"Do you get it now, you brat? Flame can never defeat wind!" Erigor boasted as the wind around them begins to intensify.
"You son of a bitch. It's almost like a typhoon." Natsu shouts as he can barely stand.
"Your flames can no longer touch me! Eat this! Storm Shred!" Wind blades fire at Natsu, but he dodges all of them.
Natsu heads on to attack Erigor with an ignited fist, but Erigor pushes him back with his Wind Mail. smirking as Natsu crashes on the railroad.
"I can't get close enough to lay a punch on this guy." Natsu says aloud. "If I don't do something fast, this isn't going to end well."
"What's the matter, punk? That all you got? I thought you'd be a bit matter. I'll end this now. Emera Barem." The wind begins to increase as Erigor points to the sky. "My soaring phoenix magic rips everything to shred."
"Natsu!" Happy shouts. "That's a dangerous spell; whatever you do, don't let it touch you."
Erigor launches his Emera Barem; wind launches, hitting Natsu, sending him flying back.
"I'm impressed." Erigor mused. "Normally, that spell tears anyone struck by it to shreds; I guess you're good for a young wizard."
"Don't worry, once I play the melody of Lullaby for those old guild fools, they'll join you in eternal rest."
"All you talk about is that stupid flute!" Natsu shouts as he stands up, tearing off his clothes. "if you want to kill anyone, you gotta get through me."
"You tell 'em, Natsu!" Happy shouts with glee.
Natsu jumps to attempt to punch Erigor again but is pushed back by his storm veil, causing him to fly around.
"Damn, Damn it! Why can't I get close to him?! That's it; I can't stand it! You son of a bitch!" Natsu shouts as his flames begin to increase
'What's this?' Erigor asks. 'The angrier he gets, the more intense his flames become.'
"Woah, he's doing it. He's changing the direction of the wind." Natsu starts destroying the train tracks, and Erigor's wind gets pulled toward Natsu.
"Flames of emotion!" Erigor shouts. "That's an ancient and powerful spell; where did this damn kid learn it." Erigor notices that his storm mail is starting to go towards Natsu. "My wind is heading towards him."
"Wait, that's it." Happy turns to Natsu.
"hey Natsu!" He shouts, and an already angry Natsu looks at him. "You stink; you should leave it to Gray." This makes Natsu even more furious, making the fire surrounding him even bigger
the wind from Erigor's storm mail disappears as Natsu's flames continue to grow "you bastard."
'The super-heated air around Natsu moves upward extremely fast, creating an area of low wind that blows toward areas of low pressure!' Happy thinks in his head
'His fire magic is so strong. Surely, he couldn't be.' Erigor starts.
"I'm taking you down." Natsu launches himself into the air and punches Erigor in the abdomen. "Fire Dragon Sword Horn." He then launches a stream of fire that launches Erigor into the air.
'A dragon slayer, they truly exist.' Erigor thought as he landed on the ground unconscious.
"You like that Happy?" Natsu asked.
"You showed him that you'll get toasted if you mess with the fire dragon." Happy exclaims.
"You weren't too sure of me a minute ago," Natsu tells him.
"Cats have a bad short-term memory." Happy told the pink-haired boy.
"You said I couldn't win, so leave it to Erza or something like that." Natsu told him.
"Wow, your memory must be worse than mine, I said Gray, not Erza." Happy told him. "But that doesn't matter because you won, Natsu."
Natsu gave off a big grin. "Yeah, I guess I did" he placed his arms on his head. "Though I'm not sure how I pulled off that last attack."
"I guess you're that awesome!" Happy shouts.
"Yeah."
The Lullaby's eyes began to glow as they shifted to the side.
"Natsu!" A voice shouted, and the Flute's eyes quickly disappeared.
"Hey, you guys just missed me beating Erigor!" Natsu shouted as he said Lucy, Erza, Gray, and Kage ride up to him.
"Good job." Erza said as she tried to stand out of the magic mobile. Lucy ran to her side and slung her arm over her shoulder
"You going to be okay, Erza?" She asked
"I'll be fine." Erza told Lucy.
'No way.' Kage said to himself. 'Erigor never loses.' The sound of the flute catches Kage's attention as he looks at its glowing eyes.
"I can't believe you had such a hard time with this guy." Gray told Natsu.
"I never said that." Natsu shot back. "I took care of him, didn't I."
"I was worried for a second there."
"You look pretty stupid wearing a scarf while you're half-naked." Gray told him while he wasn't wearing a shirt.
"As if you can talk, Lucy give me your clothes!" Natsu shouts.
"In your dreams!" Lucy shouted, causing Erza to laugh.
"Anyway, well done, Natsu." Erza stood up, feeling a little better than she did a few moments ago. "What do you guys say? We stop by the conference and ask the guild master what to do with the flute."
Natsu grew a bare look on his face. "Um, well."
Before he could answer, Kageyama suddenly steals the Magic Four-Wheeler, and the Lullaby flute. "Shouldn't have let your guard down!" Kage shouts as he dashes onward to Clover. leaving the wizards shocked
"That jerk."
"This is how he thanks us for saving him."
"After him."
According to a report, someone is targeting the guild masters at their regular meeting; we'll head there now and round them up in one stroke! It doesn't matter if they're wizards."
"We'll show them just how scary the Fiore Army can be!"
"Yes, sir."
Kage stood on top of a hill overlooking the guild conference building, the night sky shining over the head. "The sound of the lullaby should reach them from this distance, no problem."
"What are you doing!" A voice calls out, scaring Kage; he turns to see Mavis standing behind him with a questioning look in her eye. "Those injures are pretty serious; you shouldn't be walking around." She said in a lovely warm voice.
"Oh well, the hospital wouldn't let me play my flute." Kage lied, hoping she would believe him. "Actually, if you don't mind can I play you a song."
"I'd love to hear a song."
"That's great." he said warmly before it turned to a sinister grin, 'You're dead.'
Kage raised the flute to begin to play but froze; his body began to shake, and his hands started to become sweaty. 'Who would want to join a legal guild anyway.' Rayule's voice played through his head. 'Lullaby will be our ticket at revenge for those who wronged us.'
'Killing innocents isn't going to get your rights back.' Lucy's voice then filled his head; he remembered how Natsu, Erza, Gray and Lucy were risking everything to save him. 'He's one of your friends, and you tried to kill him.'
Natsu, Erza, Gray, and Lucy made and saw Kage about to play the song.
"There he is."
"Oh no, Mavis!" Lucy shouted.
"Who's that? "Gray and Erza ask in unison.
"We need to." She was stopped when Natsu placed a hand in front of her. "Natsu, what are you doing."
"Just watch." Natsu smiled. "we're about to get to the good part."
"Well, what do we have here." Bob then pops up, being the group of Wizards, startling them as he crept closer. "Now what naughty things were y'all about to do, hmm."
He then turns to Natsu and Gray, freaking them out even more. "MM, aren't you boys yummy." Causing them to shriek and shudder while holding each other.
"Who's that?" Lucy asks, coming from behind Erza.
"That's master Bob." Erza told her. "Leader of Blue Pegasus."
"That weirdo is the leader of the Blue Pegasus Guild." Lucy said, backing away.
"Come on, Bob, stop messing with them." A voice called out. The two turned to see that voice belonged to Goldmine. "Nice to meet you two young ladies."
Meanwhile, Mavis stood patiently waiting for Kage to start.
"Don't be nervous." She said in a sweet and innocent voice.
'Just one song.' Kage thought. 'One song, and I can change everything.'
"Nothing will change." Mavis said, shocking the boy.
"We can't change the fact that we are human." Mavis told him. "That life often won't go the way we expect."
"We humans are weak by nature, and in fact, the reason we seek so much power is because we are afraid of accepting that." Mavis told him, causing Natsu and the others to smile.
"Which is why we have friends when surrounded by people you care about, it draws out strengths in you that you didn't even know you had." Mavis told him as the rest of the guild masters started to come out of the building
"You may stumble, you may fall, but as long as you hold to yourself, you should never be alone and live your life by it. don't let that flute stand in your way." Mavis told Kage, giving him a warm smile
The flute is then promptly dropped to the ground as Kage's knees to Mavis, "I surrender to you."
"I don't believe it." Erza said. She felt her eyes tear up as Natsu promptly ran to Mavis's side.
"Good job, you stopped him." Natsu said, congratulating her.
"There you are, Natsu." Mavis said, half surprised. "And where's Happy and Lucy."
"Oh, they're over there." Natsu said, pointing to the group.
Soon a black light shoots from the eyes of the Lullaby flute, shocking everyone.
"Hahahaha, I've grown tired of you cowardly wizards and your antics."
Soon purple lightning fills the air as clouds begin to swirl in a circle. "I can no longer hold back; I shall come forth to devour you myself."
A large wooden monster then appears towering over the entire area. "I shall feast on your pitiful souls."
"What is that thing!" Kage shouts. "Erigor never said anything about a monster."
"We're in a pickle." Bob says.
"It must be a demon from the book of Zeref." Goldmine answers.
People started to run, scared as Lullaby towered over them. It's face begins to shift with glee as it sees its prey.
"Why did the flute turn into a monster?" Lucy asked, confused.
"That's Lullaby's' true form." Goldmine explained. "Living magic, Zeref's specialty."
"Zeref." They all said in unison.
"He is the evilest wizard the world has ever known." Master Bob told him. "He was mighty in his day, but in my wildest dreams, I never thought his dark legacy would pop up again."
"Now, which one of your delectable souls will I dine on first." Lullaby said
"Delectable, huh." Natsu said. "Do you think souls are that tasty?" He asked with his mouth drooling.
"How should I know?" Gray asked, annoyed.
"Always thinking about food." Lucy muttered.
"Natsu and Gray go protect the guild masters!" Erza shouted.
"Don't give me orders." Natsu told her.
"You're not the boss of me." Gray said.
"We don't have time for this!" Erza shouted to the two. "Just do as I say."
"Oh, come on, guys, we've gotten along this far." Lucy said, sighing.
Meanwhile, the Fiore army had appeared and taken sighting of the demon.
"No giant wooden demon's going to frighten the Fiore army!" The captain shouted. "Charge."
"You doubt my power!" Lullaby shouted. "I'll prove it!" Lullaby then shouted out a beam from its mouth, which leveled an entire mountain
"Um, captain, are we scared now?" A soldier asked.
"Now, men." The captain said.
"Retreat, run for your lives!" The captain shouted as he and his soldiers ran away.
"Let those cowards run." Lullaby said as it turned its attention back to the wizards. "I prefer the taste of a wizard soul, and I will consume all of yours."
"Oh, yeah I'd like to see you try!" Natsu shouted.
"Good luck!" The guild masters shouted.
"Do you think they can take that thing on by themselves?" Lucy asked with a hint of concern in her voice.
"Why don't you help them, Lucy." Happy stated.
"Stay back, Lucy." Mavis told her, coming to her side. "They can handle it." Mavis said, reassuring her.
Lullaby's eyes then glowed as it let a screech that shook the ground beneath the guild masters.
"It's charging up." Goldmine stated.
The rest of the guild masters started panicking, making comments like 'it's going to devour our souls' or "this is bad" Mavis, however, remained unmoved next to Lucy, a slight smirk coming on her face.
"If we work together, we can beat this thing." Erza tells Natsu and Gray. "I know we barely know each other, but we have to protect the guild masters."
"Right." Natsu and Gray said in unison.
Ready!" Erza shouted as she pulled out two swords.
"Go!" She shouted as she leapt in the air with Natsu and Gray following her.
"Requip!" Erza shouted as she changed into her heaven's wheel armor and struck the side of Lullaby's face causing it to stumble back.
Gray slammed his fist on his palm, causing the air around him to freeze. "Ice-Make: Lance." Four spears then formed from Gray's hand and struck the center of the beast knocking it off balance.
"Now it's my turn!" Natsu shouted. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist." Natsu then struck the check of Lullaby and knocked a few wooden teeth out.
"He just punched the demon with fire."
"I've never seen anybody requip that fast."
"I didn't know Ice magic could do that." The guild masters looked in awe as Natsu, Erza, and Gray knocked Lullaby around, dealing blow after blow.
"You're making me angry!" Lullaby shouted as it struck another mountain; Erza then popped out of the debris and hit it again.
Gray landed on the ground and formed more Ice, launching it at the demon, causing it to stumble back.
"I'm not finished with you!" Natsu shouted as he jumped into the sky, flames forming around his body. "Fire Dragon Wing Attack."
"I don't believe it." Kage said as he stared at the wizards.
"For four wizards who just met, we sure do make an awesome bunch." Lucy said under their breath.
"Yes." Mavis said as she continued to watch.
Lullaby let out another enormous roar causing the ground under them to shake "one note, and your souls are mine." As the trees began to die.
"Oh no." Lucy said. "This isn't good."
Lullaby clasped it's hands together only for air to breathe out of its body, shocking the guild masters.
"Wait, what happened?" Someone asked.
"Why can't I play my melody of death?" Lullaby asked, shocked at this outcome.
"It was due to the amount of damage inflicted on Lullaby during it's charging period." Mavis said, getting the attention of everyone.
"They were able to do enough damage that when playing the song wouldn't play properly." Mavis explained, "as I predicted."
"Wait, you knew?" Lucy asked, shocked.
"How dare you mock me!" Lullaby screamed in rage at what it had heard. "I'll show you the true face of terror." Lullaby then kicked down a whole mountain causing the rubble to fly everywhere; it's eyes glowed as it faced the guild masters.
"Oh no." Master Bob said as Gray jumped in front of them.
"Ice-Make." A large explosion that consumed the area, but luckily, Gray was able to finish. "Shield." He finished as he protected everyone from the fire.
"That boy's maker magic is incredible."
"Maker magic?" Lucy asked, confused.
"Aye." Happy told her. "It's use can give magic users a tangible form; however, there's one kind of magic that can destroy it."
"I will kill you all!" Lullaby shouted.
Then the fire all started to disappear, shocking everyone; it was then revealed that Natsu was eating the fire.
"Is that boy." Goldmine stated.
"Eating fire." Master Bob finished.
As Natsu finished the fire, he wiped his mouth and smirked. "Now I got a fire in my belly."
"You're not human; you're a monster!" Lullaby shouted as it crushed the ground Natsu was under.
Natsu jumped out of the way and then began running up the arm of the demon shocking it. "You're one to talk."
Erza swooped down, changed her armor again, changed into her Blackwing armor, and struck Lullaby.
"Ice Make Saucer." Gray formed a giant saw blade and launched it at Lullaby's cutting its body in half.
"Erza, Gray back up. I got this." Natsu said as he started to spiral down to the monster. "The flames of my right hand and the flames of my left." Natsu then smashed his hands together, causing the fire to increase. "Put the two together and this is what you get. Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame." Natsu shot a giant ball of fire at Lullaby finally knocking the monster over.
Lullaby fell back. It slammed its gist together, a smile coming to its face. The ground started further wither away.
"You're too late, you puny wizards!" It screamed. "Now you will hear my song." It called; it changed shape again, more holes appearing. "Now I figured out how to play my song."
"Oh no." Gray said. "What should we do."
"Master." Natsu called as Mavis stepped forward.
"Don't worry, Natsu." Mavis said as her body started to glow.
"I have seen enough." She whispered as she held out her hand.
"It's time we end this." She said as her light shined around Lullaby as it started to play its song. A bright light shined over everyone.
"No, what is this!" Lullaby screamed. "What have you done to my song." it screamed as the light vanished. The sound of a flute being played entered the air as flowers grew around them.
"What?" Lucy asked. "How did?"
"The Lullaby flute." Bob muttered. "She changed it," as Mavis finished looking down at the flute as it started to vanish in her hands.
"You have been cleansed." Mavis smiled. "Now you may have a new purpose and grant life to those you have taken." She said as she turned back, giving Natsu a smile. "Our work here is done, Natsu, come, let's go home."
"Finally, I'm hungry." Natsu said.
"Aye." Happy said.
"Hey, wait for me!" Lucy called.
"That was." Erza started.
"She took black magic and purified it to where it created life as if she was undoing the spell." Erza said in shell shock. It had to be the most impressive thing that she had ever seen. "We should follow her." Erza muttered. 'I have to know how she did it.'
"Yeah." Gray said. "Right behind you."