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When your hearts beats with the heat of the sun for each other, that is love. This Fairy Tail redo is a story of two people connected by a fire unquenched by any power in the world. Their bond will take change the fate of Fiore and all of Ishgar.

Chapter 24: A Brave Fight

The rest of the guild wizards managed to keep up with Siri and Natsu in at least their field of vision. Their insane drive for a fight kept them ahead to both Lucy and Erza's irritation. Even when the duo fell off a cliff to give a head start, they still got ahead of everyone. None of the wizards would've stopped if a huge shadow didn't catch Natsu's attention.

Every pair of eyes widened at the grace of the flying battle ship, Crystina. It had a base design of a galleon that sailed on the seas, only its hull was lined with blue and white steel. At the head of the ship was a sculpture of a horse, and wings were attached at port and starboard. The "legs" of the pegasus were engines, and the front and sides were armed with the most deadly of magical artillery. Cynthia would be drooling on the spot if she was here.

"Woah, horses can fly too?" Happy awed.

"Refrain from opening your mouth." Carla sneered, but a fake cough caught her attention to a scowling Adrian.

"Be - nice!" Adrian said through gritted teeth, but Carla only made a 'humphf'. "Damn, stupid, arrogant cat."

(If it's not clear, I fucking hate Carla. Her overall high-standing attitude was just disgusting in my opinion from canon. I just did not see how Wendy could improve at all with Carla berating her for the mistakes instead of encouraging her.)

Adrian took a quick breath to relax himself before relaying orders. "Let's head out into the Woodsea and find the enemy base."

"I'm flying the bomber thing!" Natsu called.

"NO!" denied all of the Fairy Tail wizards. The heavens would only know how much damaged Natsu would cause to all of Ishgar if he got his hands on the contraption. Then again, it was thankful he would suffer from motion sickness.

Suddenly, a bang thundered through all the Woodsea. The port side of Cystina burst in smoke and flame, followed by the head. Debris crashed into the earth, digging or uprooting the trees, or setting a new blaze on the forest. Crystina slowly fell to the ground until it collided in a bright explosion. All that was left was a crater of ash and scrap metal.

"Tch." Adrian went into a battle stance followed by Erza, "This is not good."

The slayers present sniffed the air and they stiffened into bent knees and squared shoulders. Lucy rushed to Wendy intent on protecting her for whatever might come. The bluenette didn't have any comfort except for her recent mother figure.

"What going on?" Wendy tried her hardest not to whimper.

"Don't hide." Carla scolded.

Adrian and others like Gray wanted to facepalm at Carla's stupidity. At a strategic standpoint, hiding would in fact give them an edge in the battle through an ambush. Secondly, the white Exceed has to understand that Wendy is a twelve-year-old with no experience in combat, especially when fighting a group of S-Class wizards.

Yet, there wouldn't be anytime to do. Five figures stepped out of the black smoke of the wreckage. Power could be felt pouring out from them, but the killing intent was what unnerved most of the group. Cobra, Brain, Racer, Hoteye, and Midnight of the Oracion Seis now stood with uncaring looks. While most were in cold sweat, Siri licked her lips in excitement. From the killing intent oozing off of them, she knew they were strong. None of the Fairy Tail mages didn't dare back down, and Adrian hardened his gaze at the dark mages.

"Hmm." Brain said, "Angel is late. That is quite concerning."

"She's probably taking her sweet time with shorty and baldy." Cobra said.

"We can get rid of these flies real quick." said Racer.

"Money is time." Hoteye preached, "Save a penny and it will become a vast fortune in the future, oh yeah."

The one called Midnight merely stayed asleep on top of the flying carpet.

"I didn't expect to meet them so soon." said Erza, but she stood her ground strong.

Brain took only one sweeping glance at the wizards gathered. Mostly, he only gave a bored expression but his eyes lingered on Adrian for a few seconds.

"Take care of these pests." Brain ordered, "But be wary of the boy. That is Adrian Franz, the top Inquisitor of the Magic Council."

"Let's look out for that maroon chick over there." Cobra added, pointing to Siri. "Her thoughts are just... crazy."

Natsu, Gray, and Siri were the most excited cracked any stiff joints, fanged grins on the former and the latter.

"Ready?" asked Natsu.

"You bet." answered Gray.

"I was born to be more than ready~." Siri moaned with a tiny blush on her cheeks.

'Great.' thought Lucy with a sweatdrop, 'I've found another sadist like Cynthia.'

"You want an invitation?" Cobra coaxed the three slayers.

In an instant, Gray, Siri, and Natsu launched at high speeds towards the dark mages.

"You seem eager, so let's hope you can stay alive long enough." cackled Siri (as she went into as I call Kenpachi mode).

A blur of motion quickly closed the distance. In midstep, Natsu and Gray were kicked aside by the one named Racer who suddenly appeared from his spot among his comrades just a literal second ago.

Lucy's eye widened. "He's fast, maybe faster than me."

She was about to jump in when Racer landed a blurry kick to Siri's jaw with a crack. Instead of tumbling to the ground, the Sky Demon Slayer growled digging her heel to stay on her feet. A bruise marked her left jaw, but she put a hand to it and snapped it in place. The pain didn't make the girl wince, but in fact made her grin become more feral.

"Now what kind of kick was that?" Siri sneered.

Siri went on a rampage chasing down Racer throwing fist after fist into the ground. Racer could easily dodge back, but Siri could adapt any change in direction he would go and left little opening for him to disengage.

"Shit, you're right Cobra." Racer admitted, dodging a fist inches from his cheek, but he could feel a sting of a cut, "This one is a complete psychopath."

"C'mon, stop running and fight me to kill!" Siri roared, "Sky Demon's Rage."

Racer curled his lips in frustration as he sidestepped away from a torrent of pink winds grinding a trench through the ground and uprooting trees as it went on. The next he knew Siri was closing in. He threw a Speed-magic kick. It connected and obviously did pain, but Siri went on with more vigor. Like she was loving the pain.

"You can do better than that!" Siri cried, "Sky Demon's Gashing Horn."

Racer managed to move his body from a direct blow to his stomach, but took a partial amount of the blow to his side. The blow caused him to spin out of control in the air and he righted himself by skidding on the ground on all fours.

"Hmm, perhaps they are not all pests as we thought." Brain noted, "Why that Demon Slayer is not in a dark guild I will never understand."

His senses alerted him to danger from the air. Above, Adrian was coming down with a downward slash of his buster sword to cleave the dark mage in two. Brain gave him no expression, and raised his staff to produce a green magical shield. Adrian put full commitment in his swing. The sword crashed down and all of those who paid attention expected the blade to shatter.

'How wrong they are.' thought Adrian.

The blade did not shatter. Rather it cleaved through the shield like butter. Brain widened his eyes as the blade inched closer to his outstretched arm. Blood spilled from the moment the blade came in contact. The ground became like liquid and wrapped Adrian to trap him in place while Brain retreated now sporting a bleeding gash on his forearm.

"What is that blade?" Brain demanded.

"Surprised aren't you?" said Adrian, keeping his cool despite his predicament, "You thought you knew everything about the Magic Council since you were the former head of Research and Development. Yes, that's right. I know more about you than most people should. I know of your sick experiments you've played on innocent people for some goal that I don't give a damn about. I have orders from the Magic Council, and it is my duty to bring you in alive or dead."

"Pray tell how are you going to do that when you can't move?" said Brain.

Adrian smiled. "This blade of mine is the greatest treasure from the vault of the Magic Council. Form 2: Explosion."

"What!?" Brain exclaimed.

A gold light surrounded the sword reminiscent to Requip. The blade changed shape becoming a shorter but wider blade with a red blunt edge. Embers sparked off the edge as Adrian poured his magic into the blade. The blunt burned in crimson light before a sizable explosion went off pushing back the liquid earth from Adrian. Somehow, he was kept in one piece despite being the closest to the explosion. His face showed no emotion, and he hoisted the giant blade with one hand onto his shoulder.

"This is the Ten Commandments." Adrian announced, "It shall be the last thing you will ever see. Form 3: Silfarion."

The blade glowed again and changed shape into a thinner blue blade, and the handle turned into a traditional western-style guard and hilt. The moment the glowed faded, Adrian disappeared from sight. A crack in the air followed the shocking sight of Adrian landing a foot into Brain's gut. The elderly man showed his experience and skill by successfully blocking a fatal strike from the super fast blade aimed for his collar bone. The skull produced a burst of green magic, but Adrian canceled it out by quickly switching to Form 2. Brain and Adrian slid apart from each other with a cloud of ash between them.

"You are remarkably talented, Adrian Franz." Brain complimented, "Such a prodigy is wasted in the Magic Council."

"Better than to join scum like you!" Adrian barked before dashing to attack again, and staff and blade clashed.

Unfortunately, the other wizards were not faring so well. The Trimen were instantly dealt with by Racer. Natsu targeted Midnight, but his magic was somehow going around him. The only one who was having ground was Erza fighting against Cobra, but she couldn't land a single hit even in her fastest armor.

Sherria and Lyon faced Hoteye and sent a volley of their magic in the form of a rock doll and a flock of ice birds. Hoteye's eyes flashed a light before the ground turned into liquid to form a tidal wave that trapped the mages.

"In life, all you need is money." Hoteye preached.

"Shut the hell up!" Lyon growled through gritted teeth. He prided himself as the better wizard, so was slightly miffed to use his trump card of Ice God Slaying Magic so early. He slammed a hand encased in black mist upon the earth, and black frost spread all around freezing it solid as it should be and therefore nullifying Hoteye's magic.

"How did you-"

"Ice God's Bellow."

A blizzard of black ice surged from Lyon's mouth towards Hoteye. With a flick of his wrist, the ground rose up and stopped the bellow in its tracks, but it gave the time for Lyon to break Sherria and himself free.

"Oh, a God Slayer." said Hoteye, "Yes, your body will give me a fortune."

Racer was currently finishing off Gray with a kick to the back of his head and moved to Natsu. A golden blur, even to him, blocked his path and he flinched when pink eyes staring back at him suddenly. Racer tried to get out of the way, but Lucy cut him off with similar speed. He threw a punch and a few kicks, but Lucy was keeping pace with Racer.

"I like fast girls." said Racer with a smirk.

"Already taken, little shit." Lucy scoffed, throwing a punch that grazed Racer's cheek, "And hands off my man."

The two became a blur of speed as they threw punches and kicks that were blocked by the other multiple times by the second. Lucy hid it well, but she was barely keeping up with Racer. Luck was on her side when a certain lunatic with a blood thirst entered the fray with a swipe of claws made of demonic winds. Smirking, Lucy took the chance of the opening of Racer leaving himself open and successfully hit him with a kick to the side.

Racer hopped off a hand and stood back to back with Brain.

"Some of them are stronger than we thought." Racer noted.

"Indeed." said Brain, "A psychotic berserker thirsting for combat, Siri of the Pink Winds. Yes, I remember her from Phantom Lord. Not very cunning in combat, but very tenacious. Then over there is the Northern Devil, a Wizard Saint capable of defeating Jose Porla and famed for her rogue takedowns of some of our dark guilds."

"For once, we have some people who aren't pushovers?" Cobra mumbled as he overheard Brain and Erza's muscles moving in a horizontal slash for his legs. Cobra jumped over it effortlessly and threw a deadly forward kick to the redhead's cheek.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist."

Cobra heard the attack before Natsu even jumped forward with a flaming fist. He shifted his weight to turn horizontal so Natsu flew over him while they exchanged looks, a smirk from Cobra and a scowl from Natsu. The Dragon Slayer tumbled across the ground before righting himself on three of his four limbs.

"How did you dodge that?" Natsu wondered.

"I didn't need to hear you to dodge that." said Cobra, "I also hear that you're planning with a Roar, then rush me down as I dodge with a five punches followed by a kick. Am I right?"

Natsu only let out a snarl, struggling to find something to do. Happy flew to his head.

"If he can hear your thoughts, maybe you should just not think at all." Happy suggested.

"Yeah, you're right!" Natsu cheered.

From the sidelines, Wendy watched the others fight. Terror and worry crept into her mind, but remembering Adrian's words mercilessly pushed those down. Her eyes hardened with resolve akin to steel.

'I will not stand by.' thought Wendy, 'I have to help them.'

Wendy took a moment to concentrate till she felt the flow of her magic. She directed to her hands and pointed them at Natsu.

"Vernier."

A blue magic circle glowed in front of her hands disappearing the next second. The effect was instant as Natsu was surrounded in a teal glow. He just launched off his feet and he was suddenly more than ten times faster. Cobra's eyes widened at the speed Natsu was rocketing toward with a flaming fist in mid-motion to his face. His head swayed away, but Cobra cringed feeling the intense burn on his cheeks. As soon as Natsu landed, he sprang back with another flaming fist aimed for his back just as Cobra heard but not fast enough. Thankfully, his good companion tackled into Natsu at the right moment.

"Thanks, Cubelios." said Cobra, 'I knew I heard someone give off that chant, but who?'

Wendy casted Vernier again this time on Lucy. The fight was in Racer's favor, and was about to finish with a barrage until the enchantment made effect around the Demon Slayer. To her, Racer was suddenly moving slower. Putting questions aside, Lucy took the sudden advantage and caught Racer by his outstretched foot.

"Fire Demon's Killer Fist."

Racer didn't even have time to contemplate what happened when he felt a hammer smash into his gut before being at the mercy of a beating ending with a kick. Hoteye was drowning Sherria and Lyon in liquid earth, with the ice mage barely able to freeze and shatter himself free. Cobra played with Natsu seeing whatever enchantment he had starting to wane. Cobra heard the thoughts what was mostly a shrill screaming of attacking at his right flank by Erza. He gave a bored look as he merely stepped back. The tiny space he occupied held Erza in mid-swing. A knee met her gut sending her into the air.

"Cobra," called Racer, being chased by two Demon Slayers, "could use some help here."

"Fine." said Cobra, swaying his head away from an Iron Fist lazily, "Cubelios, get the blonde. The redhead too while you're at it; she's annoying."

The moment Natsu understood those words he dared to look to Lucy's fight. The snake had slithered passed her guard and bit her on the thigh. Lucy's scream of pain ached something in the Dragon Slayer's heart. As she lay twitching on the ground, the pain in his heart turned into unrelenting fury. Red, slitted eyes opened and a pillar of red fire surrounded him.

"NO!" Wendy exclaimed.

They hurt Lucy. They hurt his mate!

"YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!" Natsu roared.

The flames receded to reveal Natsu with red scales covering his body, a pair of wings and a tail of flame, and flaming horns on his head. Cobra and the other dark mages flinched at the intense heat rolling off of him in waves. Grass turned to ash at his feet and the trees were charred black. For once, Cobra couldn't read a thought from Natsu. Only pure rage all aimed at him.

The next he knew, his head was in an iron grip and was being plowed through the ground.

Brain was now seeing the trouble of this entire situation, especially without Angel. Even with two Wizard Saints down, there was now the problem of an enraged Dragon Slayer, a Demon Slayer more crazy than Zero, and an Ice God Slayer. Such powerful magics all here in the same spot and none were easy to kill. The young Inquisitor, Adrian, was an entire different matter as the boy was able to keep pace with him with skill alone. Then there was that strange magic that empowered a couple of the flies that gave them an edge. If he didn't know any better, that was an enchantment only accomplished by Sky Dragon Slayer Magic.

As he parried and countered Adrian with a blast of green magic, he tracked the signature of that magic to its source. He almost lost his focus when he laid eyes on the actual Sky Maiden herself. A smirk played on his face. Brain sidestepped to the far left and "fired" another blast of green magic that Adrian deflected aside.

"If that is all you can do, then you should surrender." Adrian said.

"You may be an Inquisitor but you are still a naive boy." Brain said, "I wasn't aiming for you."

"AAAAUGH!"

Adrian's blood went cold at the familiar screech. Forgetting all the discipline he learned, Adrian turned away from his enemy to see Wendy trapped in the same green magic. Happy was trapped in her hand.

"Wendy!" Adrian exclaimed, his lips turning into a scowl. "Why you-"

The earth rose up like a snake and struck Adrian in the jaw. Racer took the change of the battle in his favor to knock the other wizards into a pile while the earth rose around where Natsu was to force him in the area and trap in liquid earth. The effort to hold Natsu was taking all the concentration from Hoteye.

"I can't believe we've managed to stumble upon the Sky Maiden of all places." said Brain, rallying his mages back, "She shall prove invaluable."

Lucy, despite the pain, forced herself up upon hearing those words. Her eyes narrowed in fury seeing Wendy, the one she (seriously) deemed as a daughter, being kidnapped by these scum. She stood on shaky legs as her hellish magic surged.

"I... won't... let you... take... my baby..." Lucy groaned through the pain.

A strike from liquid earth forced her back down. Natsu, recovered from his rage, freed himself to Lucy's aide while snarling at the five members of the Oracion Seis. And the entire time, Midnight didn't even wake up.

"H-Help me, please!" Wendy cried with tears in her eyes.

"Too bad." said Cobra smug despite the bruises on his face from Natsu's outrage. "You are coming-"

"I won't let you!" Adrian denied, kicking up dust as he faced the dark mages by himself. He didn't care if he was outnumbered; his only drive was to save Wendy. Save her from this nightmare. With Form 3, Adrian disappeared only to flash back into existence above Brain with his sword poised to cleave his head off.

"It's over!" Adrian stated.

Suddenly, flesh tore apart and Adrian coughed blood. From the staff was green blade of magic impaled through Adrian's side. He tried to move his sword, but his arms weren't responding to his commands. He was only forced to stare at Wendy's eyes wide with sadness and pain. Adrian willed his left hand to reach towards the blunette, to somehow free her if he could just touch her.

"Adrian..." Wendy whimpered, tears going down her cheeks.

"... Wen...dy." Adrian mumbled, unable to have the strength to speak properly. Cobra suddenly punched him away from them, his body tumbling over the ground to the others while leaving spots of blood where he went. The wizards only stared in shock, even Siri was a bit unnerved at the fatal injuring of a child.

"ADRIAN!" Wendy called out before she was sealed into the staff.


That just happened, and I know this is a bad place to stop. Don't worry, Adrian is too stubborn to die like that, but if you want to get away from him that is sure way to do it. Obviously, I am hinting to some relationship between Adrian and Wendy, the former being her emotional support to help her get stronger.

Up next is Chapter 25.

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