Fairy Tail: Eien no bōken o kakinaosu
Chapter 10: Natsu and Lisanna vs Erza
It was the next day after the events of Lullaby, Natsu's group returning to Magnolia and the upcoming battle between Natsu, Lisanna, and Erza was drawing near, but before all that, the Magic Council in their headquarters in Era were discussing something. They stood as always in the large light blue magic circle standing a few feet from one another. The aftermath of Natsu's group against Eisenwald and the defeat of Lullaby was still very fresh in the minds of Fiore and the Magic Council.
he first is Org, a tall old man with a large gray beard and mustache. He had pointy ears and one eye open. The elder member wore many layers of robes and on his head was a batlike creature.
The second is Seigrain, a young man around nineteen years old with blue hair and a red tattoo over and under his right eye. He dressed in elegant yet simple robes; consisting of a long white tunic with black stripes across the edges and on the upper part of the arms, a decorated collar, large straps connected to decorated buckles closing the inducement on the front over a dark shirt, and matching pants and shoes and also sported a ring on his right hand's middle finger.
The third is Ultear Milkovich, a pale-skinned woman with dark purple hair and brown eyes. Her clothes consist of a white short skirt kimono with a yellow bow tied in the back.
The fourth is Yajima, a small old man with thick flesh-colored eyebrows and a small toothbrush mustache that reaches halfway to his mouth and wore a brown long sleeve shirt with black vertical stripes and a black three-spiked hat.
The fifth is Michello, a short old man with brown hair and a mustache. His tufts of hair resemble ears and a light-yellow tail gives him a cat-like appearance. He like Org wore layers of robes.
The sixth is Belno, a tall elderly woman. She wore a cloak like the other council members and had a purple turtleneck. She had a large nose, which gave her a witch like appearance and sandy blond hair, which is tied up into a large ponytail.
The seventh and last is Leiji, a tall middle-aged man who wore small, round, dark shaded glasses. He wore a white and blue Magic Council cloak, with the hood up, large thin lips and tan skin, black hair and huge sideburns that almost hit his lips, and on his chin are small chin hairs.
"Eisenwald's defeat does not solve the fundamental problem in any way," informed Org.
"There are as many dark guilds as there are stars in the sky," Yajima explained.
"Then we should commence the operation at once." requested Org.
"How?" asked Yajima.
"We cannot allow Zeref's magic to fall into their hands again!" Org spoke up again, holding a glass case with the Lullaby flute sealed up.
"How exactly was the magic of this level stolen, anyway?" asked Yajima while Ultear remained silent with a small smile on her face.
"The blame for this might reach the administrative level," said Michello while he stood by Leiji and Belno.
"Still, for all the reproach we've given Fairy Tail." spoke up Siegrain, arms folded. "It appears they've saved our hides this time."
"A mere handful of them destroyed a whole guild." Ultear smiled her sleeve hand to her chin. "That's something. Nine of them, right?"
"I realized it's difficult for you to accept, but it is fact," Seigrain added calmly. "The situation would have been horrific had Lullaby killed the guild masters. Many heads would have rolled in the room, as well."
"That's nonsense! You intend to pin the blame on us too?!" Leiji retorted to the blue-haired member.
"Nonsense!" agreed Org looking at the calm expression on Seigrain's face. "Their unbridled destruction has us exasperated as ever!"
Seigrain kept smiling before offering his request, "Then we should personally offer them our words of appreciation."
Cue Lucy's theme— Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
Meanwhile back in Magnolia, Lucy was sitting by her table facing the window while she was writing a letter to someone. Quill in hand, she wrote down the events of the Lullaby incident and her involvement with Natsu, Gray, Lisanna, Happy, Aspen, Setsuko, Shiro, and Erza
Eisenwald's attempted attack on the guild masters using the Lullaby instantly became a major news story that swept across the country.
Even now it is hard to believe I was at the center of such a big incident, but my daily life is still the same as usual. Sometimes I feel scared when I think about it all, though.
As it turns out, Kageyama and most of the Eisenwald members were caught. It is only natural. Although Kageyama went willingly, it seems Lisanna Setsuko and Gray's words got to him a little.
The only scary thing is that they never caught that Erigor. What if he decides to get revenge on Fairy Tail or something?
But it is okay! Fairy Tail has the greatest team of Natsu, Stsuko, Aspen, Lisanna, Gray, and Erza! Oh, and me, Shiro, and Happy too! This is a great guild! So do not worry, Mom! I am doing fine.
P.S.
Don't tell Dad about that, okay?
With a sigh of relief at finishing her letter, she placed the quill down and the letter folded into an envelope sealed with a stamp. Lucy pondered, wondering what she will do today now that she had finished her letter to her mother.
"Guess I'll go shopping today." She decided to get off her chair to stretch her arms into the sky. "Thrilling adventures are nice and all, but being home sure is relaxing!"
"70,000 Jewel a month is a good price for a place like this." A boy's voice spoke from behind her.
Lucy was confused, who just spoke? She turned around and was shocked to find Gray Fullbuster sitting on one of her loveseats with a smile and a cheerful wave. And the worst of it all, he was half naked once again.
"Great find, Lucy!" Gray smiled cheerfully.
"Breaking and entering!" Lucy screamed wide eyed before delivering a left kick into Gray's bare chest while his eyes were almost coming out of their sockets. "And don't strip in other people's houses!"
"Hold on! You have got the wrong idea!" Gray assured her hand up in defense. He turned around, knuckles to his sides as Lucy looked with narrowed eyes. "I stripped before I came here."
"Out!" Lucy demanded, pointing a finger at her door.
"Today's the day, you know." Gray reminded her eyes narrowed. "I came here because I thought you might forget!"
"What day?" she asked, putting her hand down and looking confused. What is so important about this than any other day? Gray looked at her, frowning at the Celestial wizard's forgetful memory.
"See, you did forget…" Gray said as outside near the guild a large grouping of both Fairy Tail and onlookers were ready to watch something important. "Remember what Natsu and Lisanna said before we left? Or what Lisanna asked when we came back to the guild last night?"
In the center of the circle, Erza stood calmly on one end while Lisanna and Natsu stood on the other end. Cries of 'Get them!' or 'You can do it, Lisanna and Natsu!' were heard from the onlookers as the three faced one another.
Back at Lucy's apartment, Gray continued, "Natsu, Lisanna, and Erza are going to fight!"
Lucy left right away for Fairy Tail, now remembering the fight the three wizards were going to have. She pushes aside one of the spectators to see that it was true the fight was today and going to happen. Brown eyes blinking twice.
"W-wait! Are those three serious?!" she asked stammering.
Mirajane, who was standing with Macao and Elfman greeted the blond-haired Celestial with a smile.
"Oh, Lucy!"
"They are serious, all right! They are not men unless they are serious!" smiled Elfman.
"…Erza is a girl, you know? And so is Lisanna, brother." Mirajane reminded him.
"More like a female monster, Erza." Macao commented.
"But if three members of our strongest team clash…!" Lucy commented, fearing the worst of the situation.
"Strongest team?" Gray repeated frowning. "What are you talking about?"
"You, Lisanna, Natsu, and Erza, you're the top four in Fairy Tail!" Lucy replied fist balled up.
"Huh? What rubbish." Gray smiled thinking Lucy was playing a joke. "Who told you that crap?"
Mirajane kept a cheerful smile for only a second before placing her hands into her face tears came from her eyes as she cried. Gray's eyes were wide with shock and embarrassment as he added nervously.
"Oh, it was you, Mirajane?"
A vein was throbbing on Lisanna's head as if her Partial Phoenix soul couldn't get even hotter.
That… Stripping bastard… Made my sister… Cry?!
"Smooth Casanova, you made her cry." Lucy set hands to her hips with a sigh.
Suddenly, a rock was thrown at Gray's face as the Ice wizard fell to the ground. Everyone was shocked to see it was Lisanna who had thrown the rock. Gray looks up at his attacker and realized in horror that it was Lisanna. The vein in her head throbbing even more as it was ready to burst.
"Fullbuster…" she said voice full of venom. "How many times was that you made my sister cry?"
"1… 169?" he replied, fearing the worst.
"And you know what happens if you do it again…?" she added darkly. She turned around to Erza, her sweet and caring face back to how it normally was. "Be right back, Erza."
Erza and Natsu did not flinch or react at all as Lisanna grabbed the screaming Gray as they were behind an alley. All the members of Fairy Tail could only hear Gray's voice.
"Wait Lisanna, I am sorry! No wait, that does not bend that way! No! Stop! No!"
Natsu and Erza just smiled as the unseen fight was going on.
"Lisanna is always full of surprises." Natsu smiled.
"Indeed…" Erza agreed.
Lucy was pale all over as she thought, 'I think I just know what she'll do to me and it's no nice boat ride.'
Lisanna finally emerged from the alley, dusting off her hands as her brother continued the conversation with the others, as if the whole thing never happened while Lisanna returned to Natsu's side.
"I do recognize Natsu's and Gray's manly spirit, plus my sister's no slouch either but I can't sit by and let them be called the strongest, sister or not." Elfman commented arms still folded. "Fairy Tail is filled with plenty more powerful people." He held out a thumb to himself. "Like me!"
"I'm pretty sure Erza is the strongest female member, thought." Levy commented before thinking, 'Next to Mirajane of course, even for what happened two years ago.'
"As for the strongest man, you can't overlook Mystogan or Laxus." Jet frowned arms folded.
"I just thought Natsu, Lisanna, Gray, and Erza had the best team chemistry…" Mirajane admitted tears dripping from her eyes.
"Huh?" Lucy questioned; brown eyes widen. "Weren't you worried that they fight whenever Erza wasn't around?"
"That was why you made sure we tag along with them," Setsuko reminded her. Aspen and Shiro nodded as well.
"In any case, it's gonna be an interesting fight!" Elfman smiled proudly before frowning. "Shame Gray is out cold, what did sis do to him?"
"I think for his sake, there are just some things most unknown,' Mirajane said, now calmed down.
Back inside the circle, it was back to the three. Despite already letting off some steam on Gray, Lisanna still looked fired up, so was Natsu.
"Natsu, how many years has been since we last locked horns like this?" Erza asked smiling confidently.
Natsu faced sideways to Erza, a serious look on his face before facing back hand balled into fists. "I was a kid back then. Things are different now. I will beat you today!"
"...and Lisanna? Let's see how much you've changed in two years, let me see your improvement." Erza added.
Lisanna's eyes look sharply at Erza, ready to fight. "I won't hold back Erza; I'll give you my all."
Erza closed her eyes, still calm and collective. "I'm going to fight for real, too." Light and energy were coming from underneath Erza's feet as her hair was blowing upwards. She opened her eyes, a smile on her face. "It's been a while since I tested my strength!" as Erza's body started to glow as her Heart Kreuz armor disappeared and reappeared a new armor. The armor has dark red as its predominant color, but also sports orange and black parts, with the orange parts being shaped like flames and the other parts being reminiscent of dragon's limbs. It is basically made up of three different parts: the breastplate, the gauntlets and the greaves. The breastplate lacked pauldrons, revealing Erza's shoulders, and extends down to cover her groin, revealing her legs and being somehow reminiscent of a one piece swimming suit, with an orange part covering her breast and another one circling her waist like a belt; the black parts on it are mostly decorative, with one covering her groin. The gauntlets sport prominent orange decorations, along with small claw-like protrusions on the hands. The greaves are shaped like dragon's claws; possess orange-colored knee guards, and black parts which extend up from the knees to the upper part of the thighs. The breastplate possesses a pair of dragon-like wings attached to it. Erza's hair is tied into a pair of high, long pigtails by clips resembling dragon's horns in this new outfit. In her right hand was a large bastard sword which is predominantly dark red in color with the exception of a small sliver of black in the middle, and sports orange decorations on its hand guard.
"Flame Empress Armor? That is strong against fire!" Macao spoke first, eyeing the armor of choice of Erza.
"That'll halve the power of Natsu and Lisanna's fire." Laki commented, revealing what the armor could do to both wizards' magic.
"Erza! That's clearly going overboard!" Wakaba warned.
The crowd cheered as Happy saw the armor Erza had picked and thought about what he should do. 'That armor will just make any attack Natsu and Lisanna throw at her just only a portion of its power. But I can't lose hope on my parents; they need me to support them in this battle…'
He looks to the kneeled Cana, who was near a chart to see who would win, Natsu and Lisanna or Erza while right in front of her was a bucket of Jewels. He held the dollar out and decided, "I'm betting on Lisanna and Natsu!"
"Happy's participating in the bet because of them, I don't like stuff like this!" Lucy whined. "I don't want either to lose!"
Natsu wasn't fazed and neither was Lisanna, the Dragon Slayer still sporting a cocky smile, Lisanna keeping her cool.
"Flame Empress Armor, huh? That's perfect!" Natsu smiled as orange flames surrounded his fists as he ready to fight. "Now I can go all out without any hesitation!"
Lisanna didn't say a word as Natsu's flames surrounded her wrists. Finally Master Makarov announced like a referee holding up a little stick in his right hands, "Begin!"
(Cue Invoke Magic—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
With their hands and wrists still ablaze with fire, Natsu and Lisanna made the first move and dash their way to Erza. They each delivered a punch to Erza, who guarded and parried with her flame sword. As they jumped back, Erza's flame sword started to gather fire around it as she performed a horizontal flame slash at the two wizards. Natsu smiled confidently and sidestep from the attack as Lisanna did a back flip maneuvering her body away from the sword.
Cries of applause were heard from the battle onlookers as few of the members of Fairy Tail commented about the display so far.
"As always, they start headfirst, but an impressive dodge from both of them." Jet commented.
"Lisanna's really gotten faster don't you think?" Levy asked one of the members.
"She is really putting effective use of her Take Over. It is not relying on brute strength like its magic would imply, but more to show off her agility and speed with it." Macao commented too.
"Natsu was good as well, both knowing what to do." Wakaba interjected.
The two wizards stood from one another as Erza kept her sword at the ready. They looked at one another, both blue and black eyes staring silently at each other as they nodded. Lucy caught that little nod they made, what is the plan of attack this time?
Lisanna went first at Erza, to send a left kick at her armored legs. Erza dodged the attack but made a quick vertical swing at Lisanna with her sword, to which Lisanna performed a one handed cartwheel to get out of the way. As she did her cartwheel, she stops mid wheel to do a handstand. The crowd wondered what was next as Lisanna started to twirl around in place, her legs spread out as fire ignited them. She started to spin her way to Erza, who held her sword up to guard from Lisanna's spinning kick. The legs clashed with the metal blade, sparks of the clanging metal and flames bouncing off it. Erza was pushed back as Natsu was in midair, his two arms now surrounded by two streams of flames like dragon wings.
"My turn! Fire Dragon Wing Attack!" Natsu exclaimed, crashing his flames down at Erza like mighty wings. Erza was pushed back again as her boots skidded on the ground, the damage from Lisanna's fire spinning kick and Natsu's Fire Dragon Wing Attack only doing halve their damage. Erza kept her cool as she stood straight up and Lisanna and Natsu stood by one another.
"Did anyone see that nod they gave each other? Now that was an impressive tactic from both." Droy said impressed.
"This is the first time I saw Natsu and Lisanna fight so well together since I've known them." Lucy realized she was waiting to see what both sides would do next. "From the past, I've seen of them it was obvious the two have great battle chemistry, but here it's another story."
"Well, they have been training together for two years, it is no wonder they fight so well as one. They have something that makes them a good team, and that's determination." Mirajane explained.
"Wow…" Lucy replied softly. She never knew about that. It made her appreciate what they were doing. Then something was bubbling inside her. The one side that did not like that they were fighting, and a new side that was enjoying the fight and wanted to be stronger like them. Mirajane replied with a smile on her face and hands clapped together.
"Don't they make such a cute couple?!"
Lucy stared wide-eyed at her; sweat dropped down the back of her head. "…And you lost me, Mira."
Erza then dashes her way to Natsu and Lisanna, delivering her dragon foot boot at Natsu, then rounded back to kick Lisanna. The two wizards were spinning around before landing back to their feet while skidding. With Erza's back still turned, the two readied their next attack. Lisanna's red phoenix wings spread out as she took flight into the air, her two hands held over her head.
"Here goes!" Lisanna exclaimed a red magic circle appears over her head. "Fire Arrow!" as many red-orange flames shaped like arrows were shot out of the magic circle and into the air.
It was Natsu's turn as he followed up with, "Here goes! Fire Dragon Roar!" as Natsu inhaled and exhaled a large stream of fire that collided with the Fire Arrow. The two fires started to swirl around in the air as a magic circle absorbed the flames. Everyone was waiting to see what was coming next as the fire from the magic circle came falling shaped like little dragons.
"What an astounding combination!" everyone exclaimed in unison as the flames headed towards Erza.
Erza started to dodge and cut down on each fire dragon that came her way as the rest just crashed around her. She smiled at the two wizard's strategy of combing their fire attacks, but it was time to take the offensive once more. As Lisanna landed back to the ground standing next to Natsu, Erza slammed her sword to the ground, creating chest height fire shockwaves that came their way to Lisanna and Natsu. The two wizards shield themselves from the attack, feeling their bodies being push back from the shockwaves. With one eye open, they watched Erza pull the sword from the ground and made her way to them while they were off guard from her attack. Erza's sword gathered flames once more as she swung it at Natsu and Lisanna, getting pushed back once more. They caught themselves and slid back, the white-haired wizard placing her two hands to the ground.
"Flame Pillar!" Lisanna cried as a red magic circle appeared underneath her as a second appeared under Erza's feet. Erza gasped as a powerful rush of flames enveloped the scarlet haired wizard. The pillar stretched over the guild that even anyone hiding could see it. Lucy and the crowd gasped as those who cheered for Natsu and Lisanna cheered even louder than before.
"That was an excellent recovering tactic from Lisanna." Elfman said proudly.
"Erza's going to break out of her fire attack soon, what's their next plan of action?" Mirajane asked frowning.
'I'm impressed Lisanna, your fire magic is incredible. But…' Erza thought from inside the Flame Pillar.
She took hold of her sword and with one swing, sliced through the flames, causing the fire to disperse Eyes sharp to her viewpoint; she noticed Natsu and Lisanna were gone.
"Where could they be?" she asked.
"Hey Erza!" called a voice from above.
(Cue Salamander—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
Everyone including Titania looked up and gasped to find where the two were. They were in the air, Lisanna carrying Natsu by the back of his vest wings out, while Natsu smiled cheekily. As fire formed around Lisanna's wrist, the pink haired Dragon Slayer then was enveloped by the flames Lisanna produced. Lisanna gripped Natsu tightly in her hands as she sent the fire cloaked Natsu flying straight for Erza like a rocket. Natsu then hit Erza squarely in her armor.
"Fire Dragon Sword Horn!" he cried, hitting Erza with a horn of flames, launching the scarlet haired wizard into the air as Natsu arc his way in another direction before the flames disappear from his body as he drops down lightly, his vest and muffler flapping in the wind. Lisanna decided to drop down too as the three were faced to face. Erza smiled, enjoying the battle these two had to offer and Lisanna and Natsu enjoying it themselves. Their feet touch the ground once more as they face one another.
"Now I get it!" Laki realized. "That last fire attack was just a diversion to keep Erza off guard."
"And once she was unable to see their movements, Natsu and Lisanna took off into the air." Happy continued.
"And using Lisanna's fire as a power boost gave just enough power for Natsu to deliver a head-on attack onto Erza." Elfman finished.
"Amazing... And not a single scratch on either of them…" Lucy said astonished.
When they did attack one another, their bodies lack any burn marks or scratches on them. A light breeze passes Natsu's muffler and the helm of Lisanna's jacket as they exclaimed, "Fire Dragon/Phoenix…"
But before they could call out and launch their attacks, the sound of a gong stopped the two as even Erza was confused by the sound. Everyone was confused too by the sound, why did this sound stops the match, it was getting good? They each turn their heads to someone coming up to Natsu, Lisanna, and Erza, speaking with a female voice.
"That is enough. Everyone stay where you are."
She was a short, frog-like creature with anthropomorphous traits, and his attire was clear he was from the Council. He was quite large. He had a round face, many spots covering the upper part and back of his head, and his cheeks. He wore a common uniform consisting of a wide-collared, dark blue jacket with red trimmings over a plain light blue shirt and a white robe reaching down to his feet, closed on the front by many laces. He had a small, elongated hat matching his jacket on top of his head, bearing a circular ornament made of metal on its front. He carried a brown bag with one strap over his shoulder.
"Who are you?" Lisanna asked calmly.
"I am an emissary from the Council." She explained.
"The council?!" Levy repeated.
"An emissary?!" repeated Jet as well.
"Why here…?" asked Droy.
"No one's going to mention how it looks?!" Lucy exclaimed, mouth wide.
The massager took out a piece of paper and began to read it aloud as Natsu, Erza, and Lisanna remained where they stood. "For eleven crimes committed during the recent Eisenwald incident, including the destruction of property... Erza Scarlet." He announced causing the red-haired wizard's mouth to remain shock in revelation that her name was said and the mentioned charges as he added, "You are hereby under arrest."
Both Lisanna and Natsu gasped in shock, the one most shocked was the Dragon Slayer himself.
"Wh-What?!"
After Erza was apprehended, the atmosphere of the fight changed from excitement to melancholy. Lucy and the members of Fairy Tail returned into the guild, a bit down in the dumps where Erza was arrested. Gray had woken up to find out about their battle, but even he was down too to hear Erza was arrested. Of course, two of their numbers were missing since the arrest, but it was not on anyone's mind if they noticed. Lucy had her head against the table, eyes open and sad for what happened to Erza. Loki, Laki, Elfman, and Gray sat with one another all bummed out too. Setsuko sat with aspen and Shiro, polishing her katana, her thoughts on what happened eariler. Everyone else had remained silent and quiet, the feeling of the battle just wiped from their spirits. Even Mira and Makarov were quiet too. The master's arms and legs crossed, and Mira's eyes closed, the white-haired wizard worried for Erza too. She opened her eyes to hear little fingers tapping a glass.
"Let me out! Let me out of there!"
"Be quiet, Natsu," Mira ordered the glass she was speaking too. Inside an upside-down glass was Natsu, transformed into a lizard. It was a red scaled lizard wearing Natsu's vest and muffler with a little tuff of pink hair on top.
"Let me out!" he yelled again.
"You'll go on a rampage if you do." Mirajane replied.
"No, I will not! Turn me back to normal!" Natsu yelled waving his arms frantically in a panic.
Mirajane looked closely at the glass; her eyes still opened.
"If we do, you will say, 'I'm going to save her!'" She imitated.
"No, I will not! Like I would ever help Erza!" he retorted to the white-haired wizard.
"This is the council we are talking about. There is nothing we can do." Gray stated arms folded.
"Let me out!" Natsu yelled, balling his little lizard hands together. "I'm going to give them a piece of my mind! I do not care if they are the council or not! They are in the wrong here!"
"If the council says you are guilty, you are guilty. Even if you are innocent. They'd never listen to us. " Gray frowned, closing his eyes with a sigh.
"Still, after everything we've done, why now?" Elfman asked hand to his right cheek.
"Yes. It is beyond comprehension." Laki agreed.
"There's definitely another side to this." Lucy commented trying to think of the situation.
"Something isn't right?" Setsuko asked.
"Yeah, I know the council's been questionable, but why arrest Erza so out of the blue?' Aspen asked as well, crossing her arms.
Natsu in the glass growled in anger, his hands still balled into fists.
Meanwhile in the Fiore Branch of the Magic Council, Erza was being guided along to the courtroom where her trial was to be taken place. With her arms in handcuffs, she followed the massager through the corridor, the sunlight radiating the windows and the room. Erza's face was stern and calm but thinking about what was going on. The massager stops and so did Erza, spotting someone leaning against a pillar. His arms were folded, and his expression was impatient to say the least. He opened his eyes to look and see Erza had arrived. His lips together, the blue haired council member had his eyes on the scarlet haired wizard.
Erza gasped; eyes widened with shock at who he was.
"Seigrain!" What was he doing here?
The massager bowed to the ground to greet the council member, but Erza was furious at the young man. Her legs spread ready to fight as Seigrain greeted the Queen of the Fairies with open arms.
"It's been a while, Erza." He noticed the scarlet haired wizard was on the offensive as he added calmly. "Don't be so defensive."
The blue haired member's body was fizzling as he explained, "This is a projection. My real body is in Era right now." Erza gasped again as he continued looking at the courtroom door, "All the geezers beyond that door are projections, too." Erza's face formed a frown as he went on explaining, "There was no reason for us to personally come for such trifling business."
"Now I see." Erza realized eyes sharp. "So, this is all you're doing? This is a pathetic farce!"
Seigrain walked past Erza, his back facing hers added in an ashamed voice hand to his hips, "That is not nice. I stood up for Fairy Tail."
Erza grunted in anger as Seigrain continued once more. "But those geezers had to come up with someone to take the full blame for the incident, out of fear of having to bear the blame themselves." He smiled before adding to the stern looking Erza her right eye looking back at him. "You're a scapegoat."
Erza snapped, turning to Seigrain with gritted teeth.
"Be quiet!"
Seigrain kept calm before adding once more again, "Well, no matter. I came to see you before the trial for but one reason…" he turned around and places a hand to her cheek, his face close to hers as he whispered something into her ears. "Don't tell the geezers about you-know-what, for both our sakes."
Erza nodded, knowing full well what he was referring to. If word got out about you-know-what, it is trouble for both her and the blue haired member. He released her cheek and walked a few steps to face the courtroom door before facing back at her. "Well, I'll be waiting beyond the door." Seigrain told her. "As a member of the council, of course." And the thought projection faded away, leaving Erza alone in the corridor with the massager. The massager looks up at the scarlet haired wizard, her expression full of anger and her eyes sharp like daggers.
"Y-You know some real important people…!"
"He's evil." Erza replied sharply.
"Ribbit?" the Massager frog responded. What did Erza mean by that?
Back in Era, the real Seigrain thought as he walked a serious tone in his words.
'Do not try to interfere, Erza. Not after I have come this far…'
Inside the courtroom, Erza was standing facing the thought projections of each member of the Magic Council. A gavel was heard as it was time to begin the trial. Seigrain sat with Ultear and Yajima, the latter with serious and quiet looks on their faces while they sat across Org, Michello, Belno, and Leiji with stern and serious looks on their faces as the massager announced, "The wizard hearing will now come to order." While reading off a paper, he continued, "Defendant Erza Scarlet. Please stand."
Erza kept her eyes on Seigrain while back in Fairy Tail, a certain blond haired Celestial wizard stood up from her seat wanting to make a stand about this.
"We cannot ignore this! Let us testify!" Lucy requested,
"Lucy…" Nab said simply.
"Hold on, now!" said Makarov.
"How can you say that?" Lucy retorted running up to the bar to Makarov, Mira, and lizard-Natsu. "She was unlawfully arrested. Besides whatever property damage or crimes they were talking about, both Lisanna and I were with her most of the time. Sure, there was that headbutting, but that is beside the point! We need to get there before they reach verdict."
"Lucy's right. Besides, not everything was on Erza, we caused much trouble too! Most of the damage was with Lisanna and me, Natsu was the one who caused damaged to the tracks and the conference hall was result of the five of us!" Setsuko explained.
"It's too late for that, however much we hurry!" Makarov replied, eyes closed.
"But…" both girls replied but was interrupted by Natsu's frantic yelling.
"Let me out! Let me out!"
"Are you really sure you want out?" the elder master asked looking at the trapped wizard in the glass. Lizard-Natsu stopped yelling to look at the master, was he really meaning it when he said he will let him out? He scratches a scaly finger to his chin, thinking about it as Lucy, Setsuko, Aspen, Elfman, and Gray watched with confusion of Lucy's part and narrowed glares at Gray and Elfman's part. For some odd reason, Natsu was quiet, and he is never quiet. Makarov noticed this and asked the lizard Natsu once again.
"What is the matter, Natsu? You are suddenly lost her spunk?"
Lizard-Natsu remained quiet again as Makarov shattered the glass with his magic, finally letting the Dragon Slayer free and the transform placed upon him to reverse. Dust formed from the blast as a body fell to the ground, but it was not Natsu's body that fell as the dust revealed who it was. It was Macao, Romeo's father.
"Macao?!" Levy said shock as both Jet and Droy were shocked in panic too.
"What the…!" Everything facing the wizard screamed as Macao got up from the ground to face them.
He chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his head. "S-Sorry. I owe Natsu a favor…"
With stunning looks of Lucy, Aspen, Shiro, Setsuko, Elfman, and Laki's faces, Macao continued.
"So, I transformed myself into a lizard to pretend to be him…"
A little while earlier, out in the park, Romeo held the squirming 'Natsu' by the tail.
"My dad caught Natsu!" Romeo called out happily,
But 'Natsu' or Macao whispered to the real Natsu, hidden in the bushes, "Get going! I will pretend to be you!"
"Then where's the real Natsu?" Lucy asked.
"He's probably going to save Erza, but before anyone freaks out," Macao said before anyone could react. "Anyone realize Lisanna isn't in the guild house?"
Everyone looked around and he was right, Lisanna was not there. Where did she go? Then again, it was noticeably quiet after Macao was turned into Natsu, that they did not hear a peep from Lisanna.
"Lisanna must have suspected Natsu would pull something; probably tailing him right now to stop him for making a fool of himself." Mirajane explained.
"Well, gramps did say to Lisanna to keep him out of trouble if he tried anything." Gray pointed out.
"He's going to have such a headache when she catches him," Lucy added.
"Defendant Erza Scarlet. You stand accused of partial destruction of Oshibana Station during the recent Lullaby perpetrated by Eisenwald, as well as the destruction of the Ryusiki Gorge railway and the complete destruction of residences in Clover." spoke Org's booming voice in the courtroom.
Erza considered of each of the 'charges'…
The Oshibana Station…. Most of that damage was from Lisanna, Setsuko, Gray and Natsu, so why aren't they to blame? The Ryusiki Gorge railway… That was Natsu and Erigor's battle that torn up the railway. And the Clover bit… all five of them. If it were not obvious from the start, Erza would feel she was in for the worst.
Org continued as Erza lost her train of thought, "According to eyewitness testimony, the person responsible was an armor-clad female who…" But before Org could finish, a wall behind Erza burst opened, sending pieces of the wall flying around shocking the council members. What was going on was on their faces, what could have caused the blast?
"What on Earth Land?!" exclaimed one of the members.
A shadow appeared from the collected dust as someone jumped into the courtroom. Someone wearing what looks like a makeshift armor and red hair (with a noticeable tuff of pink hair), exclaimed with pride and grit teeth,
"I'm the armored-clad wizard!" With mouth spewing out fire exclaimed once more to the council and a stunned Erza, "Just try and catch me! I dare you!"
And if by request, chance, or dumb luck, a white trainer collided with 'Erza's' back as the so called armored clad wizard was then sent flying into the other wall, knocking 'her' out. Then it was even stranger as to who it might be that knock out the intruder to the courtroom.
"Honestly Dragneel, I can't leave you alone for a minute and you try to cause trouble?" a girl's voice asked.
Appearing from the dust was Lisanna, finally catching her breath after flying/running up here to stop her friend. The council was shocked and so was Erza.
"Lisanna…" Erza said lost for words as the white-haired wizard face the seven members; a nervous expression was on her face.
"Umm, I'm sorry for my friend's actions; he got out of my sight and came up here." She admitted nervously. "I-I'll remove him… Erza and I won't be in trouble, right?"
The council look at one another still bewildered at what just happened. First as Lisanna revealed, Natsu came barging in, then Lisanna herself came in to stop him. But this was the 'trial,' so they will let her off without a warning… for now at least. They nodded back, a sigh of relief was upon Lisanna.
"Thank you." She replied walking up to the armored Natsu and picking him onto her shoulders. She looks back at them. While she never liked the council herself, she did not like Natsu making trouble for them, mostly she does the same. "I'm really sorry."
With Natsu in hand, she walks through the hole in the wall to wait for Erza. Even Erza sighed in relief. She should one of these days thank Lisanna for that quick save. Before the council could continue, they spoke amongst themselves about what they had just seen.
"Well… That was an unexpected twist." Seigrain said coolly.
"Yes… I would never expect Mirajane's sister to show up here." Ultear said calmly.
"If it was anyone else, it might have been more trouble..." Yajima added.
"You should be grateful for her, Erza. If she had come here any sooner, you three of you would be sharing a cell tonight for any more ruckus Natsu Dragneel would have caused." Org assured her.
Erza nodded in agreement. 'Thank you… Lisanna."
"A mock trial... I figure as much." Lisanna said to Erza.
A few hours later outside the courtroom, it was a little while after the little 'show' that was made. Erza explained to Lisanna that the Council convicted her to appear as if they were enforcing the law. As Lisanna realized to, just to keep up appearances so it would not look like they screwed up.
"I mean, the charges you were blamed for did not add up because the station's damage was Natsu, Gray, Setsuko, and I as well, the railway was Natsu's doing but he was fighting Erigor, and all of us destroyed the Conference Hall. In short, they pin it on you. Figures putting it on one of Fairy Tail's strongest wizards are an easy task for them." She paused for a second before adding, "Lucy, much have figured it out too. She is a sharp girl, Lucy."
Erza nodded in agreement. They sat themselves against a wall to talk, the pink haired Dragon Slayer still unconscious. They eyed him with disappointment, but Lisanna added, "I do not think we should be hard on Natsu. He is a bit of a scatterbrain and rushes into things." Lisanna chuckled. "Funny, I really do sound like a wife. But at the end of the day, he did that little stunt because he cares you know. So, I think we should let him off for that."
Erza smiled, agreeing with the Takeover wizard.
"So, about our match? It was interrupted."
"I will wait, but Natsu's a different story. Besides, maybe next time we'll battle." She replied, hugging her knees. "Oh, and I should probably pick something up at the book store since well it'll take until tomorrow for us to get home."
"Sure." Erza replied but thought with a smile, 'It may not that long until we fight again, Lisanna.'
Erza and Lisanna decided it was time to head home before the projections wondered why they were still here. With Natsu under their shoulders, the two female wizards made their long journey home. But something was on Lisanna's mind and it about the odd feeling she felt in the courtroom.
While my time in the courtroom was brief, I felt an odd feeling from the stands. I felt it from two members: Ultear and that one member, Seigrain. Why do I feel this way? Why don't I trust them? I cannot let Erza know what I am feeling… until the time is right.
Unknowing them, Seigrain spotted the three leaving; he spoke about the third wizard under their arms.
"I see. So that's Natsu Dragneel and he is also a member of Fairy Tail…" he smiled.
The next day, Lisanna, Erza, and Natsu had made it home unharmed to the guild, Natsu the first one excited to be home. Of course, he had no idea of why he was knocked out after entering the courtroom. While leaving Lisanna knocking him out, the two explained about it being a fake trial. Natsu was worried that they were in trouble. They lied and said a piece of rubble shaped like a shoe hit him.
"Ah it's great to be home!" Natsu exclaimed excitedly running around the guild house.
"Quiet." Jet said to over-energize Dragon Slayer.
"Home!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Shut up!" Gray's voice called.
Makarov and Mirajane just watched the display of Natsu's excitement, the elder master sitting usually on the bar and the white-haired wizard smiling cheerfully.
"This side of him is adorable!" Mirajane said cheerfully.
Lucy sighed after hearing Lisanna's part of the story. "That is good, I knew something was up. I am glad you two did not get in trouble. But how did you catch up to him?"
"I had exhausted my magic power to catch him, but I had enough strength to kick him." Lisanna giggled. "For his pride, I'm not telling him."
"Good, for both of our sakes, don't tell him," Gray commented.
"His pride would be a little broken if the day she surpasses him," Setsuko said.
"I agree, let's not." as Natsu ran their way as the middle sibling asked him, "Hey Natsu what about yours and sis' match with Erza?" Elfman chuckled and asked.
"Oh crap…" Lucy said. Lisanna said she will postpone their match but what about Natsu?
"Oh yes! I forgot!" Natsu realized before looking to the scarlet wizard eating and having tea. "Erza! Let us pick where we left off!"
"Don't be silly." Erza sighed, knowing this was going to happen from Lisanna's warning, putting down her cup. "I'm tired and we just came back Natsu."
Natsu slammed his fists together as flames wrapped around his left hand, making his way to Erza. "Here I come!"
"Sheesh." She sighed getting up. She turned to the Dragon Slayer and landed an armored fist into his stomach, knocking the wind out of him as he dropped to the ground. Lisanna sighed, he had it coming. Elfman, Lucy, and Gray were completely shocked as Natsu was now out cold in one blow.
"Very well. Let us begin." She said to a then out like a light Natsu.
"We have a winner!" Happy exclaimed floating up in the air to Erza.
Elfman, Gray, Aspen, Shiro, Setsuko, and Lisanna all started to laugh. It might have been their teamwork that saved them from an early defeat, but once alone, Natsu is defeated immediately. Lucy had a smile on her face too.
"You're so lame, Natsu!" Gray jeered,
"Erza's really is strong!" Elfman noted, still laughing.
From behind the bar, Mirajane softly giggled as Makarov remain still where he sat arms and legs crossed. He grunted, which caught Mira's attention.
"What's the matter, Master?" she asked curiously.
"Oh... I am sleepy." the elder master said, his eyes half open.
"Huh?" she questioned back as Makarov added, "It's him."
'Him?' she thought starting to get drowsy as her legs felt like wet noodles as she slumps her head onto the bar counter, her eyes becoming heavy.
But it was not just Mirajane and Makarov who were feeling drowsy, but so were the other members.
"This is..." Gray said as Elfman was starting to feel drowsy too.
One by one, each member felt the feeling of drowsiness as even Erza was feeling it too. Lisanna started to collapse, closing her eyes as everyone else either fell to the ground or slump against the tables or poles. The whole guild except for three individuals were asleep or barely awake as someone came walking in. He wore a dark blue cloak, and his arms and legs were mostly covered in bandages. He wore a dark blue bandana with a silver forehead protector. On his back were magic staves which were held by a dark green strap going across his main body. He steps through the mess of knocked out members before heading to the request board.
"Mystogan..." Makarov and Mirajane muttered eyeing him.
Picking the request he liked to take, the unknown wizard came to Makarov who tried to resist falling asleep and Mirajane who was trying to awake.
"I'll be back." He said to the two.
"Hold on. Lift the sleeping spell!" Makarov muttered weakly.
"Of course, and Mirajane... congrats on your sister for her mission last year, I hope that new Takeover is in good hands." Mystogan said showing the request to the two before leaving. With each silent step he taken to depart, he counted ready to reverse the spell he placed on the guild. "Five... Four… Three... Two... One..."
As he left, the Sleep spell was lifted, and everyone (except Natsu) opened their eyes at once. Still a bit drowsy from the spell, most of the guild started to converse with one another.
"Th-this feeling… Mystogan?!" Jet asked, hands to his eyes.
"That bastard!" Droy spat.
"His sleep magic is as powerful as ever…!" Levy added a bit amazed.
"Mystogan?" Lucy, Shiro, Aspen, and Setsuko asked in confusion, eyes still droopy.
"He's in the running for strongest man in Fairy Tail." Elfman explained.
"Huh?" They questioned each other again and still did not understand. Gray (who she was facing) took his hand from his face to speak.
"For whatever reason, he does not want anyone to see him. So, he puts everyone to sleep like this whenever he takes a job." Gray added.
"Are you serious? Why would he do that? That is a way too suspicious!" Lucy replied.
"So, no one but our master and Mirajane knows what he looks like." Gray added again.
"All we know he joined not long after," Lisanna said before pausing, still rubbing her eyes from the sleep spell, "It's nothing,"
"Lisanna?" Shiro asked.
"No, I do." spoke a voice from above them getting Gray's attention and so were the others. Lisanna's eyes shot open when she heard the voice.
"Laxus!" exclaimed Macao, eyeing the person that was on the second floor.
"You're here?!" Elfman said shocked.
"This is rare." Wakaba agreed.
"Another candidate for the strongest member..." Gray added a hand to his chin.
Where Lisanna stood, her fingernails dug deep into her palms, gritting her teeth in anger.
"Laxus…"
Laxus was a very tall and muscular young man with gray/blue eyes. His hair is slicked back, its numerous spiky strands pointing backwards, though some falls on his forehead. He had a distinctive lightning bolt-shaped scar on his right eye and sports dark lines circling his eyes, with each of them possessing a single, prominent eyelash jutting outwards. On his head were spiked headphones and he wore a black coat with grey fur trimmings and a dark yellow shirt. He was grinning, and it made Lisanna more pissed off at him. She never liked Laxus' attitude, and seeing that grin made her hate him more.
"I came back two days ago and watched young Natsu and little Lisanna battle Erza. Shame it got interrupted." He grinned. "Anyway, Mystogan is shy. Do not be nosy."
Natsu finally woke up, hearing Laxus' voice and rose up to his feet yelling to the blond-haired male.
"Laxus! Fight me!"
"Erza just gave you a beat-down." Gray reminded him.
"Natsu… don't." Lisanna hissed trying to hide her anger from everyone.
"That's right!" Laxus replied seeing how quickly Erza took him down unlike their battle the other day. "You don't stand a chance against me if you can't even beat mere Erza, even with Lisanna's help."
"What does that mean?!" Erza responded darkly giving Gray the creeps and Lisanna angrier.
"Whoa, calm down Erza…" Gray stammered.
"Shut... up...!" Lisanna growled softly, but Aspen could see the anger in her eyes.
"She's pissed!" Aspen squeaked.
"I mean that I'm the greatest!" Laxus boasted to the guild.
"Come down here, you jerk!" Natsu growled at the wizard.
"You come up little man," Laxus taunted.
"Fine by me!" Natsu yelled, making his way through the guild house, and jumping up to the second floor. But before he could make it, Makarov's hand grew big and flattened Natsu with his fist, stopping him.
Lucy gasped as Makarov said to Natsu, "You are not allowed to go up there! Not yet!"
"Got yourself in trouble..." Laxus chuckled still grinning as he eyed the struggling Natsu with Makarov ordering him,
"Laxus! That is enough out of you!"
"I won't let anyone take the title of Fairy Tail's strongest!" Laxus continued hand out. "Not even Erza, Mirajane, or Mystogan." He then points to himself a toothy grin he had on. "I'm the strongest!"
Natsu was angry, Gray bored, Erza a stern look, and Lisanna pissed were the emotions fueling the four. But Lisanna continued gritting her teeth, this catching Lucy's eye.
"Don't count on it…" she muttered under her breath. "Keep that smug egotistically look on your face for long, Laxus. Because one day I will wipe that smirk off your face…"
"Lisanna…" Lucy said softly wondering what was on her mind. She decided to ask Mira about the second floor.
"What was Master talking about?" Lucy asked Mirajane. "Why can't we go up to the second floor?"
"It is still a bit too soon for you, but the request board on the second floor has jobs that are far more difficult than the ones on the first floor. S-Class quests." Mirajane explained.
"S-Class?!" Lucy repeated.
"They're dangerous jobs in which even a momentary lapse in judgment can prove fatal." she continued. "The rewards are that much higher, though!"
"Wow…" Lucy replied in amazement.
"Only wizards given our master's approval can accept S-Class jobs. Including Laxus, Erza, myself, and Mystogan, there are only six people qualified for them." she smiled before adding, "It is not for the faint of heart. S-Class jobs are all dangerous and deadly."
"It sounds that way." Lucy smiled.
It was late at night since Lucy spoke with Mirajane as she decided to head home. Her thoughts were on what Mirajane had told her, although she was a little shock Mirajane was an S-Class wizard, she's so nice. Still, it did have her interested in how everyone is ranked in the guild. But her thoughts turned to two things: Natsu, Setsuko, Aspen, Shiro, and Happy meeting her at her house and the important object Lisanna gave her.
"Lisanna gave me this book on a secondary magic I should learn. She said its complex but has faith I can crack it." She said to herself. The book had some interesting spells, but she decided to practice the basics. "Lisanna wants me to learn them so I can help more in combat. It is not a bad idea. I always had my spirits, so a new magic might help me get stronger. Seeing the battle the other day did spark something inside me I never felt." She then thought about Natsu's request to meet her at her door. "Now Natsu wants to meet me by my house, and Lisanna's off on a mission and would not be back until tomorrow. I wonder where she got that extra jewel from?" she pondered before making it to her apartment where Natsu, Setsuko, Aspen, Shiro, and Happy were there waiting for her by her door.
"Yo!" greeted Natsu and Setsuko.
"Hey, so what's the big emergency that you wanted to meet me at my house?" Lucy asked.
"Well take a look at this." Natsu replied holding out a flyer for Lucy to look at. She thought at first it was just a regular old mission but saw an S stamp on the left corner, plus the mention of a cursed island. This made her look palely at Natsu, a bit scared.
"Natsu, this isn't what I think it is?" she asked.
"Yup, S-Class quest, the three of us are going to take it." Natsu smiled.
"No, no, no, I can't." she declined stepping back.
"Told you this was a bad idea and she'll be scared," Setsuko said.
"Maybe we should reconsider before someone finds out?" Aspen suggested.
"Aspen's right, this might be a bad idea," Shiro said.
"What's wrong?" asked Happy.
"They are dangerous, Mirajane told me. I am still a newcomer, them as well, and I am not ready to risk my life." She turned away and added, "Look, I'm grateful for the mission, but I'm not ready."
"But Lucy, this might be fun." Happy said excited.
"Maybe for you two, but not for me…" Lucy replied turning around. She paused briefly before adding, "Look, I wasn't going to say anything, but I heard a rumor from a few members that you went on an S-Class mission before."
Natsu paused, and so was Happy. The two remained quiet from what Lucy said. It's true, this isn't their first S-Class mission, this is thier second and it was with Mirajane two years ago. It was a memory the pair did not want to talk about. But everyone in the guild knows, all except Lucy...
"You mentioned S-class mission like you know the risks, did Lisanna...?" Lucy asked and Mira looked silent, staring at the drinks with a blank stare, "Mira?"
"It's nothing..." she said softly.
"Sorry Lucy, it's very complicated on my sister's part," Elfman said, the tall wizard walking over and placing a firm hand on her shoulder. Lucy was taken aback, this was the most normal Elfman acted, it was like he was not this bombastic wizard talking about being a man.
"Two years ago, I took Lisanna and my brother, as well as Natsu and Happy, onto an S-Class job. It... Did not go well and both got hurt.," Mirajane finally said, her tone less the upbeat wizard, but more solemnly, "I do not know about Natsu, he hides it well, but my sister... She would not mentally be suffering to get stronger if it were not for me..."
"Mirajane..." Lucy said, seeing Mira so down.
"Can you not let my little sister and Natsu know we told you. The guild promised we keep it a secret, it is not common knowledge, so do not tell them we told you... Natsu would be upset if we said anything," Elfman said sadly, his other hand gripped tightly, 'do not blame yourself big sis... It is my fault that day, I... almost killed my sister and friend...'
"That was a long time ago, it's different," Natsu interjected, shrugging it off. "Besides, the reward is 7 million Jewels."
"It's doesn't matter, I'm not going." She declined again.
"So, you don't want to have the Zodiac Gate key they have as an additional reward?" Happy asked.
Once the words 'Zodiac Gatekey' passed Happy's lips, this made Lucy's ears burn red with interest.
"Come again?" she asked.
"Yes, the addition reward is one of twelve Zodiac keys." Happy added.
"But you don't want to go; I guess we'll just forget about it..." Natsu sighed before Lucy was close to his face, her brown eyes twinkling like stars.
"Let me get ready." she admitted. Natsu then sweat Dropp in response to Lucy being this close to his face,
"Umm... Okay."
As Lucy changed clothes to what she wore a few days ago, packing the necessities, the six friends headed off to take their new job… but the next day…
"Oh No!" exclaimed Mirajane as she walks down from the second floor. "Master! A job flyer is missing from the second-floor request board!"
The master who was drinking his morning tea made a spit-take in response to it.
"What?!"
It was pandemonium in Fairy Tail... What else was new? As a request was to take, a girl ventured back home, and a dangerous adventure was in the horizon for Natsu, Lucy, Aspen Setsuko, Shiro, and Happy, one thing was for sure… There will be trouble.
Michael: It did not take long but the progress of re-formatting the first fairy Tail what if with a new title and new characters has gone well as now, I can work on the biggest project, and that is separating the Galuna island chapter back into four separate chapters. I've have seen it with a lot of re writes is how they try to cram so much of the arcs into a chapter, they are not anime where they take 2-3 chapters and make it into an episode, notionally that is the bias in the writing to certain characters. Once you completely change the story, you might as well just draft an original story if you are not going to care about characterization instead of your own characterization. But I just feel I see too many mischaracterize of Lucy, or Natsu, or Lisanna a lot and never in an effective way. How hard to write Lucy without taking away what makes her a great character, why make her feel useless, why make sure just mate bait for Dragon slayers, why erase all the interaction she had with Natsu, the person who got her into Fairy Tail. And how people write Lisanna, it is even worse or people beleeing the misinformation as to why she came back. When most Nali fans have Lisanna almost horny to get into Natsu's pants, says how a lot of degeneracy comes into the writing and never the focus of character or setting. Once you try to prop fanfiction better than Hiro himself, it starts to lose its fun as you can break down how rush or short the chapters are. I do try to hit a 6k-9k+ for each chapter, that is why once i finally get to the scene half of Galuna island, the chapters will be long. But here is how i handle both what ifs
This one does not have the manga stuff omitted and some lines are from the dub or subtitles. A Different Fairy Tail adds more manga content to flesh it out. Both stories use the inner monologues of Lucy and Lisanna, as they are the main characters in both what ifs. But I handle the filler differently. Here I will cover all the filler, even Daphane arc since Natsu's here. A Different Fairy Tail, some filler is skipped, for example, Natsu Devours a Village just does not work for this team in A Different Fairy Tail compared to here. Changeling does not work in A Different Fairy Tail as no Natsu, the S-Class Request was not really stolen, and Lisanna and Sting do not work for this episode. Daphane arc does not work as there is no Natsu to remember a promise, but I do make a compromise with a new character I am working on. I will not say where a lot of my inspirations comes from in stories, usually it is from bad concepts I felt could have been better in this story. And one example is the adopted daughter idea. If most have the apparent time to give characters just overpowered magic with no drawbacks to some, they can make a child that is not an existing character when we get to Grand Magic Games, just change the Future Lucy thing to someone else. This is Lucy's story, the same way Natsu's the lead as well.
But Think I have enough to talk about. Keep the lookout for Galuna island chapters. Might take a day to add more to each chapter before we get to Chapter 15 which if you are curious is going through much the flashback and onto where Erza tells Gray to settle the score with Lyon. So, I am only half that episode. But keep it up to date in the coming weeks. See you next time.