Saiyan Heroes of Earthland


"Mind telling us what we're doing in your Workshop?" Kaen questioned his sister, as he opened to door, coming into the Workshop.

"Yeah, Kaen promised me we'd take our flight to America for our Disney World vacation today." Mina said.

"Mama, Papa, when are we going?" Eri asked, dressed in a pair of red overalls and a blue t-shirt. "I wanna see Disney World, and I wanna meet the big talking Mouse." She had a hat on her head with two big round ears.

"We'll be leaving soon. Aunt Athena just has a few things she wants our help with. An' you'll be able to meet Mickey Mouse when we get there." Mina said.

"She's already wearing a Mickey Mouse Hat." Kaen chuckled.

"I was hoping you'd give my new invention a whirl." Athena said, pulling their attention to him, before holding up something that looked like a watch. "It's supposed to replicate the Instant Teleportation Quirk I have in my arsenal, with more efficiency and pin point accuracy to one's location, but in order for it to work, one of you needs to wear it."

"How exactly does it work?" Kaen questioned.

"Well when you put it on, you press the red button, and a hard-light holographic screen will be projected, and ask for coordinates." Athena explained. "It's still experimental, so start with a small distance, before going for a bigger one."

"Are you sure this is safe?" Mina inquired.

"I'm 50/50 on this." Athena said. "It could go either way."

"Alright, here goes." Kaen said.

"Careful Papa." Eri said.

Pressing the red button, Kaen brought up the hard-light screen, and put in five feet for the distance to teleport.

"Put a little more distance than that. Try putting in an address or a corner store that's nearby." Athena said.

"Are all Saiyans this nutty with tech?" Mina asked, holding Eri's hand. "'Cause I don't wanna end up like that."

"I think it's just an Athena thing." Kaen said, putting in the closest convenience store location. "I think she's been hanging around Rose, and Hatsume for too long. She never used to act like this before U.A."

"If you say so." Mina said.

"Hey!" Athena mock gasped. "They are not that bad. An' neither of them have caused anything to explode since I became a surrogate. So don't go mocking me or my friends, just because you don't understand how technology works."

"She's gonna rant again." Eri said.

"Fine, fine. Be back in a minute." Kaen sighed, before he disappeared. A short while waiting later, Kaen reappeared in the attic workshop, holding three Fruit Punch Rockstars.

"Who's thirsty?" Kaen smiled.

"I am." Eri smiled.

"Nice one." Mina smiled. "Hey Athena, can Kaen, Eri, and I take this to Disney World to avoid plane expenses?"

"I don't see why not." Athena said. "Just grab onto him before he leaves, and you should disappear with him."

"Alright, this should be good." Mina smiled.

"Got any Quirks for us before we go?" Kaen asked.

"I do actually, and I've been working on my deliverance, so you shouldn't feel any pain when I give them to you." Athena smiled.

"Ooh, do you have any for me?" Mina smiled.

"I do, but I was wanting to wait until I had complete control over the deliverance of the Quirks to make them painless, so now's a perfect time." Athena smiled, grabbing both their faces. Her hands lit up as she transferred copies of the Quirks, before removing her hands. "There. How do you feel?"

"I've got a slight headache, but other than that I'm fine." Mina said. "What Quirks did you give me?"

"Well, I gave you a merged combination of two different Quirks I melded into one. But before I tell you what they are…" Athena smiled, looking over to her twin brother. "Kaen, why don't you go down stairs and grab your groups travel bags?"

"Oh right, be right back." Kaen said, running down the stairs of the attic.

"Okay spill, what did you give me?" Mina asked with a smile.

"Stick this… between your breasts." Athena smiled, holding up one of the two remaining cans of Rockstars, Eri already drinking one of them.

Mina took the can, and the instant it touched her bare skin, she shivered, feeling how cold it was from the convenience store fridge.

"Oooh, that's cold." Mina said, looking down after she shoved it all the way in. "Huh, where'd it go? I can't feel it anymore."

"Reach in, and pull it out." Athena said.

Mina did so, and was shocked her chest felt like an endless void, before she felt the can, grabbed it and pulled it out.

"Whoa." She smiled.

"Now reach in again." Athena smiled.

Mina did so, and to her surprise she felt another can, and pulled it out.

"What the? I could have sworn I only stuck the one can in there." Mina said. "What Quirks did you merge together, exactly Athena?"

"The two Quirks I merged together were Pocket Void, and Duplication." Athena smiled, enjoying the look of shock on Mina's face. "I call this Quirk, Duplication Void. Anything that's been in there once, you can create an infinite number of, and they're an exact duplicate, down to the last atom. I have it myself, and tested its limits. You can use it for storage, without duplicating the item if you want it that way."

"Cool." Mina smiled.

"Now Mama's chest is more then just a distraction for Papa when he gets mad at her for something stupid she did." Eri pointed out.

"What was that?" Athena questioned.

"Any other Quirks you give me?" Mina asked, wanting to change the subject as her face flushed violet.

"I couldn't really think of any others you might want. Any abilities on your mind, in particular you might desire?" Athena inquired.

"Hmm… I guess you do have a point. I can't really think of anything." Mina said, before an idea came to her. "Oh wait, I just thought of one. Can you give me a Quirk that allows me to permanently change my appearance? Like skin tone, or changing colors for camouflage?"

"What for?"

"I'd like to see what I'd look like with different colors of skin, like neon blue, or maybe emerald green, oh, how about purple, or maybe orange, what about Simpson Yellow?" Mina smiled excitedly.

"I guess that could work." Athena chuckled, putting her hand on Mina's face. "An' I have just the Quirk to give." After her fingers and hand glowed a bit, Athena removed her hand, and smiled at Mina. "Try thinking about what color you want your skin."

Mina smiled and closed her eye before it began to change, and her skin became a deep royal blue. "Wow, that's so cool." Mina smiled, before switching her skin back to pink.

"I gave you a simple camouflage Quirk, but since I upgraded it with Xerox, it can do more than just make you blend in with backgrounds." Athena explained.

"What Quirks did you give Kaen?"

"I gave him a minor regeneration Quirk I was saving to give him on his birthday, it allows him to heal faster than her normally does, but with it being an upgraded copy of the Quirk, it's more efficient than the original." Athena explained. "From what I understand, it's a dumbed down version of the one from that Nomu that attacked the USJ alongside the League of Villains."

"Anything for me Aunt Athena?" Eri asked.

"I have just the thing." Athena smiled, grabbing something from her Duplication Void, and putting it around Eri's shoulder. "This is a fanny pack made with Duplication Void, and a special sweet treat for you inside."

"Thank you Aunt Athena." Eri smiled, before she went running for the exit. "There's something I forgot to grab."

"I'm back you two." Kaen said, coming up with his and Mina's luggage, while Eri ran past him. "Where's Eri going?"

"Apparently she forgot to grab something." Mina said. "I can take the luggage." She smiled, taking the bags, and shoving them into her Duplication Void.

"Whoa." Kaen said with a blush. "That is a pretty handy Quirk."

"I know right?" Mina smiled, enjoying the flustered look on his face, as she tossed him the duplicated energy drink.

"One more thing." Athena said, tossing them a small sack, sounding like they were filled with something. "Celeron said, he went to the other earth during these last six years we haven't seen him right?"

"Yeah, he spied on Kakarot and learned that Kamehameha attack from watching him perform it several times." Kaen said. "He also brought back something that instantly healed his injuries. He called them Senzu Beans."

"Well you'll be happy to know, with the Senzu Bean you gave me, I managed to make my own garden of them." Athena said, tossing Kaen the bag. "That is filled with about twenty five Senzu Beans."

"I got this." Mina said, taking the beans and putting them where she'd put the luggage.

"Alright, you're all set to go." Athena said. "Now, you're just waiting on Eri."

"I'm back." Eri called out, running back up to them. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

"Now that everyone going on this trip is here, Disney World here we come." Mina said, as Kaen put the coordinates into the watch.

"Here we go." Kaen smiled hitting enter, as Mina grabbed Eri's hand, while grabbing Kaen's with the other.

The watch began to power up, but Athena knew there was something wrong when the teleportation device began to glitch, and apparently, she wasn't the only one to notice this malfunction.

"Athena, what's going on?" Kaen questioned.

"I don't know. Something's wrong. I tested out every simulation I needed to before making this, and it's never happened in any of them." Athena said looking at the device. "The watch is malfunctioning. The distance is too great for it to handle in its beta testing phase."

"This is bad." Kaen said. "I can't get it off."

"Hold on Kaen, we'll get it off you." Mina said grabbing at it.

Kaen saw the device was overloading, and about to blow. Looking to Mina, Kaen pushed her and Eri back, not wanting either of them to get caught up in the explosion.

"Hold on, I've got a remote somewhere to remotely undo the locks." Athena said, searching through her workshop.

"I don't think we have the time." Mina said.

"You three find cover." Kaen ordered her the three girls.

"No, I won't leave you Papa." Eri cried out, hugging him tight.

"Eri, you have to leave, and find cover to avoid the explosion." Kaen said.

"No, if you're going down, we're going with you." Mina said, taking Eri into her arms, and grabbing Kaen's hand. "I'm positive this won't kill you, so wherever this thing takes us, we'll see it through, together."

"Mina…" Kaen paused. "I'm sorry for getting you and Eri into this mess."

"You didn't get us into this mess. We chose to be here." Mina said with a soft smile.

Kaen pulled Mina and Eri in for a hug, as the three of them embraced one another for the inevitable explosion. Without a sound, the device connected to Kaen's wrist went off, enveloping the trio in a flash of light, before the loud boom echoed out, causing the windows to burst, and for the building to quake.

"Athena?" Toshinori called out, racing into the workshop with Gine, both of them gasping when they saw the attic looked like a bomb had gone off. "Athena?" He inquired with a bit more panic in his voice.

"Over here." Athena called out, pushing a table off her, and coughing up the smoke in her lungs, caressing her pregnant curve.

"Athena what happened?" Gine questioned, running to Athena, to see if she, or her cargo, was all right. "Are you hurt anywhere? Are the babies okay?"

Gine and Toshinori noticed the look of sadness and pain on her face, before she broke down, crying into her mother's embrace.

"I'm sorry mom, dad." Athena balled. "I'm sorry. I couldn't stop it, and… and…"

"Hey, it's okay, you're safe now." Toshinori said.

"But it's not okay." Athena said. "Kaen, Mina, and Eri were up here to and they… I let them use my latest invention to go to Disney World, to skip the long flights, and my device malfunctioned and…"

"What was your device meant to do?" Toshinori asked, knowing Athena would never intend to invent something that was meant for harming innocent people.

"It was supposed to utilize the Instant Teleportation Quirk I have in my Xerox arsenal. Kaen tested it by going to the store and coming back with some drinks, but it couldn't handle the distance from here to Florida." Athena explained.

"Where are they now Athena. Where are Kaen, Mina, and Eri now?" Gine inquired.

Athena just began crying and pushed herself deeper into Gine's embrace.

"Gine… I think I know what happened to them." Toshinori said, solemnly.

Gine turned to Toshinori, and saw he was looking, directly at one of the walls. Turning her gaze to match his, she gasped, when she saw three silhouettes of ash, embracing each other.

"Oh no." Gine gasped.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have been so prideful of my device, and let them use it." Athena sobbed. "Mina was certain that the explosion wouldn't kill them, that it would only take them somewhere else. But now, I can't help but feel she was wrong."

"This isn't your fault sweetie." Gine said, as she began to tear up.

"Why would you build something like that in the first place though?" Toshinori inquired.

"I thought if I did, Heroes could get to villain attacks faster and there'd be less property damage or casualties as a result." Athena cried.

"Oh, Athena." Toshinori said, pulling her into a hug. "You're always thinking of others safety before your own. An' I'm proud of you for that."

"C'mon, the fire department and police are gonna be here soon." Gine said. "Let's get out of the attic to let them do their job. No doubt an ambulance to. They're gonna want to take you to the hospital after this mess."


~Fiore~

"Ow, what the hell happened?" Mina questioned, opening her eyes as she felt a weight on top of her.

Looking down at herself, Mina smiled when she saw Eri sleeping soundly on her chest, while cuddling next to her, using Mina as a body pillow.

"Ah, you're awake I see."

Mina looked over who had spoken to her, and saw a short man wearing a jester's hat, with a mustache and a weird cane in his hand, as he sat on a chair, cross legged.

"I'm glad to see you're finally up. I was starting to worry you wouldn't wake up any time soon. You've been out of it for a few days, and your daughter's been worried sick." The man said. "Nice to meet you, the name's Makarov."

"Mina Ashido. An' thanks for helping us." Mina said, sitting up, wincing in pain as she held her side.

"Be careful now. You were in pretty rough shape when we brought you here." Makarov said. "Do you remember anything that happened to cause this?"

"I have vague memories of what happened but… where are we?"

"You're in the Fairy Tail Guildhall's medical ward." Makarov smiled.

"Fairy Tale?" Mina asked. "Like the stories you tell kids?"

"No-no, more like the question of whether fairies have tails or not." Makarov explained.

"Oh, tail. Got it." Mina said, keeping Eri in a hug as the child slept. "Seems like an interesting name for a Guild. An' I'm grateful to you for treating our wounds."

"Unfortunately, we couldn't figure out how to reverse what's happened to your eyes and skin. Or to remove those horns on your head. We couldn't even figure out how to remove that tail without cutting it off."

"I have an answer to all three." Mina chuckled. "My skin is this pink, because I have control over acid. The PH levels in my body are so high, my skin is pink, and the sclera of my eyes are black. An' the horns, I was born with. But the tail is a recent addition to who I am."

"Oh, I see." Makarov said.

"But if it makes you uncomfortable, I can adjust myself to look normal." Mina said, her skin tone changing to a light D2996C color, with a beauty mark under her right eye on the cheek bone, and her sclera turning white.

"Oh no my dear. I'm not put off by it at all." Makarov said. "But I suppose it's a good thing you can change yourself in such a way. I don't think any of the towns folk would come to accept you, the way you were. They'd probably persecute you as a demon."

"Then why haven't you or anyone else in the guild?" Mina asked.

"My dear, we do not judge those based on their outward appearance here at Fairy Tail. We keep an open mind, and accept those who come through our doors, for who they are, and not what they look like." Makarov said.

"At least I know my daughter and I are in good company." Mina smiled.

"Mira's been taking care of her since she woke up, and you've been unconscious. She loves kids, and is very good with them." Makarov smiled kindly. "Unfortunately though, it seems we were unable to find Eri's father when she lead us to you."

"He might have ended up somewhere else entirely." Mina said.

"So, little Eri has tried explaining to us, what your situation is, but we'd like to hear the story from you." Makarov said.

"Well… have you ever heard of a Saiyan?"


~Elsewhere~

"Ow, damn that smarts." Kaen cursed picking himself up, and opening his eyes to the clap of thunder and lightning. "Where the hell am I?"

"Finally you're awake."

Kaen looked behind him, and saw a man with dark tan skin, long wild black and blue hair, wearing shredded pants, held up by a sash tied around his waist.

"Have a seat. The deer is almost cooked to perfection."

"Where am I?" Kaen asked, hesitantly taking a seat.

"You're in my home. I know it's not the fanciest place to live, but I brought you in out of the storm, when I found you." The stranger said, tossing him a leg of meat.

"Your home is a cave?"

"Got a problem with that?"

"Not really. Just wasn't expecting to be rescued by a mountain hermit." Kaen said.

"Well this mountain hermit, as you called me, doesn't usually care about people. But you seem different. You seem to have a destructive force, relatable to my own." The man said. "An' because of that, I want to take you in, train you in surviving in this world, teach you the ways of the Dragon Martial Arts. A fighting style taught by Dragons, to humans."

"An' what do you get out of this?" Kaen asked.

"I get a descent fight, that will hopefully end my life, once my mission has been completed." The man said.

"Who are you?" Kaen questioned, not liking the vibes this man was giving off.

"You can call me, what the rest of the world knows me as. Acnologia."


~Months Later~

"Natsu. Hey wake up Natsu, we're at the Port Town Hargeon." Mina said, poking the salmon haired boy as he lay on the floor of the train, keeping herself covered with her hooded cloak.

It had been at least six months since Mina joined Fairy Tail, and in all that time, she's pretty much gotten used to the antics of her fellow guild mates. She even made a name for herself, and in record time, completed the most tasks within the first week without causing any significant property damage. Currently, she was traveling with her fiery Guild Mate, Natsu Dragneel, and his blue furred companion Happy the cat. But there was one downside to going on jobs and quests with him.

"Come on Natsu get up." Happy said standing in front of him.

"Is he gonna be alright?" The train attendant questioned with concern.

"Sorry about him. He's usually like this on vehicles. He's got some pretty bad motion sickness." Mina said.

"Never, I'm never riding a stupid train again." Natsu said, before his cheeks bulged out as he looked like he was gonna barf.

"You say that every time." Happy sighed.

"Natsu, this is the fastest method to you getting over your motion sickness." Mina said, dragging him by the backpack off the train.

"Easy for you to say. You're not the one suffering from motion sickness right now." Natsu groaned.

"Hey be nice Natsu, Mina footed the bill for the tickets. So you could at least show her some gratitude and respect." Happy said walking next to them.

"Not to mention, I paid for all the food you ordered and ate, when the train made its first stop." Mina said, her tail flicking around in annoyance. "That was honestly a waste of both food, and money. You're paying me back for all of it."

"Sorry, yes Ma'am." Natsu said.

"Come on. Get up, we're off the train." Mina said.

"Right." Natsu said, getting to his feet. "Thanks for accompanying me on this Mina."

"You're not the only one who has a personal stake in this lead you know. Rumor is that this Salamander is accompanied by someone who goes by the title, Saiyan, and they are both supposed be really powerful. If we're lucky, which I doubt we're that lucky, it could be Igneel and maybe even Kaen."

"Right." Natsu said.

"If our information's correct, we should find them somewhere in this town." Happy said.

"Let's hope it is." Mina sighed.

"Hey, we'll find Kaen, don't worry." Natsu said.


~Elsewhere in Hargeon~

"What? You mean to tell me this is the only magic shop in the whole town?" A young blonde girl questioned, slamming her hands on the counter. The young girl had a curvaceous body, with 89cm hips, and a G-Cup rack, packed a bit too snugly in her top.

"Afraid so. The people around here are more fishing folk, than they are magic folk. I recon most people in this town don't even know how to use magic. I built this shop to sell to the wizards who happen to be passing through." The shop keeper said.

"Oh then I came all this way for nothing." The woman sighed.

"Now, now don't say that little lady, I have all the latest goods right here. Let me show you a few." The shop keep said pulling a small box with a lacrima crystal on the top of it, and a lacrima crystal pad on the bottom. "This colors magic is popular, all the young girls really seem to like it. It lets you change the color of your clothes, any time you want." He explained as he began demonstrating how it worked.

"I already have one of those. What I really want are some powerful Gate Keys."

"Gate Keys huh? Now that's a rare request." The shop keep said as the girl spotted a silver key.

"Oh wow, it's the little doggy." She gushed.

"Yes, but that one's not very powerful you see."

"I know, but I really, really want it. So how much?"

"20,000J."

"I'm sorry but how much was that again?"

"I said 20,000J."

There was a moment of silence as the Shop Keeper and the girl looked at one another, before the girl sat on the counter, doing a sexy pose while letting some of her cleavage out.

"Aw come on, how much is it really worth? Surely you can cut me a deal." She said, trying to act all cute and seductive.


~Later~

"Ugh, I can't believe he only knocked off a 1,000J." The blonde girl grumbled, sauntering through the streets angrily. "That stubborn old geezer must be blind. That trick usually works. So much for using my feminine wilds." She complained before stopping, hearing a commotion down at the street below the bridge she was on. "I wonder what all the buzz it down there?"

"Are you serious? He's really here?" A woman cried in joy as she and her friend ran past the blonde girl.

"It's Salamander and Saiyan."

"Salamander?" The girl questioned before gasping. "As in the Elemental Sorcerer with rare magic you can't even buy in stores? Wow. He's in this dead end town?"


~Mina, Natsu, Happy~

"Hey Mina. Do you know where we're supposed to start looking?" Natsu asked. "If not can we stop for a bite to eat? I'm starving."

"I packed us some food before we left Magnolia, you can munch on the one I packed for you." Mina said, reaching into her bag on her hip, and pulling out a tin box wrapped in cloth. "Here, one bento courtesy of me."

"Thank you so much." Natsu smiled, taking the bento box. "Wait, why didn't you just give it to me on the train then?"

"Because it would have been a waste of my efforts, and cooking since you would have barfed it up. So I saved it for when we were off the train." Mina stated. "As for where we start looking. We need to head to the magic shop here in town. It's where we're supposed to meet up with the shop keeper who has the intel we're looking for. It's the only magic shop in Hargeon so it shouldn't be too hard to find. I hear the Shop Keepers a pervy old man though, so you're gonna have to do the talking."

"Salamander." They heard a girl cry out in excitement. "He's so dreamy."

"An' so hot."

"Salamander?" Natsu and Happy repeated, hopefully before Natsu shoved the bento box back in Mina's hands.

"Hey, Natsu." Mina called out, chasing after him.

"We're in luck today Happy." Natsu shouted.


~At the Same Time~

The crowd was cheering for the duo team of a sorcerer and sorceress.

The man known as Salamander is a relatively tall and slim man with mildly short, spiky hair jutting outwards, with a long fringe left hanging over the upper left part of his face giving off a dark blue shade. He possesses a mildly rectangular face with sharp features, dark eyes and thin, dark eyebrows. He has a distinctive dark facial tattoo covering the right part of his forehead, just above his right eyebrow. He wore ornate clothing, with the most visible piece being a dark, high-collared cape almost reaching down to his knees, possessing a lighter inner part and light edges adorned by a pattern consisting of many rhombs, lined up one after the other.

"Isn't he just so handsome?" One girl questioned as the duo struck a pose.

"He's so cool."

In the crowd, the blonde girl was looking at the Salamander, wondering why her heart was pounding so much.

'Why's my heart beating so fast?' She pondered. 'What's gotten into me all of a sudden, why is my heart racing like this when I look at him?'

"You ladies are all so sweet." Salamander said, before he looked at Lucy as he laid eyes on her.

'He looked at me.' The girl squealed. 'Is it 'cause he's a famous wizard? Is that why my hearts throbbing out of control? Could it be, am I in love with them both, am I destined to be with them?'

"Igneel it's me." Natsu shouted coming running through the crowd with Happy, pausing when he saw Salamander and Huntress. "Who the hell are you?"

"Who am I?" Salamander questioned.

"Hey Mina?" Natsu said as his companion joined them. "This him, the Saiyan you're looking for?"

"No, that is not him." Mina said. "Who the hell are you though?"

"I am the infamous Salamander." Salamander said. "Surely you've heard of me before."

"Never heard of ya." Natsu said, revealing they were walking away, not interested in him.

"Hey wait a minute." The Salamander called out.

Mina put a hand on Natsu's head and pushed him to the ground as she ducked down, evading a couple of the girls that came charging at them with flying kicks, making them land in heaps of garbage, instead of kicking Natsu and Mina's asses like they had intended.

"Attacking us for no good reason? You're a bunch a simps aren't ya?" Mina said, as she and Natsu got back up to their feet.

"Come now ladies, I'm sure they didn't mean anything malicious by it." Salamander said. "They do seem like they're in a hurry. Oh, I know."

As Mina and Natsu dusted themselves off, Salamander walked up to them, holding out a couple of autographed pieces of paper in his hand.

"Here, now you both can go brag to all your friends." Salamander smiled.

"Not interested." Mina spoke, before having to duck down and pull Natsu back to the ground with her. "An' by the by, you'd better be careful. Last I'd heard love charms like the ring you're wearing have been outlawed by the council for the last five years." She said, getting back up and pointing to the ring he wore, with heart on the surface.

"Guess it wasn't either the Salamander or Saiyan guy we're looking for after all." Happy said, hopping up on Mina's shoulder.

"Definitely not them." Mina and Natsu said at the same time as they walked away.

"That one's a clever girl, I'll have to let my partner know about her. I'm afraid I must be going ladies. I have business to attend to." Salamander smiled, before snapping his fingers, and he went into the sky on a pillar of purple flames. "I'm throwing a soiree on my yacht tonight. An' you're all invited. Especially the cutie in the cloak."

"In your dreams. I'm already spoken for." Mina scoffed, as he flew off.

"Who the hell was that guy?" Natsu questioned.

"I don't know but he was a real creep." Natsu, Happy, and Mina turned to look at the blonde girl came up to them, blocking their path. "Heya, thank you for your help."


~Later~

"My name's Lucy. It's nice to meet you." The blonde girl said, sitting across from Happy and Natsu, with Mina sitting beside her in the booth of the restaurant.

"It's nice to meet you to Lucy. My name's Mina, and the two stuffing their faces are Natsu and Happy." Mina introduced, chopping them both on the head. "Would you two mind your manners, you're making a huge mess."

"Sorry." Natsu said, as they slowed down on eating.

"You really have those two on a short leash don't you?" Lucy asked.

"I've got a little girl at home that I have to keep in line. So it's my job to keep them in line as well, and not embarrass us when out in public." Mina sighed.

"Evidently that Salamander was using magic. Charm spells to hypnotize the ladies into thinking they were falling in love with him." Lucy said.

"It's surprising you'd noticed the charms as well. That kind of magic has been illegal for half a decade now. No body even sells them anymore, because they have the power to attract people against their own wills. Effectively making those people slaves to whatever bidding the charm holders want." Mina said. "If he could, Kaen would find and destroy all items with that power."

"He must have gone through some real trouble to get his hands on that kind of magic." Lucy said. "I totally fell victim to his spell, but I snapped out of it when you came barging in when you did. I really can't thank you guys enough."

"Eh, it was nothing more than good timing." Mina said.

"Hold on, how come you didn't fall under the charm spell?" Lucy asked.

"Me?"

"Oh that's easy." Natsu said. "Mina's heart already belongs to someone else, so charms spells like that won't work on her unless she's heartbroken."

"That's so romantic. An' it makes sense to why you were immune then. The weakness of spells like those are awareness, but immunity is only capable when one's heart is truly given to another." Lucy smiled. "I know I may not look it, but I'm a wizard too."

"Really? What kind of magic do you use? You've gotta be a pretty good one with how strong your Ki is." Mina asked.

"Ki?"

"A martial arts thing." Natsu said. "I don't get it either. But what magic do you use?" Natsu asked.

"I'm a Celestial Wizard. I'm contracted to several Celestial Spirits through their gate keys." Lucy said, holding up her ring of keys.

"That sounds like an interesting magic." Mina smiled, looking at the keys.

"Yeah, but I haven't joined a guild yet or anything." Lucy said. "Oh, I should probably explain huh?"

"No need, we're aware of the Guild System." Mina smiled.

"Oh, well that's good to know."

"It's unfortunate though. No one's really considered a full fledged wizard until they actually join a guild. I say that's just discrimination. Anyone who can defend themselves with magic, or use basic spells are wizards. Joining a guild shouldn't have to define that." Mina said.

"I know what you mean." Lucy said. "But there are tons of them all over the world. I heard it's really tough to get into the more popular ones, and the guild I wanna join is the most popular one there is. They're the greatest, and they're always featured in Sorcerer Weekly. Oh if I could actually convince them to let me in, I think I'd just about die."

"Really?" Mina smiled. 'Note to self, find Lucy before heading back to Fairy Tail and drag her to Magnolia to help her join the guild.'

"I'm telling you, someday I'm actually gonna join that guild, and when I do, I'm gonna make a ton of money on quests and jobs." Lucy said.

"You talk a lot." Happy said.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. You all came here trying to find a couple people, didn't you?" Lucy questioned.

"We're looking for Igneel and someone named Kaen." Happy smiled.

"We heard a rumor that a Salamander and his partner Saiyan, would be coming through this town, so we came here to see 'em. Turns out it was somebody else." Natsu said.

"Yeah, that guy didn't look like a Salamander at all." Happy said.

"No kidding. I bet that poser can't even breathe fire like a real dragon." Natsu said.

"I'm sorry, but you're looking for someone who looks like a dragon?" Lucy asked.

"Nah, you got it all wrong. He doesn't look like a dragon, he is one." Natsu stated.

"What?" Lucy questioned.

"Aye. Igneel's a real live fire dragon." Happy said.

"Why the hell would a fire dragon show up in the middle of town? It doesn't make a lick of sense, and it's totally ridiculous." Lucy shouted.

"Actually, there's a fact most humans don't know about dragons, in fact I wasn't aware of it until Kaen told me about it." Mina said. "Dragons are similar to shape shifters, but they can only take on two forms. Their original dragon form that they were born with, or they can take on a human form to blend in with the populace."

"Don't tell me you're here looking for a dragon too." Lucy said, as Mina took a swig of her drink.

"Nah. I'm actually looking for my boyfriend." Mina said. "We got separated half a year ago."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's fine, I've been searching ever since, and have found several leads that could bring me closer to him. The rumor we heard involved someone who went by Saiyan, which was a title my boyfriend and I have, since, neither of us are human, and that's the name of our species."

"You go girl. I'll just ignore the part you said about not being human, as my mind cannot process it right now." Lucy said putting some money down. "Listen, I gotta get going, it was nice meeting you all."

"Keep the money. These two will be scarfing food down for a while, so that won't cover it. I'll be footing the bill for this one." Mina stated. "An' they'll be paying me back once we return home."

"Alright, that saves me the 1,000J I managed to save at an old man's magic shop. Can you believe he originally charged me 20,000J for a silver gate key? I was only able to knock it down to19,000J." Lucy said.

"His prices are so high, because he runs the only magic shop in town, and not a lot of wizards come here." Mina explained. "He's got to pay the bills somehow. So I find it kinda unfair that you swindled him to drop the price."

"I guess that does make me a bit of a bad person. Still doesn't mean he has to rip people off." Lucy sighed.

"I know it's not fair, but that's just how the real world works." Mina said. "Hope to see you again sometime Lucy."

"You too Mina." Lucy smiled.

"You think she'll join Fairy Tail like she wants?" Natsu asked after Lucy left the building.

"I have a feeling she'll get to join sooner than she expected." Mina smirked.


~Elsewhere~

"Did you hear? Salamander and Saiyan are having a party tonight and all the hotties in town are invited." One of the townsmen said, catching the attention of a cloaked figure passing through.

"I know. It's so unfair. But that's the Salamander of Fairy Tail for ya. But who's this Saiyan guy?"

"You didn't hear? He's strong as hell. It's rumored he also took on member of the Big Four from Phantom Lord, and won, because they tried recruiting him by force."

"Tsk, so this guy's posing as me huh?" Kaen questioned as he kept on walking, ignoring the rest of their conversation. "Well if he wants to have a reputation so bad, he'll impersonate me for it, I'd better go say hello to the poor sap who's running my title through the mud."


~With Lucy~

"Oh my. Looks like the Fairy Tail guild's out there causing trouble again. But they're not as bad as they used to be. Someone's been straightening out their destructive habits over the last few years. A new member they recruited around that time perhaps?" Lucy questioned, sitting on a park bench, reading an issue of Sorcerer Weekly. "Demon bandit clan wiped out, with no damage to the homes, or property, but the forest outside of the village was decimated? Talk about going overboard while protecting innocent people at the same time." She smiled before flipping the page. "Ah, the centerfolds Mirajane, she's so pretty. I wish I knew how to get to be a member. Do you have to apply, maybe interview with them? I don't know. But I'm so gonna join Fairy Tail, they're totally the coolest guild ever."

"What was that? You want to join Fairy Tail?" Salamander questioned, his head popping out of the bushes.

"Ah, Salamander." Lucy said, going on the defensive.

"I've been looking all over for you. I wanted to personally invite you to the party I'm having on my yacht tonight." Salamander said.

"Your charm spell won't work on me. That magic's weakness is awareness." Lucy said. "It doesn't work on people if they know you're using it."

"Just as I thought. I guessed you were a wizard the moment I laid eyes on you." Salamander said. "No matter, the invitation still stands."

"Well you can forget it. I wouldn't be caught dead at a party being thrown by a creep like you!" Lucy said.

"A creep, why would you call me that?" Salamander asked sounding dejected.

"Your spell. Using it to make yourself more popular!" Lucy pointed out.

"Don't be like that my dear, it's all in good fun." Salamander said. "I just wanted to feel like a celebrity at my own party, can you blame me?"

"This just proves that even famous wizards can be big idiots." Lucy said, turning away from him.

"You wish to join the Fairy Tail guild right?" Salamander questioned. "Have you ever heard about Salamander, one of Fairy Tail's Wizards?"

"Well yeah. You're telling me you're him? You're from Fairy Tail?" Lucy questioned.

"That's correct, and if you wanna join I could probably put in a good word for you." Salamander said.


~Mina, Natsu, Happy~

"Ooh." Mina gasped, stopping as she raised her mug to her lips.

"What's wrong?" Natsu asked, looking up at her.

"I just got the worst feeling. Someone who's not a part of the guild is using the Fairy Tail name for something deceitful." Mina said, putting her mug down, before getting up.

"You're not staying to finish the meal?" Natsu asked as Mina put a stack of money down.

"Eat as much as this can get you, but no more. I'm heading out to do some investigating." Mina said.

"Where are you going to search?" Natsu questioned.

"There's a request outpost for people to submit requests to the guilds. I'm gonna start there." Mina said. "I might know who this Salamander is. I was so disappointed about not finding Kaen that I didn't pay attention to his looks. But now that I think about it, I have a bad feeling about this."

"Where do you wanna meet up at?" Natsu asked.

"The last train for Magnolia departs at ten. This investigation might take a while, so we'll meet back up at the station at nine-thirty." Mina said.

"Got it." Natsu said.

Mina left the establishment, intending to find out what was going on, and who that Salamander was. Things weren't looking good if Fairy Tail's good name and reputation was involved, at least for those pretending to be from Fairy Tail.

As she left, Mina was unaware of the dark cloaked figure following her, with a gleaming eye of interest.


~That Night~

"Hehe, that was quite a meal, 'eh Happy?" Natsu questioned.

"Aye." Happy smiled. "So we meet back up with Mina in an hour, right?"

"She did say nine-thirty." Natsu said. "An' if we run the station is only ten minutes away. But let's take our time."

"Agreed." Happy said, before looking out and spotting something on the lake. "Hey, do you think that's the boat they Salamander guy and Huntress lady are hosting their party?"

"Oh, I'm gonna hurl." Natsu said, after seeing the boat.

"Come on, it's not like we're gonna actually go or anything." Happy said.

"Oh my gosh, that's Salamander's yacht isn't it?" They overheard a woman say excited.

"I wish I could have gone to his party."

"Who's Salamander?"

"For real? You're never heard of Salamander?"

"He's the most amazing Wizard ever to walk the earth."

"An' he's a member of Fairy Tail."

"Fairy Tail?" Natsu questioned, looking back out at the ship. "Nope, I'm gonna hurl."

"Looks like Mina's little feeling was right on the money." Happy said.

"Yeah." Natsu said. "So he claims to be from Fairy Tail, huh?"


~Yacht~

"It's Lucy right?" Salamander questioned, pouring three drinks. "That's such a lovely name."

"Yeah, thanks." Lucy said.

"I'd like to toast your beauty." Salamander said, snapping his fingers and making the juice float. "Now, open up wide Lucy. Savor the taste of each flavorful drop as it enters your mouth. Don't be shy. It's quite a delectable drink."

"Creepy." Lucy said getting the chills, as she opened her mouth. As the juice was floating to her, Lucy realized something, before she stood up and smacked the drink away. "What do you think you're doing?" She questioned. "I know what you're up to. You're trying to use sleep magic on me."

"My, you are quite the clever one." Salamander smiled.

"Look, I don't want to give you the wrong idea. Yes, I wanna join Fairy Tail more than anything, but I'm not gonna sleep with the two of you to make that happen." Lucy stated.

"You're quite a handful, aren't you?" Salamander questioned, before the curtains around them opened up, revealing all sorts of shady men, holding one or two unconscious girls.

"What's going on here?" Lucy questioned.

"Welcome aboard our ship." Salamander smiled sinisterly. "You'd be wise to behave yourself until we make it to Bosco. We wouldn't want to damage the merchandise. Don't make me angry."

"We're going to Bosco? You said you'd get me into Fairy Tail."

"Forget it. That was just a lie I told you to lure you here and make you one of our slaves." Salamander stated.

"How could you? You're gonna kidnap all these girls?" Lucy questioned.

"That's our Salamander for ya." One of the pirates said.

"We got a big haul this time."

"Why you…"

The moment Lucy pulled out her keys, Salamander snapped his fingers, using a whip of purple flames to knock them away, before Salamander grabbed them with his flames.

"These are Celestial Gate keys. Only the Wizard contracted to the spirits connected to these can use them. So they're of no use to me." Salamander said, tossing them out the porthole to the ocean outside.

"You used magic to take advantage of others." Lucy said angrily. "You're the worst Wizard alive."

Seconds after she declared that, someone came crashing in through the ceiling, shattering the wood to splinters. Looking towards who'd landed on in the room, Lucy was amazed to see that it was Natsu, and he had a determined, and angry look on his face, as he knocked Huntress off of her.

"Natsu." Lucy said.

"I knew this was a bad idea." The salmon haired wizard said as he looked like he was gonna vomit.

"You are so lame." Lucy deadpanned.

"Hey, what are you doing here Lucy?"

Lucy looked up to see Happy flying above the hole Natsu made.

"Oh Happy, this jerk tricked me. He said he was gonna get me into Fairy Tail." Lucy said. "Hold up, since when do you have wings?"

"I'll explain that later okay?" Happy questioned, as his tail wrapped around Lucy's waist. "Hold on." He said, before flying away, bringing Lucy with him.

"Wait where's Mina?" Lucy questioned.

"She went to do some investigating, we haven't seen her since then." Happy said.

"After them, we can't let them report this to the Magic Council." Salamander called out.

"Boss…" Someone called out, running to him. "We've got a problem. There's a massive title wave coming straight for the ship."

"What?" Salamander questioned.

Running out the door, Salamander looked over the railing, and his eyes widened in fear as a giant wave, big enough to swallow the ship, came for them, and threw the water vessel back to port, turning it on its side, and throwing everyone around. When the dust settled, the ship was stuck on dry land, and would required demolition to be removed, with how much damage was done to it by the wave.

"The hell happened?" Salamander questioned, sitting up rubbing his head, before looking up to see the girls who came to the party went running away from the wreck, retreating away from the ruined harbor. "Idiots our merchandise is getting away. Go after them."

"Not so fast." Natsu called out, standing up on the stationed wreck and glaring at Salamander. "So you claim to be part of Fairy Tail guild."

"What's it to you? Kill 'em." Salamander ordered.

Two of the kidnapping bandits charged at Mina and Natsu.

"Wait don't." Lucy cried out, before Happy stopped her from running to him.

"Let me get a closer look at your face." Natsu stated as he threw his jacket to the side.

"Watch out." Lucy called out to the pyro.

"Don't worry about him." Happy said, snacking on a fish he pulled out from his sack on his back. "I probably should have mentioned this sooner, but Natsu's a wizard too, same with Mina." He smiled, leaving Lucy stunned.

"What?" Lucy questioned.

"It's true. They both from the same guild."

As the two ran to attack Natsu, the salmon haired wizard looked at his coming assaulters without amusement, before he smacked them both away with a single strike, showing them his right arm.

"My name is Natsu. I'm a Fairy Tail Wizards, and I've never seen your sorry face in my guildhall before." Natsu stated glaring at him.

"You've gotta be kidding me." Lucy said. "So Natsu and Mina are Fairy Tail Wizards?"

"That mark on his arm." One of the pirates said, seeing the red emblem on Natsu's shoulder. "This guy's the real deal Bora."

"Don't call me that you idiot."

"I know him. Bora the Prominence. Rumor has it he was kicked out of the Titan Nose guild for bad behavior." Happy said.

"I have no idea what you are trying to do here, and I don't care if you're a good guy, bad guy, or what." Natsu said, marching towards Bora. "I'm not gonna let you dirty the Fairy Tail Guilds name."

"Oh yea? An' just what the hell are you gonna do about it, stop me?" Bora questioned. "Prominence Typhoon." He chanted, sending a massive fire attack spell at him.

The spell made contact, and created an explosion, before it began to burn on the wrecked ship.

"Natsu." Lucy cried out, but was stopped when Happy flew in front of her, his back in her face.

"That's just how it goes." Bora said. "The bigger the talk, the weaker the man. Now come on, if we hurry we can still grab the…"

"Man, this is gross." Natsu's muffled voice came from the flames. "Are you sure you're really a Fire Wizard? These are the nastiest flames I've ever tasted." He said as he devoured the flames surrounding him, surprising everyone, aside from Happy, witnessing this, as he came out of that burning blaze unscathed, dusting off his shoulders. "Thanks for the grub poser."

"What the hell's going on here, who is this guy?" Bora questioned.

"Fire magic doesn't work on Natsu." Happy smiled eerily.

"I've never seen anything like that." Lucy said in awe as Natsu finished off the flames.

"Now I've got a fire in my belly that's raging to get out." He declared slamming his fists together. "Here goes. Fire Dragon: ROAR."

From his mouth, Natsu sent a blazing inferno towards the kidnappers.

The impact caused the sand bellow them to thrown into the air, like a cloud of dirt and glass, while knocking Bora away, and dazing him a bit as he managed to get out of the way in time, to avoid the full impact. With his senses back he used his flames and flew into the air.

"Hey Bora. I swear I've seen this guy before. The pink hair, and the scaly looking scarf. There's no doubt about it, he's gotta be the real deal."

"Salamander?" Lucy gasped.

"I hope you're all paying attention." Natsu declared as he covered his fists in flames. "This is what an actual Fairy Tail Wizard can do."

Charging at Bora, Natsu took on his poser opposite, and took the liberty of kicking his ass hard as Bora had a hard time keeping up with Natsu's speed and attack power.

"I don't get it. What is going on?" Lucy questioned.

"Natsu has dragon lungs that allows him to breathe fire. Dragon scales to help him dissolve the fire, and dragon claws for attacking with fire." Happy explained as Natsu sent Bora arching through the air, covered in flames and leaving a trail of smoke behind. "This brand of fire magic, is one that allows his body to take on all the qualities of a dragon. The magic he's using is an ancient spell that's rarely used anymore. This particular magic was originally used to deal with dragons. It's called Dragonslayer Magic. Igneel was the one who taught it to him."

"Seriously?"

"Fire Dragon: Iron Fist." Natsu cried out as he used the attack to finish off his opponent.

With the burning impact of Natsu's strike, Bora went flying through the town, before he painfully landed in the port, creating a divot leading into town square.

Natsu landed on the ground a proud and confident smirk on his face as he felt satisfied with his work.

"Alright Natsu, you did it." Happy cheered as he and Lucy came to his side.

"Yeah, and now that we've gotten that out of the way, we can meet up with Mina at the station and…"

"You idiots aren't going anywhere."

Natsu turned around to see Bora, limping towards them, holding his arm in pain as he smirked arrogantly.

"I knew your little friend wouldn't come quietly on her own to my party, so I had my partner do a little…"

Bora stopped talking, when a large shadow covered him, before he looked up and freaked out as the unconscious form of a giant of a man, came crashing down on him. The man was dressed in a pair of monk like robes, with prayer beads around his neck, the tan lines of a circlet on his forehead, and a broken staff in his hands. He looked like a big human ape.

"Sorry, were you saying something?" Kaen questioned, gently floating to the ground, with an unconscious Mina in his arms. "I hope I wasn't too rude. I was just trying to return your filthy kidnapping partner to you, who was impersonating me, and ruining my good name."

"Hey buddy, who the hell are you? An' why do you have Mina?" Natsu questioned, before noticing Mina's cloak was torn and some of her clothes were missing. "What the hell did you do to her?"

"Easy there Salamander." Kaen said. "The guy you want to blame for Mina's current condition, is lying right there on the ground on top of your poser."

"So you saved her from the ape creep. Thank goodness." Happy said. "But who are you?"

"The name's Kaen." He said with a toothy grin. "I'm the Saiyan you've been looking for."