Fairy Tail: Eien no bōken o kakinaosu
Chapter 8: The Strongest Team
The death magic flute, Lullaby. Whoever hears its song will be put into an eternal sleep, death. Me, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Setsuko, Aspen, Shiro, and Gray were requested by Erza to help them with the dark guild Eisenwald. We followed the Dark Guild to Oshibana Station were faced off against their members. But it was revealed Erigor, the arc of the Dark Guild's real mission was to go after the Guild Master, trapping us in a wind wall. With Virgo's key, we were able to escape, Sting and I going after the Dark Guild wizard. This might be our toughest fight yet, but why do there is something worse coming in the wind?
"Now you understand, Fairy Tail boy?! Fire cannot beat the wind!" Erigor laughed.
"Damn it!" Natsu growled. "It's almost like a typhoon…!"
"Your fire can no longer touch me!" Erigor stated as the wind picked up even harder, shocking Natsu, his arms crossed.
"Take this! Strom Shred!" While still inside the wind, Erigor conjured another purple magic circle which launched many wind blades-like projectiles. Natsu dodged them from the left and to the right in midair, his teeth gritted in anger.
"Damn… You!" He spouted while dodging.
With his left arm and feet clocked in flames, Natsu went flying to Erigor who was still surrounded by a ball of swirling wind, ready to attack him. Erigor laughed, taunting the Dragon Slayer.
"Break through it!" Natsu shouted. But Natsu was only a few feet from Erigor before being blown away and crashing into the train tracks, creating a dust cloud that was blown away.
"Forget Fire! I cannot even get close to him! Damn it!" Natsu said to himself.
"What's the matter, boy?" Erigor called. "Is that all you got? I thought you would have a little more backbone than that." Erigor chuckled slightly. "Well, no matter. I will do this now!"
The ball of wind Erigor was in was back to resembling a head and limbs. "This soaring Phoenix magic slices everything it touches into pieces! Emera Baram!" And multiple magic circles appeared and circled in the wind as Natsu watched from below.
"Emera Baram?! That will tear you apart if it hits!" Happy warned as the magic circle started to even more purple as Natsu gritted his teeth in anger.
While bending his arms and pointing his hands towards the sky, with his index and middle fingers stretched. He places his two index and middle fingers in an "X" shape in front of him, generating a halo of light around his hands.
"Time to die, cinder-faced brat!" he shouted and commanded As a large, concentrated blast of wind blades is fired towards Natsu, causing the Dragon Slayer to fly off his feet as Happy covered himself. Happy turned and gasped as Natsu crashed to the train tracks again, seemly dead. His vest, body, and pants were covered in scratch marks.
"Natsu!" Happy exclaimed. "Natsu! Get up!"
"Oh?" Erigor said amazed, eyeing the Dragon face in the tracks. "I'm impressed his body's still in one piece. Not bad, for a young wizard."
"Natsu!" Happy called out.
Erigor landed back on the tracks, the wind surrounding him still remained and making the wind blow even more.
"Don't worry. I'll send the old geezers to join you soon enough." Erigor added, "Using the sound of the Lullaby, of course."
A fist punched the tracks, shocking Erigor and Happy to who it was.
"Lullaby this, Lullaby that." Natsu started angrily taking hold of his vest and removing it, his bare chest and muffler remain. "If you want Gramps dead, then fight fair and square!"
"Way to go, Natsu!" Happy cheered, jumping up into the air.
"Impossible! You are back on your feet?!" Erigor said flabbergasted.
Natsu's fists were ignited with flames as he added, "If you don't have the guts to fight, then don't mess with me!" and leaps forward to attack Erigor.
"What a stubborn brat!" Erigor realized as Natsu was coming his way as Natsu was blown away once more, his flames on his fists blown out before landing back on his feet.
"Damn!" Natsu exclaimed. Erigor chuckled slight and Natsu reached down to the train tracks and started to heat up the rail as his body was covered in flames. "Damn! What can't I get closer?!" he roared.
Happy gasped. "H-He's… "
"I can't take it anymore… You bastard!" Natsu roared, his anger burning hotly as the flames around him grew bigger.
Natsu screamed even more in anger, creating even more flames.
Erigor narrowed his eyes, eyeing what Natsu was doing. 'This is an odd type of magic… It's like his emotions are transforming into actual, physical flames."
"It's making Erigor's wind blow strangely." Happy realized, noticing that the wind currents started changing the moment Natsu was covered in flames. Natsu screamed once more, pulling the rail off the track, the flames towering up. Erigor, shocked at this display, knew what was going on.
'Flames of Emotion?! There is an ancient magic like that, as I recall… But how can that brat…?' Erigor thought then he gasped. His wind was starting to as Natsu exclaimed the explanation, "The wind is blowing towards him!"
"Now I see!" Happy realized one more as Natsu roared once as Happy called, "Natsu!"
Natsu turned to him as Happy fan his right paw in a bored expression. "You stink. You will not beat him. Let Gray or Lisanna handle this."
Natsu's flames vanished on the spot from Happy's words echoing in his head. Veins throbbed on his temple as the flames surrounding Natsu returned even bigger and hotter as he exclaimed hotly, "What did you say?!"
(Cue Salamander—Fairy Tail Volume 1 Soundtrack)
Erigor's face was panic written all over it as the wind around was in his own words, "My Storm Mail is being blown away!"
The wind that surrounded Erigor was blowing away as Natsu was getting even more angry, the flame surrounding pushed the wind away from Erigor until finally after the dust cleared, revealed Erigor, without his wind or his scythe.
"Curse you!" he spat.
'The superheated air around Natsu created an extreme vertical updraft, creating a low-pressure area!' Happy thought, explain the details in his head. 'And wind blows towards areas of lower pressure!"
"I'm going to beat you!" Natsu roared flames and wind towering over him.
'Super thermal magic at this level! No, he could not be…!' Erigor thought as Natsu kneeled to deliver his next attack.
With the flames still surrounding his body, Natsu then shot forward like a rocket, hitting squarely into Erigor's chest, causing Erigor to cough of blood.
"Fire Dragon Sword Horn!" Natsu announced and launches Erigor into the air with a 'horn' of flames as he made a sharp turn in the sky as Erigor cried out as he fell to the tracks, his last thoughts were as he started at the flame clock Natsu, 'A Dragon Slayer exists?!'
And Erigor landed comically into the Train tracks, his upper body not visible except for his legs.
"That more like it, Happy?!" Natsu exclaimed to the blue cat.
"Aye!" Happy smiled, right paw up. "I'd expect no less from Natsu the Salamander."
"What were you saying earlier?" Natsu asked irritated.
"Cats have short memories, so…" Happy replied bur Natsu interrupted him.
"You said I can't beat him so leave it to Erza or something!" Natsu retorted.
"Wow." Happy replied amazed. "Your memory is even worse than a cat's. I said Gray or Lisanna, not Erza. But you beat Natsu."
Natsu smiled turning away from Happy. "Oh, well! But how did I manage to hit in the end, anyway?"
"Because you are awesome!" Happy replied, his wings back and now floating in the air.
"Oh, right!" Natsu remembered and laughed.
Behind the slightly burnt Erigor, the Lullaby flute's three were glowing purple from its eye sockets as two familiar voices called out for Natsu's name.
"Natsu!"
It was Lucy, Setsuko, Aspen, and Lisanna, the four wizards and the Magic Mobile driven by Erza had finally made it to find Natsu and Happy, well and battle scarred and a defeated Erigor on the tracks.
"Oh! Took you long enough." Natsu remarked. "It's already over!"
"Aye!" Happy chimed in agreement.
"Impressive work." Erza congratulated, Lucy and Lisanna helped her off the Magic Mobile as Gray scoffed in annoyance.
"Are you all right, Erza?!" Lucy asked.
"Yes. Don't worry about me." Erza replied, looking at Lucy.
"It takes a lot of Magic power to drive this thing, she'll be ok." Lisanna pointed it out then looked at her friend. "Good job Natsu."
"We were worried but glad you came in with the clutch," Aspen said.
"But how did you beat him? Erigor was a Wind wizard?" Setsuko asked.
"Does it matter, we put trust in Natsu, and he pulled through," Shiro chimed in.
"Thanks!" Natsu smiled as Kageyama exited out the Magic Mobile to see that Erigor was truly defeated.
'I-Impossible… Erigor never loses." Kageyama closes his mouth to swallow spit as his eyes look to the dropped Lullaby flute, its eyes glowing again.
"You had trouble against this guy?" Gray commented, arms crossed.
"Trouble?!" Natsu repeated. "I wiped the floor with him!"
"If you say so." Happy muttered.
"Geez. Wearing a scarf while half-naked… You look like a pervert." Gray remarked, eyeing Natsu's lack of vest, his bare chest naked to the world.
"Like you're one to talk," Natsu growled, seeing Gray without his shirt, his necklace and bare chest visible to the world. He turned his attention to Lucy, Erza, and Lisanna. "Lucy, gimme your clothes!"
"Why mine?!" Lucy snapped, furious that Natsu would request such a thing from her. Erza laughed and smiled, as Lisanna took her arm from Erza to remove her jacket, revealing her short-sleeved light blue shirt and band on her right forearm.
"Geez Natsu, just ask me for my jacket, as if we really need more perverts around here." Lisanna stated, handing Natsu her jacket.
"Thanks Lisanna," Natsu replied putting the opened jacket on like it was his vest.
"In any case, well done Natsu." Erza smiled. "The masters are safe now."
Lucy nodded in agreement and so did Lisanna. Natsu and Gray nodded too. Erigor has been defeated, meaning no one will hear Lullaby.
"While we're here, let's go to the conference to report about the incident and ask our master what to do with the flute." Erza offered.
"Clover is really close and all." Happy reminded them.
"We came a long way today, but we say our first real mission went smoothy, but why do I feel it went too smoothly?" Aspen asked.
"We stopped Eisenwald, beat the blow hard Erigor, and prevent Lullaby to be used, I say we won well," Setsuko replied.
"I'm with Aspen for once, where's the catch?' Shiro asked, looking around.
The flute's eyes glowed again as Kageyama grinned evilly. With seconds Kageyama took control of the Magic Nobile, took the flute with him using his shadow magic, flew over the group using said shadow magic and made his way to Clover.
"Kage!" Erza exclaimed.
"That's dangerous!" Gray exclaimed.
"Lullaby is mine! You let your guard down, flies!" Kageyama taunted as he was out of sight.
Everyone stood there (or in Happy's case flew) in complete and utter shock. Finally, Lisanna said the one thing that was on everyone's mind.
"Did… Did we just get our Magic Mobile taken, member of Eisenwald heading to the conference, and now not only we have to get there now, but our master is in danger again?"
"Yes…" Was everyone response.
"Me and my big mouth," Shiro said looking pale.
"I am going to kill him if he kills our master," Lisanna growled, an aura of darkness hovering over the normally sweet Lisanna.
"Scary…" Gray and Setsuko commented.
"That jerk!" Natsu added.
"We saved him, too!" Lucy agreed, furious about this turn of events
"Let's go after him!" Erza ordered the group.
They nodded in agreement and hurried along the Train tracks to Clover to stop Kageyama.
Later at night, the military, rune knights and soldiers were heading to Clover too, hoping to stop the Eisenwald Guild from endangering the Guild Master's conference. With Kageyama, he had made it to Clover and stood on a hill, overlooking the Conference Hall. He stood with his left hand to a tree, his right-hand holding Lullaby. Inside was the Guild Master, unaware of the threat that was coming for them. Once he, Kageyama, plays the flute, the Guild Masters will and Eisenwald will win.
'All right! They will hear the Lullaby from this distance!' Kageyama thought to himself. 'At last! The time has finally come!'
Just then, the sound of an old man laughing made Kageyama in shock from behind him.
Master Makarov was sitting on a rock and looking through an issue of Sorcery Weekly, a blush on his face and Kageyama was frozen in place before looking at the short mage. "These girls are so lovely! Mages these days are so high-level, on the inside and out! Their glamour shots are the best!" Makarov laughed and stood up from the rock, magazine behind his back. "No, no, no! This is no time for this! I need to hurry and catch up with those fools…!" He turned around to return to the guild when he was shocked to see a young wizard with raven black hair tied in a knot and bandaged up. He waved his arms in a nervous fashion; thinking the wizard thought he was doing something perverted.
"No, it's not what you think! This is for research! I have done nothing to be ashamed up!" Makarov assured him in panic.
"No, you don't have to make excuses…' Kageyama thought, a little irritated and sighed.
"Huh?" Makarov realized, eyeing Kageyama's injuries. "You're injured. What are you wandering out here for?"
"Oh, I, uhh…!" Kageyama stammered as Makarov turned away and sighed. 'Hold on! He's Makarov from Fairy Tail! I keep running across these flies!' He finally decided to speak up again. "Umm…"
"Hmmm," Makarov responded, turning his head back to Kageyama.
The Shadow wizard then held up the Lullaby flute to show the guild master. "Care for a song?" he asked, smiling, "They don't allow instruments in the hospital, you see…"
Makarov kept his eyes on the mage.
"S-So I'd love to play to someone!" he added.
"That's one creepy flute." Makarov pointed out, eyeing the flute in the mage's hands.
"It isn't much to look at, but it sounds great." Kageyama assured the elder master.
Makarov looked suspiciously at the flute but thought it could be nothing wrong with it. It was just a wooden flute, right? Besides, one song won't hurt.
"I'm in a hurry. Just one song." He replied to the shadow mage.
"Of course," Kageyama replied, eyes closed. His eyes opened slightly in a glare of evil. 'We win.'
"Listen well now," Kageyama added, as he ready to put his lips on the flute and play its death magic. With his lips only a few inches away to be blown, Kageyama thought, 'This is finally it…'
Suddenly Kageyama's thoughts went to members of Eisenwald…
"Legitimate Guilds are nothing but a joke." Spoke the black and yellow hooded wizard named Rayule.
"For people with so little skill, they shouldn't act so big!" spoke the raved haired wizard named Byard.
"This is revenge against the magic world that imprisoned us in the darkness and took away our lives." spoke Erigor.
Before getting ready to blow, he heard Lucy's voice in his head this time.
"That won't give you your rights back!" spoke Lucy.
Then his mind flashes back to the Magic Mobile where both Gray and Lisanna had their words of wisdom.
"Live a lot more positively. All of you." spoke Gray.
"But you can't feel like the world's given up on you. You must keep your spirits high and move on the best you can. Sure, there are times when you feel bad and dwell, but you must keep on being positive." Spoke Lisanna.
Then it was back to Erza who held his wounded body when he was struck.
"Kage! We need your help!" yelled Erza.
Finally, Natsu who stood up for him after being attacked by his own comrade…
"He's a member of your own guild!" roared Natsu.
He had opened back his eyes, the thoughts of Natsu's group still fresh in his memory, were they right, was he really doing the right thing. Erza, while he just turned on her, needed his help. Lucy told him and his guild that what they were doing would not give them their rights back. Gray, who told him to live more positively. Lisanna, who said the same thing as Gray, even revealed losing lives but still want to keep moving to the future. Natsu, the Fire 'fly', who defended him when Karaka attack him from behind. They had a point, but were they all, correct?
Natsu's group was above a cliff where they could see Makarov and Kageyama.
"Master/Gramps!" exclaimed Erza, Lisanna, Setsuko, Aspen, and Natsu.
"Shh," responded Master Bob, who was in front of Natsu, Gray, and Lucy who flinched in shock seeing him. Lisanna stayed mostly calm and greeted the master with a friendly smile and wave. Setsuko and Aspen, who only knew these people by names and articles, were calmer about them.
"It's just getting good, watch quietly!" added Master Bob before setting his eyes on Natsu and Gray who were terrified, "Oh, you two are cuties! You are just my type!"
"Who is that?" Lucy asked, seeing the heavy weighted wizard and as terrified as the boys.
"…Master Bob!" answered Erza.
"Oh Erza, you've grown!" Master Bob realized, eyeing the Queen of the Fairies, and then looked to Lisanna. "And Lisanna, you are as beautiful as Mirajane."
"Thank you, sir." Lisanna bowed.
"He's the master of Blue Pegasus?!" Lucy hid behind Lisanna.
"And you two must be Setsuko, Shiro and Aspen," greeted Bob.
"Yes, greet to meet you, Master Bob," Aspen greeted.
Back with Kageyama and Makarov, the guild Master waited patiently for the wizard to play, but he still was hesitating.
"What's wrong? Hurry it up!" Makarov said impatiently.
Kageyama gulped for a second before getting ready to play.
"Oh no!" gasped Erza while Gray, Lisanna, Setsuko, Aspen, and Natsu all had the same expressions of panic and anger.
Lucy was panicking, hands to her mouth as Master Goldmine spoke this time, leaning against a tree while Natsu and Gray were being bothered by Master Bob.
"Just be quiet and watch. This is getting good." Goldmine added.
"The Quarto Cerberus!" Lucy began in shock as Erza and Lisanna continued, "Master Goldmine."
"Well?!" Makarov asked with a stern look on his face. Kageyama shuddered for a second, his right looking at the flute, not noticing its ryes were glowing.
'Play it… All I must do is play it… And then everything will change…' Kageyama thought, his voice shaking a bit.
Makarov was silent for a moment and looked at Kageyama. "Nothing will change."
Kageyama gasped his black eyes widened in surprise. How did he know what he was thinking?
"The weak will always remain weak. But weakness isn't necessarily bad." Makarov explained his back turned from the mage. Everyone watched from above the hill, keeping quiet and the Guild Masters remained calm.
"People are weak creatures by nature. People's insecurities are why guilds exist. Why comrades exist." he added, turning his head back. "They come together and move forward to live life to the fullest. If you are clumsy, you might run into obstacles and take a long way around, but if you step forward with faith in tomorrow, you will find that your strength will emerge on its own. You will be able to smile and live life to the fullest. You don't need some special flute for that."
The light night breeze passes between Kageyama and Makarov. The guild master's arms behind his back and the Lullaby flute away from Kageyama's mouth. Finally, the flute dropped from Kageyama's hands as he himself dropped to his knees in defeat. Natsu, Gray, Lisanna, Erza, Setsuko, Aspen, and the two-guild master's remained silent with smiles or calm expressions on their faces to see he had given up. Did Makarov's words really do the trick to stop him?
"I give up," Kageyama admitted hands and knees to the ground.
"Master!" Erza and Lisanna exclaimed, running up to the guild with everyone running beside them.
"Gramps!" Natsu and Gray put a big smile on their faces.
"Oh! What are you all doing here?!" Makarov exclaimed, shocked to see Erza's party here when he was to catch up to them.
"That was well said!" Erza stated overjoyed, taking the master into a hug (he unfortunately hitting her breastplate), "Your words were truly moving!"
"Hard…!" Makarov screamed and Erza released him as Natsu patted him on the head, proud of him. Goldmine and Bob followed too, so did Happy as Lisanna, Setsuko, Aspen, and Lucy kneeled with Kageyama.
"You four are going to chew me off for what I did and almost did, right?" Kageyama asked quietly.
"Nope, you gave up on your own." Lisanna smiled. "You just needed a push, that's all."
"Looks like it's all over." Gray mused; arms folded.
"That was amazing, Gramps!" Natsu smiled.
"Please don't pat me, Natsu, I'm not a dog." Makarov retorted annoyed.
As everyone was happy that it was all over, The Lullaby's eyes glowed once more as a purple mist slipped out of it along with sparks.
"I grow tired of all your gutless wizards!" it spoke with a male booming voice.
Natsu, Erza, Gray, Aspen, Setsuko, Lucy, and Lisanna all gasped.
"Something came out!" Happy and Shiro pointed out in shock.
A large purple magic circle appeared in the sky, crackling lightning as even the military was shocked. From the mist the rose from the flute, the voice spoke again with, "I can no longer hold back! I shall eat you myself!" until finally, something did come out, and it was large. It was an extremely tall beast that had three eyes, two legs, two arms, and one head. There are many cutouts in its body. It appeared over the conference hall, adding, "I will devour your souls!"
"It's so big!" Lucy exclaimed in shock.
"It is!" Happy agreed.
"What the…!" Kageyama gasped. "No one told me about this!"
"Oh, this is a pickle!" Bob smiled.
"This is a demon of the Book of Zeref. " Goldmine explained arms crossed.
The Guild Masters in the Conference Hall all evacuated the building, scared of the demon.
The demon looked around as Lucy asked, hand to her mouth and standing with Kageyama, Bob, and Goldmine. "Why did a monster come out of the flute?"
"That monster is Lullaby, in the flesh," Goldmine explained. "It's living magic, in other words, Zeref's magic.
"Living magic?" Erza repeated.
"Zeref?! That ancient wizard!" Gray asked.
"The black wizard Zeref was the evilest wizard in the history of wizard kind. He left his magic behind centuries ago, only to take form now!" Bob added.
Lullaby lowered his body to look down at the five mages who stood in front of it. "Now, then! Whose soul shall I dine on first?!"
"What did you say?!" Natsu growled. He looks at Lisanna. "Hey Lisanna, are souls tasty?"
"Beats me, but right now we need to focus on that thing," Lisanna replied.
"Natsu! Lisanna! Gray! Setsuko! Get everyone away from here!" Erza ordered the three.
"Don't order us around…" Natsu began with gritted teeth.
"…Like you're the boss of us!" Gray finished the same gritted teeth as Natsu.
Lisanna only sighed at her two comrades disobeying remarks.
"You heard me!" Erza replied darkly, her left eye glinting.
"Aye, sir!" chirped Natsu and Gray, who took Lisanna's arm in their arms and went to get everyone to safety. Setsuko and Aspen followed suit.
"It's happy time, right?" Lucy laughed, hands to her face.
On the mountainsides behind Lullaby, members of the military exclaimed, "That hunk of wood can't scare us! Charge!" and the Military ran to fight the creature.
"Stay out of this, small fries!" Lullaby roared, a purple magic circle appeared from its mouth and laughed a beam that destroyed the mountain in a single blast, making everyone cover their eyes from the light after the mountain was destroyed. When the light was gone, the military were baffled the mountain was gone. Shocked by this, the army retreated from the area. Lullaby turned back to Erza, Gray, Setsuko, Aspen, Natsu, and Lisanna.
"Now then! I have decided! I will devour all your souls, mages!" Lullaby confirmed.
"All right, then! Bring it on if you dare!" Natsu taunted.
While the Guild masters were off in the distance behind, Lucy stood there with a hand to her mouth.
"What can just the five of them do?" Lucy asked, worried.
"What about you, Are any of your spirits available?" Happy asked.
Lucy shook her head.
"Then don't worry, these five got it." Happy assured her.
"Right." Lucy nodded.
"Be careful, you're the only one who can stop it!' Aspen shouted.
"Don't let some instruments beat you, Setsuko!" Shiro cheered.
Lullaby's eyes glowed again as it roared, its mouth in the air as purple magic appeared, sending out a powerful shockwave of sound, which caused everyone to cover their ears.
"Oh, what a horrible sound," Bob commented calmly.
"It sounds revolting!" Lucy cried.
"…It's begun," Goldmine stated, arms folded.
Comments of 'This is bad!', 'The Lullaby…!' and 'It's going to eat our souls!' were heard from the terrified Guild Masters. But Makarov was calm, a grin rose on his face. He was not worried, not by a long shot. From side to side, Setsuko, Natsu, Erza, Gray, and Lisanna were ready to fight.
(Cue Against Magic— Fairy Tail Volume One Soundtrack)
"Let's go!" Erza commanded, taking out two swords and rushing to Lullaby.
"All right!" Gray, Lisanna, Setsuko, and Natsu responded as the three followed Erza into the air to face Lullaby.
"Requip!" Erza exclaimed as her armor and her body started to glow as her regular armor disappeared, and reappeared in its place was her Heaven's Wheel Armor. With a swing of her two swords, Lullaby was struck and cried out in pain.
Gray slammed his left into his right palm as mist appeared around him and light blue magic circle and said, "Ice-Make: Lance!" With arms extended forward, long, curved ice lances impaling Lullaby were created.
Like Gray, Setsuko slammed her left fist to her right hand, and a light blue magic circle appeared.
"Ice Make..." and multiple ice shaped like arrows shot from her magic circle, striking at Lullaby's body, "Aroow swarm!"
Lisanna and Natsu were up next, the former changing quickly into Phoenix Soul and holding out her two hands, "Take this! Phoenix flame Burst!" As a red magic circle appeared and a powerful stream of flames erupted from it as Natsu dived into the attack, right fist ablaze with fire.
"…Chew on this! Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Natsu exclaimed and the combo of Flame Burst and Dragon's Fist hit Lullaby squarely in the face.
From below as most of the battle was going on, the guild master was commenting on what was happening.
"He punched it with fire and that girl's fire magic is close to his level!" a guild master commented, referring to Natsu and Lisanna.
"Those two are ice wizards!" another commented, referring to Gray.
"And she can requip her armor!" another added in, referring to Erza.
Erza and Lisanna stayed airborne while Natsu, Setsuko, and Gray stood on either rock.
"You're starting to anyone me!" Lullaby roared and swept his arm at them, but they quickly doge it and got out of the way. Erza attacked Lullaby with her sword, followed by Gray who shot projectiles from his ice, With Setsuko going for up close, leaping towards Lullaby with an icy vertical swing to its leg, and lastly, Natsu and Lisanna who grabbed hands as two long streams of flames appeared on their other outstretched arms.
"Here's another one! Fire Dragon/Phoenix Wing Attack!" they yelled in unison and crashed their flames like mighty wings at Lullaby.
Back with Lucy and Happy, Kageyama was shocked at what was going on in the battle while Happy smiled and Lucy looked worried.
"Whoa…! I have never seen combination attacks like that before!" Kageyama commented astonished.
"They're in perfect sync!" Lucy commented too.
"Aye!" Happy chimed in.
Lullaby roared even longer as the purple magic circle it summoned extended and grew bigger. As he swallows it into its mouth, it is magic ready to play its death magic.
"This doesn't look good!" Lucy exclaimed panicked.
"It's going to play the Lullaby!" Happy exclaimed in panic too.
Lullaby began to charge up for its song, everything shaking in its wake, as the anticipated song was to be played. All around, plant life was dying.
"The plant life is withering away!" Lucy commented.
"Lullaby is sucking it up!" Happy explained.
"We're dead!" Shiro panicked.
"Your souls will be mine!" Lullaby roared as he sent out a loud shockwave that caused everyone to cover their ears again. But instead of death music, all that came out was a wheezing breeze.
"What?!" Lucy screamed.
"It's farting?!" Happy screamed too, earplugs in his ears.
"What happened, how come we are alive?" Shiro asked, before realizing, "No way?!"
Lullaby was shocked, sweat coming from its forehead. "What's this sound, where has my great musical sound gone?!"
"I get it, all those attacks…!" Kageyama realized.
"The holes they made messed up its sound," Lucy added a sigh in disbelief. "All that build-up for this?!"
"I'm hungry now." Happy interjected.
"The hell with this!" Lullaby roared a 'vein' on its head and kicked a random mountain while Erza/Lisanna in the air and Gray and Natsu on the ground. Cries of 'It snapped!', and 'It's as irritable as it is big!' were heard by the guild master as Lullaby looked at them as they panicked. But Gray and Setsuko step in front of them as Lullaby's eyes flashed as it readied an attack. Gray placed his arms down to the ground, synchronizing with Setsuko who did as well as mist formed.
"Ice Make…" they exclaimed.
(Cue Erza's Theme— Fairy Tail Volume 1 Soundtrack)
As a wall of flames was conjured by Lullaby, that was aimed at Lucy and the others, the attack was blocked as Lucy and Aspen looked to see Gray and Setsuko, their arms out as a large shield made of ice was in front of him, which shape was reminiscent of a flower.
"Shield!" They added.
"So fast!" commented a guild master in amazement.
"Such tremendous Make Magic!" commented another.
"Make magic?" Lucy repeated in confusion.
"Magic that give magic energy a physical form." Happy explained eyes widen with a smile. "It can take away physical form, too!"
Lucy understood as Lullaby roared, "Curse you!" as the flames he summoned were going to Natsu and Lisanna. Natsu began to devour the flames as the flames circled around Lisanna's body. With the flames Natsu devoured gone, the Fire Dragon Slayer exclaimed,
"All right!" Now I have a fire in my belly!" He looks at Lisanna. "You ready?"
"Let's give this Lullaby our tune." Lisanna nodded.
"What are you, a monster?!" Lullaby exclaimed, eyeing Natsu who had eaten the flames. Lullaby punched the ground as Lisanna and Natsu and Natsu dodged, the two mages now running up its arm.
"What did you call me/him?!" Natsu and Lisanna exclaimed, continuing going up the arm.
"They're climbing on me!" Lullaby roared as the two jumped up.
"Requip!" Erza exclaimed as a red magic circle appeared and shrouded Erza in light before revealing different armor. The armor is black with silver trimming that had silver crosses in several places. It has a revealing silver-edged breastplate and plates flanking her hips that reach down to her waist guard. The waist guard leaves the front of her body exposed, with her groin being covered by a dark imbuement. She had large plates guarding her legs. She had two wings that had black metal "arms" acting as the wings' leading structure, but the parts used to fly were composed of a membrane-like material. Erza's hair was now in a ponytail. Immediately, the Guild Masters fell in love with the armor.
"Oh!" exclaimed one of the masters.
"It's Black Wing Armor!" another confirmed.
"It's magic armor that simplifies the power of a single attack!"
"Ice Make: Saucer!" Gray exclaimed, his knees bending and his arms forward with a light blue magic circle appearing, creating a giant spinning ice disk that was launched like a buzz saw that hit at Lullaby's middle while Erza sliced at its neck with her sword as the two attacks made the Demon Flute cry out in pain.
"Take this!" Setsuko exclaimed as she let out a powerful stream of ice from her mouth, "Ice Dragon Roar!" and Lullaby cried out even more.
"Natsu! Lisanna!" Erza called.
"Now!" Gray and Setsuko finished.
"All Right!" Both mages cried out as they readied their last attacks.
"The flames of my left hand and the flames of my right hand!" Natsu exclaimed as two flames appeared on both his hands. "Put them together, and….!" as he slams his hands together, creating a ball of flames into his hands and over his head.
"Time, we end this once and for all!" Lisanna exclaimed flames spiral her arms as a red magic circle appeared.
"Say good-night, Lullaby! Fire Spiral!" And flames swirling from the magic circle traveled up to Lullaby.
"Eat this! Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!" Natsu exclaimed, And Natsu toss his fire ball at Lullaby with Lisanna's fire being an extra power source as Lullaby was struck by the two combined fire attacks causing Lullaby to be swept off it is as it screamed, blowing up into pieces as a ray of light shot into the sky. The light vanished and Lullaby was shattered, sparkles did not fall from the sky, leaving just the flute on the ground.
"Stupendous!" Makarov remarked, hands behind his back.
"…Marvelous!" Rob commented.
"One of Zeref's demons, defeated so easily…" Goldmine smiled.
"Incredible!" Lucy and Aspen admitted in shock as the dust revealed Natsu, Lisanna, Setsuko, Gray, and Erza, all standing together, looking serious. Natsu holding on to his scarf and his friend's jacket safely unharmed, Gray with his arms folded, Lisanna folding her arms proudly, Setsuko who smiled smugly, her kimono only has a few cuts, and Erza standing with her right hand to her hip.
"This is… what Fairy Tail mages are like?!"
"They're the strongest team, all right! That was so cool!" Lucy cheered happily.
"Aye!" Happy cheered, jumping into the air.
"Awesome!" Shiro exclaimed.
"Amazing!" Aspen exclaimed too, clapping her hands together with delight.
"What do you think? Incredible, huh?" Makarov asked, a smile on his face.
"You did it, guys!" Lucy cheered.
"That was much at all!" Natsu commented, smile on his face.
"It was a piece of Cake!" Gray commented calmly.
"We did well, the five of us." Lisanna smiled.
"Who would think I fight an actual demon, that was cool!" Setsuko exclaimed excitedly.
As the group all were taking, Kageyama was still on the ground, watching them.
"They really are crazy." Kageyama had a smile on his face. "I don't even begin to compare to them."
Bob placed a hand to the Shadow mage. "Do you need a doctor?" He asked.
"Yeah, and after that, I'll turn myself in." Kageyama replied.
"That's a shame really, you didn't cause any harm to us, and they might let you out after you finished your sentence." Bob replied.
"Yeah, but I have Eisenwald written all over me, I don't think I get off without a slap on the wrist." Kageyama added a smile on his face.
"Where would you go?" asked Goldmine, coming up to him.
"I might as well enjoy life, like they said." Kageyama smiled, looking back to Natsu's group and Makarov.
"Not really sure what happened but looks like we owe Fairy Tail one…" Goldmine added arms folded.
"That said, I still think…" another Guild Master said, mouth agape.
Erza, Setsuko, and Lisanna blinked in shock as Gray and Natsu turned to see what the matter was. And what they saw confirms what the Guild Masters all said….
"…. They went overboard!"
A large creator was now where the conference hall was, and several mountains were gone too. Lisanna was the happiest girl on Earth Land.
'Yes, I was right. I know we went too far, but it looks like I won the bet!' Lisanna cheered in her thoughts.
"…Forget the Conference Hall!" Lucy and Aspen commented in fear as Makarov was shaking in shock as
"Aye! A mountain or three are gone too!" Happy chimed in excitement.
Makarov was now white in the face as his shaking ceased and a 'soul' came out of his body. His body still as stone as he died from shock.
"Master!" Lucy asked, witnessing Makarov 'die' in a sense.
"Something came out!" Happy exclaimed too, seeing the floating soul.
Natsu laughed his hand to Lisanna who gave back her jacket. "We just destroyed everything, didn't we?"
"Yup!" Lisanna smiled, taking back her jacket.
"Never a dull moment for us," Setsuko admitted nonchalantly, hands behind her back.
"Master, come back!" Erza called, chasing the soul of her master as an angry mob of masters made Lucy scared and Aspen and Shiro grabbed her. Cries of 'Who are they, get them!' were heard as Kageyama, Goldmine, and Bob continued watching.
"This happens a lot, doesn't it?" Kageyama chuckled.
"Yeah, it does." Goldmine and Bob agreed.
"They seem to be busy, I guess I can't say goodbye," Kageyama said ashamed.
"Want us to give them a message?" Bob asked,
"Yeah, to the flies... er, I mean, Natsu, Lucy, Aspen, Shiro, Happy, Erza, Gray, Lisanna, Setsuko, thank you," Kageyama added, still smiling.
"We'll do." Both guild masters agreed as Natsu and the group, with Makarov in the arms of Lisanna, were being chased away by the angry mob of Guild Masters. But Kageyama kept his smile, his thoughts on Natsu and his friends.
Thank you, Team Natsu…. The Strongest Team
As the heroes run for their lives, one adventure is closed, but another will soon come. But what else lies ahead for Natsu and his friends as they make their long journey home to Magnolia?
To be continued in chapter 9: Natsu devours a vilage