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Happy: Previously on Fairy Tail, Lyon is planning to resurrect Deliroa, and his lackeys came to attack the village!
Natsu: But I beat them.
Lucy: yeah, that leaves Sherry; she can control my spirits.
Sherry: get ready because the battle starts now
[##Guren no Ikari Ost##]
"I'm impressed," Sherry said. "You could close the gate even though I was in control."
"Yeah," Lucy boosted as she stared at Sherry, "looks like I'm stronger than I look."
"Will see about that," Sherry told her. "Remember, any spirit you summon. I can control at will."
"Really, cause I got a few power spirits up my sleeve," Lucy said as she pulled out a silver key "{open gate of Canis Minor: Nicoles}," Lucy shouted, and Plue appeared, getting a shocked look from Sherry.
"Oh, isn't he the cutest?" Sherry blushed, "I think I love him."
"Would ya stop talking about love, for Christ's sake," Lucy moaned.
"Someone bitter," Sherry smirked before activating her magic. "Marionette, now your spirit is mine."
Plue then stopped and faced Lucy. "No, Plue, not you are too."
Plue then jumped at Lucy only to laugh at the tiny spirit attempting to hurt her as Sherry's sweat dropped.
The choices we make.
"what" Sherry had little time to think before Lucy attacked her with her whip "damn it, you called a weak spirit on purpose," Sherry shouted as she dodged another attack.
"Yep, know your magic is useless," Lucy boasted.
'I can't believe this." Sherry stopped controlling Plue, who started apologizing to Lucy.
"It's okay, buddy. Now go rest up," Lucy told the spirit as it vanished,
"Marionette, attack {rock doll}," a giant rock monster appeared behind her, scaring Lucy.
"do you have a spirit that can destroy something that big?" Lucy muttered before the rock doll began to attack her, causing Lucy to run away.
"Now, rock doll, crush this little girl."
"Little Girl!" Lucy shouted while she ran away. "I was the same age; hell, I might be a little older than you."
"keep talking, and I'll catch you," Sherry threatened.
"you better find a spirit."
Lucy barely dodged another attack and landed at the side of a cliff that slowly began to break. "Aww shit," Lucy moaned as the piece she was on fell and landed near a beach.
"water," Lucy said as she stood up. " I could summon Aquarius, but water can't destroy the rock, And Aquarius would just sweep me away, too. Sweep me away?"
"Now it's time for you to die! No love for you," Sherry shouted as her rock doll attempted to step on Lucy, who jumped out of the way.
"That's it," Lucy said to herself. "I hope I don't regret this {open gate of the water barrier: Aquarius}."
A massive column of water appeared and revealed Aquarius, which shocked Sherry. "How the hell does a girl like you have such a powerful spirit," Sherry asked.
"Aquarius, listen, I need you to."
"Hmm"
"Oh, come on with the attitude," Lucy moaned. "For once, can you just listen?"
"Oh, hi Aquarius, how has your day been?" Aquarius moaned as she turned away from Lucy.
"Now then, Aquarius, wash that girl away," Sherry ordered as she used her magic to gain control of Aquarius.
"what"
"With Aquarius under my control, you might as well give up," Sherry told Lucy.
"NO, she's still my ace in the hole!"
"Oh yeah, Aquarius, wash this Girl away!"
"Oh yeah," Aquarius said, then gathered the water and launched at the girls. " I was already planning on doing that. "Soon, Lucy was caught in a large pool of water. Sherry began laughing until she noticed the water coming from her, too. She let out a scream before the water swept her away, too. "What ya know, you can be smart, Lucy; I guess I'll see you later."
Lucy stood up with swirls in her eyes as she barely managed to walk around. "Leave it to Aquarius to hurl her waves at Friend and foe alike," Lucy muttered as she walked around.
Sherry also managed to stand up but was barely able to gain composer. " I hate myself for letting you trick me again," she told Lucy, "but ha, she couldn't destroy my rock doll."
"So, you can't control it without you on it," Lucy said. She leaned back into Sherry, and the two began throwing punches at each other, going back and forth. "This is over," Lucy threw another, which caused Sherry to fly backward. "I can't believe, cold Emperor, though my life is gone, my love for you will burn forever."
"Oh, come on, you're not dead," Lucy moaned at the girl's theatrics. She sighed as she stood up, thinking about Erza again, shaking her head. "Come on, Lucy," she said. "Now is not the time to get back to Natsu and Gray.
"Lucy, are you okay?" Happy shouted as he flew to the girl. "Wow, you got her!"
"took more work than I'd like to admit, but yeah," Lucy gave a thumbs up. "Come on, let's find the others."
Gray came too to a small camp. He was covered in bandages from head to toe as he struggled to get up. "Where am I," he asked as he looked around.
He got up and exited the tent.
One of the villagers came up to him. "Good, you're awake," she said as Gray overlooked his wound. The aching feeling in his chest still wouldn't go away.
"Where are we," Gray asked.
"A small camp," she answered. "The village was destroyed last night."
Gray frowned, remembering Lyon telling his minions to destroy the village and their raid. "I can't believe they did."
"I know," the lady responded. "We were lucky that Natsu and Lucy could stop them."
Gray looked back. "Are they here," he asked in a concerned tone.
"Yes, there in that tent over there," she asked.
"Okay, thanks," Gray said as he left the lady. Going over to the tent, he saw Lucy standing by herself. "Hey, where's Natsu?" he asked
"I don't know," Lucy admitted. "I'm worried."
"Nothing to worry about, Luicy," Happy said. "I'm sure Natsu is okay."
"I know, wits just" Lucy looked away
Flashback
"Lucy," Ezra smiled, "I didn't expect to see you here." She smiled, "I'm just stopping for some cake on my way out."
"you're going on another job," Lucy asked.
"no, but I find work quicker when I travel around," she said. "besides, there's nothing for me here," she sighed, "especially with Natsu in town." she sighed. "It's clear they picked their side the moment I left."
"on that, what happened between you two," Lucy asked
"I don't want to talk about it," Erza sighed. "No offense, but we haven't known each other long enough for me to feel comfortable sharing that information."
"oh yeah," Lucy said. "I'm sorry," she said as Erza walked past her
"and one more thing, Lucy," Erza said, getting her attention as she turned to face her, "whatever you do, don't trust him."
"Natsu," Lucy asked.
"yes," Ezra said. "believe me, when I tell you the first chance he gets, he will stab you in the back and abandon you," Lucy said nothing as Erza turned to walk away. Leaving the girl to wonder just what happened between the two that could cause them to be so hostile to each other, what would make her warn her against trusting Natsu
End Flashback
"Erza told you that," Gray asked, "she told me the same thing."
"of course we can trust Natsu," Happy said
"but," Lucy started
[## fairy tail main theme piano ver. ost##]
"Look, Lucy," Gray said. "We don't fully understand the relationship between those two," he admitted, "but Natsu seems like a great guy, and it also seems like he is trying to make up for something." he smiled. "Whatever it is, it shows itself in time.." Eh, smile," But now we must keep faith.
"I guess you're right," Lucy said. "Natsu has been nothing but reliable since we met." She smiled. "so come on Natsu is going to need are help to stop this thing"
"right" Gray smiled "That's the spirit"
Meanwhile, back at the temple, Lyon stared disappointedly at his only remaining henchman, "So you're the only one left, Tobey."
Tobey growled in response as he remembered that he had shocked himself.
"Hey, can we keep the whole shocking me a secret?" Toby asked.
Soon, the mysterious man appeared. "I have good news," he said as he faced Lyon. "Deliroa ice is almost melted, so it should be at some time tonight."
"Zalty," Lyon stated, "as sneaky as ever."
The man known as Zalty smiled. "We also need to keep an eye on those wizards." The fabled Erza has come to assist them from the looks of it," Zalty told him, "and the boy appeared to know powerful fire magic and is quite resourceful when it comes to using it."
Lyon chuckled. "No matter, they're both weaker than me," he boasted.
"I was hoping you'd say that," Zalty said, grinning, "but still, let me have the honor of joining you in battle, for old-time sake."
"Wait, you're a wizard," Tobey asked, shocked.
"Yes, I dabbled in a particular lost magic long ago. It may be enough to win."
"All right, fine," Lyon agreed before the building began to shake.
"It's an earthquake," Tobey shouted in a panic.
The temple then began to lean over. Natsu was destroying ledges deep in the temple to make the building unstable. He let out a breath attack, reaching the room where Lyon and company were.
[##Natsu theme##]
Zalty let out a smirk. "I should have known he would have the first move. It appears we have a visitor, sir."
"Man, it's been a while since I got to let loose like this," Natsu shouted to Lyon. "It's kinda fun."
"you fool, what do you think you're doing?" Lyon shouted.
"I'm destroying the temple; that way, you can't shine any moon drip on the demon in the basement."
"You bastard!" Lyon shouted.
"Um, someone wants to explain what's happening," Tobey asked.
"Well, it appears our friend destroyed the support pillars on one side of the building," Zalty explained. "So, the building would lean to the side, and moon drip wouldn't hit Deliroa," Zalty finished. "It's an ingenus plan; I'm just surprised he could develop it.
"You just gonna stand there?" Natsu shouted as flames burst from his feet. "Or are you gonna fight."
"Flames shoot from his legs," Lyon asked, shocked.
"When we fought him, fire shot from his entire body," Tobey answered as Natsu flew into the room and headbutted Lyon, shocking Tobey.
Lyon is then revealed to be a decoy as the real one appears behind Natsu "{Ice makes: eagle} frozen eagles then shoot at Natsu. "You can't dodge them in mid-air."
Natsu then shot fire from his mouth, shooting him to the ground, shooting more fire from his feet as he did a handstand. {Fire Dragons: Roar}" Natsu shouted as Lyon jumped out of the way.
"What kind of magic is this?" Lyon asked as Natsu continued to attack him. Zalty waved his hand, and the floor underneath Natsu gave out, causing him to fall in.
"looks like luck is on your side, cold Emperor," Zalty stated.
Lyon stared at the whole, a look of disgust on his face. "Zalty, what did you do?" he asked.
"Can we keep the part of me getting barbecued a secret, too," Tobey explained.
"what do you mean," Zalty asked.
"the hole in the floor that was you're doing, " Lyon responded.
"ever the watchful eye," Zalty responded. "Seeing as Deliroa will be revived soon, and you are the only one strong enough to beat it, you must save your strength."
[##Guren no Ikari Ost##]
the air around them grew cold. "Are you suggesting I could be defeated by such poultry magic?" Lyon asked as the room began to freeze, Ice forming over the ceiling as he stared down at Natsu, who had climbed up. "Leave; I will deal with this fool myself; soon, I will defeat Deliroa, and the world will praise the name Lyon, the cold emperor."
"As you wish."
'he wants to fight that thing."
"the thing looks half-dead," Natsu told him. "You mean to tell me you're going through all this." Lyon felt magic energy emerge from Natsu. "So, you can fight a damn demon to prove you've surpassed your master."
Lyon couldn't explain it, but the magic Natsu was giving off made him feel warm, and that was a first. "I must rise above Ur's legacy," Lyon shouted as he shot another attack at Natsu.
"But why awaken the demon," Natsu asked as he dodged the attacks. "Couldn't you just challenge her and be done with it."
"I would if I could," Lyon told him, "but she's been dead for years."
Natsu froze as he remembered Gray saying Ur sacrificed everything to seal it. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize she died to seal it."
"Yes, but she would still be here if it weren't for Gray," Lyon shouted as an eagle appeared behind Natsu and hit him.
Lyon lowered his guard as Natsu appeared only with a few scratches. He had to admit it. He was low on fuel right now. Fighting two magic users and destroying the building nearly killed him.
"Look," Natsu said between breaths, "I don't know what happened in the past." Natsu huffed as he got into another fighting stance, "But I know what you're doing in the present, and it's hurting many innocent people." Natsu let out a huff as fire formed on his good arm. "since you can't see that, I'll have to beat it in you.
"ever since we were kids, Lyons dreamt of surpassing Ur, " Gray explained. "but since she died, he feels he has to beat Deliroa to prove he's surpassed her."
"that makes sense," Lucy said, covering her chest. "What better way."
"Aye"
"Listen," Gray told him as he stood up from the tree. "I never told him this. Ur made me promise never to let him know," Gray told them.
"Ur may not be with us, but she's still alive."
Hey guys, a thing about Erza. I hope it's not too weird; I just needed a reason for her to be there, and then I remembered how she brought up looking for the salamander(Natsu), so thanks to my past self for that; it also adds a bit of drama to the mix which I promise to dive into later in the story.
Natsu: So, Gray's maser Ur was the one who sealed the demon away.
Happy: Aye
Lucy: She was also the one who taught him all the cool ice magic he knew.
Natsu: Well, there is no way she was a better teacher than Igneel.
Lucy: I'll bet, but you must admit I wonder what Gray was like before we met him.
Next time: Ur
Natsu: do we want to know that?
Happy: yeah, it is fantastic to learn why he strips and stuff
Lucy: I think I'm good.