Hello to all!
And the winner of the quote is:
Brotnovmic.
The quote is from Eragor by Christopher Paolini.
I had originally intended to give you guys until chapter ten because of how soon I have released chapter nine after chapter 8, but Brotnovmic got the quote in only about four hours or less, so I threw that plan out the window, but that is pleasant surprise. It is nice to see you guys put up with my silly little game, so thanks.
This chapter's quote is: Death is not the end. Death can never the end. Death is the road. Life is the traveler. The Soul is the Guide.
Same rules as always. You can tell me where the quote comes from first, I give you a shout out in the next chapter.
Not much to say other than this is the conclusion of the Lullaby Arc and the Gallaluna Island Arc shall begin on chapter 11, so prepare for that and the death of Deliora, whom I have not forgotten, as many people have claimed I have.
I do not own Fairy Tail, Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima.
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"SHOUTING"
"Talking Telepathically"
"Attack!"
"Dragon/Demon Talking"
"Dragon/Demon Thinking"
"Reading"
Chapter Nine: Lullaby Arc: Part Three: Death of Lullaby.
There, in a mountainous area surrounded by a large number of forests, stands the small town of Clover Town.
This is a rather small town, mostly unimportant, save for the fact that on the very edge of the town is a red bricked large mansion with four towers.
This is the Guild Master's Building, where all of the Legal Guild Masters all gather together on a regular basis to discuss everything of concern in the magical world.
Inside the building, Master Makarov sat on a table, his usual green jester's hat still on his head, while his light orange jacket, light green undershirt and tan pants with his light blue sneakers were on as always.
Makarov was currently eating a large chicken leg, meanwhile another one of his fellow legal guild masters started talking to him.
"So, how has your Guild been Makey?" Asked a sort, bald man.
This is Master Bob, current Guild master and founder of Blue Pegasus guild. Master Bob is a short, elderly man who is currently wearing a purple spaghetti shirt accessorized with gold and fuchsia hoop necklace and vertically striped pink and purple shorts. he has on red lipstick, has two pink circles on his cheeks that always make him look like he is blushing and finally, he has on his back small white angel wings.
"It has been okay Bob. Natsu has taken on yet another apprentice. If he keeps this up, he might as well quit being a Guild member and just apply to be a teacher at some academy. We also have a new member by the name of Lucy and she is Natsu's newest apprentice." Makarov said to his old friend.
"Really? Another one? That boy of your's Makarov. He has trained more people in the art of magic than any non-Guild Master I have ever seen. Have you considered making him your replacement when it is time to retire?" Bob asked.
"I have considered asking Natsu to take over, but Natsu is too in love with freedom. He loves being on the road, doing quests, helping others and doing something. He would hate the job of Guild Master, just sitting around and doing paper work all day would more than likely be his definition of hell. He has the heart to be a Guild master and he more than has the power to be one as well, but he just hates not being able to be on the road, he spends almost all of his time on the road, doing jobs and help training his friends. No, I will not ask him to be my replacement. I will ask someone else to be my replacement. I already have several candidates in mind: Laxus, Mirajane and Erza are the most prominent. Ur and Gildarts said right to my face: "No, we are never going to be Guild masters." Yukino, Cana and Minerva also expressed their intention of never being Guild Masters. Lisanna and Elfman, although they are S-Class, do not have the mentality to be Guild Masters. Lisanna is too trusting and Elfman will fight anyone and everything if he thinks of them as a threat to his family, so those two are out. Mystogen doesn't ever come to the Guild, so he is out as well and Gray is just like Natsu, he loves being on the road to much to be a effective Guild Master, so logically, only Erza, Laxus and Mirajane are the logical replacements for me." Makarov said to his long time friend.
"I see. Laxus has really changed, hasn't he?" Bob said to Makarov.
"Yep. After Natsu obliterated him with his own element, Laxus had a reality check. He can still be an asshole some of the time, but he does respect his Guild mates and he will fight for their safety if the situation calls for it. He also has experience commanding the Thunder God Tribe, so he knows how to lead his men. He, unlike Natsu and Gray, can stand doing paperwork, but just barely and he too likes being on the road, so if I do decide to make him my successor, he will need some more grooming for the position. Erza on the other hand is strict, she knows when to lay down punishment, but at the same time, she is also kind and compassionate and when she does screw up, she immediately tries to make thing right. She does have a really bad habit of beating people up if they destroy her Strawberry cake, so a little more grooming for her as well if I did make her my successor. Mirajane has the power to be a Guild Master and she has the heart to be one as well, but she has a sadistic side when it comes to her friends, so once again, grooming to better prepare her for the position if she was made to be my successor. All in all, there is no one I could leave the Guild to right at this second. The one I want to leave it too is Laxus, but as I said before, he needs grooming. I think if I were to pass away, I think Natsu would take control until a permanent new Guild Master could be found." Makarov said.
"What are you two talking about?" A new voice asked.
Standing a few feet to the right of Makarov stood the Founder and Current Guild Master of Quatro Cerberus, Goldmine.
Goldmine was a slim man who appeared to be in his late fifties or sixties. His mildly square head was covered in winkles, specifically around his mouth, under his eyes and on his forehead. Despite his age he still had a full head of hair, which goes down to his shoulders and was a dark golden-green color. He wore a pair of awesome looking sunglasses that made him look like a secret agent. He wore a simply dark blue t-shirt and pair of pants, but he also wore a dark hat that was traditionally worn by warlocks. There was a red ring around the base where a large number of metal spikes came out, while the top of the hat is torn. Around his neck is a collar that has a near identical spiked set to that of his hat.
"We are talking about Makey's possible replacement." Bob said to his friend.
"Ah, already thinking about retirement aye Makarov? To be truthful, I have also started to consider retirement. This Guild Master position is alright, but these last few years have really seemed to stress me out more than usual. Maybe it's time to hand the reins over to the next generation." Goldmine said to Makarov.
"I know, but there isn't anyone who is 100% ready to take over the responsibilities of being a Guild Master." Makarov said.
"Well, if you are going to wait for someone who is 100% ready to handle being a Guild Master, you are going to be waiting for a thousands years. No one is ever truly ready to be a Guild Master. Being a Guild master isn't something anyone can ever truly be ready for, it is a process, we become better at the job and being Guild masters, but no Guild Master ever started out that way. You, me and Bob all started out as pretty bad Guild Masters. That is evident by all the mistakes I wish I never made. If I could go back, I would not change a thing. It is those mistakes that made me a better Guild Master and a man. What I am trying to say Makarov is this, when you pick your successor, pick the one who has the best heart, he is going to be the best Guild Master. Just food for thought." Goldmine said as he started eating his food.
Makarov digested that thought, "Maybe he is right. No one ever truly ready for this job, there is just no way to be ready for it. Just pick the one with the greatest heart eh? You have given me much to think about, my old friend."
Just then, a small light blue bird came flying into the building and said, "Message for Master Makarov, Message from master Makarov."
Makarov waved his hand and the bird flew over and said, "Master Makarov, you have a message from Mirajane."
Makarov raised an eyebrow at that little tidbit, Mirajane almost never contacted him unless it was important.
Makarov took the letter and then broke the seal, making a 3 inch tall hologram of Mirajane appear.
"Hey look! It is Mirajane, she's our cover-girl. Ain't she a cutie?" Makarov said with a perverted smile on his face.
Bob and goldmine sighed, it seemed that no matter how much time passed, Makarov would still have that perverted habit of his.
It had landed him in jail more than a few times and it seemed that it would not be stopping anytime soon.
"Master Makarov, I have big news! Erza came back yesterday and she, Natsu, Gray, Happy and Lucy all went to attack the Eisenwald Guild based on the fact that they had overheard that Eisenwald was planning something big. They just might be the strongest Team in all of Fairy Tail! Just thought I would give you a heads up." The recording of Mirajane said before she disappeared.
Makarov began to sweat in nervousness, Natsu, Gray and Erza were all S-Class mages, each one capable of destroying a city if they wanted to and with all three of them working together, they just might be able to take over the world if they tried hard enough. Add in Happy, near S-Class in strength and Lucy, who although wasn't as powerful as the other, she still had the ability to cause massive damage with her spirits if she wanted to.
"Remember Makarov. This is Natsu, Erza, Gray and Happy, they know not to go all out, everything will be alright." Makarov thought to himself.
"Please don't destroy anything that I will have to pay for." Makarov prayed to whatever deity who was listening to him.
Elsewhere...
Erza, Gray, Lucy, Happy and Kageyama were all in the magic mobile, driving towards Clover as fast as the magic mobile was capable of going, but they all knew that the magic mobile wasn't fast enough to get to Clover before Erigor would.
It was simple facts: Erigor is a wind mage and was in the air, meaning he could cover a lot more ground a lot faster than the magic mobile could due to him not having to worry about the terrain to slow him down.
Also, Magic mobiles are not extremely fast. The greatest speed ever accomplished by a magic mobile was 125 miles per hour and that was a custom model designed to go as fast as it could and the magic mobile they were currently in was no where even close to that magic mobile.
"C'mon you stupid machine! Faster!" Erza yelled out.
Kageyama laughed and said, "There is no way you are going to reach Clover in time to stop Erigor. The Guild Master's are as good as dead."
Lucy looked over at Kageyama with a glare and said, "Don't underestimate Natsu. He will beat Erigor without any effort."
"Yeah right, Erigor is the strongest member of Eisenwald and his Storm Mail armor is unbeatable. No one has ever broken through that spell, not even me." Kageyama said.
"Natsu isn't just some random member of Fairy tail. He is the strongest member of Fairy Tail. I am sure you have heard of the Salamander." Gray said.
"Yeah, everyone has heard about him. He is the guy with flames so hot, nothing can stop them. Wait, are you telling me...?" Kageyama asked as realization dawned in him.
"Yeah, Natsu is the Salamander. Erigor's little winds won't do anything to impede Natsu's flames and if those don't work, Natsu's lightning will take care of Erigor." Lucy said.
"Erigor sill has a head start. He will reach the town and play the flute before your friend has a chance to beat him." Kageyama said with a smirk.
"Natsu is moving as fast as lightning, Erigor is moving a lot slower. Natsu will stop him. Now my question for you is why?" Lucy said with a firm tone.
"Why what?" Kageyama asked, confused.
"Why did you try to kill all those innocent people? They have done nothing to you and you tried to kill them all." Lucy asked as she clenched her hands.
"They were ignorant of our suffering. They live their lives unaware of the pain we went through, so they deserve to die for their ignorance." Kageyama said before Lucy slapped him really hard with her left hand.
Erza, Gray and Happy all winced at the sound of the impact, right before Lucy began talking again.
"Killing innocent people will not help get your rights back. All that will happen because you did those actions is further the council's decision to make you guys criminals. The council will do everything in it's power to wipe you and every Dark Guild off the face of Earthland without any hint of mercy. You would just cause more pain and suffering for everyone if you kill innocent people for nothing more than your selfish reasons. You had your rights taken away from you for a reason, so you should just accept the punishment and move forwards. If you do something wrong, you have to acknowledge what you did was wrong and work to fix it, that it the only way you are going to get your rights back." Lucy said with fire in her eyes.
Kageyama was stunned, not only from the legendary slap that he had gotten, which was probably going to leave a permanent mark on his face, but also Lucy's words rang of the truth, Eisenwald had taken too many assassination jobs and they had been getting a lot more violent and had pushed the law far too many times to not be considered a Dark guild and yet they said that the Council had been unfair and unjust, so they immediately go and search for a way to get their revenge. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that Eisenwald had only further proved that the Council had been in the right to take away their rights.
Gray then said, "Lucy is right. You focus way too much on life and death. There is a lot more to life then the beginning and the ending. You need to focus on the positives. Life is so much more than pain, and hardships. There is joy and love to experience as well. When you find yourself in a bad situation, you can do one of two things. One: Complain about it or Two: Do something about it. You and your friends chose to complain about your situation and then take it out on everyone else for the bad choices you made. You just proved the Council was right all along."
Kageyama went silent and the rest of the magic mobile went silent as well, the only wounds was the sound of the wind howling by them as they sped towards Clover.
Meanwhile, back at the canyon...
"It is almost time." Erigor thought as he flew forwards, his insane smile still on his face.
It had been almost thirty minutes since he had left the Oshibana train station and he was only about another twenty minutes away from Clover town by air.
Normally he could make the trip much quicker, but he had expended a large amount of his magical power to create that Wind Wall surrounding the station earlier, so he was trying to conserve as much magical power as he could right now.
He was flying along when a sound like thunder erupted around him and then a sharp pain erupted from his lower back.
Erigor gasped as the sharp pain drove out all of his wind and sent him flying into the train tracks underneath him.
Erigor groaned as he pulled himself up, whatever the hell jut happened?
He turned upwards just in time to see a combat boot coming right at his face, the owner looking quite angry.
The kick to his face sent Erigor flying backwards, Erigor skipped like a stone several times before he rolled to a stop 150 feet away from where he had originally first landed.
Erigor got up once more and saw the angry and glaring face of one Natsu Dragneel, purple lightning crackling all over his body.
Erigor grinned and was about to say something when he felt something drive into his stomach, causing him to gasp out in pain.
That something turned out to be Natsu, who had a right fist buried in Erigor's gut.
Natsu then grabbed Erigor by the collar of his shirt and flung him across the tracks, causing the Grim Reaper cosplayer to smack his face right into the train track, and roll a bit before he got back up once more.
Erigor was really pissed right now, he had a broken nose, a bruised stomach and who knows what else and this little punk had done all of that and had the audacity to just stand there.
"Who the hell are you?" He snarled out towards Natsu.
Natsu was silent as he started walking towards Erigor, crimson flames surrounding his hands.
"Who am I?" Natsu said.
"Yes, who are you?" Erigor said as he had his scythe drawn.
"I am Natsu Dragneel, son of Igneel, the Fire Dragon King. I am also known as..." Natsu said as he closed his eyes.
"The Salamander!" Natsu said as he eyes shot open, showing that they were now like a dragon's eyes, being slitted and also golden with lighter shades of gold streaking through the iris.
Erigor gasped and then began to chuckle and said, "So, the infamous Salamander stands before me? I must say, never thought I would fight you one-on-one."
"Oh trust me Erigor, it won't be a fight." Natsu said as he got into his fighting position.
"Really? You are going to use fire against me? Everyone knows that wind trumps fire." Erigor taunted as he too got into his fighting position.
"My flames aren't ordinary flames. They are fire that transcends fire." Natsu said back.
"Whatever. My win." Erigor said.
For a few seconds neither of the mages moved, they just stood still, silently studying each other for possible weaknesses.
Then they moved, both sides moving faster than the eye could follow.
When they reappeared, Natsu had his left fist driven right into Erigor's face, twisting Erigor's face backwards, while Erigor's fist had missed hitting Natsu.
Erigor was flung backwards by the force of the blow and Natsu moved in to attack.
Natsu brought his foot up and then drove his foot down into Erigor's back, making the Dark Mage cry out in pain and driving the man down into the tracks, which caused a small indent to be formed from the force of Erigor hitting the track.
Erigor snarled out and shouted, "Magic Wind Palm!"
Erigor clapped his hands together and a massive tornado appeared, headed directly towards Natsu.
Natsu then roared out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Natsu opened his maw and a large tornado of crimson fire came rushing forth, headed directly towards the tornado Erigor had unleashed.
When wind and fire met, a massive explosion rocked the canyon, large gales from the force of the wind tornado and the fire tornado meeting rushing for miles away.
When the dust cleared, it showed that both parties were unharmed, but Erigor seemed shocked and rather quite afraid.
"How? How did you flames destroy my winds?" Erigor asked in fear.
"Simple. My crimson flames are flames that destroy everything, they are some of the strongest and most destructive flames ever created. Wind does nothing to them, neither does water or ground. Surrender Erigor and I might go easy on you." Natsu said.
Erigor snarled and said, "Never!"
Erigor then shouted, "Storm Blast!"
Erigor raised his left hand and gathered his winds there until he had a 1 and a half tall sphere of winds that he then shot towards Natsu.
Natsu sighed and raised his crimson flame covered fist up and yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Cataclysm Fist!"
Natsu then swung his fist forwards, and struck the Storm Blast, causing the spell to blow up, the winds gathered in the spell sent to all four corners of Earth.
Natsu then looked over at Erigor and saw that the man had gotten up and was now flying int eh air, where he made several gestures with his hands and yelled out, "Storm Bringer!" and suddenly, a magic circle appeared underneath his feet.
Thinking fast Natsu yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Inferno Overload!"
Natsu's entire form became covered in intense crimson flames and then the flames exploded, destroying the winds as they began to form a massive tornado around him.
Erigor grit his teeth, this brat was really starting to push his buttons. If a long rang attack wasn't going to work, then he would get up close and personal!
Erigor then shouted out, "Storm Mail!" and began to spin his scythe around a circle, causing a massive purple magic circle to appear that created a large armor set around Erigor made out of wind.
Natsu could sense that the spell Erigor just used could a very annoying trick to deal with and he had no time to deal with this idiot anymore, Gramp's life was on the line, so he decided to just take the crazy Dark Wizard down now.
Erigor seemed to want to end this as well because he was channeling all of his magic into this final attack as well.
"Emera Beam!" Erigor roared out as he made an X using his two index and middle fingers in front of himself and created a large magic circle from which an enormous tornado came rushing towards Natsu.
Natsu seemed unconcerned and shouted out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Solar Blitz Assault!"
Natsu crossed his arm, clocked them in intense crimson flames and then roared out as hundreds of small crimson ball of magic came rushing out towards the massive tornado.
The small ball detonated along the tornado's path, causing the tornado to dissipate and then the remaining crimson balls went and struck Erigor.
The crimson balls detonated all around the mad man, causing him to be tossed to and fro as the powerful spell beat him into unconsciousness.
The powerful explosion ripped the Storm Mail from Erigor's body, leaving him to face the powerful explosion all alone.
Erigor screamed out in pain as the last of the crimson balls exploded around him.
A few more seconds of incredible pain, the explosion finally ended, allowing Erigor to slump forwards a little due to his fatigue.
Erigor looked back at Natsu to see him flying towards Erigor, crimson flames coming out of the souls of his shoes.
"Crimson Fire Dragon's Hammer Strike!" Natsu roared out as his entire right arm became cloaked in crimson flames and he cocked his right arm back.
Erigor could only watch as Natsu's right arm came forwards and smashed into his gut, causing a large explosion that sent him hurtling into the train tracks, where he stayed, because he was now too beat up to move.
Just before he fell unconscious, Erigor thought, "The stories are true! There are real DRAGON SLAYERS left!"
Natsu sighed as the familiar feeling of his crimson flames left him.
Natsu loved being in Crimson Fire Dragon Slayer mode, the crimson flames were much stronger then his regular flames and they looked just like Igneel's scales, so they reminded him of his adopted father who was currently inside him creating antibodies.
But, Makarov had forbidden Natsu from using the mode, or from using Dragon Force, Crimson Lightning Fire Dragon Slayer mode and especially Fire Dragon King's mode due to how Natsu could kill someone with those levels of power. He could use the Fire Drive and the Lightning Drive and he could go full base mode against someone, but unless he was 100% certain they could survive it, he was not allowed to go beyond those levels.
That was the price of being so strong, he could kill someone if he wasn't careful, he even held back when he was fighting Gray a few days ago. The only person he could go all out on now was Igneel.
Natsu sighed, he search for a worthy opponent would continue on, but for fight now, he had something to do.
Natsu reached Erigor's unconscious body and reached down towards the familiar three eyed skull headed flute called Lullaby.
He picked up the cursed item and then heard the familiar sounds of a magic mobile approaching.
He turned around and saw Erza driving the magic mobile towards him and waved over at her.
After a minute, the magic mobile finally reached Natsu and Erza, Gray, Happy and Lucy all got out of the car.
"Natsu! You beat Erigor!" Lucy said happily.
"Yep. He wasn't even a problem when I used my crimson flames." Natsu said with a smile.
"Well done everyone. We not only saved everyone at the station, we have taken down Eisenwald and have appropriated the cursed flute of Lullaby. This is reason for a celebration when we get back to Fairy Tail." Erza said.
"Agreed." Gray said.
"Incredible, they actually defeated Erigor." Kageyama thought in shock.
Kageyama then saw Lullaby in Natsu's hand and got an idea.
He slowly moved up and got into the driver seat and placed the SE-Plug onto his wrist, all while willing his shadow into a hand.
Kageyama then gunned the engine and sent the car flying towards the group of light mags, all of whom jumped out of the way.
Kageyama shadow hand shot out and grabbed Lullaby and thus the dark mage made a spectacular getaway.
"See you suckers!" Kageyama shouted out as he drove away at high speeds.
By the time the light mages were back on their feet, he was long gone, probably using his shadow form to scatter his scent so he wasn't traceable.
Uncomfortable silence filled the air for a few seconds before Natsu said, "In my defense, he was in dire need of help."
"Quick, we have to get to Clover town as fast as we can before he does if we want to save the Guild Master's!" Erza said.
"Aye Sir!" The other four legal mages said as they saluted Erza for a few seconds before all five mages began running as fast as they could towards Clover Town.
Time Skip...
Nighttime had fallen when Kageyama stood behind a tree that was on a hill overlooking the Guild Master Building, the bandages he got when the Fairy Tail mages helped him visible.
"This is it. They should be able to hear the Lullaby song from up here." Kageyama thought.
Then, he heard someone cough from behind him
Spinning around, he saw the Master of Fairy Tail standing behind him.
"Are you alright young man? Those bandages look fresh, you shouldn't be out here with such wounds." He said.
"It is alright sir. I am perfectly alright. Hey, would you mind if I played my flute? They wouldn't let me play it in the hospital and it would mean a lot of someone of your stature heard me play." Kageyama said as he pulled out Lullaby.
"Very well, but please do be quick about it. The Guild Master meeting should be finishing up soon and I need t be there for when it does." Makarov said.
Kageyama raised the flute up to his lips, his thoughts were about what others had said to him regarding this whole plan.
"This is it." He thought, just before memories passed through his head.
"Who would want to join a legal guild anyway, they suck!" Rayule has said to him.
"This is our revenge, against those who took away our rights and forced us to live in the shadows!" Erigor passionately said.
Here he had the Guild master of the greatest of the legal guilds, Master Makarov dead to his rights, there was no way that Makarov could stop him from plying the flute before it killed him.
Yet, for some reason, he found himself unable to play he flute.
Kageyama had truly believed that up until this moment, what he was doing was for the good of all Dark Guilds, revenge against those who had taken away their rights, forcing them to fight to survive.
But, then he remembered all the horrible things he had done to do so.
How many people had been outside Oshibana, innocent people, all with faults, dreams, hopes and so much more than he would ever now. How many of those good people had he been willing to kill, just so he could get his revenge against the legal guilds.
All of time in a Dark guild, he had hated the average citizens of Fiore. How dare they enjoy the privileges of a regular life while he had to scrounge around in the dirt to make a living?!
But, perhaps it was his anger that had made him blind this entire time. Perhaps, he had let his anger over the fact his rights had been revoked that had transformed him into a monster, a monster that would kill indiscriminately, just to satisfy his irrational thirst for vengeance.
He thought that the rest of Eisenwald would help him with his goal, but just a few hours ago, Karaka had tried to kill him. He was his Guild mate and yet Karaka intentionally attempted to end his life.
If it hadn't been for those Fairy Tail mages sealing his wounds, he would have bled to death.
And yet, the first chance he got, he betrayed their trust, stole their vehicle and ran off to kill the man who had given them a home.
Sure, he didn't like those mages, but they had done more for him and showed more concern for his well being then anyone in Eisenwald ever had.
That gave him pause for his actions. Even if he killed Makarov, would it truly lead to a better world for him and the other Dark mages, or would it simply increase the anger Dark Mages already faced?
Would he have any lasting impact on the world or would he simply be remembered as the man who killed Fairy Tail's master and thus confirmed what everyone thought of the Dark Guilds.
The next set of voices in his head were of the Fairy Tail mages.
"Killing innocent people won't get your rights back!" Lucy said in his head.
"You need to focus on the positives." The memory of Gray's words ringing in his head.
"Natsu! Get over here and use your flames to heal him!" Why did Erza show so much concern for a man who had devoted his life to ending hers?
"Why did you do that? He was your Guild Mate!" Natsu's roar of anger towards Karaka's actions still were lodged in his head.
These Fairy Tail Mages were unlike anyone he had ever met before in his life. They knew full well he had done, and yet they had gone out of their way to save his life, and they even punished the man who had tried to kill him.
Kageyama's head was full of noises and voices and it was all very confusing, everything he had ever done, was it all a lie? Was it all a mistake?
While Kageyama was thinking, Natsu, Erza, Gray, Lucy and happy had finally arrived at Clover Town and had come directly to the stop the felt the Dark Magic coming from.
"There he is!" Gray said as they saw Kageyama standing a few feet away from Master Makarov.
"Master!" Lucy said in fear for Makarov's life.
"Watch!" A voice said from behind them.
They all twirled around and saw Master Bob standing behind them.
"Hey, Master Bob! It's been a while!" Natsu said with a smile as he shook the short bald man's hand.
"Oh Natsu it is so good to see you again! And oh look! If it isn't little Happy! How have you been?" Bob asked the blue furred Exceed, who smiled up at him.
"I have been fine. How have you been Master Bob?" Happy asked.
"Well I have been alright. Oh Erza! You have really changed since last I saw you!" Bob said.
"Who is he?" Lucy asked.
"That is Master Bob, founder and current Guild Master of Blue Pegasus." Erza answered as she shook Bob's hand.
Meanwhile, Kageyama still hadn't moved and the flute hadn't been played yet.
"Can you hurry it up? I haven't got all night." Makarov said.
Kageyama then move the flute closer to his lips.
"Oh no! Master!" Lucy said in fear.
"Could you keep it down? We are about to get to the good part." Goldmine said.
"He's apart of Quatro Cerberus!" Lucy said.
"Yep. He is their Guild Master, Goldmine." Erza said back.
Kageyama, although the flute was mere inches from his lips, found it impossible to play it.
"Well?" Makarov asked.
Kageyama still did not move, the conflict in his soul, heart and mind was still raging on.
"Nothing is going to change." Makarov said.
Kageyama was stunned so much he lowered the flute from his mouth as Makarov continued.
"The weak shall forever remain weak. Now maybe that is just me, but I don't think that's a bad thing." Makarov said.
The fellow Guild Masters and Fairy Tail members stood still and listened as Makarov's speech continued on.
"I mean, we humans are weak creatures. Our insecurities are why we even have guilds to begin with. And they are why we have friends." Makarov said as he stared directly in Kageyama's eyes, no beyond that, Makarov stared right into his soul.
"When we are surrounded by allies, it is easier to stay positive about the future. Think of it this way. IF we are clumsy then we may bump it things. But as long as we have faith in our future, we continue marching forwards. Our inner strength emerges on it's own. But we have to choose that path and pledge to live our lives to the fullest. Don't let that silly flute get in the way." Makarov said, passion rolling off each and every word, piercing the darkness that had set in on Kageyama's heart. (This is one of my favorite speeches in all of Fairy Tail.)
Silence then fell as the wind blew leaves around the two men, as if nature herself had quieted down to see what would happen next.
Kageyama then tossed Lullaby to the ground, the three eye skull flute clattered to the ground.
Natsu, Gray, Erza, Happy and Lucy all stared at Makarov in awe, the man had just stopped a Dark mages using nothing, but his words. He was truly a Guild Master, a person who knows when to use force and when a time for words is needed.
"That was incredible." Lucy said in awe.
"No, that was Master Makarov." Natsu said with pride in his voice, this is the side of his master he loved seeing. It was the side of a great leader, the side of the man he swore to help, no matter the cost, this is why, Natsu swore his loyalty to Makarov, not because of his strength, but because of his heart.
"I surrender." Kageyama said as he bowed before Makarov, his face in the ground.
"Master!" Erza shouted out in relief as she, Natsu, Gray, Happy and Lucy all ran towards Makarov.
"Huh? What are you five doing here in Clover? The Guild Master meeting isn't over yet." Makarov asked in confusion.
"We had found out that Eisenwald had somehow managed to obtain the Cursed Flute Lullaby, so we went to destroy them, but when we got Oshibana, we found out it was all a trap to keep us there so we couldn't stop them from coming here to Clover to eliminate all the Guild Masters. We did manage to stop all of Eisenwald, including their Ace Erigor, but then Kageyama, the man you just talked down, stole our vehicle and got here to Clover. However, with him now no longer a threat, Eisenwald has finally been eliminated." Erza explained.
"I see. Good job you five. We have a little time before the Guild Master meeting is over, so come along." Makarov said.
"That's it!" A monstrous voice shouted out.
The Lullaby flute began to wobble and twitch violently as it emitted a massive dark purple magic circle.
The magic circle began to send forth massive bolts of purple lightning everywhere as massive gales of wind blew everywhere.
For a few minutes the magic circle stayed the same and then the circle disappeared and in it's place stood something much different.
There now stood a massive monster, easily 120 feet tall, with a wooden appearance. Which was logical since it came from a flute. The monster had two large arms, two massive legs, a large chest and a head that has three large purple glowing eyes with two large wooden horns coming from the forehead.
"I have waited long enough. I shall come forth to devour you myself." The now monstrous Lullaby said.
"What is that thing? Erigor never mentioned a monster!" Kageyama said in disbelief.
"Oh my. We are in a pickle now." Master Bob said.
"It must be a Demon from the Book of Zeref." Goldmine said.
The numerous Guild Masters all ran for their lives, each one trying to get as far away from the Demon as quickly as possible.
"Why did Lullaby change into a monster?" Lucy asked in fear.
"That is Lullaby's true form looks like in the flesh. It is forbidden black magic. Living magic. Zeref's specialty." Goldmine said, the severity of the situation practically oozing off of his words.
"Living magic?" Erza asked in confusion.
"Wasn't Zeref responsible for creating Deliora as well?" Gray asked.
"Yes he was. Zeref is the most evil wizard the world has ever known. He was very powerful in his day. But I never thought in my wildest dreams that his dark legacy would pop up again in this day." Master Bob said.
"Now then. Who's delectable souls shall I dine on first?" Lullaby said as he looked at the Fairy Tail mages.
"Go ahead, try it, I dare you. Try it and we are going to see how long a giant wood monster takes to be turned into ash." Natsu said as he started powering up to his maximum, causing several small stones to be lifted from the ground.
"Yeah, no giant wood demon is going to stop us." Gray agreed as he started powering up as well.
"You shall not take another step, not while I still stand." Erza added, her own magical power leaking off.
"Let's break some wood." Happy said as he transformed into his Battle Tiger mode.
Lucy started powering up as well, she might not be as powerful as the other, but darn it if she isn't going to do her best.
Several platoons of Rune Knights were at Clover and were ready to fight.
"Okay men, we are not going to let a wood monster scare away the Fiore Army. Charge!" Their commander yelled out.
"Yes Sir!" His men yelled out.
"You doubt my power?! I shall prove it to you!" Lullaby yelled out as he opened his mouth. A massive purple seal appeared in front of his mouth and Lullaby shot a beam of pure magical power out of the seal.
The beam struck a nearby mountain and in a giant flash of light, the entire mountain was reduced to nothing more than a giant crater.
The Rune Knights were stunned in disbelief and most were now terrified.
"Sir? Are we scared yet?" A Knight asked his commanding officer.
"Now men retreat! Run for your lives!" He yelled out as the Rune Knights turned and ran away.
"That was pathetic." Lucy deadpanned.
"I have no need for those pathetic humans. I prefer the taste of a Wizard's soul and I shall consume all of yours." Lullaby said as he turned back towards the Fairy Tail Wizards.
"Like I said before, I would like to see you try. Bring it on big guy, we'll burn you to the ground." Natsu said.
All the Guild masters looked over at the five Fairy Tail Wizards, all of them wondering if they would make it out of this battle alive.
Lullaby bent his arms above his head and then roared out as a truly massive magic circle appeared above him.
Lullaby's roar reached for miles away and all who heard it complained that their ears were starting to hurt now.
"What is that horrible noise?" One of the Guild master's asked.
"That is Lullaby's song. It is going to attack." Goldmine said.
Makarov just grinned up at the massive demon, he knew that his children would not fail him.
Cue Song: Mahou Taisen
"Ready?" Erza asked her four companions.
"Ready!" They all said back.
"Then let's do this!" Erza said as she charged forth, followed quickly by Happy, Natsu and Gray. Lucy stayed behind to fire Celestial Star Blasts at the Demon from a distance, due to her lacking the psychical strength needed to harm the Demon.
"Requip! Heaven's Wheel Armor!" Erza shouted out as a familiar golden glow wrapped around her body and in a few seconds, a familiar armor was now protecting Erza once more.
Erza flew up and summoned two swords in her hands and slashed across the demons chest, causing damage to the beast.
Gray had taken up position in front of the demon and was in his stance when he yelled out, "Ice Devil's Rage!"
A large blast of purple ice struck the chest of the demon, the ice shards tearing into the demon and then exploding, causing horrendous amounts of damage.
Natsu punched his fists together, causing his magic circle to appear and said, "My turn. Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Natsu leapt into the air, his right fist cocked backwards as he flew forwards, a familiar orange flames surrounded his fist.
Natsu smashed his fist into Lullaby's face, causing the demon to loose control of the giant magic circle and said magic circle collapsed.
Happy activated his wrist blades and slashed at the creatures leg, causing a large "X" shape to be torn through the leg and weakening the demon's stance in one go.
Lucy roared out as both her hands glowed golden and then she tossed two Celestial Star Blasts forwards, each one striking the same place, the upper right shoulder.
When the blasts hit, large section of the demons arm was blown off due to Celestial Spirit magic being light magic in nature and thus did a lot of damage to creatures of darkness like demons.
The Guild Masters were stunned, never before had they seen a Demon of Zeref being so thoroughly trashed before by only five mages.
"Did you see that red headed girl? I never knew one could requip armor or so quickly!" One female Guild master said
"What about that Ice mage? He did tremendous amounts of damage to the demon with only one spell!" Another said.
"How is that girl using her Celestial Spirit magic as a caster type magic? I thought that it could only be used as a holder type magic." Another said in confusion.
"Did you see that cat? He tore through the leg as if it wasn't there!" Yet another said in disbelief.
"You are all forgetting about the pink haired guy. He punched the demon in the face and caused the huge thing to take several steps back!" Another one said.
Makarov grinned and said, "That's my kids out there."
"You are making me angry!" Lullaby roared out as he struck the hill were Erza, Happy, Natsu and Gray were all standing on, only for said mages to jump out of the way with no damage done to them.
Erza flew up and struck Lullaby's right forearm with amazing speed, causing the arm to lose some of it's power due to the damage.
Gray summoned his purple ice and yelled out, "Ice Devil's Zeroth Destruction Bow!"
His purple ice transformed into the shape of a massive purple long bow and Gray notched an arrow, pulled back and sent a large purple ice arrow into Lullaby's left eye, which when the arrow struck, exploded.
Lullaby roared out in white hot agony, his left eye completely gone and now he couldn't see from that side, allowing a blank spot from whence the Fairy Tail mages could strike.
Natsu leapt into the air and shouted out, "Lightning Dragon's Warhammer!"
Natsu placed both hands above his head as purple lightning collected around his hand and when he had enough, he smashed the electrified fists down into Lullaby's face, causing large surge of electricity to go through the demon, causing the demon to stumble backwards as the electricity went tearing through his veins.
Happy used this to his advantage, summoning his trident.
The Trident was long as Happy was tall, with the top having three one foot long spikes at the top. The whole thing was golden in color and had a red jewel at the base.
Happy twirled the trident around and then threw it with all of his might towards the demon.
The trident went into the demon's skin and then out the other side, causing a nice and neat hole to be formed.
Lucy smiled and said, "Thanks Happy!"
Lucy created another Celestial Star Blast and threw it sideways like a softball at the opening and she hit it perfect.
The Star Blast exploded inside the demon, causing even greater amounts of damage then before, since the explosion happened inside the demon.
"What incredible combination attacks! They are so powerful!" Kageyama said in wonder.
"Yep and they are in sync." Master Bob said from his right.
"Incredible, for five mages to work together so well and preform flawless attacks like that one after the other is nothing soft of astonishing." Goldmine said.
"Eisenwald never stood a chance, not while these three stood in our way." Kageyama thought as he realized how hopeless Eisenwald's dreams had truly been.
Lullaby roared out as the magic circle finally was completed, a bright light now inside it's mouth as it's horrible roar hurt everyone's ears.
The more Lullaby roared, the more the plant life surrounding it would die, it was clear that Lullaby was sucking the life out of all the surrounding plants to fuel itself.
"Just one note and your souls shall be mine!" Lullaby said as crossed his right arm across his chest.
Lullaby let out his horrible roar once more, everyone covering their ears as they prepared for Lullaby's attack.
But nothing came out of Lullaby, just a weak pathetic wheezing sound.
"What happened?" Kageyama asked.
"Nothing did." Master Bob replied to him.
"I don't understand. Why can't I play my melody?" Lullaby asked.
"It must have been from all of those attacks!" Kageyama said in realization.
"Yes, those attacks must have messed up it's airways." Goldmine said.
"All that build up for this? Talk about pathetic." Kageyama said.
"You dare mock me?!" Lullaby roared out as he kicked a mountain into dust.
"Now it is really mad!" A Guild master said in fear as he ran away.
Lullaby looked over to where the Guild Master stood and sent a blast of magic from it's eyes.
Master Bob and Goldmine stood fine, not a hint of fear.
For, standing about fifty yards in front of the Guild Masters was one Gray Fullbuster, who was in his maker stance.
"Ice Make: Shield!" Gray yelled out as his purple ice took form, creating a massive flower shaped shield in front of the Guild master's within only a few seconds.
The fire from Lullaby's blast hit, but the shield was unaffected.
"Oh wow. That boy's maker magic is incredible!" A Guild Master said in awe.
Lullaby stood watching the flames that surrounded the Guild Masters suddenly flew up as if they had a mind of their own.
They all flew off into the awaiting maw of one Natsu Dragneel, who ate the flames and got his strength back.
"Ready to go big guy?" Natsu asked with an annoying grin on his face.
"What are you? You aren't human. You're a monster!" Lullaby roared out as he punched towards Natsu, who simply jumped up and onto the arm and began to run up said arm.
"Oh like you can talk." Natsu said as he ran up the arm.
"Stop running up me!" Lullaby roared out.
"Requip! Black Wing Armor!" Erza yelled out.
Erza now wore a black armor with silver edging to it. Her shoulder guards had large pads overlapping one another and had a large silver cross on them. Her breastplate covered her entire chest area and down to her thighs, while a massive silver cross was on her stomach area. Her hips had two large plates flanking them, while her legs had black metal armor on them with silver edging to each of the plates. Her forearms were covered with black armor as well silver edging, while several gems surrounded her large collar. Finally, on her back she had a massive pair of wings reminiscent of a dragons.
"Oh wow! That's the Black Wing Armor and that amplifies the power of the user's attacks!" A Guild master said.
"Ice Make: Saucer!" Gray yelled out as he down on one knee and slammed his right hand down onto his left open palm, creating a purple magic circle, where ice was collected and transformed into the shape of a buzz saw and was sent flying towards Lullaby.
The buzz saw pierced and tore a massive hole in Deliora's left side, causing the demon to stumble backwards.
Lucy gathered her remaining Star Blasts and threw them towards the demon, striking the Demon's back and blowing holes in said Demon's back.
Happy slashed the back of the demon's right leg, causing the demon's stance to weaken even more so.
Erza flew forwards and slashed Lullaby's left cheek wide open with her blades, leaving the demon in pain.
"Now Natsu!" Erza shouted over to the Dragon Slayer.
"Finish him!" Gray shouted over to his friend.
"Do it Natsu!" Lucy shouted at him.
"End this!" Happy said as he ran towards the others.
"Got it. With the flames on my left hand and the flames on my right hand, when you put them together you get...FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT FLAMES!" Natsu roared out as he summoned a massive fireball above his head.
Natsu then threw the ball of fire into the demon's face, causing a massive explosion that blew the demon onto his back.
Natsu landed onto the ground and said, "Well, that's one extra fried demon."
"Good job everyone, Lullaby is defeated." Erza said with a smile on her face as she requiped back into the Heart Kreuz Armor.
"Not yet!" A familiar voice said.
They all turned around and were shocked to see Lullaby getting back up, all of his wound still plainly visible.
"I have had enough! If I can't kill you using my Curse, I shall just kill you with my strength!" Lullaby roared out.
Natsu and the others then saw something strange, a black mist was going into Lullaby's chest were his heart would be if he was a human.
The mist felt unnatural and dark. And that wasn't the only thing that was happening.
Lullaby himself was changing.
Were as he was 120 feet before hand, now he was 175 feet tall and had gained a lot of bulk. Each one of his limbs were now completely thick like oak trees and now his skin had dark black markings that were shaped like six interconnecting rings that glowed ominously on his forearms, lower legs, across his chest and on his back. His shoulders now had several dark purple glowing spikes coming out of his skin, and on his back he had six massive purple glowing spikes as well. His legs were much thicker now and he had three massive toes, each one ending with a large black claws, as his fingers also grew black claws as well. His head changed as well. He now had two enormous horns coming from his forehead, while a single dark purple glowing jewel was placed smack dab in the middle of his forehead. He now had several black spikes going from his chin that looked like a goatee and finally, his three eyes were all healed up and were now even larger and glowed even more ominously.
"What the heck just happened to Lullaby?" Lucy asked in fear.
"Guys, can you feel his power? He is leagues above himself when he first appeared." Gray said as he powered back up to his maximum power, they were going to need his Ice Devil Slayer Magic if they were going to win the day.
"Yeah, it must have been that black mist. Could you feel it? It was twisted and unnatural, clearly that was Black magic." Natsu said as he powered up to his maximum as well.
"That means a Black Wizard must be nearby." Erza said as she requiped back into her Black Wing Armor.
"We can worry about that later. Right now we have to stop Lullaby. It appears that he isn't fully transformed right now, meaning if we can finish him off quickly, we have a chance of ending him." Happy said as he went into his Battle Tiger for the third time today.
"Lucy, go to where the Guild Masters are. You are too exhausted to help us right now. Happy, go with her and keep them all safe." Natsu said as purple lightning started crackling off his body.
"Okay, but come back safe you guys." Lucy said before she ran over to were the Guild masters were.
"You better come back Natsu or else." Happy said as he too ran to were the Guild Master's stood.
"Let's end this. Gray, use your Ice Devil Slayer magic on his joints, that should break his limbs off and reduce the threat Lullaby poses." Erza said.
"Got it. I will start with his legs, got those out of the way and he won't be able to fight back properly." Gray said as he Ice Devil Slayer mark grew all the way up to his elbow, showing that he was at his maximum.
"Natsu, go into Crimson Lightning-Fire Dragon Slayer mode, we need it's power. You and I shall attack him and keep him distracted from Gray." Erza said.
"Got it." Natsu said as he began to draw on the familiar power of his hybrid form's power.
Natsu began to yell out as crimson flames surrounded his form and purple lightning surrounded him as well.
Natsu finished yelling as a wave of magic erupted from his body, pushing Erza and Gray backwards from the sheer force of the modes activation.
Natsu grinned, it had been far too long since he had last been in this form, it felt good. Tt was like riding a bicycle, now matter how long it has been, you never forget.
Natsu turned towards Lullaby, Erza to his left, Gray to his right.
Cue Music: Natsu no Theme
"Let's end this!" Natsu roared out as he transformed into lightning and disappeared, Erza flying as fast as she could towards the demon as well, while Gray ran towards the demon's right leg.
"Crimson-Lightning Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu roared out as he raised his crimson flamed purple lightning infused right fist upwards and then smashed it directly into the demon's face, causing a massive explosion that rocked the demon and made the demon cry out in pain.
Lullaby tried to hit Natsu, but he disappeared in a flash of lightning before Lullaby could.
Erza flew along the chest of the demon, her sword plunged as far as it would go into the demon's chest as she flew along, creating a large gash mark going from side to side across his chest, causing yet another cry of pain from he demon.
Gray reached the leg of Lullaby and shouted out, "Ice Devil's Zeroth Glacier Cannon!"
Gray slammed his left hand onto the open palm of his right hand and a familiar purple magic circle appeared and from it came a massive purple ice cannon that Gray put o his right shoulder and then fired the cannon at Lullaby's right knee cap.
The massive ice chunk went into Lullaby's kneecap and then blew up, nearly separating the demon's leg from is body.
Lullaby roared out and then the dark purple spikes on his shoulder's glowed and from them came numerous beams of purple lightning that nearly struck the three Fairy Tail Mages.
The three mages dodged the lightning and Natsu used this chance to get in close to Lullaby and shouted out, "Crimson-Lightning Fire Dragon's Cannon Blaster!"
Natsu may not have been training as intensely as Igneel forced him to train, but he did train and he eventually learned how to use all his spells while in the Crimson-Lightning Fire Dragon Slayer mode, allowing him access to every spell he knew save for the Fire Dragon King spells. This dramatically increased his overall danger level, due to him now being not limited to only 5 spells while in this form.
Natsu cocked his left fist backwards, where a magic circle appeared and then threw the fist forwards and from from the magic circle came a large crimson dragon that was surrounded by purple lightning.
The crimson dragon roared out as it drove forwards and smashed into Lullaby, the purple lightning striking Lullaby with incredible ferocity.
Lullaby had crossed his arms in an "X" formation, where the dark markings on his arms began to glow and created a dark shield of sorts to block Natsu's attack.
Unfortunately, Natsu's attack was so powerful it broke through the shield and still struck Lullaby.
Lullaby screeched out as white hot agony flowed through out his body as the attack not only burned, but electrocuted him.
Eventually the dragon detonated, causing a massive explosion that sent massive gales of hot air everywhere for miles everywhere.
Once the dust settled, Lullaby was still shown standing, although black scorch marks were all over the demon.
"You are a monster." Lullaby weakly said.
"You are one to talk." Natsu said back.
"I shall kill you and everyone here!" Lullaby roared out as once again, the black mist began to seep it's way into Lullaby.
This time, Lullaby didn't transform into yet another more powerful form, but all his wounds were healed.
Lullaby then crossed his arms then roared out as the dark spikes on his shoulders sent countless spikes of purple lightning into the sky.
The lightning came back down with a vengeance, tearing apart the land for miles in every direction, the mages and the guild masters were forced to move out of the way avoid all that power.
Lullaby then swiped his right arm across, sending ball of dark energy the size of humans in a sporadic patter flying towards Gray.
Gray was too quick and nimble to be hit, but the balls created massive explosion everywhere and they were starting to get dangerously close to Guild Masters.
Lucy saw several incoming blasts of dark energy and she got ready.
Cue song: Lightning-Flame Dragon Roaring
Lucy raised both of hands to the sky and gathered her energy.
The Guild Masters saw what she was doing, so they raised their hands and gave her their energy to use.
Lucy's eyes began to glow a fierce golden hue, it was like nothing she had ever felt before, she felt unstoppable.
Lucy gathered all that energy and roared out, "CELESTIAL STAR BUNKER!"
The golden energy flowed out of Lucy and created a massive fifty foot tall backwards curved wall around herself and the Guild Masters.
The dark energy bolts struck the shield, but the shield held firm, not even moving from the force of the impacts.
"Good job Lucy." Happy said.
Lucy nodded at Happy, joyous that she had done something of importance to help the team.
Lullaby roared out in anger that he hadn't managed to kill a single mage and that anger made giant purple aura appear around him.
This aura wasn't like Gray's, like the black mist this aura was twisted, dark and malevolent.
Lullaby then roared out once again and this time, hundreds of the dark blasts and dozens of purple lightning blasts came out of his body, creating hundreds of explosions all around him.
Lullaby continued this for a while, the thick barrage of magic blasts keeping everyone far away from him.
Natsu then saw an opening, Lullaby was starting to tire out and he took this chance to unleash once of his strongest attack, Gray and Erza joined with him, each one of them launching one of their attacks.
Cue Song: Salamander
"Crimson-Lightning Fire Dragon's Secret Slayer Art: Crimson Lotus: Exploding Lightning Blade!" Natsu yelled out as his right hand was firmly coated with purple lightning, while his left hand became densely coated with crimson flames.
Natsu swung both of his arms in an arc that generated a massive tornado of crimson fire and purple lightning that raced forth towards Lullaby.
Gray yelled out, "Ice Devil's Zeroth Arctic Chill!"
Gray cupped his hands by his right side, a massive purple glow appearing in between his hands.
After a few seconds, he threw his hands out and a massive beam of purple ice came rushing forth, nearly the same size as Natsu's attack.
"Requip! Mother Gaia Armor!" Erza shouted out as yet another armor was displayed.
This is one of Erza's strongest armor, Natsu gave it to her for her 18th birthday and when she saw it she immediately fell in love with it.
The Mother Gaia armor was a complex armor. The breastplate and stomach armor were both light brown like dirt, while her shoulder pads were silver and were shaped in the shape of Fiore, while the kneecaps were silver as well and shaped like the country of Alveraz. Her leg armor is snow white like that of a mountain top, while her gauntlets are colored white as well, but are spiky like that of a mountain range. On her back is a sky blue cape with white fluffy edging like that of clouds and finally she has a tiara on her head that is green like that of a forest and is in the shape of tree branches.
Erza summoned the Mother Gaia Armor's main weapon, a specially crafted spear that allowed her to control the very earth itself.
The spear is about 3 and a half feet long, as a silver blade sat at the top, while a crystal is underneath the blade. The crystal is every color of the rainbow and changes colors every single second as well. The handle of the spear is silver and finally, there are two red ribbons on the end of it.
Erza then smashed the tip of the spear to the ground and a multi colored magical circle appeared below Lullaby, right before four spiked land masses erupted from the ground and stabbed Lullaby.
As Lullaby was roaring in pain from Erza's attack, Natsu's and Gray's combined attack's struck Lullaby and caused a truly massive explosion.
Yet another massive gale tore through the land from the devastating attack.
When the dust cleared, the mages were all shocked to see that Lullaby was still standing.
Enormous gashes were torn into his chest and he was missing his right arm, but the demon of Zeref was still not dead.
Lullaby then snarled out and said, "DIE!"
Lullaby then began to gather all of his power into one final attack, and then opened his mouth right towards were Lucy, Happy and the Guild Master's were.
Natsu saw this and transformed into lightning, hoping to get there in time before Lullaby unleashed his attack.
Lullaby's attack began to form, his largest magic circle yet was forming and powering up.
Natsu transformed back into his regular mode and knew he had to go all out now.
Natsu then yelled out, "Crimson-Lightning Fire Dragon's Secret Slayer Art: Crimson Lotus: Apocalyptic Firestorm!"
Natsu roared out as his crimson fire purple lightning covered form became much more intense and five large magical circle's appeared before him and then moved in front on him and began to spin.
Lullaby roared out and sent a massive purple beam of raw dark magic towards the mages.
Natsu roared out as well as his five magical circles sent out their own beams of crimson fire and purple lightning that all joined into one massive beam of pure crimson fire and purple lightning that was equally as large as Lullaby's.
The two massive beams of raw destruction met in the middle and when they collided, a massive gale force bigger than any seen today tore through the area.
The beams struggled, each side willing more power into their respective beams, each one trying to beat the other, but suddenly the two beams then just detonated, causing a horrific explosion.
The mages all shielded themselves, Gray with his Ice Devil make Magic, Erza using the land itself and the Guild masters and Happy were shielded by Lucy's Celestial Star Bunker.
Natsu just stood firm, he had taken attacks of this caliber before when he was underneath Igneel's tutelage.
When the explosion settled down, a 300 foot wide crater had been formed.
Lullaby was still standing, but just barely, the massive demon starting sway side to side.
"Gray, do it now!" Erza ordered.
"On it!" Gray nodded as he ran towards the demon.
Once he was close enough, Gray yelled out the move that would finish Lullaby for good. "Ice Devil's Seven Slice Dance!"
Two purple blades of demonic ice came out of Gray's arms and swung them into Lullaby's chest, carving into the demon's flash.
Gray twisted around and brought the blades down once more, carving into Lullaby even more.
Gray did so once again, Lullaby unable to stop the mage from killing him.
With one final swing, Gray slashed open Lullaby's heart, causing the massive demon to begin to shake.
Gray used Lullaby as a springboard to get away as the massive demon exploded.
Gray turned and looked, as did everyone, at the sight of Lullaby's energy transforming into a massive beam of light and then disappearing.
However, a large trail of purple mist came from Lullaby fell and Gray knew what this was: Demon Blood.
Gray allowed the purple mist to envelop his Demon tattoo and immediately, he felt a rush of new power unlike anything he had ever felt before in his life.
Natsu had told Gray that as a slayer, if he allowed the blood of demons he slayed to cover his Demon tattoo, his power would immediately double.
Speaking of Natsu, said man was running over to Gray, followed quickly by Makarov, Erza, Happy and Lucy.
Natsu arrived first and said, "Good job buddy."
"Thanks man. Boy that demon was hard to fight." Gray said.
"That it was, but as always, Fairy Tail took him down!" Natsu said with a smile.
"Yeah, but you guys also destroyed Clover!" Makarov yelled out.
They all turned and saw that what he said was true, almost all of Clover had been destroyed.
"Luckily there are magical bunkers and all the citizens managed to get into them in time, but Clover is destroyed!" Makarov continued.
"Now now Makarov. Is that any way to say thanks to the people who killed Lullaby?" A familiar voice said.
Spinning around, they all came face to face with the smiling face of one Ultear Milkovich.
"Ultear! It's good to see you! What are you doing here?" Natsu asked with a smile on his face as he gave her a hug.
"Well, after my meeting with my mother, who is going back to Fairy Tail I might add, I came to talk to the Guild Masters about some new policies and imagine my surprise to see my favorite mages battling a massive demon and destroying not only the demon, but also most of Clover. You are slipping Natsu." Ultear teased.
Natsu rubbed the back of his head nervously, but Ultear simply raised her hand and a light blue glow erupted.
To everyone shock, save for Natsu, Gray, Happy and Erza, the town begin to repair itself!
It was almost like watching a movie in reverse, everything was moving back into its regular place.
After a few minutes, Ultear said, "There, all done. Now, try not to blow up anymore cities?"
To everyone's shock, Clover was completely repaired, as if nothing had happened to it.
"How did you do that?" Lucy asked in shock.
"I can use a Lost Form of Magic called Arc of Time Magic. It allows me to fast forwards and reverse an inanimate objects time, allowing me to destroy or repair any inanimate objects, just as long as they have never been alive." Ultear explained.
Makarov bowed to Ultear and said, "Thank you. Now I don't have to pay for the repairs."
Ultear giggled and said, "It was nothing. Now, let's go talk those policy changes and end the meeting."
"Of course, right this way." Makarov said as he led Ultear to the newly repaired Guild Master meeting hall.
As for Natsu, Gray, Erza, Happy and Lucy, they were all headed that way as well.
"That was so cool! I can't believe we just did that!" Lucy said excitedly.
Natsu laughed as he hooked his right arm into Erza's left and said, "Get used to it. We Fairy Tail mages do crazy stuff like this all the time, save for fact we do a lot less damage then that."
"Well, I think we should go get something to eat at the Guild Master Meeting Hall and then go do bed. We have had a long day and need our rest." Erza said.
The other agreed and went their way towards the Guild Master Meeting Hall, but Natsu still had one thought on his mind.
"What was that black mist that powered Lullaby and then healed him? It was so dark and twisted, I have never felt anything even close to that in my life. Something is going on." Natsu thought, unaware of how right he was.
Far, far away...
One a tropical Island, there was a figure.
It was impossible to tell anything about this figure due to the shadows, but one thing was noticeable: his blood red eyes.
"So, you still killed Lullaby, even after I gave it a massive boost in power and then healed him all up. You have grown stronger than I ever could have imagined Natsu. I wonder, when the time comes, if you will be able to do what I wish." He said.
The figure then walked into the jungle, not able to be seen anymore due to the darkness.
Who is this figure and what is his connection to Natsu? What shall happen next now that this new figure has revealed himself? Only time shall tell.
And that is a wrap!
Boy, over 12,400 words. Boy am I tired, but happy that the very first Arc of this story.
What did you guys think of Super Lullaby's form? I like it. I would love to see you guys make some fan art of him, that would be so epic.
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