Natsu, Lucy, and Happy had broken off to find the other mages before they tried something against the villagers with no luck. Having made no progress, the three decided to meet back up with each other.
"Argh, where the hell could those three be! Natsu asked, from above a tree.
Lucy shrugged from where she lay on the floor tired, "Beats me I just tossed them in a random direction."
"You guys the village!" Happy shouted.
It dawned upon the two what Happy had discovered. Lyon instructed the others to destroy the village earlier, so obviously they would be headed there.
"Bastards!" Natsu growled, punching down a tree.
"I think we should go back to the village in case that's where they go first" Lucy mumbled, before remembering their other teammate. "Actually, Happy and I will go to the Village. You go check on Gray Natsu. It's been awhile since we've heard from him" Lucy said frowning.
"You're right, popsicle has been taking a while. Don't worry, I'll go save Gray and bring him back to the village" Natsu yelled before running off in a different direction then Lucy and Happy.
Lucy nodded while Happy climbed on her shoulder, "Alright! Let's go Happy. We have some butt to kick" She said heading off towards the village.
"I failed you Ur" Gray thought as he lay on the ground defeated by Lyon. A sharp pain in his side flaring up where he was stabbed by his former friend. Thinking this was the end Gray closed his eyes, apologizing to his master until he heard loud obnoxious footsteps as well as insulting nicknames.
"Yo ice dick, where are -oh there you are" Natsu said looking down at the badly beaten ice mage.
"Natsu? Why are you here" Gray questioned, wincing at barely being able to speak?
"Lucy said I should come check on you since you were taking so long, good thing too since you look like crap." Natsu said grinning at the thought of his partner. Tossing his partner over his shoulder, Natsu pointed ahead of him " Village isn't that far from here, let's go."
Trying but failing to walk Gray asks where Lyon was.
"Ice Emperor. Beats me. Lucy and I were off looking for his lackeys but couldn't find them, so I guess he took off somewhere. Now Lucy's headed to the village to warn them of a possible oncoming attack." Natsu explained, with Gray on his back.
Lucy paced back and forth trying to think of what she should do to protect the villagers. Flashbacks of her time in Alvarez erupted, and for a moment she froze thinking she had come up with the perfect plan, then shaking her head when realizing she couldn't just blow up the island like she did with that dark guild a year ago.
Happy had noticed his friend freezing for a few minutes and gotten worried. "So, what's the plan Lucy?"
Lucy turned around to Happy shrugging, "Not sure. At first, I thought about this good plan I used a year ago with this dark guild where I just blew the entire place up" shooting a devilish grin, she continued explaining "But then I realized that wouldn't really work here" she chuckled.
"Oh man Lucy, you looked really scary for a second" Happy said with tears in his eyes, effectively making the demon slayer feel bad.
Rubbing her head, the blonde apologized, "Sorry Happy, but I usually get like that when I remember something funny that happened in the past".
Happy sweat dropped "You and I have different definitions of funny."
"Miss Lucy, there are people headed this way!" the gatekeeper said.
Lucy looked up at the keeper and nodded, "Does one have salmon hair and the other have droopy eyes!" she yelled.
The gatekeeper nodded, "Yes!"
"Open the gate" Lucy yelled.
Not even a few minutes later did two people with those characteristics come running in, "Hey Luce, nice to know someone knows their colors!" Natsu said giving a thumbs up, then looking around to make sure everyone was okay.
Lucy shrugged, "You'd have to be pretty dumb not too, how's Gray?" she asked looking to the mage on his back.
Setting the unconscious teen on the ground Natsu frowned, "He got beat up pretty bad by Lyon".
Seeing the state her friend was in angered Lucy, although she had only gone on one mission with him voluntarily and forcibly made him come on this one, she's enjoyed his presence. Despite him always insulting her intelligence she's grown very fond of him being on team Natsu and was hoping he would become a permanent one.
"So, Lyon's lackey not make it here yet?" Natsu asked, seeing no dead bodies.
Lucy shook her head in disappointment, "Nah, I wasted a lot of time here too. But then again maybe they know not to come here if they wanted to live" Lucy said shrugging from where she was being fanned by the villagers.
Natsu grinned, "That's right, they better no- wait, what's up with that Luce?" pointing to the villagers fanning her and feeding her fruit.
Happy answered for Lucy since her mouth was full. "Oh, they found out Lucy was the Ishgar Demon and were so honored to have her that they started treating her like royalty" getting a thumbs up from Lucy , "and from there they just started doing all that stuff" Happy concluded, looking to Lucy who nodded, and continued to eat the boar that was being hand fed to her.
Shaking his head Natsu facepalms, "Luce we're in the middle of a mission".
Lucy finally reacts when one of the villagers fanning her point to the sky at something nearing them "Ishgar Demon, over there!"
Team Natsu looked up and saw a giant rat flying with some sort of bucket filled with a liquid, holding the cold Emperors lackeys.
"So, they waited for us to come here, so then they would come. It was a trap within a trap" Lucy said snapping her fingers.
" I didn't realize that double poison jelly took so long to prepare." the pink haired Sherry mused, looking at the village they were nearing.
"We timed it perfectly those wizards were able to make back to village."
"We cannot rest until the demon Deliora has been revived for the cold emperor" Sherry frowned. "Those who stand in our way will die".
Lucy sniffed the air, scrunching up her nose when she finally got the scent, "Hmm, they have some sort of acid in that bucket" Lucy said with her arms behind her head.
"You say that as if it's not a big deal" Happy sweat drops.
Lucy looked to Happy "No, it is. But for once I can't use brute strength to take them down, so I'm a little lost on how to handle the acid." Lucy explained surprising the cat at her sensible answer.
"Acid, but the village will get destroyed if they drop it!" a villager yelled.
Natsu growled, "Now they've done it"
As the rat came over the village Sherri and the others looked down on the villagers' disgust in their eyes. "Drop it Angelica".
"Noo!" The villagers yelled running out of the way of the acid expecting their village to be destroyed, however when they turned around, they saw a golden shield covering them and the acid being deflected away from the village.
"Amazing, but who is responsible for such a thing" the Village chief exclaimed, thankful his sons grave wasn't destroyed. Looking to the center of the village the villagers, Natsu and Happy saw the only person who was capable of such a thing.
"Lucy! You're so cool!" Natsu and Happy yelled at the blonde girl whose arms were outstretched sweat running down her face. Physically exerted from the power she had to use for such a thing.
When she dispelled the shield, she sat down exhausted "Man, that was a drag. I was hoping I wouldn't have to use that spell since it takes a lot out of me but whatever at least the village is safe".
"What even was that!" Happy yelled with stars in his eyes.
Yawning the girl got back up "It was an ancient spell that only celestial mages could use "Celestial Guardian Shield". I haven't fully mastered it which is why I don't use it unless I really need to" she shrugged. I'm really surprised that worked, there was like a 40 percent chance we could've all died" Lucy chuckled. Causing everyone around her to sweat drop.
While the villagers cheered for their savior Lyons henchmen were otherwise upset at their failure to get rid of the village and the mages there.
"How was she able to make such a huge shield? The power she holds. Who are these mages?" Yuka questioned.
"Impossible, nothing should be strong enough to stop my Angelica's acid!" Sherry yelled.
They all landed on the ground near the villagers. The Fairy Tail wizards glaring at them.
"We wanted to give you a merciful death with no blood shed but now plans have changed". Sherry told them.
"What?" Lucy said stepping up from the villagers. "You were gonna throw acid on them that's not merciful that's like...torture. And trust me I've seen torture. I spent time in Alvarez." Lucy said angry at their stupidity.
"Tsk, whatever. There're only two wizards and three of us. Against you we have a greater chance of winning" Yuka stated, confused when the Fairy tail mages as well as the villagers laughed.
"What's so funny?" Toby asked, "We're literally threatening you and you're laughing?"
Nothing, nothing" Natsu grinned, "Ready Luce!"
"Heck yeah, I'm fired up!" Lucy yelled.
Sherry smirked trying to hide her fear at the power emitting from the blonde, "Yes, well we're not leaving until this village and all its inhabitants are dead. Angelica?" Leaping in the air the rat grabbed the pink hair girl going towards the villagers.
"Natsu, take on eyebrow dude and dogbro! I got pinkie!" Lucy yelled from the air.
Natsu and Happy looked up shouting, "Lucy's so awesome!"
Lucy grabbed onto the rats' foot with one hand and decided to burn it with her other making it screech and fall out of the sky.
"No, Angelica, we're going down! Sherry yelled.
Lucy saw the ground come closer and closer to impact, but before it hit her, she jumped kick off the rat and flipped off onto the ground tumbling back onto her feet.
Once he saw the rat fall Natsu got slightly worried. "Ah man. I hope Lucy didn't kill that chick she doesn't really know how to hold back" Natsu said scratching his head.
Happy activated his wings nodding his head in agreement, "I'll go see if we need to create new identities because Lucy killed someone."
"Thanks, buddy" Natsu told him, "I'll stay here and deal with these two."
Happy nodded and flew off, "Right."
"Now to take care of this trash" he said turning to Yuuka and Toby.
Natsu glared and breathed out a large gust of flames at Yuuka.
"So, fire is your specialty I see." Yuuka noted, ridding his flames with ease. "You must be the famed Salamander everyone has spoken about so much from Fairy Tail".
Natsu glared at him not speaking, beside the dispeller was Toby who stayed behind to help his friend.
"We were once part of a famous guild too so don't count us out, Yuuka said. "Surely you've heard of the Wizard guild Lamia Scale which Iron Rock Jura of the Ten Wizard Saints belongs to..."
Natsu grinned at hearing that "What do you know, we got a wizard saint in our guild too. Lucy! You know the one who just went after your friend!" Natsu said smiling, before engulfing both bodies in flames.
"Hey, stop that I wasn't finish talking and what do you mean she's a wizard Saint." Yuuka demanded blocking the flames with his magic.
"Lucy's a fifth rank wizard Saint" Natsu said. "Now if we're done talking about who has a cooler teammate, I'm gonna take you down for tryna destroy innocent lives!" Natsu said running towards the mage with a flaming arm.
"Wave" The bushy browed wizard murmured aiming a hand towards Natsu pushing a large blue sphere towards the fire mage.
" Please, a blue bubble can't take me do- "Natsu's eyes widened as he felt his magic disappear and hurried to dodge the worst of the oncoming attack. "What the hell was that man!"
"My bad, seems you weren't ready for that." Yuuka said smugly.
Natsu responded by breathing fire at him "Fire dragon roar".
"Wave." Another blue wave of energy collided with the flames and cancelled them out. "The pulsing energy that is coming from my hand diffuses all types of magic. This means that none of your spells will work against me."
"So that's why my fire power couldn't destroy his barrier" Natsu mumbled "I get it."
"I specialized in anti-wizard magic when I was in Lamia Scale and I'm sure you understand why. No matter how strong they may be, all wizards are powerless against me!" Yuuka grinned and sent two bursts of wave magic towards Natsu.
The attacks impacted the ground as Natsu dodged. "That so eyebrows?"
Natsu burst out of the attack charging at Yuuka with a flaming fist.
"Wave!" Yuuka created a barrier using his wave magic and Natsu's fist collided with it causing the fire to go out. "Didn't you just hear me when I said all magic is useless against my Wave." Yuuka said with a tick mark on his forehead.
"That doesn't mean I'm gonna just give up." Natsu grinned and pulled his hand back. "I'll just have to crush you without it."
"I wish Lucy was here to see me " He grinned as his fist easily punched through Yuuka's barrier. " break through this-AAARRGGGHHH!"
"You put your bare arm inside a vortex of magic energy." Yuuka informed him surprised. "Idiot move."
Natsu stopping yelling in pain and suddenly thrust his head inside the Wave.
"Woah, he's actually pushing his entire body inside the wave" Toby exclaimed, watching the Fairy Tail mage proceed to push himself despite the pain it was costing him.
"Compared to my brute strength your magic is nothing" Natsu cackled, causing Yuuka to flinch as he was freaked out.
"You may have broken through my wave but you're stuck Salamander, no magic can pass while inside" Yuuka said nervously as he tried to regain his composure. "No matter how strong your flames, they won't work while you're inside there."
A vicious grin covered Natsu's face causing Yuuka to blink. "But that means I can still use them while out here" confusing the wave mage. A few seconds later he understood Natsu's words as his elbow suddenly ignited and started spewing a flames "Fire Dragon's..."
Yuuka's jaw dropped in shock and disbelief. "He's using his magic as a booster to increase the power of his punch?!"
"Flame Elbow!" Natsu finished, shooting a fist into Yuuka's face sending him flying until he landed on his head and fell unconscious.
"That's one down." Natsu smirked at Yuuka before directing his attention towards Toby who was grinning despite what happened.
"Wow, you Fairy Tail wizards are awesome." Toby complimented Natsu.
"You're about to see just how awesome we are first hand."
"I'm not scared." Toby answered confidently. "Cause I'm even stronger than Yuuka is." His nails suddenly lengthened and turned green. "Check out my Mega Jellyfish Paralyzing claws!
"With just one swipe from my claws-" He swung and missed by a few inches again. "You'll be frozen and waiting to die!"
"Now hold on just one sec man" Natsu pointed to a spot on his own forehead. "You've got a little something right here."
Toby scratched his forehead in the spot Natsu indicated shocking himself to paralysis and inevitably unconsciousness.
"Man, that was too easy, those guys were a joke." Natsu turned away and knelt in front of Bobo's gravestone. "I swear I'll turn your people back to normal and avenge your death."
When Lucy finally found Sherry, she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the state she was in.
"You…you have no idea what you've done, do you?" Sherry sobbed. "Because of you and your interference, the Cold Emperor will no longer be able to trust me, he won't love me anymore!"
"You're lame you know that. You think because you failed to kill people your cold emperor won't love you anymore" Lucy growled. "If you want him to be your mate then you should court him like normal people!"
"Uh...I don't think normal people have mates" Sherri sweat dropped at the blonde.
"Oh yeah, then why am I currently courting the most beautiful woman in all the Earthland right now!" Lucy asked.
"Because you're a weirdo" Sherri answered genuinely.
"Tsk. Fine don't take my advice" Lucy shrugged.
"Okay enough of this! I don't need dating advice from someone who still believes in mates! WOOD DOLL!" Sherry screamed, her magic bringing a nearby tree to life with a creepy face.
"Hey! I wasn't done giving you romance advice!" Lucy yelled as she dodged an oncoming branch swinging down upon her.
"Get her!" Sherri yelled.
"What a hassle, I just wanted to give some advice but now I'm here fighting, tsk." Jumping out of the way of another oncoming attack Lucy looks at the trees trying to decipher the type of magic used on it "an animation magic, obviously" Lucy noted to herself, as she dodged a punch from the tree's wooden fist.
Lucy back flipped over another wooden punch and landed on a high branch of another tree.
"Man, this is taking too long" Lucy sighed grabbing a golden key from a pouch beneath her cloak. "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull: Taurus!"
"Evening Miss Luuucy, Time toooo get a mooove on with this fight, am I right?!" Taurus yelled as he emerged from his gate at the base of the tree Lucy was standing in.
"Heck yeah it is, let's take down these overgrown sticks" Lucy said to the bull spirit.
The large bull leapt forward, quickly destroying the animated tree.
"You're a Celestial Wizard?" Sherry gasped in shock as her tree was made quick work of by the Celestial Spirit.
"Heck yeah I am, and a strong one too!" Lucy stated with a peace sign.
"Well your kind don't like my magic and you're about to find out why."
"Pfft, please. Taurus end this fight before I have to step in".
Taurus nodded, charging forward, but suddenly stopped mid-step and turned back towards Lucy confusing her. Eyes wide the bull started to swing his axe at her, forcing her to leap from the spot she was standing.
"Taurus, what the heck!" Lucy yelled as she avoided his attacks "This totally goes against our contract."
"I'm sorry Ms. Lucy…. but I can't control myself".
Lucy dodged, and continued ducking and weaving around Taurus attacks.
"I see..." Lucy narrowed her eyes letting her magic seep out at Sherry, not at all happy someone was controlling her spirits, "You use Doll Attack magic?"
"That's right." Sherry smirked, but slowly started to back away when she felt the pressure from Lucy's magic go towards her. Trying to intimidate the celestial mage Sherry speaks "My magic allows me to control anything except humans. That also applies to Celestial Spirits, since they're not human."
"You should've never done that". As Taurus charged at her again against his will Lucy held out the key. "Sorry buddy but, Forced gate Closure, Taurus."
The Bull Spirit apologized back as he went back to the Celestial World.
"I recently promised my spirits that now that I've joined a guild I would stop killing, which means you are in luck" Lucy said while clutching her fists in fury. Looking up at Sherry she gave a devilish grin that made the girl want to run. "You aren't dying today, you're just gonna get really hurt for even trying to take control over my spirit". As Sherry heard her final words a cold shiver went down her spine, with what strength she could muster the pink haired mage summoned one more rock doll ordering it to attack the blonde girl.
Deciding she didn't want to set fire to the island Lucy decided to hold back on using her slayer powers and go towards where she could summon the one spirit that could help get her revenge on Sherry. Dodging rock punches while leaping from tree to tree Lucy neared a cliff overseeing the ocean front.
Eventually Lucy reached the cliff and jumped off landing a bit awkwardly on the sand, "Ow, that wasn't as soft a landing as I thought it would be" Lucy grumbles limping towards the water, the rock dolls not far behind her.
"Payback time Pinkie. Open Gate of the Water Bearer: Aquarius" Lucy yelled once she's near enough to stick the key in water. What followed was a golden light shining, proceeded by Lucy getting knocked over by a wave of ocean water, the celestial mage now lying down in the sand like a drowned rat.
"What the hell Aquarius!" Lucy said after spitting out a piece of sea weed.
Aquarius appeared from her gate and hovered above the ocean.
"Hmm, oh look a blonde rat, never seen those before" Aquarius says with a smile.
"Shad up! I need your help!" Lucy yelled.
"What was that, you need manners? I think so too" the mermaid says turning around while filing her nails.
Fire breathing out her nose the blonde relents, "I'm sorry Aqua. Could you help me take down the jerk who made fun of me and took control of Taurus" Lucy pouted.
Smiling at the young girl, Aquarius nods, "Fine. But only because I'm the only one who can do that, got it brat".
"Not so fast! Marionette Attack. " Sherry casted, casting her magic over Aquarius.
"Now she's my puppet, might as well send her back."
"Pfft. Yeah right. Aqua doesn't let anyone control her, including me and she's my spirit" Lucy smirked before turning to Aquarius. "Stop acting like she's controlling you and do something already!"
Rolling her eyes, the Water Bearer waved her hand calling to her a large column of water and sending it towards the other mage knocking Sherry off her Rock Doll causing both to become inert.
Lucy waited for the column to vanish before she sent a flame whip at Sherry holding her in place.
"Great job Aquarius, you can go back now", Lucy shouted ignoring Sherry's shouts of pain.
"I-impossible, how was she able to break free of my control?" Sherry asked through the pain.
"She would never let anyone be her master except me, even if she does find me annoying" Lucy replied with a toothy grin, before knocking the girl out.
"Lucy!" a little voice called out.
Looking up to where the voice yell, she saw it was Happy flying towards her, "You're alright! I was worried about you!"
Lucy smiled, "Pfft, as if this chick could even lay a hand on me" she laughed, Happy joining in.
"You're so strong Lucy!" Happy yelled.
She smiled at the sparkle in the cat's eyes.
Happy looked towards the unconscious Sherry and winced, "What happened to her?"
"Nothing bad. I just called Aquarius out, who lent a hand. Then I knocked her out with a Lucifer punch." She explained.
"Oh, what's a Lucifer punch? Is it like a super cool flaming punch or something!" Happy said.
"It's a regular punch with an extra oomph in it" Lucy said grinning, ignoring Happy's face drop.
"Well, we better get back to the village and see if Gray is awake" Happy said, hearing no reply from Lucy he turned around to see her sniffing the air.
"My mate. She's here" Lucy said with a grin on her face, trying to get her precise location but the ocean water messing with her mate's scent.
Happy shivered, "Oh man, Erza's here?! We've gotta run!".
Lucy smiled at the sweaty cat "Don't worry Happy, Erza is my mate she would never hurt me and since you're my best friend this means she would never hurt you".
Happy looked up at her, "I think Sherry's rock thing might've hit you on the head a little too hard when you weren't looking, Lushie."
Lucy shook her head grinning, "Nah, I dodged every hit.""
Happy shook his head, "Man Lucy, you're pretty dense for such a strong wizard".
She smiled running along the shore towards where she smelt Erza, "Thanks I train a lot!"
Happy face palmed.
When they finally arrived at the sandy part of the island where Erza's scent was the strongest, according to Lucy, both mages spotted the scarlet's figure back turned to them indicating she had just arrived on the island.
Running towards the armored mage, Lucy called for her attention "Erza, Erza! Over here."
She had yet to realize anything was wrong as she sprinted towards her mate, unlike Happy who had seen what Erza was preparing to do. He jumped out of her arms to avoid the impending doom Lucy was about to face.
Erza had just gotten on the island when she heard her name being called by a voice that had been a thorn in her side the past few weeks. It just had to be her I find first, Erza thought.
Deciding to look over her shoulder she sees a yellow blur running towards her yelling her name repeatedly. As the blonde girl nears her Erza rears back her arm and when Lucy is position, she punches the her in the stomach hard enough to bring Lucy on her knees.
"Ouch, I felt that" Happy said from where he was flying on the side, hoping to get away until Erza pulled him down by his tail.
"Wow, that was almost on par with a Lucifer punch" Lucy groaned on her side.
"Lucy, I trust you know why I'm here don't you?" Erza asked.
Lucy rolled over groaning, "Because you missed me and wanted to join Natsu and I on a S-class Mission".
"That's ri-what? No! That's wrong, that's all wrong" Erza said bringing out a sword and pointing it towards her, "You have broken guilds rules and Master Makarov's trust! You two will come back to the guild and receive your punishments!"
"But how?" Lucy whispered from her spot on the floor Plue by her side patting her back.
"You are not S-class, nor did you bring someone who was an S-class Mage. And you took this without getting it approved!" Erza yelled.
"Puuun-pun-Puuun!" Plue yelled with shaky movements.
Lucy nodded in pain at the little dog spirits words "Plue has a point".
Happy and Erza looked at each other and sweat dropped at the blonde and the little dog spirit.
"Mira did say that a wizard saint beats S-class" Lucy explained, clearing up Plue's point.
"Yes, but you still need the title for the missions, Lucy" Erza groaned.
"Pfft, that's stupid" Lucy said, instantly regretting her words when she sees a shadow looming over her.
"What. Was. That.?" Erza grounds out with a darkened aura.
"Uh...nothing" Lucy says looking away.
"I thought so, now come along we need to get Natsu and Gray and leave!" Erza says walking in a random direction.
Finally, Happy decided to speak up, "But Erza we can't leave! These people need us to break the curse and we have to stop Lyon before he awakens Deliora!"
Erza glared at him, "I don't care! You should've thought about that before breaking guild rules".
"Sorry mate but Happy's right, we can't leave. There's a demon that if awakened will wreak havoc beyond our wildest dreams and I'm not letting that happen. We took this mission so we're finishing it. Also, I'm obligated as Natsu's partner to help him, and you're obligated as my mate to help me" Lucy says with a wink. Once finished she gets a sword to the face from Erza who manages to say through gritted teeth, "When all is said and done. Remind me to kill you."
Touching the end of the sword Lucy lowers Erza's sword to look her in the eyes, "Well then, what are we waiting for! Follow me to the village love, Gray is there and Natsu should be too!" Lucy says, grabbing Erza who was still glaring and a dumbfounded Happy.
When Gray finally woke up, he noticed that he was in a hut, with a bit of effort he stood up and realized that someone had bandaged his body while he was unconscious.
Stepping out of the tent, Gray shielded his eyes against the afternoon sun to find someone and ask what was going on.
"Oh, thank goodness," a voice from behind Gray said, causing him to turn and see one of the village girls, "I'm glad you're awake, you were out for quite a while."
"I feel like it. Where is everyone?" Gray asked, trying not to stare at the girl's cursed leg.
"The Ishgar Demon just returned with another person," the girl answered, "They're in the hut across from you" the girl said pointing across to a hut several over.
Thanking her, Gray walked over to the hut assuming the person with Lucy was Natsu, immediately wishing he could backtrack when upon entering he saw Lucy and Happy tied up.
When he looked away from the wizard saint who was gnawing on her mouth gag, Gray looked to the corner to see Erza sitting, her legs crossed with a disapproving glare.
"You made me wait for you" she said in a dark, tone "with only these two for company" she said pointing to Lucy and Happy who were still trying to wiggle out of the magic canceling rope.
"Erza!" Gray desperately wracked his brain for something. "Why are Lucy and happy tied up?"
"Happy informed me of the situation, since Lucy kept avoiding the question, only blabbing about a connection between mates," Erza said, not answering Gray's question.
Erza continued, "I thought that you had been sent to stop these idiots, not join them; quite honestly, I'm disappointed. However, now that you're up, we're going to search for Natsu and then we will go back to the Guild."
"But we can't leave the island just yet!" Gray protested, "If Happy filled you in, then you know what these villagers are going through!"
"And what's your point Gray? I came here solely for the purpose of taking you all back to the Guild; I'm not interested in anything other than that."
"Seriously!?" Gray yelled, "Have you even seen the people on this island!?"
"I have," Erza said evenly.
"And you're just gonna turn your back on them!?" Gray demanded.
"Their request is posted on the request boards of every Guild Hall; the villagers would be better served by wizards who are cleared for S-Class quests. You, on the other hand, are not qualified."
"That doesn't even make sense since we had Lucy with us this entire time and she's a wizard saint! That's higher than S-class." Gray yelled, continuing "How can you be so heartless?" Gray asked.
"What did you say!?"
A magic circle appeared in front of her hand, and a sword emerged; grabbing the hilt she pointed the blade at Gray.
"If you break the Guild's rules, then you will face the consequences."
Gray flinched, but then steadied himself; he then grabbed the blade and placed the tip over his chest, right above his Guild mark.
"Do what you must," Gray said with a steely determination in his voice, "I can't walk away from what I know is right."
For what seemed like an eternity, neither Gray nor Erza broke eye contact; finally, Erza lowered the sword, and Gray walked to the tent-flap with Lucy caterpillar crawling after him muffling for him to wait up for her. She stopped when Erza pointed the sword at her.
"And just where do you think you are going?" Erza demanded, not expecting an answer since the blonde was gagged.
Lucy grinned standing up shocking Erza as the ropes fell off her and she spit out her gag that she managed to chew through, "I'm helping my teammate out!" shooting a peace sign as she ran out.
With that Lucy left, leaving behind an irate Erza Scarlet who glared at Happy the only occupant left in the hut until he decided to fly out and follow Lucy.
Gray, Lucy, Happy, and surprisingly Erza who managed to catch up with them, were heading towards the moon temple. The ice mage explaining why Lyon wanted to revive Deliora on the way there.
"It's our mating bond" Lucy whispered to Happy who snickered, "It's how she can find us so fast-oomph" bending over in pain Lucy looks to Erza seeing her hold her fist up with a tick mark on her forehead. "Please, just shut up until we get to the guild".
"So, his intention is to defeat Deliora?" Erza asked, ignoring the groaning blonde, trying to understand what she was told.
"Yeah, Lyon has always wanted to surpass Ur ever since I can remember", Gray told the two girls. "Now that she's gone, he's trying to surpass her by defeating Deliora, the one thing she couldn't do."
"Makes sense" Lucy muttered. " But doesn't he realize that reviving Deliora will probably get him killed" Lucy said from Erza's arms, making the Scarlet mage do a double take.
"How did you get in my arms?!" she yelled, dropping the girl on the ground.
"You liiike her" Happy nodded.
"No..." Gray shook his head, ignoring the two mages antics. "Lyon is just ignorant of the truth. Ur may no longer be with us... but she's still alive." Erza sent him a surprised glance.
Lucy and Happy both grabbed onto each other shaking "Oh man you don't mean she's the ghost that's causing the curse do you Gray, because that would be super messed up!" Lucy yelled.
"Yeah, I never signed up to fight ghosts" Happy cried.
"Idiots we're not fighting ghosts!" Gray facepalmed.
"Anyways, there's a lot we need to get off our chest so, sorry guys but I wanna fight him alone…" Gray trailed off.
"No problem Gray, seconds time the charm, am I right Happy?" Lucy grinned with a peace sign.
"Aye sir" Happy yelled.
Gray looked at her, "Thanks."
"What's going on?" Happy shouted in shock, feeling the ground shake.
"I think a mini earthquake just happened!" Lucy said confused.
"No, if I'm right then Natsu was just being his idiot self and messed with the temple to stop the moon drip. Aside from you, he's the only one who would do something that crazy." Gray sighed looking to the crooked temple.
The three wizards and cat looked around and as the sounds of shuffling came from the forest around them. They quickly found themselves surrounded by a mass of cultists and had to dodge the curved blades that were thrown at them.
"We've tracked you down Fairy Tail!" Their leader exclaimed.
"We won't allow you to interfere" another said.
"Go on guys" Lucy said grinning as fire erupted from her body, and she summoned Loke by her side. "Leave this to Loke and I".
Gray nodded running towards the temple with Erza and Happy behind him, as Lucy kicked multiple cultists away from the others.
"Feels just like Alvarez, Princess" Loke chuckled before blasting cultist away with a regulus impact.
"Celestial fire demon punch" knocking out another bunch of the cultist, Lucy walked up to Loke's side laughing in agreement. "Except these chumps aren't nearly as powerful" then getting back in a fighting stance.
They arrived inside the temple and saw Natsu about to fight with Lyon until Gray stopped him.
"No Natsu, this is my battle" Gray said, getting in an ice make pose.
Lyon started to laugh getting everyone's attention, "Perfect you're all here. Makes it much easier to eliminate you all!"
Natsu glared, "He's really starting to get on my nerves."
Happy nodded, "Aye."
Erza sent him a murderous glare; "I will allow Gray to fight you one-on-one. But If I find you trying to kill him, I will strike you down without mercy!"
Lucy took this chance to pop up out of a bush, "You go mate! You tell him what's gonna happen if he hurts Gray!"
A dark aura surrounded Erza as she punched the blonde girl down "I thought I told you to be quiet until we got back to the guild!"
Gray sweat-dropped, "Okay, you two need to calm down."
Just then the temple started to shake getting everyone's attention.
"What's going on?!" Happy yelled.
Lucy looked around, "Another mini earthquake?"
"The first one wasn't an earthquake as we established, so why would this time be any different." Erza observed.
Lucy shrugged.
Just then a weird looking person came through the hole in the wall, "Pardon the interruption."
Lyon looked at him, " I take it you did this?"
"Indeed sir. I merely straightened the temple for you." the short man said.
"That weirdo fixed it all up?" Gray questioned.
"And after all the trouble I went through to mess it all up to." Natsu said.
Lucy rubbed her head, "So there were no mini earthquakes?"
"Tell me how you fixed it you weirdo!" Natsu yelled.
"Well, if everything else is in order, I'll go prepare the Moon Drip ceremony," Zalty said, then ran off.
"Would you quit ignoring me, you masked freak!" Natsu shouted, and then began to chase after him. "Get back here you jerk!"
Gray sighed, "What an idiot."
"Indeed." Lyon agreed.
Erza and Happy just stood there shaking their heads at Natsu's short temper. While Lucy was cheering for Natsu to catch the hobbit creature.
"Hey, so you two gonna fight or should I just knock Lyon out for ya." Lucy whispered to Gray with a fire ball in her hand, extinguishing it after she saw the glare he was sending, causing her to grin and back up in surrender. "Gonna fight gotcha, good luck!"
"Well, come on, let's finish this once and for all!" Gray said.
"Yes lets." Lyon smirked.
Natsu had finally caught up with the weirdo, "You done running away from me now?!"
The man laughed, "No, actually. I would love to stay and chat, but I've got more important things to do right now. Such as reviving Deliora."
"Like that'll happen." Natsu said.
"Really and why's that?" Zalty asked.
Natsu pointed at him, "Cause Gray's gonna beat Lyon's butt. And I'll be kicking yours" Natsu informed.
"We'll just have to see about that." Zalty said looking over to the monster.
Natsu looked at the demon his eyes widening, "That's moonlight! Who the heck is doing the ceremony right now?!"
"Just one person, which means the moon drip is quite weak right now. However, that's hardly a concern since we've already gathered plenty of moonlight. We just need to give time to apply it." Zalty said, watching as the ice began melting.
"This isn't good! Deliora's ice is melting!" Natsu yelled running back; "I gotta go stop that guy on the roof before things get ugly!"
Zalty waved his hand and the rocks under Natsu crumbled, sending him sliding back down. "Oh ho, now you run away? I cannot allow that"
Barely dodging when Natsu jumped back up with a flame punch.
Meanwhile, Lucy had gone back to the roof of the temple where she saw the dog man continuing the ritual to melt Deliora. Crossing her arms, Lucy walked up to the enemy angered at his actions.
'Almost there' he thought to himself. Before the dogman could celebrate he felt a powerful killing intent aimed at him, turning around he saw a fist coming towards his face, and before he could even blink was knocked out.
"Bad dog." Lucy chuckled, putting her hands behind her head as she went to go back to her friends since the Moon Drip was stopped for good.
Gray frowned as he glanced at the shaking temple walls "I got a bad feeling that ain't Lucy or Natsu."
" No, the Moon Drip ceremony is nearing completion" Lyon panted. "The ice which has been sealing Deliora has begun to melt away."
"There's nothing you can do now. It's too late to stop me" Lyon smirked victoriously. "Do you have any idea how long I've waited for this moment Gray? " Sending a flock of birds at Gray Lyon spoke "It wasn't easy bringing Deliora here and gathering Moon Drip for three years".
"So, you've been wasting your time on this plan for three years" Gray yelled, shielding himself with ice to repel the bird missiles.
"How dare you say that? You've wasted ten years in some guild" Lyon screamed
"Because I put my faith in what Ur told me and followed the path, she would've wanted us to go." Gray grunted dodging another ice bird.
" I went west, and I wound up at Fairy Tail" Gray told Lyon. "And she was right. There are so many that surpassed her that I couldn't believe it." A dopey looking blonde grinning flashed through his mind before he refocused on the fight.
"When I got there the old man told me there was one way for getting rid of the ice, I'm positive now he was referring to the moon drip" Gray scowled. "But after all that Ur did for us, you're basically killing her without giving it a second thought".
"Say what you will, I don't care." Lyon grinned. "Everything I've done in life has led up to this moment." An icy beast formed around his hand. "Ur is gone and if we want to show we have surpassed her than what better way to do that than defeat Deliora! The one thing she couldn't"
"That's a pretty ambitious plan, but I can't help but think that you've missed the point along the way" Gray yelled dodging Lyon's attacks. "Someone as blind you could never be better than Ur, not in this lifetime."
Suddenly Gray slashed Lyon across the middle with an instantly formed ice sword. His victory was short-lived, however, when the body turned to ice and the real Lyon emerged behind him.
"Fooled you, didn't I? Ice Make: Snow Tiger!" Lyon roared, sending a huge beast charging at Gray.
Gray made a hand-stand and ice erupted from his hands in the shape of a large cage. "Ice Make: Prison!"
"Is that it?" Gray scowled at his former senior, standing on top of the cage. "You see Lyon, this is what you are. A beast in a cage lashing out at a world he barely knows"
"Utter nonsense" Lyon yelled. "I'll just smash your molding magic-"
He cut himself off when the tiger threw itself at the cage bars repeatedly but failed to free itself
"Single-handed spell casting is too unbalanced." Gray announced, landing in front of the cage. "Your creations will let you down when you down need them the most."
Lyon's jaw dropped when Gray formed an ice rocket launcher on his shoulder. "Ice Cannon!"
" That's what Ur taught us." Gray added as Lyon fell to the ground.
Gray sealed up his wound with his ice magic as Erza and Happy walked up to him
"Nice job Gray!" Happy said flying around the ice mage.
Erza nodded, "Indeed, a bit sloppy, but overall a job well done."
Gray sweat dropped at the S-class mages words, "Thanks, hey, where's flame brain 2.0. I don't see her anywhere."
Face dropping Erza and happy look to see that the blonde demon slayer wasn't by their side anymore. "We looked away for a second" Erza groaned.
Juts then an ear-piercing roar sounded through the temple making them cover their ears.
"Ow, my ears. I can't hear anything!" Happy yelled.
"Well, that doesn't sound too promising!" Erza yelled, running towards the roar.
Gray looked up at the ceiling sweating, "That roar…I could never forget that. They actually revived it." Gray clenched his fists, gritting his teeth in frustration.
"Come on we need to go where that sounded from and stop it before it tries to get off the island!" Gray yelled.
Natsu had just defeated the man who called himself Zalty and was now staring at the revived Deliora. Lucy stood by his side also staring at the demon monster.
"Hey Lucy! Did Gray beat up that Lyon guy?" Natsu asked.
Lucy was about to respond when all the sudden her demon slayer powers flared up causing a huge inferno of fire to surround her, blasting Natsu back.
"Ow, Luce what the heck!" Natsu yelled shaking his head of the pain he felt from hitting the concrete floor. Looking up he sees that Lucy was staring up to the sky where a roar was heard, her magic levels increasing.
"Lucy?" Natsu called, trying for her attention until he heard Happy and the others heading towards them.
Gray looked up, upon seeing that Deliora was revived he couldn't hold back his growl, "Bastards! They actually woke up that monster!"
"It's monstrous!" Erza yelled slightly scared, before getting her forehead pulled close to Lucy's who gently smiled at her. Letting go a few seconds later she begins to walk off, confusing Erza.
Natsu punched his fists together, "We're gonna have to fight this thing! There's no other choice!"
Lyon was crawling towards the demon badly beaten up but somehow still conscious, "None of you are strong enough...Only I can."
Gray looked at him with pity in his eyes, "Lyon."
"I'm finally going to surpass Ur." Lyon laughed painfully.
Natsu pointed at him, "You can't fight! You can't even get up off the floor!"
Deliora roared, frightening the mages standing in font of it and those on the island.
"I've waited so long. For this moment. She was strong, but still not strong enough to kill that demon. I'm going to do the one thing Ur never could!" Lyon said getting up slowly before falling back down when Gray hit him in his injury.
"Shut up while I clean up your mess". Gray said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Happy questioned.
Natsu realized what he was talking about anger filling his veins, "You're not using Iced Shell! Got that ice dick!"
"Natsu…" Gray said, shocked at his friends' outburst.
"Natsu's right. We'll defeat Deliora without having you resort to using Iced Shell." Erza said putting a hand on his back.
"That's right!" Happy agreed.
Gray looked at all of them, "You guys…" then looking up at the demon when they felt the temple shake.
"What the hell was that!" Natsu yelled.
"Look over there" Happy yelled, catching the attention of the other four mages.
Turning their heads to the commotion they turned to see a white cloak with golden flames already attacking Deliora.
"What the hell! How did Lucy get over there so fast!" Gray yelled.
Lucy knew that thanks to the ice shell spell Deliora was already in a weakened state, a perk of being able to read your enemies vulnerabilities. It's why she wasn't that worried about leaving her mate alone with just Natsu and Gray. Gray's master was strong being able to weaken it to the point it was basically a husk of a demon.
Lucy looked at the demon of destruction slowly breaking free of its ice containment. Taking a deep breath Lucy leaped onto the demon's body slamming it back with her celestial fire punches. When she saw that its body was cracking, she leaped high into the air to use her finishing move, slamming both fists together and sending a blast of fire towards the demon.
"Celestial Demon Flaming Scarlet WRATH!" Lucy yelled, sending a screeching Deliora back into the temple, slowly breaking apart until it disappeared altogether.
"Hey Erza, did you hear that move Lucy just yelled" Happy snickered.
"Yeah, kinda sounded like your name in it" Natsu laughed, while also watching his best friend fight the demon relentlessly.
"Man, Lucy sure is smitten with you" Gray smirked.
Blushing red beside the three mages was Erza who couldn't help but shake her head, at what the demon slayer had just yelled.
As she landed on the ground, she turned to her friends grinning. Glad to see them all safe she opened her arms for a hug from her mate only to receive a punch in the gut causing her to fall to the floor.
"Oomph, Mate. I'm starting to think this is your way of greeting me" Lucy grimaced.
"Do something like that again and I'll kill you myself" Erza said, before smashing the girl into her armor.
"You were awesome Luce, you took down that Demon like it was nothing! And that move!" Natsu yelled.
"How, I was supposed to be the one" Lyon said looking down.
"Don't feel bad Lemon, Deliora was already dead. That thing I just fought was a husk of what it used to be. Your master was one hell of a mage, Gray" Lucy said with a toothy grin.
Lyon and Gray looked to each other in awe, hearing that their teacher had basically defeated Deliora.
"Woo, we won!" Natsu yelled out in happiness arms behind his head.
"Aye sir!" Happy said.
"We finished this S-class quest all by ourselves!" Lucy yelled in equal excitement.
"Aye! Do you think Master is gonna let us take on more S-Class requests?" Happy asked.
"Why not, we did this one didn't we?" Lucy said sagely.
Erza coughed into her hand, "I believe there's something you're forgetting? You came to this island to help the villagers. They requested you return them to their original forms."
Natsu and Lucy both looked at each other sheepishly. Erza was right, they had yet to complete the mission yet.
"You still haven't completed your S-Class quest yet." She told them, sarcastically.
"My mate is right. The villagers haven't been restored back to normal yet. And it looks like Deliora may not be behind it." Lucy said as she throws an arm around Erza.
Gaining a tick mark on her head from the blonde invading her space, the Scarlet mage ignores it for explaining the situation, "The curse on the island never actually had anything to do with the demon. The villagers have been affected by the intense magic energy released from the moon drips spell, and Deliora's death isn't going to change that"
"Then we better go and change them back!" Natsu said high fiving Happy.
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
Gray looked at him, "Yeah, but we don't know how flame brain 1.0." he then looked over at his former rival, "Yo Lyon. Do you know?"
" I have no clue." Lyon said, rubbing his head in confusion.
"Seriously?" Natsu questioned.
"When we first arrived three years ago, we were aware there was a village here somewhere on this island. But we had absolutely no reason to communicate with the villagers, so we left them alone. And they never came to the temple to see what we were up to." Lyon explained.
"In three years, you've never once met?" Erza asked, now trying to push off the blonde mage who was far too warm for her liking.
"Something isn't adding up. If the moon drip is bright enough that you can see from everywhere on the island, then why not come to the temple and investigate it?" Lucy questions.
"Obviously the villagers weren't transformed by the moon drip. It doesn't affect the human body." Lyon informed.
"What do you mean?" Erza said.
" You're just saying that so you and your lackeys will be off the hook!" Natsu accused not at all buying it.
"No Natsu, he's telling the truth," Lucy interjected, "He wasted three years under the moon drip, yet I sense no demon aura or deformations on him".
Lyon nodded, "Really?" he deadpanned. Seeing her shrug, he continues "As Lucy bluntly said I've been exposed to it more than they have, and my appearance hasn't changed one bit."
Lucy looked at Natsu, "Told ya".
"I wouldn't trust them. Those villagers are hiding something, but I'm sure your guild can handle it." he said looking away from them.
Erza looked at the ice wizard, " Very well, come everyone. Let's go."
"But what're we gonna do about the curse?" Natsu asked.
Lucy took him under her right arm as she walked passed him, with a reluctant Erza in her left, "I'm sure my mate has an idea".
Lyon noticed Gray was still standing there even though his teammates left already, "What're you still doing here?"
Gray looked at him, "You should join a guild. They're not as bad as you think, and who knows? Maybe you'll like it." he said walking away to catch up with his team.
Lyon watched his retreating figure and huffed, "Join a guild huh?"
When they returned to the village Erza had ordered everyone to gather at the village center.
"Alright Erza, we're all here so now what?" Gray asked.
"Simple, I'm going to help you finish this quest." Erza said nodding, while still trying to push Lucy off her.
"What do you mean? You know what's the cause of the villagers being demons" Natsu questioned.
"Of course, she does. My mate is smart like that" Lucy said grinning causing Erza to blush as the villagers cooed at the couple. Smacking Lucy away, Erza began to pace back and forth explain what was going on.
"Yes, but first we must destroy the moon" she announced.
"How!" Natsu, Gray and Happy yelled.
"I'm in" Lucy shouted with a fist punch.
"If Lucy would just accompany me to the guard post, we can get it done there" Erza pointed to the highest position in the village.
"Of course, mate!" Lucy said. "I will follow you anywhere" she whispered, wooing some of the tribal woman.
"Man, Lucy is one smooth slayer" Gary whispered to Natsu, who was nodding in agreement.
"Please, just follow me and stay quiet" Erza says trying to hide her blushing face, as she transforms into a different armor grabbing a giant spear.
"Got it!" Lucy salutes, as they finally reach the top of the guard post.
"Now then when I say to, send your strongest fire punch at my spear so it Launches upward" Erza says, getting a nod in understanding Erza positions her spear and tossing it, yells "Now!"
Lucy igniting her foot kicks the spear sending it upward towards the sky where it hit the moon causing a crack.
"Ahhh, the actually did it!" Gray, Natsu and Happy yelled.
The cracks began to spread until not just the moon, but the whole sky seemed to shatter leaving behind a normal colored moon. Walking down from the post Erza began to speak again Lucy following behind with starry eyes.
"As a result of the Moon Drip spell," Erza explained, "A outer shell was created over the island."
"What?"
Rubbing her temples, she continued "The Moon Drip released evil energy in the form of a gas." Erza continued "That gas crystalized and formed an invisible shell in the sky that covered the island. That's why the moon looked purple here."
"Now that the shell is broken, everything will go back to the way it was three years ago."
Suddenly a brilliant light illuminated under the feet of the villagers.
Then, the light vanished; however, nothing changed. The villagers were still in their demonic forms.
"What happened? They're not transforming." Gray asked confused.
"That's because these are their true forms." Erza replied as she walked toward them. "The Moon Drip never had any effect on their appearance. However, it seems to have altered their memories."
"Wait, what do you mean?" Gray inquired.
"So that's why my powers flared up with Bobo when I saw him, he wasn't human, he was a demon the entire time." Lucy explained, nursing her headache.
Happy screamed in shock while Gray and Natsu's jaws dropped.
"The villagers have always been demons." Titania continued.
"Hey is that true?!" Gray demanded, getting in the face of a villager.
"Well…maybe," the villager stuttered, "my memory's still a little hazy. We all looked pretty human when y'all met us, didn't we?"
"Yes," Erza enlightened, "because you all possess the ability to take on human forms. Your false memories led you all to believe that your temporary states were your true forms."
Happy shrieked girlishly at the sight before him. The group turned to the source and was stunned by who they saw. Gray, Natsu, felt their jaws drop again from the sight of the purple-skinned demon that had appeared out of nowhere.
"It's the guy from the boat!" Gray exclaimed.
"Bobo." Moka felt his eyes tear up and his lips quiver from the sight of his son that he had presumed dead.
"Huh," a confused villager said, "but we thought you were dead!"
"Getting stabbed in the chest hurt pretty bad, but you got to do more than that to kill a demon." Bobo chuckled, backing away when Lucy stepped up grinning only to get knocked on the head by a scarlet woman.
"Apologies. She's an idiot" Erza said dragging Lucy away.
"But…on the boat…you just vanished into thin air." Gray mentioned, trying to get over the man coming back.
Suddenly a pair of black, bat-like wings folded out from behind Bobo's shirt as he leaped into the air, hovering above them with his arms crossed.
"I sure hope you kids can forgive me for not telling you sooner." Bobo said.
"Are you kidding me! You would've saved us a Hella of a lot of time if you had just explained the situation, ya damn demon!" Lucy said struggling in her mates' arms.
Rubbing the back of his head "Yes, in hindsight I guess that would've made things easier" he explained.
Finally, Moka couldn't take it anymore. "B-Bobo," he said. Just like Bobo, a pair of wings unfolded from behind his shirt letting him soar into the air and wrap his son up in a tight hug, tears rolling down his face.
"I'm so glad you snapped out of it, Pops!" Bobo hugged his father back.
The Fairy Tail wizards looked up, happy smiles plastered across their faces.
Later, the village was throwing a big feast to rejoice in everyone regaining their former identities as demons. The Fairy Tail wizards were guests of honor, but the one who seemed to be praised the most was Lucy, the Ishgar Demon. While Erza, Natsu and Happy sat around a large table along with the other villagers, eating the abundance of food and fire, Lucy was at the head of the table being hand fed fire torches by the tribal women as well as their best meats.
"Man Erza, for someone who doesn't want Lucy as their mate you sure do get jealous a lot" Natsu said nonchalantly.
"Why-I- I have no idea what you're talking about" Erza stuttered.
"Oh yeah, then why ya glaring at Luce being pampered by the hot demon ladies" Natsu grinned, before getting knocked out by Erza.
The villagers continued their celebration; however, everything came to a halt when two people strolled into the village. The cheering and talking instantly stopped when they saw it was Sherry and Yuka.
Natsu stepped forward, "Alright, what are you guys doing here" as he lit up his right fist with fire.
"I doubt this is going to make up for all the bad things we did…but we wanted to apologize in person." Yuka confessed sincerely.
"The Cold Emperor told us everything." Sherry said. "Thanks to you, we can finally let go of the pain that Deliora caused us so many years ago."
"You mean…" Gray paused, "you were victims of Deliora too?"
"When we were children Deliora ravaged our village, murdering all our friends and family." Yuka explained.
"The Cold Emperor had a plan to kill the demon once and for all." Sherry continued. "That's why we followed him."
"You see," Yuka said, "we wanted revenge. And we were so focused on getting it, we didn't realize we were hurting innocent people."
"We were so blinded by our hatred that we didn't act any better than the demon itself. So, from now on, we'll treat other people with respect…and love." Sherry said.
"Alright then!" Natsu exclaimed happily. "You guys should stick around and join in on the feast, eh?"
"But…we were enemies a second ago." Yuka mentioned, startled by blonde Fairy Tail mages arm being thrown around his shoulder.
"Nonsense, all water under the bridge!" Lucy waved.
"I don't know if that's such a good idea because I'm trying to watch my figure and…"
"Consider this a cheat day", Lucy said as she and Natsu pulled the two mages to the table.
"Alright! Now we're ready to party!" Natsu shouted.
Sorry for the long chapter but I wanted the galuna arc to end so I could get started on phantom lord. Hope you like this chapter and it wasn't too rushed.