Hello everyone!
And the winner of the previous quote is...
Bloodstrain.
He correctly guessed that the quote came from Helen Keller.
And onto this weeks quote.
"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."
As always, correctly tell you said the quote and I will give you a shout out in the next chapter.
Onto this chapter, this is the second chapter of the Galuna Island Arc and will deal with Team Natsu finding and confronting the man behind the attempt to unleash Deliora.
This chapter will be some what the same as cannon, with a few obvious differences.
As always, the disclaimer.
I do not own Fairy Tail and am not trying to claim that I do. Fairy tail is owned by Hiro Mashima.
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"SHOUTING"
"Talking Telepathically"
"Attack!"
["Dragon/Demon Talking"]
["Dragon/Demon Thinking"]
{Reading}
Chapter 12: Galuna Island Arc: Part Two: Reunion.
Silence permeated the chamber as Gray, Natsu, Erza, Lucy and Happy all starred up at the large light purple chunk of ice that held the massive demon of destruction, Deliora.
"Okay, what is that thing?" Lucy asked, fear in her voice.
"That Lucy, is the Demon of Destruction, Deliora. Another of Zeref's creations. It, like Lullaby are Demon's created by Zeref's Living Magic. It went on a rampage across the Northern parts of Fiore about a decade ago. However, Ur, the Ice Make Mage who taught Gray his magic sealed the demon away using a forbidden spell known as Iced Shell and for a few years was actually apart of the ice that is currently holding the demon." Natsu said.
"She was apart of the ice?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, her body was actually turned into the ice that holds the demon. A few years back me, Gray, Erza and Gildarts all went and managed to free Ur from the ice while leaving said ice intact. That is actually how Gray got his Ice Devil Slayer magic." Natsu told the blonde.
"Oh." Lucy said, surprised at how Gray got his magic.
"How? How is it that Deliora is here?" Gray said as he glared at the ice, his hands shaking in anger as his magic started to flare outwards, showing that he was absolutely livid.
Natsu placed his hand on Gray's right shoulder and said, "I have no idea, but we are going to find out. This must be what all that Moon Drip Energy was being used to crack open. It was never a Shadow Wraith, it was always Deliora. This is good."
Gray whipped around, fury present in his eyes as he shouted out, "Good?! What could possibly be good about this?!"
"If Deliora is successfully released, at least we have someone who can put him down. If it was a shadow wraith, there would have been almost nothing we could have done to kill one of those things. So, yes Gray, it is a good thing we have Deliora before us and not a Shadow Wraith." Natsu said.
The two locked eyes, neither one of them backing down until Gray finally relented and looked away and said, "Sorry I snapped. It's just that seeing Deliora again is bringing up some bad memories."
"It's okay man. The thing I am wondering is who in the hell thought it was a good idea to even try and release Deliora." Natsu asked.
"That is a good question. Here's a better question: Who would even know where Deliora was? The Magic Council placed a no travel ban a mile radius around Deliora . No one should even know where he was." Erza said.
That got the group thinking, how did anyone even know where the block of ice that currently held one of the most dangerous Etherious Demon's in the world when almost no one was supposed to know Deliora was even still alive.
"It would have had to been someone who was present when Deliora was first placed under the effects of Iced Shell. There was no one supposed to be alive in that village after Deliora was finished with it, but I suppose someone could have lived and then waited until the time was right to get the block of ice out of there, but the real question is why did they take the demon? What is the purpose of all of this?"
"Revenge on the demon? Kill it for destroying that person's lives." Happy suggested.
"Possibility. We also must consider that the person trying to free Deliora is doing so with the intention of trying to get control of the demon." Erza said.
"That is stupid. No body can take control of a Demon, they are only designed to respond to commands from a higher ranking demon, they would soon kill a human in the blink of an eye then take order from them." Gray argued.
"Aye. No human has ever successfully commended a demon besides Zeref." Happy added.
"They just might be insane enough to try it. Never underestimate what the mind of a mad man might try to do." Natsu said.
"So, what do we do? Try and find these people? Lucy asked.
"I think we should try and lay low for a while and look for whoever is doing this quietly. Don't want to give away our position and the element of surprise right off the bat." Natsu said.
Just then, they heard several voices coming from the tunnel to their back.
"Hurry! Hide!" Natsu said as they all hide behind a pile of rocks.
A few minutes later and they saw who was talking.
It was a pair of weird looking men.
The one on the left was a lean built, muscular man of around 6 feet tall with some strange features on him. He had a pair of elongated canines, a pair of canine ears, a small dark nose and finally his lower face was colored differently from the rest of his body and resembled a canine's muzzle. He had small black eyes, shoulder length brown hair and dark eyebrows. He wore a pair of light blue pants with a black belt on, plus black combat boots with silver soles. On the left side of his pants was a white skull and crossbones symbol on a black patch.
To his right was a short, slim young man who was about 4 feet tall with a large bushy pair of eyebrows that curve downwards at the edges. He had black eyes and spiky dark blue hair. He wore a light green jacket with black sections on the sleeves outer edges and on the sides lower parts while a black belt with a rectangular silver belt buckle wrapped around the outside of the jacket to keep it closed. His pants were dark and loose and he had on plain light colored boots.
"You sure you heard noises down here? I don't want to be awake right now." The man with a canine muzzle said.
"I am positive. Are you sure Moon Drip didn't affect you?" The other said.
"These are purely decorative you jerk!" The other shouted at him.
The two men entered the chamber and saw there was nothing there and the canine one said, "See? Told you nothing was here."
"Yuka! Toby! I have bad news!" A feminine voice said.
A women then entered the chamber.
She was 5 foot 9 inches tall, slim and young looking. She had mid lower back length hair tied into pigtails, had robin blue eyes, and a curvaceous body. She had on dark purple hoop earrings, a choker tied as a ribbon, a purple and pink spaghetti dress that has light pink trimmings, thigh high leggings, high-heeled sandals, while also two thin and long white wings on her back.
"Angelica has been hurt!" The woman told the two men.
"Do you have to refer to your over sized rat as a person and not a thing?" Toby asked.
"Angelica is no mere thing! She is an agent of love!" The women said dramatically as she placed on her hands on her forehead.
"You're a weird one Sherry." Toby said as he sweat dropped.
"Never mind that! If Angelica was beaten, then that means that we do indeed have intruders inside the temple!" Yuka said.
"Then we must go and find them and defeat them! In the name of love!" Sherry said.
"Yes, let's go find them!" Toby yelled out.
The three left quickly, intent on finding the intruders, unaware that their target's were in the same room as they had been.
After a minute of waiting to see if they would come back, Natsu and the others left their hiding spots.
"Okay, who where those people?" Lucy asked.
"No idea, but whoever they are, they are not from the island, their scent is all wrong." Natsu said.
"They must have been apart of the group trying to free Deliora, they seemed pretty determined about finding us." Gray added.
"So, what do we do know that we are being hunted?" Happy asked.
"Well, we should go along the tunnel that is the opposite to the one they left in, that way we can minimize the possibility of us being found." Erza said.
"And after that? What should we be looking for or doing?" Lucy asked.
"We should be looking for the leader and try and find out what his plans are, that is key to this whole thing. We need to know, we need information, right now we are blind. We have no idea who we are fight, what their capabilities are or what their objective's are. Those are questions we need answers to if we wish to beat whoever is behind all of this. Keep your eyes and ears open for anything." Natsu said.
The others nodded and then started moving across the wide cavern, trying to find a way back up to the temple floors above their very heads.
After searching for hours through a winding mess of tunnels and dead ends, they finally found their way back up to the main floor just as night had fallen and the moon was starting to rise, causing a large purple beam to come from the moon and go down a circular symbol that was directly above Deliora, allowing the purple beam to strike the purple ice that held the mighty beast.
"They are starting the Moon drip again!" Lucy said.
"Quick! We need to get to the top! Their leader should be there!" Gray shouted out.
The group quickly started to ascend the temple, heading higher and higher as they tried to get to the top as quick as they could, desperately trying to get there before the ritual could be completed.
After a few minutes of running, they came to the top of the temple and quickly got behind a broken down pillar and started to pike out to get a look at what they were dealing with.
A large group of people dressed in white robes were standing in a large circle, each one of them chanting in perfect harmony as the purple light came down from the sky to strike the ice holding the massive demon.
The group then saw Toby, Sherry and Yuka all come out of another exit onto the top of the temple and with them was a fourth figure.
He was about 6 feet tall and was currently wearing a helmet with a large strand of hair at the back and has two large horns on the forehead. He wore a large white cloak with a wide collar, gold trimmings and fur patches on the coats shoulder pads. The coat is held closed by a belt that is made of stylized blocks in the shape of a snake. Below the cloak it was possible to see a dark blue high collared tunic that went down to his knees. He wore dark baggy pants tucked inside armored greaves composed of different metal plates and has knee guards.
"Reitei, we have failed to find the intruders!" Sherry said to the man.
"Where could they have come from? Ah. The village. They are responsible for this interruption. We must punish them. Go and destroy the village." Reitei said.
Gray froze when he heard that voice. "No. It can't be!"
"Yes sir!" Sherry, Yuka and Toby said all together.
Gray then leapt from their hiding place and yelled out, "Ice Make: Javelins!"
Gray's purple glowing hands were thrown forwards as a large number of 3 three foot long javelins were sent flying towards Reitei.
Reitei jumped out off the way and let all of the javelins strike the ground where he had been not a moment before.
"Erza, you, Lucy and Happy all go back to the village and keep them safe!" Natsu yelled out as he too jumped out.
Erza wanted to argue, but she knew that the mission and the safety of innocents came first before her our pride and feelings.
So, it was with great reluctance that Erza turned to Lucy and Happy and said, "You heard him, we have to go."
Lucy looked at the two males worried, but turned and ran towards the village, Happy leaping onto her back and popping out his wings and flying her towards the village.
Erza changed into the Black Wing armor, but before she took off, she turned and looked back at Natsu, a look of worry on her face.
She, Lucy and Happy were not worried about Reitei, he wasn't strong enough to hurt Natsu, but they could sense there was something in the shadows, something that could hurt him and that terrified her.
"Natsu, be safe." Erza muttered before she flew into the sky.
Natsu was facing towards a seemingly harmless mess of shadows before he said, "I know you are there, come out."
A second or two later and the shadows morphed.
They grew and twisted around each other before they finished transforming into a humanoid shape.
The mess of shapes was completely black, with two red glowing embers were there should be eyes and in the shadow's right hand was a three foot long great sword made entirely of shadows.
Natsu engulfed his right fist and took a offensive stance and stared at the shadow's, who took their own stance as well.
Neither did anything for a few seconds before Natsu charged forwards, his flaming orange fist cocked back and ready to punch.
The shadow being responded by shifting their stance and bringing their sword closer to his body.
When Natsu's fist flew forwards, the shadow being blocked the fist with his shadow sword.
Natsu leapt backward as the shadow being created another sword and swung at him, the blade of shadows just nicking a bang of his pink locks and as the blade touched the hair, the hair was destroyed in a second.
"The blade seems to cause whatever it cuts to die or degenerate instantly, so I have to avoid getting cut by that blade." Natsu thought as he dodged yet another swipe by the shadow being.
Natsu's left hand crackled with purple lighting and he shouted out, "Electric Vortex!"
Natsu cupped his hands as a purple sphere was created between his palms and once the sphere was big enough, Natsu threw the forwards.
The sphere broke open and formed a purple five sided star and reached the shadow being before it could move.
The shadow being didn't even react as the powerful blast of condensed plasma went right through it's person and struck the wall behind it.
"So, it isn't effected by my lightning dragon slayer magic huh? It is a being made of pure shadow, so it would stand to reason it wouldn't be hurt by almost anything. Maybe my golden flames?" Natsu thought.
Natsu lit both of his fists on fire, but now instead of their usual orange color, the flames were golden as scales just started to form on Natsu's arms, sides, and under his eyes.
Natsu then roared out as he charged forwards towards the shadow being.
The shadow being had both of his swords at his side and ready to block Natsu's attack, but what the being of shadow didn't expect was for Natsu to disappear in a flash of lightning and then reappear once again behind him.
Natsu threw both of his fists into the shadow's back, his fist going through the shadow, but causing the shadow to shriek in pain as the golden flames went through him.
Natsu smirked, he had found the shadow's weakness, the golden flames of Dragon Force, meaning this shadow was made of black magic, since the golden flames were ultra effective on things of darkness.
The shadows then melted away as if they had never been there.
Natsu expanded his senses, but couldn't track whatever it was he had just fought, it was long gone.
"What was that thing? I have never seen or fought anything like that thing? It wasn't a demon, but it did have a base of dark magic. A mystery for another day. Got to go see how Gray is doing." Natsu thought as he went back to where he had left Gray on the other side of the temple's top.
Meanwhile, with Gray...
Gray and Reitei were staring at each other, neither one moving at all.
Even with the sounds of Natsu battling something, neither man moved an inch.
Finally after what seemed like an eternity, Gray said, "Remove that mask Lyon."
Reitei was silent for a few seconds before he reached up and took off the helmet, revealing his face.
He was a young looking man with blueish silver tinted spiky hair, dark slanted eyes surrounded back black lines and small black eyebrows.
"So Gray, it has been quite some time since last we saw of each other." Lyon said.
"Yep. You haven't changed much since then have you?" Gray asked as he got into his combat pose, his purple ice forming around his hands.
"Oh, I have changed far more then you could possibly imagine." Lyon said as he too got into his combat pose, his own light blue ice forming over his own hands.
Gray suddenly felt a bit apprehensive fighting Lyon.
It wasn't Lyon's magical power, Gray was a bit stronger, it was Lyon's ice itself.
It felt, dangerous, as of Lyon's ice wasn't normal Ice Make Magic.
"So, you can sense my Ice has changed since last we saw of each other?" Lyon said with a smug look on his face.
"What did you do?" Gray asked.
"Oh, nothing much. I just got an upgrade, much like you did. I heard you have Devil Slaying magic. Trying to get strong enough to kill Deliora yourself?" Lyon asked, making Gray a lot angrier with his tone.
"I, unlike you, don't need to. I have buried my past where it belongs, in the past." Gray said.
"Your anger say otherwise." Lyon said, getting amusement with Gray's anger.
"Enough! What are you trying to do Lyon? Freeing Deliora? Have you gone insane? You know what that monster is capable of." Gray yelled at his old friend, hoping to get through his thick head.
"Indeed I do know what that monster is capable of. It is capable of killing Ur, our master. It is the one thing our dear master was never capable of killing, even with all of her power." Lyon said with his arrogant tone.
"So, what are you planning to do?" Gray pressed.
"Indeed. This is the part where I go into a long, boring monologue about my nefarious evil plot, and thus giving away my plans." Lyon said sarcastically
Lyon then yelled out, "Ice Make: Eagles!"
Lyon waved his hand as eight light blue eagles made of ice flew from his hand towards Gray.
Gray then yelled out, "Ice Make: Shield!"
Gray smacked his left palm with his right hand and created a large dome of light purple ice in the shape of a flower.
However, to Gray's shock, the eight Ice Eagles destroyed the Ice Shield, leaving him open to a counter attack, which Lyon acted upon.
"Ice Make: Arrow!" Lyon shouted out as the long bow he had created using his magic sent a large light blue ice arrow towards Gray, who barely had anytime to react.
Gray leaned backwards, allowing the ice arrow to fly above his, the arrow flying over Gray by a mere three inches, nearly hitting Gray.
Gray then jumped to his left to avoid the following three ice arrows that struck around him, causing new holes to be blown in the ground.
Gray then shouted out, "Ice Devil's Zeroth Glacier Cannon!"
A familiar light purple cannon formed onto Gray's left shoulder.
Gray then jumped out of his hiding spot, rolling a few feet to avoid the arrows Lyon sent at him.
Gray finally stopped rolling and then got onto one knee and took aim at Lyon.
Gray clicked the trigger as a large purple blast of ice came roaring at Lyon.
Lyon simply waved his hand and yelled out, "Ice Make: Shield!"
A familiar flowed shaped shield appeared in front of Lyon as the blue blast struck.
The light blue shield stayed strong, barely wavering as the purple ice struck it.
Once the blast was over, Lyon then said, "Impressed? I always knew Static Ice Make Magic was useful, but I never would have thought it would be this useful. I can see why you use it all the time."
"How did you lean Static Ice Make Magic? You always used Dynamic Ice Make Magic." Gray called back.
"I simply read on how to use the Static version of my magic, it really was quite simple when you put your mind to it." Lyon said.
"So, you can now use Static Ice Make. You really think that is going to kill Deliora?" Gray asked.
"Oh, I never intended to Static Ice Make to kill Deliora, I intend to use another thing I learned since we last met." Lyon smugly said.
"Whatever it is, it won't be enough. That demon took yours, mine and Ur's strongest spells and walked away like we threw pebbles at it." Gray said.
"I have changed greatly since then. Not only am I stronger, but my magic has evolved, just as yours has." Lyon calmly said back.
"Wait, you are a Devil Slayer?" Gray asked, shocked.
"No you idiot! I am not a Devil Slayer. I have a trick up my sleeve that you would never expect." Lyon said, pride and arrogance oozing off of his voice.
"Whatever. We gonna fight or are we gonna talk?" Gray asked as he got back into his fighting form.
"You are gonna regret your hasty nature." Lyon said as he took got back into fighting form.
The two stared at each other for a few seconds before Gray yelled out, "Ice Devil's Zeroth Long Sword!"
Two ethereal purple blades formed into Gray's hands as he charged towards Lyon, who simply stayed still, completely calm.
Once Gray was close enough Lyon yelled out, "Ice Make: Warhammer!"
Lyon formed a massive double sided warhammer that was bigger then he was and tried to bring it down onto Gray's back.
Gray dodged to the right as the large warhammer smashed into the ground, causing said ground to rack and break apart as the hammer struck it.
Gray then closed the distance and slashed at Lyon, who jumped out of the way and yelled out, "Ice Make: Ape!"
A large light blue ape was formed and then roared out as it charged towards Gray.
Gray simply ran towards the ape and once he was within five feet, jumped up and sliced the ape's head off.
Gray landed and picked up a piece of ice and began to chew on it.
However, that is when he felt something wrong.
He wasn't getting his strength back from eating the ice, the ice itself tasted just like regular ice and wasn't replenishing his magic
Gray was so stunned he didn't see the new ice arrow until it struck him clear in the chest, causing him to go flying backwards.
Gray flew backwards and hit the ground hard, causing him to roll for a bit before he stopped.
Gray got up and groaned, tentatively holding the area when the ice arrow struck him and saw a large bruise forming.
Gray was even more shocked, he was resistant to all ice based attacks, so how did Lyon's attack hurt him so much?
Gray didn't have time to ponder this revelations as several more attacks were now coming towards him.
Gray jumped to the right as the attack struck, causing an explosion.
Gray got behind some debris and concentrated and creating a game plan to beat Lyon, who was much stronger then he had originally thought, his arrogance and pride coming back to bit him in the ass.
"Where is all that bravado Gray? Don't tell me you are beaten already?" Lyon taunted the man.
"Far from it!" Gray yelled out as he charged towards Lyon.
"Such a fool." Lyon said as he saw his former fellow student charging for him.
"Ice Make: Dragon!" Lyon yelled out as he created a massive serpentine dragon of light blue ice.
The dragon roared and then moved towards Gray at lightning speed.
Gray yelled out, "Ice Devil's Zeroth Destruction Fist!"
Gray's right fist became cloaked in light purple ice and then Gray threw the fist forwards with all the force he could muster.
Gray's fist smashed into the ice dragon, the Ice Devil Slayer magic of Gray ultimately destroying Lyon's magic and destroying the Ice Dragon in a large explosion.
Gray ran through the explosion and before Lyon could react, Gray had already plunge his left fist deep into Lyon's stomach.
Lyon double over in pain, allowing Gray to smash his other fist into Lyon chin, causing the man to fly backwards and land harshly onto his back.
Gray went over and then roughly grabbed Lyon's coat and lifted him up and said, "Now talk. What are you planning to do?" Gray said.
"Tell me Gray. Do you ever get tired of losing?" Lyon asked.
Gray was confused then he felt a horrible pain coming from his stomach.
Looking down he saw Lyon's right hand had created a light blue blade that had gone right through Gray.
However, the blade wasn't just light blue, there was a golden aura around the blade.
Gray let go of Lyon as he grabbed the wound and tried to put pressure on it, stumbling away as he did so.
"You asked my how my magic has changed. Since you are going to die anyway, I will tell you. My magic has evolved into something new. I use Holy Ice make Magic, the direct opposite of Devil Slayer magic. My ice is created with holy energy within it, so Ice Devil's slayers like you cannot eat my ice to gain strength back and also it pierces the skin and hide of all Devil's. That is why my blade went through you so easy, since you now have the skin of a Devil for added protection." Lyon explained to the bleeding out Gray.
Lyon pushed Gray onto his back and then said, "But now, we must part ways. Goodbye Gray."
Lyon created a Ice Bow and aimed towards Gray's head, but then a large blast of golden flames struck Lyon in the back,sending Lyon flying away.
Natsu came running over to where Gray lay and said, "You are going to be okay man."
Natsu then placed his hand onto Gray's wound and pushed his flames into the wound, sealing the wound so Gray wouldn't bleed out.
Gray grit his teeth as Natsu's flames seared close the wound, a horribly painful process.
After a few seconds the wound was finally sealed shut and Gray let out a strained breathe as the pain finally left him.
Natsu signed in relief, Gray wouldn't die, but he needed to get Gray to the healers in the village to be completely sure Gray was not going to die.
Natsu gently placed Gray onto his right shoulder and the ran towards the edge of the temple, stopping to glare over at Lyon, who was standing and was glaring at Natsu as well.
"Let me tell you something Lyon. I am going back and when I get my hands on you, you are going to pay for hurting my friend." Natsu said and then flew into the air, using his flames.
Lyon glared at Natsu and said, "Oh, we will have a reckoning, Dragon Slayer, have no doubt about that. You are the greatest obstacle to my plan and I will not lt you stop me from completing my plans.
Lyon then turned around and walked back into one of the hallways leading away from the roof of the temple, and within moments was out of sight, leaving the now silent temple top as a witness to the battle he and Gray had just had.
Meanwhile...
Natsu had stopped flying after a minute so not to jostle Gray around as much and Natsu wasn't the best at flying when he had someone on his back, it messed up his flight patterns.
So, Natsu was walking as fast as he dared with a badly hurt Gray on his right shoulder, intent on getting back to the village as fast as he could.
"Hey Natsu?" Gray said.
"Yeah man?" Natsu asked.
"Thanks for saving my ass back there." Gray said.
"No prob. We are guild mates, it's what we do." Natsu said.
Gray fell silent as Natsu continued his trek through the jungle and after a little while, they eventually came upon the village.
Natsu yelled out, "Hurry, get the gate open and get a doctor ready!"
The gate opened up as Natsu came in and he saw Lucy, Erza and Happy all there and running towards him.
"What happened Natsu?" Erza asked after she saw Gray.
"Gray managed to beat Lyon, Reitei's real name, but Lyon stabbed Gray. I managed to seal the wound, but I want him to be looked over by a medic." Natsu explained as he placed Gray down onto the ground.
A villager who had a bird clawed hand came over and after looking him over said, "He will live, but he needs to rest and be given medicine. Take him to my hut."
Natsu nodded and gently picked up Gray and took him to the hut.
After laying Gray down onto the hut's bed, left the hut and met with Erza, Lucy and Happy to talk to Moka.
"What happened?" Moka asked.
"We went searching around the island for clues when we found a deserted temple further along the island. When we went inside we noticed some strange markings so we investigated when the ground collapsed and we fell. When we got back up, we saw a massive demon encased in ice. Then we heard voices and hid and we heard that the voices belonged to a group that are planning on releasing the demon from the ice. We then searched the rest of the ruin for a way to the top of the temple and after we found one, the group had started a ritual called Moon Drip to break the demon free. We went to the top of the temple and fought the leader, but Gray was stabbed and I had a retreat to keep him alive." Natsu told him.
"A demon you say? This is bad. What do they plan on doing now?" Moka asked.
"Their leader sent them to the village to try and kill you all, we don't know how. You should start getting everyone here ready for evacuation." Erza said.
"Agreed. Although tit pains me to leave my son's grave, the lives of the rest of the village comes first." Moka said.
Just then, a loud noise was heard and then Happy said, "Hey Natsu? Quick questions. Do rat's fly?"
Natsu looked at this little buddy with confusion all over his face. "Rat's don't fly."
"That what's that one doing?" Happy asked.
Natsu, Lucy, Erza and Moka all turned towards where Happy was pointing and they gasped in shock.
Flying over the trees by using it's tail as a rotor blade was a massive light blue rat from earlier. On it's back was Sherry, Toby and Yuka, while a large silver bucket was in it's hands.
"It took a lot longer then I expected to create the Nuke 'Em Jelly we needed." Sherry said.
"But now we have it and now the villagers shall die." Toby said.
As the rat flew closer, a drop of jelly struck near Lucy, causing the ground to melt.
Natsu's eyes widened and he yelled out, "They have acid! Everyone get to the center of the village!"
All the villagers quickly ran to the center of the village and Gray was also taken from the medical hut to the center of the village as well.
Sherry then said, "Good, they are all in one place. Angelica, drop the jelly."
Angelica chittered as she threw the bucket forwards, the Nuke 'Em Jelly flying outwards towards the village.
Natsu then roared out as he went into the Crimson Fire Dragon Mode and to add even more power, Natsu yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Fire Drive!"
His flames grew even more power and intense as a crimson ed aura of fire enveloped Natsu.
"Crimson Fire Dragon's Magma Core Implosion!" Natsu roared out as a large ball of crimson/orange fire was formed above his head and then Natsu threw it towards the approaching blanket of acid.
When Natsu's attack hit the acid, the attack detonated, releasing all of the energy at once, causing a large explosion that instantly evaporated all of acid in a large area, plus also pushing the rest of the acid away.
By the time the acid actually hit the ground, the acid ate a large circular ring around the village, but everyone inside was safe and also none of the houses were destroyed either.
Lucy smiled and said, "Good job Natsu, you destroyed almost all of the acid."
Natsu nodded and said, "Just doing my job. How is Gray? He didn't get injured did he?"
Erza checked Gray over and said, "Gray is alright, not a drop hit him. Good job."
"Guys! Look!" Happy shouted out.
They all turned and saw Toby, Sherry and Yuka walking towards the village, Angelica having landed and torn the front gate off, allowing the enemy mages inside.
"Just look at them all. They are like Deliora's children. How revolting." Sherry said as she looked at the frightened villagers.
"Let's just hurry this up and kill them all already." Yuka said, impatience in his voice.
"Lucy, you and Happy take care of the giant rat, me and Erza will handle Toby and Yuka." Natsu said.
"On it. Happy!" Lucy said.
"Got it." Happy said as he deployed his angelic wings and took Lucy into the sky, headed right for the monstrous rat.
"You will leave Angelica alone!" Sherry yelled as she ran off to stop the two Fairy Tail mages.
"Sherry!" Toby yelled.
"Don't worry. We can deal with these two meddlesome mages ourselves." Yuka said.
Natsu powered out of Fire Drive mode, knowing if he used too much power he could kill these two, so he just used Crimson Fire Dragon mode.
Natsu then said, "Erza, you take the dog guy, bushy eyebrows is mine."
Erza nodded and requiped into her Flame Empress armor and summoned her fire sword.
"I am not a dog guy!" Toby screamed out.
"My eyebrows are perfectly normal!" Yuka yelled.
"Yeah whatever. Let's battle." Natsu said.
Yuka snarled and then he and Toby activated their magics.
Toby's finger nails grew two inches longer and were now neon green, while Yuka's hands glowed translucent blue.
Natsu hands were engulfed in crimson flames while Erza activated her own fire sword and got into her combat stance.
Natsu then charged forwards, flames shooting out of his feet to give him a boost as he ran towards Yuka.
Natsu threw a quick right hook towards Yuka, who simply placed his hand out and a translucent blue shield appeared and blocked the blow.
Natsu back-flipped and then roared out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Roar!"
A torrent of crimson flames came out of Natsu's maw and went towards Yuka, who placed both hands before him and made the shield in front of him even stronger.
The flames struck the shield, but couldn't break through and eventually died out.
Yuka then went on the offensive, creating a number of small translucent blue orbs that he sent flying towards Natsu.
Natsu jumped to his right and saw the orbs strike the ground and cause an explosion each time they struck the ground.
Yuka created another three orbs and sent then towards Natsu.
Natsu charged up his purple lightning and roared out, "Lightning Dragon's Roar!"
The bolt of purple lightning struck the three orbs, but the orbs were completely fine and continued unimpeded towards Natsu.
Natsu accessed his inner lightning and dodged the orbs with ease and said, "What magic are you using?"
"I use Wave Magic, which allows me to nullify any magic that comes into contact with my magic, making me the anti-mage specialist. I was once apart of Lamia Scale? Surely you have heard of the Iron Rock Jura?" Yuka asked.
"Sure I have heard of Jura, I also fought he and beat him. Surely you must have heard of Fairy Tail's Salamander?' natsu asked with a grin on his face.
Yuka suddenly felt very afraid, he had heard of the tales of the Salamander, the man who fought and beat all Ten Wizard Saints and even Gildart Clive of the West, someone even Jura couldn't beat.
"Regardless, I shall fight you." Yuka said as he regained his composure.
"Why? You know you can't beat me." Natsu asked.
"I must. I can't allow you to stop us from freeing Deliora." Yuka said.
"Can I ask you why you guys are trying to free Deliora?" Natsu asked.
"Because, that monster killed our families and destroyed our homes. We are going to free that monster so Lyon can kill it for us." Yuka said.
"Yuka, killing Deliora will not bring back those that were lost to the monster." Natsu said gently.
"No, but it will make me feel better. Enough talk, let's end this." Yuka said as he took hi combat stance once more.
Natsu sighed and with a heavy heart took his won combat stance once more.
Neither did anything for several seconds before Yuka let out a yelled as he created a large number of translucent blue balls of Wave Magic and then threw them at Natsu.
Natsu saw the incoming blasts and started using his lightning speed to dodge them all, trying to get closer to Yuka to land a blow against the man.
However, he wasn't paying close enough attention and one of the balls struck him in the right side of his chest, knocking him backwards and leaving him open for more attacks.
Yuka capitalized on this and sent several other blasts at Natsu.
Natsu saw the incoming blasts and rolled to his right, dodging the blasts.
Natsu then jumped to his feet and got back into his combat stance.
With long range attacks not working, Natsu knew he had use close range.
Natsu ran towards Yuka at incredible speeds, his fist cocked backwards and coated in Lightning.
Yuka saw the incoming fist and raised yet another large translucent barrier against Natsu.
Natsu fist struck the shield, but since he used to much force behind this punch, his fist was caught inside the shield, causing horrible amounts of pain to shoot up his arm.
Yuka then gathered energy for four other blasts and threw them into Natsu, causing an explosion each time the ball hit him.
"Fool! Now I shall blast you until you die! The great Salamander was in reality just hot air." Yuka taunted.
Natsu grit his teeth and then roared out, "Crimson Fire Dragon's Flame Elbow!"
A giant jet of crimson fire came roaring from Natsu's elbow and his trapped arm suddenly burst through the shield and struck Yuka in the face, causing the man to go flying backwards.
Yuka flew about twenty feet and then fell to the ground with a thud, a large red mark on his right cheek.
Yuka was stunned, no one had been able to break through his shield before and yet this man broke through his shield with almost no problems and all of his hits on Natsu did nothing more than leave some small mars on his clothes.
The difference in power was obvious and absolute, Natsu was just better then him.
Yuka then fell unconscious with one final thought on his mind.
"This is no ordinary man. He is indeed a DRAGON SLAYER!"
Natsu sighed as he powered down, he could see where Yuka and the others were coming from, but they had let their quest for vengeance corrupt their hearts and turn them into monsters.
The salmon haired Dragon Slayer then turned towards Erza's fight.
Meanwhile, with Erza...
Erza was facing Toby, who was currently in his combat stance, his long neon green finger nails out and ready.
"You should give up. My Paralyze Claws: Mega Jellyfish is able to kill a person in seconds from just one swipe." Toby boasted.
"Then I guess I will just have to make sure you don't get a swipe in." Erza said, trusting her armor to keep her safe.
Erza then gripped her sword and got into her combat stance, ready for anything Toby would throw at her.
The two stayed still for a few seconds before Toby ran at Erza. his long green claws outreached.
Erza deftly dodged the swipe and then slashed at Toby's chest, just missing him, but she did manage to cut several strands of hair off with extreme precision.
Toby then came in for another swipe, but Erza moved to her right, the claws coming with a few inches of her face.
Era retaliated with a swift and powerful kick to Toby's midsection, causing all the air to be knocked out of Toby's lungs while also causing a little bit of saliva and blood to be forced from his mouth.
Toby wheezed out and was unprepared for the powerful uppercut that Erza launched right into Toby's jaw, sending the man flying backwards.
Toby landed hard on his back and rolled head over heels for a few seconds before he stopped, his body hurting all over.
Toby then got up quickly and glared at Erza.
"That wasn't very fair, so I guess I will just use all my power." Toby said as he closed his eyes.
Suddenly, the soles of his feet began to glow neon green as small bolts of neon electricity started crackling over his person.
Suddenly Toby fazed out of existence and then next second he was to Erza's left, trying to get a swipe in.
Erza ducked down and let the attack pass over her and in retaliation, she tried to slash at Toby, who simply faded out of existence once again.
Erza then said, "If it is a speed battle you want, I shall be more then happy to comply."
Erza's entire form glowed golden as she changed armor's once again and when the golden glow ended, Erza was in a new armor.
Erza now wore a outfit that was composed of a black formfitting body suit that covered her entire body, while pads of green leather armor lay on top of the armor. The green leather armor was on her chest and went down to her waist, while her legs and forearms were also given green leather pads. On her shoulders she had green leather pads and on her feet she wore black boots. On her waist was a silver belt that held up her two short swords, each one having an elaborate hand guard shaped like a rapier, her hands had green leather gloves with silver spikes on the knuckles and to finish the armor her hair was tied into a ponytail and she wore a green helmet made of slimmed metal to help with wind resistance that had two upwards facing fins.
Erza then took out her two swords and said, "So, what do you think of my Flight armor?"
"Looks too fancy. What do you think you will be able to do now that I am using my Neon Burst?" Toby asked.
"Only this." Erza said, right before she disappeared.
"What?" Toby asked, right before he screamed out as Erza slashed him across the chest at incredible speeds and sent him flying.
Erza reappeared and then said, "That is this armors power, allowing me to fight and act at speeds considered ludicrous.
Toby grunted and got back and said, "Well then, this shall be an interesting battle."
"Indeed." Erza said.
The two of them then disappeared and reappeared with Toby's elongated claws blocking Erza's two swords.
The two then disappeared once again and then reappeared with Toby being flung across the battlefield from one of Erza's blows.
Toby struck several tress and broke them in half as he flew backwards.
Eventually Toby landed and once he did, he got right back up and ran back towards Erza.
Erza had to admit, she was impressed by Toby's resilience, even if he was really weak magically, he had a resistant body and a good determination, a few more years and he just might become a S-Class mage.
Erza was brought out of her musings as Toby ran towards her, his paralyzing claws ready to slash.
Erza brought her swords up and blocked the attack.
Erza then raised her leg and smashed Toby in the face with her foot, cause his head to fly upwards, spittle and blood flying outwards.
Erza then twisted her body around and smashed her leg into Toby's left side, sending the man flying once more from the sheer force of her blows.
Toby once again got right back up, blood dripping from his nose and mouth, for which he just whipped away and prepared to fight Erza once again.
"You are really strong." Toby complimented.
"Thanks, you aren't so bad yourself." Erza said back to him.
"Let's finish this." Toby said as he powered up to his maximum.
Erza simply raised her power level to match Toby's and waited.
Toby roared out as he flew forwards, his claws glowing bright neon green.
Erza waited until he got closer and suddenly dodged to the right and brought her hands together and then brought them above her head.
Once Toby realized what was happening, it was too late.
Erza brought her fists down onto Toby's head with the force of a bomb, causing a slight shock wave to be formed from the sheer force she exerted when her fists struck Toby.
Toby's face was smashed into the ground, the sheer force causing a small crater to be formed.
Toby was unconscious and most likely now had a concussion, but other then that he was fine.
Erza glowed golden as her Flight Armor disappeared and her swords went back to their pocket dimension.
Erza turned and saw Natsu wrap up his own fight.
Natsu then walked over to Erza and said, "Good job. Now we just have to wait for Happy and Lucy to be done with their own fights.
"Shouldn't we go and try to find them?" Erza asked.
"No, we have to stay here and protect the village, we have no idea if Lyon has anymore minions to throw at us." Natsu said.
"I agree." Erza said.
Natsu then took the two beaten up and unconscious enemy mages and tied them to a tree.
Erza looked over to where Happy and Lucy had disappeared to and thought, "Be safe you two."
Meanwhile, with Happy and Lucy...
Happy swore as he barrel rolled to the right to avoid another swipe from Angelica.
Lucy had gone off to take on Sherry by herself while Happy had stayed to stop Angelica.
Happy flew higher up into the sky and a large cloud erupted from the blue cat and Happy's Battle Tiger mode was once again present.
Happy flew forwards, his large white angelic wings moved closer to his body to provide less wind resistance.
Happy cocked his left fist backwards and aimed towards Angelica's face.
Once close enough, Happy sent his fist forwards and struck Angelica hard, causing a small shock wave to erupt from the collision.
Angelica stumbled backwards, completely disoriented from the immense strike to the face by the much smaller Happy.
Happy then flew underneath Angelica's head and launched a hard right hook to the rat's face, causing the rat to stumble even more so.
Angelica then whipped around and tried to bite Happy, but the light blue Exceed was much faster then the massive rat and quickly got out of the way of the strike.
Happy then requipped out his massive trident from it's pocket dimension.
Happy decided to end the battle as quickly as possible, so he flew over Angelica and went for the rat's tail.
Happy quickly grabbed the massive pink tail and then with all of his incredible strength, yanked on the tail.
The shear force of the yank pulled the massive rat above Happy's head and then Angelica was roughly thrown the ground, causing a massive crater to be formed when the huge rodent struck the ground and also a large dust could as well.
When the dust finally cleared, Happy was shown to be standing victorious nearby the massive rat, who was clearly unconscious from being slammed roughly into the ground.
Happy then heard several large explosions go off nearby where Lucy was supposed to be and said, "Wait for a few seconds, I am coming Lucy."
Happy then flew off towards the explosions as fast as he could, all the time thinking about his newest friend.
When he got there, he saw several large craters all over the area and not a sign of Lucy anywhere.
Just then he saw a battered and tired Lucy stumble into view, having come from the beach.
Her outfit was torn in many places, Happy could also see several cuts and bruises over the blondes body, but other then that, Lucy was fine.
"Hey Happy." Lucy said tiredly before she started to fall down.
"Lucy!" Happy yelled out as he flew towards Lucy and caught her before she fell to the ground.
Lucy groaned and said, "I won, but that was a tough fight."
"What happened?" Happy asked.
"Well..." Lucy said as she recalled the battle she had just fought a few minutes ago.
A few minutes ago...
Lucy ran through the jungle, trying to find Sherry before she could do anymore harm.
She then burst out onto an open field about 700 feet across and saw Sherry waiting there for her at the other end.
"So you came. I thought you would never get here. Now I shall defeat you in the name of love!" Sherry said.
Lucy sweat dropped a little and then shook her head and said, "We will just see."
Lucy then grabbed one of her golden keys and yelled out, "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!"
A golden glow erupted and from the golden glow came the familiar shape of Taurus, his signature axe on his back.
"Hello Lucy! What do you need?" Taurus asked.
"Can you help me beat this crazy girl?" Lucy asked.
"Sure thing. Let's do this!" Taurus said as he grabbed his massive battle axe and got into his fighting stance.
"So, you are a Celestial Spirit mage? That makes defeating you all the easier." Sherry said with a smirk on her face.
"Arrogant much?" Lucy asked.
"It is not arrogant if you have the skills and the ability to back the claim up." Sherry said as a red and pink magic circle appeared before her hand as she then yelled out, "Doll Attack: Puppeteer!"
Taurus then twitched a little as a pink and red glow replaced his eyes.
"Taurus?" Lucy asked.
Sherry smirked and then said, "Attack her!"
Taurus then turned around and swung his massive battle axe at Lucy, who barely dodged out of the way by leaping to the right, the pace where she had just been standing now a crater from the force of the blow.
"Taurus? What the hell is going on?" Lucy yelled out, unable to believe one of her oldest and best friends had just betrayed her.
"I..I can't...c-control m-my body. R-run L-lucy." Taurus said through gritted teeth, as if he was fighting himself as his body then slowly started to walk towards Lucy.
"Surprised? My magic is Doll Attack. It allowed me to control anything and everything in my vicinity and turn them into my puppets. That includes Celestial Spirits. Your friend will now do anything I command him without hesitation. Can you bring yourself to fight your own friend?"Sherry said, a smug grin on her face.
Lucy grit her teeth as she had to dodged yet another powerful overhand swipe from Taurus, which cracked and broke a ten foot section of the ground.
"I should also tell you my Doll Attack gradually increases the power behind my Puppets. If you do not defeat him quickly, he will become strong enough to destroy mountains with a single swipe." Sherry said, feeling very proud of herself right now.
Lucy was really starting to panic right now, she didn't want to fight Taurus, but it seemed as if she had no choice right now.
"Forgive me Taurus." Lucy said as she charged up one of Celestial Star Blasts and then threw the attack right at Taurus's face.
Normally, Taurus would have no problem defending himself from such an attack, but right now with his mind being controlled his reaction time and speed and taken a massive nose dive, so the attack struck him right in the face with almost casual ease.
Taurus staggered backwards a few steps back from the blow and Lucy used the opportunity to attack with with two other Star Blasts, pushing the massive Zodiac Spirit backwards.
Taurus staggered backwards even more and was starting to pant a little, the power of the Star Blasts showing.
Lucy was about to knock Taurus out when several small pink magic blasts came out of nowhere and struck her in the back causing her to cry out in pain.
The blasts had come from Sherry, her finger tips glowing pink and smoke coming from the tips.
"How do you like my Finger Attack magic? I created it to supplement my Doll Attack magic." Sherry said, smirking all the while she talked.
Lucy was breathing hard, those magic blasts, although not anywhere close to her own Star Blasts in terms of power, where nothing to scoff at, not only did they do magic, they could be fired in massive amounts, allowing damage to be accumulated very quickly and they also were designed to sting after they hit the target, causing horrible jolts of pain from the target.
This allowed Sherry to attack with much greater ease, as the target would not be able to focus on the battle with the jolts of pain flaring up randomly.
Taurus got back up and then walked over to where Lucy lay and raised his massive Battle Ax, preparing to kill his master against his will.
Lucy saw Taurus raising his ax and quickly acted.
Just as Taurus brought the ax down, Lucy gathered her Celestial Magic in her arms and hands and then caught the blade of the ax with her hands.
This normally would have snapped her arms off and then left the ax able to continue on it's path, but her Celestial magic was augmenting her arms, allowing her do this with, even if it was with great effort.
Lucy knew she couldn't do this for very long, so she then gathered what little magic she could spare into her foot and said, "Sorry Taurus."
Lucy then kicked Taurus in the stomach with her foot, a small shock wave being sent outwards as the kick connected.
Taurus gasped as all the air in his lungs was driven out in one of the most painful ways possible, a little bit of saliva and blood coming out of his mouth.
Taurus placed both of his hands on the spot where Lucy had kicked him, allowing Lucy to finish her plan.
She focused a large portion of her magic into her fist and then said, "I am really sorry Taurus."
Lucy then delivered a massive right hook into the side of Taurus's face, causing the massive Bull to go flying about three feet backwards, where he landed with a thud, a massive bruise now on the side of his face.
Taurus started glowing golden, signaling he was going back to the Celestial Spirit world, but not before he said to Lucy, "Good job Lucy, you beat me. Your mother would be so proud of you."
Taurus then vanished in a golden flash and Lucy fell to her knees, a large amount of her magic now gone.
Lucy was on all fours, sweat building up on her forehead as she breathed deeply, trying to calm her heat down.
Lucy then heard foot steps and looked up to see Sherry walking towards her, a pink blade of energy in her hands.
Sherry smirked and said, "Very impressive, defeating a Zodiac Spirit is no easy feat. But now you are weakened and hurt. Just close your eyes and it will all be over very shortly."
Lucy continued to watch as Sherry walked closer, each step making Lucy grow just a bit more afraid.
Lucy then thought back to all that had happened to her since she joined Fairy Tail.
She had helped save Macao, she had gotten Daybreak back, had helped take down Eisenwald, did loads of damage to Lullaby and had come her to Galuna Island and this is how her life ended?
She thought back to all the friends she had made in her brief time at Fairy Tail, how each and ever single one of them was not only a amazing wizard, but also an amazing person.
She then thought back to her mother.
She remembered her mothers sweet embrace, her kind words, the gentle and warm aura the women radiated.
She remembered how as a child all Lucy wanted to be was a wizard like her mother and make her proud.
She had never been able to do that since her mother died an after that her father changed into another person.
Was this how it was going to end? Dying on a small island just after she had begun her adventure of becoming a amazing wizard.
"NO!" Lucy shouted in her mind.
Her hands clenched as Sherry closed the distance and was starting to raise the pink energy blade.
"Not here! Not now!" Lucy roared out as the blade started to fall towards Lucy.
Lucy then shot out her hand as a Star Blast charged up.
Lucy hand planted itself directly onto Sherry's stomach as the Star Blast finished charging.
The Star Blast detonated, causing a small explosion that sent Sherry flying backwards.
Sherry landed on her right side and rolled for a bit before she stopped.
Sherry groaned as she got back onto her feet and looked down.
The area when the Star Blast had hit was now bright red and hurt a lot, and the entire stomach area of her dress had been destroyed by that attack.
"You bitch!" Sherry roared out as both her hands glowed and then Sherry shouted out, "Doll Attack: Wood Doll and Rock Doll!"
A tree near Sherry glowed and then transformed, now having holes in it's bark in the shape of a face while arms and fours legs grew out it.
The rocks near Sherry also glowed and then combined together to form a large golem with four arms, a round head and two legs, while two sharp rocks came out of it's back.
Lucy charged up a Star Blast in each hand and threw them at the puppets, causing large holes to be blown in them, but the puppets were repaired within seconds.
Lucy cursed as she had to dodged a punch from the tree and then was nearly hit by the golem.
She sent her magic into her two fists and then struck the golem in the chest, causing the entire torso of the golem to be destroyed, along with the arms and head collapsing moments later. However rocks from all over the beach flew up and merged with the golem and healed up the damage.
Lucy knew she couldn't keep this up for long, she was going to run out of magic soon, she needed a plan.
She jumped into the air and back flipped to avoid the swipe of the tree, which hit the golem and broke the golem into tiny rock pebbles which reformed the golem within seconds.
Lucy saw Sherry and knew she had to take out Sherry, but Sherry would see her coming from a mile away and just run away and dodged her attacks.
Lucy then remembered the technique she used on Natsu and smacked herself in the face.
The problem with that technique was the fact that it was best used against Dragon Slayers or others with enhanced eyesight and the effect would pass quickly for regular mages, but it would have to do.
Lucy placed both of her hands on both sides of her head and yelled out as a massive golden glow erupted, blinding Sherry who screamed out.
Lucy then ran at Sherry, her right fist glowing with golden energy.
Lucy reached Sherry in seconds and then smashed her fist into Sherry's stomach, sending the pink haired women flying into the forest.
Sherry flew through several trees and then hit the forest floor, causing a little crater to be formed.
Sherry rubbed her eyes as her vision started to come back, although she couldn't really see colors that well.
She saw Lucy running towards her and charged up her Finger Attack magic and started to fire towards Lucy, who put up a small Celestial Bunker in front of her and continued to charged at Sherry.
Sherry started to pore more and more magic into her Finger Attack magic, the blasts becoming larger and larger, but Lucy pushed forwards.
Lucy was now starting to push all of her remaining magic into this one last attack.
Her left hand was now holding a two foot wide Star Blast and once she reached Sherry, Lucy slammed the golden ball into Sherry's chest.
A truly massive explosion erupted, blinding anyone looking at the fight.
After a few minute the dust settled and showed the victor.
Lucy was standing on her two legs, a large amount of the clothing torn and covered in shoot, while cut and bruises were all over her body.
Lucy opened her left eye and saw that Sherry was no where to be seen, but a trail of footprints told the tale that she had managed to get away.
Lucy smiled, she had beaten Sherry all by herself, her had won due to her won strength, she didn't have any help and yet she still won against a powerful foe.
She then grimaced as several large bolts of pain went through her body.
She then started limping out of the forest back the way she came, seeing the two creations Sherry created nothing more then piles of their respective element.
Back with Happy and Lucy...
Lucy was being led back to the village by Happy who she was leaning on.
After a few minutes they came back to the village.
Inside the village they saw the villagers talking to Natsu and Erza.
"Hey guys." Happy said.
They turned around and gasped when they saw Lucy's state.
Erza ran over and gently took up Lucy and led her to the healer tent, Natsu and Happy close by.
Erza gently laid Lucy on a cot and then doctor started healing her.
"Happy, what happened?" natsu asked.
Happy told them about the fight and Natsu smiled down at Lucy and said, "I knew you would get stronger, but I never expected you to ascend to this level so quickly. Keep this up and you just might be in the running for strongest female guild member."
Lucy tiredly nodded and then fell asleep, the doctor then told them to leave so she could heal both Lucy and Gray.
Just as Happy, Erza and Natsu left the hut they heard someone say, "Excuse me?"
They turned and saw one of the guards saying, "There is someone who says she is a member of Fairy Tail outside the gates."
The gates then opened and a figure walked in.
'What are you doing? I said wait until I gave the go ahead!" The guard yelled up to his partner.
"Sorry, I forgot." His partner yelled back.
The first guard face palmed and said, "Oh my hurting head."
All three mages looked at the figure who walked closer and once they saw the face, they all smiled.
The figure was a slim and curvaceous women. She had black pupils, chin length dark purple hair, and a purple choker on her throat. She currently wore a light green t-shirt, a tan jacket over the t-shirt, a white belt with a silver snowflake buckle, black pants with dark boots on and finally, she had two purple wrist bands on her wrists.
She gave a smirk to the Fairy tail mages and said, "Did you three miss me?"
Natsu smiled and "Ur, your timing could not be better."
How will Ur's presence on Galuna Island change the flow of time? Only the future knows.
Elsewhere...
The same mysterious figure watched from back on the tropical island through a portal that showed the group.
"Ur, Wizard Saint and member of Fairy Tail and the one person who could actually keep up with Deliora for a little while. How will you effect my plans for Natsu to fight Deliora. I guess another upgrade to my old creation is needed." He said.
He raised his right hand and from it came a large amount of the black mist that changed Lullaby. The mist then went into the air, headed towards Galuna Island,
"I sure hope you are ready Natsu, for Deliora is going to be a vastly different challenge then Lullaby was ever capable of being. If you are strong enough to kill Deliora, then you may have a chance of killing me." The mysterious figure said.
He then walked away into the jungle and vanished once more from sight.
And boom! Another chapter completed.
As for the little effect Happy had, I had originally had planned for Happy's fight with Angelica to be longer, but then I realized no one would want to see Happy fight a giant rat for a thousand plus words, so I scrapped that idea and went with what you see before you, I hope you enjoy it better then what I had originally planned.
And finally Ur has returned!
We are going to see her strength in the net chapter and let me tell you, she has not lost her touch after all the years.
We are going to wrap up the Galuna Island Arc ext chapter and finally see Deliora free and upgraded.
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