Chapter 14: The Cursed Island Part 3

Let it be known; I do not own Fairy Tail nor Pokémon which fully belong to their rightful owners. The only thing I own is my OC and this stories plotline.

"Someone speaking"

'Someone thinking'

"Someone/People in a flashback speaking"

"Someone with power talking/Someone using Moves or Magic"

*Someone doing something*

(Comedy effect)

(When I'm talking)

(Speaking through their minds)

-Pokémon speech-

(Last chapter, the thing in ice our group of hero's found was the trapped Demon of Disaster Deliora. They learned about how Gray's teacher used a spell called Iced Shell and sealed Deliora in ice that can't be melted, but in exchange for her life as the price. While they were talking, some people showed up, so they decided to hide. In doing so, the hero's learned about Moon Drip. After tricking the obvious villains, the group decided to wait until nightfall to learn more about Moon Drip. To pass the time Lucy summoned a Celestial Spirit named Lyra, a songstress Spirit, to sing for them. After a bit of an "incident" (learning that Lyra's music goes off on what's in people's hearts), everyone agreed to sleep until night with Jason volunteering to stand watch. Lyra decided that this was a good time to talk to Jay. Turns out that the Celestial Spirit King was aware of his and the Pokémon's presence in their world and upon choosing between killing or watching them, decided on the latter. After telling the Spirit about their reason for coming the temple began to shake, waking everyone up. They saw a beam of light fall from the ceiling on top of the frozen demon. Theorizing that the light is coming from the moon, they raced to the top of the temple, were they found a cult of people casting a spell. Lyra informed everyone that the spell being used was called "Moon Drip". It's the only spell in Earthland that can undo any magic, even Iced Shell! Soon, the leader showed up to see how things were going and Jay sensed something he noticed earlier, the eighth Plate, which was coming from the leader. The leader, dubbed Sub-Zero Emperor, ordered his minions to destroy the village after they were told about "possible intruders". Natsu didn't like that and alerted them to the hero's presence but didn't change their mind about the village. Happy and Lucy were ordered by Jay to get back and warn the villagers, while he, Natsu and Gray delt with the Emperor. The end results were Natsu being frozen in a ball of ice and kicked down the temple, Gray being brutely beaten up and Jay needing to carry his ass outta there. He did learn two things though. One being that the leader is Gray's senior and the Plate is the Icicle Plate, but how are they going to deal with all of this?)

(Insert S.O.W. Sense Of Wonder opening here)

(Jason PoV)

Having needed to retreat or else risk my friend being killed by Lyon's rage, I ran down the temple's side and into the forest. Once felt we were safe, I stopped to catch my breath as I set Gray down.

"That was crazy." I huffed while sitting down myself. "After Gray spoke, Lyon lost it and seemed to forget all about me."

Looking back up at the temple I see the light from Moon Drip was gone.

"Seems like the ritual's over for the night." I said. "Not surprising since the fight did mess it up."

"Which I missed out on!" a voice snapped. "No thanks to Gray, the jerk!"

Looking to my left I see Natsu, still encased in ice, waddling up to us.

"Oh, hey Natsu." I greeted while waving. "I would've thought you'd go to the village after getting kicked down the temple."

"I was but got lost." Natsu explained. "Was gonna climb up to a high spot at the temple to see the direction of the village before running into you guys."

Natsu then looks down at Gray.

"How lame… he got his butt-whupped good." Natsu said.

"To be fair, Gray isn't in the right mind set right now." I defended the ice wizard. "Guys got a lot on his shoulders and can't focus. You wouldn't be able to fight at your best if baggage from your past was suddenly shoved in your face, would you?"

"Hmm… okay fair point." Natsu shrugged the best he could.

"By the way…" I started to ask. "Why are you still in that ice ball?"

"I tried melting the thing but couldn't." Natsu answered.

"Here, let me try something." I said as I got up. "Make sure to plant your feet as well."

"Why?" Natsu asked while doing so.

"Because I don't want you blasting off when I do it." I said, getting in front of Natsu.

"Oh, okay." Replied the fire wizard.

I got into the one-inch punch stance. I took a breath and focused on the Fist Plate to gather fighting energy into my hand.

"Rock Smash!" I yelled.

I punched the ice ball and Natsu slid against the ground a couple inches away. After a few seconds the ice began to crack before shattering and freeing Natsu.

"Alright!" Natsu cheered. "Freedom at last!"

"I guess because with how far you are from Lyon the ice was weakened." I guessed. "Good thing too, since now we don't have to worry about you blowing up."

"Yeah!" Natsu said. "…wait, what do you mean "blowing up"?"

"According to Gray, Lyon could detonate his ice any time as long as it's within range." I answered. "It's the reason he kicked you off in the first place."

"Holy crap, seriously?!" Natsu exclaimed in shock.

"Yup." I said before turning to our friend. "Now let's get him patched up a bit."

I held out my hand.

"Life Dew." I said as the drop of water fell from my hand onto the ground.

The small ripple contacted Gray and healed him a little. He made a grunting sound and opened his eyes, looking at both me and Natsu.

"Natsu… Jay…" Gray groaned.

"How you holding up?" I asked.

"Sore…" Gray answered. "What happened?"

"Lyon focused all his attacks on you." I explained. "It gave me the chance to make a quick exit plan and get us out of there. The light show is finished, and Lyon's probably gone by now."

While I was filling Gray in, Natsu was looking for the way back to the village by climbing a tree.

"Over there!" Natsu pointed at the village. "Let's head out."

He jumped down and grabbed Gray to carry him.

"Wait!" Gray said. "I can walk…"

Neither me nor Natsu really believed him as we looked at each other, but Natsu let go as Gray stood up shakily. Before he could take a step forward, Gray immediately fell, but Natsu grabbed him by the back of his shirt without looking and threw him over his shoulders in the fireman carry.

"We should hurry back to the village." I suggested. "Those minions had a huge head start on us."

"Crap!" Natsu said. "If Lucy's in trouble, it's our fault!"

Gray's eyes widened at what Natsu said. Memories of the past came to his mind. With his teacher…

"Stop! You'll never be able to defeat something like Deliora." Ur exclaimed. "It's impossible for you, Gray!"

and arguing with Natsu back in Hargeon…

"I'm gonna do an S class quest!" Natsu snapped.

"They're called S class for a reason!" Gray argued. "'Cause they're outta your league!"

Gray realized how hypocritical he was being.

"Natsu…" Gray said.

"Huh?" Natsu responded.

"I have no right to say anything to you." Gray said. "No right at all!"

While he tried to hold them back, tears started to run down his face. I was looking at him and felt sorry.

"You gonna sit there mopin' all day 'cause you lost, Gray?!" Natsu yelled. "We're Fairy Tail, damnit!"

Both me and Gray looked at Natsu in surprise.

"The guild that doesn't know the meaning of the word "stop"!" Natsu continued. "We only know how to keep running forward!"

As if to prove his point, Natsu started running toward the direction of the village. Shortly afterwards, I ran to catch up so I wouldn't lose him while thinking.

'Gray… Looking back on everything that's happened. Your reaction and talking about your teacher, to everything Lyon said.' I thought. 'I can only theorise that for some personal reason you fought against Deliora and your master Ur was forced to use Iced Shell to save you. You didn't want them going on the S class quest because it reminded of your choice back then.'

We kept running until we finally saw the village, surprisingly completely fine. Someone must have been doing look out because the gate started to rise.

"Everyone, you okay?" Natsu called out when we saw Lucy, Happy and the villagers.

For some reason, Lucy started to scream upon seeing us.

"Natsu! Jay!" Happy and a couple of villagers exclaimed in shock.

"Stop! Don't come any closer!" Lucy ordered as she waved her hands.

"What?" I asked confused.

"I said stop!" Lucy yelled. "Stop!"

Quickly the two of us skidded to a stop, just shy of entering the village. Lucy then gave a relieved sigh.

'Why did she want us to stop?' I thought to myself.

"What's this?" Natsu asked, looking down.

I also looked down to see what drew his attention and became more confused.

'Is that a pitfall trap?' I questioned.

I then noticed Natsu take a step on it.

"Wait Natsu don't-!" I tried to warn him but…

"Wo-ha!" Natsu exclaimed in shock as he fell through.

"…step on it…" I finished.

I looked up towards the surprised villagers and the dismayed Lucy.

"…Lucy why is there a pitfall trap here?" I asked with a deadpan stare.

"There was someone who actually fell for it." a red skinned villager said.

"Didn't expect that." spoke another villager.

"Failure!" Lucy lamented.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Natsu called out. "Who the hell put a hole here?"

"Lucy, obviously." Happy answered.

"I knew it!" Natsu snapped.

"You've got it all wrong!" Lucy exclaimed.

"I'm glad you, Gray and Jay are safe though!" Happy said.

"There's nothing to be glad about!" Natsu said. "Gray's outta commission!"

"He got beat by the masked guy?" Lucy asked.

"We'll fill you in later, but right now…" I said. "Oi! Does anyone have a long enough rope to get these two outta the pit?"

"Yeah, we'll grab it." a villager responded.

Shortly afterwards, both Natsu and Gray were out of the pit. The villagers carefully placed Gray on the ground.

"Gray…" Lucy said looking at his current state. "Can't you heal him, Jay?"

"My healing is more of a patch work/quick fix." I explained. "He needs proper medicine and rest to fully heal. If I had the Mind Plate, then I'd have a way to heal him better."

"They still haven't shown up yet?" Natsu asked.

I realized who Natsu was talking about.

"Those three minions aren't here yet?" I asked. "I expected them to be."

"True, they're taking their time." Lucy said. "Even though they left for the village before you did, and yet got both got here first."

"Yeah." Natsu agreed. "And it really took us a while too."

"Now's our chance!" Lucy said with determination. "Cover the hole back up, hurry!"

"You're still goin' for the pitfall plan?" both me and Natsu asked, deadpanning.

"What's that?" the red skinned villager asked, pointing in sky.

Everyone looked up and saw something flying towards the village. That "something" was the huge rat from earlier and was spinning its tail to fly.

"There's a flying rat!" the same villager said.

"What's that bucket?" another asked.

"From the sky?!" Lucy exclaimed. "My pitfall's pointless!"

"That's what your focused on?" I asked.

Suddenly, something fell out of the bucket and began to fall towards Lucy.

"Jelly?" the girl questioned.

She was about to catch it when Natsu suddenly tackled her away from it.

"Lucy!" Natsu exclaimed.

The jelly landed on a plant that was behind Lucy… and melted along with the ground.

Everyone looked at the spot with a sense of horror and fear.

"What the heck is that dangerous smell?" Natsu asked.

"It's acid! It melts anything that comes in contact with it!" I answered. 'Those bastards plan on dumping acid on the village?!'

"The bucket is filled with that?!" shouted the red skinned villager.

"They're gonna pour it everywhere!" another exclaimed.

I was looking at the fly rat and could see the minions talking but could hear what was being said. However, noticing Natsu's face it probably wasn't nice.

"What are they saying?" I asked him.

"A bunch of crap about the villagers." he answered. "Acting like they ain't the ones responsible for how they look!"

Then the rat threw the bucket in an arch that spread the acid jelly so it would cover the entire village!

"How are we supposed to defend against this?" Lucy exclaimed.

"Everyone gather into the village center!" Natsu ordered as he ran forward.

"Natsu!" Lucy gasped.

"Happy, let's fly!" Natsu said.

"Aye, sir!" Happy said as he flew towards Natsu.

Natsu jumped high into the air as Happy grabbed the back of his shirt.

"You heard him people!" I yelled. "Get everyone to the center! Help those that can't!"

The villagers started booking it. Kids were scooped up and elders were carried. Some even made sure to grab Gray. Problem is the only one not following instructions was the chief!

"I… I'm not moving from Bobo's grave!" the chief yelled.

"Chief, I understand how you feel, but…" the red villager said as he tried to reason with the old man.

"I'll get him!" I said running back. "You just keep going!"

Natsu and Happy reached the center of the jelly blob.

"With a flaming right hand and a flaming left hand…" Natsu started to say as fire gathered in both his hands. "When you combine the flames together…"

Natsu then slammed the flames together as he created a giant fireball.

"I'll blow it away!" he yelled. "Dazzling Blaze of the Fire Dragon!"

The fireball hit the acid and the force caused a hole in the middle. The acid rained down around the center where everyone had gathered. Well, almost everyone.

"He blasted it outward!" Yuka said surprised.

"He's a fire wizard!" Sherry gasped.

As the acid rained down, a big blob headed towards the village chief and would've hit him if I didn't arrive in time.

"Protect!" I yelled as I slid in front of him.

The green barrier formed around us and Bobo's grave, blocking the acid but caused a smoke screen due to the melted ground.

"Chief!" Red gasped.

When the air cleared, everyone saw we were okay. (Insert *WOW* Fairy Tail version soundtrack)

"You saved Bobo." the chief looked at me.

"I think your son would be sad if you joined him on the other side." I said.

After the acid was all gone, I grabbed the village chieftain and quickly made my way over to the rest.

"Jay!" Lucy said happily.

"The village is totally dissolved." a villager said sadly.

"How awful…" another villager said.

"Is anybody hurt?" one asked.

The village chief looked at his son's grave.

"Bobo's grave…" the old man, happy it's safe.

That is until someone kicked it over causing the chief to gasp in shock. I turned to look and see Yuka, Toby and Sherry making their way toward us. I glared at them.

"We must eliminate all of lord Sub-Zero's enemies." Sherry said without remorse as she flipped her hair. "Even after we tried to mercifully give them an instant death. It seems a lot of blood must be spilled."

"Huh?" Natsu asked.

"50 people in the village. 3 wizards. That should take 20 minutes." Yuka calculated.

"You think so, do you?" I asked while cracking my knuckles. "You shouldn't underestimate us, short stack."

"Let's go!" Natsu said.

"Yeah!" Lucy agreed as she placed her hand on her keyholder.

"I'm going too!" Happy said. "4 wizards!"

"How dare they… How dare they destroy Bobo's grave!" the chief growled. "Unforgivable!"

He was about to attack the minions, if the other villagers hadn't grabbed him in time.

"You can't, Chief!" the red villager said.

"We should all escape from here!" a blue skinned villager said.

"We'll get caught up in a fight between wizards!" a green skinned villager said.

"No!" Chief screamed, wanting to take revenge.

(Third P.o.V.)

He then stopped when Jay put his arm out in front of them. The chief looked at him while Jason's eyes were still on the enemy.

"If your son was here, what do you think he would say?" Jay asked him. "Would he tell you to fight, or tell you to protect the villagers?"

The chief thought over what Jay said before coming to a decision.

"Evacuate the village!" Chief ordered. "Grab whatever items survived on the way!"

"Yes, Chief!" the three villagers that were holding him back said.

The villagers began to run away, except the chief as he looked back at Jay.

"Make sure they pay for what they've done." Chief said.

"Don't worry." Jay said. "We will."

"I can fight too." Gray said as he stood up.

"Gray, you regained consciousness?" Lucy asked.

Natsu and Jason, however, saw that Gray wasn't in any state to fight.

"Get outta here." Natsu told him. "You'll be in our way."

"He's right Gray." Jay said. "Go with the villagers and leave this to us."

"Natsu, Jay, don't underestimate me!" Gray argued while panting.

In response, Natsu punched him hard in the gut.

"The injured should sleep it off." Natsu said.

"You bastard…" Gray grunted as he grabbed Natsu's scarf. "One day I'll…kill…"

Before he could finish, Gray fell unconscious again. Natsu simply held him.

"Why'd he do that?" Lucy asked.

"That's just Natsu's compassion." Happy answered.

"Gray's in no way of shape to fight." Jay said, keeping an eye on the enemy. "Natsu did what he had to do to keep Gray safe. Just like how I'd never make any of my Pokémon fight if they were too injured."

"So that's the bond between Fairy Tail wizards…" Lucy said in awe.

Natsu handed Gray over to a villager, before making his way to stand beside Jay with his arms folded over his chest.

"Take care of Gray, okay?" Lucy asked.

"Leave him to us." the villager promised. "Okay, let's go!"

The villagers started to make their way out of their destroyed home, leaving the wizards, trainer and cat left.

"We won't let you escape." Sherry said with a smile. "Lord Sub-Zero has ordered us to wipe you all out. Angelica!"

Angelica squeaked and did a backflip into the air while catching Sherry in its paws when she jumped. The rat flew over the Fairy Tail members heads to go after the villagers.

"I'm a member of Fairy Tail too…" Lucy announced.

However, in her determination to stop the flying rat… she accidently hitched a ride.

"I got all gung-ho and grabbed on!" Lucy exclaimed when she realized what she did.

"Yup, she's an idiot!" Happy said.

"Lucy!" Jay called out.

"She's nuts!" Natsu said in surprise.

"Stop this instant!" Lucy ordered as she punched the rats clawed foot. "Don't lay a claw on those villagers!"

"Who does she think she is?" Sherry asked.

Seeing as punching wasn't working, Lucy decided on a new strategy.

"How about this?" Lucy asked with a grin as she started tickling the rat's paw.

"That's not going to work, you know." Sherry mocked.

At least that's what she thought until Angelica started to laugh.

"Angelica?" Sherry asked.

The rat was so busy laughing, it couldn't keep its tail spinning as it stopped.

"Huh. Guess its ticklish." Jay commented as the rest of the males were watching from the ground.

"What are you doing?" Sherry asked in shock. "If you stop your tail…"

Angelica started to fall cutting Sherry off and causing her to scream.

"It worked!" Lucy cheered… that is until she realized something. "I'm falling too!"

Everyone saw the rat crash land in the forest.

Both Natsu and Jason sweatdropped at this.

"Someone's gonna be ticked…" Yuka said.

"I'm not ticked!" Toby snapped.

"Not you, idiot." Yuka said.

"She okay, you think?" Natsu asked. "Hope she's not crushed."

"She's probably fine." Jay said. "She was on the opposite end that crashed."

"She'd be dead if she was crushed." Happy said before summoning his wings. "I'll go take a look."

"Right." Natsu said. "Countin' on ya."

"Hold on Happy." Jay said as he pulled out the Moon Ball. "Fang, go with Happy and help Lucy!"

The trainer threw the ball into the air and unleashed my flying scorpion.

"You got it Jay." Fang said. "Let's go Happy."

The two then flew towards the crash sight.

"What was that thing?!" Toby shouted.

"I have no idea." Yuka answered in surprise.

"While they're doing that…" Jay said as they turned to the minions.

"We'll clean things up here." Natsu finished.

The two launched themselves at their opponents with hitting Toby first (Natsu a headbutt and Jay a kick), then blasting Yuka with a Fire Dragon Roar and a Tri Attack.

They skidded to a stop and looked at Yuka, who had created a barrier of some kind to protect himself.

"Those are some ferocious flames you have there." Yuka praised as the barrier dissipated. "Could you be Fairy Tail's Salamander that I've heard rumors about?"

We peaked behind us at Toby to see he had gotten up.

"No average wizard would've been able to block our attacks like that so quickly and calmly." Jay pointed out. "Nor be able to get up as fast as your friend did. Meaning you both and no doubt that girl Sherry were in a guild."

"I'm impressed you're able to figure that out so quickly." Yuka admitted. "You're right, we were once wizards from a well-known guild. You won't beat us so easily. If I mention the wizard guild Lamia Scale, does that ring a bell?"

"Lamia Scale?" Jay asked.

"Exactly, that's where "Hard Iron" Jera was…" Yuka continued to speak…

Until Natsu shot fire at both him and Toby.

"Hey, jerk!" Yuka snapped. "Listen to people while they're talking!"

"Never heard of 'em." Natsu said. "It doesn't matter what guild you're from or who you know. You're getting' in the way of us completing this job. In other words, you're the enemy of Fairy Tail. That's all the reason I need to fight."

"Even more so that you're planning to kill innocent people." Jay said sternly.

"*tch*Toby, you get that guy." Yuka said while pointing at Jason. "I can handle this guy myself."

Toby growled in acknowledgement.

"Guess we got our opponents." Jay said. "Ready?"

"Yeah." Natsu said.

(Jay P.o.V.)

Yuka then thrusted his arm out towards us.

"Wave!" Yuka yelled.

"I'll blow that away!" Natsu said as he lit his arm on fire, but then gasped for some reason. "Jay, move!"

Trusting his advice, the both of us leaped out of the way of the attack. It had just missed hitting Toby who as behind us.

"Ah, so you've noticed what it was." Yuka said.

In response, Natsu blew fire at him from his mouth.

"Wave!" Yuka said blocking it again.

'How does he keep blocking Natsu's attack like that?' I asked myself until a thought entered my mind. 'Or maybe he's not blocking but negating instead!'

"The vibrations I create can neutralize any type of magic!" Yuka exclaimed. "In other words… Magic that is impregnable to magic!"

"So that's why my instincts said I couldn't block that attack with fire." Natsu grunted while wiping his cheek.

"While I was in Lamia Scale, I specialized in facing off against other wizards." Yuka informed us. "I think you can see why. It's because all wizards are powerless before me!"

He launched two orbs of his Wave magic at Natsu, who jumped to dodge.

"We'll see about that!" Natsu said as he attacked with a flaming fist.

I know Natsu would be fine, so I turn my attention to my own opponent.

"Your friend is lucky!" Toby shouted. "I'm stronger than Yuka, see!"

"Oh yeah?" I asked while getting in a fighter's stance.

"Paralyze-Claw: Mega-Jellyfish!" Toby yelled as his fingernails became green claws. "These claws have got a secret hidden within them!"

"… They'll paralyze anyone." I stated with a deadpan.

"How did he know?" Toby asked himself in shock. "You're one amazing wizard!"

"And you're an idiot." I responded.

"Don't call me an idiot!" Toby snapped as he lunged with a swipe at me.

"Whoa!" I said as I dodged.

The dog man kept trying to hit me, but I was able to keep dodging his attacks thanks to all my sparing sessions with my Pokémon.

"One touch from these claws, and it's all over!" Toby shouted. "You'll be shaking like a leaf waiting only for death!"

"Does that also include yourself?" I asked.

"That's right!" Toby, being the idiot he was, answered.

'He's a complete idiot.' I thought. "What's that on your forehead?"

Confused, Toby stopped attacking and touched his forehead… without turning off his Paralyze-Claw.

*Stab*

Toby yelled as he was shocked by his own magic and fell on his back with a whine.

I sighed.

"Finished already Jay?" I heard Natsu ask.

I turn to look at Natsu and see Yuka knocked out.

"Yup." I responded. "Figured out a way past his Wave magic?"

"Yeah!" Natsu said with a smirk. "Physical attacks can't be stopped and while magic might not work inside those waves of his, but they do outside of it."

"…You stuck a part of your arm in the waves then propelled it with fire magic, didn't you?" I asked him.

"Got it in one." Natsu said with a grin. "How 'bout you?"

"He's an idiot, so I tricked him into stabbing himself." I answered.

"Yeah, definitely an idiot." Natsu agreed.

We walked over to Bobo's grave and fixed it.

"Those guys really did some pretty terrible stuff." Natsu said as he put the tombstone back in place. "But we're gonna make sure the village and everyone goes back to the way they were."

"Bet on it." I spoke. "We'll get you justice, Bobo."

After that we made our way out of the ruined village.

"So what's the plan?" I asked.

"I'm gonna head back to the temple." Natsu said.

"To kick Lyon's ass, right?" I asked.

"Damn straight!" Natsu said. "I didn't get a chance to fight that guy!"

"Well, I think you should hold off from doing that." I said. "For now, at least."

"Why?" Natsu asked.

"Think about it." I said. "If your too busy fighting him, then those cultists will just revive Deliora. And seeing as how skilled his is plus having the Icicle Plate that gives his magic power a boost, Deliora will be revived tomorrow night.

"He has one of the Plates?" Natsu asked in surprise.

I nodded in response.

Natsu actually thought about what I said, right before his eyes widened and a smirk appeared on his lips.

"I just came up with an idea." he said.

"Which is…?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

Natsu leaned to my ear and whispered. After hearing what he had in mind, I was impressed. Even more so since it's Natsu we're talking about here!

"That's… ingenious." I said with eyes widened.

"Right?" Natsu said with a smile. "This way, that Demon will stay on ice!"

"I'll go check on the villagers then head to the temple myself." I said. "I already have a plan to get the Plate from Lyon."

"Alright, see you then man!" Natsu said.

The two of us fist bumped and headed in separate directions. I hoped Lucy was okay but wasn't worried as Happy and Fang went to help her. Soon I came across a makeshift camp made by the villagers. They were happy to see I was okay and told me were Gray was being kept. Upon entering the tent, I met a blue skinned female that's been taking care of Gray and even treated his wounds. Knowing Gray was okay, I left to help any villagers that needed it. I even brought out my Pokémon, not wanting to any chances in case Lyon sends more people after the villagers. They were surprised and scared of them first but quickly warmed up to my team when they saw the kids playing with some of them. I told the red skinned villager about Fang and to keep a look out for her, Lucy and Happy and to let me know when they come back. I then went to an unoccupied tent to take a nap. It's been a long night.

"Jason. Jason." a voice said, waking me up.

Opening my eyes, I see the red villager.

"What is it?" I asked, groggy.

"Lucy and Happy have returned." he informed. "Along with the one you described as Fang."

"Really?" I asked. "That's great! Are they okay?"

"I…guess?" he said unsured.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, there was another person with them." he said.

"Another person?" I asked. "What did they look like?"

"They were female." Red started speaking. "She had armor on and had red hair."

I knew instantly who he was talking about and got up from the mat.

"I'll take care of it, thank you." I said.

He nodded and when we exited the tent, told me where to find them before leaving. I made my way through the camp and saw Fang. Well, Fang saw me first.

"Jay!" Fang cheered as she landed on my back.

"Hey Fang." I greeted her. "Did everything go okay?"

"Yeah." she said. "Lucy even became stronger because of it."

"That's good to hear." I said, relieved.

"Jay, you should know that…" Fang tried to tell me, but I interrupted.

"I know." I said. "A villager told me that she's here. Guess Master sent her when me and Gray didn't come back. Anyways, tell everyone to gather up after I'm done, okay?"

"You got it!" Fang said with a salute and jumped into the air.

I continued my walk and came to the designated tent. I took a breath and entered. Upon entering, I see three individuals. Two of which are tied up.

"Hey Lucy, hey Happy." I greeted them. "You both doing okay?"

"Jay!" Lucy cried.

"Help us!" Happy begged.

I then turned to the third person in the tent.

"Hello Erza." I greeted. "How've you been?"

Said person gave me a hard look.

"Jason…" Erza said. "We need to talk."

(Insert Tsuioku Merry-Go-Round)

(TO BE COUNTIUED)

(And there's part 3 done. I feel like this is a good place to stop for now. The minions have been defeated and plans have been made. Erza has arrived and she is not happy (not the cat). Also, next week is my Birthday! Other then that; Like always, write what you think in the reviews!)