Fairy Tail Re Deluxe
Chapters/Episodes 11-14: Galuna Island arc part 1
Michael: Welcome to the Galuna Island arc, and back to Fairy Tail Re Deluxe.
Lisanna: Now then, as this is the third retelling that passes this point, I will have my own way for myself to get to Guluna Island and my confrontation with Natsu. I do hope it's not too out of character of me or a bit emotional to more hints to what happen.
Happy: Four episodes which means I say around 20,000+ words, right Michael?
Michael: I'll try and because this is Gray's arc, the emotion that goes with it is important. I really want this to be a good retelling, so I won't rush this and take my time little by little. And as you can already tell by the foreshadowing of last chapter, Lisanna will be involved in the next arcs helping everyone out. Four you can tell from the hints. So let's begin and I might change covers soon to a Lisanna picture after the Oración Seis arc. See you at the end of the long chapter, later.
'Song lyrics' (For Lyra's song (episode 12)
Gray's memories (episode 12 only)
Recap
After the events of the Lullaby and Eisenwald incident, Natsu and Lisanna have their battle with Erza at the front of the Fairy Tail Guild. An intense battle raged between the three mages, but was interrupted by the Magic Council arresting Erza for what happened during their mission to stop Lullaby. While Natsu goes to save Erza, Lisanna quickly follows suit after witnessing what he was up to. Before Natsu could destroy the courtroom, Lisanna came in just the nick of time and knocks Natsu out, saving not just Erza's neck but the necks of the three. After a conversation (and a faithful rematch between the two female mages), Lisanna and Erza return home with Natsu under their arms. Back at the guild, the guild has the uninvited return of Mystogan and Laxus. Feelings run deep with Laxus claiming himself the strongest mage in Fairy Tail, disapproving Lisanna wanting to one day make him eat his words. With anger still boiling inside, Lisanna leaves for a mission leaving Lucy with a book of new magic. Lucy finds her fellows team mates Natsu and Happy at her house at night, granting Lucy with a new request: A S Class request. With the idea of seven million Jewels and a new Zodiac key, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy left to take the job as it was revealed that a request was stolen in Fairy Tail. Was this the stolen Request? Are Natsu, Lucy, and Happy in deep trouble? And more importantly, with their white haired fellow teammate coming back now, how would she react?
Everyone in the guild turned their attentions to Makarov and Mirajane. Was this true, a request was really stolen? No one in their guild would really steal a request. Money is one thing, but stealing isn't the correct way to do it. Wakaba asked, his lips on a cigar, "What? A job sheet's missing?"
"If it was on the second floor, it was an S Class job." Macao responded.
"What kind of dummy would run off with that?" Laki asked while standing with Reedus.
(Cue Laxus Run Wild— Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
From above, Laxus sat on the second floor table, his arms folded, feet on the table, and grinning. "A cat. I saw a cat with wings take off with it." He described.
Mirajane gasped, turning her attention to the fellow S-Class mage on the second floor. "Happy did?!"
Everyone in the guild was shocked too. Why would Happy steal an S-Class request? But they quickly put two and two together, if the young, blue cat was involved, then that means as a member of the guild exclaimed, "Meaning Natsu and Lucy…?!"
"What were they thinking?!" another member demanded.
"Didn't Natsu go on an S-Class mission two years ago?" another member queried.
"Yes, and he and… oh shit, Lisanna! She's going to be really upset when she comes back!" another member shouted.
"They took an S-Class quest just like that?!" Alzack asked his partner Bisca standing beside him hands to her hips.
"I thought they were stupid, but not that stupid." Bisca agreed. "I can see why Lisanna keeps an eye on them; she'll kill him if they don't come back."
"This is a serious breach of the rules." Laxus smiled calmly, "Lisanna's comrades or not, Gramps!" he called. "You're kicking them out the moment they get back, I assume?" he chuckled, the elder master standing up on the bar counter with his arms folded and deep in thought. "Though, given their skill, I doubt they'll come back alive from an S-Class job… The last job Natsu went with an S-Class mage, he was put in the hospital for a week, imagine the look when little Lisanna finds them dead?"
Mirajane walked up to him at the second floor, her arms to her hips and not in the nice girl attitude. It one thing to bring up the last S Class mission Natsu Dragneel went on, but to leave out the fact it was the mission she allowed the Dragon Slayer to go on? That was low.
"Laxus! Why didn't you try and stop them if you knew?! Those are Lisanna's friends and the one person she values like a brother!" she replied hotly at the mage.
"All I saw was a sneaky cat run off with a piece of paper in its mouth." Laxus smiled eyes closed. "I never imagine it was Happy." and looks to Mira, still smiling, "Or that Natsu was going out on an S-Class job just like what happened to both of them two years ago. Isn't that right, Mirajane?"
Mirajane's eyes were a complete change to her usual look. A dark tone now resonated the once blue eyes are as dark, menacing scowl was upon her face. 'How dare you speak about that, you bastard? What happened wasn't my fault; it wasn't any of our faults.'
"Oh?" Laxus realized eyeing the look of her face. "You haven't given me that look in a while."
"This is bad." spoken up Master Makarov, "What job flyer was taken?" he added, looking up at Mirajane and the smiling smugly Laxus.
"The cursed Island of Guluna, master." Mira explained.
"What?!" responded Makarov eyes widening.
The members of the guild house all gasped in shock at the revelation of the mission Natsu, Lucy, and Happy had taken for them.
"Guluna Island?!" Macao and Wakaba repeated.
"That's insane!" gasped Laki hand to her mouth.
"They really are stupid!" responded both Alzack and Bisca.
"Laxus! Go bring them back!" Makarov ordered to the S-Class mage on the second floor.
"Don't be silly. I have my own work to attend to later." he replied. He looks down and kept his smile. "Members of this guild are supposed to be able to take care of themselves… Right?"
"Out of everyone here, what besides you and Lisanna can bring Natsu back by force?!" Makarov shouted.
From behind the elder master, Gray stood up from one of the tables and announced, "Gramps."
Makarov look to the Ice mage as he added, "I can't let that comment go."
"You'll go get them, Gray?" Makarov asked.
Gray nodded a serious look on his face, "Yes, and if anything happens and those three aren't easily persuaded, send Lisanna when she returns and Erza. If anyone's going to talk some sense into them, it's those two, especially Lisanna. Speaking of her, when she comes back?" he added looking at Mirajane.
"It's only a few hours from now, Gray. If you leave now, you just might catch them and bring them back. Then Lisanna won't worry." Mirajane replied.
"Right, then I'll be on it." Gray nodded and heads off to stop Happy, Lucy, and Natsu.
Meanwhile at the port town of Hargeon—
"Wow! This brings back memories!" said an amazed Lucy as they stood in town. Natsu and Happy were right behind her with smiles too. "This is the town I met you guys and Lisanna." She looks back and asked, "Did any of you see her with a little pouch of Jewel the other day, and I'm curious where she obtained it."
"Beats me, Macao gave it to her for something." Natsu shrugged. "Probably for saving him a week ago when we were on Mt. Hakobe."
"She's didn't tell me either." Happy said, still on Natsu's bag.
"Oh well." Lucy shrugged. "Let's go and find a boat that'll take us to Guluna Island." And was a little away as she walked, before Natsu realized what the blond haired Celestial mage what she meant. "Boat?!"
He ran up to the walking, smiling, Celestial mage, teeth bared. "Don't be crazy! We're swimming there!"
Lucy sighed, frowning, "We can't swim that far, and that's crazy."
The three mages walk to the port, looking for a boat to take them to the island. The three spoke with some fishermen, who responded with, "Galuna Island, yeah right! We ain't going near that place!"
"Forget it. We don't even want to hear that name."
Disappointed and curious to why no sailors or fishermen would wanna go, they spoke to another group for answers.
"Sailors around here won't even talk about that island." spoke a man wearing a green shirt in a boat.
"That place is cursed." Added the second man wearing a orange shirt, a white cloth tied on his head, and carrying a wooden create in his hands, "Going there'd be nothing but bad news."
They spoke to another sailor, man with tan skin, a black beard, a blue hat and a green cloak and with a wide collar. "Dunno what your story is, but you won't find any sailor who'll go there. Even pirate won't go there." He said to Lucy while Natsu and Happy sat on a wooden crate near her.
"You can't be serious…" Lucy replied but Natsu interrupted with, "It's decided! We swim!"
Lucy turned to them, shaking her head. "We're not swimming." she sighed, wishing Lisanna was here to help carry her while Happy carried Natsu. Then they could try to fly there. Sure it'll be tiresome, but at least they get there.
"Found ya!" a voice called from behind smiling, clapping a hand on their shoulders, causing them to scream in panic and turned to face who snuck up behind them. Gray Fullbuster stood behind them; dress in a blue shirt, blue bag on his side, and brown pants.
"Gray!" Lucy said wide eyed.
"What are you doing here?!" Natsu asked eyes widen too.
"Gramps told me to bring you back." Gray replied.
Eyes widen with even more shock, Natsu shouted nearing the Ice mage, "We got found out already?!"
"Who knows, if you come back now, he might not kick you out." Gray said smiling at the dumbfounded look on Natsu's face, "Let's go."
"Kicked out?!" Lucy repeated terrified. She just joined, now she on thin ice already? What a horrible time to be involved with an S-Class request.
"Screw that! I'm doing this S Class request!" Natsu shouted back to Gray.
"Yeah, and what about two years ago, Natsu or have you forgotten?" Gray replied hands to his sides. "Plus, you don't have the skills to do one. Man, if Erza hears about this…" he groaned but added in in his thoughts, 'And Lisanna…' stepping back a bit. He imagined the angry looks on their faces, and Lisanna wasn't an S-Class mage.
"Eep!" screamed the three. They forgot about Erza and she'll kill them for taking that mission; but if she catches them is the worst part.
"Save us Gray!" Happy said frighten, flying to the Ice mage's shoulder. He looks to him and said frightened, "It was Natsu's idea, I had to do it."
'Of course it was Natsu's idea… He's the only one ignorant enough to forget the past.' Gray thought.
"So that's how he got it?" Lucy asked. Happy nodded.
"I'm gonna show Erza what I can do! I can't turn back now!" Natsu retorted standing close to the raven haired mage.
"It's a direct order from the master; I'll drag you back if I have too." Gray replied sternly. Ice formed in the Ice mage's hand as he exclaimed, "Don't blame me if you get hurt like two years ago!"
"You're itching for a fight!?" Natsu ordered, flames forming on his fist.
The sailor who was watching noticed the fire/ice forming on the two mages' hands and asked. "You guys are mages?!"
The four look to the sailor who added, "Are you going to break the island's curse?"
"Yes." Lucy and Natsu replied with smiles on their faces.
"You're not going anywhere." Gray said with gritted teeth.
The sailor stared at the four, his mouth agape. He ordered to the mages, "Get in!"
"Huh?" Lucy questioned? He changed his mind that quick?
"Seriously?!" Natsu asked eager.
"Hey!" Gray called as Natsu grinned darkly. With one swift kick, Natsu sent Gray flying into the air and crashing to the ground, a huge bump on his head. Lucy laughed nervously. "I think that a bit overboard."
Natsu hoisted the Ice mage on his back and smiled, "Oh all right! We'll take the boat there!"
"We're taking Gray with us?" Lucy asked curiously. She didn't mind, but he did knock him out, so there's no way he'll help them if he comes too.
"If he goes back to the guild, Erza will come next…" He replied with a hint of panic in his voice.
Lucy was frightened. Erza finding out is scary, not as scary as another face finding out.
Back at the Guild—
Mirajane and Makarov sat at the bar, waiting for Gray to return with Natsu, Lucy, and Happy. But it has been a few hours since his departure, so he should have been back by now. The other members watch the doors for the sign of Gray dragging the three back, but still nothing. Mirajane continued wiping a mug with her bar rag, still keeping her eyes on the doors too. Laxus didn't leave for his job yet, but watched the doors too. This wasn't like Gray to be late, where could he be?
"You don't think Gray miss them?" asked Mirajane worried.
"I don't think so; maybe they're struggling and can't bring them back quiet?" Makarov offered.
"I guess so." Mirajane replied. "Still, there's Lisanna, she really cares for Natsu and if she…" but the white haired mage was interrupted by the sound of the doors opening. Hoping it was Gray with the others back, she frowned in worry when it wasn't.
Lisanna came walking into the guild house, a big smile on her face, holding a tied up bag in her right hand, and her grip on her bag with her left hand. Everyone was pale in the face and shock to see her. They hope it was Gray, but seeing Lisanna is even worst. Then situation of the missing S-Class request has gotten worse now that she was here. The memories of two years ago were still fresh in their memories as there was a much younger Lisanna leaving for a mission and coming back hurt like Natsu. They pray it isn't something fatal this time. She placed the bags on the bar stool and removed her jacket. She greeted the master and Mirajane, her smile still on her face.
"Lisanna, umm welcome back, how was the mission Macao told you about?" Makarov said nervously.
"It was okay, pretty fun and I even got something for Happy." Lisanna replied, taking a fish with a red bow on it. "And I thought about taking Lucy shopping afterwards." She looks around, seeing that Lucy and Happy weren't here in the guild. "That's strange, they're not here."
Both Mira and Makarov were even more worried as Mira turned to the bar to give her a mug of orange juice hoping Lisanna will take this well. "Umm, Lisanna, don't freak out from what I'm about to tell you."
"What is it?" Lisanna asked, taking a sip of the juice.
"Natsu, Lucy, and Happy are on a mission… But it wasn't just a regular mission they're on a stolen S-Class request." Mirajane explained.
Lisanna froze upon hearing what her sister said, her lips inches from her mug. The mug then slips from her fingers and drops with a loud sound spilling the contents of the drink. The guild remains silent for a long time waiting to see how Lisanna will take this news.
"They… are… on… a… S-Class request…?" She asked slowly with every word her voice getting softer in the tone. Flashes of Lisanna's memory began to flood her. A large beast looming over her… the sight of her crying sister… the odd light she saw… Lisanna started to back away from the bar, hands to her face in fear. Elfman look to his younger sister, her eyes shaking in fright.
"Yes, Happy stole the Galuna Island request last night. They should be heading there right now but Gray was sent to stop them. I fear Natsu might have did something to him." Makarov said to the Takeover mage.
"But..." she replied softly. She then started to shout, all eyes on her. "But Natsu and I aren't ready for those kinds of missions if we can't keep ourselves out of trouble! Natsu knows this, I know this, that's why I don't go and ask for death! Why isn't anyone else after them?!"
"We asked Laxus, but he has a mission on his hands right now." Mirajane replied.
Lisanna's eyes narrowed in anger as she faced the S-Class mage on the second floor, "Then drop the mission and got get them! Those are my friends out there!"
"No can do Lisanna, it's not my call. Besides, maybe if you're luck, the residents of the island might bring back what's left of Natsu as an apology gift, that'll teach the kid not to go on S-Class missions just like two years ago. He was fortunate to come back alive, but that was because…" But before Laxus, who was grinning, finally could finish, a mug was thrown at him, causing him to fall of his chair. Everyone was shock to see it was Lisanna who have thrown it. An angry lscowl was on her face while she said darkly to the S-Class mage, "You bastard, don't you dare talk about that day."
"Lisanna…" breathed Mirajane as Lisanna look to Makarov, who remained quiet. She couldn't blame her sister's outburst and tossing the mug at Laxus. She was the one the most hurt that day, of course she reacts the hardest. She took a deep breath and spoke to the elder master, her voice more forced calmness. "I'm going to go get them back. Send Erza to follow after me. If anything happens, we'll either finish up the request or head straight back. I don't want Natsu to die, none of them. Is it alright, master?"
Makarov stared at the white haired mage, seeing the anger and worry look in her eyes. It made him think back to how empty they were when she came back from the aftermath of the mission. The situation was different now, Lisanna was a different person there than now, and she was asking for permission to bring them back alive. Gray did say if anything happens; send the two of them, so this was the perfect opportunity. The master nodded, giving Lisanna a smile.
"Thank you, master." She replied before taking her bag, pouch of money, and jacket and left the guild without a second glance to anyone. But many of the guild members all had looks of concern for her, and for the others.
"Do you really think she'll bring them back?" asked Macao to Laki, Reedus, Wakaba, Alzack, Bisca, and Elfman.
"You saw the look in her eyes, she'll bring Natsu back screaming if she had too." replied Elfman.
"It was foolish of them to go, but isn't sending Lisanna suicidal?" asked Laki cleaning her glasses with a cloth.
"Erza will follow after her; she'll be fine with her. Lisanna can take care of herself." said Wakaba smoking a cigar in his mouth.
"It's more to do with her own heart, how's she's feeling right this moment." Alzack said frowning.
"Out of anyone, that girl's got the worst of all of us when it comes to dealing with pain." added Bisca frowning too.
"Let's hope she's going to be alright too." said Reedus a worried look now on his face.
Outside the guild, Lisanna was running her way to the train station take the train to Hargeon, a serious look on her face as the sun was ready to set. "Natsu… please be safe."
Meanwhile at night—
Natsu's group was now traveling by boat to Galuna Island, The Dragon Slayer in question feeling sick for being on transportation. His face resembled that of a butt as he really wishes Lucy took his suggestion to swim there.
"It's getting late now; I hope we make it there soon." Lucy said to the group. She sat in the boat hugging her knees together
Gray (who had woken up to find he was captured), groaned, "You tie me and then say that?" He looks to the sailor whose back was facing the sea and starry sky and added yelling, "And you, why did you agree to take us?!"
The sailor turned to the captured Ice mage and said, "My name is Bobo. I used to live on Galuna Island."
"Huh, you're from there?" Lucy asked.
Bobo didn't reply with a yes, his eyes fix on the four. He turned his head, the moonlight casting a shadow on his left side of his face, "I fled from Galuna Island. Disaster will befall you all, too. Such is the fate of those who visit that island."
Lucy's brown eyes stared unblinkingly at Bobo, the man asking them, "Can you really lift the curse?"
She looks to Happy and the sickly Natsu, Gray still piss for being captured as she gasped to find what Bobo revealed to them. His other arm wasn't the same as the arm he used to steer the boat; in fact it wasn't even human. It looks to be a demon's arm, a dark purple one to be more accurate.
"This demon's curse..." He added holding it out in the moonlight while casting a , you'
"Mister! Your arm…!" Gray said while Happy look back to the sailor seeing his arm. Lucy's brown eyes remained open witnessing what she saw, "Curse? You don't mean…?"
Bobo lift his head up slightly, looking to something in the distance. "There it is." he added, "Galuna Island.
An Island could be seen in the distance. There it was the destination of their request and the start of their adventure. There was no going back now. No time to ask to return to the mainland. They saw the island, each with their own feelings of seeing the island. Gray a stern look, Happy's mouth agape, and Lucy a little fearful. Natsu was unfortunately not seeing the island, still over the edge trying to throw up. Lucy gasped, noticing something strange with the mountain, "What is that? The mountaintop is glowing…" as above the mountain, many blue robed figures were circled around a glowing light in the center. Their arms spread out, faces covered by a mask with a strange symbol on it as they chanted. Lucy then realized, Bobo was gone as she stood up on the boat in shock, "Huh?! Where'd he go?!"
"…Did he fall overboard?!" Gray asked turning his head.
"He just suddenly disappeared!" Happy said while his partner Natsu was still sick. Natsu could feel the waters hitting his face as right behind them, a big wave was forming behind them as Gray asked while Lucy looked sown to the water, "What's that sound?" He looks back to see what was the sound, but panic when he saw the wave.
"H-Hey!" he called nervously to Lucy.
Lucy turned and screamed as the group's boat was caught up in the tidal wave. "Giant wave!" she screamed as the wave was ready to engulf them into the sea. Natsu look to the wave, still feeling sick as Happy turned too.
"It's going to engulf us! Hold on!" Gray ordered the others.
"Happy! Lift the boat into the air!" Lucy ordered the blue cat as the waters were ready to take them.
"I can't do that!" Happy yelled back as they sent into the water, the water forming a whirlpool swirling the four into it. First was the seasick Natsu, then Gray, then Lucy, and lastly Happy were swallowed into the sea with panic looks on their faces.
The next morning—
The warm sun was overhead as Lucy could feel its warming rays. She stirs a little in her sleep before opening her eyes half open. The blind sunshine and the sound of seagulls greeted the Celestial mage as her vision became clearer.
"Where am I?" she asked herself, seeing the clear view of the slightly cloudy sky and palm trees. Over by her fellow comrades, Natsu was in the sand his butt up in the air still sick, Happy's head in the sand and Gray face first in the sand too. Their boat they came with was wreaked too, pieces of wood all around.
"Oh, boy…" Lucy said at once, seeing the mess they made coming here, if here is Galuna Island.
Natsu finally recovered excitement on his face. "Oh, we're here?!"
"A giant wave washed us ashore…" Lucy pondered remembering the details of last night.
"Looks like we lucked out..." Gray growled in annoyance finally recovered too.
"What was with that man, anyway?" Lucy asked her thoughts to Bobo, his demon arm, and his abrupt disappearance and what he was talking about, "He said something about a demon's curse..."
"Don't worry about details! Let's go exploring!" Natsu said excited waving his arms.
"Aye!" Happy chimed in jumping up.
"Guys, we are on Galuna Island, we don't know what to expect here except our mission, so no to exploring until we know what we're dealing with." Lucy said hands to her hips.
Once the two boys were calmed down, Lucy added looking at the flyer Natsu gave her, "Apparently, there's a village on this island, and the village chief is the one who posted the job. Let's go there first."
"Not so fast." Gray said getting the three's undivided attention. He got up from the group as Natsu look at him with narrowed eyes.
"Now what?! The boat's busted! You can't take us back!" Natsu reminded him.
"No. I'm coming with you." he decided.
Lucy slightly gasped as Gray added on, "I can't let you guys beat me to the second floor, and it it's be no fun if you got kicked out." He smiled, "If we do this job right, Gramps can't complain."
Natsu grinned at the Ice mage's decision, with Happy jumping up in agreement. Lucy smiled too excited, as Gray added smiling, "Let's go!"
"Yeah/Aye!" chimed Natsu, Lucy, and Happy in agreement ready to get this request underway.
Meanwhile over the ocean—
Lisanna was still on the trail for Natsu and the others on her way to Galuna Island. The takeover mage was in her Animal Soul: Wings form flying over the ocean. Sweat was pouring from her face, feeling the warm hot sun on her body.
"I never flew this far out before." she told herself, "But I have to keep moving. Natsu's on Galuna Island and I need to make sure he's safe."
With a quick nod to herself, she continued her venture to the Island; but her thoughts were still on Natsu. 'Natsu… Please be safe…'
Late at night once more—
After a long walk through the forest, they found themselves staring at a large wooden fence with a 'KEEP OUT' sign in the front.
"It's nice that we made it, but what is this?" Gray asked arms folded.
"What does it mean, 'Keep out'?!" Natsu asked too arms folded.
"Excuse me! Please open up!" Lucy called to anyone on the other side. Lucy frowned
They waited for a few second, but to no response.
"Should I break it?!" Natsu suggested balling his fist.
Lucy shook her head, still waiting for a response.
"Who there?!" a voice from above the gate called. The voice got their attention, seeing figures up on top the gate.
"We're from the Fairy Tail mage guild!" Lucy called from above smiling proudly.
"Nobody notified us about the job being accepted!" the man on top of the gate called down.
"Well, uhh…" She replied nervously. It's true, their here on the non-excepted request, so they're here not allowed. This might make this complicated. Thankfully, Gray decided to speak up to save their necks in time.
"There was probably just some mix-up with the paperwork!" he lied calling back.
"Show us your emblems!" the guard from above ordered, and one by one, they each showed their emblems.
(Cue Fairy Tail main theme— Fairy Tail Volume one soundtrack)
Natsu showed the guards the red stamp on his left bicep and Happy moved the green bag from his back to given the guard the view of his green stamp.
"Oh!" they said amazed seeing the two boys' stamps.
Lucy held out her left hand into the air, showing the pink stamp on the back of the hand, "They're real!" another guard said amazed.
Gray lifted his shirt to give the guards view of the blue stamp on his left pectoral. "They really came!" another guard said astonished.
With their proof given to them, the gate pulled up as Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy now had permission to enter. Happy noted, "It's like going into a giant monster's mouth."
"Kinda." Lucy shrugged as the gate finally stop.
Inside stood the villagers of the Island, but their faces were covered by the wraps with only a slit to see their eyes. They each wore cloaks like Bobo, but were lighter than his. The one most distinguished was the one in front caring a moon staff.
"I am Moka, the chief of this island village." He greeted the mages, "Let's get right down to business. Please have a look." He looks back from the mages and to the villagers and shouted, "Everyone!"
One by one, they each removed the cloaks, each revealed to have either a demon blue arm or a demon leg or even horns. While their normal selves dressed in islander fashion, felt uneven to the demon limbs. They frowned, disappointed to what they look like... Gray and Lucy observed the villagers appearance, linking them to Bobo.
"Just like the man on the boat." Gray realized.
"Yeah." agreed Lucy hand to her chin.
"Crazy sideburns!" Natsu blurted out seeing Moka's long white sideburns.
"No, this is what I want you to see." Moka replied still holding up the demon arm as more of the villagers had saddened looks, "Everything on this island is affected by this curse, even dogs and birds."
"I don't mean to question you, but what makes you believe it's a curse?" Gray asked calmly, "Couldn't be a contagious disease?"
"We've consulted dozens of doctors, but they say no such disease exists." Moka replied, "Plus the moon's magic has something to do with us taking these forms."
"The moon's magic?" Lucy asked considered.
"This island has absorbed moonlight since ancient times. It made the entire island shine beautifully like the moon." Moka replied, "However, some years ago, the moon's light suddenly turned purple."
"A purple moon?" Natsu repeated.
Happy gasped; looking up into the sky to see the clouds parting, "Oh! The moon is coming out!"
Everyone look up at the sky to see the clouds parting too as the moon were made visible into the sky. But there wasn't a normal as they thought it would be, but a moon tinted in purple hung over their heads.
"It's true! The moon is purple!" Lucy gasped.
"Now this is creepy." Gray commented the area bathed in the purple moonlight.
"It's a curse." Moka said sweat drops falling from his face, "This is the moon's magic."
On cue, the villagers began to scream in pain as they held themselves while the group was panic stricken, didn't know what to do for them as they watch in horror at the pain they seem to be going through.
"Wh-What?!" Lucy said eyes widen.
It was like watching horror movie as the villagers' bodies started to rip, revealing demonic arms and faces too. The group was watching the transforming happening right before their eye.
"What the…" said Lucy.
"What's going on?!" asked Gray.
"What the heck?!" asked Natsu eyes widen.
After the transformation was over, Moka and all the villagers were now complete demons, their bodies' different colors ranging from red, blue, and teal, horns and elongated noses too. Some appeared with reptilian scales, and some like regular demons. There was no doubt about it, this was the curse placed on them.
"I apologize for the shock." Moka said apologizing to Natsu's group.
"What in the world is this?" Gray asked bewildered.
"You poor people…" Lucy said in a soft synthetic way.
"You're so…" Natsu added but exclaimed with excitement, "You're so cool!"
Everyone including his team was white from shock. He thought they were cool? What's with this kid? His friends were dumbfounded too. But nonetheless, this was Natsu, truthfully. All they could do was utter the same word in agreement, "Huh?"
"You're so lucky! I want some horns and spikes too!" he added excitedly while his friends still were dumbfounded.
"This is the first time…" one villager said sweatdropping.
"…We've been call cool…" another finished sweatdropping.
Lucy finally recovered and snaps her fingers into Natsu's face, getting the Dragon Slayer's attention to her, "Get it together, they don't like being this way remember, Natsu? We want to help them not make it worse." she replied to him.
"Seriously?!" Natsu blinked, "My bad! We'll have to do something, then!" he added nervously to the villagers as Lucy sighed in disbelief and Gray merely folding his arms.
"Finally you understand." Happy said still flabbergasted,
"Learn to read situations." Gray said turning his head from the demons.
"Anyway, as you can see, we take on the form of demons whenever the purple moon is out," explained Moka, as one of the demonized children was crying while his parents tried to console him as more of the demon villagers were crying too, "If this isn't a curse, what else it is?!"
Natsu's mouth was agape in shock, he had no idea. And he thought for a minute ago that were cool, but they were troubled looking this way. Moka continued on, "Come morning, we'll be back to normal. However, these are some who lose their minds and never change back."
"Oh, no…" Lucy said softly.
"We've since made it a rule…" Moka added lowering his head in shame, "…to kill those who transform into mindless monsters."
Natsu and his group gasped in horror at this piece of info. They really killed those people who turned like that?
"But, even though they might turn back to normal?" Natsu asked.
"We have to, or they'll kill us all!" Moka replied back, "We tried capturing them, but they just break free." he added, shaking his head in disappointment. He closed his eyes and continued on, "As a result…" he held a picture in his hand and shed a tear of the picture of someone, "I had to kill my own son. My son, whose mind became that of a demon." he continued on, shedding even more tears.
The group gasped, realizing who the man in the picture was. The same man who brought them here by boat… "Th-that man…" Lucy stammered. "Huh, but yesterday we…!"
"Shh!" Gray ordered as Lucy looked back to him for a second. Even if the two were the same, it won't be true for Moka who said he killed his own son. He whispered to the Celestial mage. "I figured out why that man vanished. It's because he can't rest in peace."
Lucy's brown eyes widen with shock. If he was right, then Bobo probably wanted to remain dead to his father. Or as Lucy thought, 'A ghost…?'
"Please, save this island!" Moka pleaded tearfully, hands to his eyes his voice cracking, "It's only a matter of time until we all lose our minds and become demons…!"
"We won't let that happen!" Natsu demanded to the chief, "We'll figure something out!"
Moka lowered his head down again, speaking to the group, "There's only way to lift the curse… The moon…" they look up to the moon as he added, "Please destroy the moon."
Natsu, Happy, Lucy, and Gray gasped slightly at the request they were given. Destroy the moon? That's an odd and weird request. Who would want to destroy a moon? (A/N 1)
"We'll find about it, right now we need to get some sleep." Lucy replied.
"Very well, I'll show you to your quarters." Moka replied and led Natsu's group and spare hut for them to sleep in. They each drop their bags near the wall and decided to think about the request they were given. Happy looked out into the sky, his gaze on the purple tinted moon and sky, "The more I look at it, the creeper the moon seems."
"Happy. Hurry and shut the window." Lucy, dressed in her pajamas, requested to the blue cat while digging into Natsu's bag, "You hear the village chief. We'll wind up demons too if we're exposed to the moonlight for too long."
"Man, talk about a tall order." Natsu groaned, sitting in a chair while Gray sat thinking.
"Asking us to destroy the moon is a bit much…"
"I don't think we can even fly that far too even destroy it or any of our magic able to reach it. This might come as a shocker, but even I don't know." Natsu replied.
"For once we agree. Even if we did, there's the possibility we might screw up nighttime without the moon." Gray commented.
"Meaning…" Lucy said entering the conversation arms folded, "Destroying the moon should be the last time we do if we can't break the curse. I don't like the idea either, but if we have to, we have to."
"I agree, but he did ask us to destroy it. It would tarnish Fairy Tail's name to take a job and then back out of it." Natsu replied.
"True, but Lucy has the right idea. We'll search the island tomorrow and see what we can find. It might lead to what is causing the curse and how to break it."
"Right." nodded Lucy and Natsu taking a spot on the floor with the mats as Lucy pulled out the book Lisanna gave her and decided to read it. As she read, she paid no attention to Gray getting undress to his underwear and sat on his mat.
Meanwhile on the shores of Galuna Island—
Lisanna stood on the island, the waves passing her feet. She sighed, finally making it to the island where Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy were.
"Galuna Island… I made it." said Lisanna softly. "The village should be here and that's where Natsu and the others are."
She step from the water and looks down to her palms, they were covered in sweat despite being in her Wings Takeover. Her body was covered in cold sweat. She sighed and said to herself, "I flew so far, I sweated so much." She took her bag off her back and removed her jacket. "No one's around, I should change clothes." As Lisanna strip off her regular attire, she giggled, thinking about how Gray does this all the time. Once removed, she grabbed her fresh clothes and shoes and put them on. Once dress, she went to the water to get a good look of herself in the reflection. She was now wearing a white and red top with a blue skirt, and brown open toed sandals. She stared at herself, noticing her Fairy Tail emblem was slightly viable from the end of the skirt. Rounding back to her bag, she stuff her old clothes and shoes back into her bag, placing it onto her back, and facing the forest ahead.
"It's time to go; the village is just in this forest." She decided and made her way to the village where Natsu and his team were waiting for her.
Back at the village, both boys and Happy lay on their mats while Lucy was still reading the spell book Lisanna have given her. Gray and Natsu look up to her and ask what she was doing.
"You seem really into that book you're reading. What is it?" asked Gray.
"Oh…?" she responded, taking her eyes off the pages to look at Gray, "It's a book on Star Make magic. Lisanna gave it to me."
"Star-Make?" Gray and Natsu repeated sitting bolt right and eager to hear more.
"You're learning Star-Make, that's really interesting. Have you learned any spells?" asked Natsu.
"Only a few spells from reading this. It's like your Ice-Make magic, creating things from stars. I can show you, if you guys want to." offered Lucy.
The boys nodded in response to Lucy's request, eager to see this Star-Make magic. Lucy smiled to her comrades and closed her book and held out her arms for Natsu, Gray, and Happy to see. With one hand laying over another, Lucy announced, "Star-Make," as a golden magic circle appeared. From the magic circle, a glimmering light appeared from it, resembling a star in the sky. The three boys' eyes were fixated to it, impressed to see it as the light hover overhead.
"According to the book, this little light is Star-Make at its base form." Lucy explained, the three looking astonished at it, "It might look like a little light, but don't underestimate it. When brought together with more like it, it's powerful. Like with your magic, Natsu and Gray, it shouldn't be overlook as weak. If anything this book taught me from reading it, it's that it is complex to learn it." the light above him finally faded away as she continued, "So, even someone like me can pick it up with no problem."
"Well I for one can't wait to see what it can do," said Gray smiling, "You have my vote."
"Me too!" Natsu said excited.
"Aye!" Happy chimed in too.
Lucy nodded as she continued reading the Star-Make book, unaware that someone was coming to the village at this very moment.
Outside the village gate, Lisanna stood staring at open gate, guessing they forgot to close it when Natsu's group came here. She walks inside but someone called from another hut.
"Are you another mage of Fairy Tail?" asked Moka coming up to her.
Lisanna didn't flinch from seeing the demon appearance of Moka, but calmly lift the side of her skirt to show the chief her white Fairy Tail stamp on her left thigh, "My name is Lisanna Strauss, a colleague to the others who might be here. Are they here now?" she asked, removing her hand from her skirt.
"Yes, the ones you are referring to: a boy with pink hair, a young man with black hair, a girl around your age with golden hair, and a small blue cat." replied the demon chief.
Lisanna sighed, grateful that they made it here okay, "Your friends should be in that hut over there, but do try and not be out too long." The demon chief added again.
"Yes sir, but it will only be a few minutes," she replied kindly before making her way to their hut. She took a deep breath, looks to the door, and proceeded to knock it.
Inside, the mages and Happy could hear the knocking on their door. The four looked puzzled, who could want to talk to them so late at night? Lucy put her book down and walks to the door. Upon opening it to see who it was, she gasped and shouted, "Lisanna?!"
Gray and Natsu look to the door immediately and were shock too. If it wasn't for the new clothes, they would mistake her for another girl. The white haired mage didn't respond to their surprised looks of seeing her, but kept her hands in front of her stomach.
"Hey, I see you make here in one piece." Lisanna said softly.
"Lisanna, what are you doing here?" Happy asked.
'If she's here, then she knows Natsu and Happy took the mission. That means she's here to take us back.' Gray thought, knowing that they would be in trouble if she came before Erza. It would be fine the other day, but now he is involved in the mission too.
"I was in Hargeon shopping when I heard about Galuna Island and you guys going there. That's all." She replied, looking to Gray and winking at the Ice mage. Gray smiled, thankful for the save by Lisanna.
"That's great; we got more help to solve this curse put on the village." Natsu said excited.
"Well welcome aboard Lisanna." Lucy said smiling.
Lisanna smiled, but something was off when both Gray and Lucy saw it. It was forced, like she trying to be happy. What was going on?
"Anyway, I need to speak with Natsu in private, is that alright?" she asked the others.
"Umm sure, but don't be too long in the moonlight, the curse has something to do with it." Lucy explained.
"This won't take too long." she replied back. Natsu got up from his mat to follow Lisanna out the door. As the door swung closed, Gray noticed the toneless stare in Lisanna's eyes.
"Lucy," Gray said looking to her, "I don't think this is going to be a happy reunion."
"How so?" Lucy asked curiously.
"Because I saw the look in Lisanna's eyes and there were no happiness in them, but more like sadness."
Happy hop onto the table and asked, "Will Lisanna be alright?"
"Maybe after talking with Natsu, but I'm not sure myself." Gray replied.
Happy and Lucy both look concern at the window where Natsu and Lisanna were walking to somewhere they could talk in peace. They stop at the center of the village where Lisanna had her back turned from Natsu.
"So, what is it you want to talk about?" he asked curiously.
Lisanna didn't respond, still unmoving to his statement.
"Hey Lisanna, are you there?" he asked again, but still she didn't respond.
"Come on Lisanna, talk to me. I'm your friend." he said.
"Natsu…" she finally said tonelessly, "Why…?"
"Huh?" he questioned, but Lisanna turned forward to him her left hand rose. Natsu stood unfazed as Lisanna brought her hand to Natsu's right cheek, slapping hard in the face.
(Cue Fairy Tail main them-Piano Version—Fairy Tail Volume two Soundtrack)
"Why did you take the request Natsu, why are you asking for death!" she screamed, her voice getting many of the villagers' attention as they were looking out their windows to the commotion going on.
"Lisanna, I…" Natsu tried to say but Lisanna interrupted him.
"I was worried for you, I thought if I didn't make it time, you, Gray, Lucy, and Happy would be dead!" she added, tears forming from her eyes. Natsu stood shock as Lisanna started to cry into his vest, chest, and muffler. "Laxus wouldn't go, says that you'll be only a piece of you left brought back. I couldn't take it, I didn't like him bring up the past like it was a joke to all of us: you, Mira, Elfman, and myself." She grips the vest and muffler even tighter making Natsu look solemnly at his childhood friend.
"Lisanna, I thought that I could finally catch up to Erza and Laxus if I took an S-Class request, I didn't realize that…" Natsu said, but Lisanna look up at him, her blue eyes even more watery.
"But we're not ready; we aren't S-Class mages Natsu, so stop thinking that this is all some game! This isn't the day old mission you and I take. These are life threatening, dangerous. You could come back alive, but in the end…" She released herself from Natsu's vest and grabbed a hand to the band on her right arm. She slid it down, to reveal something that made Natsu freeze with fear, "You end up feeling a part of you was rip from your soul."
"Lisanna…" Natsu spoke again his voice shaking more than his friend's as more tears fell to the ground.
"Being an S-Class mage isn't all fun and games, we know full well what happens on those requests because we were on one… But you just shrug it off like it is nothing, not understanding how I felt, how I feel when Mira and Elfman see me off on missions every day. They worry for me, Natsu, that I come home safe and sound." She clutches her fists tightly, shaking slightly. "Every day I see Mirajane's smiling face, but I know she worries for my safe return. And you know why, Natsu, because she wants me alive, to be here now, not dead from risking my life."
She wipes the tears from her face and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was just going through a lot coming here, that I needed to let it all out. I didn't want to hit you, I was just mad." She straightened the band on her arm and walk closer to Natsu, their faces close as she spoke into his ear, "You want to be strong like Erza, Laxus, and my sister, than here is not the time."
"But when is the time?" he asked.
"You'll know, but it's not here, okay?" she replied softly before stepping away.
"Okay," he replied back. "I'm sorry for worrying you Lisanna. We're comrades you and I, inseparable."
Lisanna finally giggled, smiling at him, "The way you say it, it's like we're mates or something?" (A/N 2)
Natsu started laughing, "Now why would I think something as clichéd as that?"
They started to laughed, the atmosphere a lot calmer than how it was before they came outside. Natsu smiled, looking at the smiling Lisanna, "That's the Lisanna I know. You're always better when you smile." He gestured to their hut and added, "Let's head back; we have been out here for a while now."
"Okay." She nodded as the two decided to return to the hut, Natsu added, "You know, if we can't lift the curse, we have to destroy the moon."
"Really?" she asked curiously as they returned to their hut, unaware the village had watched their scene unfold.
Once back inside and telling their comrades that everything was fine, the boys and Lisanna decided to get some sleep while Lucy stayed awake reading her book. It was dark so she conjured another star to use as a light. She took her eyes off her book to notice Natsu and Lisanna sleeping next to one another, the Dragon Slayer snoring uncovered by the sheet, and Lisanna nestled her head into his muffler, calm and relax was on her face. Lucy beamed at them, thinking to herself, 'You're lucky Lisanna… to have someone you want to look out for.'
The next day—
"It's too early." spoke Natsu as the five were up and awake early in the morning. They were outside the village, glooming and tired looks on the three boys as both Lisanna and Lucy were energized and ready to go. Lucy was dressed in a green blouse with a pink tube top underneath and a tan skirt. In her hair was a pink ribbon. Her keys and whip on her belt as always. Lisanna still wore the clothes she wore meeting back up with the others, but in addition was a light blue jacket.
"It's crazy early in the morning." groaned Gray.
"You guys didn't sleep enough?" asked Lisanna.
"Okay! Let's put our energy into this and get going!" she ordered excitedly.
"Right!" Lisanna said excited too.
"Aye…" the three boys said gloomily. Of all the mornings, the girls had to be the ones fired up.
Lucy took a silver key from her belt and called, "Open, Gate of the Clock Constellation! Horologium!" and appearing from the magic circle and crashes to the ground was the clock spirit, Horologium. The Clock spirit announced, "The time is 7:48."
As they started their walk through the forest, Natsu asked, "You think there's another way without destroying the moon?"
"We have to find it." Gray said, "Besides like what we talk last night, we can't destroy it. People won't be able to go moon-viewing anymore."
"Right," Lisanna said, walking in-between the two boys, "And the cycle would be out of control without the moon. We can't have that."
"Exactly, but we should be careful out here. We don't know what's out there, she says calmly." Horologium (with Lucy riding inside) translated.
'I wish she walk on her own.' Natsu and Lisanna groaned in thought.
"Uhh, are you sure you're using your celestial spirits properly?" Gray asked looking back at her and Happy.
"Don't forget we're dealing with a curse, we don't know what else is affected." Lucy said to the others.
"She says," Horologium translated to the outside.
As they continued walking, there was the loud sound of something big that made Lucy open her eyes quickly. Natsu, Gray, and Lisanna turned their attention to the source of the sound, Natsu asking concerned, "What that?"
The three then flinched in shock as something big was looming over them, its eyes gleaming yellow. Natsu was panic stricken, Lisanna too, and Gray looking scared as well.
"Wh-what the…?!" Natsu exclaimed.
"It's huge!" Gray realized.
"It is!" Lisanna shouted.
"Beat it up, you guys, she says ordering," Horologium translated.
Gray placed his left hand over his right palm mist emanating from around as a light blue magic circle appeared. He announced, "Ice Make…" as Gray conjured a shield made of Ice, adding, "Shield!" as protecting Natsu, Lisanna, Happy, and Lucy. But the creature emitted a cloud of foul-smelling gas, which smelled really bad as the three outside mages were disgusted. Inside Horologium, Lucy and Happy were wondering what was happening outside, the latter showing a smile on his face, the former a look of shock.
"Hey what's going on," Horologium translated for Lucy, before Lucy look down inside to see Happy, "And when did you get in? Aye, they say."
But Horologium covered his mouth from the smell as his time was up, and poof went the spirit and Happy and Lucy out in a circle of gas. They drop down to the ground as Lucy and Happy screamed in unison smelling the foul odor, "Stinky!"
As the foul odor was gone, what attacked them as Lucy and Lisanna described, "A rat!"
It was a giant rat, possessed its rodent-like features. From how it was dressed, it appeared female. She wore a black corset-style top with pink edges and laced black in a cross-section, a white lace headband and a red ribbon tied across her chest. She also has turquoise fur and a huge tail.
While Gray and Lisanna were still on their feet, Natsu was out from the smell. Gray called, "Natsu! Stop lying around!"
"He has a strong sense of smell, so…" Happy assured Gray.
As the rat bared its fangs, Natsu got and screamed, "Run!" and the five started to run with the large rat casting after them. The continued to scream and dodge, covering their noses as the rat let out most of its horrible breath. Gray grunted in annoyance, his hand charged with ice as he said, "Ice Make: Floor!" as his hand was placed to the ground, a sheet of ice appeared, causing the rat to trip and fall. Natsu asked, "Why didn't you do that earlier?"
"Quick complaining!" Gray retorted.
"Aww, I know it tried to hurt us, but wasn't it bit much Gary?" Lisanna asked feeling bad for the poor rat.
"You're really kind to animals, you know that?" Gray commented.
"Hey guys," Lucy pointed out, pointing to something that looks like a temple, "There's some sort of building!" she look to them adding, "Let's get inside while we can!"
"Yeah, let's beat on it while we can!" Natsu and exclaimed in unison, punching and kicking the defenseless out cold rat. Lisanna grabbed them by their vest/shirt shouting, "Don't hurt the defenseless rat!" and drags them to the temple followed by Happy and Lucy.
Inside the temple (known as the Temple of the Moon), the group observed the inside of the temple. Like any temple, it was old and broken, with pieces littering the ground.
"Wow! This place is big!" Natsu said amazed.
"It's all busted up." Lucy commented.
"Just how old is this place?" gray asked arms to his hips.
"Judging by how broken it looks a few hundred years, give or take." Lisanna observed picking up a piece of the temple.
"Huh? What are those?" Natsu asked, looking at something in the walls. What appears to be a red moon was on the walls, but like the temple shabby appearance showing age. On top was a crescent moon with many full moon scattered all over the wall they were facing.
"They're moons." Gray realized eyeing the moons on the wall along with the rest, the Ice mage reading something off the wall fir them to hear, "This place was originally called 'Island of the moon'."
Lucy started to ponder, a left hand to her chin, "A moon island, a moon curse, and moon emblems… There's something fishy about these ruins."
"Like some sort of connection these and the temple has?" Lisanna asked with Lucy nodding in agreement.
"Man, this place is falling apart. Is the floor even safe?" Natsu asked curiously walking from Gray, Lucy, Happy, and Lisanna to stomp on the floor to test its stability while his friends stared at the wall.
"Stop that!" Lucy and Lisanna warned, looking back at him with Happy and Gray looking too.
But it was too late as the ground started to break, causing a panicked Natsu and everyone else to scream and they plummet with Lisanna and Gray screaming, "Natsu, you idiot!"
From outside the temple, a loud boom was heard as to inside, the group have crash into the ground, covered in the rubble of the now ceiling, now inside a whole brand new room.
Natsu emerged from the rubble, gasping for air as he called out looking from left to right, "Hey! Are you guys okay?!"
"No! This is your fault!" Lisanna and Lucy exclaimed angrily at him. The girls stared at Natsu eyes full of malice; Gray on his front and Happy lying on his back.
"Don't you ever think about the consequences?!" Gray asked annoyed from the fall Natsu caused.
Once on their feet, the group looked up to the ceiling to the hole they fell from, the hole now sealed up.
"Happy, Lisanna, can you fly us all up?" Lucy suggested to the two only members who could fly.
"Hope." Happy denied.
"I would only be able to carry only one of you, and Happy the other. I wouldn't want to leave one of you down here." Lisanna denied too, dusting off her skirt and jacket.
"We're beneath the ruins…" Gray confirmed to the party.
"It's a secret cave!" Natsu realized excitedly running to an opening waving his hands, "Since we're here, let's go exploring!"
"Hey! Quit running around like crazy!" Gray growled with gritted teeth. Before they followed, Gray asked a most serious question to Lisanna, "You still would…?"
"Yes, still hasn't changed…" she replied calmly.
Once that was out of the way, they followed Natsu through the opening to see if was alright or if doesn't cause more trouble than they already have. With the Salamander, he stopped when he saw something he was facing.
"Oh!" he said and gasped to what he was looking at.
Lucy, Lisanna (with Happy carried on in her arms), and Gray finally caught up with the Dragon Slayer, finally exiting the opening to see what was going on.
"Natsu?" asked the girls curiously.
"Now what?" Gray asked sternly.
"What is this?" Natsu asked staring at something he couldn't believe his eyes were in this cave. Once Lisanna, Happy, and Lucy stood next to the Ice, they gasped too, eyes lacking pupil like their fellow mage.
(Demon Deliora—Fairy tail Volume one Soundtrack)
What Team Natsu was staring at was something that was not normally found in caves, let alone secret ones. Gray couldn't believe what he was looking at, why was it here? "Wh-What the…?" Natsu stared mouth open wide at this too, shock beyond relief. Lisanna stared fearfully at it, a little scared. Even Lucy was terrified looking at it. Inside incased in ice, was a demon. It was large, probably bigger than an average building; its appearance well-built like a demon should be with dark blue skin. Gray conformed what this demon was, eyes still wide in shock, "Deliora…?!"
He step forward, still flabbergasted that it was here, "That can't be, what is Deliora doing here?! It's impossible, he can't be here!" he added, his voice shaking in anger, fist clenched.
"You know this thing?" Natsu asked, him, the girls, and Happy running up to his side.
"It's… It's…!" Gray stated, trying to find the right words to describe, anger boiling inside him.
"Gray, calm down," Lucy and Lisanna said solemnly placing their hands to his shoulders for support.
Teeth clenched in anger, he took a sharp breath before looking back up at the iced demon. The girl released him with Natsu looking to him, Lucy asked, "Tell us, what this thing is?"
"Deliora… The demon of destruction…" Gray growled in anger.
"Construction?" Natsu asked puzzled.
"Destruction." Happy corrected, popping up from the ground to correct his fellow partner.
Gray stared at the iced demon, eyes still narrowed in anger, "He looks exactly the same as then… What's going on?" he asked.
Lucy and Lisanna stared wide eyed at it too, both blue and brown eyes staring unfix to it before turning around with a gasp to the sound on incoming footsteps. The footsteps were getting louder, meaning who or what was coming into the cave they were standing in.
Entering the room were two young boys… one more of animal than man. The one on the left is a lean-built, mildly muscular young man of average height with distinctive animal features: he had a pair of canine ears sitting on his head, a small dark nose and a lower face which is colored differently from the rest of his body, bearing resemblance to a canine muzzle. He had shoulder-length, straight brown hair, large round eyes with black pupils and dark eyebrows. Both of his biceps are adorned by tattoos: the right one bears the kanji Sashimi, while the other was adorned by a single, more elaborated one. The unknown person on the left lack a shirt, revealing to be bare-chested. He wore an extremely loose pair of pants with mildly torn hems, held up by a long belt covered in many rhombs, with the part left out from its plain rectangular buckle hanging down. Such pants bore a large, dark shield-shaped logo emblazoned on the right knee: this depicted a stylized skull, bearing ears similar to his ears, with a pair of bones crossed below it, most likely tibias. The whole symbol is highly reminiscent of a Jolly Roger. He had a red collar covered in hollow studs circling his neck, and donned a pair of simple dark shoes, each adorned by a light, stylized footprint, similar to that of a cat, or maybe a small dog. This fellow was named Toby Horhorta.
The individual on his right is a short, slim young man distinguished by his extremely brushy, squared black eyebrows. His eyes, too, are black, while his hair, initially arranged in a number of spikes pointing upwards (with a particularly large one topping his forehead), are, unusually, bright blue. He wore a green coat reaching down to his knees, sporting black sections in correspondence to the sleeves' outer part (each of such sections going up to the high collar) and on the sides' lower parts, below the plain dark belt with a rectangular buckle which, together with the two vertically striped, overlapping hems placed on the front (completely superimposed from the waist up, but splitting some inches below it to create a slash), kept the garment closed. His pants were dark and loose (getting more fitting in correspondence to his ankles), while his plain shoes were light-colored. This young man's name is Yuka Suzuki.
"This is where the voices were coming from." Yuka sneered looking around for the source of the voices.
Toby growled his hand to his stomach. Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Lisanna, and Happy had hidden themselves behind some rocks, seeing the two enter where they once stood. Happy and the others were relieved that they were safe, but saw them coming closer, the short one of the two complaining, "It's daylight. I'm sleepy…"
Toby growled as they continued walking pass the team, unknown to them they are here.
"Toby." asked Yuka to his comrade, "Have you been soaking in the moon drip? You have ears and stuff."
"No! These are decorations! Get it through your head!" he snapped while Yuka still smiled.
"I was only teasing you, idiot." Yuka assured him.
Toby groaned sadly at the remark. "You're so mean."
"Moon Drip? Could that be the curse?" Lucy pondered, looking pass the rock she was hiding behind to hear their conversation. Lucy gasped as another person entered the cave.
The third person to enter inside the cave was a young woman (sixteen in appearance) who has blue eyes, pink hair, large breasts, and a curvaceous body. On her face was make-up to match her appearance, to which Lisanna made a note to think it was too much. Her hair was tied in pigtails, her choker tied into a ribbon, a purple and pink short spaghetti dress with light pink trimmings, black leggings, and high-heeled sandals. Her dress appears to have two long and thin wings at the back. This girl's name is Sherry Blendy.
Sherry walk into the cave, announcing her presence to Toby and Yuka, who tired about to see her, "Toby, Yuka, I have sad news." She said sadly.
"Sherry." Yuka said simply.
Toby greeted the pink haired girl with a happy growl and wave.
"Someone beat up Angelica." She confirmed hands together in a worried look, Lisanna then faceplam in annoyance.
We are so screwed now; they know we are because those two idiots beat up a rat… So that rat is hers. No wonder it dress like a maid, that girl's got weird taste.
"It's just a dumb rat! Don't give it a deluxe name!" Toby shouted.
"She is a rat!" Sherry retorted, "Angelica is a hunter that races through the darkness… And…" she paused, "love."
"What's she talking about?' Lisanna thought, already thinking this girl is weirder than the other two.
"Take about a serious weirdo. Especially that last thing she said." Lucy whispered wide eyed.
"They're not from this island. They're smell different." Natsu said giving the three a sniff with his nose.
"And they don't seem cursed, either." Happy interjected,
"Intruders, huh?" spoke Yuka, getting the four mages back to listening in.
"Just when the moon's light is nearly gathered, too. So sad." spoke Sherry sadly. She looks to her comrades adding "Let us get rid of the intruders before the Cold Emperor hears of this." She paused, Yuka smirks and Toby's teeth shown as she added, "Yes, before the moon shows itself… "
"Yeah." nodded Yuka. Toby growled in agreement. Sherry continued on, "Now that they've seen Deliora, we cannot let them leave alive. We will give the intruders internal sleep…" she paused, but added, "In other words, love."
"You mean death." Toby assured her a sweatdrop going down the back of his head while Yuka remain smiling.
A sound of a rock being thrown to the ground snap the trio from their conversation, "What was that?" asked Sherry.
"Over there!" spoke Yuka running from the two others to see what was the source of the noise. Sherry and Toby followed after him, in search of the sound. They left the cave and Lucy, Natsu, Lisanna, and Gray raise from their hiding spot, the young blue cat Happy floating to them
"Good job, Happy!" Lucy whispered happily.
"Aye!" said Happy smiling; Lisanna patted a hand on his furry head, proud on her 'son'.
"Aww, we should've caught them and interrogated them!" Natsu said eyes narrowed,
"Not yet." Lucy reassured him, "Let's check things out a little more first."
"This is getting to get complicated." Natsu replied arms folded with his eyes narrowed.
"I wonder who this 'God Emperor' is…" Happy asked floating near Natsu.
"Why did they bring Deliora here…?!" Gray said angrily, "How did they find where he was sealed, anyway?!"
"Where he was sealed?" Lucy and Lisanna repeated.
"This thing was sealed in an iceberg in a northern continent." Gray added, his mind flashing back to what the demon was, "It's an immortal demon that ravaged the Isvan region ten years ago… Master Ur, the one who taught me magic, risked her life to seal it away!" he looks to the iced demon, hands clenched in anger, "Dunno what is has to do with the island's curse, but it doesn't belong here!" and his hand began to charge with Ice magic, his hand now emitting a mist. The others were concerned and worried for the fellow mage as he added, "Cold Emperor… Who are you?!"
There was anger in Gray's eyes that not even Natsu or Lisanna have ever seen before, it was a side of Gray they never witness before. It felt not just anger, but another feeling… a feeling of darkness.
"You'll have hell to pay if you try to tarnish Ur's name!" he gritted angrily.
"Gray…" Lisanna said worried for him.
Gray kept his eyes on the iced demon, uttering the name once more, "Deliora…"
"This is the demon your master sealed away?" asked Natsu and Lisanna.
"Yes. No question about it." Gray replied, his back still facing his friends and his gaze still on Deliora, his teeth still clenched with anger.
"You're saying this was brought here from the northern content?" asked Happy.
"Could this demon be the cause of the island's curse?!" Lucy wondered.
"It's definitely possible." Gray added, "This demon is still alive and all…" but was interrupted by Natsu said excitedly winding his arms up, "All right! "In that case, I'll give it a beat down of my own!"
Lucy whispered into Lisanna's ear, asking, "Why does brute force have to be the only solution with him?"
Lisanna shrugged, she couldn't answer that question if she tried. Natsu added, still winding his right arm, "Just watch!"
In an instance, Gray turned, his arms still narrowed in anger as he punched Natsu. Natsu crashed to the ground, landing on his back as Lisanna cried, "Natsu!"
The white haired Takeover mage ran to Natsu and saw it, the dark stare Gray had. His bangs covered his eyes, giving the Ice mage a more dark tone in his appearance. His teeth were still clenched, anger boiling inside him as Lucy gasped, clapping a hand to her mouth in shock. Happy exclaimed in shock, "Gray hit him! But there wasn't a fight and Natsu didn't provoke him!"
"Why did he do it?" Lucy asked still shocked and worried for Gray's odd behavior.
Lisanna pick the pink haired Dragon Slayer off the ground, nursing his busied cheek as he shouted, "Hey, you…! What the hell was that?!"
"I like to know too, Gray. What did you attack him?" Lisanna demanded.
But it took a second for Natsu to realize the same stare Lisanna was witnessing herself. He never seen Gray like this before, this was a whole different character for him. He finally spoke, addressing not just Natsu, but Lisanna too, "Stay away from this ice, Fire mages!"
'Fire mages… plural… me as well?' Lisanna thought seeing the anger in the Ice mage's eyes.
"If the ice melts and Deliora wakes up, no one will be able to stop him!" he added.
"What?! You really think it'd be that easy to melt?!" Natsu retorted still on Lisanna's shoulders.
Gray look to Natsu and Lisanna, as Happy and Lucy stared wide eyed at what was going on. Gray added hoarsely, "No…"
Lucy ran up to the raven haired Ice mage, placing a solemn hand to his back to comfort him while Natsu straightened himself after Lisanna released him.
"Are you okay?" Lucy asked concerned.
"Gray, that was uncalled for hitting Natsu for nothing. You're more violent than you are normally. So tell us, what's the problem?" Lisanna asked, trying to calm Natsu down before he gets mad at him. The group took their gaze to Deliora while Gray continued speaking.
"My master Ur cast a spell called Iced Shell on this demon." Gray explained, "It's an unmalting ice. Not even the most powerful explosive flame spells can melt it. So why would they carry this off if they knew that?" he asked.
"Maybe they don't know," Lucy answered, "Maybe they're trying to melt it somehow."
But Gray snapped, making the Celestial mage look scared, "For what, though?!"
"I-I don't know…" she replied nervously.
"This is too much." Gray sighed, "Who would bring Deliora here, and why?"
"It's simple, let's go after those guys." Natsu requested, "They seem bent to releasing it, they might know something on what they're trying to do."
"Yeah," Lucy and Lisanna agreed but Gray declined with a simple, "No."
The three mages look to Gray, wondering why he choose no. He added still facing Deliora, "We'll wait here."
"For what?" asked Happy curiously.
"For the moon to come out." He responded to the blue cat's question.
"The moon? But it's the middle of the day." Lisanna said, arms folded, "We have to wait that long?"
"Yes." Gray replied.
Natsu grumbled, crossing his arms. "We do?"
Both of them nodded, the Dragon Slayer staring crossly at them.
"What is this about, Gray?" Lucy asked.
"I get the strange feeling that the island's curse and Deliora have something to do with the moon." Gray replied his hands still balled into fists, "They said something about "moonlight being fully gathered soon", too."
"Oh, right." Lucy remembered thinking back to the ones called Toby, Yuka, and Sherry and their conversation they had, "I am curious to know what's happening and what they're up to…" but was interrupted by Natsu, his patience starting to wear thin.
"I can't sit here! Let's go after them!" he roared.
But it was only a few minutes that passed, and Natsu was fast asleep, snoring loudly with Lisanna sitting next to him, a soft smile on her face eyeing the sleeping Dragon Slayer.
"That was fast." Lucy commented.
"Aye," Happy agreed.
Lucy sat herself on the cave floor, watching the sleeping Dragon Slayer with Happy and Lisanna, a hand to her chin and her Star-Make book plopped on her knees.
"Sheesh. He acts purely on instinct, doesn't he?" Lucy sighed.
"Pretty much, but you'll get used to it." Lisanna replied, "So how's that book I gave you treating you?"
"It's really interesting, thanks for giving it to me." Lucy replied back.
"You're welcome, but let me give you a friendly advice. Maker magic or molding magic is tough to master. But remember be careful with it. It takes a lot of practice to master maker magic, so be careful."
"Gotcha," Lucy nodded understandingly. She put her eyes from Lisanna and to Natsu sighing, "In a way I'm jealous... I wish I had his energy sometimes." After hearing Natsu snoring on for a while, she set on eyes on Gray, who sat alone on a rock. He seem to be deep in thought, it wasn't like him to not be setting with them. What was on the raven haired mage's mind?
'Ur…' Gray thought as his thought change to his memories, thinking about the one called Ur.
Flash back— (Cue Fairy Tail main them-Piano Version—Fairy Tail Volume two Soundtrack)
It was snowing from what Gray remembered, as he just around eight years old. He stood in the snow, freezing, shivering, and another boy standing behind him as he faced the back of Ur. Ur was a woman of average height with a slim, curvaceous figure. She had short dark purple hair that was kept at a shoulder length. Her clothes were light despite being in the snow, consisted of a grey jacket, jeans and a red tank top.
"Can you keep up, Gray" Ur asked, hearing the shivering coming from the young boy, before turning with a smile, "My training is tough, you know."
Gray, dressed in a tan coat with a blue shirt underneath, breathed heavily, his body feeling cold. But he looks up at her with determination in his eyes, "Yeah! I'll do whatever I have to!"
Present time—
Gray had his hands curled together near his face, still thinking about to the past as Lucy sat bored, putting her book and sighing loudly.
"I know I agreed to wait, but this boring…" Lucy whined,
"Aye!" agreed Lisanna and Happy.
"I know!" the Celestial mage responded, clapping her two hands together with delight. Happy and Lisanna looked confused at her as she pulled out one of her silver keys, one of them having a harp as a picture. Lucy then announced, "Open! Gate of the Harp Constellation! Lyra!" as a blue magic circle appeared from the key, as both pink smoke and yellow stars appeared and revealing another spirit in Lucy's possession who look excited to see her, her left hand waving fast.
She appeared to be a young girl with waist strawberry blond length hair that curls at the end, and wears a pink bonnet on top of her head. Her cheeks have round blush marks, and she wore a long dress with heart prints by her waist and wore leather shoes as well. She has small white wings and a large harp on her back.
"Long time, no see, Lucy!" she greeted happily.
"Hi Lyra!" Lucy greeted back smiling as the Harp spirit stood up to Lucy and pout on her face, "Sheesh! You hardly ever call me!" she turned sideways from Lucy, still smiling, "I want to help lots more! You're such a meanie!"
"Meanie?" Lucy repeated, eyes crossed, "I'm only allowed to call you like three times a month."
Lyra turned quickly to her while Happy's eyes were closed while sitting in Lisanna's arms, "Huh? Really?!"
"Another weirdo…" Happy commented as Gray still sat where he was and Natsu snoring loudly.
"So, what should I sing for you today?!" Lyra asked excitedly with Lucy replying with, "Anything. I'll let you decide!"
"Okay! Then I'll just sing whatever! Yay!" Lyra responded happily, holding thumbs up with Lucy explaining to the Happy and Lisanna, "Lyra's a really good singer!"
"My sister is really good singer too." Lisanna pointed out with a smile.
Lyra placed her hands to her blue harp, and began to strum at the strings, letting out a calming sound that both Happy and Lisanna were relaxed. Natsu slept soundly now, a smile on his face and his snoring stopped. Lucy fell asleep, a smile on her face as everyone could hear Lyra's song.
(Cue Lyra's Song—Fairy Tail Soundtrack)
Some words are born…
Some words fade away...
Some words live on inside you…
When it seems you're about to come to a stop…
…they transform into courage…
Gray remained still as Lyra sang, the anger he was feeling starting to soften a bit. He startled to stifle, tears starting to form from his eyes as this thoughts returned to Ur.
Now, walk forth…
Because you have grown stronger since then…
Don't feel lose anymore…
Have faith in those words from then…
Gray stood in the snow somewhere close to the mountains, his master Ur's back he was facing. A serious look was on her face as she crossed her arms, a light blue magic circle forming in front of her. She conjured an Ice Make: Shield demonstrating it to the mage. Gray followed suit, forming a light blue magic circle in front of him trying to perform Ice Make: Shield, but the magic back fired and the young Gray fell backwards to the snow, his master watching with her hands to her hips. She smiled at the young Ice mage in training as Gray frowned in disappointment. He placed a hand to his head, rubbing it from hitting the ground. He decided to try again, getting up to perform his magic, finally conjuring an Ice shield his size in front of him. He panted slightly, but turned to Ur with a serious look, the dark purple haired master smiling. She nodded kindly as Gray's memory ended.
Gray started to cry, a tear shedding from his eyes. This catch everyone's attention as the music stopped. The girls asked concerned, "Wha…? Gray?"
"Yeah? What?" he replied rudely.
"You were crying…" Happy pointed out,
"Lyra is good at singing about what people are feeling, but…" Lucy said as Happy added, "You were crying…"
Gray's face was back to the dark angry expression it was before, his teeth clenched once more as he spat darkly, "I was not!"
Lucy look to Lyra, deciding to break the tension with, "Sing something happier, Lyra!"
"Huh?!" the harp spirit questioned, "You should have said so!"
"Now that I think about it, be quiet!" he retorted harshly, "What is someone shows up?!"
Everyone (unfortunately) decided to sleep, Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy slept close to one another, Natsu still sleeping, and Gray sleeping/sitting in thought as the sound of rumbling was coming from above. Lucy and Lisanna yawned, rubbing their eyes as Lucy asked, "What's that sound?"
"Is it night?!" Natsu screamed getting bolt up from the ground.
Gray opened his eyes too as a purple magic circle appeared from the ceiling shining light into the cave as it started to grow bigger, making that of Natsu, Lisanna, and Lucy to speak in unison, "There's light…" were the girls' word as Natsu finished with, "…coming from the ceiling!"
"Purple light… Is it the moonlight?!" Gray asked while Happy stood near him mouth open wide.
"What is this?! What's going on?!" Happy demanded terrified.
Light stared to pour over the ice on Deliora, making even the ice glow purple from just the light the magic circle emitted.
"It's shining on Deliora!" Gray realized.
"This is no coincidence!" Natsu admitted.
"Let's go! Find the source of the light!" Gray ordered the group.
"Aye!" Happy agreed as the dive mages took off the other way to leave the cave and Deliora. Light still shined over the ice as Gray lead the way, followed by Natsu, Happy, with Lisanna and Lucy bring up the rear. They climbed some step which they hope lead them out the cave as purple light hinted their freedom. They were back in the temple's top floor to find a large magic circle in the temple shining light to the ceiling as Gray commented, "There was a magic circle in the middle of the ruins?!"
"Higher up!" Natsu said as he and his friends took off to get to the top of the temple to see what was going on. Hurrying up more stairs, the group finally exited the temple and was now outside. They gasped to find a group of hooded people all formed in a circle chanting as the moonlight shined down to the ground. The five got closer to see them as Natsu asked, "What is that?!"
"Shh!" ordered the girls to Natsu so they listen in properly.
From their viewpoint, they were chanting and it seems they were concentrating the moonlight to the two magic circles they found. What was their angle, what was their involvement with the light found in the cave? As they chanted on, more magic circles appeared over one another like layers as it reached to the sky channeling the moon like into the ground.
"The moon…" Gray realized.
"These guys really are collecting the moon's light?" Natsu asked.
"And they're shining it on Deliora…" Lisanna added but Lucy asked," But what for?!"
"It's Moon Drip, belianese spell?" a girl's voice answered from beside them. Lucy panicked looking at her right, but found Lyra kneeled with them.
"You're still here?!" Lucy asked, surprised the harp spirit didn't return to the Celestial spirit world already. Lyra had to eyes no fix on the ceremony that was taking place.
"Ah. So that's what's going on." Lyra said.
"What? What do you mean?" Lucy asked wide eyed.
"These guys are trying to use Moon Drip to revive that underground demon!" Lyra explained.
"What?!" Natsu gasped.
Gray responded, his dark guys flared with anger, "That's impossible! Iced Shell is unmeltable!"
"Moon Drip can melt it," the harp spirit replied with Lucy looking at her, "Focused moon energy can break any spell at all."
Happy stood shocked, his mouth wide open, "You can't be serious…"
Gray gritted his teeth in anger, "They have no idea how horrific Deliora is!"
"I think the Moon Drip is the cause of the phenomenon the islanders believe is a curse." Lucy suggested, "Concentrated moon energy can contaminate people's bodies too. That's how powerful this magic is."
"Those bastards…!" Natsu spat.
"Hold it!" Lucy called, her elbow hitting Natsu squarely in the jaw causing him to fall to the ground, "Someone's here!"
Stepping into the area was an unknown young man of average height with a muscular and toned body that was covered in the clothes he wore. He sported a large white cape, with a wide collar, golden edges and fur trimmings over the shoulders, held closed by belt, adorned by a stylized snake with rectangular coils, and its corresponding buckle, with more belts and buckles, placed a few centimeters away from one another and below the first, being left untied. Below this cape, he wore a blue, high-collared tunic with golden edges, reaching down below his knees, with the part coming down from below the simple belt tied around his waist having an opening in the front. The tunic sported a large, dark cross-like design on the back, and is worn over a dark shirt. His outfit also included baggy dark pants tucked inside armored greaves, composed of different plates and sporting knee caps, and an ornamental helmet obscuring most of his face. Bearing resemblance to a skull, this helmet sported a front part which covered his upper face, revealing his mouth and nose, with a line of sharp teeth beneath it, his eyes not being visible from the eye slits of the mask, which was adorned by a spiraling motif. The helmet also came equipped with striped horns pointing frontwards and with a large crest made of spiky fur, falling on his back. And along with this unknown man were Toby, Sherry, and Yuka. Gray stared at the unknown man, taking into the accent this was the person that spoke of.
The four individuals started to walk to the ceremony of moonlight being gathered directly under Deliora, the young man in front's metal boots clanging as he step, his subordinates following suit.
"Damn. I'm sleepy because we woke up during the day." Yuka groaned hands in his pockets while Toby behind seem to be trying to walk and sleep at the same time, "We didn't even find the intruders."
"Were there even any?!" Toby snapped waking up to yelled at the short young man.
The unknown man and Sherry stopped to face the ceremony, the pink haired girl saying, "It's sad, Cold Emperor." At which the Cold Emperor look her as she added, "It appeared that there were intruders during the day, but they got away. I am unfit to speak of love."
"Intruders…" repeated Gray as Natsu asked, "So he's the Cold Emperor?!"
"Looks like it, but I wonder why he's called that?" Lisanna asked curiously.
"He sure looks high and mighty, especially with that weird mask!" Lucy observed eyeing the unknown man's appearance.
"Weird, I'd say it's showy if you ask me," Lisanna commented eyeing his appearance too, "But if he's the one causing the curse with the Moon Drip, then he's our target to stop it."
The Cold Emperor spoke, a tone fitting his appearance, "Is Deliora's revival still incomplete?" he asked Sherry.
From the look of it, it will be today or tomorrow…" Sherry replied, but Toby interrupted with a yell of, "Which one?!" getting Sherry's attention to stare at the impatient young man.
"At long last…" said the Cold Emperor, causing Gray to gasp in shock to the sound of that voice, "As for the intruders… I've come too far to be interfered for now. "
"Yes. The only people on this island are in the village in the outskirts." Sherry replied to him.
"Go eradicate the village," the Emperor ordered Yuka, Toby, and Sherry.
"Yes, sir." replied Yuka eyes closed and Sherry as well.
"Understood!" barked Toby.
"What?!" gasped Natsu while both girls shared the same looks of panic and worry for the village.
"The villagers have nothing to do with this this!" Lucy exclaimed.
"He's really going to kill innocent people, he really is a "Cold Emperor"," Lisanna commented hands balled into fists, 'There is no way I'm letting that happen…' and looks to Natsu who had the same idea.
"Got no choice, then…!" Natsu decided.
"I'm not fond of blood, but…" the Emperor smiled to which Gray started to realize who this voice was, his own face full of shock, "That voice… No… It can't be…!"
But Gray was interrupted by Natsu who roared, making everyone except Lisanna look shock, "All right! I'm sick of sneaking around!"
Natsu took in an immense fire form inside, shooting a stream of flames into the air yelling, "We're the ones who came to interfere!"
The four turned to see what the commotion was and whose voice that yelled out as they found a grinning boy wearing a white muffler and another individual with a disapproving scowl on her face and on her back were red, yellow, and orange wings and red covered arms.
"Urgh! I understand Natsu playing it by ear, but Lisanna too!" Lucy spat in annoyance.
"What should I do? Sing?" Lyra asked excitedly.
"You can go back." Lucy replied vein throbbing on her head.
"Aww, you're no fun!" Lyra said still smiling happy as she disappears by a poof of pink smoke.
Back with the four, they eyed the emblem on Natsu's shoulders and the little they could see of Lisanna's from her left thigh.
"Those emblems! They're from Fairy Tail!" Sherry realized with shock.
"I see, so the villagers asked the guild for help." Yuka said.
"What are you doing?" the emperor asked, his subordinates still here. "Go and eradicate the village," he ordered once more.
They look back at him quickly as Lucy questioned, "Huh?"
"Why?!" the two fire mages asked
The Cold Emperor continued speaking, his left hand rose into a fist, "Those who stand in the way, and those who concocted said scheme… They're the enemy."
"Why?!" shouted Natsu and Lisanna his teeth bared and an angry look on her face, "Why, you…!" they exclaimed running to the Emperor, but Gray ran pass them his sights on the masked man too. With his hand charged with ice magic, Gray demanded furiously, "Stop your stupid ceremony or whatever this instant!" and slammed his hands to the ground, as a geyser of ice appeared that sent the three subordinates back, but the masked emperor to jump into the air. The masked Emperor then formed a light blue magic circle into his hand as many ice spikes appeared on the ground to form an even bigger geyser of ice. As the ice shattered, Lucy gasped as Happy realized, "He uses ice too?!"
Gray stared at the masked emperor teeth clenched in anger as the emperor stared at him, the aftermath of his last attack blowing away. Gray step back and growled in anger, "Lyon!"
Natsu and Lisanna gasped. How did Gray know who he was? Lucy was shocked too, "Lyon?" she repeated.
"Damn you… you realized what you're doing?" Gray growled in anger.
The Cold Emperor or Lyon as Gray called him shucked, "It's been a while, Gray."
Happy and Lucy gasped in shock too. This Cold Emperor or Lyon knows Gray too? What's going on?
"What is the meaning of this?!" Gray demanded.
"To think that you were one of the mages the villagers called here…" Lyon replied coolly, "Did you come here knowingly? Or was it sheer coincidence." He added before continuing on, "Not that it makes any difference…"
"An acquaintance of yours, Cold Emperor Lyon?" asked Yuka.
Toby growled as Lyon ordered, "Get going. I can handle this myself."
"Yes, sir!" said the three subordinates as they took to the deed Lyon requested them to do.
"Oh, no, you don't!" Natsu yelled as he and Lisanna as Gray kept his teeth bared at Lyon. The two mages ran to stop Sherry, Toby, and Yuka from harming the village as Gray called, "Stop, Natsu and Lisanna! Don't move!"
Lyon held out his right, emitting a mist that stop Natsu in his tracks the same with Lisanna as the mages were stunned. Suddenly, ice began to crystalize on their bodies, the two screaming as Lucy called, "Natsu! Lisanna!" but Gray interrupted ordering, "Happy! Take Lucy out of here!"
"Aye!" Happy understood his white angel wings out as he took hold of Lucy's blouse as they took out into the air. "Wait…!" Lucy called to blue cat.
Back on the ground, Lyon held his left hand out as Gray sent out ice shards at Lyon. Lyon held his right hand out, conjuring a shield in front of him. Unlike the one Gray makes, it was different more like how a shield should look like. The shield stops Gray's attack, much to The Fairy Tail Ice mage's dislike as both his comrades grunted, "Damn! We can't move!" as the ice formed into diamonds covering their bodies.
Up I the air as they were headed back to the village, Lucy asked, "Happy! You're going abandon Natsu and Lisanna?!"
"They're surrounded by a magic that chills empty spaces!" Happy explained, "We would've turned into ice next if we had stayed there!"
"But if we don't help Natsu and Lisanna, they'll…" Lucy replied fearing the worst outcome for the two mages. But Happy then cried out, "Who'll save the village if all get beaten?!"
Lucy gasped, understanding the words Happy were saying. If they lost to Lyon, then no one would stop his subordinates from harming the village. It was up to them to protect everyone in the village. She replied softly, "I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were fighting back the urge to help them…" She look up to the blue cat an encouraging smile now on her face, "I'm sure Natsu and Lisanna will be fine. Ice is nothing to a Salamander and a Phoenix!"
"Aye!" Happy agreed as they continued onwards as Lyon faced the three mages who stood ready to continue the fight.
"So you created an opening for that other girl and cat to escape…" Lyon confirmed, "No matter. I doubt those two can stop Sherry and the others."
"I wouldn't underestimate Fairy Tail mages if I were you!" Lisanna retorted both her and Natsu glaring angrily at him.
Gray immediately turned his attention to his two comrades, taking his foot and kicking Natsu's Ice covered body which hit Lisanna's as the two were sent tumbling and screaming off the temple and into the forest as Lisanna's voice screamed, "I'll kill you for this, Fullbuster!" and they were gone. 'Sorry you two, but I don't want you involved… Lisanna, forgive me for that.' Gray thought, now facing Lyon all alone.
"I see you're still as reckless as ever," Lyon said, "Aren't they your friends?"
"That spell can destroy ice and everything inside it if you feel like it." Gray replied, but Lyon added, "Which is why you sent it outside the range of my magic?" he smiled adding, "You're pretty clever, after all."
"Could you quit acting like you're my superior, Lyon?!" Gray retorted angrily, stepping one food foreword, "You're not Ur's student anymore!"
"Neither are you, Gray," Lyon replied arms in his cloak before reaching for his mask to remove it, revealing his face. He had bluish silver hair, most of which are spiky strands that jut upwards on top of his head, except for some which are kept pointing down and partially cover the upper left part of his face. Lyon's eyes were slanted, with dark round pupils and surrounded by similarly dark lines. He has small, linear, dark eyebrows. On his ear he donned a small, light-colored earring on his left earlobe, which takes the shape of a stylized snowflake, "Because Ur is no longer of this world
"She scarified her life to seal Deliora away!" Gray yelled to the former pupil of Ur, "You're trying to destroy her legacy!"
"Don't delude yourself," Lyon replied coldly, "You killed Ur."
Gray was shocked by Lyon's harsh words. He thinks… he killed Ur? No, that wasn't true, he never killed her. Lyon continued on, his eyes slanted, "I'm amazed you've have the nerve to live, Gray."
Meanwhile with Natsu and Lisanna—
The two mages were upside down after being kicked away from the temple. They struggled and grunted to get back on their feet, until finally they let out a jet of fire to lunch them from off the ground to in the air. They landed then firmly on the ground, still covered in the ice Lyon traps them in. Natsu turned hotly back at the temple where the moon trip ceremony was taking place and the battle between the two ice mages, "Gray, you jerk! I'll get you for this!"
"Of all the times he tries to get rid of you and he drags me involve in the pain?" Lisanna groaned, wishing full well she could place her hands to her face right now, "That bastard, I could have helped him."
"Hey Lisanna, can you melt the ice around you?" Natsu asked still piss that Gray would do this both of them without warning. His left hand was wrapped in flames, but he couldn't melt the ice that Lyon traps them in.
"It must have something to do with that Ice spell Lyon traps the two of us in. He's truly a master of Ice Make, on par with Gray." Lisanna replied.
"Then we'll have to worry about the ice later. The village is in danger and Lucy and Happy will need our help." Natsu replied back looking the other way.
"Right, let's move." Lisanna agreed as the two set off back to the village to assist Happy and Lucy on stopping the subordinates from harming the villagers. But unfortunately as Natsu pointed out, "Crap! It's hard to run like this!"
Meanwhile out in the sea—
While everything was going on Galuna Island, a certain someone was making her way there like Lisanna her own way. On a pirate ship out in the sea, many of the crew on board was defeated and all around the deck as one of the remaining pirates, the captain look to the person who singled handed defeated his crew.
"Wh-Why do you want to go to that horrible island?!" he asked nervously to the unknown person. He panicked looking into the anger stare he was given, "I-If you don't mind my asking…"
"Just steer." A young woman's voice asked sternly causing the pirate captain to jump in shock.
"R-Right…!" he stammered turning back around to face the ocean and steer the boat.
Several of the pirates got up from the wood deck to face Erza who had her arms to her sides and looking serious as ever.
"Come on, lady! I mean ma'am! I beg you!" the pirate captain pleaded before correcting himself, "Galuna Island is cursed! They say people turn into demons there!"
"I have no interested in that." She responded darkly.
"Y-Yes ma'am…!" the captain stammered, seeing the dark look in her eyes.
Her windblown scarlet hair blown so slightly in the starlight as she said sternly, "I'm simply on my way to punish some rule-breakers and help my fellow comrade. That's all."
The pirate crew all gathered around their captain, showing love and admiration to the scarlet haired armored mage as the captain sweatdrop in embarrassment of his crew. Calls of 'So Cool!', 'You're wonderful!', 'Let's go, Big Sis!', and 'we'll follow you anywhere you!' was heard from the members as Erza said calmly, "Good. Then please hurry."
"Aye, sir!" rang the members of the crew as the captain said nervously, "L-Let me join in too, Big Sis!"
"Steady as she goes!" were heard form more members as they set their sails to Galuna Island, where Natsu and his group were and unknown to the latter except Lisanna, she was coming and she was to punish them for taking the request. Erza stood still and serious determined to get there soon. She couldn't believe what the master told her the other day, that Natsu took an S-Class request and took Happy and Lucy along with him Also it was brought to her attention that Gray was supposed to bring them back, but it seems the Ice mage didn't, and now he's a guilty party like the rest. And Lisanna, the young white haired mage was given permission to go to Galuna Island and meet up with her, so she wasn't to be punished. Erza knows that while certain traits Lisanna gained from Natsu were the minority, Lisanna was more responsible and only wants to keep Natsu safe. She remains where she stood as another young woman's voice spoke to her breaking her concentration.
"You seem to have things covered, right Miss Scarlet?" the girl asked
Erza turned her attention to a young girl around 17-18 years old of relatively small stature with pale skin, short silvery hair, with bangs covering her forehead, and indigo-colored eyes. Her clothes consist of a short dress made up of white feathers with two bird-like wings that hang from her back. The dress splits just above her navel, becoming more reminiscent of a vest. While the sides of her torso are covered, much of her chest is not. The deep, revealing v-cut is lined by a row of long feathers on either side, thus continue up her torso and wrap around her shoulders to form a sort of collar. Two wing-like tattoos could be found on her collarbone. Her skirt is also partially split down the middle. The girl wore a dark-blue ribbon around her head, with four bows hanging from it, two on each side, which cover her ears. Her hair is cut in a short bob, with two tresses reaching over her hair ribbon to frame her face, a piece of hair at the top curls into a halo that rises conspicuously from her head. She also wore long, dark blue gloves that cover her arms passed her elbows and knee-length, dark blue stockings with light blue, feathered boots.
"Yes, and you can drop the formalities, call me Erza…" The scarlet haired mage replied, "I'm sorry what was your name again"
"Sorano, but my codename is Angel," the young girl replied. (A/N 3)
"With the Dark guild, Oración Seis correct?" Erza asked calmly.
"Soon to be former member pretty soon..." she replied back look into the sky.
"Well that's a surprise for a dark mage to change sides so easily, what's the sudden change?" asked Erza curiously.
Sorano paused, look down to her blue gloved hands, "Have you ever regretted something after so long that it started to eat you up inside?"
"Yes, I can agree with you. There are these events in my past that I wish I could have tried harder to prevent." Erza responded, "So why the sudden empathy?
Sorano paused again, her indigo eyes staring into the sea, "My little sister and how I'd be a terrible person if she found out who I was." She took her spot near the bow and spoke again to Erza, "When I was really young, around seven years old, I was taken away from my little sister and our parents were killed. After that, was taken to this faraway place until one year later I was freed by my Guild master." She looks to her gloved hands feeling as if something contaminated them, "I did horrible things under his wake and three years ago, I killed someone who was nearly clinging to life. It took some time for me to understand that what I was doing wasn't the answer."
"That's shows you aren't completely evil if you still cling to the light, Sorano." Erza replied giving the young girl a solemn smile and pat on the back, "The fact remains you choose to want to redeem yourself for your sister, that's true courage."
Sorano smiled, looking at the dark eyes of Titania, "Thanks, that's makes me feel a lot better."
"So you must know what that dark guild is up too right?" Erza asked.
"They're planning something really big so I'm not sure what it is yet." She look to the scarlet haired mage and requested, "If you let me into your guild, I can be your spy for you. Find out what they're up to."
Erza smiled, "That'll be great, although you might want change your image. You might cause trouble if people know who you are."
"Don't worry, I got it covered." Sorano replied taking out a bag full of clothes, "People know Angel, but not who she really is. Be right back." she added to Titania and made her way to a vacant room in the Pirate ship to change. A few minutes later, Sorano emerged to the deck in a whole new look. Her silvery hair was covered by a short light blue wig with white highlights. She now dressed in a white and blue top with a plain white skirt with several keys attached to her belt in a style that made Erza think of Lucy. On her feet were white boots that reached to her thighs. The angel motif still showed on Sorano, as her top was decorated with little angel wings on the back.
"So, how do I look?" Sorano asked nervously.
"A new you…" Erza stated arms folded as the two continued staring at the sea as their destination was coming soon.
Meanwhile on the island—
As the moon Drip ceremony was still underway, the onlookers who were chanting took their gaze from the Moon Drip and to the battle of Gray and Lyon as the two were ready to square off.
"I'll say it again," Lyon repeated coolly, "You killed Ur." As Gray's eyes twitch with anger, his teeth still bared. While his eyes remained slanted, he added his hand charging with magic as he bellowed, "It is presumptuous of you to speak her name!" as a ball of ice hit Gray squarely in the chest causing him to fly back and crash into a piece of the ruins. Gray sat after the impact of the attack, his lowered as he said to the former pupil of Ur," L-Lyon…" and Gray struggled to get back on his feet, his head still lowered.
"What's the matter? Feeling too guilty to fight back." he taunted, "In that case, please stay out of my way. I'm going to revive Deliora."
Gray grunted in anger as he yelled back, "I won't let you!"
As Lyon eyed the anger in Gray's eyes, his eyes remained cold in them. Lyon finally dropped the mask he was still carrying as now the former pupil held his arm up again to charge ice magic in his left arm, "That's more like it. Let's play again, for old times' sake." and a light blue Magic circle appeared and vanished as Lyon called, "Ice Make: Eagle!" as Lyon creates several eagles out of ice that fly their way to Gray. The Fairy Tail mage stood his ground, standing his usual pose, announced, "Ice Make: Shield!" and the wall of ice resembling petals to protect himself from Lyon's attack, but the ice eagles went pass the ice shield, causing him to cry out in pain.
As Lyon held out his hand still channeling magic, the silver haired mage said, "Static Ice Making, creating objects was always tour specialty, while dynamic Ice Making, creating animals, is my specialty! Have you forgotten that my ice can move about?!" he asked as Gray jumped into the air, charging his hands together as he exclaimed, "Ice Make: Hammer!" and a large hammer shaped from ice emerged from the magic circle and headed its way to Lyon, but the other Ice mage countered, his left hand out, "Ice Make: Ape!" and creates a static version of a large ape from ice as it shatters the hammer Gray made. Gray landed back to the ground to face Lyon again.
"What a joke!" Lyon laughed, "I see you still use both hands for your make magic."
"That's what Ur taught us!" Gray retorted angrily, "Single-handed Make magic is incomplete and unbalanced!"
"I'm an exception." Lyon frowned, I surpassed Ur's level years ago."
"Don't act so cocky…!" Gray growled in anger as Lyon retorted coldly, "I say the same to you. Tell me, did you ever once hit me with an attack?" he asked.
Gray growled in anger teeth still clenched as he placed his two hands together one palm over the other as another magic appeared for a second before placing his left fist over his right hand and growled, "Don't mistake those times with now!" as he placed his back to this right before shouting out both hands covered with mist, "Ice Geyser!" and freezes the ground in front of Lyon as ice formed around him, creating a tower of ice spikes. While Gray's attack was being formed, the onlookers panicked and rand around, leaving the area for safety. But Gray's Ice Geyser shattered on its own, making the Ice mage shock with revelation to what he was looking at. The mist and ice started to clear, revealing a perfectly fine Lyon.
"Nothing has changed." Lyon stated, with Gray still shock e was unharmed, "I was the elder student, and I was stronger than you." Gray gritted his teeth even more as Lyon added, "I earned to use single-handed Make magic, but you never could." Gray's anger boiled even farther as he repeated coldly, "Nothing has changed. Our paths maybe different, but our time remains frozen and unchanged. "With his left hand raised into the air, a magic circled appeared once more and the silvered haired mage summoned a dragon made out of ice and hit Gray, shooting him into the air as he slowly fell to earth as Lyon added frowning, "That's why I'm going to melt the ice. To follow the path that was sealed off. Ur was my goal. Surpassing her was my dream," as a memory of a younger Lyon standing with a younger Gray as the two boys stood with Ur, "But you took that dream away from me. I thought I would never be able to surpass her now." As he stood in front of a kneeling Gray who gritted his teeth after that last attack he continued on, "But then I realized there was a way. If I can defeat Deliora, which not even Ur could vanquish… then I will surpassed her." he smiled coolly, "I can have the rest of my dream."
Gray stood, flabbergasted beyond belief at what his old friend was trying to do and planning to do. So he's going to let many innocent people along with his comrades either die or get hurt all for this 'Surpassing Ur' crap? Gray only had the right words to say about this reveal, "Are you insane?! That's your goal?! Even you know how horrific Deliora is!"
Lyon still frowned, as Gray pleaded, "Stop this! You can't do it!"
But Lyon's response wasn't words, but ice spikes he conjured to send the Fairy Tail Ice mage screaming in pain as Lyon finally spoke, in a tone of someone who has complete lost it and made up their minds, "Stop? You can't do it?" he repeated mockingly, as Gray was sent flying and landing on his back, "We said those exact same words to you then. Surely you haven't forgotten!" his slanted eyes widening, "Ur died because you challenged Deliora!" and forms a iced punch that sky rocked Gray into the air helpless as Lyon was easily about to take advantage of him as he exclaimed, "You aren't fit to say Ur's name! Begone!" and conjures another snow dragon that hit Gray directly as Lyon bellowed once more, "Disappear forever!" And the Snow Dragon curved back to hit Gray for the final time, the Fairy Tail Ice mage screaming in pain.
Meanwhile, Happy and Lucy were still airborne as the blue cat struggled to keep Lucy in the air as they tried their best to get back. Natsu and Lisanna continued their slow trek back to the village; ice still covered their bodies as their faces formed angry scowls.
Cue Sad past—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
Back with Gray, the Ice mage still laid there face first in the top of the temple after his defeat by Lyon. Despite being scratched up, his eyes remained on, as he thought back to be in the same position years ago. Laying here just like this after being defeated.
Flashback—
A younger Gray Fullbuster lay in the cold snow, his shirt gone as he lay there face first. His teacher Ur spoke behind him with her hands to her hip, "What's the matter? Giving up that easily?" she asked, "Get up, Gray… Get up, Gray…" she order as the memory fad to who was really talking behind him in the night, "Get up, Gray!" spoke two young voices, both boy and girl.
Natsu and Lisanna stood over their defeated comrade, Natsu frowned in disappointment, "Man, you're lame, getting your butt kick so bad… "
"Natsu, Lisanna… what are you doing here…?" Gray asked weakly.
"We couldn't find the way back to the village so we decided to come up here and see." Lisanna said taking a good look of the top of the temple, "Looks like Lyon and those people left. Anyway, we found it now. Natsu, get him up would you?"
"Sure, come on, let's go." Natsu ordered, taking Gray's shirt and grabs him to help him on his feet.
"Wait… I can't walk." he replied to the two mages looking back them. "Where's Lyon?" he added, seeing everyone was gone, just as Lisanna pointed out,
"No idea." Natsu added while Gray remained on his knees and Lisanna facing with the two boys, "No one was here, and the ceremony is over. It's like Lisanna said, everyone left."
Gray felt the fatigue of the battle and the pain he was dealt to by Lyon as he was ready to keel over to the ground, but Natsu still held him by his shirt, a serious look on his face. Lisanna look to the two boys as Natsu hoisted Gray onto his icy back, ready to carry the mage back to the village along with Lisanna.
"Damn! It'll be our faults if they go after Lucy!" Natsu said to the two.
(Cue Fairy Tail Main Theme—Slow Version—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
As Natsu (with Gray on his back) and Lisanna made their way back to the village to help Lucy and Happy, Gray kept his eyes opened as anther memory faded before his eyes.
Flashback—
Inside the cabin Ur took care of him and Lyon, the purple haired teacher yelled while a younger Lyon looked shocked, "Stop! You know you don't stand a chance against Deliora! It's too much for you, Gray!"
As his memory faded away, Gray thought back to Natsu demanding to go on the S-Class request.
"I'm doing this S-Class request!" Natsu demanded eyes crossed with anger.
"It's an S-Class job because you don't have the skill for it! Just like two years ago!" Gray retorted eyes crossed too staring at the pink haired mage.
The second memory faded away as Gray clenched his teeth together, asking the Dragon Slayer and Takeover mage, "Natsu… Lisanna…"
"Yeah?" they replied back looking back at him.
"I have no reason to criticize you, Natsu… And Lisanna, I can tell there's a reason you came here because of what happened two years ago… No place at all…" as tear fell from his eyes. The two mages roared in unison, "Quit feeling sorry for yourself just 'cause you lost! We're members of Fairy Tail!" as Gray stared unblinkingly at them as they continued, "The guild that doesn't know how to stop! The only way we can live is to keep moving!"
Natsu then started to run, complaining, "Argh! It's even harder to run!" as they made their back to the village.
Meanwhile with Lucy—
The blond haired Celestial mage had returned to the village in time with Happy to tell the village what they have found out. She told them that a demon called Deliora is hidden in the a secret cave underneath the Moon Temple and that Lyon and his subordinates are using a magic called Moon Drip to melt the ice and release Deliora. And Deliora might be the connection to the curse placed on the island. She continued her explanation to the islanders with her hand to her hips, "So the guys about to attack are responsible for your transformation!"
"They're coming here?!" a villager asked in fear of what the group might do.
"Yes," Lucy replied, "But this also our chance to catch them and find out how to turn you back to normal."
The villagers look amongst themselves wondering if Lucy's plan will work.
"Will it really be that easy?" asked another villager.
"I dunno about this." another replied unsurely at this plan.
"Are they serious?" asked another hands to his chin.
"Those three are probably mages, though. They won't be easy to catch." Happy assured them and Lucy.
"Yeah," Lucy replied hand to her chin, "We outnumber them, but we have zero mages."
"Wait a minute!" Happy interjected, "You're a mage in this story, so you can fight too!"
Lucy didn't hear Happy as she claps her hands in delight, a smile on her face which caught everyone off guard, "I just thought of a great plan!"
"I gotta a bad feeling about this…" Happy frowned popping up front of the mage.
"What all this ruckus about?" the Village chief asked walking up to the crowd of the villagers and Lucy.
"Village chief," one of the villagers said seeing him.
"Please Listen!" Lucy demanded, "The enemy will be raiding this village very soon!
"Enemy?" Moka repeated.
"They've taken up residence in the ruins in the forest and are responsible for transforming everyone!" she explained.
"I don't care about that!" Moka exclaimed wildly, "Why haven't you destroyed the moon yet?!"
"Th-There's no reason to destroy the moon anymore." She replied nervously while still keeping a smile, "We just need to catch the guys responsible…!"
But Moka interrupted the blond haired mage with cries of, "The moon! Destroy the moon!" as villagers grabbed his frantic arms, the right demon saying, "Village Chief! Please calm down!"
"Come this way." The left demon order as they dragged the frantic acting Moka away. Lucy watched the ordeal with a sweat drop down the back of her head. Talk about obsessed about destroying moons.
"Please don't take it personally." Another villager asked, getting Lucy's attention as she turned to him, "He did lose his son Bobo and all…"
"Yes," Lucy replied looking at the red skinned demon, Anyway, we have to catch the enemy."
"But how?" he asked.
(Cue Work Hard Lucy!-Fairy Tail Volume one soundtrack)
Lucy closed her eyes with an assuring smile, "Just leave it to Lucy, the greatest Celestial mage in Fairy Tail! I know it'll all work out!" as Lucy thought, squealing, 'Ohh! That's feels great!'
"She's getting cocky…!" Happy realized in a hush whisper. Meanwhile in two different locations (the sea and the island), Natsu, Lisanna, Erza, and Sorano all sneezed.
"Why does it feel someone's got a big ego going on?" they asked in unison.
Back with Lucy, she took out a Golden Zodiac key from her belt and called, "Open, gate of the Maiden! Virgo!" as the familiar pink haired maid spirit burst from the ground and magic circle to greet Lucy with a bow.
"You called, princess?" asked the maid spirit,
At once, the Villagers were instantly in love with Virgo, pink hearts in their eyes as calls of 'So cute!', 'So this is a maid', and 'I can't get enough!' were from the islanders. Lucy sighed, hand to her right cheek, "What's with this reaction?"
After a few minutes, Lucy's plan was now operational and finished as Virgo stood with her usual maid stature whiles the Villagers watching as well.
"Preparations are complete, Princess." Virgo said calmly.
"Thanks, Virgo!" Lucy replied happily, "You're always fast at that!"
"Are you going to punish me?" Virgo asked politely.
"I'm praising you!" she snapped back at the reply the maid spirit gave her.
"Say…" Happy said looking up to Lucy.
"What is it Happy?" Lucy responded curious to what Happy wanted.
He held a paw up adding, "I seriously think you might be stupid."
"How am I stupid?" Lucy asked calmly, "Is it because I'm blond? Then I really don't know how to respond to something matter-of-factly sounding…" as Happy interrupted her frowning, "I find it hard to believe anyone will fall for such a childish trap."
Lucy smiled cunningly, a pink blush on her cheeks and her thumb /index finger to her chin, "Don't be silly. This is a perfect pitfall trap!" as what was now nearing the entrance of the village was covered pitfall trap, which wasn't the best covered as it had a large mound of dirt seeable.
Happy frown at the idea still now liking it, "Aye… I think the mere idea is what's stupid.
"There's only one way into this village right?" Lucy asked, "So the enemy will have to enter through it!"
"I don't think anyone will fall for this..." Happy admitted still disappointed.
"M-me neither…" said a green skinned demon woman wearing a tan top and skirt with her hand up.
"I had to say it, but I agree…" agreed a muscular red skinned/dark blue demon man with horns on his head.
"I also agree, Princess!" Virgo chimed in.
"You too?!" Lucy exclaimed seeing her own spirit not approve of her plan. Lucy clutched her left fist, her one eye to the Villagers, Happy, and Virgo and the other to the gate, "Just you watch!"
"Lucy! Something coming this way!" someone called from above the gates,
"It's them! Open the gate!" Lucy ordered looking back at the guard to the gate.
"Right!" he understood as the gate slowly with Lucy placing her hands to her hips, saying slyly, "Okay! Come on in!"
Not realizing that Natsu and Lisanna were coming this way carrying Gray, the two mage called, "Hey! Is everyone all right?!"
"Huh?!" Lucy screamed. It wasn't Lyon's followers, but her comrades still trap in the ice Lyon put them in carrying something on Natsu's back.
"Natsu and Lisanna!" screamed Happy and the Villagers in shock.
Worried that her plan to trap Lyon's group would be ruined, Lucy said shaking her hands and head while her eyes were wide with shock, "No! Stay away!"
"Huh?!" the two mages questioned, seeing Lucy looking like she didn't want them to come into the village. As they got closer and closer to the inside, Lucy pleaded still screaming, "Stop! Stop!"
"Whoa!" Natsu and Lisanna said, finally sopping their tracks close to the unseen pitfall as Lucy sighed in relief. 'Thank goodness they stopped. Natsu's one thing, but he and Lisanna would ruin my plan.' Lucy thought.
"What is this?" Natsu asked, finally seeing the odd mound in their way.
'A Pitfall trap? Whose idea was this?' Lisanna thought knowing what it was as Natsu step forward causing Lucy to look at them with mouth open wide as Natsu fell into the pitfall with Lisanna (who had a hold of Gray's feet) fell into it too. The villagers, Happy, and Lucy were stun frozen to witness the two mages and Gray fall in.
All that work for nothing was on Lucy's mind as the red skinned demon villager commented, "Someone did fell for it..."
"I never would have imagined it… Those two… Lisanna seem just dragged in to fall." The yellowed skin demon said in agreement.
"My plan…" Lucy said in realization. All that work for nothing.
In the pit, a dust cloud (an oddly shaped one), covered Gray, Natsu's torso, and Lisanna's back from view as the Dragon Slayer called out annoyed, "All right! Who's the wise guy playing around at time like this?!"
Happy pointed a paw at Lucy. Lucy sighed, "Oh sure, always the bridesmaid, never the bride."
"Figures!" the two mages shouted.
"It's not like that, I'm sorry!" Lucy called back to the two looking panicked they'll get even madder at her.
Happy look down to the hole, seeing the three were safe, "But I'm relieved you two and Gray are okay!" he caked from above.
"Don't be! Gray out cold!" Lisanna said with Natsu nodding in agreement.
"That masked guy beat him?!" Happy asked, unsure what his 'momma' said was true.
As the dust finally cleared, Natsu sat up; looking at his body to see the ice covering him and Lisanna was gone. Gray remained as he slept unaware of what was going on. Lisanna realized it too, but as Natsu pointed out, "The ice cracked. Huh?! But not even fire could melt it!"
"Our fall must have shattered it. Our magic might not work, but shear force did. Or because we were away from Lyon." Lisanna said pondering, sitting up as well.
Lucy look down at the freed mages said stammering while standing with Virgo, "E-Exactly as planned!"
"I believe the spell's effect weakened due to the distance from its caster." Virgo said looking to her owner stun expression.
"I knew it and one more thing… Lucy," Lisanna said, getting out of the pit to dust herself off and walk over to her. She took both her hands and grabbed her cheeks in a comically fashion, making the Celestial mage to wave her arms frantically, "What were you thinking, believing a trap like that would stop them. What are you nuts?"
"I'm sorry!" Lucy pleaded, seeing the grin on Lisanna's face as Natsu carried Gray out the pit to eye his friends. Even he couldn't hold a chuckle at the scene. Once out the pit and Lucy and Lisanna calmed down, he placed the ice mage on the ground, his back resting there still asleep.
"Gray…" Lucy breathed, seeing how beat up he looked from his battle with Lyon.
"Anyway, why aren't they here yet?" Natsu asked, curious as to why the subordinates weren't here before Natsu and Lisanna when they left first, then Happy and Lucy.
"C-Come to think of it, they are taking a long time." Lucy admitted, placing her hand to her chin,
"they left for the village before you and Lisanna did. But you two arrived first…"
"Yeah, Natsu and I had to take our time lugging Gray here." Lisanna said hands to hips.
Lucy smiled again, eyes widen with excitement and left fist in the air, "This is our chance! Hurry and hide the hole!" she ordered.
"You still wanna use the pitfall again?" Natsu and Lisanna said frowning.
"Wh-What's that?!" one of the villagers (the red skinned one) pointed out, getting everyone's attention to look up into the sky.
What was in the sky shocked the mages as Lucy made it clear what it was, "It's a flying rat!"
True to her words, it was a flying rat. But it wasn't flying by wings, but its tail was spinning around like copter, with Toby, Yuka, and Sherry on the rat's back. There was something in its paws as Natsu pointed out, "What's with that bucket?!" as it was carrying a large silver bucket with a purple drawing on the side.
"The sky?! That's makes the pitfall pointless!" Lucy yelled, hands balled into fists and her teeth gritted.
In the air with Sherry, Toby, and Yuka, the three stood on the back of Angelica, their hair whipping in the wind.
"It certainly took a while to prepare the Double Poison Jelly." Sherry stated arms folded.
"Perfect timing, though," Yuka said hands behind his back, "Those mages have gathered in the village too."
Toby barked in agreement as Sherry added, "Destroying Deliora is the only way to achieve our desire. Those who stand in our way must die."
As Angelica carried the Double Poison Jelly, a single drip of green jelly drip from the bucket and plummeted down to the ground. Lucy's eyes widen, seeing the drip of Jelly falling to the ground.
'Jelly?' she thought. What's so dangerous about that?
Just then, "Lucy!" screamed Natsu as he grabbed the blond haired mage in the nick of time to get her away from the jelly as the drip fell to the ground, but what the jelly drop did afterwards mad everyone shock. It started to dissolve the ground where it fell; Lucy looking shocked and relived it didn't hit her.
"What is that?! It smells like trouble!" Natsu said still holding the Celestial mage.
The villagers screamed with panic as one of them yelled, "Is that bucket filled with that stuff?!" as one beside him asked in fear, "D-Don't tell me they're gonna drop it on us?!"
"Hideous." Yuka remarked seeing the Villagers, "To think that the Moon Drip causes people to become so hideous."
"They're almost like demons, like Deliora's children. How unpleasant," Sherry said looking down at the whole lot of them.
Toby barked with agreement as Natsu growled in anger, Lisanna agreeing too.
"Do it, Angelica." Lucy ordered the large, flying rat. Angelica obeyed and sent the green acid like jelly out the bucket and heading towards the village. Lucy exclaimed panicking, hands to her cheeks as she watched the jelly coming its way, "How do we protect ourselves from that much?!"
(Cue Natsu's Theme—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
With a running start and serious enough to stop it, Natsu and Lisanna ordered, "Everyone, get in the center of the village!"
"Natsu! Lisanna!" Lucy gasped seeing the two mages taking action, the Dragon Slayer asking. "Happy, Can you fly?!"
"Aye Sir!" replied the blue cat as his angelic white wings sprouted from his back as the blue cat carried Natsu into the air while entered her Partial Phoenix Soul and took out with the boys.
The Villager ran for the center as Natsu and Lisanna request them to do, panic in their faces as to the horrible face that would be the acid jelly. They carried Gray, but Moka remained by a tombstone holding it with his head bowed, "I won't leave! I won't leave Bob's grave!"
"Village chief!" the red skinned demon called, "I understand how you feel, but…!"
As Natsu and Lisanna flew closer to the jelly, Natsu's hands were blazed with flames as Lisanna's arms were blazing with flames too. They knew just how to deal with the jelly, and it was their combination when they defeated Lullaby.
"The flames on my right hand..." his right hand blazed, "and the flames on my left hand..." his left hand blazed and his collided his hands together chanting, "Put them both together and…" and the flames formed into a large Fire Ball.
"Take this!" exclaimed Lisanna as a red magic circle appeared as the flames swirled around her arms even wilder.
"This'll blow you away! Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame/Fire Spiral!" called Natsu and Lisanna as Natsu tossed the Fire Ball at the jelly as a powerful spiral of red flames erupted from the magic circle from Lisanna's hands. Like their battle with Lullaby, the Fire Ball and the spiral of flames joined as one as the it traveled up to the jelly, entering inside of it, causing a explosion in the sky and spreading the jelly away from the Village. The village and Lucy shield their eyes from the light of the explosion as Yuka commented, "They dispersed it!"
"That boy's a fire mage. And the girl has a Phoenix Take Over, something that rare?!" Sherry gasped her hair whipping in the wind.
The jelly rained down to the ground around the village, saving everyone. But unfortunately, one lone drop fell onto Bob's grave, destroying it and Moka as well.
"Village Chief!" called one of Villagers in shock.
Everyone including Lucy gasped in shock, not because of the tragic death of the Village Chief, but what was revealed as the smoke cleared. Virgo had saved Moka, the maid spirit holding the demon chief safely by his collar.
"There's the Village Chief, ready for punishment." She said at once, her blue eyes remaining stoic.
"Virgo!" Lucy gasped as most of the villager were started to see he was alive.
"The village… it's all been dissolved…" a villager realized as more of the smoke cleared. Everyone looked around to see the destroyed village as they stood on where the jelly didn't hit.
"This is terrible…" another commented sadly.
"Is anyone hurt?" another asked.
As more smoke cleared, Moka shake in almost tears as he saw what made him upset. "Bobo's grave…" he said as Sherry's foot hit the already destroyed tombstone. The three subordinates of Lyon now stood on the ground and walked foreword. His eyes widen as Natsu look to them along with Lisanna.
(Cue Dragon Slayer theme—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
"The Cold Emperor's enemies must all be expelled." Sherry said tonelessly, Yuka on her left and Toby her right as they stopped, the pink haired girl flipping her head back, "We were trying to show some mercy by making your death quick…" she placed her left hand to her hip, Toby smiled with his hands to his pockets, and Yuka's arms behind his back, "…but it's seems there's going to be much bloodshed after all."
"Huh?!" Natsu and Lisanna asked, looking at them as Yuka commented, "Approximately fifty villagers. Three Mages. And about fifteen minutes, I'd say."
Toby snored as Natsu stood ready to fight, Lisanna and Lucy too.
"Let's do it!" Natsu said to the girls.
"Yeah!" agreed Lucy placing her hands to her keys and whip and Lisanna who switched from Phoenix to Tigress ready to fight as well.
"I'm here, too! That makes four mages!" Natsu assured him standing behind the battle ready mages.
Gray started to wake up from the ground as Moka remarked, "How dare they?! How dare they ruin Bobo's grave…!" With anger in his words, he exclaimed while the villagers held him back, "They'll pay for this!"
"Hey! Village Chief!" said the red skinned demon.
"Let's get out of here!" the blue skinned demon demanded.
"We'll get caught up in the mages' battle." the lime green demon added too.
"No!" screamed Moka shaking his head furiously at the red skinned demon ordered while pointing his fingers, "Take me away from here!" as the two other demons carried the village chief away.
Gray finally got up from the ground and said, "I'll help, too…" as Lucy gasped, seeing the Ice mage back on his feet while Natsu and Lisanna looked too, "Gray! You're conscious!"
Natsu and Lisanna at the Ice, the Dragon Slayer's bang covering his eyes, "Get outta here. You'll only get in the way." He said to him.
"You just woke up from being beaten by Lyon. If you fight, you'll just be a hassle." Lisanna said, her bangs covering her eyes.
Gray breathed heavily, trying to catch his breath and his anger at the two mages' remark, "Natsu… Lisanna… D-Don't mock me…!" but Natsu delivered a punch to his gut, silencing him.
"Just lie down again. You're hurt." Both of them said in unison as Gray grabbed hold of Natsu's muffler, looking at the Dragon Slayer.
"You little…" he said weakly as he started to lose consciousness as Natsu held him in his arms, speaking his last words to the pair, "Someday, I'm gonna… Kill…" and Gray was out, the Fire Dragon Slayer staring sternly at him.
Sorry Gray… You'll thank us for that later.
"Why…?" Lucy asked, seeing Natsu punch Gray out and Lisanna just letting him do it.
"It's just Natsu's way of showing compassion. Momma Lisanna knows it too." Happy answered smiling, "Gray's still no condition to fight"
"Is that the bond shared in Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked her brown eyes wide.
As Natsu and Lisanna returned to Lucy's side, Lisanna said calmly, "It's for the best… He needs his rest."
"Yeah…" Natsu agreed calmly too.
Natsu and Lisanna stood back with Lucy and Happy, his arms folded seriously and Lisanna's tiger arms folded too. Lucy looks to the villagers (one holding the sleeping Gray) and asked, "Please, look after Gray!"
"You can count on us." The red skinned demon answered as he turned ordering the others, "All tight! Let's go!" and they walk away from the upcoming battle, but before Sherry said smiling, "There's no escape. The Cold Emperor ordered that everyone be eliminated." Angelica," she said to the large rat now on the ground with them. The rat understood and jumps into the air, not before twisting her tail to fly with Sherry on her back and going after the villagers as Natsu and Lisanna watched it get closer to them before passing them.
"I'm a member of Fairy Tail too, you know!" Lucy declared, grabbing a hold of Angelica's foot and flying away with her.
"Natsu, Lisanna, you deal with them, I'll stop this flying rat and the girl if I have too!" she screamed to the three mages below.
"That's a first…" Happy realized.
"She's thinking!" Natsu and Lisanna finished.
In the air, Lucy demanded, "Stop, will you?! Quit messing with the villagers!" punching the toe of the animal to make it stop.
"Who are you?!" Sherry asked seeing the crazed blond haired girl grabbed her Angelica.
"How about this, them?!" she asked with a smile on her face, tickling the rat's foot as she still held on with her legs.
"That would never work." Sherry assured her, but Angelica started to laugh, feeling where Lucy was tickling her.
"Angelica?!" Sherry asked worried for the rat as her tail stop twisting on its own stop on dime as the teal colored rat laughed even more in midair as Sherry warned, "What are you doing?! If you stop your tail…!"
And the rat went plummeting to the ground. Sherry screamed, but Lucy smiled proud of her quick thinking, "I did it!"
But all quick thinking must to an end as she realized exclaiming, "Wahh! I'm falling too!" As Lucy, Sherry, and Angelica fell into the forest, a sweat drop down the back of Natsu's head as he and Lisanna watched. They'll take that back, that was stupid.
"That's gonna tick them out." Yuka commented eyes narrowed.
"I'm not ticked off!" Toby exclaimed looking at Yuka.
"Not you." Yuka added.
"Is she okay?" Lisanna asked considered.
"Hopefully it didn't crush her." Natsu added.
"She'd be dead if it did." Happy said sighing. With his white angelic wings out, he added floating in the air, "I'm gonna check!"
"Right! Thanks!" the two mages said to Happy as he flew away to see if Lucy was alright.
As they watch Happy left, Natsu and Lisanna turned their attentions to Toby and Yuka.
(Cue Fist of Flame— Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
"Meanwhile, we'll take care of business here!" they decided at once, their eyes on the two mages.
Lisanna leapt at Toby with the bog man looked shocked, as she delivered a head-butt to his face as Natsu followed after her as Toby went flying and crashing to the ground as Natsu turned to the other.
"Now with him for Lisanna to deal with, you're mine!" he stated to the large eyebrow mage, sending out a stream of flames at him from his mouth. Natsu skidded to a halt facing the mage, to see the damage his Roar of the Fire Dragon did, but the flames were gone as it revealed his was perfectly fine. With his left hand out, a green-blue barrier surrounded him as it faded away when he placed his hand down.
"Such ferocious flames." He commented, "Are you the Fairy Tail Salamander I heard some much about? And that girl with the white hair, Fairy Tail's Wild's Soul, right?"
Natsu frowned eyes sharp at the blue haired mage as he look to see Lisanna watching that Toby started to rise up from the ground. He seems perfectly fine as both Natsu and Lisanna stood back to back facing him and Yuka. The dog man mage had his right hand to his head and his left to his stomach.
"Who are you guys anyway?" Lisanna asked, her Tigress claws to her side and her tail moving on its own.
"We once belong to a renowned mage guild, too." Yuka answered calmly, "This won't be as easy as you two might think." Toby smiled a goofy grin and Yuka added coolly, "Does the Lamia Scale mage guild a bell?"
"I know that guild, it's that…?" Lisanna asked but Yuka interrupted her with his reply, "Yes, the guild Rock Iron Jura belongs."
"I heard from our master about three mages who up and left the guild for some odd reason. Even their former master was confused." Lisanna added. 'These guys must be the ones…'
"Lisanna, get out of the way..." Natsu asked holding his two arms up. Lisanna understood and leaps into the air, but looks down as Natsu let out flames from his hands, the orange fire hitting both Yuka and Toby at the same time. Yuka held out another barrier to protect his body once the flames and his barrier died down.
"D-Don't you have manners to listen until someone is done talking?!" he stammered, his left hand still up.
Lisanna landed back to Natsu saying, "My friend's isn't a patient person. You're lucky for that, But…"she added along with Natsu, "I don't care." while facing Yuka with narrowed angry eyes while Toby's head was caught on fire.
"I don't care what guild you're from or who you're partnered with." Natsu stated.
"You're going after our client and interfering with our work." Lisanna finished looking to Toby.
After the flames on Toby's head went out, both mages spoke again in unison, the seriousness in their eyes, "You're an enemy of Fairy Tail, in other words. That's more than enough reason to fight."
Yuka scoffed in annoyance and ordered to the dog man mage, "Toby, deal with Wild's Soul, I'll take care of Salamander on my own."
Toby growled in response as Lisanna stood behind Natsu her back still facing his, "Good luck."
"The same to you." replied the pink haired Dragon Slayer they each faced their opponents.
"Toby huh, that's a really interesting name." Lisanna commented hold her paws up to fight, "Let's see what you do." and proceed fighting with him in a hand to hand combat battle, while in the meantime Natsu kept his eyes on Yuka.
With his outstretched fingers joined and his thumb pointing upwards. Yuka called out, "Wave!" as green-blue magic energy emitted from his hand and fired a considerably large mass of energy (That he referred to as Wave) as it headed towards Natsu. With Natsu saying, his hands igniting with flames, "I'll destroy that stupid thing!" until he gasped and the Dragon Slayer was hit with an intense impact that sent him flying off his feet as Yuka added smiling, "Oh? I'm impressed you recognized its properties." While Natsu lay on his front facing the blue haired mage.
Firing another Roar of the Fire Dragon from his mouth, Yuka countered with a flick of his wrist, "Wave!" and a green-blue barrier appeared in front of him and canceling the fire attack from hitting him. With his left arm still raised in the air, he explained, "The pulses produced by my hands neutralized every manner magic. In short, its magic impenetrable by magic," while Natsu grunted, wiping the blood from his face.
"So that's why it felt like my fire couldn't block his attack!" Natsu realized staring at the Wave mage with his hands spread out.
"I specialized in anti-mage when I was in Lamia Scale." Yuka explained both his hands now glowing with a green-blue magic circle on each of his hands, "Because all mages are powerless before me!"
'That's right; they had someone who could nullify magic. Lamia Scales is no laughing matter to their power.' Lisanna thought, still fighting with Toby but keeping her eye on Natsu's battle, 'Natsu, I know you'll find a way to beat him, you just got to think.'
Yuka then fired two orbs from his hands, which they then were sent at Natsu like bullets. Natsu quickly jump into the air to evade the attack, shattering the ground where Natsu stood and covering the Dragon Slayer in the cloud of dust.
"I wouldn't be so sure!" Natsu exclaimed from inside the dust cloud, finally leaping from the dust cloud with his right fist wrapped in flames.
"Wave!" Yuka countered with his left hand up as a blue dome of Wave magic formed around him like a bubble as Natsu's fist collided with the bubble of Wave magic, the flames he emitted were gone. Yuka narrowed his eyes and frowned at the Dragon Slayer's wasted effort to defeat him, "I already told you, my waves nullify magic."
"That's no big deal, then!" Natsu replied teeth bared his left fist up to punch the bubble, "I just won't use magic!" Taking his right fist from the bubble and replaced it with his left fist, this time going through the bubble like a glove, "See! I broke through!" he added pointing it out to the Wave mage. But then the energy of the wave magic was hurting his arm as he screamed in pain. With his eyes still narrowed at the screaming Dragon Slayer, "Plunging your hand into a vortex of energy is truly reckless. It's going to blow off."
But Natsu wasn't going down without a fight just because of the burning pain of the wave magic, as he shoved his head and torso through the wave bubble still screaming in pain. This caught Lisanna and Toby's attention as the two look to Natsu's and Yuka's battle while still slashing (on Lisanna's part), punching, and kicking one another.
"Wha…?!" Toby responded bewildered, "He's sticking his whole body inside!"
"That's Natsu, he's reckless but that's how he fights!" Lisanna exclaimed back to Toby still attacking him while dodging his punches.
"Maybe magic can't break through your wall, but brute strength can!" Natsu smiled triumphal looking at the blue haired mage.
"This guy's crazy!" Toby screamed getting his attention off Lisanna and onto Natsu and Yuka for Lisanna to land a slash at his face pushing him back. Lisanna smirked as Toby recovered from her counterattack, "That's my friend you're talking about. Only our guild and I can say that."
Back with Natsu and Yuka, the blue haired mage smiled at the Dragon Slayer and asked cockily, "But what are you planning to do now, Salamander? You can't use magic inside the wave!"
"No," Natsu replied, his big smile on his face despite how the wave mage was magic him look at light blue out, "But I can use outside! Thanks for the advice!" as a red-orange magic circle appeared on his elbow with flames ignited it as Natsu called out, "Fire Dragon…" and a powerful rush of flames appeared from his elbow, stretching away from Natsu while Yuka looked shocked at this, exclaiming, "You're using your magic as a booster to increase your fist's strength?!"
"Flame Elbow!" exclaimed Natsu, forwarding his elbow into Yuka's face, canceling the magic canceller and sent him flying through the air before crashing down to the ground with a thud. His face was blank with shock, too be defeated like this? He was a magic canceller, how could one boy outmatch him?
Natsu stood with his fist up with pride, a smile on his face. "That's one down!" Natsu confirmed to himself looking to Lisanna who was still fighting Toby.
With Wild's Soul, Lisanna continued her fight with Toby, the two mages step back panting slightly as Toby smiled at the Takeover mage.
"I must admit your friend is a strong mage." Lisanna smiled still panting; "Now I'm going to show you why I earned the nickname."
"No why, I'm much stronger than Yuka!" Toby replied smiling, crossing his arms together as green fingernails extended from his fingers, "Mega Jellyfish Paralyzing Nails!" he called still smiling, "There's a special secret to these nails!"
"Poison?" Lisanna asked at once. The dog man mage reacted with s loud, "Gahh! How'd do you know?" Eyebrows narrowed while holding up his left hand, "Y-You one hell of a mage…"
'This is a Lamia Scale mage…?' she though puzzled, seeing how he reacted to her obvious guess. She frowned, taking her paw and placing the pads to her face, "Oh man, you are a moron."
"Don't call me a moron, kitty cat!" Toby screamed leaping foreword to Lisanna to slash her with his elongated fingernails which quickly dodged with a quick response of, "Whoa!"
Lisanna maneuvered her body form the swing of his fingernails again from his left hand as he cried out, "One scratch from these and you're paralyzed!" as he added while swinging his right arm at her while she dodged, "All you can do is wait for death!"
"Wait, hold on!" Lisanna called to the dog man mage, stopping to place her paw to her head and ears, "You got something right here."
Toby took his right hand to his head forgetting that his nails would puncture his head as it did. The dog man mage was electrocuted from the effects of his nails as screamed. The many bolts of electricity surged through his body as he stopped moving. He then fell backwards to the ground saying weakly, "Oh that feels so nice…"
Lisanna sighed, her body then glows a gold color before exiting her Tigress Takeover, "He's really a moron."
Natsu came up to his friend and placed a hand to her shoulders. "Good job." He congratulated.
Lisanna smiled to him and replied, "You too, risky strategy, but it work!"
The two look to the defeated mages and frowned, remembering the three kicked the grave of Bobo. The two mages walk to the ruined grave as they each pick up a piece. It was a shame really, this was the last memory the chief had of his son and the three ruined it and village. For their sake, they should fix it for Moka; it's for the best anyway.
"These guys are so mean." Natsu remarked with a light growl, placing the grave back together with Lisanna's help, "But the village and its people will be back to normal. I swear it!"
"I'll help the best I can, Natsu." Lisanna said before adding, "I think Lyon is back at the temple. Think you can do something about the ceremony, the moon is not out for now but I bet it'll be out tomorrow."
That's a good idea." Natsu replied, arms crossed, "I'll handle the temple and see what I can do. Think you can assist Lucy and Happy?"
Lisanna saluted, a big smile of her face, "You can count on me!" and Natsu smiled back. The Dragon Slayer took off to the temple as Lisanna looked into the sky. She nodded, taking her arms and folding them.
"Erza should be here. I should go meet her now." she decided taking flight with her Animal Soul: Half Bird and heading to the direction of the shore where Erza would probably be here.
Meanwhile in the Frozen Deliora's hidden chamber—
(Cue Demon Deliora—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
Lyon stood in the in cave where Deliora was kept, not only standing with several hooded figures who are classified as Deliora Survivors, but another new face stood a few from him. He was male with a red mask with white horns and an odd symbol in the forehead area was covering his face with what seem to be dark green hair in the back. Like the Deliora Survivors, he wore a green robe instead of the blue ones they wore. It seems he had a slouched stature as he spoke to Lyon with the Ice mage's alias.
"Cold Emperor, why did you not kill the boy named Gray?" he asked smiling at Lyon who stood there with his arms folded.
"No particular reason." Lyon admitted coolly, "You know I detest blood. "
No, no, you say that." the masked man replied shaking his head, "But yet you are exterminating the villagers. It would seem that you still have sentiments for your fellow pupil."
"Nonsense," the Cold Emperor replied coldly as his name implies, "After such a crushing defeat, he won't oppose me again." He paused but added, "Still, if he attempt to interfere, I won't hesitate…"
The masked man nodded, still smiling while he asked, "Truly?"
Meanwhile with Lucy—
The once flying rat Angelica not laid all beat up from the impact with scratch marks all over its fur as it laid there out cold. Both Lucy and Sherry weren't near the rat as Lucy rubbed her aching head from the fall.
"Oww…" she groaned. Maybe tickled the rat wasn't once of her brightest ideas, but at least the villagers are safe. Natsu and Lisanna probably defeated the other two, leaving her with the hot pink haired mage. Speaking of a hot pink haired mage, she rose up a little and asked, "Huh? Where's that girl?!"
From Lucy laid, the hot pink haired girl look at her while she herself looked back tears flooding her eyes. She was crying, her voice shaking when she demanded to the Celestial Spirit mage, "How dare you that, Miss!"
'Miss, that makes her a year younger than me and Lisanna… maybe a few months.' Lucy thought.
"Now the Cold Emperor's trust in me will plummet!" she added tearfully, "He won't love me anymore!"
"Love?" she repeated in shocked disgusted, this all for love? Who is this girl?
Sherry started to wipe the tears from her eyes, adding, "And there's Angelica…" before looking at the blond haired Celestial mage with anger and tears in her blue eyes, "You will pay for this!"
Lucy grunted before staring up to face Sherry, her own eyes crossed with anger, "Listen, I really don't care about your love for the Cold Emperor or your pet." She stared down the girl her eyes staying focused, "Anyone who harms innocent people is a direct enemy to me and my comrades. You got that, so bring it on! I dare you!" she added with seriousness in her voice.
Sherry retaliated to Lucy, holding her left hand up as a pink magic circle appeared from it. Lucy looked on with confusion, wondering what this girl had in store for her, but hearing something moving behind her caught her attention. She turned around and gasped as to what was facing her. What looked like moving tree with a face on it and larger than her was now in her line of vision when Sherry cried out, "Wood Doll!"
"The tree is alive?!" she asked in realization. How can a tree move? There living things like her, but not like this.
Sherry screamed with angry tears as the living tree hit Lucy, causing the Celestial Spirit mage to be sent flying backwards. But Lucy quickly recovered before taking from her belt one of her golden Zodiac keys, "Open, gate of the Golden Bull! Tauros!" she called and emerging from the blue magic circle and ground was the large bovine Spirit his trusty ax on his back. He said once summoned, "I'm not perverted, just faithful to my lust!"
With a battle cry of "Moo!" the bull spirit charged his way to the Wood Doll Sherry made, and chop it with his ax in one swing.
Sherry gasped, "Celestial spirit magic and a Zodiac Gate Key, at that?!"
"Nice job, Taurus!" Lucy congratulated the bull spirit with her right fist in the air.
"Your body is utterly the best, Ms. Lucy!" roared Taurus with pride.
"Only someone indecent would enjoy making her celestial spirit say that." Commented Sherry arms folded.
"I didn't make him say it and I don't enjoy it!" Lucy retorted angrily feeling offended by the hot pink haired girl.
"Moo!" responded Taurus.
Sherry grinned confidently at the mage and spirit, a plan forming in her head, "Still, Celestial mages are a terrible match for me."
"Taurus, get her!" Lucy ordered to the Bull Zodiac spirit who responded with, "Moo!" and ran his way to Sherry, carrying his double bladed ax in his hands ready to strike at the hot pink haired mage. But Taurus stopped in his tracks, still facing Sherry but nowhere near her when he left Lucy's side.
"Moo?" responded the bull spirit lowering his weapon for some reason. He turned his gaze to Lucy, making the blond haired Celestial mage gasp in shock. What was up with Taurus, he should have attacked Sherry by now? Why isn't he attacking her? Sherry smiled darkly, it was all over now.
Taurus then turned aimed his ax at Lucy, who gasped in shock that Taurus would attack her. She dodged right away, missing the ax by only a second.
"What's with you, Taurus?" Lucy asked concerned. As perverted the bull was, he would never attack her for any reason. Taurus's ax while missing her skin nicked her top as was ready to fall off as Taurus grabbed the Celestial mage by her shoulders, shocking her even more as she was pinned roughly to the ground.
"Taurus, what…?!" Lucy asked in shock.
"I'm sorry Miss Lucy, but I can't control myself!" replied the bull spirit apologetically to the blond haired Celestial mage. His normally black eyes now seem to be glowing.
"So you haven't figured it out yet?" Sherry asked smiling evilly, "My Doll Play magic can control any living and non-living thing that isn't a human. That includes your spirits, Miss Lucy was it?" she added before grinning wildly, "Now Taurus dear, strip the clothes off your master!"
"It would be my pleasure!" obeyed Taurus, to which she asked, "Is he really controlled?"
"I'm so sorry, Miss Lucy!" cried Taurus, grabbing hold of her top and tearing it off revealing her pink tube top as she screamed.
"Now that was entertaining." Sherry grinned but Lucy retorted in her thoughts, 'She's insane, is love really that much to her? I have to do something or Taurus will kill me…'
"Close, Gate of the Golden Bull!" she called out, hoping that it would work, but nothing happened. Taurus was still here, still pinning her.
Sherry laughed, "You actually think you can force close your spirit's gate so easily, so one-sided in fact? Both the sides, the mage and the spirit, must agree to close the gate." With her fingers out like a true puppeteer, she continued to order Taurus to harm Lucy. The bull spirit grabbed her by her neck by his left and was ready to punch her with his right.
"Taurus, close your gate and return to the Celestial Spirit world!" she ordered, feeling the bull's grip on her tighten. He then used his right fist to grab Lucy's left arm, ready to pull right out its socket, making the Celestial spirit mage scream out in pain.
"Is this the strength of a Fairy Tail mage; are they really at this level of magic power?" Sherry asked astonished by the girl's control of her own spirit if it could be controlled by her so easily, "No matter, Taurus!" she ordered again, still moving her fingers, "Destroy Miss Lucy for me!"
Lucy gasped in fright, one eye closed as Taurus was ready to finish her off. No way, I can't give up; I have to break that girl's control on him… I can do this, I know I can. Natsu… Lisanna...The Villagers… they all are counting me and I'm not going to let them down. I need to focus.' she thought desperately.
"Close, Gate of the Golden Bull! Please, I am begging you!" Lucy pleaded to the Bull spirit, hoping this time her words could reach him. Taurus tightened his grip on Lucy even harder but it started to loosen. The bull spirit's eyes were fading in and out from glowing to the black ones he normally had. He let Lucy go and started to scream himself, the control that Sherry had on him weakening and Lucy making a difference that even made Sherry shocked.
"What are you doing, Taurus? Destroy her!" Sherry ordered angrily, still moving her fingers. But the Bull spirit wouldn't listen to her and continue harming Lucy; instead he held his head in pain. Finally, the Bull's body started to dissolve into light right in front of Lucy and Sherry's eyes. A smile was on his face, thanking the Celestial spirit mage as he disappeared back to the Celestial spirit world, the weight he had on Lucy finally gone as she held her left hand up.
"Did I… really did it… Did I close his gate…?" she asked herself curiously, "Did I really force his gate closed?"
Sherry lowered her finger and set down from the rock, still astonished as to what just happened. "Well, I'm impressed Miss Lucy, someone like you to actually pull off a Forced Gate Closure. I miscalculated about you, Fairy Tail mage." she smiled.
"That you have," Lucy said getting up to face Sherry, her two hands held up ready to fight again, "But there's something you didn't know about me, girl is that Celestial Spirit magic isn't the only magic I can use." A golden magic circle appeared under her feet as light shines around her radiating her golden blond hair, "Get ready, because this will be the first time I use this in combat and you'll won't be the last to see its power. So be prepared, because I'm ready to give it my all!"
Meanwhile with Lisanna—
The White haired Takeover mage stood near the shores of the Galuna Islands, waiting for Erza to arrive. The calming night time breeze and smell of salty waters pass Lisanna where she stood. Her skirt billowed in the wind as her hair slightly did so as well. A calm smile rose on her face once she saw a ship coming her way. The ship Lisanna recognized was a pirate ship. Lisanna knew the scarlet haired mage would get here soon her own way. The ship finally docked, finally lowering a ramp for not one but two passengers of the boat to get off. They walked out the boat with each getting tension to their meeting with Lisanna. She didn't panic, her face showing no fear to the two as she greet the first one whose face was screwed into a glare but smiled up at her.
"Nice to see you finally made it… Erza." she greeted.
"Are Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy all on this island?" Titania asked calmly but forcefully.
"Yes, and they are here doing the request, but there's kind of a snag going on. You'll have time to listen to me while we collect Happy and Lucy?" Lisanna responded her smile still present on her face, "Gray is in the possession of the villagers, Natsu should be somewhere on this Island. Lucy is dealing with a girl with a large rat on the island too, so we should go get her and Happy first." She turned her attention from the two and added, "It's your call if we stay and help. There's this crazy ceremony going on that is reawakening a monster. Several people are involved in it, so it'll be life threatening for the people here." She turned back and saw the blue-white haired girl standing with Erza, "Oh, I'm sorry, didn't see you there, an acquaintance of Erza?"
The girl nodded holding out a nervous hand but smiled, "Please to meet you, I'm Sorano."
They shook hands with Lisanna introducing herself next, "Nice to meet you Sorano, I'm Lisanna Strauss." She turned back from them and requested, "So, ready to get the troublemakers?"
"Lead the way to them." Erza ordered arms folded.
"Lisanna nodded in response and she heading into the forest, Erza and Sorano following after her.
Sorry guys… But you broke the rules; I happen to play my part.
Back with Lucy and Sherry's battle—
The hot pink haired mage watches as a powerful magic was radiating Lucy's body as she called out, a yellow –gold magic circle appeared in her out stretched hands, "Star-Make…"
Sherry gasped her blue eyes widen, 'This girl can use molding magic?"
"Rush!" Lucy added, as multiple stars appeared from the magic circle Lucy conjured and headed straight for Sherry. Unlike the light she showed Gray, Natsu, and Happy the other day, this was Star-Make when used for creations. The many yellow stars came close to the hot pink haired mage as she then dodge them, the stars hitting the rocks behind her.
'I am impressed, simply incredible molding magic at her level. This might be the work of a beginner, but even so that was powerful from just one basic attack.' Sherry thought, 'This girl isn't eye-candy, she's got a brain.'
'She dodged my Star-Make: Rush attack, but I'm not scared. I learned a few spells that still might come in handy. But first,' She reach for her whip from her belt and held it out, 'I better not waste my magic just yet.'
(Cue Work hard, Lucy—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
Holding the black whip tightly in her hands, she then held it over her head, twirling it before sending it at Sherry like a ball and chain crying out. Sherry sidesteps from the whip as it crashed to where she normally stood. The Doll Play mage stared angrily at her and said, "Not bad. For someone would won't risk my control of your spirits, you're a feeble Celestial Spirit mage, nevertheless."
"That's right!" Lucy replied her whip still in her left hand, "I'm not going to allow my spirits to be controlled by you. So now, this battle will have a different outcome for you!" and sent her whip at Sherry again, the Doll Play mage dodging as her whip crashed to the ground, breaking it up where it landed.
Sherry's mascara filled eyes narrowed in anger as she called out; hands up like a puppeteer again, "Marionette Arrack: Rock Doll!" while the rocks behind Sherry started to rise up from the ground.
Lucy step back, a smile on her face as she pointed out, "This'll only end up a game of cat and mouse! I can handle what you create with my Creation magic," as the rocks formed themselves into a large rock creature. She looked up with her brown eyes fixated on the colossus sized creature. Sherry was on his head, controlling the stone creature as she replied, "Oh, that's too funny! Is that a part of love, too?" she questioned from above, "So, cat-and-mouse it is. Let's see you break this rock."
Lucy kept her smile, placing her whip back to her belt and demanded, "I'm not afraid, hit me with your rock doll!" she ordered.
"I see, a brave little mouse we are, Lucy." Sherry smirked evilly, raising her right hand to lift the Rock Doll's right fist to aim it at the weaponless Celestial Spirit mage, "Well, since you ask so nicely!" and the while she control the doll, the rock fist was then sent it way to collided with Lucy who smirked, 'Gotcha…'
"Star-Make: Barrier!" called out Lucy, a yellow-gold magic circle appearing under feet as a bright yellow dome like shield surrounded Lucy with outer a clearer color with yellow star all around it as the rock fist collided with the dome not the blond Celestial mage. Lucy. She kneeled to the ground, holding the barrier up with her outstretched hands. Sherry's eyes widen at the girl's quick thinking.
"Do you can conjure a shield?" Sherry asked still smiling," No matter, even the strongest protection won't last long!" and still holding her hands, commanding the Rock Doll to continuously punch at the barrier, causing Lucy to flinch as cracks started to form.
'She's right, can't hold it forever, she will shatter it… Wait, I got it!' Lucy realized before her barrier could be destroyed, "Star-Make: Shatter!"
The barrier around started to break, but not from the force Sherry was putting on it, but from Lucy's command. The cracks around the barrier started to form into large stars before finally break away from Lucy and hits the Rock Doll scratching up the body and breaking the right arm off. Sherry was shocked; this girl damaged her Rock Doll. As Lucy stood panting a little, Sherry spoke again to the Celestial mage,
"I see your Molding magic isn't half bad if you could use it as an after effect like with that barrier." She said, "But, let's see what other tricks you have under your sleeves." As the left fist of the Rock Doll came crashing down to Lucy, the Celestial mage jumping from it before running around.
"Crap, I need some way to get her away from that Doll." Lucy said to herself as the Rock Doll then crashed its fist at Lucy, making her dodge again from it.
"Don't let her get away, Rock Doll!" Sherry ordered, pointing her right hand at Lucy's direction as it followed after her, "Go after that child!"
"Child, you're nuts! I'm the same age as you if not older!" Lucy retorted irritably.
"Oh!" Sherry grinned evilly her teeth resembling demon teeth and her eyes lacking irises, Keep wasting your time talking and we'll catch up to you!"
Panic stricken, Lucy said still running, "I really need to think what spell will help me!"
"Uh Oh!" Sherry warned in a taunting tone, "We'll catch up if you don't watch where you're going!" crashing another left hook at Lucy, making her scream and jump again as they left the forest and near a much rockier area when Lucy turned and screamed as the Rock Doll held it's foot over her while waved her arms frantically.
"Okay! Make her go splat!" she ordered to the Rock Doll, its foot nearly missing Lucy as she rolled away. The blond Celestial mage recovered but saw the ground under her start to crack apart.
"H-Hold on! This is…" and realized where she was and exclaimed, "A cliff!"
Sherry's chase of Lucy led the Celestial mage to a cliff, the rushing waters hitting the Cliffside as it was to be the end for Lucy, but she had to stay calm and stood up to face the one armed Rock Doll as the rock under her started to crumble under her as she started to fall into the waters, but yelled, "If I'm taking a dip, so are you!" Her left hand glowed as a yellow-gold magic circle appeared in her hand while she called out, "Star Make: Whip!" and a chain of stars emerged from the magic circle and wrapped it around the Rock Doll's body before crushing it, shattering it as the head Sherry was riding on fell to as she screamed too. Lucy smirked, her whip then heading to Sherry wrapping it around her body tying it up.
"What…?!" Sherry gasped while Lucy pulled her closer to her before the two girls hit the seashore nearing the ocean. Lucy got up, scratches on her body while the ocean was behind her. She panted slightly as Sherry got up from the ground. Looking irritated her, she spat, "You careless mage, you could have killed us!"
Lucy smiled, a determined look on her face, "What can I say, I learn something from my comrades." She placed her two hands up over her head, "This is how Fairy Tail mages do things!" as her hands glowed, up in the five magic circles appeared one by one, taking a shape of a star in the sky. The magic circles started to spin around rapidly in the air before glowing like one huge star, "This to end this 'Love Game', Star Make: Star Shower!" (A/N 4)
Like heavy raindrops falling from the sky, many yellow stars fell from the sky and star shape, crashing down on Sherry as she look in the air wide eyed. The impact made an explosion of dust fly around the Doll play mage, her body flying out of it while dizzy eyed, "I've… lost?! Me?!" she exclaimed, the Doll Play falling into the sandy beach, defeated.
Lucy winked her right eye and smiled stating to Sherry, the sun starting to rise around them, "What do you think now? I'm a member of Fairy Tail too, you know?"
"Even if the light of my life should go out…"Sherry stated, thinking of the slanted eyed frowning Lyon, "My love for you is genuine, Gold Emperor."
"You ain't gonna die yet!" Lucy assured her still winking her eye, "Quit exaggerating!"
With lifeless in her blue eyes, Sherry ordered, "Angelica, avenge me…"
Lucy gasped, she forgot about the rat as it came lunging from behind her, ready to strike as Lucy gasped, realizing something, "What?! She wasn't a puppet?!" but Lucy lost her balance and fell to the ground. Angelica loomed even closer as Lucy added, "Uh Oh! I can't move my legs!"
Angelica was ready to come down on Lucy, ready to flatten the Celestial mage like a pancake, "Oh, no!" she screamed, fearing the end for her after working hard to master a few spells from her Star Make book. But Suddenly, Angelica's stomach was slashed at by a young red haired girl as Erza came to save Lucy's life. Erza's eyes were unseen from her hair in the way, leaving a dark tone in her face. The teal colored rat fell to the ground near its owner, both owner and pet now defeated. Erza stood there the sand picking up under her feet from her Feet as Lucy finally got up to greet the Re-quip mage with a smile and a friendly wave, "Erza!"
But there wasn't a happy look in the scarlet haired mage, but a look on anger. Toneless black eyes stared at the Celestial mage as Lucy squeaked a reply of "…Ma'am!" still waving her right hand with a blank look on her face and her eyes too.
'Oh, right! We're here because we broke the guild's rule and took an S-Class request…' Lucy thought blue in the face and blank brown eyes staring in realization. She complete forgot about it, and Erza is here because they broke the rules. Erza stared at the shock Celestial mage with disappointment in those black eyes.
"Lucy, I take it you know why I'm here… Or, should I say… Why we're here." She replied sternly.
"To take us back… right?" Lucy replied shivering in fear innocently, "Wait, what do you mean, 'We'?"
Lucy gasped as Lisanna and Sorano walking up to Erza, the first folding her arms in a serious manner while still smiling and the second waving friendly but knowing where this will go.
"Sorry Lucy, hate to play to the goody-goody cliché, but you broke the rules." Lisanna smiled. (A/N 4)
"Sorry from me too, I guess." Sorano replied nervously.
From above them on the cliff, the masked man in Deliora's chamber chuckled evilly as Happy came flying in calling to stunned expressional Lucy, "Lucy!" not realizing Erza, Lisanna, and Sorano were there too adding happily, "What a relief! Are you alight…?" But save4 the dark corner of Erza's eyes, the anger in them as the blue cat flew away from the scene. But Erza caught him, holding him by his tail while looked stun as well.
"Where's Natsu?" she asked in more of an ordering voice than a normal one.
"Wait, here me out!" Lucy reassured the strict looking Titania, getting up, "I apologize for coming without permission, but something bad is happening on this island!" she continued as Erza stared with sternness in her eyes, Some guys are trying to revive a frozen demon and the villagers are suffering because of their magic! Basically things are bad!" she looks solemnly at her before adding, "We want to save this island somehow…"
"Not interested…" spoke Erza tonelessly in response, "Lisanna gave me the full details, but not interested.
"Th-Then at least let us finish the job…!" Lucy replied back, but flinch stepping back as Erza held her sword close to her face.
"You're mistaken, Lucy…" Erza said eyes narrowed, "You betrayed our master and what's worst your own friend who came here under our master's wishes to bring you back." her eyes darken with even more anger, "You will pay the price… Lisanna," The Queen of the Fairies ordered to the white haired Takeover mage, "Make sure she's 'comfortable'."
"Yes ma'am." Lisanna understood as she walked closer to Lucy. The Celestial mage started to walk backwards from Lisanna, not knowing what she's do to her, until she fell to her back. She looked up into the sky as Lisanna pinned her down, their faces close to one another and her grip on her arms as she struggled. The blue and brown eyes met as she then saw the change in her face.
"Lisanna… Why…?" she asked terrified.
"Sorry Lucy sweetie." She replied getting closer to her ear and whispered, "You broke the rules, it's time to pay for it…"
Lucy's eyes widen with shock as she screamed as loud as possible with Sorano commenting, "And I thought my old guild was like that."
Meanwhile back the damaged village—
Several of the villagers were outside as a certain Ice mage was waking up from the events of last night. She was sleeping inside of the buildings; his body except his head was covered in a sheet half naked as always. He rose up from the covers, his body all patched up in bandages with gauze on the right side of his forehead. He looks around where he was. The last thing remembered was being knocked out by Natsu and Lisanna allowing him. That was all he remembered except for his battle with Lyon.
"Where am I?" he muttered to himself, finally getting up from the little mat he was once laying on and exited the area he was in. The Ice mage walked outside into the warm seeing the village again as a girl's voice spoke to him while walking up to them as well.
"Thank goodness you're okay." Spoke a woman's voice that caught Gray's attention to her. It was one of the natives of the island, a young woman with pale skin, and short blue hair. She was wearing an orange bra and green skirt, in addition to a large purple and white necklace, red bracelets and a yellow strap around her neck. Her left leg was a blue demon leg
"What is this place?" Gray asked her, wondering if this still the village Natsu, Lisanna, and Lucy were in or not.
"It's a storage area not too far from the village." The young woman answered kindly. "Everything was destroyed in the attack night. So we decided to come here for shelter."
Gray's mouth was slight agape. 'So that's where I am, then how come I'm not… That's right, Natsu and Lisanna tried to save the people in the village and they knock me out.' Gray added, "The whole village? That's horrible."
Gray gasped, remembering Lyon's orders to the three who agreed right away. "Destroy the village. It's a shame there has to be bloodshed," Gray frowned, disappointed in Lyon's choice of actions. He went all this way to make sure no gets in his way. 'How far have you fallen, Lyon?' he thought, 'I can't believe it. They actually went and did It.' while looked around to see some the villagers around the storage area either some covered up and hidden in the shadows and others out and about. Gray felt a ping of pain, his body still hurting from the other night.
"You know, it's a miracle Natsu, Lucy, and Lisanna were here. That's to their bravery, everyone was able to make it out alive." replied the female villager.
"So are they still are here somewhere?" Gray asked, looking at her. He's gonna have to thank them for saving everyone, even if knocking him out was the only thing to do.
"Yes, they actually wanted me to show you their tent once you finally woken up." the villager replied calmly.
"Which tent?" he asked again still frowning.
"They're waiting for you in that big one right over there." she instructed, pointing her finger at one of bigger tents.
"Thank you." Gray replied back with a nod before walking to the big tent the villager requested. Gray wondered if they were alright as he pulled passed the flap to enter inside. He wasn't greeted by the expressions of happiness and worried faces from Natsu, Lisanna, and Lucy, but instead greeted by the angry serious look of Erza Scarlet. She sat in one of the chairs her legs crossed and looking at the Ice mage with a look of impatience. Lucy and Happy were there too, both tied up and crying silent tears. Lucy look like some attacked her as her hair was messy. Lisanna sat reading a book but looks up at Gray with the same stare Erza was giving him. And lastly, there was another girl who Gray didn't know. She sat staring at the boy, wondering who he is.
"You made me wait." The Queen of the Fairies said impatiently, "Not smart."
"Erza!" Gray gasped, but thought panic stricken, 'Crap, I forgot about her and that means… Lisanna was just playing the part to keep everyone calm, why didn't I realize it sooner?'
"Why are they tied up" he asked stilling the tearful Celestial mage and blue furred cat.
"Lucy and Lisanna got me to speed with everything that happened." Erza replied while the two were still crying, "I thought you were sent to stop Natsu and those two fools." She got up from her chair and added, "Lisanna came here before to make sure you four don't cause any more trouble while I'm not around." she paused before placing her hands to her hips, "Needless to say, I'm disappointed."
"Where is he anyway?" Gray asked still the Fire Dragon Slayer wasn't here with them.
"Lisanna said he should be at the temple right now." Spoke the new girl, "By the way, my name's Sorano, I came here with Erza the other night."
"Well, we know where to collect him now." Erza added sternly.
"Natsu and Lisanna were fighting the Cold Emperor's lackeys, but when we came back, they were gone." Lucy explained softly.
"After getting the rest of the story from Lucy, we decided to come find you." Lisanna finished getting up and placing her hands to her hips as well, thinking back to look around the destroyed village for any sign of Gray or the lackeys. "But when we came to where the village was, we couldn't find you anywhere."
"So I did some scouting in the air, and from up there I can see that the villagers have moved into this storage area." Happy explained, thinking back to be tied up like a kite and forced look around for the Ice mage and found him here.
"Okay, we going to the temple in search for Natsu, and then we're going back to the guild." Erza ordered calmly walking pass Gray with her eyes closed.
"But we can't leave the island just yet!" Gray said declining the idea abandoning the island, the mission, and Lyon to do whatever he wants, "If Lucy and Lisanna filled you in, then you exactly what these villagers are going through right now!"
Erza look to the Ice mage with frown, Lisanna walking up to Gray as well the two look at him with stern looks. "And what would be your point?" Erza asked sternly,
Gray paused for a moment, and thought to himself. Did he have a point?
Meanwhile with Natsu—
Natsu yawned, finally getting up after deciding to sleep far from the temple after departing with Lisanna. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and groaned, "Man, I finally come up with a perfect plan, then I go and oversleep." and came his up the entrance of the temple and stood ready to go inside. With his fist held up tightly, he smiled confidently, "All right, let's do this!"
Back with Erza and the others—
"Lisanna and I came here solely on apprehending these fools for breaking the rules of the guild." Erza explained, but thought to herself, 'How can Natsu just blindly forget about the past, doesn't he care about Lisanna's feelings?' she continued speaking to him, "I am not interested in anything other than that."
"Rules?!" Gray repeated angrily, appalled Erza would just let this go, "Have you seen what happened to the people on this island?!"
"I have." She replied coolly.
"And you're just going to turn your back on them, especially you Lisanna. You promised you help us!" He retorted to the two mages.
"I care about bring you guys home, or is two years ago just a joke Gray. It isn't about me, I made my decision if Erza orders we leave, so that's that." she said, her blue eyes showing the same coldness her sister showed years ago.
"Besides, their request is posted in every Guild hall." Erza replied much her tone higher now, "The villagers would be much most suited for mages who were cleared for S-Class." Her eyes were hidden under her hair, "You're not qualified."
"How can the both of you be so heartless?" he asked Erza and Lisanna, hearing that they want to abandon this island just to take them home. That was the straw that broke the female mages' back, looking to Gray with darkness in their eyes.
"What did you say?" they asked darkly.
"That's no way to speak to the great Erza!" Happy shouted frantically from his binds.
"Don't suck up, Happy." Lisanna added darkly to the blue furred cat.
"Yes momma!" Happy squeaked in response seeing the dark looks in her eyes. Even Sorano shivered in fear, and she was a former dark mage.
Erza held up her left hand, a red magic circle appearing from her fingertips as her silver sword was summoned to her hand as Lisanna's right arm changed into a Tigress claw. Both females spoke at once, "Have you choose to defy the guild's rules as well?" Gray gasped as Erza's blade and Lisanna's claw were pointed directly at his neck yet they added, "You'll face the same punishment!"
Sorano, Lucy, and Happy watched nervous at the two mages ready to harm Gray for breaking the rules. Lisanna, for as long as Lucy has known her, has only shown this side of seriousness in several occasions so this side of her wasn't a surprise for Lucy. But Gray didn't seem too alarmed, but took hold on Erza's weapon and Lisanna's hand and lowered it not from his chin, but to his chest where the Fairy Tail mark was. The two gasped as Gray gripped the blade, his dark eyes showing seriousness in them.
"Do what you must…" he offered to the two mages coldly, making the three others gasped while Gray gritted his teeth in anger, "For me there's no other choice to be made. I can't watch away for what I what I know is right."
Erza and Lisanna gasped, was he really serious about this? They gritted their teeth in anger too while Gray gripped the blade tightly until his hand started to bleed from the base. He released it and walked away from the girls and walk to the flap of the tent without a second glance at the female mages and Happy. Happy and Lucy were dumbfounded that Gray had the guts to stand up to them like that, but Sorano smiled at him when he left, 'He's go moxie there's no mistaking it.'
"I'm seeing this through until the end." He told them, facing the blinding sunshine outside before glaring at Titania and Wild's Soul, "And you can't stop me."
Erza grunted, trying to saying to Gray, but he left the tent, leaving the girls and Happy to themselves. Lisanna sighed, "Jeez, I'll never forget how stubborn he really is. Once his mind's made up, he'll do it. That's Gray in a nutshell. He really wants to stop that Lyon fellow, and if he wants to, he wants to." Her arm reverted to normal and added frowning, "But still, we are going to help him, right Erza?"
Erza didn't responded to Lisanna yet but Happy and Lucy's hearts were thumping really fast as the scarlet haired mage faced them with a dark glint in her eyes. The two shrieked with fright while Lucy responded frantically, "Please don't be mad at us, we don't have any control over Gray!"
"He's not feeling like himself right now because he lost a fight with his old friend!" Happy explained frantically too.
But Erza paid them no mind, but slice her sword at them. But instead of probably cutting them up into little pieces, they realized that their ropes were cut up and they were set free.
Erza sighed, speaking to herself than to her comrades and Sorano, "These events are intolerable. We'll deal with the immediate problems for now." She ordered to the group.
Happy and Lucy were overjoyed, feeling really happy that they'll stay and help, "Thank you!"
"This doesn't change anything. You're still gonna face punishment." Erza responded to the cheerful smiles of the two.
Their smiles of delight were crush with disappointment, "Yes ma'am," they replied, remembering that they were in trouble.
"By the way Lucy, what happened to you top?" Lisanna asked finally noticing she wasn't wearing the green top anymore.
"That Sherry girl ripped it during our fight, so it's long gone now." Lucy sighed, lowering her head in shame.
"Well check my bag; I've got a surprise for you." Lisanna said finally smiled normally at her. Lucy did as she was requested and dig into her bag to find something wrapped in paper. She unwrapped and gasped in shock at what it was, even Sorano. It was a new shirt, seems to be brand new. It was a white top with yellow edges with a big star in the front. Lucy's eyes sparkled at the new shirt while Lisanna explained, "I wasn't fibbing when I said I went shopping, so I got that for you. Do you like it?"
The blond haired Celestial mage quickly grabbed hold of Lisanna, rubber her face on her cheek and exclaimed brightly, "Thank you so much Lisanna, I love you!"
Lisanna kept her smile, releasing Lucy from her blushing slightly, "I'll take your kisses later, right now I got a Dragon Slayer to help." She eyes Erza, Sorano, and Happy, "You guys man the fort here, and Lucy will assist you. Don't worry, she a lot stronger now with her Star Make practice."
Erza and Sorano's eyes were widening as dinner plates. "She can do Maker magic!"
Lucy blushed fidgeting a little, "Well, I'm still a beginner at best. I know only a few spells: Star Make Rush, Star Make Barrier, Star Make Shatter, Star Make Whip, and Star Make Star Shower."
"Unreal, impressive for someone who's first magic is Celestial Spirit magic." Sorano said impressed.
"You're a Celestial Spirit mage too?" Lucy and Lisanna asked.
"Yes." She replied, holding up her key ring that had nine keys, three golden keys that made Lucy look interested and six silver ones. (A/N 5)
"You have three Zodiac keys, where'd you get them?" she asked curiously.
Sorano froze upon hearing Lucy wanting her answer but turned away, her voice lacking any emotion, "It's complicated, I can't really tell you." She walks away from the group to sit on one of the crates.
"What's with her?" Lucy asked.
"It's complicated." Erza repeated as Lisanna left the tent to go find Natsu.
Meanwhile back at the temple—
Lyon stood inside the temple; his eyes narrowed facing one of the subordinates that came back after the events of destroying the village. His arms were folded and he frowned at him, "How pathetic, it seems you are the last one standing, Toby."
The dog man mage growled in shames, sad he was the only one left after Yuka and Sherry were defeated. Toby had gauze on his forehead from where he pricked himself from his and Lisanna's battle. Lyon sat down on old throne, still facing the dog man mage, "Those Fairy take mages, they're quite impressive." He commented. Each one of them were able to beat all three former Lamia Scale member with ease, they were strong nonetheless. Except for Toby, who defeated himself by his own hand…?
"Hey, can we keep the whole shocking myself a secret?" Toby asked not wanting his fellow comrades to find out.
"This unfortunate turn of events could out the resurrection of Deliora at jeopardy." spoke the masked man walking into the temple throne room unannounced."
"Zalty," Lyon confirmed, looking at the hunched masked man who grinned, "Stealthy as ever," he added to him.
"If all goes as planned, the demon should awaken at some point tonight." Zalty said to the Ice mage, "But we have to keep an eye out for those mages. If they were to interrupt the Moon Drip ceremony, then Deliora would forever be entombed in Ice." he paused before adding, "Salamander, Wild's Soul, and Titania are quite powerful. They could easily foil our plans." He assured him while Toby stood from him.
"As always, you seem remarkable well informed." Lyon commented holding his left hand up while frowning coldly his hand emitting a white mist, "But no matter, I can't say I'm worried. Those fools maybe strong, but they're no match for me."
"I was hoping you say that." Zalty replied, "So it's very reassuring to hear." He bowed to the Cold Emperor with his right arm in front of his chest, "But still allow me the honor of joining you in battle for old times' sake."
"Hold on!" Toby exclaimed to the hunched masked man, "I didn't know you were a mage too!"
"Yes, it's been awhile since I used it." Zalty explained looking up to Lyon smiling, "I've dabbled into a particular form of magic of lost magic."
"Sure." Lyon replied to the masked man's request to assist him, "We could use another mage." But their conversation was interrupted by the sounds of rumbling coming from somewhere outside the temple. Toby reacted with a jump, holding his left arm up to his face. Zalty wasn't smiling, wondering where that was coming from.
"It's an earthquake!" exclaimed Toby, as the temple the three mages were standing in started to tilt to the left, Lyon commented, "I'm not so sure…"
"It's all coming down!" Yelled Toby while at the meantime, Natsu was destroying pillars to tee temple, his left fist wrapped in flames as he put his plan was in action. Finally, the whole temple was tilted on the left side, which means no Moonlight can get through to Deliora. Inside the temple, the Deliora survivors were screaming in fear, with nothing to hold onto while the slid or fell across the floor. Back with Salamander, The Fire Dragon Slayer opened his mouth letting out a powerful stream of yellow-orange flames that hit the ceiling, and going up to where Lyon, Toby, and Zalty were through the floor that was the ceiling to Natsu's viewpoint. The three mages watched the towering inferno of flames, surprised that this turn of events that has transpire.
Lyon grunted in anger demanding, "What is the meaning of this?!" while Toby on his right was on the floor and Zalty remain on his feet.
"We're in trouble." Toby admitted with fear for the worse.
Zalty was not fazed by his, but kept his calm smile, "I should have known Salamander would make the first move. And it seems the other is not that close by."
"The other?" Toby repeated in confusion.
"The one who's one takeover rivals Salamander's Dragon Slayer magic… Wild's Soul is closing in to the ruins as well." Zalty said still smiling, "So, it appears we have guests"
The three mages look down to see Natsu down there from the hole he created.
(Cue Natsu's theme—Fairy Tail Volume one soundtrack)
Natsu chuckled, seeing he got the three mages' attention his hands to her hips, "You know I usually end up breaking stuff by accident. It's kinda funny how hard it is. I'm trying to do it on purpose."
Lyon grunted in anger looking at Natsu his slanted eyes narrowed, "What do you think you're doing here?!" He demanded the Dragon Slayer.
Natsu look at the three his temple throbbing with veins ready to burst. His left hand up to his face, which showed his Fairy Tail stamp, "I'm gonna knock this place over. Then you won't be able to shine moonlight on that demon you got underground!"
A few minutes earlier—
Just as Zalty said, Lisanna was closing in on the temple, seeming the explosions of magic coming from and guess Natsu is playing his part well.
"Looks like that will slow things now for a bit." Lisanna said in her Animal Soul: Wings Transformation, "Better help Natsu out before things get messy." She decided flying closer to the adjusted temple and cancelled her Wings takeover. Her left hand was to her hip while waiting for the chance to enter. She didn't want to be ambushed by any of Lyon's minions; her goal was on the Cold Emperor himself.
"Can't rush in just yet, need to make sure Natsu fights him." She held her left fist up, "If we can hold him off, then he won't be able to free Deliora. Natsu's damage plus our interruption might save this island from destruction."
Back inside the temple—
Lyon stared at the mage, shocked that this one boy could mess up everything he had hoped for years. He wanted to surpass Ur, to surpass Gray completely, but this Dragon Slayer just goes and mess things up for him.
"Insolent fool!" Lyon stated to the Dragon Slayer, his eyes on the Cold Emperor, "Just you do you think you are?! You dare challenge me?!""
"Okay, could someone please explain to me what's going, because I'm completely stumped?" said Toby, still not following what was happening so far.
"Unfortunately, this boy's the reason the temple's now tilted." Zalty explained, "I assume he destroyed the support pillar on one side, doing so cause the temple to shift in that direction. This in turn prevents any moonlight to shine directly on Deliora." Zalty smirked at what the Fire Dragon Slayer was up to, "It's an ingenious plan. I'm surprise that dope thought of that."
Under Natsu's feet were yellow-orange flames surging from the ground as he exclaimed, "Enough of your babbling!"
"Fire from his fire?!" Lyon realized while Toby's mouth was agape.
"Yeah! Fire comes all outta his body!" Toby said, remembering his fight with Salamander and Wild's Soul.
As Natsu went flying up to Lyon his fire acting like boosters, a voice called out from behind, "Flame Burt of the Phoenix!" as a red-orange stream of flames was fired from behind him, Toby, and Zalty and not only Natsu's head collided with the Ice mage's chest, but he was then enveloped by the flames from the individual. Zalty and Toby were wide eyed in shock, so was Lyon to be hit so easily on both sides.
Lisanna has entered the throne room, already in her partial Phoenix Soul, but something was new to it. Her skirt she was wearing now was decorated with red-orange flames, her hair starting to show a different tone to it. Her top was also decorated with flames too, her two hands still out as she smirked.
But the Lyon the two attacks hit started to shatter, revealing ice before break into pieces. Toby and Zalty were shocked 'Lyon broke but the other attacker, revealed to be Lisanna both were shocked of what they attacked.
"What… A Fake?!" they both realized in astonished, but Lisanna screamed, "Natsu, look out!"
But Natsu didn't have time to react, as the real Lyon appeared on the ground, his left hand out announcing, "Ice Make: Eagle!" and several small eagles shaped like ice came flying from the light blue magic and heading its way to the airborne Dragon Slayer who turned to them.
"You can't dodge them in the air!" Lyon told him, his hand still out controlling the ice eagles. Lyon smirked, but Natsu wasn't fazed, shooting a stream of yellow-orange flames from his, the stream of flames allowed Natsu to land back the ground missing the Eagles. Lyon's hand was still outstretch as Natsu let out a two streams of flames from his feet, heading to Lyon but ducking to evade the attack.
"You're mine!" Lisanna exclaimed, her two outstretched hands now ablaze with two twirling ribbons of fires like wings, "Phoenix Wing Attack!" and crash her fiery wings at Lyon who then held up an Ice Make Shield to protect himself. Lisanna was close to the Ice mage, her eyes narrowed in anger as Lisanna jump to Natsu's side with a twist in the air. Lyon's kneels were still bent to the ground , looking to Natsu and Lisanna while the flames Natsu created were still glowing the room, the surroundings a much brighter orange color.
"Such ridiculous magic…!" Lyon said at the display Natsu and Lisanna gave him as both mages hit him one of their fire attacks before exclaiming, "Roar of the/Flame Burst of the…" as they were still a foot off the ground, "Fire Dragon/Phoenix!" and powerful streams of flames released from Natsu's mouth and Lisanna's hands, the two attacks joining into one large stream of yellow, red, and orange flames that traveled their way to Lyon ready to hit him, but Zalty held his left arm up and thee two fire mages were sent crashing through the floor, their flame attacks following. Lyon landed to the ground, the masked man walking up them.
"You were quite lucky, Cold Emperor." Zalty stated calmly, while Toby stood behind him completely smoldered from Natsu and Lisanna's attacks, "Could we keep the fact they got me on the down-low…?" he requested.
"What did you do?" Lyon asked, his slanted eyes still narrowed, wondering what was that that made the two fire mages attacks stop and for them to fall through the floor.
"Whatever do you mean?" Zalty responded calmly.
"Don't play dumb." Lyon replied coolly, "It was your magic that caused the floor to crumble."
"You could tell?" Zalty replied still smiling, "You're truly impressive, Cold Emperor." He paused for a moment before adding, "But please understands, we cannot afford to lose you before Deliora is revived."
Upon hearing that, mist formed around Lyon's body, the Cold Emperor's eyes narrowed irritably. "You're suggesting those measly flames could have beaten me?" he asked.
Underneath Lyon's feet, ice crystals started to form as the room was now bathe in blue light from Lyon's ice magic and the mist forming too. Ice was crystalizing the floor, walls, and ceiling too, the room not an ice cave like setting.
"Leave me," he ordered to the two mages, "I can take care of this myself."
After falling through the hole, Natsu immediately climbed out, turning back to Lisanna to pull her up to the throne. Lyon spoke to his subordinates, the two fire mages listening in and watching him.
"Once I defeat Deliora, everyone will worship my name." Lyon said to the two and the Fairy Tail mages, "Cold Emperor Lyon. I worked too hard to let brats like them tarnish it."
Zalty continued grinning, while Toby looked on unfazed. Zalty replied softly, "As you wish."
Natsu and Lisanna waited on, hearing the Cold Emperor's words and his remark about call them brats. Natsu asked to the silvery haired mage, "So you wanna defeat Deliora?"
Meanwhile with the others—
Knowing Lisanna might need some backup if she and Natsu were going to be in a fight with Lyon, Gray, Erza, Sorano, Lucy, and Happy hurried through the forest in order to catch up with Lisanna. Gray was in the lead, followed by Erza, with Sorano picking up the pace, and lastly Lucy, (wearing her new shirt) and Happy bring up the rear. Before they chased after Lisanna and, Gray explained what was Lyon's motive to what he was doing here on the island and how it connected to Deliora.
"Are you kidding, he's actually going to fight that thing?" Lucy asked worried about how dangerous Deliora is and what it might do if released.
Gray didn't answer Lucy's question, but keep his eyes on the prize.
Back with Natsu, Lisanna, and Lyon—
The two mages were out of the whole and facing Lyon, their fists clenched tightly.
"The thing looks half dead already." Lisanna commented but Natsu added, "So let me get this straight, you're all this way just to melt that ice and defeat some demon?" both mages added in unison, "That's pretty messed up if you ask us!"
Mist surrounded Lyon as he replied coldly, "I must surpass Ur's legacy," and a magic circle appeared from his left as he cried, "I will rest until I fulfill my dream!" and Ice shaped emerging from the light blue magic circle to attack Lisanna and Natsu. The two mages jump back, dodging the eagles that were coming at them as they cartwheeled away.
"Why go this far" they asked, dodging eagle after eagle, "Shouldn't you just challenge Ur and be done with it?!"
"Well I would if I could, but Ur has been dead for years!" Lyon confirmed, hand still out.
Lisanna and Lisanna were back on the ground, still facing Lyon. So his teacher is dead? But why still go this far for someone who is dead? There it hit them, what Gray said about Ur. It all made sense.
"We didn't realize she ended up dying when sealed it." Lisanna admitted felling they might have struck a nerve about it.
"Yes, but she still be alive if it wasn't for Gray!" Lyon exclaimed in anger, while they stood facing him as eagle was coming from behind the two. Natsu and Lisanna turned to see, but as it crashed into them, they used their arms to shield from the ice as it shattered away from them. They were covered in the mist, Lyon from his viewpoint, believing that they would be hurt from the attack. As the mist cleared, the Cold Emperor could see the kneeled mages using the left or right arms to shield from the attack.
"Look," they growled, still facing the Ice with their arms over their faces, "We don't know what happened to you in the past, but we do know what you're doing in the present… And it's hurting a lot of incent people."
Lyon stood there facing the two, his slanted eyes like snakes still the same and lacking emotion, "And since you don't seem to realize that yourself…" they added coolly, their flames surround their hands/wrists, "We'll have to knock some sense into ya!"
And finally back in the forest—
The four mages and Happy stop for a second, the Ice mage placing his hand to the tree. Sorano came to Gray and asked, "I don't get, what's so special about this demon if wants to release it?"
"There's more to it, Sorano, I'll explain." Gray said, "Even back when we were kids, Lyon always dreamed of surpassing Ur's magical ability, but since she's gone he can't challenge her directly. He's decided that it's up to him to defeat Deliora, because that the one thing she could never beat."
"Well, I guess that'll be the only way to challenge someone who dead." Lucy said in response to Gray's story.
"Aye." agreed Happy simply.
"He's crazy if that'll fulfill his dream." Sorano commented. Her arms crossed to her chest.
Gray gritted his teeth, but added to the female mages and happy, "Listen, these something I never got to tell him." He faced his comrades with his eyes shut in shame of himself, "I kept it secret. Ur made me promise to never let him know what happened to her. But I have to." Erza kept her serious look on her face while folding her arms with a frown on her face. Then Erza admitted the words that made everyone: Happy, Lucy, Erza, and Sorano feel a chill down their spines with shock…
"Ur may not be with us… But she's still alive."
They all gasped… Was Gray saying really true? How can someone who is dead be still alive? Is she not dead from Gray's story, is she alive and not around, or is there more to the tale then Gray is letting on?
The battle of Galuna Island reaches its climax, with the battle of Natsu, Lisanna, and Lyon about to begin in the temple and Deliora's reawaken upon them, Can Team Natsu and their new ally Sorano stop Lyon and break the curse? And what is the secret about Ur that Gray means by 'she still alive'?
To be continued…
Michael: And finally, finished with the first part of the Galuna Island arc. This is my longest chapter in my years of writing. So I am really proud of myself for how this came out. Now as this just finished, I have two retellings to work on along with my upcoming series based on my prologue. Now I have different ideas for both stories, so they won't clash and be the same. There were original ideas I had that I will put into place in the second retelling. So, before I have Lisanna and Happy comment, I must thank my friend and his beta reader, Ashk1980. He was the one who gave me the idea of Star-Make, so thank him and help support his story too. Now I had funny slowly developing Sorano, who is Angel in theory because there aren't that many stories that develop her without turning into shipping fodder or a complete monster that steals keys from their little sister and try and kill them… Yes, someone wrote that. Well time for Happy and Lisanna to wrap this up.
Lisanna: Michael isn't kidding, but we'll take about it later
Happy: Hey Michael, what did Lisanna do to Lucy before tying her up?
Michael *Evil smirk*: Well, I'll let your minds think on that. Gee-hee.
Lisanna: Well, while our readers are going to have minds in the gutter, time for the next titles, but I think last chapter told you what is coming, so we'll see you guys next time for more Fairy Tail Re Deluxe
Happy, Michael, and Lisanna: Bye-Bye!
#1 as a Dragon Ball Z fan, Piccolo would
#2 if you haven't read episode 9, then you know how I feel about the overused clichés Fairy Tail Fanfic writer use and people liking them. The Mate cliché, worse than the replace one
#3 this is what many fans think is Yukino's sister and the clues placed upon the GMG arc do fit the bill
#4 look up Digimon season 2, and you can guess the reference
#5 Sorano's keys: 4 from the series, 5 based on the other constellations. Yes, based on constellation, not the other crap