breaking the wall and knocking him out.
"He trusted you and you tried to kill him. Not manly," Elfman roared.
"He can't use his magic in that condition," Gray commented with a defeated look.
"If I force him to, he will," Erza shouted while shaking Kageyama violently causing Gray to sweatdrop.
Lucy came upon this scene and was utterly confused, Erza was shifting between treating Kageyama and shaking him violently, Gray was crouching with a bewildered look on his face and Elfman was shouting things about being 'manly' into a hole in the wall.
The group moved to the entrance of the train station after Kageyama was in a stable condition. Elfman charged into the barrier trying to force his way through.
"Kageyama we really need you to wake up," Erza said to the unconscious man.
"Wait a second, Lucy remember when we went to that rich guy's mansion for your first mission?" Gray asked turning to the blond.
"Yes, but why is that relevant?" Lucy asked.
"Why don't you have Virgo dig a hole for us to escape through?" Gray asked.
"Because I don't have her key and without it, I can't summon her," Lucy said a little annoyed.
"Didn't I give it to you?" Gray asked.
"What you stole Virgo's key?" Lucy yelled angrily.
"No, Virgo gave it to me after that rich guy was arrested. She said she wanted a contract with you since her previous one was now void," Gray quickly explained not wanting to face the wrath of a woman.
"Give it to me," Lucy begged suddenly when she heard Virgo wanted to make a contract with her.
Gray handed over the golden key with the symbol of Virgo on the handle and a heart shape on the other end to Lucy.
"Open gate of the Maiden, Virgo," Lucy called out as she swiped the key first horizontally then vertically down. The sound of a doorbell could be heard and a figure came out of the ground.
That signals the end of chapter three, the current standings for who to pair with Natsu are, Ultear with nine votes, Kagura with three, Erza and Mirajane both with two. At the end of the next chapter, I will announce who will be paired with our Death Dragon God Slayer. Next chapter the question of 'who will fight Erigor' will be answered. Where will Natsu fit into this? And what is it that he has an interest in? Feel free to leave a review and see you in the next chapter.