Mama Mirajane-3
It was nearing night as Scythe was waking from his trancelike slumber. He became worried, when he felt he was chained down by something cold. He looked around and his eyes widened in fear as he saw a numerous amount of people dressed in robes with a crescent moon in the vails.
"Ah, good to see you've finally awoken from your trance."
Scythe looked over and saw a man in what looked like blue royal clothing and a demon mask.
"Don't be afraid. We simply wish to remove your connection to Deliora." The man exclaimed.
Scythe sniffed the air, and his attention was drawn to a man hunched over with a tribal mask that only covered his eyes and the top of his head.
"Zalty, would you please go down to Deliora's chamber beneath the temple and be sure the intruders are nowhere to be found?"
"Yes Cold Emperor." The man known as Zalty exclaimed bowing a bit before leaving.
The man known as Zalty left for the deeper parts of the temple as the Cold Emperor returned his attention to Scythe.
"Don't try to struggle against these chains, you're not strong enough to even lift them." The Cold Emperor exclaimed seeing Scythe struggling.
The Cold Emperor left outside the range of the magic circle, and the masked followers of his began chanting. Collecting Moonlight.
Scythe's eyes widened in pain and terror as he felt the purple moonlight course over him and through him. He wasn't aware of a seal that was placed on him at infancy. That seal breaking was the source of the pain wracking his body.
"Stop this."
(Que Music… Emperor's New Clothes: Panic at the Disco & Irresistible: F.O.B)
The Cold Emperor turned just in time to see Grey race to him and slam him in the face with a cross strike, knocking the helmet and mask off, causing Grey some shock as he saw who the Cold Emperor was.
"Long time, no see, huh Grey?"
"Lyon." Grey exclaimed.
The two were staring at one another with an intent to fight, as Scythe's body continued to shake in pain. This pain continued, and one word echoed from his mouth.
"MAMA…"
…
Down near the beach of the island, at the docks, Mirajane and Erza were disembarking the pirate ship before Mira's head snapped up and over towards the temple.
"Erza, do you have anything that can get me to that temple fast?" Mira asked gritting her teeth.
Erza's response was reequipping into her Giants Armor. She held out the large gauntlet for Mira to jump on. Once Mira was crouching on it, Erza threw Mira with all her strength towards the temple.
…
"Stop this Lyon, you can't revive Deliora, its madness." Grey exclaimed as he fought with his old classmate.
Lucy, Velvet, and Happy went to help Scythe, but Happy and Lucy saw Sherry, Toby, and Yuka, leave their view after they received orders from Lyon to kill everyone in the village below. Natsu had been frozen by Lyon in a ball of ice and sent down the hill rolling.
"Go stop those three, I've got Scythe." Velvet exclaimed motioning for Happy and Lucy to go after Lyon's lackeys.
Lucy and Happy hesitantly looked back before they did as was told by Velvet. The instant Velvet stuck her arm into the moonlight, she felt immense pain shoot through it, and backed off.
"This may be harder than I thought. But I won't quit." Velvet exclaimed.
Velvet stuck both her arms into the moonlight and grit her teeth through the pain, poofing into her humanoid form as she pushed through it.
"What is that wench doing? He has a connection to Deliora, it has to be severed." Lyon exclaimed.
"From the amount of pain he's in, he'll die if he's in there for any longer." Grey exclaimed.
"That's how the connection is going to be severed. It's the only way." Lyon exclaimed.
Grey's pupils shrank in anger, but before he could react in anger, something landed on the ground, shaking it, and knocking the worshipers off balance, in such stopping the moon drip and ending Scythe's pain.
"It's alright Scythe, I've got you." Velvet exclaimed, using a rock to destroy the lock on Scythe's chains.
"You want… to kill an innocent child?"
Grey's face went pale when he heard that voice. He stood up before Lyon knocked him away with an ice attack, knocking him out.
Lyon stood up before the dust cleared to see a pissed Mirajane looking at him, with a raging fury in her eyes.
"If you cause my little boy more pain, I'll kill you." Mira exclaimed veins bulging on her hand as she clenched her fists.
"Mira…" Velvet exclaimed running to her, with Scythe in her arms. "We have to get back to the village, this creeps lackeys are planning on killing everyone in it."
"Then we should hurry. Grab Grey and lead the way." Mira stated taking Scythe into her arms.
"You're not going anywhere with that accursed child." Lyon exclaimed creating an ice barrier.
Scythe puffed up his cheeks and blew out black flames, melting the ice instantly.
"Out of the way." Velvet exclaimed sucker punching Lyon in the face to move him.
Velvet and Mira made a run for it with Grey over Velvet's shoulder. Before long, they reached the village, finding Lucy had used Virgo and dug a giant hole in the ground at the entrance, and Natsu fell in.
"Mira… w-what are you doing here?" Natsu asked sweating profusely after he saw her.
"I came here to get Scythe back, what do you think dummy?" Mira asked.
"Hey guy's not to intrude, but isn't it weird that we got here before the bad guys?" Happy asked interjecting. "I mean they left long before we did and yet we haven't seen them yet."
"Yeah, now that you mention it…" Lucy stated pondering the same thing.
"Um, guy's look up." Natsu stated.
They all looked up to see the giant rat from earlier, flying in the sky, with a giant bucket of jelly. The rat was using its tail like a propeller and fly high in the air. A drop of it fell from the bucket and fell towards Lucy.
"Jelly?" Lucy questioned.
"Look out." Natsu shouted pushing her out of the way.
The jelly hit the ground and melted through the rocks and dirt.
"Acid."
"That thing has a whole bucket full of that stuff." One of the citizens exclaimed.
"They're gonna drop it right on top of us." Another shouted.
The giant rat circled around and threw the contents of the bucket out over the village.
"Everybody get to the center of the village now." Natsu shouted.
In a panic, everyone one of the citizens went to the center of the village. Mira joined them as she was trusting Natsu had a plan. Once they were all gathered, Natsu and Happy flew up to the acid jelly.
"Flames of my right hand, flames of my left hand, you put them together… You get" Natsu shouted preparing his attack. "Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame."
Natsu's attack hit the big blob of jelly causing it to splatter out in all directions. The jelly landed on the ground creating clouds of steam. When the steam cleared, all that remained was the center of the village where Natsu had wanted everyone.
Natsu landed on the ground with a smile on his face as Happy flew beside him.
"Bobo's grave's still standing." Moka exclaimed seeing the steam clear.
Yuka kicked the grave stone over as he and his teammates walked in towards them, with scowls on their faces.
"The Cold Emperor ordered us to eradicate the village and its people." Sherry stated. "We were trying to show mercy by making your deaths quick and painless. But since that didn't work, we'll have to resort to bloodshed."
"Fifty villagers, two wizards, a couple of interlopers, shouldn't take more than fifteen minutes." Yuka exclaimed.
"You ready?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah." Lucy stated.
"Count again, 'cause there's five wizards, six if you count Scythe." Happy exclaimed.
"Bring it on." Velvet growled, cracking her knuckles.
"How dare they, such disrespect." Moka exclaimed.
"Let me help you…" Grey exclaimed, getting up on shaky legs.
"No way, you're badly hurt, you need to rest." Mira stated.
"No, I can still fight, I can…"
Grey stopped as Natsu punched him in the gut, knocking him out.
"Get Grey to safety, Mira go with them and bring Scythe."
"Right… wait, where'd he go?" Mira asked, realizing Scythe wasn't with her anymore. "Don't tell me he got caught in the middle of that jelly storm."
"Hey, get off me you little brat."
They turned their heads to see Scythe fighting with Toby, biting his arm as the dog man shook it, trying to get Scythe off of him.
"That's it. Jelly-Fish Stingers." Toby exclaimed.
As he was about to make his move, Scythe let go and Toby stung his own arm instead, paralyzing him.
"My, you're the little boy with the connection to Deliora, I thought you were safely chained in the magic circle." Sherry exclaimed grabbing Scythe by the back of his robes as Angelica landed behind her, Yuka, and the paralyzed Toby. "You're coming with us, and we're not going to leave here until everyone is dead. Angelica."
The rat known as Angelica jumped into the air, with Sherry in her hands, who was carrying Scythe under her arm.
"Mama, help." Scythe shouted reaching for Mirajane.
"Scythe." Mirajane shouted.
"Oh no you don't." Lucy shouted. Without warning, the blonde was now holding on to one of Angelica's toes. "Oh no, I must have gotten caught up in all the action."
"Yep she's stupid." Happy stated.
"More like insane." Velvet and Natsu shouted.
"Leave the villagers alone, they didn't do anything to deserve this." Lucy shouted punching Angelica's toe.
"I'll go after them." Velvet stated.
"I'm coming to."
"What does she think she's doing?" Sherry asked.
"Are you ticklish?" Lucy asked as she began to tickle the toe.
"Try all you want, it's not going to work." Sherry smirked before Angelica began laughing like crazy. "Angelica?" The tickling caused Angelica to lose focus and stopped spinning her tail. "You have to fight it, keep spinning your tail." Sherry shouted.
But it was no use, and they plummeted to the ground.
"We're going down." Sherry shouted.
"I did it." Lucy smirked before reality sunk in.
"I wanna go home." Scythe shouted in fear.
"Do you think she made it? That big rat might have crushed her." Natsu exclaimed.
"We're heading off now. I hope Scythe's okay." Velvet exclaimed as she and Happy flew to where they landed.
"Be careful." Natsu stated.
"Please bring Scythe back safely." Mira called out.
Natsu turned to Yuka and the newly recovered Toby. He launched himself and head-butted Toby, sending him back. While upside down, he released a roar at Yuka. The blue haired wizard had deflected it, using his anti-wizarding magic. Natsu landed on his feet, sliding to a halt.
"A wizard who can breathe fire, I see. Don't tell me you're the Salamander from Fairy Tail I've heard so much about?" Yuka exclaimed as the fire dissipated.
"I'm good." Toby exclaimed standing up.
"You know we used to be wizards of a pretty famous guild ourselves, so you shouldn't blow us off." Yuka exclaimed. "In fact Iron-Rock Jura used to belong to the same guild. Surely, you've heard of the Lamia Scale."
Natsu ignored him and blasted fire from his hands at both Yuka and Toby.
"Hey, cut it out. Listen when I'm talking to you." Yuka exclaimed.
"Why? You think I care what guild you're from, or who the other members are?" Natsu questioned. "We came here to help the villagers and you're the ones who put them in danger. Not to mention you're trying to kill an innocent child, who's been through hell and back, and is in the care of one of our guild members, which makes you Fairy Tail's enemy, and that gives me more than enough reason to fight you."
"Hey Toby, just stay back. You don't need to get involved I got this." Yuka exclaimed with a scowl on his face. Yuka stuck out his arm and poured his magic into it. "WAVE."
"I'll tear that thing apart." Natsu exclaimed lighting his hand on fire. Natsu's flames didn't have any effect over the wave attack and he jumped before it could do any more damage to him.
"Oops, guess you weren't ready for that." Yuka smiled.
Natsu attacked with another roar, only for Yuka to deflect it.
"The pulsing energy that's coming from my hand, defuses all types of magic." Yuka exclaimed. "Which means, none of your spells will work against me."
"So that's why my fire power couldn't destroy his barrier." Natsu exclaimed wiping his cheek. "I get it."
"I specialized in anti-wizard magic when I was with the Lamia Scale Guild." Yuka exclaimed. "I'm sure you can understand why. No matter how strong they might be, all wizards are powerless against me. Even you." Yuka shouted sending another attack at Natsu.
"Oh yeah?" Natsu asked after dodging the attack. Natsu cleared the smoke as he went flying towards Yuka with a flaming fist.
"WAVE." Yuka shouted holding out his hand, dissipating Natsu's fire. "Like I told you, your magic's useless against my wave."
"That doesn't mean I'm gonna let you off the hook." Natsu smirked. "I'll just have to crush you without it."
Natsu slammed his bare fist into the barrier and it went through.
"Hey look, I broke through it." Natsu smirked before he shouted in pain as his arm was about to be torn apart.
"You put your bare arm inside a vortex of magic energy, not a smart move." Yuka exclaimed.
Natsu smirked and slammed his head and neck into the wave. Surprising Toby and Yuka.
"Whoa, he's pushing his whole body inside the wave." Toby exclaimed.
"You're magic's no match for my brute strength, so what are you gonna do now?" Natsu smirked laughing.
"He's crazy Yuka, watch out." Toby shouted.
"You broke through my wave, but now you're stuck Salamander." Yuka smirked. "You're flames aren't gonna work now that you're inside."
"I can still use them outside, and you just gave me a great idea." Natsu smiled before he used a small magic circle to shoot flames from his elbow. "Fire Dragon…"
"He's using his fire magic as a booster to increase the power of his punch." Yuka exclaimed, realizing he's screwed.
"Flame Elbow." Natsu shouted as he fully broke through the wave and sent Yuka flying unconsciously. "That's one down."
"Man, you're awesome." Toby stated.
"You're about to see just how awesome first hand." Natsu stated.
"I'm not scared, cause I'm even stronger than Yuka is." Toby smiled bringing out his jelly fish nails. "Check out my Mega Jelly Fish Paralyzing Claws. Bet you can't figure out what these babies can do." Toby smirked.
"Paralyze you." Natsu questioned mockingly.
"Whoa, how did you know that?" Toby asked in disbelief. "Hey, you got ESP or something?"
'I think I'll do something simple, similar to Scythe.' Natsu thought with a smirk. "No, you're just, real dumb. I mean their power is right there in the name."
"Nobody talks to me like that." Toby shouted.
"Watch it." Natsu sighed.
"With just one swipe from my claws, you'll be frozen just waiting to die." Toby smirked.
"Hey man hold on a sec, you got a little something right here." Natsu stated putting his hand to his head.
Toby mirrored the act and paralyzed himself for a second time, only the claws went a bit deeper than before so this time the paralysis would last a big longer.
"Well that was easy." Natsu stated. "Those guys were a joke. Here we go, we're gonna find a way to change your people back to normal Bobo." Natsu exclaimed placing the grave stone back where it belonged. "I know we will, and I promise you I will avenge your death."
…
Meanwhile, at the crash site, Lucy was just getting up after recovering.
"Lucy." Scythe called out running to her.
"Scythe." Lucy stated as she embraced him with a hug.
"You little pest, how dare you harm my beautiful Angelica, there will be no love for you." Sherry exclaimed in anger.
"Ugly." Scythe shouted sticking his tongue out at Sherry.
"You little brat, there won't be any love for you either. Marionette Magic Rock Doll."
The boulders and rocks all around them began to roll towards Sherry, collecting into a large pile before it took form as a giant rock creature. Scythe removed himself from Lucy's grip and ran towards the rock doll and stopped when he was two feet away from it.
"That you're boyfriend? He's certainly as ugly as you." Scythe shouted sticking his tongue out again.
"Why you little…" Sherry shouted going to slam her rock dolls fist on him.
"Open Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus." Lucy shouted summoning one of her celestial spirits.
Just as the rock doll was about to slam its, fist down on Scythe, a large musclebound bull man appeared from nowhere and blocked it with his oversized battle axe.
"That's not very nice to do to a child you mooooving pile of rubble." Taurus exclaimed before pushing upwards knocking it off balance.
"So you're a celestial wizard huh? Your kind don't like my magic and your about to find out why." Sherry exclaimed.
Taurus's eyes turned pink and he directed his attacks on Lucy and Scythe. He slammed his battle axe down on the ground. Sherry was using her magic to control Taurus, and he was losing the battle of fighting back.
"Taurus please, snap out of it." Lucy exclaimed holding Scythe close.
"I'm sorry Miss Lucy, I can't control my mooovements." Taurus exclaimed as he tried to fight the spell. He raised his battle axe for a finishing strike.
"Cow man stop." Scythe exclaimed grabbing his leg. "You're not a mean person. You're nice. I remember the second day I was in Fairy Tail, Lucy had summoned you to guard me from that mean Lauxus."
Taurus stopped his attack, he was visibly trying to fight the spell.
"Do you remember the day we made our contract? Snap out of it."
Flashback
"So your name is Lucy huh, your body's so hot it's making me drool." Taurus exclaimed, hearts in his eyes as he continued to faun over Lucy's body. "Oh look at you."
"I never would have imagined that the Zodiac's Golden Bull would be such a pervert. I don't know if I wanna go through with this." Lucy exclaimed.
"MOO, there's no need for you to worry pretty lady." Taurus exclaimed flexing his arms. "If you make a contract with me, I'll do everything I can to protect you and that hot bod to."
"Promise?" Lucy asked.
"I swear." Taurus exclaimed going crazy.
End Flashback
"You promised you'd always be around to protect me, remember?" Lucy shouted as Taurus was now holding her down. Taurus's eyes began to fade between shining pink and back to their normal look.
"Please, stop hurting Lucy." Scythe exclaimed going to hug Lucy.
Taurus screamed out in pain and flung his head back as he fought the spell.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing? Just finish them off already." Sherry shouted.
"You heard what she said, we can send you back, but we have to work together." Lucy shouted. "You gotta fight it Taurus."
Taurus raised his fist into the air, and stopped when it was less than three inches from their faces. Lucy and Scythe looked up and smiled as they saw Taurus had broken free of Sherry's control and had closed his gate, as he started to turn into starlight.
"It worked." Lucy exclaimed holding up her hands.
"She beat it. My Marionette Attack Magic failed me." Sherry stated in disbelief. "But how could this happen?"
"Lucy, you've gotten stronger." Scythe smiled.
Lucy stood up and grabbed her whip.
"Watch out, cause you're dealing with a full-fledged wizard of the Fairy Tail Guild now." Lucy smirked.
"You were able to close the gate, even though I was in control." Sherry exclaimed from her rock doll.
"Guess that means I'm stronger than you." Lucy smiled.
"Well I wouldn't go that far. Remember my power allows me to take control of any celestial spirit you call forth."
"Lucy summon Plue." Scythe exclaimed tugging at Lucy's arm. "Summon Plue."
Lucy caught on to what Scythe was planning.
"Don't be so sure." Lucy smiled holding Plue's key.
"Open, Gate of Cainus Minor. Nicola." Lucy shouted.
Out of the gate popped a small white creature with an orange nose that looked like a karat. He was visibly shaking.
Scythe had to stop himself from going to hug Plue, even it was obvious he wanted to from the stars in his eyes.
"Isn't he the cutest little thing? Oh I'm in love." Sherry exclaimed.
"Would you quit talking about love all the time, cause it's getting pretty old." Lucy stated.
"Ugly." Scythe added.
"Well someone's bitter." Sherry exclaimed with a tick forming on her forehead. "Marionette Attack. Now you're my puppet." Sherry stated taking control of Plue.
Scythe sat on the ground as Plue came towards them ready to hit. Scythe softly blocked each of his hits as if they were playing a fast game of patty-cake.
"This is fun." Scythe smiled.
"You're kidding me." Sherry exclaimed, sweat dropping.
"Scythe knew you'd fall for that, that's why he had me summon Plue." Lucy smiled.
"That brat is smart for his age." Sherry stated angered.
Lucy used her whip to strike the rock doll as Scythe continued to play his game with Plue.
"You deliberately summoned a weak spirit."
"That's right. Scythe might be five, but he's stronger than he looks. Scythe, wanna give a demonstration?"
"Hu?" Scythe asked looking up, but still keeping pace with Plue. His eyes sparkled as he got the opportunity to fight.
He jumped over Plue, who then went to attack Lucy, while Scythe's cheeks puffed up.
"What is that brat doing?" Sherry asked.
"Flame God…" Scythe stated careening his head back.
"Did he just say Flame God?" Lucy inquired.
"DIVINE BELLOW." Scythe exclaimed as obsidian black flames spewed from his mouth, covering the rock doll.
"The heat, it's so intense." Sherry stated as she jumped down from her rock doll.
Sherry saw Plue still attacking Lucy and groaned.
"Geeze I release you from my command." Sherry stated removing her spell from Plue.
Once the spell was off Plue, he stopped what he was doing and bowed in apology to Lucy.
"Oh I know you didn't mean it, now go back okay?" Lucy smiled.
"Bye Plue." Scythe smiled standing next to Lucy.
Sherry put together another rock doll, and knocked Lucy and Scythe back, they landed on the beach. Lucy saw the water, and got an idea.
"Open, Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius." Lucy shouted sticking her key into the water.
In a flash of light, Aquarius appeared and didn't look too pleased with Lucy.
"Yay, pretty mermaid lady." Scythe shouted running up and giving Aquarius a hug.
"Well, if it isn't the little boy. Glad to see she didn't call me to save you from drowning again. Can you tell me the situation?" Aquarius asked putting Scythe on her back.
"Mean ugly pink haired lady trying to kill us." Scythe exclaimed pointing to Sherry as she came with her rock doll.
"That won't do at all." Aquarius stated with a glare towards Sherry.
Using her magic Aquarius brought a mighty title wave and washed away the rock doll, Sherry, and Lucy before Sherry had a chance to try and take control of Aquarius.
"Now you behave okay? Maybe I'll bring my boyfriend to meet you cutie pie." Aquarius exclaimed putting Scythe down before she started closing her gate. "Bye-bye."
"Bye pretty mermaid lady." Scythe exclaimed waving to her as she disappeared.
"Again she was nice as a flower to Scythe, but she was mean like a bee to me." Lucy exclaimed her eyes swirling from how dizzy she was. "Leave it to Aquarius to turn her waves against friend and foe alike."
"Lucy you okay?" Scythe asked running to her.
"I'm fine." Lucy said standing up trying to keep her balance.
Sherry was in the same boat, and as they stumbled backwards to each other, they bumped into one another and turned around and started fist fighting.
"I can't believe we ended up in a stale mate." Sherry exclaimed as they continued to fight.
"What do you mean stale mate? I'm obviously the winner here." Lucy argued.
"You can't just declare yourself the winner in a fight, if that's the case then I'm the winner." Sherry stated.
"I don't think so." Lucy exclaimed pulling a lariat on Sherry and knocking her to the ground.
(End Songs…)
"No, how'd this happen to me." Sherry exclaimed. "I never lose."
"Oh yeah, well you just did." Lucy smiled. "To a wizard from Fairy Tail."
"Angelica… avenge your master's death." Sherry exclaimed.
"You're not dead ugly." Scythe stated standing over her head and looking down at her.
Out of nowhere, Angelica, the giant rat, came flying out of the jungle greenery. Lucy was too weak to even stand and Scythe was too tired.
"Oh now, this can't be the end." Lucy exclaimed.
From nowhere, a blur came towards them, and sliced the underside of Angelica, defeating her and causing her to lay next to her master.
"Erza…" Lucy cheered.
Erza did not look pleased with Lucy.
'I forgot, she's mad at us because we broke guild rules and took an S-Class quest without permission.' Lucy thought as she was now regretting her life decisions.
"Lucy, I assume you know why I'm here." Erza exclaimed. "You do don't you?"
"Aunt Erza." Scythe cheered jumping up and hugging her.
"To take us back? Promise you won't hurt me?" Lucy asked.
"Hey we've been looking all over for you." Happy exclaimed as he and Velvet flew in.
"We were worried about you. Oh Erza, welcome. Perhaps you can try and bring them back." Velvet exclaimed noticing the redhead.
All their attention was drawn to Scythe as he fell over in a heap, unconscious.
"Scythe…" Erza exclaimed kneeling down to examine him. "He needs medical treatment."
"Follow us back to the village's evacuation camp." Velvet exclaimed picking Scythe up.
…
It was nearly noon in the evacuation camp, Grey was just waking up from when Natsu knocked him out. He sat up and looked around before exiting the tent he was in.
"Where am I?" He questioned.
"Oh thank goodness, I'm glad you're awake." A villager said walking up to him.
"What is this place?" Grey asked.
"It's a storage area that's not too far from the village, it's even used as an evacuation camp in case something happens to the village like it did last night."
Grey felt a pain in his shoulder but bared down on it.
"Is everyone okay?"
"Yes, though your little friend, Scythe I believe his name was, is currently bed ridden. He's been unconscious since Velvet, Lucy, Happy, and another woman brought him in a few hours ago. He's got a high fever. He nearly used his entire magic supply in one attack last night. Or so Lucy said."
"Is he going to be okay?" Grey asked.
"We don't know, as you probably already know, he was exposed to a large quantity of that purple light directly from the source of it. We fear he may be under the curse now."
Grey's eyes shrank in anger.
"Where are the others?" Grey asked.
"In that big tent right over there." The woman exclaimed pointing to the big tent.
"Thanks." Grey said before heading for the tent.
Once he entered, his heart stopped for a second and his blood ran cold.
"You made me wait, not smart." Erza exclaimed sitting on a crate.
Over in a corner, sat Mirajane, leaning against a few crates with Scythe in her arms and the two of them wrapped in a blanket as they both slept.
"Erza. Why are they tied up?" Grey asked seeing Happy and Lucy tied up.
"Velvet explained to me what had happened. I don't blame you for joining since you were knocked out and tied up, but there will still be consequences."
"What about Velvet?" Grey asked.
"My only interest was to keep Scythe safe, that's the only reason I stayed, instead of flying back to the guild." Velvet stated sitting on a crate beside Erza's. "So I don't get a consequence for just trying to make sure a five year old doesn't die."
"The moon drip caused something in him to be released, and his body shut down to assimilate it." Erza explained.
"Where is Natsu?" Grey asked, changing the subject of the situation.
"That's something we'd all like to know. We're going to search for him, and then we're going back to the guild." Erza exclaimed.
"But we can't leave just yet. If you've been brought up to speed, then you know that there's a bigger problem than the curse." Grey exclaimed.
"We're leaving as soon as we find Natsu that's final." Erza stated.
"AAAAAHHHHHH."
The scream caused them to change the situation as they saw Mira frantically searching for Scythe.
"Where'd he go this time?" Mira asked looking around.
"He probably crawled out under the tent, we need to find him."
"I have a pretty good idea of where he's going. If he's a slayer, then he's got a nose as sharp as an animals."
"That's another thing." Lucy stated gaining their attention. "I found out what kind of slayer magic he uses, when he did his roar."
"Well, what does he use?" Erza asked.
"He's a Godslayer." Lucy stated.
"A Godslayer?" Mira questioned.
"You're certain of this?" Erza demanded.
"I heard it last night, when he roared, he spoke it clear as day, 'Flame God Divine Bellow' that's what he said when he melted that freaky lady's rock doll." Lucy exclaimed as Velvet untied her and Happy.
"If that's the case, then we might be in trouble." Erza exclaimed. "He might have used his magic to escape Grimoire Heart, and they might be out there looking for him. They may even be on the island, pulling the strings on the Deliora revival."
"So we're staying?" Grey asked.
"Yes, and we're logging this mission as one I accepted." Erza stated. "To make it official. That way Master may go easy on you a bit for the punishment he has planned."
"But where could Scythe have gone?" Mira questioned.
"There's only one place to go at a time like this." Erza sighed. "He's going to the temple, he's going to try and stop Deliora's revival on his own."
"He's only five, that's insane." Grey exclaimed.
"Then there's no time to lose, c'mon we have to get going." Lucy stated.
"Uh guy's I think it's going to be impossible to find him in the village." Velvet exclaimed looking into her bag.
"What's the matter?" Grey asked.
"There were six Monster Energy Drinks in my bag just a moment ago, four of them are missing…"
All their eyes widened and ran to the outside of the tent side where Scythe had snuck out through. There on the ground were four, empty and crushed, Monster Energy Drink cans.
"Oh no…" Lucy exclaimed.
"Interesting." Erza stated cupping her chin.
"What's interesting?" Mira asked. "The fact that my boy is now an out of control Godslayer?"
"No, take a look at the tracks he left behind." Erza exclaimed pointing her armored finger at the foot prints.
"They're not iritic, they're going in a straight line for the temple." Lucy exclaimed. "You don't think…"
"That he's using all the caffeine from those four energy drinks as a tool instead of a toy, yeah. Though even with his advanced speed due to the caffeinated drinks there's very little chance he could defeat Lyon and Deliora on his own." Grey exclaimed.
"Well what are we waiting for, let's go get him." Mira stated as they followed the footprints.
…
Meanwhile in the temple, Lyon was sitting on his throne, disappointed that Toby was the only one out of his three minions to make it back.
"Can we keep the fact that Toby stung himself twice a secret?" Toby asked raising his hand.
"How pathetic can you be?" Lyon asked.
"My Cold Emperor, the moon drip ceremony tonight will be the one we've all been waiting for." Zalty explained.
"Deliora shall rise again tonight, then I can show the world that I have surpassed Ur's level of power." Lyon smiled.
There was a rumble in the temple and the building began to shift and slant in one direction.
"What's going on?" Lyon questioned.
Before anyone could speak, Natsu burst through the wall, not far behind him came a flash of black lightning that ran around the three, corralling them into a group before Scythe skid to a halt on the opposite side of the room, with black lightning cracking around him.
"Black lightning. You must be a Godslayer." Lyon exclaimed.
"Godslayer huh, that would explain why I can never eat his flames." Natsu stated.
"Are you an idiot? That's lightning not fire." Toby shouted.
"Actually my dear dog man. That young boy has more than just lightning and fire." Zalty smiled. "His back is branded with the Grimoire Heart Crest isn't it?"
Natsu's pupils shrank in anger as he gripped Zalty by the shirt.
"YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT SCYTHE'S FAMILY, HIS VILLAGE, AND WHAT THE HELL HADES DID TO HIM WHEN HE WAS A SLAVE." Natsu shouted igniting his cocked back fist in half of his brilliant flames attack.
That last bit surprised Toby and Lyon as they looked at Scythe with a mixture of shock and pity in their eyes.
"Uncle Natsu stop." Scythe exclaimed. "That's enough…"
Natsu looked up in shock and saw pain and sadness in Scythe's eyes. With one look, Natsu knew what happened to him, and to his home and family.
"Those monsters. How could they do that to an innocent child?" Natsu stated clenching his fist tighter on Zalty's shirt. "How could they destroy his home and kill his family?"
Natsu looked Zalty in the eye and for once, Zalty was scared of the fire breather.
"You're gonna tell me what Hades did to Scythe, or you're going to find your body without a head." Natsu growled his eyes glowing yellow.
"Alright I was gonna tell you anyways. But first a question. Have you ever heard of the Apocalyptic Dragon Acnologia?" Zalty asked.
"Yeah I've heard of him, Igneel talked about him, warned me to run instead of fight if I ever encountered him. What of it?"
"Hades knows of Acnologia to. He's met the dragon. He wanted to create an Acnologia of his own. I was a test subject of his to." Zalty smiled demonstrating his magic by undoing the damage to the wall, then returning the hole in the wall. "I use the lost magic Arc of Time. I was there when they experimented on the boy. Hades used a different type of slayer magic for his creation…"
Zalty held out a hand and the sleeves on Scythe's shirt turned to dust as the Etherion mark on his arm was visible for all to see as it began to glow an obsidian hue.
"Godslayer Magic." Zalty smirked. "Scythe is the perfect recreation of Acnologia using slayer magic of holy origin."
"If he was perfect why's he not with Hades?" Natsu growled.
"We thought the boy's body gave out after the liquefied Godslayer lacrimas were injected into his system. We thought he was another failure, and we dumped his body on the outskirts of Magnolia. Little to our knowledge that his body was just in a metamorphic like state, integrating the magic into his system." Zalty explained. "After Deliora is revived, and Lyon defeats him, I'll be taking Scythe back to Hades and Grimoire Heart."
"Like hell that's happening. I'm gonna make sure he stays in Fairy Tail, where he belongs." Natsu shouted. "Besides, I doubt you could revive Deliora now that Scythe and I destroyed half the support beams at the temple's base."
"Oh that can be easily fixed." Zalty smiled.
A hole appeared beneath Natsu and Scythe and they fell through. Zalty ran for the door and went to work on restoring the temple's structure.
"Toby, get to the roof of the temple, it's almost nightfall." Lyon exclaimed.
Toby saluted Lyon and went racing out the entrance as well, going in the opposite direction of Zalty.
"Tonight will be the night I finally defeat Deliora and prove that I have surpassed Ur's power." Lyon exclaimed with a smile. 'That boy though, what Zalty said, should I really trust him anymore?' Lyon thought.
"Not so fast."
The entire room became frozen in a familiar light blue hue of ice as Grey walked through the hole in the wall Natsu created, and Zalty restored.
"I'm not going to lose to you again Lyon, it's time we finish this negativity between us once and for all." Grey exclaimed.