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Chapter 38
Enter the Seven
As soon as the pig was parked close to the mansion, Team Natsu entered the mansion. It was very dark and quiet along with a couple statues of Pegasus here and there.
"Oh great. Another creepy mansion," grumbled Lucy.
"This is the second home of the master of Blue Pegasus, Bob," explained Erza.
Gray shuddered remembering Bob. "Yeah... that guy makes me feel funny in the wrong way," he said.
"Now Gray be nice," chided Erza. "Master Bob may be a little... eccentric, but even he deserves the upmost respect."
"Yeah... eccentric being a strong word," said Lucy.
Natsu who was now sitting on the floor was still feeling sick from the ride. "Just... tell me... when we're there guys..." he moaned.
"But we are here Natsu," said Happy.
Then suddenly a trio of unknown male voices rang out startling the group. One voice spoke first while the other two respond after.
"They're here at last!"
"At last!"
"Hey, hey, hey, hey! Hello!"
"Hello!"
"Fairy!"
"Fairy!"
"Tail..."
"Tail..."
"Wizards!"
The moment the three spoke together, a bright spotlight shone in the middle of the room revealing three young black suited boys standing before Team Fairy Tail. One man was fair skinned with blonde hair in a beat bowl cut, the second was light skinned with brown blonde hair in a messy and spiky fashion, and the third was dark skinned with neat black hair.
"We are so glad you came," the three said. "We are the Blue Pegasus' elite crew, The Trimens. Allow us to introduce ourselves."
"Hundred Nights' Hibiki," said the brown blond man with a wink.
"Holy Night Eve," said the bowl cut blonde.
"And Still Night Ren," said the dark skinned man.
"Holy crap! The Trimens from Blue Pegasus!" Lucy squeaked blushing slightly. "Those guys are the hottest wizards around! So cool! Ren Akatsuki, Eve Tearm, and even Hibiki Laytis is always on the top of Sorcerer Weekly's most eligible bachelor's list who was also in the top three over the past three months and-"
Lucy then stopped for she saw Natsu who was still feeling sick leaning on the pillar for support and Gray who was in tizzy trying to find his clothes. She facepalmed herself and let out an aggravated sigh.
"Why do those two have to be so hopeless?" she moaned.
Suddenly The Trimens then surrounded Erza checking her out and flirting with her.
"I've heard tales about your beauty and they're all true," said Hibiki.
"It's really a pleasure to meet you Ms. Titania," added Eve.
"Please why don't you sit down? And you as well miss," asked Ren as he was now looking at Lucy.
The next thing Erza and Lucy knew, the three had dragged out a couch with a colorful light up heart and seated the two of them upon it. Hibiki then got a fresh washcloth and presented it to Erza while Eve pushed out a table and sat beside her.
"Would you like to freshen up?" asked Hibiki.
"Or maybe something to eat?" asked Eve. "There's cake."
"No thank you," replied Erza.
"What's the deal with these guys?" wondered Lucy. "Are they nuts or something?"
"More like crazy," muttered Happy.
"Anyway it's a pleasure to meet future allies," said Erza turning to Eve. "I'm looking forward to working with you."
Eve suddenly blushed and began to feel kinda shy. "Is this a dream? I hope it isn't because... you're so beautiful," he said. "And I've always admired you for quite a while."
Then sudden storm of compliments caused Erza to be taken quite aback. As for Lucy, Ren was making his move on her by handing Lucy a drink.
"Here. You can have it if you want it," he said not making eye contact. "But don't get the idea that I made it for you or anything."
"Why the heck is he being coy?!" exclaimed Lucy in confusion.
"Well then you ladies must be feeling tired," said Hibiki now standing in front of the girls. "Feel free to spend the night." Eve and Ren then appeared next to him and the three bowed smiling dazzlingly. "We don't mind."
Erza and Lucy were at a loss for words. Just then another voice was heard. It was deep and sounded very suave.
"Calm down men. Give these girls some breathing room."
Upon hearing the voice, Lucy felt her heart jump. "Wow... that voice... it sounded silky smooth."
The Trimens immediately knew who that voice belonged to.
"Yes Mr. Ichiya sir!" they said.
Upon hearing that name, Erza immediately cringed in disgust. Then a small man made his way down the stairs. The man named Ichiya was extremely short had orange wavy hair, wore a white suit with a blue rose, and had a rectangular face with big cheek bones and a big nose. He also seemed to sparkle of some kind of charisma.
"It's been a long time Ms. Scarlet," he said when he saw Erza.
"Yes... but... I never expect to see you here..." said Erza who was now slightly trembling.
"Oh how I missed you," said Ichiya. "But do not worry... I'm here my sweet honey..."
"MY SWEET HONEY?!" exclaimed Happy and Lucy clearly shocked.
Erza just stood there completely frozen now trembling more than ever before which made Happy and Lucy even more shocked.
"She's... she's trembling?!" exclaimed Lucy.
"The Great Erza is trembling in fear?!" cried Happy.
Ichiya then slid down on the rail of the stairs as he spoke with The Trimens in tow.
"A surprise!"
"A surprise!"
"A reunion!"
"A reunion!"
"Oh yes! Oh yes! Oh yes!" the four said together as Ichiya landed on the floor.
"We're so sorry Mr. Ichiya. We didn't know she was your girlfriend," said The Trimens. Then they turned towards Team Natsu. "We're so sorry for our rudeness."
"That is not true and you know it!" barked Erza.
"You three! Clean up! We have some important business to attend to!" scolded Ichiya.
The Trimens immediately carried the couch away. "You got it boss!" they said.
"I think that's the third name they called him," said Lucy. "What a bunch of wackos."
"Aye," agreed Happy.
Ichiya then smiled sweetly. "It seems that destiny has brought us together Ms. Erza and Ms. Lucy. What sweet parfum!," he said. He then looked at Natsu and Gray. "You two not so much."
Now it was Lucy's turn to shiver. "He's creeping me out..."
"Me too," sighed Erza. "Although he's a gifted wizard in his own right, I'd rather not be in his company.
Then Gray stepped forward. "Hey! You crappy Blue Pegasus playboys better keep your hands off our ladies. We clear?"
"Clear as crystal. Now please leave," said Ichiya indifferently.
"Thanks for dropping by," The Trimens bowed.
Now Gray felt insulted. "We're here on some serious business you know! Do you pretty boys even know how to fight?"
"You wanna find out?" Ren asked with a challenging glare.
"Yeah. We're really tough pal," added Eve smirking.
Natsu upon hearing the word fight finally snapped out of his motion sickness. "Fight?! If there's a fight then count me in!"
"Everyone needs to calm down and-" Erza began trying to dissuade the situation, but then a shiver ran down her spine. The reason being was that Ichiya had now crept up behind and seemed to be sniffing her.
"My honey... your sweet parfum still drives me crazy," he said with delight.
Erza who had clearly had enough immediately gave Ichiya a powerful punch right to his cheek. "You stay far away from me!" she shrieked.
"Nice right hook!" Lucy complimented.
Ichiya was sent flying all the way to entrance of the mansion. At that moment a person walked in through the door and just when Ichiya was about to crash into him, the person stopped be only using his hand when upon impact froze Ichiya's face with ice. Upon seeing this, Gray immediately knew who this person was. It was the same person with blueish silver hair who was with him back when he was a kid six years ago, but now he had aged over the years. He now wore a white jacket with black fur trimmings with a red undershirt with white pants with a black pattern. He was Lyon Vastia, Gray's childhood rival. He also was an enemy at some point during the Deliora incident.
"You dare greet us with this little troll?" he spoke with an annoyed tone. "We insist that Lamia Scale deserves more respect than that."
Then he saw Gray. The moment the two saw each other, they both were surprised.
"It's you!" they both said.
"Well what do you know? Guess you joined a guild after all," said Natsu to Lyon.
Lyon didn't answer, but he did throw Ichiya away sending him flying and then tumbling to the floor in front of the Trimens.
"What's your problem Lyon?!" demanded Gray.
"He was the one who attacked me Gray," rebutted Lyon.
"Hey it wasn't his fault! That's our leader you're messing with!" defended Ren.
"Yeah! How dare you!" glared Eve.
"Why you and your men just turn around go home?" spoke Hibiki.
"Then I guess that means the women can stay and fight right?" said a feminine voice. "MARIONETTE ATTACK! CARPET DOLL!"
Suddenly the rug underneath Lucy's feet came to life knocking Lucy off balance causing her to fall foward. "Hey! Why the heck am I being attacked?!" she exclaimed. Then she realized something. "Wait a sec! I recognize this spell!"
Sure enough, a young woman appeared right next Lyon. She had long pink hair and wore a pink dress with black trimmings. Lucy took one look at her and knew who she was. It was Sherry Blendy who also was an enemy back with the Deliora incident.
"No way! Sherry joined a guild too?!"
"I was hoping you fairies haven't forgotten me," said Sherry. "But please do try and forget that for I have been reborn by the power of love!"
"And you're still a wacko as usual," said Lucy flatly.
Then things began escalate. Ichiya now had recovered from the last blow was now heading towards Erza desperate to smell her again. "More! More! I must smell more of your sweet parfum!" he said.
Using her requip magic, Erza immediately summoned a spear and pointed it at Ichiya. "Stay the hell away from me!" she cried.
"You wanna go Lyon?" growled Gray.
"My pleasure Gray," said Lyon who was not backing down.
"All right! It's time to party!" cheered Natsu as he was gearing up to fight too.
Even Lucy and Sherry were ready to throw down with each other.
"I can never love you," said Sherry.
"The feelings mutual!" snarled Lucy.
It seemed that all out fight was about to start, but then a staff slammed on the floor.
"Enough!" boomed a voice. "We're here to work together as a group to destroy the Oración Seis. This isn't the time to fight amongst ourselves."
Everyone immediately froze as another wizard made it's arrival. He was tall and muscular with a bald head, a mantle above his bare chest that was blue and white stripped with yellow strings, green armbands that went up to his shoulders, and a black loincloth.
"Yes Jura," said Lyon as he and Sherry backed down.
"That's Jura?" asked Erza with slight surprise in her tone.
"So that's him," murmured Hibiki. "Lamia Scale's top-man. The man known as Iron Rock Jura."
"Who?" asked Natsu looking at Happy.
"That guy's one of the ten Wizard Saints just like our master," explained Happy.
"Oh man... that kinda makes him a big deal," said Lucy.
"So there's four from Fairy Tail and four from Blue Pegasus eh? Please. Our guild only sent three and one of them is a Wizard Saint," scoffed Sherry causing Lucy to puff her cheeks in protest. Poor Happy however felt overlooked.
"Hey! Don't forget about me!" he cried.
"So three of the representing guilds are here," said Jura surveying them. "All that's left is Cait Shelter."
"Ah yes. I've heard," said Ichiya. "Rumor has it that they're only sending one member to represent them."
Everyone immediately looked at Ichiya in shock.
"You're kidding me! Just one!" exclaimed Gray. "For a dangerous mission like this?!"
"If they are sending only one," said Lucy fearfully. "Just how crazy intense is this person gonna be!?"
Her answer came sooner than expected. For right then and there, a small squeak was heard causing everyone to turn around. There on the floor was a little girl who lying face down on the floor having to have tripped. She moaned in pain she got up brushing herself off. She had fair skin, long flowing blue hair, and wore a blue and yellow dress.
"Um... hi there," she said. "I'm sorry I came here so late, but I come from the Cait Shelter guild. My name's Wendy Marvell. It's nice to meet all of you."
"Sh-she's a kid!" exclaimed Lucy.
"I must say that even I'm surprised," said Erza.
Everyone else stared at Wendy either surprised or shocked except for Jura.
"Now then... all the guilds are now present," said Jura.
"He's not even fazed by this?!" exclaimed Gray.
"Obviously not," said Lyon.
"What on earth was Cait Shelter thinking sending a tender girl like her alone?" asked Sherry.
"And who said she was alone you gaudy trollop," said yet another voice belonging to a female.
Then a white cat wearing a dress joined party. The moment Happy saw her he could not believe his eyes and neither could Natsu and the others.
"No way... a cat? She looks just like Happy," said Natsu.
"And she can talk too," said Lucy.
Sherry however was not impressed due to being insulted by the cat. "Lousy dumb cat... I'm gaudy," she muttered.
"That's your problem?!" exclaimed Lucy.
Wendy was a little surprised to see the cat. "Oh Carla. You followed me here?"
"Of course I did child," said Carla. "You're far too young to be traveling by yourself."
"Pretty kitty," said The Trimens.
"Wait! You flirt with cats too?!" Lucy asked incredulously.
Then Carla noticed Happy who couldn't stop staring at her and was completely lovestruck. Carla then turned her head away in a huff not watching to associate with him. Then Happy went over to Lucy and poked her leg getting her attention.
"Lucy can you do me a favor and give that girl cat my fish for me?" he asked.
"What is this? Love at first sight?" wondered Lucy. Then she realized that she had a chance to get some payback from Happy's teasing whenever love was involved with her. "Time to give him a taste of his own medicine," she thought.
"You looooove her~" she teased.
"Hey! That's my schtick copycat! And you just said it way more creepier than I did!" snapped Happy.
"Um... excuse me..." said Wendy timidly darting her eyes shyly. "I'm sorry if I'm not what you were expecting... and I know that I'm smaller and younger than all of you, and I'm not much of a fighter, but I can use support magic and stuff, so please let me join the group! I'd be so embarrassed if you sent me home!"
"Wendy! You'll never get their respect if you act like that child! Show some confidence!" scolded Carla. "I swear you'll drive me to catnip!"
"I'm sorry Carla!" apologized Wendy. "I can't help it!"
"Please forgive us," said Erza as she walked over to her. "We were just caught off guard and we didn't mean to offend you. We're really glad to have you with us Wendy."
When Wendy saw Erza, her shyness was quickly replaced with a smile. "Oh wow! You're Erza right? I can't believe it's you!"
"You're not quite the monster I heard about," said Carla.
"Then maybe you've heard of Happy the Catmander. Brace yourself because that's me," said Happy.
Carla once again ignored Happy with a huff turning her head. Happy however took this the wrong way thinking that Carla was being shy.
"She's being shy! That proves she loves me!" he squeaked. "This must be destiny!"
"Destiny of being rejected," smirked Lucy. "I dunno if you've noticed, but she's totally ignoring you."
"You're totally hopeless Lucy," countered Happy. "You would never understand about women and their wild ways."
"I really hate to break this to you cat, but... I'm a woman!" growled Lucy.
"Whoa... that girl's gonna look beautiful when she grows up," said Ren.
"She's already this cute," added Eve. "And it looks like Hibiki thinks so too."
"Excuse me miss," said Hibiki as he put an arm around her shoulder leading to the couch which had mysteriously reappeared. "But would you mind please coming this way?"
"Um... OK," said Wendy nervously.
"Bad touch creepy!" exclaimed Lucy.
Ichiya and Jura meanwhile couldn't help but stare at Wendy ever since she came. The two then looked at each other.
"That girl. Her parfum's very unique," said Ichiya. "She's a far from an ordinary child."
"Yes. I sensed that about her right away," said Jura. "Her magic she somehow possesses is vastly different than our own. And I'm very sure that Lady Erza has sensed this as well."
It wasn't just Jura, Ichiya, and Erza that were curious about Wendy. Natsu found himself wondering about Wendy too.
"Hey Natsu. What's up?" asked Gray. "You're thinking even more than usual and I don't think that's healthy."
"I don't why, but I feel I've heard that girl's name somewhere," said Natsu. "But I don't know where."
"Don't think too hard," said Gray. "Otherwise your brain won't be able to handle it."
"Hey Gray. Do me a favor and remember her for me," said Natsu.
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?!" said Gray indignantly.
Meanwhile Wendy was getting the royal treatment from the Trimens just like Erza and Lucy were before.
"Um...I...uh... what's going on?" she asked not sure what was going on.
"We're just pampering a princess," said Eve setting a cup of juice in front of her.
"You are the cutest girl I've seen all day," said Ren.
"Would you like to freshen up?" asked Hibiki holding out a towel.
"Um...uh...I... uh..." stammered Wendy.
"What is with these boys?" Carla wondered.
Then Wendy happened to see Natsu staring at her. When he saw him, she gave him a friendly smile.
"So you remember her yet?" asked Natsu turning towards Gray.
Gray responded by letting out a groan and pinching the bridge of his nose.
"You shouldn't be smile at men so much Wendy," Carla warned. "It's unladylike and most especially because these men are strange."
"But... I was only trying to be friendly...!" said Wendy trying to explain, but then the Trimens suddenly began pressing her with their flirtatious ways.
"So what type of me do you like?" asked Hibiki. "Brash or proper?"
"If it's brash you're looking for, I can play the part," said Eve.
"I can play the proper role for you because you're so cute," Ren said.
"Enough! Didn't I tell you three we're on important business?!" scolded Ichiya. "Now hurry and clean up!"
"Yes dear master! Right away!"
And before Wendy or Carla had a chance to react, The Trimens immediately picked up the couch and table and carried it away.
"I think that's pretty much the fourth thing they called him," whispered Lucy to Gray.
"I"ll give them this much," Gray whispered back. "They're not that smart, but they're at least consistently inconsistent."
"All right. Now that all the participating parties are present," said Ichiya who was now standing on a square mat surrounded by four spotlights that shone brightly on him as he posed. "I say it's about time to get the mission briefing underway."
"And... the posing is necessary how?" asked Lucy flatly.
"Our first order of business is determining the location of the Oración Seis..." Ichiya declared. He paused seemingly impressively... then he unexpectedly tip-toed away. "Right after I make a quick letter of the alphabet," he said as he left.
As he left, The Trimens for some reason began applauding.
"Oh brother," mumbled Gray. "If he makes the letter poop I'm out of here."
"We believe in you teacher!" called out The Trimens.
"Would you three pick a title already?" asked an irritated Lucy.
Ichiya raced down the halls trying to get to the bathroom as fast as he could. Eventually he made it there before he could pee his pants. He ran inside and then went into one of the stalls and handled his business. Little did he know someone else had entered in the bathroom with him and it wasn't any of the allied forces.
After a few minutes Ichiya flushed and finished his business.
"Man... That feels much better," he said. "Now to head back to the-"
As he opened the door and stepped out of the stall. He found that someone was standing in front of him. The person was Shark. Then before he could look up to see who it was or react, Shark immediately attacked Ichiya by giving him a punch right on top of his head. Ichiya dazed from the sudden blow tried to fight back, but Shark attacked him again with another punch to his head and then gave him a sharp kick sending him slamming into the wall. Ichiya slid down to the floor and slumped completely unconscious. Then Angel came in.
"Well done Shark," she said. "I can take it from here."
She then pulled out a golden key. "Open! Gate of the twins, Gemini!"
A greenish blue magic circle appeared and in a puff of smoke, two strange strange creatures appeared before her. They were both small and blue with small beady black eyes each one having two antennae. One wore orange shorts and the other wore black and they both wore a brown sashes.
"Listen up Gemini," said Angel. "I want you to transform into that man Shark just beat and get whatever intel you can get."
"You got it Angel," the beings called Gemini replied. "Piri Piri!"
In another puff of smoke, Gemini transformed. They now looked like an exact duplicate of Ichiya.
"Lady Angel," said the imposter. "You have a most wonderful parfum!"
"Down boy," said Angel. "Try not to let that man's perverted thoughts take control. Now tell us what that man and his little band of wizards are up to."
"Yes my lady," said the imposter. "It would seem that they are planning to attack us and the wizards are very powerful. They're combined forces from Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, and Cait Shelter. They even have the Wizard Saint with them, Iron Rock Jura."
"Iron Rock Jura eh?" said Angel. "He could be a problem."
"And that only that, but Blue Pegasus managed to bring Christina with them," the imposter added.
Angel then raised a brow. "Christina huh? That's really bad news. If that let something like that get to us, we'll be finished. Gemini, I want you to go back to those wizards as that man and then when his guard his down, I want you to take out that wizard saint. Make sure you're convincing."
"Yes Angel," said the imposter.
Soon enough Ichiya returned from his bathroom break. "That's much better. Now allow me to continue," he said striking a pose. "To the north of here lies the Worth Woodsea. Inside it, the ancients seal a very powerful and magic called Nirvana."
"Enough with the posing already," said Gray.
"Nirvana?" wondered Natsu and Lucy.
"I've never heard of it before," said Lyon.
"Do you know what that is Jura?" asked Sherry.
"No clue," replied Jura.
"We don't know this magic other than it's name and that it's very destructive," said Ren.
"And that the Oración Seis want it badly," added Eve.
"Destructive magic?" puzzled Natsu.
"OK...bad feeling confirmed," commented Lucy.
"We also assume that's why they've traveled this far," said Hibiki. "To get their hands on Nirvana so they can use it for their own purposes."
"In order to prevent that from happening..." began Ichiya.
Then he and The Trimens posed dramatically radiating with sparkles.
"We must destroy the Oración Seis!" the four of them said.
"I am so over the posing already," deadpanned Lucy.
"I stopped complaining about it a long time ago," said Gray.
"We may have the advantage in numbers, but do not underestimate them," said Hibiki. "They're tremendously powerful."
He then snapped his fingers and a magic display appeared in front of him along with a keyboard and starting typing something with his hand.
"That's Archive Magic," said Jura.
"Well that's new," said Lyon. "I don't think I've seen it in use before."
"What does it do?" asked Sherry.
Then pictures of the Oracion Seis popped up for everyone to see.
"It's used to store information like these photos of the Oración Seis themselves. Don't ask how we got them," explained Hibiki as he pointed to the picture of Cobra first. "First up is the snake wizard, Corba."
"Beady eyes and a mischievous smirk? That guy practically looks like trouble," said Natsu.
"Talk about the pot calling the kettle black," Gray and Lyon retorted.
"Next up, we have a wizard who based on his name probably uses some kind of speed magic, Racer," said Hibiki pointing to the picture of the man in question.
"I don't know why, but I really don't like the looks of that guy," said Gray glaring at the picture.
"You and me both," agreed Lyon.
"Then we have a wizard who's willing to destroy an entire military unit for a price," said Hibiki as he pointed to next picture of the next member. "Divine Eyes Hoteye."
"He basically just kills for money?" Sherry asked.
"Makes me sick," growled Jura.
Hibiki then moved on to the picture of the members. "She as gorgeous as she is deadly. This is Angel."
"The pretty but deadly type huh? Is this chick for real?" asked Lucy.
Hibiki then came to the next photo. "The next member is such a mystery that all we know is his name, Midnight."
"What an odd name," said Erza. "Does that correlate to his power or something?"
"This member serves as a personal bodyguard of sorts and judging from his name, it sounds like he specializes in water magic," said Hibiki showing the next member. "His name is Shark."
"Whoa... he looks just like a ninja!" said Natsu. "That's so cool!"
"Please try not to be impressed with the enemy," said Gray.
"And finally," said Hibiki showing them the last member. "Is Brain the lead commander. Alone they have the power to wipe out guilds and together they're unstoppable even with the numbers game on our side."
"Um... excuse me," said Lucy who was now trembling in fear. "Can I vote to stay behind and not die today?"
"Me too! I don't wanna die either," squeaked Wendy also trembling.
"You may not child! We have a job to do so show some backbone!" scolded Carla.
"Hey! You wanna do something like raid a trash can since they didn't include us?" asked Happy still trying to make a pass at Carla, but all he got was another humph from Carla who once again ignored him.
"There's no need to fear," said Ichiya. "There's more to our operation than fighting. With all of your help, we may have a chance to find the enemy's stronghold."
"Stronghold? Like their base?" asked Natsu.
"Yes," said Ren. "We still have yet to locate where it is and we looked everywhere."
"However we do know that they have temporary base somewhere in the Worth Woodsea," said Eve as Hibiki pulled up another picture of a map using Archive.
"And once we've located it," said Ichiya. "If it's possible, we would like you to gather them in their base."
"How do we do that?" asked Gray.
"We beat em up and drag their butts there!" said Natsu with a predatory grin.
"So... it pretty down boils down to fighting regardless," said Lucy flatly. "Typical."
"But...why would you want us to gather them?" asked Erza.
Ichiya then pointed a finger straight up towards the sky. "Then we shall them a one way ticket of oblivion! Courtesy of the Blue Pegasus' majestic pride, The Magic Bomber Christina!"
"No way..." murmured Sherry clearly shocked. "I've always thought that Christina was just a rumor!"
"Whoa! Is that really necessary for only six people?!" exclaimed Lucy.
"That's the type of enemy we face," boomed Jura.
"Sir yes sir!" squeaked Lucy in fear.
"And in addition under no circumstances that you engage the enemy in solo combat," continued Jura. "Our best bet is to separate them and have at least two wizards fight one member."
Everyone else nodded in agreement except for Lucy and Wendy, the two now comically crying in fear.
"This is a total nightmare~!" whined Lucy.
"This is too much~! I can't take the pressure~!" sobbed Wendy.
"Will you two buck up and stop acting like children?" Carla snapped.
"Let's do this! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu smirked punching his now flame covered fist in his palm with excitement. Not wanting to wait anymore he burst through the door destroying it and raced out of the mansion. "Time to go hunt me some demons! Ready or not, here I come!"
"Natsu wait! Get back here!" cried Lucy.
But it was no use. Natsu had already raced into the distance.
"Honestly, always acting without a thought in mind," sighed Erza. "Unbelievable."
"Sometimes I wonder if he's impatient or something else altogether," said Lucy.
"And how much you wanna bet that he didn't listen to a single thing about the plan?" asked Gray.
"That's Natsu for you," shrugged Happy.
"Geez. Talk about overkill," said Ren.
"No kidding," added Eve.
"And we're gonna have to fix it," sighed Hibiki. "He could have at least used the door."
"Enough gawking. We might as well follow suit," said Erza. "Let's move."
"Yeah. Might as well play a little catch up," said Gray.
"Aww~ Do we have to?" whined Lucy.
"Stop your crying and hurry!" snapped Erza as she along with Gray and Lucy in tow took off running towards the direction Natsu went.
"Come in Sherry," smiled Lyon as he watched them. "Their energy may be infectious as ever, but we can't be outdone by them. Let's go!"
"Right Lyon!" said Sherry as she and Lyon followed suit.
The Trimens also followed after them as well.
"Looks like we're hunting demons," said Hibiki. "And an angel too."
Wendy stood there unsure of what to do and frightened out of her wits until Carla started pulling her along after the others.
"Pull yourself together child! I swear you'll be the death of me!" she said exasperated as she lead her along.
"I'm sorry Carla!" squeaked Wendy.
"Hey wait for me!" cried Happy as he flew after. "You guys need a man to protect you!"
Soon the only two that were left were Ichiya and Jura.
"I'm getting too old for this, but in any case the operation is underway," said Jura as he turned to Ichiya. "We should join them."
"Yes we should," nodded Ichiya striking a pose. "But... first things first Mr. Jura, I have to know something. Word on the grapevine is that you're one of the Ten Wizard Saints and that your skill is on par with Master Makarov of Fairy Tail. Is that true?"
"I wouldn't go that far," said Jura holding up his hand. "It's the council who decides who's worthy of bearing the title. We may bear the same title, but comparing me to Makarov is like comparing the heavens to the earth."
"I see," said Ichiya. "Then that might be the best news I've heard all day. If you're really as powerful as you say, it would make my job a lot more difficult."
Ichiya then uncorked a vial and a released a vapor which was one of his perfume spells. Jura took one whiff of it and he immediately felt his breath catch in this throat and his body grow weaker and weaker.
"What is this?!" he coughed. "Ichiiya... what are you doing?!"
Ichiya then uncorked another vial and as soon as Jura smelled the vapor that came out of it, his entire body felt nothing but overwhelming pain making him scream in agony before he dropped to the ground completely stunned.
"It's a parfum that makes an opponent lose their will to fight," explained Ichiya in a voice that sounded sinister than usual. "And in addition it causes the body to feel every manner of pain. Piri piri..." Then he shook his head and corrected himself. "Wait that's not right! I meant parfum!"
Then suddenly in a puff of smoke Ichiya disappeared and was replaced by two strange blue creatures Jura hadn't seen before.
"We're finally back to normal!" one said.
"All that guy thinks about is perverted stuff!" said the other. "Talk about being hopeless!"
"Now, now, no complaining you two. We're not finished yet."
A feminine voice caused Jura to look up and his eyes widened. There standing before him was two members of the Oración Seis. Shark and Angel.
"No... it can't be... why are you two here?!" he groaned.
"Isn't it obvious? You've been duped darling," said Angel. "We took the liberty of copying that man from his body to his thoughts and now we know all about your little scheme thanks to Gemini."
"Yeah! You can't hide anything from us," said Gemini.
Jura's eyes widened in horror and then Shark walked up to him.
"Shark. Finish the job," commanded Angel.
"Yes Angel," said Shark as his fist was cloaked with that tainted black with rainbow color tint water and slammed it straight into Jura's back. Jura screamed from the sudden blow and then he fell unconscious.
"Let that be a lesson to you children of light," smirked Angel. "There's no stopping the Oración Seis."
Meanwhile Gray, Erza, Sherry, and Lyon managed to catch up to Natsu who was able to see the Worth Woodsea in sight.
"Natsu! Wait up you dumbass!" called Gray.
"In your dreams!" Natsu shot back.
"Don't be fool!" Erza yelled. "You can't just go rushing into things on your own!"
"You're just scared that I might actually show you up this time," Natsu jeered.
Now Erza was mad. "What?! HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST SUCH A THING?!" she roared.
Natsu was so startled by Erza that he jumped right over the cliff and didn't realize until it was too late. With a terrified scream, Natsu disappeared into the trees below.
"Guess he fell over," said Gray as he and the others peered below.
"If he's not dead I'll kill him," said Erza gruffly.
"To think that I once fought that fool," said Lyon. "It's almost embarrassing now."
"Yes he hasn't changed at all," said Sherry. "But it's just another form of love."
"That's what you think?" asked Gray flatly.
Farther away from the pack, Lucy was trailing far behind crying and complaining with Wendy, Carla, and Happy behind her.
"Come on you guys wait up!" she whined. "How can you just leave me behind? Whatever happened to ladies first?"
Suddenly The Trimens appeared running right beside her.
"A gem like you should be treated with care," said Hibiki.
"Want me to hold your hand for you princess?" asked Eve sweetly.
"Don't ever leave my side ya hear?" said Ren.
"Will you three shut up?!" snapped Lucy.
"Hurry up Wendy! Don't lollygag!" said Carla as she ran still puling her along.
"I'm trying Carla," said Wendy.
"Hey! Maybe Happy's Air Service can help," called Happy.
Natsu was now running again, but he now had a large lump on his head from the fall and the others managed to catch up to him too along with Lucy and the others from the rear. As they entered deeper and deeper into the Woodsea Natsu couldn't help but sniff the air around him.
"That's strange," he said. "This forest has some kind of funky smell to it."
"You're right about the funky part," said Gray. "Not sure why, but something feels off."
"So you've noticed as well," said Erza.
"Don't let your guard down Sherry," said Lyon. "Got that?"
"Yes!" answered Sherry.
Eventually they made it to open ground and were getting close to another cliff.
"Pick up the pace you guys!" called out Natsu.
"Has anyone ever told you that you're a sturdy freak?" asked Gray.
Suddenly a large shadow from above caused Natsu to stop and look up only to have Gray bump straight into him. The two glared grimly at each other.
"So we're pulling cheap shots are we?!" snapped Natsu.
"Don't stop in your tracks like that!" Gray snapped back.
"Enough!" said Erza pushing the two apart and looked up. "Look at that!"
Everyone then looked up and their eyes widened except for the Trimens. Flying above them was a large airship in the shape of a Pegasus.
"That's it," murmured Erza. "The Magic Bomber. Christina."
"Whoa... I want one!" Natsu in awe.
"I'll say this much. It definitely lives up to the hype," said Gray.
"No kidding," said Lucy.
"All right then," said Erza. "Let's all split up and find their base."
"I get the fly the bomber thing!" called out Natsu.
"Not gonna happen," said Gray flatly.
Then suddenly Christina was hit with a massive explosion causing it to dip slightly. Then it was hit by several other explosions until it was billowing with smoke. Unable to take the recent blows and with the Allied Forces horror stricken, the once proud Christina fell from the skies and disappeared from view and with a might explosion fell to the ground. Black smoke billowed every where. There was a long silence. Then Natsu who had sniffed the air to suddenly growled.
"Gray," he said.
"Yeah," Gray replied. Then he turned to the Allied Forces. "Stay frosty guys! We got company!"
Everyone immediately got on guard ready to fight except for Wendy who hid behind a rock. Then out from the smoke, seven people stepped out from it as if they had rose up from the depths of darkness. Lucy's response confirmed everyone's fears as to who they were.
"It's gotta be them... The Oración Seis..."
The Oración Seis have finally appeared before the Allied Forces!
Now it truly begins in the next chapter!
Dragoman out!