The guild was very excited, after all a great fight just happened and they were in a party mood, of course, with a lot of chairs flying around. But while that happened, something else proved more important for our team
"Please, help us with a place to stay!" Finn begged the guild master
"Alright, alright, no need to beg. You can live in the guild for the time being, there is a room in the back that we can clean up and put as your room while you get money to buy your own house, what do you think?" the guild master suggested
"Thank you so much, Sir! You are so gentle!" Finn thanked him, almost crying out of happiness
"No problem, I am always happy to help my children. And you can just call me Makarov." Makarov said with a laugh "Mira, show them where they will stay, please."
"of course." Mira said
With Mira taking Finn to see his room, Mash looked around the guild while sitting down on a chair, eating a cream puff he got with mysterious ways, it was good to see his friends having fun with the people in the guild, even Lemon managed to make a new friend
"So the wands work more as a catalyst to our magic, Mash for example doesn't need it to use his." Lemon said to a girl with blue hair, that had introduced herself as Levy a couple of moments prior
"Interesting, but there is something weird about these wands." Levy said while looking at Lemon's wand, there was something special about them
Mash was happy seeing that, but he was also thinking about some other things, the main one being, how would they get home. They had to get back home someway, but he still didn't know how to… Maybe he could swim back?
"And now we have a place to stay." Finn said, sitting by Mash's side and sighing in relief but soon noticing that there was something wrong with him "Is there a problem Mash?"
"Just thinking on how to get back." Mash answered, taking another bite of his cream puff
"Yeah, I'm also very worried about that… but we can't just stay like that, I'm sure everyone is looking for us like crazy. Who knows, maybe they already have someone in this place looking for us?" Finn said trying to be a little more optimistic than usual
"Yeah, who knows." Mash put a hand on his friend's shoulder "Thanks, Finn."
Their moment was interrupted by a little boy running out of the guild, with Natsu and Lucy following him. What was happening there?
"That was Romeo, he has been very upset lately since his dad hasn't come back from his mission yet. I'm honestly very worried for Macao too." Mira said looking at the guilds exit
"Really? Poor boy…" Finn said but Mash decide to act, getting up and found outside too, and Finn decide to follow him since he was worried about what he was going to do
Outside of the guild, Lucy and Natsu were walking out of the city, going after Romeo's dad… and they were being followed by Mash and Finn who practically just appeared next to them
"AH! When did you!?" Lucy jumped back thanks to the scare they gave her
"Just now." Finn said putting his hand on the back of his head
"We came to help with the mission." Mash said giving them a thumbs up
"And why would you want to help? It's not like you have to." Natsu asked
"You guys helped me and my friends, this is kind of me repaying that help. I want to help those who helped me." Mash said with his simplicity
"Yeah! I didn't know we were going on a mission, but I agree, I want to help you guys as a thanks for helping me." Finn said now a lot more excited
"That's the spirit. Let's go!" Natsu said giving them a big smile and running out of the city
"You two are very nice, I'm happy you're coming along." Lucy said running after Natsu, with Mash and Finn right behind her
—
Climbing the mountains covered in snow, our group was on their way to find Macao, but with some problems
"I'm starting to regret coming along…" Finn said shivering thanks to the cold
"What? It isn't even that cold." Natsu said not being affected by the freezing climate
"You just have to warm up your body," Mash said while doing jumping push-ups
"You two are monsters…" Finn said looking down defeated
"Less talking and more walking, she says." a giant clock summoned by Lucy said, apparently he was called Horologium, and inside of him was Lucy, safe from the cold
"I don't wanna hear that from you!" Finn yelled at Lucy, who just showed her tongue to him as a response
The four continued along their way through the mountains until they got to a cave, there at least the temperature was warm enough so Finn wasn't freezing
"Ah, finally." Finn said smiling
"Hey, Macao! Where are ya?" Natsu called for the man but didn't get a response
While they were looking for Macao they didn't notice the approach of a strange creature, a big shadow covered Horologium who turned around, to the misfortune of Lucy
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah, she says." Horologium said while being caught by the creature
"Lucy!" Finn yelled scare
"We were looking for Macao, not for a monkey." Mash said looking at the creature
"That's a Vulcan! Macao got the mission to beat them. Hey, you big monkey! Let go of Lucy and tell me what you did to Macao!" Natsu pointed at the monkey
"Ooh? Beautiful woman stay with me! You can get out!" the Vulcan pinching a rock and sending it flying, hitting Natsu and Mash
"Aaaaah!" Finn managed to jump to the side and dodge the attack
But Mash and Natsu ended up being pushed out of the cave, and thrown out of the mountain
"Damn it! Mash, Natsu!" Finn called for his friends but soon noticed he had something else to focus on
Horologium had disappeared and Lucy was now facing that giant and perverted Vulcan all alone, Finn was scared but he couldn't just let something bad happen to her
"Come on, think, think… That's it!" Finn looked around and saw a tiny rock, now ready to do his plan
"Beautiful woman! Beautiful woman!" the Vulcan was trying to kiss the blonde, that was avoiding him at all cost
"Let go of me, you disgusting ape!" Lucy was kicking the Vulcan so he could let her go, but it wasn't working
"Changeas!" Finn pointed his wand forward and used his magic
And just like that Lucy and the small rock changed places, Lucy fell on the ground a little bit startled by what happened and the Vulcan was trying to find her again
"Where did she go?" the Vulcan looked for her
"You did this?" Lucy asked getting up
"Yes, my magic allows me to change the positions of something with another something. Now, do you have a plan to deal with that?" Finn asked while looking at Lucy,
He seemed to be very tense about this situation
"Don't worry, leave the fighting to me. You can support me the way you find better!" Lucy said pulling out a golden key "Open, the gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!" and so she pointed the key downwards and a massive light erupted from the ground
Finn covered his eyes so he wouldn't be blinded by the light but when it was over he saw something that shocked him, a massive and muscular humanoid bull holding an axe has just appeared in front of Lucy, so that must be Taurus
"What the!?" Finn yelled surprised
"I'm a celestial wizard, I can summon celestial spirits to fight for me using these keys," Lucy said showing off Taurus' key
"Mooh, Miss Lucy, your udders look stunning as always!" Taurus said looking at Lucy with hearts in his eyes
Finn looked at Taurus and Lucy with a disturbed expression and the blonde looked like she was dying of shame
"Don't say stuff like that, you idiot!" Lucy yelled at the bovine spirit
While that was happening, the Vulcan finally found them and was getting ready to run at them
"Found you! I'll get my woman back!" the Vulcan said
"What did you say?" Taurus said with a darkened expression "Don't you dare call Miss Lucy Your woman! You bastard! I'll end you, for Miss Lucy's body!"
"Don't fight for that!" Lucy and Finn yelled at him
And so the two ran at each other, Taurus raising his axe getting ready to attack and the Vulcan reading a punch, the two were using all of their power on that strike, and at the moment they were about to hit each other… Two people came flying from the entrance of the cave and hit Taurus right in the back of the head, launching him forwards and hitting the Vulcan which ended up sending him to the ground, but it also sent Taurus
"Moooh…" Taurus said while on the ground, barely conscious
"WHAT!?" Finn and Lucy yelled in disbelief
—
Outside of the cave, Mash and Natsu had been thrown out of the mountain and were about to fall, but they didn't, they managed to stay in the air
"Got ya, Natsu!" Happy said, now being on Natsu's back and flying while holding on to him
"Thanks, Happy!" Natsu said with a smile
"Can you guys push me back into the cave?" Mash asked them, making them pay attention to him
Mash was flying, but instead of having wings like Happy, he was moving his legs back and forward at incredible speeds, speeds so great that they managed to keep him afloat
"Holy crap Mash! How are you doing that!?" Natsu asked shocked
"I work out." Mash answered in a simple way
Natsu and Happy stared at him shocked, they couldn't believe what they were seeing, but they decided to ignore it for the moment since they had to focus on something more important
"If you say so. Hold on to me, we are going in, full power! Ready, Happy!" Natsu asked while holding Mash's arm
"Aye!" Happy said excitedly
"What are you going to do?" Mash asked and his answer didn't come in words
Natsu created flames from his foot and blasted forwards like a rocket, Happy was holding on to him to keep him airborne, and just like that they got into the cave at full speed, and also hit a weird creature in the back of the head, sending it and another creature to the ground at the same time
"Moooh…" one of the creatures said, barely conscious
"WHAT!?" Finn and Lucy yelled in disbelief
—
Taurus disappeared back to the spirit world while Lucy and Finn stared at that completely shocked
"What was that?" Natsu asked while Happy put him on the floor
"It looked like a cow." Mash said while Natsu let go of him
The Vulcan got up still dizzy, looking angrily at the two boys and that flying cat, and so he ran at them ready to attack
"Here comes the monkey!" Happy yelled surprised
"Come at me!" Natsu said hitting his fists on each other
"Let's end this." Mash said while cracking his knuckles
The Vulcan raised both of his arms to try to attack them, but Mash and Natsu didn't even give him the chance to finish the said attack
"Fire Dragon's…"
"Triceps Magic:…"
Natsu hit a flame-covered punch on the Vulcan's stomach and Mash hit an incredibly powerful punch on the same spot, both hitting at the same time
"Iron Fist!"
"Ballista Knuckle!"
The attacks seemed to fuse, making the punch generate a massive flame tornado that launched the Vulcan backward, making it hit the walls of the cave with such strength that it ended up cracking not just the wall, but the whole cave
"Alright!" Natsu said excitedly
"Victory." Mash said making two peace signs
Finn and Lucy looked at those two still in shock, they didn't know how to react… but there was one thing they knew
"Those two are monsters…"
The Vulcan that had been knocked out seemed to be changing forms while they were celebrating, and when it finished…
"Macao!" Happy said surprised, making the other turn to look at the Macao
—
Mash was carrying Macao on his back through the way back to the guild, the man having waken up a little bit before now, he seemed depressed
"Sorry. My son was being made fun of for having and wizard as his dad so I took on that mission to make him feel better, I took out the other twenty-nine Vulcans got me by surprise, and possessed my body." Macao said with a sad smile on his face
"Twenty-nine!?" Finn said surprised, he took out that many and it still wasn't enough
"No need to apologize, you managed to beat up a bunch of them. I think that's already enough to show how strong you are. And also, Romeo is going to be very happy to see you again." Natsu said while putting a hand on the man's back
"You remind me of my dad." Mash said "He always tried to make me happy even tho we didn't have much. You are a good dad, Macao. Romeo is for sure going to be happy to see you again."
Hearing them Macao ended up getting a little happier, letting out a small laugh
"Heh… Thanks, you two."
Lucy for some reason seemed to get a lot quieter when the topic of fathers was brought up again, why is that?
—
Romeo was sitting down on a sidewalk crying, his dad had disappeared for the last three days, all of that because some stupid kids were making fun of him for having a wizard dad, dammit! But during his crying he ended up fell in a hand in his head, and looking up he saw no one else other that his dad
"Dad!" Romeo hugged him
"Hey, Romeo." Macao said hugging him back
"You disappeared for so long, I thought-" Romeo said but his dad put his hand on his head once again
"I know, sorry for that. But next time those brats come here and try to talk something about the wizards from Fairy Tail, you can tell them that your old man managed to beat twenty-nine Vulcans on his own!" Macao said while petting his son's head
"Really!? You're amazing, Dad!" Romeo hugged his dad again
A little bit ahead there was Lucy, Natsu, Mash, and Finn seeing that with a smile on their faces, it was cute seeing them like that. And soon they saw Romeo and Macao approaching them
"Thanks for helping my dad!" Romeo thanked them with some tears in his eyes
"No need to thank us." Natsu said with a smile
"Here." Mash kneeled and gave the kid a cream puff "Your dad is amazing. I bet you will be just as amazing when you grow up."
"You really think so!?" Romeo asked with his eyes sparkling
"Of course! You are Macao's son, right? You have the potential to be even stronger than him!" Natsu said with an excited smile
"Who knows maybe next time you and your dad can go best fifty Vulcans." Mash said petting Romeo's head
"Wow! How awesome! Dad, can you teach me how to be a wizard like you!" Romeo looked at his dad, who had an excited laugh
"Of course! Your old man is going to teach you everything he knows!" Macao said while taking his son back to the guild
Natsu, Lucy, Mash, and Finn saw them going back to the guild and smiled, and beautiful re-encounter, for sure. Now it was their turn to go back to the guild, but on their way, Finn noticed Mash looking at the sky
"What's the matter, Mash?" he asked worried
"I miss my dad." Mash said which made Finn put a hand on his shoulder
"When we get back, how about we pay him a visit?" Finn suggested, which made Mash give him a small smile
"Yeah, good idea, Finn." Mash said
—
In a forest away from a city, there was a small wooden house with a door that looked like it had been fixed not too long ago, inside of it an old man was reading the news while looking at the sky through the window.
The news read "Young students disappear after the battle in what looked like a secret basement at the school. Divine Visionary who was also sent has not yet been found either, the culprit is still being searched but as of now, there are no suspects." with images of the disappeared students
"Please be safe, Mash." the old man said worriedly