I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, favorited or followed this story since I updated it.

BetaZackFan: I have no idea where the pair of Lucy & Laxus came from, but I'm gonna go on record now and say that it's not going to happen in this fic. I already have a pairing I intend to use for Lucy in this fic, but it won't appear for quite some time.

Ragnas Bredvolts: No need to worry about commenting or reviewing, I say take as much time as you need to. I'm glad to see you enjoyed the overall chapter. Yes, I do usually have at least 10k words or so per chapter. I would have included the entire arc in this chapter, but then I estimate it would've been at least 18k words or so, and I feel that would've been too long of a chapter. As for Luke catching up with Erigor, it won't be anything too fancy like that due to the lack of flying cats, but I'll make up for it with the fight scene I intend to have between the two of them. As for your opinions on the pairings, I was kind of surprised to see your opinion on Jellal & Erza, but I understand how you feel. I wasn't the biggest fan of Jellal myself at first, but after the timeskip he started to grow on me. I'm glad to see you're more mature than the majority of the NaLu shippers I come across. You have a good day as well, and I hope you continue to enjoy the story overall.

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"In a land far far away lies the Kingdom of Fiore, a small and peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most people, magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some however, magic is an art, and they've devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards and mages, and banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore, but there is a certain guild in a certain town that stands high above the rest of them, one from which countless legends have been born, a guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. This guild is known as Fairy Tail."

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The Oshibana train station had been engulfed in a barrier of wind by Erigor of the Eisenwald guild, and the wizards of Fairy Tail trapped inside.

Erza wasted no time in tying up the defeated guild members and interrogating the ones that could still talk "Give me answers now, how do I undo the wind barrier Erigor set into motion? Answer me!"

The member currently being interrogated, a cocky jackass by the name of Byard, let out a chuckle "You can forget it red, I already told you that there's no undoing Erigor's barrier. You and your friends are trapped."

"You little-"

"Erza!" that was when Gray dropped down onto the scene "Listen Erza it's way worse than we thought it was!"

"What are you doing here, I thought you were with Natsu and Cana."

"We had to split up but never mind that now, we've got bigger problems! I just found out from one of the Eisenwald guys that their real target is Clover the next town up!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Erigor is heading towards the Guild Master conference as we speak, he's planning to use the song from Lullaby to kill the Guild Masters!"

"What?!" Erza promptly rounded on Byard "Why didn't you tell me?!"

"Deal with that asshole later, we've gotta move now!"

"There's a problem with that, the station is surrounded by a Wind barrier that Erigor created to trap us in."

"Yeah I know, I noticed it on my way here and if we try to break through that thing then it will make mincemeat out of us."

"I've already tried that, it didn't go so well but that's not important. What is important is that we have to get out of here, we have to stop Erigor before he reaches the Guild Master conference up in Clover."

"So what the hell do we do?"

Erza pondered this for a moment "Wait a minute, I remember them talking about somebody by the name of Kageyama back at the pub. We have to find that man Gray, he was the one who broke the seal on Lullaby."

"A dispeller, you mean the kind of wizard that can break seals so he should be able to take down the Wind barrier."

"That's what I'm hoping, now let's start searching."

"Right." and so they both rushed off.

Byard was soon left alone "Karacka… come on man, how long are you gonna hide back there from us?"

Sure enough, Karacka emerged from a portal in the wall "I'm sorry but in my defense, those guys were really scary."

"It doesn't matter, just hurry up and find Kageyama before they do."

"No please don't make me Byrad, you know that I'm no good in a fight."

"Look just calm down, it's a simple job even you should be able to handle."

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Meanwhile, with Luke and Lucy…

Luke bolted through the halls at full speed, sniffing to find any traces of Karacka's scent, but to no avail "Dammit this is bad, I can't smell the guy anywhere."

"Shouldn't we just go back to Erza?" asked Lucy "I mean at this rate all we're doing is searching blindly."

"If you wanna get on the receiving end of a smackdown from Erza then I say go for it, but then again if we go back to Erza empty handed she'll try to beat us down for not satisfying her."

"...You know what let's just keep going."

"Calm down, you're with the one person who's not scared of Erza on some level. But that being said we should've tracked down some trace of him by now, I say we should head back and meet up with the others at least before Natsu starts blowing shit up." this was followed by various explosions in the distance "Too late."

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Meanwhile, in another hallway…

"ERIGOR!" sure enough, by now Natsu had lost his temper and started using his fire magic to blow the place up in hopes of luring Erigor out "GET THE HELL OUT HERE AND FIGHT ME ALREADY!"

Cana just slapped her face as she watched Natsu wreck stuff from a short distance away 'Just randomly blowing stuff up is one thing.' she suddenly whipped around and quickly pulled out a few magic cards "Natsu give it a rest, we've got company."

Sure enough, Kageyama finally revealed himself before then "You know since the two of you aren't any threat to our plans I could just let you go and this wouldn't have to get messy, but then again where's the fun in that? Knuckle Shadow!" he used his shadow to deal Natsu a barrage of punches that he couldn't react to in time, sending him crashing into a wall "There, I've wanted to do that for awhile now. I suppose you Fairy Tail flies have had enough?"

Cana glanced back at Natsu's flailing form stuck in the wall and rolled her eyes "Say whatever you want dipshit, now you're dealing with a Fairy Tail wizard that you've successfully pissed off for real."

"Compared to?"

"Someone who's almost always angry."

"Fair enough, anyway I think I've got you figured out this time. That idiot eats fire to increase his power, a big trick like that shouldn't be hard to stamp out so how could you be that much different?"

"Tempting as it is to pound your ass into the ground we've got more important stuff to deal with right now, just tell us where Erigor is."

"Do you really think I'm just gonna tell you that? If you really wanna know then you're gonna have to beat it out of me yourself."

"I'm okay with that."

"So am I. Knuckle Shadow!" he prepared to attack Cana using his shadows.

"Magic Card: Terra Shield!" Cana quickly defended herself from the shadows by summoning a wall of earth "So I get to kick your ass and get the information that I need, sounds like this is a win to me and I don't even need to drink for that. Come at me jackass!" she started dodging and weaving her way around the shadow attacks with ease.

Kageyama was quick to lose his temper 'Alright not too bad I guess for some weakling Fairy chick, but I'm nowhere near done. You can't run from me this time, not after you get a taste of this! Snake Shadow!" he unleashed a large barrage of shadow snakes "These bad boys will rip you to pieces!"

"We'll see about that! Magic Card: Flamethrower!" Cana held up a card and unleashed a powerful stream of fire from it, incinerating the shadows in a quick explosion.

"But that's impossible, how could she have defeated them in one shot?! How could she be so powerful, I didn't think wizards like this existed."

Cana promptly pulled out three more cards "So are you ready to talk or do I have to give you the same treatment I gave those things?"

"Oh god no no no, you're a monster!" and cue the explosion.

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Luke glanced up and let out a sigh "Well either Natsu is doing his thing or someone managed to piss off Cana, which is actually harder than you think. Either way, I think we know where to go next."

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The smoke cleared from the explosion to reveal Cana looking considerably put out "Well that pretty much sucked, I was actually trying not to wreck the place like Natsu would."

Natsu finally pulled himself out of the rubble and started eating some of the stray fire "You know you could've let me get in a few shots!"

"I could've but I didn't wanna, anyway let's just get Diorama over there."

"My name is Kageyama, I swear you're doing this on purpose." Kageyama grumbled from where he was embedded in the wall.

"With me it's just to screw with you, with Natsu it's just being an idiot. Anyway, just go ahead and tell me where Erigor is and we can make this easy." she was met with only a confident chuckle.

"Haven't you figured it out yet? Erigor is long gone you fool, he's not even in the station anymore."

"Wait what?"

"Cana! Natsu!" that was when Erza and Gray showed up on the scene "Do not harm that wizard, we need him alive."

"What are you talking about?" Cana paled when she saw Erza pull out a sword, and she promptly prepared to use Natsu as a meat shield "Whatever I did, please just accept this idiot as a sacrifice in my place!"

Erza promptly ignored her and proceeded to scare the shit out of Kageyama by embedding her sword in the wall mere nanometers away from his skull "Let me make this clear, you will dispel the wind barrier right now and you will do so without complaint. Do I make myself clear to you?"

"Alright fine, I'll dispel it once you get that sword away from my face-" Kageyama suddenly cut himself off when he received a hand through the chest, much to the shock of himself and everyone present "Karacka… why…?" and then he fell over, revealing the absolutely terrified form of Karacka.

"Kage! Dammit, he was our only way out of here." Erza quickly rushed to Kageyama's side to try and wake him up "Come on Kage, don't you dare die on us! We need your help, are you listening to me?!"

"Forget it Erza he's out cold, he can't hear us." Gray told her.

"Absolutely not, we can't accept that! Kage you're the only one of us who's able to dispel the wind barrier, just hang on!"

Natsu promptly rounded on Karacka in pure rage, with Cana not far behind "You've gotta be shitting me, how can you betray one of your comrades like that? He's a member of your guild, does loyalty mean nothing to you?! YOU SON OF A BITCH!" he promptly launched a fire fist at the wall, hitting Karacka dead on "Is that how you scumsuckers in dark guilds like to treat each other?"

"Please Kage, just stay with us! Come on, come on, come on!" Erza grabbed Kageyama by the shirt and started shaking him repeatedly, banging his head.

"Erza that's not gonna do anything, he's out cold." Cana told her.

"Well we can't just allow him to die like this, he's out only way out of here!"

"But there's no way he can use his magic in his condition!"

"He will if I force him to!"

Luke shared a look with Lucy from a few feet away "Okay, I think we're gonna need some context in order to understand what the hell is going on."

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At the same time, Erigor was making his way across Clover Canyon towards the Guild Master conference in Clover Town, preparing to take revenge on the ones he held responsible for losing his rights and his work.

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Luke's eyes hardened as he resisted the urge to grab his sword "So Erigor is gonna use Lullaby to kill the Guild Masters in some misguided quest for revenge? That means we have to take them down before they reach Clover Town."

"That's easier said than done." Erza pointed out "Erigor cut off any means we have of reaching Clover Town with this wind barrier and is heading there by air."

"I might be able to reach him on foot if I go at full speed, the same if you guys use your magic mobile, but the first thing we have to do is get onto the other side of this barrier."

"How are we gonna do that?" asked Cana, only to be answered by Natsu attempting to bust through the barrier.

"Well I think it's pretty clear that trying to bust through it by normal means is pretty much useless. I do have one thing that may be able to bust us through, but considering the sheer amount of power I would have to use it might end up destroying the entire train station in the process." Luke breathed a deep sigh "But I think it's worth the risk. Makarov was the one who gave us a home when we didn't have any, he's been like a parental figure to all of us and if we just let him die now then we're no better than those bastards from Eisenwald." Luke glanced over to see Natsu attempt to bust through the barrier again, only to get blown away "Plus if I don't accidentally destroy the train station then Natsu probably will."

"...Wait a second." Cana glanced over at Lucy and inspiration struck "Lucy we can use one of your spirits! Back when we were dealing with that Duke Everlue guy I got pulled from one place to another through the spirit world."

"Well yeah but normal people should suffocate to death if they tried that, there's almost no oxygen in their world. Besides a celestial wizard can only open a gate wherever it is they're standing." Lucy pointed out.

"Which means that we would need another celestial wizard to be able to open it on the other side of the barrier."

"Not to mention the fact that the very act of a human entering the Spirit World is a serious breach of contract, I didn't care when you did it because I was freaked the fuck out and it wasn't my key to begin with. That was the key that belonged to Duke Everlue."

"Everlue huh…" and then inspiration struck again "Oh crap I just remembered!"

"Remembered what?"

"The thing I was trying to tell you on the way here, take a look!" Cana reached into her pocket and pulled out a golden celestial key.

"How the hell did you get your hands on Virgo's key, I thought you would've learned not to steal things from people!"

"Hey I never stole a damn thing, Virgo asked me to give it to you."

"Then why didn't you?"

"I was drunk at the time!"

Luke glanced over at Gray and let out a sigh "This is what life is like for us on a normal day, just let that sink in."

"I try not to think about it." Gray muttered.

"Also Gray, put on some pants."

"God dammit!"

"This is my life, being raised by a dragon and surrounded by insanity pretty much on a daily basis. Anyway Cana, is there any reason you're bringing this up now?"

"Well apparently Virgo's contract with that Everlue guy was broken as soon as the guy got arrested." explained Cana "Before we all left town that day she came up to me and told me that she wanted to sign a new contract with Lucy."

"And you never said anything before because you were so drunk it took you until now to remember it?"

"Yep."

"...Okay, I believe it. But what does that have to do with the current situation?"

"Luke you weren't here so you wouldn't know, but Virgo and that jackass Everlue had the ability to tunnel underground and drill holes and stuff she should be able to dig through the ground and get us to the other side of the wind barrier." she was met with various jaw dropped looks from the others.

"And it's official, Cana you're a drunken genius."

"I have my moments."

"And so do I." Lucy was handed the key and promptly did her thing "I call upon thee in the world of the Celestial Spirits, and now I beckon you to my side at once, now pass through the gate! Open gate of the maiden, Virgo!" she used the key to open the gate.

From within the gate appeared a young woman with pink hair, blue eyes and shackles around her wrists, clad in a maids outfit, and she bowed to Lucy "You summoned me mistress, what can I do for you?" her appearance left everyone present taken aback.

"...Okay so who are you exactly?"

"I am Virgo of the 12 Zodiac spirits."

Cana failed to acknowledge any differences in her appearance "Hey what's up bubble gum, man you look great."

"Thank you milady, I apologize for any trouble that I may have caused you during our last encounter."

"Are you kidding me!" Lucy pretty much exploded "How the hell do you look like a totally different person?!"

"That's simply because I'm a very loyal spirit who will do anything to please her wizard, so I try to take on whatever form I believe my wizard will find most appealing."

Cana gave a shrug "I don't know, I kind of liked it when you were all big and tough looking like before."

"Did you really? Well then…" she turned back to her gigantic form "I can turn back if this is what you prefer."

"Don't listen to her!" Lucy spoke for pretty much everyone else "I'm your wizard and I like the other form better!" this prompted Virgo to transform back.

"As you wish mistress."

"Alright listen, I'm afraid we don't have much time so can we work out the details on the contract later?"

"Of course, whatever you would like mistress?" her eyes were set squarely on the whip attached to Lucy's waist.

"Do you really have to call me mistress?"

"Would you prefer it if I were to call you queen?"

"No."

"What about princess?"

"Oh yeah that's more like it actually."

"Excellent, princess it is then."

"Oh lord." Luke let out a sigh "Not to be rude but we do have a lot of lives that we have to save before the day is done so if you wouldn't mind?"

"Oh yes of course sir, now…" Virgo wasted no time in using her magic to dig an underground tunnel at remarkable speeds.

"Well hot damn look at her go, nice going Lucy. Now then let's get moving." Cana glanced over and noticed Luke picking up the wounded form of Kageyama "Okay I'm gonna need some context right now."

Luke let out a sigh "Okay look, I know he's one of our enemies but it just wouldn't feel right if we were to leave him here to die like that. These are the kinds of choices that separate us from people like the guys from Eisenwald."

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Soon enough, Cana and the others all climbed out of the tunnel on the other side of the wind barrier, now outside of the train station "Looks like we made it out, we'd better hurry up and head towards Clover."

Lucy was dealing with her own problems at the moment "Oh man this wind is crazy!"

Virgo was quick to take action "Worry not princess, I shall keep your panties from showing!" she held down Lucy's skirt while letting hers fly upwards in the wind, giving Natsu (beaten into the ground, keep that in mind) a full view.

"Just worry about your own panties!"

Kageyama let out a bitter chuckle from his place on the ground "It's no use, you'll never be able to catch up to Erigor. You don't have a hope in hell of stopping us, we've already won."

That was when Cana noticed something "Wait hold on a second, where's Luke?"

"He beat down the pink one, I salute him for that, and then he went on ahead while you guys were crawling out of that hole."

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Erigor flew across the Clover Canyon at full speed, seeing Clover Town beginning to fill his vision 'I can see the town up ahead, just a little bit further and then we'll have our revenge on those who wronged us! Yes I can just picture their corpses littering the ground and-"

"Lightning Dragon Jaw!" a lightning enhanced smash attack slammed Erigor square in the spine before he could react, sending him hurtling down into the canyon below, courtesy of none other than Luke himself as he landed on the train tracks with a loud thud "Huh, not gonna lie I didn't think I'd be able to catch up to him that fast on foot. Well anyway it doesn't matter, now is when things are about to get serious."

"Great, the last thing I need right now." Erigor suddenly flew back up from the ravine and landed on the tracks in front of Luke "You're one of those pesky flies from Fairy Tail, what the hell do you think you're doing here?"

"I thought that would be obvious." Luke drew his dragon scale sword and quickly dropped into a stance "There's no way in hell I'm letting you get past me, if you wanna get to the guild masters then you'll have to kill me first."

"That I'm more than happy to do."

"You say that like you can."

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At the same time, the rest of the group was driving along the train tracks across the Clover Canyon at full speed (Natsu being out of commission due to his motion sickness).

Kageyama glanced over at the others "So tell me, why exactly are you guys bringing me along with you?"

"Because it's pretty obvious that you might bleed out." Cana pointed out dryly "And since everyone left town you're gonna have to see one in Clover, it wouldn't kill you to show some gratitude."

"But I don't understand, why exactly are you helping me like this? We're enemies aren't we?" he received a few glares "Oh wait I get it, you're taking me hostage so that you can try and make a deal with Erigor. Well you can forget it, he couldn't give less of a shit about me or any of his men as long as he gets what he wants."

"Well you're one hell of a downer." Cana promptly downed a bottle of booze "You know there's a whole lot more to this world than just life and death you know."

"Like what?"

"That's up to you, but how about instead of brooding try and look for some of the positive things in life. It could do you and your buddies from Eisenwald some real good."

"...You're unbearably naive."

"No I'm slightly drunk, there's a difference you know." this was followed by the vehicle suddenly shaking due to a bump in the road, causing Cana to slam into Kageyama's face, ass first.

"Ow."

"Hey!"

"It's okay, everything is fine now!" Erza called from up front.

"You know you should watch where you put that thing."

"You mean my face?" Kageyama rubbed the bruise he now had on his nose "And for that matter could your ass be any more firm?"

"I choose to take that as a compliment."

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Erza found it becoming more difficult to focus 'I can feel my vision getting more blurry by the second, I must have used more magic energy than I thought. It's up to you now Luke, you have to stop Erigor. Don't let us down, we're counting on you.'

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Luke readied himself for the fight that was coming "I hope you're ready Reaper, I'm gonna show you why no one messes with my guild."

"So what?" Erigor let out a scoff "You were able to break through my wind barrier, that just proves you to be that much more of a nuisance just like all of the other little flies. Now get out of my way if you don't want to die." he unleashed a small blast of wind.

Luke stood his ground with noticeable ease "Do you really think that's gonna be enough to take me down?" he blitzed above the blast of wind and brought down his dragon scale sword at remarkable speeds.

Erigor found himself forced on the defensive and quickly took to the air 'So along with lightning magic he appears to have some skill in swordsmanship, it would appear that I underestimated the famous Thunderclap of Fairy Tail after all. This might actually prove to be a challenge for me.'

"So are you gonna try and play dirty or are you gonna come down here and face me like a real man- Oh my lord now Elfman is rubbing off on me."

"Don't get too cocky you little pest! Storm Bringer!" Erigor proceeded to unleash his Storm Bringer technique, trapping Luke inside a massive tornado that dealt him a considerable number of cuts and sending him flying down into the abyss below "Let's see if the famous Thunderclap can get himself out of this one."

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Luke wasted no time in jamming his sword into the side of the canyon wall to stop himself from falling "Well that pretty much sucked, looks like he's stronger than I thought he would be. The question is, how can I take him down without causing too much property damage. What was it that the master told me? Oh yeah, he said that once I learn how to communicate with the lightning inside my body properly I'll be able to will it to do what I want it to do, and once I master than then nothing will be able to beat it. Well it's worth a shot I guess, I've never used it before but there's a first time for everything. And even though there's no one around to actually heat this, 10 things Natsu says on his wedding night."

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Erigor glanced down at the abyss "That's one less fly in the world, and that alone makes the world a better place-" was cut off by a bolt of lightning shooting up from within the abyss, nearly electrocuting him in the process.

From the lightning bolt emerged Luke as he landed back on the track "Not gonna lie, that was closer than I would've liked."

"But… But that's impossible!"

'Thanks for the heads up master, I think I get what you were trying to tell me now. You know I'm pretty sure there's some kind of lightning based pun here, but for the life of me I just can't figure it out."

"You're resilient if nothing else but it doesn't matter, your lightning and swordsmanship are powerless against me!"

"I think we'll see about that. Lightning Dragon IRON FIST!" Luke launched a blast of lightning from his fist.

"Storm Wall!" Erigor wasted no time in using his Storm Wall technique to defend himself from the lightning 'I can't believe this little bastard, no one's managed to push me this far in battle before! Is this what all Fairy Tail wizards are like? I will admit that your abilities are quite remarkable, but that being said I'm afraid you're still no match for me. Enough of this chase like a cat and mouse, the time has come for me to get serious."

"By all means go ahead, I'm ready when you are."

"Storm Mail!" Erigor summoned a powerful cyclone that wrapped around his body like a suit of wind armor "Here I come!" he charged at Luke at full speed.

Luke brought down his sword on Erigor, only for it to bounced off of the surface and for him to be blown back a short distance.

"What's the matter little fly, you can't handle a little bit of breeze?"

"I can handle it just fine, see for yourself!" Luke blitzed in front of Erigor and brought down his sword again, only for it to be knocked out of his grip 'Okay this isn't what I expected. What's this guy's wind made of? I mean I know wind but it feels like it's as hard as iron. Speaking of which I should probably stop by Phantom Lord later and see how Mr Shoo Bee Doo Ba is holding up these days.'

"Just as I suspected, without your swords and your lightning you're totally helpless, which means that right now I have the upper hand." Erigor pushed Luke back a short distance with a quick blast of wind "Unfortunately for you the winds of my Storm Mail blow outwardly, if you get too close then your lightning will fizzle out of existence and leave you completely powerless against me. Lightning has no hope of overpowering my wind, it's time for you to realize that you worthless little fly!"

'Well now I feel like I'm standing in a typhoon.'

"And now it's high time for me to blow your lightning clear out of the sky for good! Storm Shred!" Erigor unleashed a powerful barrage of wind blades from within his Storm Mail wind armor.

Luke was able to dodge and wave his way around the wind blades, but he received a few gashes across his arms and legs in the process 'Dammit I can't even get close enough to this guy to land a punch, let alone find a way to break through his wind armor. If I do go all out then it would just mean blowing up the bridge, and then we'd never be able to get to Clover!'

"You starting to feel the frustration get to you? No need to be too hard on yourself, you never had a chance against me. But you don't have to worry, I'm going to put an end to this battle right here and now! My soaring phoenix magic rips everything in its path to shreds, now you will feel its wrath! Burn in hell Fairy Tail fly! Emera Baram!" he hit Luke dead on with a powerful and concentrated blast of wind blades, blowing him back a great distance with even more cuts across his body "Well well well, his body is still in one piece after that attack. Not many of my victims have that luxury. Not too shabby for a Fairy Tail fly but is fate is the same as all of those who came before him, after I play a melody on the Lullaby for those old wretched guild masters they'll be joining you in the depths of Hell-"

"Alright alright, sheesh you homicidal maniac types are all the same. You can preach about what you want for as long as you want, but really you just love to hear the sound of your own voices don't you?" Luke pulled himself back to his feet cracked his neck "All you talk about is that damned flute, if you wanna kill the guild masters then you're gonna have to kill me first in order to do it."

"You arrogant little wretch, how the hell are you still standing?"

"Nakama power asshole, that's how. But in all seriousness, I trained for a few months under a guy who uses eight different types of magic, one of them being wind so I know how to take it down. Now come on, let's see if you've got what it takes." he grabbed his dragon scale sword and charged.

"I told you before you're wasting your time!" Erigor simply used his wind armor in order to push back against the force of Luke's sword "You think a meager sword wielded by a pathetic fly is enough to take me down?"

"Maybe not the sword alone, but what about a sword made from dragon scales coated with a dragon's lightning?" Luke channeled some of his lightning magic into the blade of the sword and pushed further.

'He's using a sword of dragon scales and Lightning based Dragon Slayer magic?! But that's impossible, no one used that ancient type of magic anymore, where could he have learned it from?!' Erigor was quick to notice another issue 'Now his lightning is somehow burning away my Storm Mail!'

"As fun as this has been I'm done screwing around, I have a bunch of asses to kick and a lot of guild masters to save before the day is done, so bye now. Lightning… Dragon… ROAR!" with a mighty roar, Luke unleashed a powerful blast of lightning from his mouth, engulfing Erigor in a matter of seconds and blowing him clear across the horizon.

'So it's true… a Dragon Slayer… they legends are true, and they really do exist…' Erigor ended up embedded in the cliffside in a matter of seconds.

Luke powered himself down and breathed out a heavy sigh "Add that to the list of reasons why you don't want to piss off someone from Fairy Tail. But on the bright side, the fact that I was able to take down someone like him without that much of a problem means that these past 18 months of training actually have paid off at least somewhat. Lucky me I didn't have to go all out or I could've blown away this entire canyon, and that's the last thing that Fairy Tail needs on its ass. But at least now I know I can protect them.' he failed to notice the Lullaby flute glowing ominously.

"Luke!" that was when Cana and the others finally showed up on the scene in their magic mobile.

"About time you guys showed up, and how ironic it must be that you showed up after I beat down the reaper guy."

"Looks like you've grown a lot stronger in your time away." Erza gave him a small smile "I really am proud of you Luke." but then she stumbled slightly, only to be caught by Luke before she could fall to the ground.

"I told you not to overdo it on that thing and look where it got you."

"Sensible as always, you haven't changed a bit Luke."

"The same could be said about all of you guys."

Kageyama looked on at the scene in disbelief 'No freaking way, Erigor never loses yet this guy took him down and he barely looks worse for wear.' he glanced down and noticed Lullaby on the ground nearby.

"This guy wasn't exactly packing a lot of power behind that scythe but he did have a few tricks up his sleeve that I found it hard to weave my way around, but on the bright side I took him down without causing too much damage. Plus I kept my clothes on, too bad Gray can't say the same."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Gray shot him a look.

"It means put on some pants."

Erza let out a chuckle "You almost never fail to impress Luke, thanks to you all of the guild masters will be safe now. While we're here I think we should go ahead and stop by the Guild Master conference to tell them what happened and ask them how we should properly dispose of the Lullaby flute."

"I could just fry it into oblivion now and save us a lot of trouble, but then again there's no telling what kind of side effects that would cause so-" Luke was promptly cut off by the magic mobile soaring overhead and Lullaby being swiped away, and his expression dulled "Oh you've gotta be kidding me."

Kageyama barked out a laugh "Yeah that's right, the Lullaby belongs to me now! You pathetic flies shouldn't have let your guard down!" and he disappeared along the train tracks in the direction of Clover.

"Well that's just typical, people don't know how to show gratitude for us saving their lives like that and- No you know what, fuck it let's just go after him."

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Nightfall came, and the moon was now shining brightly over the night sky.

Kageyama looked down on the meeting hall from a hill above 'Surely they'll be able to hear the song of Lullaby from here. Finally, the time has come.' he jumped when he started to hear something.

As it turns out, it was actually just Makarov reading some porn nearby "Looks like we've got some hot little numbers in this week's issue, man young wizarding ladies are so much more powerful now than they were back in my day, not to mention sexier. Oh who am I kidding I don't have time for this, I need to catch up to those fools before they destroy an entire town!" then he whipped around and saw Kageyama "Oh no it's not what it looks like, I was doing some research on female wizards! It was innocent and I have no reason to be ashamed-"

"I don't care if you're reading porn or not." Kageyama let out a sigh "Look we've all done it at some point or another."

"...You've been hurt badly haven't you boy, you shouldn't be walking around the woods at night in your condition."

"Yes sir I know. Wait hold on a second, this old pervy idiot is Makarov the master of the Fairy Tail guild. Why the hell do I keep running into these flies? Excuse me sir, I don't suppose you would care to hear a song? You see they wouldn't let me play my flute while I was in the hospital, and it would mean a lot to be able to play for someone again."

"That's one creepy looking flute you've got there."

"Yeah I know, but it does have a beautiful sound."

"...Well I should be going, but then again I guess one song couldn't hurt."

'And just like that we win. Oh thank you sir, be sure to listen carefully okay sir?"

"Yeah yeah."

"Thank you. This is it, finally our moment is at hand.' Kageyama prepared to play the song from the Lullaby, but stopped as he reflected on the things that everyone said to him earlier, whether they be from Eisenwald or Fairy Tail.

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"There he is, just hang on master!" Erza and the others prepared to charge onto the scene and subdue Kageyama.

However, Luke held out an arm to stop them "Hold on a second guys, I think it's safe to say the master's got this."

"But-"

"Either I stop you or the master of Blue Pegasus over there has to stop you and I don't think we're ready emotionally to deal with that guy."

"Well aren't you boys so adorable." Master Bob of the Blue Pegasus guild wasted no time in taking a liking to Natsu and Gray.

"Too late."

"Hey can you guys keep it down?" Master Goldmine of the Quatro Cerberus guild got their attention "We're just about to get to the good part."

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Makarov looked like he was growing impatient "Well come on young man, I don't have all day here."

"R-Right." Kageyama prepared to play the Lullaby but stopped again 'I can do this, I just have to play one song on this stupid thing and that will change everything.'

"You know nothing's going to change." now that got his attention "You cannot change the fact that those who are weak will forever remain weak, now maybe it's just me but I don't think that's a bad thing. I mean we are humans after all, creatures that are weak by nature. Our insecurities are the reasons that guilds even exist to begin with, and they're why we have friends. When we're surrounded by people we know we can trust, it's easier to look towards the future with smiles on our faces. Think of it this way: If we're clumsy then we may stumble and bump into things, but as long as we have faith in the future we can continue to march forward. Our inner strength can emerge on its own, but we have to choose such a path and pledge to live our lives to the fullest. Don't let that stupid flute get in the way."

"...You're right." with those simple words Kageyama dropped the flute, and then dropped to his knees "I surrender."

"I knew you would make the right decision."

"Lucky for us you did." Luke dropped down onto the scene along with the others "Nice work master, way to stick it to the guy."

"What the- How did you kids end up in Clover?"

"Long story that I don't wanna go into right now. Anyway way to take the guy using the patented Magic Tongue technique."

"There is no Magic Tongue technique, I just spoke from my heart and my many, many years of experience."

"Well either way I guess all we had to do was wait for you to talk your way out of another one right?"

That was when an ominous black cloud started to emerge from Lullaby, followed by an evil and malicious laughter "I've grown tired of you cowardly wizards and your antics!"

"And now this is happening."

"I can hold back no longer! I shall now come forth and devour you myself!" and as a magic circle covered the night sky, the Lullaby appeared before them in its true form, in the form of a massive demon that towered over the mountains "And now I shall feast upon your pitiful souls!"

"Yeah this somehow seems about right for us."

"What the hell is that thing?!" Kageyama pretty much exploded "Erigor never said anything about a monster!"

"He probably didn't know, but regardless of that we're dealing with one of the demons from the Book of Zeref."

"That's what Lullaby looks like in its true form." Goldmine told him "It's a type of forbidden black magic, living magic, which is something that Zeref was known for."

"Yeah Zeref, as in the ancient and most evil wizard that's ever existed in this world."

"He lived 400 years ago and had power beyond compare, but even in my worst nightmare I never thought of seeing one of his demons or his dark legacy appear before us like this."

"Yeah well now his legacy is drooling over us."

"Now then, which of these delectable souls shall I dine on first?"

"How about you try and take me on?" Luke glanced back towards the others "Alright guys listen up, Cana I want you and the others to get everyone somewhere safe."

"What the hell are you gonna do then?" asked Cana.

"What do you think? I'm gonna take this thing on by myself."

"What are you crazy, there's no way I'm-"

"Cana!" his sharp tone shut her up "I need you and the others to take everyone and get them somewhere safe, with any luck I'll take this thing down and be right behind you."

"You speak as if you could possibly hope to defeat me boy. However, if you wish for a demonstration of my power then I shall grant your wish!" Lullaby breathed out a quick energy blast at a nearby mountain, engulfing it in an explosion. When the smoke cleared, the mountain had been decimated.

"Yeah your power is nothing to scoff at. But look, if you wanna eat then just take me and let the others go."

"I have no need for pathetic ordinary humans, however I do prefer the taste of a wizard with great magical power, as all of your companions have. I shall devour you first, and then I shall consume all of those present!"

"I think we'll see about that."

"Luke." Erza quickly got his attention "Do you really believe that you can defeat this creature on your own?"

"I think we're about to find out, but I have to ask you to let me do this. Listen Erza, I know that teamwork and friendship and things like that are all important parts of being in a guild, but after what happened to Mira that day I vowed that I would get strong enough so that none of the people that I care about ever have to die in front of me again. That means that I have to do certain things on my own. This is a bridge that I need to cross right now and cross alone no matter how dangerous it may be, if I can't work my way to the other side then not only will I have failed to protect all of you, but that means that all of the training I've done, all that I've gone through will have been meaningless. So as your guildmate and as your friend, I'm asking this of you. Please, let me do this."

"...If you truly believe that this is something that you have to do then I won't take that away from you. I'll grant you this chance, but know that if I feel that you're going to lose then we won't hesitate to jump in." Erza shot a quick glare at Natsu, Gray and Lucy and motioned for all of them to back away as she did the same.

"You know that includes you too."

Cana breathed a sigh "You're being a reckless idiot just like always."

"And?"

"...Go up to that thing and wreck it's shit." and then she retreated back with Erza and the rest of them.

"With any luck, that's the plan."

"You shall be devoured!" Lullaby let out a monstrous roar that shook the entire landscape, causing great pain to the ears of almost everyone present.

Luke simply drew his dragon scale sword and dropped into a stance 'That thing is pretty much murdering the eardrums of everyone present, which means I'm gonna be feeling that pretty soon, so I'll have to finish this thing fast. Alright big guy, I'm coming for you!" and so he charged into the fray "Lightning Dragon… ROAR!" he breathed out a powerful blast of lightning, causing the Lullaby to roar in agony.

"You insignificant wretch!" Lullaby attempted to incinerate him with a mouth blast.

Luke ran up Lullaby's arm and slashed it across the face "How's that for insignificant, or for that matter how's this! Lightning Dragon… IRON FIST!" he unleashed a lightning enhanced fist aimed at Lullaby's face, sending it stumbling back "And now for the follow up! Dragon Sword Style: Thunderous Blade Dance!" he unleashed a swift barrage of blade slashes on Lullaby, striking it across its face and torso and causing it to cry out in pain.

"You arrogant little wretch, you are making me very angry!" Lullaby tried to swat him away in a rage.

Luke leapt over the attack with ease "I'm nowhere near done with you yet! Dragon Sword Style: Thunder Burst!" he fired a blast of lightning from the blade of his sword, the blast hitting Lullaby dead on.

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Kageyama could only look on in disbelief "That's incredible, how the hell could one wizard be so powerful?"

"Luke really is something special." Cana noted with a small fond smile "He's already so strong now, and he's gonna keep on getting even stronger."

"But how could he-" Kageyama was cut off by Lullaby letting out a loud roar, forcing him and the others to cover their ears "This can't be good, this must be its song."

"What gave that away genius, the horrible shrieking or the fact that all of the plant life around us is dying because Lullaby is sucking the life out of them?!"

"Just one note is all that I need to play and your souls will belong to me!" with a mighty furious roar, Lullaby prepare to unleash its melody of death… only for a tiny whistling noise to come out of it "What?!"

"Okay, what the heck is going on right now?"

"I don't understand! Why can't I play my melody of death?!"

"I'll give you one guess." Luke landed back on the ground in front of everyone "All of my lightning and sword based attacks drilled so many holes through you it basically turned you into swiss cheese and it totally screwed up your sound. All of that build up, talk about one hell of a let down. Then again, I never found flutes that interesting to begin with."

"HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME!" Lullaby furiously kicked a nearby mountain out of pure frustration, and then it proceeded to aim a blast at Cana and the others.

"Gray! Shield! Now!"

"On it, everyone get back! Ice Make: Shield!" Gray quickly used his Ice Make magic to create a shield to protect everyone from the explosion, projecting the explosion upwards at the same time in the process.

"I guess I underestimated how much your Ice Make magic has improved."

"Yeah I've had a lot of practice."

Lucy glanced over at Cana "So what's Ice Make magic exactly?"

"It's a type of Maker magic." Cana told her "People who use Maker magic can give magic energy a tangible form, but there's another type of magic that can destroy it."

"I WILL KILL YOU ALL!"

"I'll tell you about that after we enjoy the show."

"YOU WILL ALL BE DEVOURED!"

"I think we'll have to agree to disagree on that one." Luke leaped high into the air and raised one hand above his head, lightning gathering in the skies above "So are you ready to see what I can really do?"

"You're not human! You're a monster!"

"Like you have any room to talk! I swore an oath to protect my guild and all of those that I hold dear, and that's what I intend to do. Now you'll see what happens when someone messes with my friends as I strike you down with lightning guided down from the heavens above! Dragon Slayer Secret Art: DIVINE THUNDERCLAP!" he used his hand to guide the lightning downwards in order to strike Lullaby, lighting up the night sky with the explosion that followed.

Makarov looked on in approval "Well done my boy, very well done. You've grown strong haven't you Luke, both in body and in mind, to be able to defeat a demon created by Zeref the way that you have.'

Kageyama looked on in what seemed like disbelief "I can't believe it, how the hell is he so powerful? Is every wizard in Fairy Tail as powerful as this guy?"

"Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions." Luke made his way over to the group and let out a sigh as he put his dragon scale sword back in its sheath "A wizard is only as strong as the team he chooses and the friends he's sworn to protect. But yeah, almost all of the people in Fairy Tail are pretty awesome." he was promptly smothered by it the incoming barrage that was Natsu and the others from Fairy Tail "Yeah yeah I know, Natsu you want me to fight you and Erza you're gonna yell at me and hit me for being so reckless. It's what I expect from you guys these days, and frankly I wouldn't have it any other way. But hold on a second okay?"

'They may be a bunch of reckless fools but their power is unbelievable, they're way stronger than I could ever be.'

"Hey just throwing this out there, we'd better get you to a doctor or something before the Blue Pegasus master tries to get his hands on you. Seriously, you can feel his stubble when he tries to glomp you." Luke gave a quick shudder.

Goldmine gave a small smile and a quick nod of approval "I can't exactly say I know for sure what just happened, but I think it's obvious that we owe a big round of thanks to you and the rest of the Fairy Tail guild."

"I wouldn't go that far with it, I just did what had to be done."

"Well regardless, one thing remains certain. You went completely overboard." he pointed to the massive crater where the conference hall once stood.

"Well to be fair you guys deal with Fairy Tail a lot, you should know what to expect from us by now." he received a few glares "That's not gonna work on you is it?"

"Nope."

"Figures." Luke glanced over and noticed Erza chasing after Makarov's spirit after it had comically emerged from his body due to an apparent heart attack caused by seeing the destruction he had caused "Well I'm pretty sure I'm gonna pay for that one at some point later on." he was met with lots of angry shouting.

Goldmine let out a simple chuckle "Well I guess it's safe to say that kids really do take after their parents."

Bob nodded "Yes I know, they remind me of us when we were young wizards in the days of our prime."

Kageyama let out a chuckle "Back in ancient times you mean?"

"You know Kage, when I was younger I looked just like you."

"...Come again?"

"Yes, we had so much fun back in those old days. We were always a mischievous bunch of little kids, so the council was always angry with us for one reason or another." he showed Kageyama a picture "You see that stud wearing the aubergine suit? That would be me."

"You've gotta be freaking kidding!"

"I wasn't lying when I said I looked just like you."

"So you mean when I'm your age I'm gonna be bald and fat?!"

"So what do you think, though?" asked Goldmine "I mean now that you've seen what it's like to be part of a legitimate magical guild, you have to realize that they're a lot more fun than being in one of those dark guilds and they have better pay." this was met with Kageyama's spirit comically emerging from his body "And now something's coming out of him."

Luke reached down and picked up the now powerless Lullaby flute, and with a quick surge of his lightning magic he incinerated it into nothing "Well that takes care of today's monster attack, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?"

"I can think of what tonight is gonna bring." Cana pointed to the angry mob about to chase all of them for the destruction of the conference hall.

"...Oh crap. RUN!"

A/N:

And thus the strongest team in Fairy Tail has completed its first mission together, with its strongest member destroying Lullaby in style. For the record, like with the canon Team Natsu, which is now going to be referred to as Team Dragon, the current roster will be expanded, adding a few new members later on.

Divine Thunderclap is an original Lightning Dragon Slayer spell that I created for another story, but decided to use for this one. For this technique to work, the user guides lightning down from the skies above and uses it to attack, rather than just their own lightning, in order to use it.

Just so you know, next chapter is going to be a sort of interlude between the Lullaby arc and the Galuna Island arc, to sort of calm things down after everything that happened. But don't worry, I have something in mind to keep you all from getting bored.