Darkness Reapers on the Train
Natsu, Nine, and Happy arrives at the Magnolia Station where they met up with Lucy along with Gray and Juvia.
"Glad to see you guys are ready." Nine said.
"Yeah, I was really nervous at first, but I want to help out as much as I can." Lucy determined.
"Nice, I know you'll do great just like with that fat guy you beat up." Natsu smiled with a thumb up, making Lucy blush of the words.
"How odd, I thought Erza would be first to meet us here since she was the one who asked for our help." Juvia looked around not seeing Erza yet.
"Maybe she needs to do a last-minute checking with her home." Happy guessed.
"Well, I hope she gets here soon because I don't want to be stuck popsicle brain for long." Natsu glared at Gray.
"Funny, I was thinking just being around you would make me feel sick from the heat." Gray mocked back.
"No, we are not having this fight again, you two. Remember that Erza needs us for something important, meaning it could be seriously dangerous and we need to focus on helping her out. Got it?" Nine scolded.
"Yes, ma'am." Gray and Natsu sighed at the same time. Despite always butting heads with each other, there are times when Gray and Natsu do get along a little and doing things together like helping out a friend in need.
"Wow, you totally stop the fight before it could even begin!" Lucy amazed.
"That's Nine for ya! She can help put the fighting away when there are things to be serious about." Juvia nodded.
"Sorry I'm late, were you waiting long?" Erza asked as she finally arrives.
"No, not really." Lucy answered, but then she gasps upon seeing something unexpected.
"Wow, look at that luggage! All those belong to you?!" Lucy asked shock.
"Juvia heard that Erza would pack a lot when going on trips for jobs, but Juvia didn't know it would be this much!" Juvia shocked as well.
"Anyway, I'm looking forward to helping with whatever you need help with." Lucy said.
"Juvia too! Juvia will be at her utmost best!" Juvia nodded determine.
"I'm counting on you two." Erza smiled.
"Hey Erza, before we go, there is one condition I want to ask you if that's okay?" Natsu asked.
"Whoa, Natsu! Even with your mom here, Erza can still scold you to death!" Gray reminded.
"Oh, then let's hear it." Erza decided to hear out of what Natsu wants.
"I have a pretty good feeling I know what that is." Nine chuckled.
"I wanna rematch when we get back to Fairy Tail." Natsu smirked and clutches his fists causing most of everyone to gasp.
"What's wrong with you? Got some kind of death wish?" Gray asked shock.
"I'm a lot stronger than I was last time. This time will be way different because I'm gonna beat you." Natsu smirked with a fier determination.
"Called it." Nine grinned.
"I can also vouch for Natsu, he's really gotten stronger with his power being very close to yours, Erza. But I'll let him show off his power and leave it as that." Nine said.
"Okay, now I'm feeling a bit scared of this." Gray said, now he can't even tell if Erza will win again or Natsu might actually win this once.
This got Erza interested to see how strong Natsu has gotten over the years seeing that fire in his eyes, the same fire that always makes her feel warn and strong on the inside whenever they would hang out together and see him trying to show his magic power.
"Yes, I can tell you've improved. As to whether or not you can beat me, I suppose we'll have to see. I accept your challenge." Erza smiled, feeling her heart flutter just now.
"Oh yeah, I'm all fired up now!" Natsu screamed with a fire breath coming out.
(Later, Train Ride)
The Fairy Tail group are seen riding on the train together with Natsu feeling fine thanks to the medicine from his mom, and everyone feels relax at the moment.
"I believe now would be the time for you to tell us, Erza." Juvia spoke first to start the conversation.
"Yeah, what kind of mission are we going on here?" Gray asked.
"Of course, I have reason to believe the dark guild Eisenwald is planning something big. I'm not sure what exactly, but it has to do with a magic item called Lullaby." Erza mentioned.
"Lullaby?" Gray confused.
"Wait, Nine, didn't we run into some wizards who said that name?" Lucy asked trying to remember after completing her first job.
"Yeah, it was the guys who kidnapped Happy and tried to eat him." Nine recalled.
(Dark Guild, Eisenwald)
"I hear Kageyama finally got back to us." One guy reported.
"Yeah, he says he actually found it." Another man nodded.
"The moment of truth has arrived, gentlemen. This means we're one step closer to achieving our goals." One man carrying a scythe said.
"The guild masters will be too busy holding their conference, they won't even realize what's hit them." The scythe man smirked. All the waiting he and his dark guild went through will finally pay off.
Nothing will stop them of doing their dark ambitions!
(Back with Fairy Tail Group)
After explaining to Erza about the thugs who tried to eat Happy and one of them said the word Lullaby, she realizes something from this.
"I see, so you had a run in with Eisenwald guild before." Erza said.
"I don't it's that they're with Eisenwald, but now thinking about seems like they used to be part of that guild and gone into hiding. Meaning they want no part of whatever it is that's coming." Nine realized.
"If it was something that bad then I should've question them more." Natsu pounded his fist onto his palm.
"I doubt those guys would've told us if they were too scared to talk about or avoid being thrown in jail." Lucy stated.
"So, this Lullaby thing is so bad it even scares dark wizards?" Gray surprised to hear this.
"I think we should hear how Erza came upon hearing that name first." Nine suggested as Erza nods.
"Just the other day, I was heading home after completing a job." Erza started her tale.
"Oh yeah, that giant horn you brought back home. Talk about coincidence." Natsu commented.
"Yes, you could say it was and an odd one at that." Erza said.
(Flashback)
"I stopped by a pub in Onias that I knew was a gathering spot for local wizards." Erza mentioned.
Inside the building known as Onias where a few wizards are sitting close to where Erza is sitting at the counter.
"Come on, hurry it up, bartender!" One man with an oddly shape head yelled.
"Hey, relax a little." Another man with a headdress advised.
"And how am I supposed to do that? We finally managed to figure out where Lullaby's hidden, but we can't do anything because of some seal?" The weird shape head man complained.
This got Erza's attention as she listened in to their conversation.
"Keep it down, man." One guy with messy green hair said.
"Don't sweat it, guys. Let me handle this one. You just head back to the guild, all right?" One guy with black hair said sounding confident.
"You sure, Kage?" The green hair man asked.
"You gonna be okay on your own?" The headdress guy asked as well.
"You don't have to worry about me. Just tell Erigor that I'll be coming back with Lullaby in three days." Kage assured that he got this.
(Flashback End)
"Lullaby? That's like a song you sing kids to sleep." Lucy said.
"I remember Nine used to sing me and Natsu to sleep with that song." Happy recalled.
"But unfortunately, this version is very dangerous to have been sealed away." Nine pointed out.
"You sure those men are with that dark guild?" Juvia asked concern.
"Yes, I can't believe I was such a fool that day. I didn't recognize his name." Erza blamed herself for not noticing this soon.
"Erigor, the ace of Eisenwald. He only accepts assassination requests, which is why he's earned the name, "Erigor the Reaper"." Erza explained about the man.
"He kills for money?" Lucy shocked.
"There are other wizards who are like that." Nine said.
"Yeah, just to take the pleasure of making big bucks for taking out a few people from the pictures." Gray showed anger on his face of hearing about those kinds of people.
"When the council outlawed assassination requests, Eisenwald decided that money was more important than the council's rules. As a result, they were kicked out of their Wizard League six years ago. But that didn't stop them. They've disobeyed orders and reminded active to this day." Erza explained.
"Okay, I should be heading back home now." Lucy scared of what she is getting herself into with sweats coming out more than normal.
"I wish for that too, Lucy. But Juvia fears that is far too late to turn back now." Juvia whimpered.
"Lucy and Juvia are looking slimy suddenly." Happy teased.
"It's sweat!" Lucy and Juvia corrected the blue cat.
"How could I have been so careless? If only I had recognized Erigor's name that day… I could have pulverized them. I could have forced them to reveal their scheme to me." Erza pounded her fist on the arm of the seat.
"She's scary!" Juvia and Lucy commented freaking out.
"No need to blame yourself, you were just coming back from a job and didn't remember the name because the guy is from a dark guild that nobody would talk about freely, I still would've come to help even if you hadn't asked." Natsu smiled.
"Yes, I believe you are right." Erza said blushing a little.
"(It still weirds me out of how calm you can be like this.)" Gray thought commented.
"Then you are right to ask for help if you plan in taking on an entire guild and stopping Lullaby before Eisenwald has a chance of using it." Nine nodded.
"Sounds like you know what this Lullaby is, mom." Natsu noticed.
"After hearing the whole story involving a dark guild. I know this Lullaby is the one I read about." Nine said as the group listen in.
"For you see, Lullaby is a curse magic item that is a flute with a skull head and three eyes, capable of killing any number of people who listens to the melody of the flute into death. A very dangerous music it plays, it could even kill hundreds, thousands of people in one song." Nine explained.
This causes everyone to gasp in horror that such a dangerous magical item exists in their world that can kill people with music, and now it's gonna be in the hands of Eisenwald which makes them realize more their plan will involve killing more people with the flute.
"Then that's all the more reason we have to stop them! No way in Hell I'm going to let a stupid reaper hurt anyone with music, and I'll destroy that flute too for good measures." Natsu pounded his flaming fists together.
"I'm with you on that, Natsu." Gray agreed with a scary glare.
Soon, the train stop for a moment at a small station and the Fairy Tail group got themselves some sandwiches from Juvia who made some for the train, and they are really good according to Natsu mumbling of how good they are making Juvia blush.
"If you don't mind me asking, what kind of magic do you practice, Erza?" Lucy asked.
"That's a good question." Erza teased a little, wanting to surprise the newbie until they fight Eisewald.
"Erza's magic is really pretty. She makes her enemies bleed a lot." Happy said.
"I don't know if I'd call that pretty." Lucy said nervously.
"Well, that's because of the armor she wears in battle which is part of her magic." Juvia mentioned.
"You could say she's like a walking armory." Nine said.
"Which is pretty cool!" Natsu grinned.
"Personally, I thin Gray's magic is more beautiful than mine." Erza complimented.
"Oh, like this?" Gray put his hands together creating a small ice sculpture of the Fairy Tail emblem amazing Lucy and Juvia.
"Juvia never gets tried of seeing Gray use his ice magic like that!" Juvia smiled.
"And you would think that's why he and Natsu don't get along because of fire and ice don't mix well, but he just hates his guts." Nine shrugged.
"You got that right." Gray said, admitting it without fail.
(Onibas Station)
The Fairy Tail group arrived at the Onibas town as they got off the train and start walking.
"Erza, are you hoping to find the Eisenwald guys here since that's where you found its wizards the last time you were here?" Nine asked.
"Yes, I don't know where their main guildhall is, so this is the best lead I got for now." Erza answered.
"Juvia would say she is still scared of the mission, but after hearing about how deadly this Lullaby is then Juvia wants to stop it from being use." Juvia said finding courage in her.
"I'm with you there, I wanted to go home at first, but this dark guild just gave me a reason to kick their ass." Lucy said feeling angry.
"Glad to hear that." Nine smiled proudly.
"Hold on, where's Natsu?" Happy noticed that Natsu isn't here.
"Oh no, Juvia's think he's still on the train!" Juvia gasped realizing.
True to Juvia's words, Natsu is still on the train looking under the seats to try finding something, but by the time they realize this the train had already left the station.
"Uh-oh, there he goes." Happy said sadly and waving the train goodbye.
"How the Hell did that flaming idiot stay on the train?" Gray asked confusing.
"It's Juvia's fault! Juvia notice that her wallet was gone, so Natsu stay to find for Juvia." Juvia explained crying and fall on her knees.
"Don't worry, Natsu will know to stay put until the train stops at another station and take another train back here. Good thing the medicine I made will last long until then." Nine relieved that she remembers that.
"Curses, I should've realized Natsu was on board, I'm such an idiot! I need one of you to come and hit me for my penance." Erza shamed of losing a friend.
"That's a little much." Lucy said.
"Erza would sometimes punish herself when something like this happens." Nine sighed.
(With Natsu)
"Oh man, I can't believe the train went off before I could get off. Damn it!" Natsu cursed as he sat down waiting for the next stop.
"Well, look at it." A man walked up to Natsu.
"It's a Fairy Tail wizard. How's the guild treating you these days?" The man asked looking at Natsu's emblem.
"Is it worth sticking around?" The man asked again, with his face revealing to be Kageyama.
"Huh, what are you asking me for?" Natsu asked back only to have a foot on his face.
"Don't act all high and mighty just 'cause you're in a legal guild, Mr. Fairy." Kageyama looked down at Natsu.
"You guys just blindly follow the magic council. Know what you look like to us? Harmless little flies." Kageyama mocked.
Natsu didn't like hearing this guy anymore, making fun of legal guilds like they're a bunch of stupid little kids and that would also mean he is mocking Fairy Tail and he won't let it slide as he forces the guy.
"Guess I hit a nerve." Kageyama smirked.
"You bastard, I won't let you get away with mocking my guild!" Natsu charged at the guy.
"Shadow Guard!" Kageyama quickly brought up his shadow magic to protect himself.
But Natsu's flaming fist was more powerful to break through and knock Kageyama back breaking through some seats and the roof of the train crat.
"(That magic, it looked just like the one that took those guys from before?)" Natsu thought remembered that shadow.
"Lucky shot…" Kageyama groaned in pain.
"I'm just getting started." Natsu marched over to the guy to beat him up some more, but he stops when he notices an object on the floor.
"Damn, he saw it." Kageyama had to think of something and quick.
"Sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask you to leave this train." Kageyama said as he looks to his left.
Natsu notice this wondering what he is looking at, but a few large shadow hands appear.
"You idiot! I can't believe you fell for that!" Kageyama laughed as he forced Natsu off the train causing him to crash on the ground.
KO a new chapter is hope you all enjoy it!
Fairy Tail are on their way to find Eisenwald to stop them from using the Lullaby flute except one was already on the same train and has the flute, he even got Natsu off the train before he could realize what that is.
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