Chapter 5: The First Attack
Mavis' spirit was flying in the sky as a trail of shiny stars and she peeked into Luffy's apartment window.
Lucy was at her apartment writing more of the novel.
"Dear mom, my friends and I arrived from another world where a Great Pirate Era" is. The navy is a military that arrests whenever they catch a wanted pirate or ones that are lawless, however, that doesn't mean the Navy is perfect. I see that some are corrupted abusing their authority and following orders without questioning what they're doing. Even the World Government is corrupted, but, despite that, we met some that navy officers are honorable and caring for their soldiers. We also made it to an island that is habited by creatures called: Fishmen, not only that merfolk live there. I wonder if Aquarius would fit in, though, her hot-headedness would scare off the mermen. Not only that we met animal humanoids known as Minks, that live in another part of the sea called: The New World. Despite that, there are some Fishmen and Merfolk that step out of line, and there are some that can be kind and opening-minded to humans. Now, we're home and got some new members for Fairy Tail. Akame, Leone, and Chelsea were happy to join which makes me happy too.
She paused for a moment a new thought as she continued to write.
"Now, we have to fight against the Alvarez Empire, who plans to attack Ishgar, there are so many questions on why, but, the only guess we come up with is that their after Fairy Heart...it's a thing that...no...it's the body of first master Mavis...if we were happy that someone with a kind heart that taken us in Fairy Tail if she didn't start the guild, who knows what would we be to this day...I'm sure the others are thinking the same thing...
"Wow, you're writing good stuff..." Lucy abruptly paused.
There was Natsu, Happy, and surprisingly Luffy.
"Wow, with that, you'll be a novelist in no time," Happy added.
Luffy bends over with a goofy smile. "Ooh, Robin would like to read such a cool book."
"Hey, you two are breaking in and now Luffy's here too!" Lucy comically kicked her chair but, the three evaded with ease.
"Relax a bit,"
"Yeah, the town is quiet and boring anyway,"
"These two wanted to me show your apartment, it's not bad,"
Hearing that made Lucy calm down a little, though, another thought occurred to her. "Oh Luffy, where's your crew?"
"Franky, Chopper, and Usopp went to go get some stuff from the ship, also, they plan to move the Sunny somewhere safe from the enemy," Luffy replied. "Once they're done, they'll meet back here."
"Also, Robin and Nami along with Jula, Angela, and Rena went to the Fairy Hills dorm too," Happy added.
"What about Zoro and Sanji?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, Zoro went to relax for a while, plus, he's going to train a bit to get ready," Luffy answered. "As for Sanji, he went to the ship as well and gather as much food as he could."
"I'm sure the others went into different locations to have some time alone," Natsu spoke. "Anyway, let's hang out."
"Aye!" Happy holding some games and cards.
"Yeah!" Luffy grinned.
Lucy sat down in another chair and wasn't too happy to hear the trio's cheerful banter. "Hey, we've got a battle that's going to happen especially early in the morning. This is hard to the time to play, unlike you three I'm not excited for it."
Natsu and Luffy just stared at the blonde while Happy showed fear. "I'm not either!"
Before Natsu could speak, Luffy spoke. "I know...being a pirate or wizard is dangerous, there are battles that could happen at any time, and there might be pirate games that can be risky even losing crew members to other pirate crews or worse."
"He's right," Natsu agreed. "I mean I love a good fight but I what like is contests of strength, not fights to the death."
Lucy was surprised to hear this from two blockheads like them.
"What we're saying is that in fights we like to compare our strengths to our opponents," Natsu continued with Luffy nodding in agreement. "This is a fight that'll be the stakes are high, if we lose, then our future is gone."
Lucy couldn't help but smile at her them as Natsu turned to Happy and smiled at him. "Plus, I've got some things I want to do when all of this is over, maybe even more."
Luffy grinned. "Once this fight is over, my crew and I will return to our world, and sail through the New World!"
And that's where Lucy had to intervene. "Alright, listen up." The three turned to her. "Stop this. You know, they call that marking 'death flags" in the real world."
"Huh?" Luffy and Natsu said completely puzzled.
"What I mean is, if all of you talk about your plans for the future and die, you won't be able to accomplish them," Lucy explained.
Natsu just laughed a bit. "Igneel told me to talk about the future. "He grinned at her. "Because it's what keeps us moving forward."
Lucy smiled at that comment. "That's a good way to see it."
"I agree like my talk with Jimbei, he was able to help me remember what I still had to help me achieve my dream including theirs too," Luffy added. "As long as we have each other, we'll be able to accomplish our dreams."
Mavis' spirit smiled and flew away.
She later looked through a window at the Fairy Hill dorm.
In the hot tub were some of the girls.
Nami, Jula, Erza, Wendy, Carla, Rena, and Angela were bathing.
Robin was inside the tub, though, she laid against one of the rocks to make sure she didn't pass out due to her Devil Fruit power.
"So Crime Sorciere will be helping us out?"
Erza nodded at Wendy's question. "I guess they'd have to make their move as well if it's Zeref we're up against."
Wendy smiled at that. "That makes me feel better a bit."
Carla wasn't as ecstatic about the help. "Considering they're the ones that destroyed Cait Shelter, though."
"Well, they changed..."
"Where are Thorn and Aquapad, the dorm has gotten them rooms, especially for the four Mink," Erza wondered.
"Aquapad is taking a walk and Thorn is getting some supplies from the Water Fairy," Jula answered. "I think they want to learn to use magic too."
Hearing this got Angela to open her eyes. "Now that you mention it, perhaps we can learn magic too,"
"Erza, what magic do you think we'll get?" Rena asked.
"I'm not sure, it depends on your nature, but, anything that can help," Erza spoke. "Now that I think about it, perhaps Thorn..." She then looked at Rena. "You, Rena, can learn transformation magic, that can probably help you to get a human form like Carla,"
Carla had to admit that was a good idea. "I agree, you guys have to use those bubble corals to get around, so, perhaps, you can learn transformation magic to give you legs or something, I can teach you two if you'd like,"
Rena was quite interested in the idea. "Yes, I shall share that with Thorn, I'm sure he'll be willing to learn it."
Jula thought of an idea. "I wonder if I could get magic like Erza, I use weapons like swords and spears."
Angela began to wonder if she would learn to use Water Magic like Juvia.
Another thought had Erza focused on. "Cait Shelter...reminds me of when I asked you to join Fairy Tail."
Wendy smiled. "Yeah, we're grateful for that."
Erza lowered her head with her eyes hidden. "Wendy's been through a lot, we went to two worlds, experiencing the insanity and horror of corrupted people, not to mention barely escaping our enemies, now, our new friends the Fishmen and Minks are part of this war, we all must protect them."
Jula was the first to notice how silent the scarlet-haired woman was. "Something wrong, Erza?"
"I'm hoping that you guys will be okay in this war, the last thing is we want you to be part of something that could cause harm to you guys not physically but mentally..." Erza spoke with her head lowered still with the same look.
"Erza..." Wendy said quietly.
"It's fine..." Rena spoke which got Erza to raise her head and look directly at the female mermaid-human hybrid. "I know being a war isn't fun, it's dangerous, but, we're happy to be part of something, I'm referring to Fairy Tail..."
"She's right," Everyone looked at Angela. "Humans can so mean, but, it's like Jimbei and Otohime said, some humans are kind, we can't judge them all, that being said, a good friend of ours told us to live how we want to live without regrets."
Wendy smiled. "That's a good way to see it."
Carla smiled a bit. "Yes, who was the one that gave you that advice?"
"Luffy's brother Ace," Angela replied. "That's when he was alive."
"Really?" Nami asked.
Robin giggled.
Erza walked over to Wendy, Angela, Jula, and Rena embracing them in a hug. "I promise that I'll help you guys get stronger too."
Wendy smiled. "That's good, but, we'll be the ones to protect you."
Nami and Robin smiled at the scene.
Mavis saw what she needed to see and left Fairy Hills. She traveled across Magnolia and saw Juvia approach Gray on a bridge overlooking the part of the town. "My love..."
Gray noticed her while snacking a chocolate bar. "Juvia...you want a bite?"
Juvia took hold of the chocolate completely surprised with a slight blush on her face. "My darlings...food...his lips touched this."
Gray looked over at the town. "I'm grateful that you're here." Juvia was surprised to hear that from him. "For always being there for me."
Juvia was stuttering in this situation. "Oh, I-I-I..."
"When this battle's over, I'll give you my answer." Juvia stared at Gray and wondered if she heard correctly. "So for now, let me focus on the battle."
Juvia gave a small smile at him. "Right..."
"Hello..." The two saw Miyaka. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but, I just wanted to talk to anyone that was nearby."
"It's fine," Gray smiled. "Also, I'm grateful to you as well."
Miyaka was taken by surprise. "I learned some new skills thanks to your guidance, I even tried to the Armament Haki back at Fishman Island,"
"Right, I saw that move you used against the three Demons," Miyaka said with an impressive smile. "Just don't lose focus on it, otherwise you'll lose control of it."
"Also, I was hoping that you can teach some of our members about whatever move you think of," Gray requested.
Miyaka was happy to obeliged. "I'd love to."
Juvia smiled though a part of her was jealous, then a thought occurred to her. "Speaking of, where's Fujika?"
Miyaka looked at the water mage. "Oh, she went to get some supplies from the ship including the medicine for Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel."
Gray liked that. "Yeah, we got something for those three in case they go on a vehicle."
Juvia nodded with a smile.
Mavis smiled at the moment with the two wizards and the former marine, she too was interested in what Miyaka can teach the lower wizard fighters.
She flew away and was heading to the guild when she spotted Akame sitting on a bench in one of the parks. Curious, she briefly stops to check out one of the new members of the guild.
Akame sighed looking at the night sky to see the stars. "The Alvarez Empire, the Spriggan Twelve, Zeref, and Acnologia. I never would imagine facing more stronger opponents, then again, after traveling the world of pirates, things are becoming direr."
"Hey, Akame!" Akame looked to the side, Leone along with Chelsea was approaching her.
"We thought you'd out somewhere so we decided to look for ya," The blonde assassin said flashing a smile. "Honestly, my best friend shouldn't be out here alone."
Chelsea looked at her teammate. "I assume that you're thinking of the war that's coming."
Akame nodded. "Yes, to think there's going to be another war, first the empire in our world, the war on Fishman Island, and now, this Alvarez Empire."
Chelsea had the same concern. "Yes, all of them are even stronger than Esdeath and the Jaegers, though, I wonder how strong they'd be against the Four Emperors from the New World including the Admirals of the Navy."
Leone then took out a bottle and three glass cups. "Where'd you get those?" Akame asked curiously.
The blonde chuckled. "I got it from Sanji, I was able to lend him some money I got from the Fist Pirates we fought against."
"Earthland's and the Pirate world's has got amazing boozes," Leone laughed. "Not only that, we were able to get sake that the royal family had, but we decided not to waste it until we celebrate our victory."
Chelsea took out a bottle of ginger ale and poured it herself. "Yes, I'd prefer this for now."
Leone and Chelsea sat on the bench with Akame between them. She poured her Akame'sdrink. "Take a sip."
Akame did and smiled. "Not bad."
"Anything else on your mind?" Leone asked.
Akame nodded. "Yes, my concern is the Straw Hats..."
Chelsea agreed. "Yes, I can see they're confident and that they overcome every fight and challenge they went up against, but...I'm worried especially about Luffy, he's so carefree and easy-going not to mention he didn't hear much of what Mavis and the others discussed about her history."
Leone laughed. "I have to admit that was funny, I recall he was already awake while he was getting his blood transfusion." She then stopped. "That being said, he's just the way he is, honestly he kind of reminds me of Tatsumi in a way, so brave and hoping to get stronger to protect those he cares about."
Akame couldn't help but agree especially how Tatsumi redeemed his promise to her.
"I won't ever make you sad Akame!" His words echoed in her mind.
"Enough about the war, you thinking about Kurome too?" Leone asked.
Akame paused for a moment as a small smile formed on her face. "Yes, I do miss I won't deny that, even when I choose to leave, she still wanted me to stay, however, I left because I had faith she would be safe with Wave."
Leone was a little intrigued. "So, what was your life like when you and Kurome weren't fighting?"
"I was always protective of Kurome, there were even sick perverted men who wanted to get their hands on her," Akame replied. "But, right now, I can be at ease knowing that she's with a man that truly loves her."
Chelsea smiled. "I wonder if Tatsumi and Mine are doing fine too."
Leone snickered. "I bet those two are having fun in bed together."
"You didn't have to mention that," Chelsea sweatdropped but a quick smile formed on her face. "But, now that you mention it, I'm sure Lubbock and Najanda are together too."
Leone chuckled with a grin. "That's for sure, I would to love see if our friends had kids of their own too!"
"Anyway, we'll just have to focus on making it through this war," Akame suggested standing up from the bench as she then turned slightly. "If we show fear to our enemy, our anxiety will build up and our enemy will take advantage of that."
Leone then stood up and wrapped her left arm around the girl's neck. "That's the spirit, you got the brains, after all, Akame!"
Chelsea stood up. "Yes, I suppose I'll learn what I can from Miyaka."
Leone used her other arm to wrap her arm around the other girl's neck. "Chelsea, try not to worry too much, we'll make it through!"
Chelsea sighed but smiled a little. "Right..."
Mavis smiled at the three assassins, she knew that some members would show fear, but, the other two girls are sharing their thoughts and staying positive to avoid any panic.
She then flew over the town and then she saw Aquapad walking through an empty street.
Lisanna and Elfman were approaching the other side. "Aquapad!"
"Oh, Lisanna, Elfman, what'd you two doing?" He asked.
Lisanna smiled at their unexpected encounter. "Elfman was going for a walk and I decided to tag along."
"Same I guess, I was just thinking too," Aquapad replied rubbing the back of his head.
Lisanna thought of an idea and turned to her older brother. "Hey, Elfman, can you go on ahead without me? I'd like to talk with Aquapad."
Elfman didn't seem to mind, though, he had a condition. "Alright then, but head back to Mira when you're done, okay?"
Lisanna was happy to agree to that. "Sure thing." Elfman nodded at his younger sister and continued on his way.
"So, you want to talk together?" She asked.
Aquapad didn't mind. "S-sure..."
They resumed their walk together.
"I take it that you're nervous about the upcoming war?" Lisanna guessed.
Aquapad stopped walking and Lisanna did too. "You got me, honestly, facing enemies like the navy was hard, the New Fishman Pirates was nothing much, but, now, we're fighting against this Alvarez Empire and Acnologia, King of the Dragons."
Lisanna could see a hint of fear on the Marlin Fishman's face. "However..." A smile formed on his face. "I know that my friends and I are in good hands, we have you guys to back us up,"
Lisanna was surprised to hear that. "After talking with my friends, I want us to be the ones to protect you and the others from Fairy Tail, it's the least we can do to show how we can be part of that something that humans do." He then crossed his arms. "That said, we hope that the humans here can accept our kind, but, I know we can, we can't let fear cloud our judgment, I'm sure Jimbei thinks the same way, all of them are probably just as nervous about this war, but, most might be doing other stuff to keep their fear at bay."
After hearing all that, Lisanna could only smile. "I appreciate that, no doubt that the other members can see that your kind is no different than ours, I wish the humans in your world would see that." She then looked at the sky. "Besides that, I agree, the others are trying to keep their anxiety down, otherwise, like Akame would have said, if the enemy sees our weakness, they'll use it to their advantage and eventually kill us."
She walked up to Aquapad and held his hand with her two hands much to his surprise. "So let's do our best and win, let's show them the power of Fairy Tail."
Aquapad smiled despite the awkward of his hand being held by hers. "You got...I'm sure Luffy is going to give them hell too."
Lisanna giggled at the comment. "That's for sure, in a way, he's like Natsu in a way, I can tell by looking at their character."
Aquapad laughed along with the white-haired girl. "Yes, though, Ace, on the other hand, he's confident as much as Luffy was, he even mentioned to me, that Luffy would always cry whenever he's sad or freaking out."
Lisanna wasn't expecting to hear that. "Really..." That kind of reminded her of Edolas Natsu in a way.
"That being said..." Aquapad continued. "Ace always hoped that Luffy would start having faith not only in himself but others around him, and he does now."
"Ace sounds like a cool guy, I wished we could've met him," Lisanna said. "But, I admit I'm a little scared of this war too, but, as long as we have our friends fighting along our side, we won't have anything to worry about."
It took a few seconds for Lisanna to realize she still was holding Aquapad's hand and instantly let go while having a little red on her cheeks. "I'm sorry!"
Aquapad chuckled a bit. "It's fine, anyway, let's continue, don't want to keep your siblings waiting."
Lisanna nodded at the Marlin Fishman and resumed their walk.
Mavis was happy to hear that after seeing that. She began to wonder if a relationship between a Fishman and a human is possible, though, it was just a passing thought. She eventually returned to the guild.
Pango was there testing some Electro powers and showing them to his guildmates. "So, you can use something called Electro," Wakaba asked.
"Yes, it's an ability that only our Mink Tribe can use," Pango explained.
"Cool, also we heard of this Haki power, can we learn that too?" Macao asked.
Pango didn't know how to answer that. "Well...I don't know...Haki users are hard to come by these days, however, there are pirates and navy officers that can use, heck, some only can use one or only two types, and if some are lucky to have all three Haki powers."
"I heard that Luffy possesses all three Haki powers," Romeo spoke.
Pango smiled. "Yes, I'm not too surprised, I heard of his reputation, and the craziness he caused with his crew, though, they're good at causing trouble."
"Sounds like Natsu," Jimbe spoke, who decided to stay at the guild. "I might not know the boy well, but, from what I've seen so far, I can see he has some things in common with Luffy."
Macao laughed. "That's for sure, if you saw the stunts that Natsu pulled, you wouldn't be too surprised!"
"Anyway, do you think we can learn Fishman Karate despite that none of us are human?" Max asked curiously.
Jimbei was unsure how to answer that. "Not sure, but, I suppose it's possible, but, I too possess Haki, I can share some details to you."
The other members like that idea. "Tell us what you know please!?"
Mavis smiled at the Fishman. "It's good that Jimbei is getting along with the others." She then turned to look in Makarov's direction. "Anyway, I checked with some of the
"Has your scanner picked anything up?" Makarov asked.
The Telepathy mage shook his head. "Not yet, though."
Macao turned around doubtfully. "Good, but, can that thing be reliable?"
And Warren took offense to that. "I made this super-rader myself!"
"Even so, it's possible, that the enemies will try something," Usagi spoke.
"Where'd you come from?" Ajeeter asked in surprise.
Usagi was on the table in a crossed-leg position. "I shall help detect any enemies that are invisible."
Max was intrigued. "Wow, can you do that?"
Usagi nodded. "Yes, I have Observation Haki, at first it wasn't quite strong, however, after getting some tips from Rayleigh, I was able to make it stronger, so, I continue to on to find any enemies."
Mavis arrived at the guild. "Quite impressive, Warren, Usagi, once you detect danger, alert us right away."
The two nodded as the first master turned her attention to Makarov. "Anyway, I finished checking up on everyone else and they're at least a bit worried about upcoming danger. Their bravery is remarkable."
Makarov was glad to hear that. "So that's how you see them. What do you think of our new members?"
"I see that most of them are willing to give all, Aquapd and his friends are willing to deeply trust us, I can be sure they'll get the respect they deserve to fit in our crew..." She looked in Usagi's direction. "That includes you Usagi and your friends, I'll be sure you guys get respect too."
Usagi was happy to hear that. "Thank you...First master."
"You call me Mavis or master Mavis, whichever is fine," She smiled.
"Although, the others..." Makarov spoke getting the first's attention. "It seems they're barely pulling through from the uneasiness they're feeling and banding together like that only serves as consolation that things aren't all that bad. I'm not saying they shouldn't be doing so, though. After all, if a parent shows fear, it'll surely affect their children as well. I'm the parent and will stand tall with courage as well as they."
"He's right," Everyone looked at Jimbei. "At the very least, we must face our enemies with courage, if we start to get all negative, the entire guild including our friends will begin to fall apart."
Makarov nodded at the former warlord in agreement.
Mavis smiled at the duo's words. "Yes." She can tell Jimbei was quite a leader and wise man, it's sad that he's not joining Fairy Tail, he would make a great guild master.
In the next moment, they felt a rumbling and heard a loud noise coming from outside the guild. Candles that were lit went out due to a breeze.
Usagi's eyes looked up. "Something is coming..."
Jimbei sensed it too. "Yeah, let's concentrate harder..."
Natsu was shirtless and looked out the window. "What?"
"It's coming from outside," Happy pointed out.
Luffy narrowed his eyes. "Something is coming."
Erza and Wendy looked out the window.
Nami saw the strange fog. "Is that fog?"
Robin saw the fog as well and was puzzled. "Fog, strange."
Jula, Angela, and Rena were on guard.
Tigress was with Lily, they both sensed danger.
Sanji was already making his way through the empty streets and he halted as soon as he heard that rumbling noise. "This can't good," He put the bags of food in a crate and placed a straw hat symbol on it.
Zoro was aimlessly wandering another empty street and sensed the danger due to his Haki. "Sounds like they're here."
Leone was curious about the weird noise. "The hell is that noise!?"
Akame had a more troubling question. "The more important question is, where is it coming from?"
Chelsea wondered that too. "There must be an enemy, but, where are they?"
Aquapad didn't like the sound of this. "Lisanna, return to your sister now. I'll go see if anyone else is nearby!"
Lisanna quickly nodded. "Right, be careful."
Back in the guild, Mavis became on edge as to what this noise meant. "Everyone..."
Makarov turned to Warren, but, before he could speak, Jimbei and Usagi's eyes widen. "Everyone!"
"I detected the enemy, they're coming from the sky!"
As impressed as the wizards were, they took the Fishman and Rabbit Mink's word for it and went outside.
"Holy crap, look up there!" There was a fleet of airships coming toward Magnolia.
Franky was on the Sunny and saw the flying ships. "Holy crap, those amazing!" Part of him also wished Iceberg and Tom were to see these.
"Wow, so cool, flying ships!" Chopper and Usopp cried in amazement.
Sanji couldn't believe what he was seeing. "No way...this world has ships like that?"
"Damn...I knew this world's technology would be crazy, but, this is insane," Zoro said in disbelief but was quickly replaced with a smirk. "But, nothing I can't cut down."
Nami was in disbelief at what she was seeing. "I can't believe Earth land's got ships like those!"
Robin had to admit she was intrigued for once. "Yes, I wonder how many people could get shot by magic cannons?"
"Not the time for morbid comments!" Carla barked comically.
Nami then had to warn the others and took out a transponder snail. "Sanji, come in!"
Sanji swooned to hear the navigator's voice. "Nami-swan! I'm here for you my love!"
"Moron, forget that, do you think you can use your Sky Walk to get to those ships?"
"No problem,"
"In that case, I'm sure the others will need your assistant, give them a hand, in the meantime, I'll contact the others!"
Sanji smiled. "Anything for you my love!"
Brook was in awe of what he was seeing. "Whoa...I've seen ships sail in the water, but, seeing ones in the air, that's new!"
Ajeel was on the ship that was in the front laughing madly. "Hahahaha...I'll enjoy turning all of you into Fairy dust!"
He pointed directly at the Fairy Tail guild. "FIRRREEE!"
Each of the aerial ships fired its magic cannons but was blocked by a barrier. "Interesting...a magic barrier...I'll enjoy punching through it."
Central Magnolia,
The Kardia Cathedral
Freed was the one using his spell to create a barrier. "Ugh..." He groaned quietly.
"Freed, are you okay?" Evergreen asked worriedly.
"Damn it, I knew this attack was crazy, but, this is nothing like we thought!" Macao exclaimed.
"Crap, can't we get a break?" Wakaba groaned.
Fujika was making her way toward the guild when her Haki sensed another person. "Who's there?"
To her surprise and relief, it was Sanji. "Sanji!"
"Fujika, my amazon beauty, are you okay!?" He swooned with hearts in his eyes.
The former Kuja Pirate sweatdropped for a moment. "Never mind that, those ships are attacking the guild,"
"Fujika, are you there?" A voice said in her mind.
Fujika was taken by surprise. "Master Mavis, is that you?"
"Yes, the enemy is launching an aerial attack, their magic cannons are powerful!"
"I know, my Haki senses a strong presence on one of the ships too!" Fujika informed.
"I see, in that case," Mavis moved her telepathic. "Plan D, Warren alert the three Dragon slayer Team and Osprey! Commence attack!"
Warren gave a thumbs up. "Got it!"
Outside the town, Bisca was looking at the enemy through a telescope with Alzack and Asuka with her. "This is Team Osprey. We're currently in the Eastern Forest. The enemy is out of range."
Asuka was curious about their name. "Why Osprey, daddy?"
Alzack was wondering that too. "Beats me."
"Team Mink!" Mavis called.
"Snort...snort...I'm the front of the Cathedral," Temukai answered.
"Yes, I'll be guarding one of the empty streetways that lead here," Tigress was on a building.
"Pango, speaking, over...my area is clear, though, I can feel something going on," Pango added.
Fujika then remembered something and asked Sanji for a favor much to his delight.
The magic cannons continued to blast away.
"Hahahaha...how do you like this onslaught, anymore, that barrier will be coming down!" Ajeel cackled.
"Ajeel, three objects are coming our way!" A soldier stated.
Three streams of lights were coming at the fleet of ships at incredible speed.
One ship was blasted through.
"Ship Number 4 has gone down!"
"Say "Hello" to the Flying Dragon Team!" Natsu stated with his arm up.
"Let's rock!" Gajeel smirked.
Wendy nodded. "Right!"
The three dragon slayers continued to dash through the entire fleets of flying ships, taking down more and more.
The other remaining ships retaliated their fire onto the three dragon slayers.
Natsu avoided the fire easily thanks to Happy. "Good job Happy!"
While they were able to deal with the ships, they were still outnumbered. Lily saw this was becoming a problem. "Damn it...we can't get any closer with this fire going on!"
Carla can see that. "What is taking Bisca so long?"
Thankfully, Bisca was finally ready to enact the First's plan. "This is Team Osprey, reporting that the magic is fully charged!"
Asuka smiled at her mother. "Mommy, I know you can do it!"
"Asuka, don't get too close!"
"It takes fifteen minutes to charge, so, I got to make this count," Bisca said.
Alzack had confidence in his beloved wife. "You can do it, Bisca."
Bisca aimed at the ship and smiled. "We're the Osprey which is a word that means Ospreys never lose their prey!" She fired a massive laser out of the cannon right at the main ship of the air fleet. "FOCUSED MAGIC CANNON: JUPITER SHOT!"
Gray and Juvia were certainly not expecting to see a weapon that was once used by Phantom Lord.
"Was that Phantom Lord's cannon?"
"Yeah, I just hope it'll be enough,"
Miyaka was astonished. "So, that's Jupiter cannon, Gray told me about, impressive, imagine, if the navy got their hands on that kind of weapon."
The shot neared the front ship that Ajeel was currently at. However, the sand mage didn't seem at least concerned as he put his hand in front. "Nice try, losers!"
Before the Jupiter shot reached the ship, it scattered around the ship Ajeel was on. However, the nearby ships were destroyed by the scattered shots.
"He scattered it!?" Alzack questioned.
"He's right, that should allow Freed to continue with the barrier," Bisca agreed.
It was quite a sight for Gajeel, he's never seen that before besides Erza using her Heavens Wheel Armor to block the Jupiter shot only that time she was blown away and barely hanging on. "Whoa, that was nuts, someone could scatter Jupiter like that. Guess we have to take down that sand bastard first."
Lily agreed as he flew his partner towards the ship along with the other dragon slayers, each of them landed on the main deck. Ajeel grinned at their arrival. "You three know how to blow stuff up." In an instant, all three dragon slayers dropped to the floor in a sickly state. "What the hell!?"
Happy placed his paws on his head. "Oh no, we forgot about their motion sickness!"
Carla only shook her head at the current situation. "And all of them are like that."
"Wendy, time to use a Troia spell!" Lily suggested.
Wendy however couldn't even move an inch. "S-sorry...I can't...do it...when I'm feeling pukey too."
Makarov and Mavis were completely thrown off guard, rather they could almost facepalm. "That's not good..."
"This completely slip my mind..."
Ajeel didn't know what to make of this but, it did give him an advantage, but, before he could do anything.
"Hey, guys!" Everyone looked to the right and saw Sanji, who was carrying Fujika.
"Sanji!"
"Fujika!"
Ajeel was trying to make sense of what he was seeing. "What the, who is that guy, and importantly, how is he walking on the air!?"
Fujika quickly took her bag and medicine container. "Wendy, Natsu, Gajeel, catch these!" She quickly tossed three pills toward the dragon slayers. They opened their mouths as the pills went inside.
With one gulp.
"Alright!"
"My stomach is fine!"
"Let's rock...again!"
Natsu turned to see Fujika. "Fujika, we owe you, thank you!" The former Kuja pirate blushed at the praise. "Oh, you are welcome..."
Ajeel wasn't understanding what just happened. "Wait, you idiots were sick and now you're all better!"
Before they could do anything the tip of the ship was cut off from the rest of it. "What?!" He saw the three dragon slayers fall on the part that was cut from the ship.
"Happy, Carla, Lily...take care of them to the Western Hills, there are some ships that landed."
The three exceeds nodded and carried their partners away.
Erza looked at Sanji, who was completely moved by their armor. "Erza my love, you look so hot!" He swooned with tears in his eyes.
"Sanji!" She demanded in a loud tone. "Assist Team Flying Dragons, you too, Fujika!"
Sanji nodded and walked toward the location of the other attack while carrying Fujika in his arms.
Ajeel just scoffed. "You think you can beat me?"
Erza glared at the Sand mage. "I'll put you in the dirt for picking a fight with my friends!"
Back at the guild, Makarov and Mavis saw that Erza was about to confront Ajeel. Makarov couldn't help but feel worried about one of his children. "She's strong, but, I'm afraid she's up against one of the Spriggan Twelve and she's alone."
"Have faith..." Jimbei spoke. "That's all we can at the moment."
Mavis agreed with the former warlord. "Yes..." She then took out a transponder snail. "Franky, come in."
Franky managed to dock the Sunny on the beach. "Looks like a good place for the Sunny to rest for a while." He then heard the transponder snail beeping. "Who's that?"
He picked up the transponder snail. "Hello."
"Cyborg Franky, is this you?"
"Roger, Mavis, I dock the Sunny, Usopp, and Chopper are getting ready to drive through the West Cliff! Those Alvarez bastards of what weapons I have in store for them!"
"Right, get the others at West Cliff as quickly as you guys can!"
Nico Robin was making her way to the guild, by flying over the town. "It's quiet, yet, I can feel like something is wrong."
A large portion of ships docked on the West Cliffs outside of Magnolia and the soldiers were on their way towards the town. "Charge! Move towards Magnolia!"
Alvarez Empire Ajeel's Army: Bakel
"Uh, captain, how can move closer with that barrier?"
Bakel just grinned at the other soldier. "No clue." The soldier didn't know to respond to that casual answer.
Bakel just laughed while another soldier next to him contemplated this move they were making. "It doesn't matter. "He' is here with us too, remember? It's only a matter of time before the barrier falls and we'll have an opening. To be honest, I feel our resources are wasting time in this battle. Regardless, it's our job as a soldier to carry out our task."
Alvarez Empire Ajeel's Army: Kareem
Thanks for the landing, it makes it easier!" All of the soldiers saw Natsu and the other two dragon slayers coming at them quickly as they approached them, all three of them attack the front soldiers at once. "Take this!" They unleashed a combined attack sending several soldiers flying.
Natsu didn't waste his time with his next attack and flipped toward the next batch. "Fire Dragon's Talons!"
His attack hit the ground and sent streams of fire at the soldiers. One of the soldiers was hurtling towards Bakel but he just smacked the soldier away with his arm. With his opponent chosen. Bakel rushed toward Natsu and delivered his first attack the fire dragon slayer. "It was strong enough to push him away. Natsu stared down at his opponent of the war while Bakel was grinning. "This should be good."
"Don't forget about me!" Sanji landed with Fujika.
"Who are those two?" Kareem asked.
Sanji grinned. "So, I take he's in charge of this attacking group."
Fujika used her Observation Haki to send the power level. "He's strong, probably stronger than Hordy Jones."
Nami and Chopper eventually arrived at the beach. "Franky!"
"Good you two are here!" Franky waved. "I need your help to drive the weapons to West Hills!"
"Where's Usopp?" Chopper asked.
"He's with Bisca and her family, I'll contact him right away and tell you where we can meet up," Nami suggested.
Franky had to agree. "Right!"
At the main airship, Erza began her fight against Ajeel. "Heaven's Wheel! Circle Sword!" She sent countless swords at the Desert King.
Ajeel grinned wickedly and swung his arm across. "The swords that were coming at him turned into sand. "Yeah, as if something like that could hurt me!"
Erza took advantage of her opportunity and transformed into her Blackwing Armor. She came close to Ajeel. "Black Wing Moon Flash!" She swung her swords down and the force of the attack traveled throughout the deck.
However, Ajeel was able to avoid the attack and appeared next to her. "Oh, is that all you got, isn't there anyone in your guild that's strong?" He thrust his arm forward and pushed Erza back with a blast of sand. "I have to say, this is a joke!"
Even if he was powerful, Erza refused to back down. "Don't you dare..." She swung her sword to the side. "Mock Fairy Tail!" Ajeel jumped over the sword to dodge the attack. Sand then appeared and started to surround Erza. "What's this!?"
Ajeel chuckled at the sight of his opponent. "Such a bother."
Erza's magic wasn't working. "I can't use my Requip...what's going on?" The sand completely engulfed her.
At Kardia Cathedral, Freed noticed something was wrong and Evergreen noticed the shocked look on his face. "Freed, what's wrong?"
Freed couldn't understand what happened. "Impossible...there's a hole in the enchantment..."
Mavis wasn't expecting this. "Does that mean they have someone that can nullification magic?"
In the streets of Magnolia, Wall calmly walked his way with his squad. "This stuff's easy."
His squad cheered at their leader's ability. "That's our master Wall!"
"With this, we'll be done in no time!"
Wall was looking forward to crushing any enemies. "Let's show the strength of Alvarez!"
Jimbei and Usagi's eyes widened with great concern. "We sense another enemy!"
"It's probably another of this Spriggan Twelve!"
Makarov sensed the power too. "Yes, there's another alright, I can feel their magic power!"
Mavis had to come up with something and fast before the enemy got any closer. "They're coming through the streets of Magnolia! Prepare yourselves right away!"
Gray couldn't believe this. "They broke through Freed's barrier!?"
Juvia realized something else too. "The enemy must be by the Girl's dorm!"
Miyaka used her Observation Haki. "I can sense the enemy's power...and...it's big..."
Laxus was pondering what was going on with Natsu's team. "What is Natsu up to, secondly, why haven't the Straw Hats arrived yet."
Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna who recently reunited with them learned of the situation, Warren ordered them to intercept the enemy who was lurking close by.
"Let's go, we're gotta protect Fairy Tail!"
"Right!"
"It's time for a manly fight!"
At the same time, Leone was in her beast form and Chelsea, who was in panther cub form and being carried in the blonde's arms was running through the rooftops. Akame was doing the same.
Leone was excited and yet nervous at the same time, knowing this was just an enemy's opening attack. "Guess, these Alvarez bastards must be tough, but, we'll kick their asses."
Akame was more cautious about the whole situation. After experiencing the dangers in the world of pirates. She knew she had to make herself as just as strong. On top of that, she recalled the encounter with Brandish and Ajeel, both of them were strong, but, they didn't know much about the other ten let alone know what their magic power is.
Additionally, the remaining Demons will surely launch an attack at any time and probably use the war chaos to their advantage.
At Lucy's house, she was getting ready to head out. "I've got to help the others too." She grabbed the remaining piece of Aquarius' key. She held it close to her chest while her eyes were closed. "Aquarius, lend me your strength."
Suddenly there was a strange sound heard in her apartment. "What was that?" She thought, normally she would think Natsu or Happy have barraged in as they usually do. However, the two were on a mission with Gajeel and Wendy.
Lucy listened carefully as she heard the sound of running water. "Is that running water?" She cautiously walked towards the bathroom door and after waiting for a moment she opened the door quickly.
What she found, rather than who was in there, wasn't what she was expecting at least. "Oh, so is this indeed your house then?"
"You pass, an A plus from me!"
Naturally, Lucy freaked out when she saw Brandish taking a bath in her bathtub. "What's one of the Twelve doing in my bathroom!?"
Brandish just ignored Lucy's outcry and seemed her mind was on something else. "I don't know why, but, your appearance keeps running through my mind."
Lucy wondered what she meant by that, but, mostly she was afraid as drips of sweat were all over her face.
As if the situation couldn't get any worse for Fairy Tail, Warren saw worse news heading toward them. "There's another one! He or she's in town!"
Makarov was surprised that there were now three Twelve in Magnolia.
Usagi gritted his teeth. "Yes, I can sense their strength, it's quite big."
"Same here, his or her power is nothing like I have ever seen," Jimbei added. "This Twelve's strength must be at the same as a Vice-Admiral."
"Your Haki is something!" Jet praised despite the sweat on his face.
"Yes, but, can you locate it?" Mest asked.
"It's nearby, by the same location where Lucy's apartment is!" Jimbei concluded.
"In that case, send anyone to her location right away!" Mavis ordered.
Cana was on it.
Warren was focused on his radar, then he saw something that made his blood run cold and his eyes widened with horror, his body was shaking badly. "No...no...way...this can't be happening."
Droy didn't like the sound of Warren's voice. "What's wrong Warren?"
On the radar, Warren saw multiple blips and all of them were heading toward Fairy Tail. "A massive force of over three-hundred ships are heading our way from the north...and judging from the magic power signatures it has another three of Twelve!"
Mavis' was in total disbelief at these sudden details.
Jimbei gritted his teeth. "Damn...it..."
Pango was in awe at this detail. "No way, more of the Twelve!"
Usagi had a feeling it was going to worse.
"But...it's worse than that...there's an identical power source coming from the North with more of the three Twelve!" Warren turned around with a panicked expression on his face while bawling his eyes out. "And...the east...a giant army of a least one of the million with another three...which means...the enemy has us surrounded with nowhere to run..."
Makarov realized the situation has gotten more drastic than ever. Something didn't seem right to Macao and Wakaba. "How did they manage to get through the east?"
"What happened to Bosco!?"
"It's like they're throwing everything they have at us with one shot!" Jet presumed.
Levy felt scared by all this. "I never thought they'd surrounded us so easily."
"It seems that way...we must find a way out of this..." Jimbei thought looking a bit nervous.
Mavis couldn't apprehend how dire the situation has gotten. "No matter how much I look at it...there's no chance of us winning let alone countering our enemies..."
Meanwhile at the Tartaros Guild.
A demon soldier approached Mard Geer. "My king, the war has seemingly begun, from the looks of things, it looks like Fairy Tail's destruction is about to come."
Mard Geer was taken by surprise. "So, Fairy Tail is clearly at a disadvantage, well, we'll just have to kill anyone that's still breathing..."
Just then the door to his room opened.
Goliath, Jackal, Syka, and Aquaius have finally awoken.
"Goliath...Jackal...Aquaius...Syka...welcome back, I'll explain the situation, and I shall give one or two of you a mission."
The four like that idea.
End of chapter.
