Fairy Tail: Eien no bōken o kakinaosu
Chapter 13: Natsu vs Yuka of the Wave
Gray lost. The Ice Make Wizard still lay on the temple ground, face down, his eyes half open. Lyon was right, nothing had changed, he was back where he was before, on the ground. In his mind's eye, a single snowflake floated down, his mind thinking back to a memory all those years ago.
A younger Gray Fullbuster lay in the cold snow, his shirt gone as he lay there face first. His teacher Ur spoke behind him with her hands to her hip, "What's the matter? Giving up that easily?" she asked, "Get up, Gray… Get up, Gray…" she orders as the memory fad to who was really talking behind him in the night.
"Get up, Gray!" spoke two young voices, both boy and girl.
Natsu and Lisanna stood over their defeated comrade, Natsu frowned in disappointment.
"Man, you're lame, getting your butt kick so bad… "
"Natsu, Lisanna… what are you doing here…?" Gray asked weakly.
"We couldn't find the way back to the village, so we decided to come up here and see." Lisanna said taking a good look at the top of the temple, "Looks like Lyon and those people left. Anyway, we found it now. Natsu, get him up, would you?"
"Sure, come on, let's go," Natsu ordered, taking Gray's shirt, and grabbing him to help him on his feet.
"Wait… I can walk," he replied to the two wizards looking back at them. "Where's Lyon?" he added, seeing everyone was gone, just as Lisanna pointed out.
"No idea," Natsu added while Gray remained on his knees and Lisanna facing the two boys, "No one was here, and the ceremony is over. It's like Lisanna said, everyone left."
Gray felt the fatigue of the battle and the pain he was dealt to by Lyon as he was ready to keel over to the ground, but Natsu still held him by his shirt, a serious look on his face. Lisanna looks to the two boys as Natsu hoisted Gray onto his icy back, ready to carry the wizard back to the village along with Lisanna.
"Damn! It will be our fault if they go after the girls!" Natsu said to the two.
(Cue Fairy Tail Main Theme—Slow Version—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
Natsu (with Gray on his back) and Lisanna made their way back to the village to help Lucy and Happy, Gray kept his eyes open as another memory faded before his eyes.
Inside the cabin Ur took care of him and Lyon, the purple haired teacher yelled while a younger Lyon looked shocked, "Stop! You know you do not stand a chance against Deliora! It is too much for you, Gray!"
As his memory faded away, Gray thought back to Natsu demanding to go on the S-Class request.
"I'm doing this S-Class request!" Natsu demanded eyes crossed with anger.
"It's an S-Class job because you don't have the skill for it! Just like two years ago!" Gray retorted eyes crossed too staring at the pink haired wizard.
The second memory faded away as Gray clenched his teeth together, asking the Dragon Slayer and Takeover wizard, "Natsu… Lisanna…"
"Yeah?" They replied looking back at him.
"I have no reason to criticize you, Natsu… And Lisanna, I can tell there is a reason you came here because of what happened two years ago… No place at all…" as tear fell from his eyes. The two wizards roared in unison.
"Quit feeling sorry for yourself just because you lost! We are members of Fairy Tail!" as Gray stared unblinkingly at them, "The guild that doesn't know how to stop! The only way we can live is to keep moving!"
Natsu then started to run, complaining.
"Argh! It is even harder to run!" as they made their way back to the village.
Lucy, Setsuko, Shiro, and Aspen had returned to the village in time with Happy to tell the village what they had found out. She told them that a demon called Deliora is hidden in a secret cave underneath the Moon Temple and that Lyon, and his subordinates are using a magic called Moon Drip to melt the ice and release Deliora. And Deliora might be the connection to the curse placed on the island. She continued her explanation to the islanders with her hand to her hips.
"So, the guys about to attack are responsible for your transformation!"
"They're coming here?!" a villager asked in fear of what the group might do.
"Yes," Aspen replied, "But this also our chance to catch them and find out how to turn you back to normal."
The villagers look amongst themselves wondering if Lucy's plan will work.
"Will it really be that easy?" asked another villager.
"I don't know about this." Another replied unsurely at this plan.
"Are they serious?" asked another demon said, hands to his chin.
"Those three are probably wizards, though. They won't be easy to catch." Happy assured them and Lucy.
"Yeah," Lucy replied hand to her chin, "We outnumber them, but we have zero wizards."
"Uh Lucy?" Setsuko and Aspen asked, looking to the wizard.
"Wait a minute!" Happy interjected, "You're a wizard in this story too, so you can fight too!"
Lucy did not hear Happy as she clapped her hands in delight, a smile on her face which caught everyone off guard, "I just thought of a great plan!"
"I got a bad feeling about this…" Happy and Shiro frowned popping up front of the wizard.
"What all this ruckus about?" the Village chief asked, walking up to the crowd of the villagers and Lucy.
"Village chief," one of the villagers said seeing him.
"Please Listen!" Lucy demanded, "The enemy will be raiding this village very soon!
"Enemy?" Moka repeated.
"They've taken up residence in the ruins in the forest and are responsible for transforming everyone!" she explained.
"I don't care about that!" Moka exclaimed wildly, "Why haven't you destroyed the moon yet?!"
"Th-There's no reason to destroy the moon anymore." She replied nervously while keeping a smile, "We just need to catch the guys responsible…!"
But Moka interrupted the blond-haired wizard with cries of, "The moon! Destroy the moon!" as villagers grabbed his frantic arms.
"Village Chief! Please calm down!" The right demon exclaimed.
"Come this way." The left demon order as they dragged the frantic acting Moka away. Lucy watched the ordeal with a sweat drop down the back of her head. Talk about obsessed about destroying moons.
"Please don't take it personally." Another villager asked, getting Lucy's attention as she turned to him, "He did lose his son Bobo and all…"
"Yes," Lucy replied looking at the red skinned demon, "Anyway, we have to catch the enemy."
"But how?" he asked.
(Cue Work Hard Lucy! -Fairy Tail Volume one soundtrack)
Lucy closed her eyes with an assuring smile, "Just leave it to Lucy, the greatest Celestial wizard in Fairy Tail! I know it will all work out!" as Lucy thought, squealing, 'Ohh! That is feels great!'
"She's getting cocky…!" Happy realized in a hush whisper. Meanwhile in two separate locations (the sea and the island), Natsu, Lisanna, Erza, and Sorano all sneezed.
"Why does it feel someone's got a big ego going on?" they asked in unison.
Back with Lucy, she took out a Golden Zodiac key from her belt and called, "Open, gate of the Maiden! Virgo!" as the familiar pink-haired maid spirit burst from the ground and magic circle to greet Lucy with a bow.
"You called, princess?" asked the maid spirit,
At once, the Villagers were instantly in love with Virgo, pink hearts in their eyes as calls of 'So cute!', 'So this is a maid', and 'I can't get enough!' were from the islanders. Lucy sighed, hand to her right cheek.
"What's with this reaction?"
After a few minutes, Lucy's plan was now operational and finished as Virgo stood with her usual maid stature while the Villagers watched as well.
"Preparations are complete, Princess." Virgo said calmly.
"Thanks, Virgo!" Lucy replied happily, "You're always fast at that!"
"Are you going to punish me?" Virgo asked politely.
"I'm praising you!" she snapped back at the reply the maid spirit gave her.
"Say…" Happy said looking up to Lucy.
"What is it Happy?" Lucy responded curious to what Happy wanted.
He held a paw up adding, "I seriously think you might be stupid."
"How am I stupid?" Lucy asked calmly, "Is it because I'm blond? Then I really do not know how to respond to something matter-of-factly sounding…" as Happy interrupted her frowning.
"I find it hard to believe anyone will fall for such a childish trap."
"I agreed with Happy. They do not look dumb, a simple trap will not stop them," Aspen said.
"Plus, we don't know their strength, so no way a pitfall is going to stop them anyway," Setsuko agreed.
Lucy smiled cunningly, a pink blush on her cheeks and her thumb /index finger to her chin, "Don't be silly. This is a perfect pitfall trap!" as what was now nearing the entrance of the village was covered with pitfall trap, which wasn't the best covered as it had a large mound of dirt seeable.
Happy frown at the idea still now liking it, "Aye… I think the mere idea is what's stupid."
"There's only one way into this village, right?" Lucy asked, "So the enemy will have to enter through it!"
"I don't think anyone will fall for this..." Happy admitted, still disappointed.
"M-me neither…" said a green skinned demon woman wearing a tan top and skirt with her hand up.
"I had to say it, but I agree…" agreed a muscular red skinned/dark blue demon man with horns on his head.
"This is not a good plan," Setsuko said, rasing her hand
"I agree," Aspen replied.
"I also agree, Princess!" Virgo chimed in.
"You too?!" Lucy exclaimed, seeing her own spirit not approve of her plan. Lucy clutched her left fist, her one eye to the Villagers, Happy, Setsuko, Aspen, Shiro, and Virgo and the other to the gate, "Just you watch!"
"Lucy! Something coming this way!" someone called from above the gates,
"It's them! Open the gate!" Lucy ordered them to look back at the guard at the gate.
"Right!" he understood as the gate slowly with Lucy placing her hands to her hips, saying slyly, "Okay! Come on in!"
Not realizing that Natsu and Lisanna were coming this way carrying Gray, the two wizards called out.
"Hey! Is everyone all right?!"
"Huh?!" Lucy screamed. It wasn't Lyon's followers, but her comrades still trap in the ice Lyon put them in carrying something on Natsu's back.
"Natsu and Lisanna!" screamed Happ, the girls, and the Villagers in shock.
Worried that her plan to trap Lyon's group would be ruined, Lucy said shaking her hands and head while her eyes were wide with shock.
"No! Stay away!"
"Huh?!" the two wizards questioned, seeing Lucy looking like she didn't want them to come into the village. As they got closer and closer to the inside, Lucy pleaded still screaming, "Stop! Stop!"
"Whoa!" Natsu and Lisanna said, finally sopping their tracks close to the unseen pitfall as Lucy sighed in relief. 'Thank goodness they stopped. Natsu's one thing, but he and Lisanna would ruin my plan.' Lucy thought.
"What is this?" Natsu asked, finally seeing the odd mound in their way.
'A Pitfall trap? Whose idea was this?' Lisanna thought knowing what it was as Natsu step forward causing Lucy to look at them with mouth open wide as Natsu fell into the pitfall with Lisanna (who had a hold of Gray's feet) fell into it too. The villagers, Happy, and Lucy were stun frozen to witness the two wizards and Gray fall in.
All that work for nothing was on Lucy's mind as the red-skinned demon villager commented, "Someone did fall for it..."
"I never would have imagined it… Those two… Lisanna seems just dragged in to fall." the yellowed skinned demon said in agreement.
"My plan…" Lucy said in realization. All that works for nothing.
In the pit, a dust cloud (an oddly shaped one), covered Gray, Natsu's torso, and Lisanna's back from view as the Dragon Slayer called out annoyed, "All right! Who's the wise guy playing around at times like this?!"
Happy pointed a paw at Lucy. Lucy sighed, "Oh sure, always the bridesmaid, never the bride."
"Figures!" the two wizards shouted.
"It's not like that, I'm sorry!" Lucy called back to the two looking panicked they will get even madder at her.
Happy looked down to the hole, seeing the three were safe, "But I'm relieved you two and Gray are okay!" he caked from above.
"Don't be! Gray out cold!" Lisanna said with Natsu nodding in agreement.
"That masked guy beat him?!" Happy asked, unsure what his 'momma' said was true.
As the dust finally cleared, Natsu sat up; looking at his body to see the ice covering him and Lisanna was gone. Gray remained as he slept unaware of what was going on. Lisanna realized it too.
"The ice cracked. Huh?! But not even fire could melt it!" Natsu pointed out.
"Our fall must have shattered it. Our magic might not work, but shear force did. Or because we were away from Lyon." Lisanna said pondering, sitting up as well.
Lucy looks down at the freed wizards stammering while standing with Virgo, "E-Exactly as planned!"
"I believe the spell's effect weakened due to the distance from its caster." Virgo said looking to her owner stunning expression.
"I knew it and one more thing… Lucy," Lisanna said, getting out of the pit to dust herself off and walk over to her. She took both her hands and grabbed her cheeks in a comical fashion, making the Celestial wizard wave her arms frantically, "What were you thinking, believing a trap like that would stop them. What are you nuts?"
"I'm sorry!" Lucy pleaded, seeing the grin on Lisanna's face as Natsu carried Gray out the pit to eye his friends. He could not even hold a chuckle at the scene. Once out of the pit, Lucy and Lisanna calmed down, he placed the ice wizard on the ground, his back resting there still asleep.
"Gray…" Lucy, Setsuko, and Aspen breathed, seeing how beat up he looked from his battle with Lyon.
"Anyway, why aren't they here yet?" Natsu asked, curious as to why the subordinates weren't here before Natsu and Lisanna left first, then Happy and Lucy.
"C-Come to think of it, they are taking a long time." Lucy admitted, placing her hand to her chin, "They left for the village before you and Lisanna did. But you two arrived first…"
"Yeah, Natsu and I had to take our time lugging Gray here." Lisanna said hands to hips.
Lucy smiled again, eyes widened with excitement and left fist in the air, "This is our chance! Hurry and hide the hole!" she ordered.
"You still want to use the pitfall again?" Natsu and Lisanna said frowning.
"Seriously Lucy?!" Aspen and Setsuko exclaimed.
"Wh-What's that?!" one of the villagers (the red skinned one) pointed out, getting everyone's attention to look up into the sky.
What was in the sky shocked the wizards as Lucy made it clear what it was.
"It's a flying rat!"
True to her words, it was a flying rat. But it was not flying by wings, but its tail was spinning around like copter, with Toby, Yuka, and Sherry on the rat's back. There was something in its paws that caught Natsu's eyes.
"What's with that bucket?!"Natsu pondered. as it was carrying a large silver bucket with a purple drawing on the side.
"The sky?! That makes the pitfall pointless!" Lucy yelled, hands balled into fists and her teeth gritted.
In the air with Sherry, Toby, and Yuka, the three stood on the back of Angelica, their hair whipping in the wind.
"It certainly took a while to prepare the Double Poison Jelly." Sherry said, arms folded.
"Perfect timing, though," Yuka said hands behind his back, "Those wizards have gathered in the village too."
Toby barked in agreement as Sherry added, "Destroying Deliora is the only way to achieve our desire. Those who stand in our way must die."
As Angelica carried the Double Poison Jelly, a single drip of green jelly drip from the bucket and plummeted down to the ground. Lucy's eyes widen, seeing the drip of Jelly falling to the ground.
'Jelly?' she thought. What's so dangerous about that? Just then...
"Lucy!" screamed Natsu as he grabbed the blond-haired wizard just in time to get her away from the jelly as the drip fell to the ground, but what the jelly drop did afterwards made everyone shock. It started to dissolve from the ground where it fell; Lucy looking shocked and relieved it did not hit her.
"What is that?! It smells like trouble!" Natsu said still holding the Celestial wizard. The villagers screamed with panic.
"Is that bucket filled with that stuff?!" one of them yelled as one beside him asked in fear.
"D-Don't tell me they're going To drop it on us?!"
"Hideous." Yuka remarked seeing the Villagers, "To think that the Moon Drip causes people to become so hideous."
"They're almost like demons, like Deliora's children. How unpleasant," Sherry said looking down at the whole lot of them.
Toby barked with agreement as Natsu growled in anger, Lisanna agreeing too.
"Do it, Angelica." Sherry ordered the large, flying rat. Angelica obeyed and sent the green acid like jelly out of the bucket and headed towards the village.
"How do we protect ourselves from that much?!" Lucy exclaimed panicking, hands to her cheeks as she watched the jelly coming its way.
(Cue Natsu's Theme—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
With a running start and serious enough to stop it, Natsu ordered everyone.
"Everyone, get in the center of the village!"
"Setsuko, create a dome over the villagers!" Lisanna ordered.
"Natsu! Lisanna!" Lucy and Aspen gasped seeing the two wizards acting, the Dragon Slayer asking.
"Happy, can you fly?!" Natsu asked his partner.
"Aye Sir!" replied the blue cat as his angelic white wings sprouted from his back as the blue cat carried Natsu into the air while entering her Phoenix Soul and took out with the boys.
The Villager ran for the center as Natsu and Lisanna requested them to do, panic in their faces as to the horrible face that would be the acid jelly. They carried Gray, but Moka remained by a tombstone holding it with his head bowed, "I won't leave! I won't leave Bob's grave!"
"Village chief!" the red skinned demon called, "I understand how you feel, but…!"
"Shoot, I better..." Setsuko said , and took her katana from her sheath and slammed it to the ground, a light blue magic appeared, "Ice-Make: Barrier!" and white mist formed around the villagers, Lucy, Shiro, and Aspen, before ice created a thick dome around them, everyone still able to see Natsu and Lisanna in the air.
'I'm not sure how long I hold this... the rest is up to you two,' Setsuko thought, keeping the grip of her blade tightly.
As Natsu and Lisanna flew closer to the jelly, Natsu's hands were blazed with flames as Lisanna's arms were blazing with flames too. They knew just how to deal with the jelly, and it was their combination when they defeated Lullaby.
"The flames on my right hand..." his right hand blazed, "and the flames on my left hand..." his left hand blazed and his collided his hands together chanting, "Put them both together and…" and the flames formed into a large Fire Ball.
"Take this!" exclaimed Lisanna as a red magic circle appeared as the flames swirled around her arms even wilder.
"This'll blow you away! Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame/Fire Spiral!" called Natsu and Lisanna as Natsu tossed the Fire Ball at the jelly as a powerful spiral of red flames erupted from the magic circle from Lisanna's hands. Like their battle with Lullaby, the Fire Ball and the spiral of flames joined as one as the it traveled up to the jelly, entering inside of it, causing an explosion in the sky, and spreading the jelly away from the Villager. The village, the girls, and Lucy shield their eyes from the light of the explosion.
"They dispersed it!" Yuka commented.
"That boy's a fire wizard. And the girl has a Phoenix Take Over, something that rare?!" Sherry gasped her hair whipping in the wind.
The jelly rained down to the ground around the village, saving everyone. Setsuko dismissed her ice dome, but did not see something happen behind her. But unfortunately, one lone drop fell onto Bob's grave, destroying it and Moka as well.
"Village Chief!" called one of Villagers in shock.
Everyone including Lucy gasped in shock, not because of the tragic death of the Village Chief, but what was revealed as the smoke cleared. Virgo had saved Moka, the maid spirit holding the demon chief safely by his collar.
"There's the Village Chief, ready for punishment." She said at once, her blue eyes remaining stoic.
"Virgo!" Lucy gasped as most of the villagers were started to see he was alive.
"Thank goodness," Setsuko said signing in relief, before kneeling tot he ground
"You, okay?" Aspen asked concerned, kneeling to her.
"I am all right. Making a dome to protect a whole group of villagers isn't easy," Setsuko replied, before getting back up after catching her breath.
"The village… it's all been dissolved…" a villager realized as more of the smoke cleared. Everyone looked around to see the destroyed village as they stood where the jelly did not hit.
"This is terrible…" another commented sadly.
"Is anyone hurt?" another asked.
As more smoke cleared, Moka shook in tears as he saw what made him upset.
"Bobo's grave…" he said as Sherry's foot hit the already destroyed tombstone. The three subordinates of Lyon now stood on the ground and walked forward. His eyes widen as Natsu looks at them along with Lisanna.
(Cue Dragon Slayer theme—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
"The Cold Emperor's enemies must all be expelled." Sherry said tonelessly, Yuka on her left and Toby her right as they stopped, the pink haired girl flipping her head back, "We were trying to show some mercy by making your death quick…" she placed her left hand to her hip, Toby smiled with his hands to his pockets, and Yuka's arms behind his back, "…but it's seems there's going to be much bloodshed after all."
"Huh?!" Natsu and Lisanna asked, looking at them.
"Approximately fifty villagers. Five Wizards. And about fifteen minutes, I'd say." Yuka commented.
Toby snored as Natsu stood ready to fight, Lisanna, Setsuko, Aspen, and Lucy too.
"Let's do it!" Natsu said to the girls.
"Yeah!" agreed Lucy placing her hands towards her keys and whip and Lisanna who switched from Phoenix to Tigress ready to fight as well. Setsuko kept her katana held in her hand while Aspen summoned her weather-Staff.
"We're here, too! That makes seven wizards!" Happy assured him and standing behind the battle-ready wizards. Shiro looked serious too.
"How dare they?! How dare they ruin Bobo's grave…!" Moka remarked as Gray started to wake up from the ground. With anger in his words, he exclaimed while the villagers held him back, "They'll pay for this!"
"Hey! Village Chief!" said the red skinned demon.
"Let's get out of here!" the blue skinned demon demanded.
"We'll get caught up in the wizards' battle." the lime green demon added too.
"No!" screamed Moka shaking his head furiously at the red skinned demon ordered while pointing his fingers, "Take me away from here!" as the two other demons carried the village chief away.
"I'll help, too…" Gray said, finally got up from the ground as Lucy gasped, seeing the Ice wizard back on his feet while Natsu, Setsuko, Aspen, and Lisanna looked too.
"Gray! You are conscious!"
Natsu and Lisanna at the Ice wizard, the Dragon Slayer's bang covering his eyes, "Get out of here. You will only get in the way." he said to him.
"You just woke up from being beaten by Lyon. If you fight, you'll just be a hassle." Lisanna said, her bangs covering her eyes.
Gray breathed heavily, trying to catch his breath and his anger at the two wizards' remark, "Natsu… Lisanna… D-Don't mock me…!" but Natsu delivered a punch to his gut, silencing him.
"Just lie down again. You are hurt." Both said in unison as Gray grabbed Natsu's muffler, looking at the Dragon Slayer.
"You little…" he said weakly as he started to lose consciousness as Natsu held him in his arms, speaking his last words to the pair, "Someday, I'm going to… Kill…" and Gray was out, the Fire Dragon Slayer staring sternly at him.
Sorry Gray… You will thank us for that later.
"Why…?" Lucy asked, seeing Natsu punch Gray out and Lisanna just letting him do it.
"It's just Natsu's way of showing compassion. Momma Lisanna knows it too." Happy answered smiling, "Gray's still no condition to fight"
"Is that the bond shared in Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked, her brown eyes wide as Natsu and Lisanna returned to Lucy's side.
"It's for the best… He needs his rest." Lisanna said calmly.
"Yeah…" Natsu agreed calmly too.
Natsu and Lisanna stood back with Lucy, Setsuko, Aspen, Shiro, and Happy, his arms folded seriously, and Lisanna's tiger arms folded too. Lucy looked to the villagers (one holding the sleeping Gray) and asked, "Please, look after Gray!"
"You can count on us." The red skinned demon answered as he turned ordering the others, "All tight! Let us go!" and they walk away from the upcoming battle,
"There's no escape. The Cold Emperor ordered that everyone be eliminated." Angelica," Sherry said to the large rat now on the ground with them. The rat understood and jumped into the air, not before twisting her tail to fly with Sherry on her back and going after the villagers as Natsu and Lisanna watched it get closer to them before passing them.
"I'm a member of Fairy Tail too, you know!" Lucy declared, grabbing hold of Angelica's back paw, and flying away with her.
"Natsu, Lisanna, you deal with them, I'll stop this flying rat and the girl if I have too!" she screamed to the three wizards below.
"That's a first…" Happy and Shiro realized.
"She's thinking!" Natus, Aspen, Setsuko, and Lisanna finished.
"Stop, will you?! Quit messing with the villagers!" Lucy demanded in the air, punching the toe of the animal to make it stop.
"Who are you?!" Sherry asked, seeing the crazed blond-haired girl grabbed her Angelica.
"How about this, them?!" she asked with a smile on her face, tickling the rat's toes as she still held on to her legs.
"That would never work." Sherry assured her, but Angelica started to laugh, feeling where Lucy was tickling her.
"Angelica?!" Sherry asked worried for the rat as her tail stop twisting on its own stop on dime as the teal-colored rat laughed even more in midair as Sherry warned, "What are you doing?! If you stop your tail…!"
And the rat went plummeting to the ground. Sherry screamed, but Lucy smiled proud of her quick thinking.
"I did it!"
But all quick thinking must end as she realized exclaiming, "Wahh! I am falling too!" As Lucy, Sherry, and Angelica fell into the forest, a sweat dropped down the back of Natsu's head as he and Lisanna watched. They will take that back, that was stupid.
"That's going to tick them out." Yuka commented eyes narrowed.
"I'm not ticked off!" Toby exclaimed looking at Yuka.
"Not you." Yuka added.
"Is she okay?" Lisanna asked considered.
"Hopefully it didn't crush her." Natsu added.
"She'd be dead if it did." Happy said sighing. With his white angelic wings out, he added floating in the air, "I'm going to check!"
"Me too, we'll leave these guys to you," Shiro said, acting her wings and following Happy.
"Right! Thanks!" The four wizards said towards Happy as he flew away to see if Lucy was all right.
As they watched Happy and Shiro leave, Natsu, Setsuko, Aspen, and Lisanna turned their attentions to Toby and Yuka.
(Cue Fist of Flame— Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
"Meanwhile, we'll take care of business here!" They decided at once, their eyes on the two wizards.
Lisanna and Aspen leapt at Toby with the bog man looked shocked, as Lisanna delivered a head-butt to his face as Natsu followed her as Toby went flying and crashing to the ground as Natsu turned to the other.
"Now with him for Lisanna and Aspen to deal with, you're mine!" he stated to the large eyebrow wizard, sending out a stream of flames at him from his mouth. Setsuko also let a stream of ice from her mouth, the two spells colliding into a singular attack. Natsu skidded to a halt facing the wizard, to see the damage his Fire Dragon Roar and Ice Dragon Roar did, but the flames were gone as it revealed he was perfectly fine. With his left hand out, a green-blue barrier surrounded him as it faded away when he placed his hand down.
"Such ferocious flames. Ice magic rivaling the Cold Emperor," he commented, "Are you the Fairy Tail Salamander I heard some much about? And that girl with the white hair, Fairy Tail's Wild's Soul, right. And you, you are like him, are you not?"
Natsu frowned, eyes sharp at the blue haired wizard as he looked to see Lisanna watching that Toby started to rise from the ground. He seemed perfectly fine as both Natsu, Setsuko, Aspen, and Lisanna stood back-to-back facing him and Yuka. The dog man wizard had his right hand to his head and his left to his stomach.
"Who are you guys anyway?" Lisanna asked, her Tigress claws to her side and her tail moving on its own.
"We once belong to a renowned wizard guild, too." Yuka answered calmly, "This won't be as easy as you two might think." Toby smiled a silly grin and Yuka added coolly, "Does the Lamia Scale wizard guild a bell?"
"I know that guild, it's that…?" Lisanna asked but Yuka interrupted her with his reply, "Yes, the guild Rock Iron Jura belongs."
"I heard from our master about three wizards who went up and left the guild for some odd reason. Even their former master was confused." Lisanna added. 'These guys must be the ones…'
"Guys, get out of the way..." Natsu asked holding his two arms up. Lisanna understood, grabbing Setsuko and Aspen by the collars, and leaping into the air, but looks down as Natsu lets out flames from his hands, the orange fire hitting both Yuka and Toby at the same time. Yuka held out another barrier to protect his body once the flames and his barrier died down.
"D-Don't you have manners to listen until someone is done talking?!" he stammered, his left hand still up.
Lisanna landed back to Natsu, letting go of Aspen and Setsuko before looking at Yuka.
"My friend's isn't a patient person. You are lucky for that, but…"she added along with Natsu, "I don't care." while facing Yuka with narrowed angry eyes while Toby's head was caught on fire.
"I don't care what guild you're from or who you're partnered with." Natsu stated.
"You're going after our client and interfering with our work." Lisanna finished looking at Toby.
"You attempted to kill the villagers and us along with them, for all we care, you are our enemy," Setsuko said, pointing her katana at Yuka.
"We won't let you hurt these villagers, got it?" Aspen, her weather-staff in hand.
After the flames on Toby's head went out, the four wizards spoke again in unison, the seriousness in their eyes.
"You're an enemy of Fairy Tail. In other words, that's more than enough reason to fight."
Yuka scoffed in annoyance and ordered to the dog man wizard. "Toby, deal with Wild's Soul and the other girl, I'll take care of Salamander and the Ice wizard on my own."
Toby growled in response as Lisanna and Aspen stood behind Natsu and Setsuko, her back still facing his.
"Good luck."
"The same to you." replied the pink haired Dragon Slayer they each faced their opponents.
"Toby huh, that's a really interesting name." Lisanna commented hold her paws up to fight, "Let's see what you do." and proceed fighting with him in a hand-to-hand combat battle.
"If you really are from Lamia Scale, I expect a good fight," Aspen said, running to help Lisanna. In the meantime, Natsu kept his eyes on Yuka.
With his outstretched fingers joined and his thumb pointing upwards.
"Wave!" Yuka called out as green-blue magic energy emitted from his hand and fired a large mass of energy (That he referred to as Wave) as it headed towards Natsu and Setsuko.
"I'll destroy that stupid thing!" Natsu said, his hands igniting with flames until he gasped and the Dragon Slayers were hit with an intense impact that sent them flying off their feet as Yuka added smiling.
"Oh? I'm impressed you recognized its properties." While Natsu and Setsuko lay on thier front facing the blue haired wizard.
Firing another Fire and Ice Dragon roars from their mouth, Yuka countered with a flick of his wrist, "Wave!" and a green-blue barrier appeared in front of him and canceled the fire and ice attack from hitting him. With his left arm still raised in the air, he explained, "The pulses produced by my hands neutralized every manner magic. In short, its magic impenetrable by magic," while Natsu and Setsuko grunted, wiping the blood from his face and Setsuko did as well, her sleeve stained with blood.
"So that's why it felt like our magic couldn't block his attack!" Natsu realized staring at the Wave wizard with his hands spread out.
"I specialized in anti-wizard when I was in Lamia Scale." Yuka explained both his hands now glowing with a green-blue magic circle on each of his hands, "Because all wizards are powerless before me!"
'That's right; they had someone who could nullify magic. Lamia Scales is no laughing matter to their power.' Lisanna thought, still she and Aspen fighting with Toby but keeping her eye on Natsu's battle, 'Natsu, I know you'll find a way to beat him, you just got to think.'
Yuka then fired two orbs from his hands, which they then were sent at Natsu and Setsuko like bullets. The pair quickly jumped into the air to evade the attack, shattering the ground where Natsu stood and covering the Dragon Slayers in the cloud of dust.
"You're mine!" Setsuko exclaimed, dashing towards Yuka with her katana. Yuka fired more Wave bullets, Setsuko taking her katana to to swing at them, the wave spells pushing her back with each swing. The next wave was fired, and Setsuko used as much strength she could to slice at the wave, the anti-magic splitting apart and crashing down. That took Yuka by surprised, but the blade Setsuko was using just cut it like it was nothing, given she was not using magic.
"Natsu!" Setsuko called, having the Fire Dragon Slayer
"Right!" Natsu exclaimed, finally leaping towards Yuka with his right fist wrapped in flames.
"Wave!" Yuka countered with his left hand up as a blue dome of Wave magic formed around him like a bubble as Natsu's fist collided with the bubble of Wave magic, the flames he emitted were gone. Yuka narrowed his eyes and frowned at the Dragon Slayer's wasted effort to defeat him, "I already told you; my waves nullify magic."
"That's no big deal, then!" Natsu replied, teeth bared his left fist up to punch the bubble, "I just won't use magic!" Taking his right fist from the bubble and replaced it with his left fist, this time going through the bubble like a glove, "See! I broke through!" he added pointing it out to the Wave wizard. But then the energy of the wave magic was hurting his arm as he screamed in pain.
"Natsu!" Setsuko exclaimed, holding her hand out to the Fire Dragon Slayer.
"Plunging your hand into a vortex of energy is truly reckless. It's going to blow off." Yuka said, his eyes still narrowed at the screaming Dragon Slayer,
But Natsu was not going down without a fight just because of the burning pain of the wave magic, as he shoved his head and torso through the wave bubble still screaming in pain. This caught Lisanna, Aspen, and Toby's attention as the three look to Natsu's, Setsuko's, and Yuka's battle while still slashing (on Lisanna's part), punching, and kicking one another.
"Wha…?!" Toby responded bewildered, "He's sticking his whole body inside!"
"That's Natsu, he's reckless but that's how he fights!" Lisanna exclaimed back to Toby, still attacking him while dodging his punches.
"Maybe magic can't break through your wall, but brute strength can!" Natsu smiled triumphal looking at the blue haired wizard.
"This guy's crazy!" Toby screamed, getting his attention off Lisanna and onto Natsu and Yuka for Lisanna to land a slash at his face pushing him back. Lisanna smirked as Toby recovered from her counterattack.
"That's my friend you're talking about. Only our guild and I can say that."
Back with Natsu and Yuka, the blue haired wizard smiled at the Dragon Slayer and asked cockily, "But what are you planning to do now, Salamander? You cannot use magic inside the wave!"
"No," Natsu replied, his big smile on his face despite how the wave wizard was making him look like all white out, "But I can use outside! Thanks for the advice!" as a red-orange magic circle appeared on his elbow with flames ignited it as Natsu called out, "Fire Dragon…" and a powerful rush of flames appeared from his elbow, stretching away from Natsu while Yuka looked shocked at this.
"You're using your magic as a booster to increase your fist's strength?!"
"Flame Elbow!" exclaimed Natsu, forwarding his elbow into Yuka's face, canceling the magic canceller, and sending him flying before crashing down to the ground with a thud. His face was blank with shock, to be defeated like this? He was a magic canceller; how could one boy outmatch him?
Natsu stood with his fist up with pride, a smile on his face. "That's one down!" Natsu confirmed to himself looking to Lisanna who was still fighting Toby.
With Wild's Soul and Aspen, Lisanna continued her fight with Toby, the three wizards stepped back panting slightly as Toby smiled at the Takeover wizard.
"I must admit your friend is a strong wizard." Lisanna smiled still panting; "Now I'm going to show you why I earned the nickname."
"No why, I'm much stronger than Yuka!" Toby replied smiling, crossing his arms together as green fingernails extended from his fingers, "Mega Jellyfish Paralyzing Nails!" he called still smiling, "There's a special secret to these nails!"
"Poison?" Lisanna and Aspen asked at once. The dog man wizard reacted with a loud exclaim.
"Gahh! How would do you know?" Eyebrows narrowed while holding up his left hand, "Y-You one hell of a wizard…"
'This is a Lamia Scale wizard…?' she thought puzzled, seeing how he reacted to her obvious guess. She frowned, taking her paw, and placing the pads to her face, "Oh man, you are a moron."
"Don't call me a moron, kitty cat!" Toby screamed leaping foreword to Lisanna and Aspen to slash her with his elongated fingernails which quickly dodged with a quick response of:
"Whoa!"
Lisanna and Aspen maneuvered her body from the swing of his fingernails again from his left hand.
"One scratch from these and you're paralyzed!" he cried out as he added while swinging his right arm at her while she dodged, "All you can do is wait for death!"
"Wait, hold on!" Lisanna called to the dog man wizard, stopping to place her paw to her head and ears, "You got something right here."
Toby took his right hand to his head forgetting that his nails would puncture his head as they did. The dog man wizard was electrocuted from the effects of his nails as screamed. The many bolts of electricity surged through his body as he stopped moving. He then fell backwards to the ground saying weakly, "Oh that feels so nice…"
Lisanna sighed, her body then glows a gold color before exiting her Tigress Takeover, "He's really a moron."
Natsu came up to his friend and placed a hand on her shoulders. "Good job." He congratulated her.
Lisanna smiled at him and replied, "You too, risky strategy, but it works!"
"Even though we won, look what they did to the village," Setsuko pointed out.
The four looked to the defeated wizards and frowned, remembering the three kicked the grave of Bobo. The two wizards walk to the ruined grave as they each pick up a piece. It was a shame really; this was the last memory the chief had of his son and the three ruined it and the village. For their sake, they should fix it for Moka; it is for the best anyway.
"These guys are so mean." Natsu remarked with a light growl, placing the grave back together with Lisanna's help, "But the village and its people will be back to normal. I swear it!"
"I'll help the best I can, Natsu." Lisanna said before adding, "I think Lyon is back at the temple. Think you can do something about the ceremony, the moon is not out for now, but I bet it'll be out tomorrow."
"That's a good idea." Natsu replied, arms crossed, "I'll handle the temple and see what I can do. Think you can assist Lucy, Shiro, and Happy?"
Lisanna saluted, with a big smile on her face, "You can count on me!" and Natsu smiled back. The Dragon Slayer took off to the temple as Lisanna looked into the sky. She nodded, taking her arms and folding them.
"Erza should be here. I should go meet her now." she decided, before looking at Setsuko and Aspen. "If you help me round up Lucy, I'll tell Erza to not punish you,"
"Oh, so that is why you are here," Aspen realizing, her face going pain.
"If you help me, I'll tell Erza and Master to not punish you, so will you do it?" Lisanna replied.
The two wizards looked at each other. It does sound better than getting dragged into Natsu's messes this moment. Plus, it's better than nothing. Aspen and Setsuko nodded in agreement, Lisanna smiling at the pair.
"Thanks, let's go. Erza is waiting for us," she instructed, and they went off to the sea.
(Cue Demon Deliora—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)
Meanwhile in the Frozen Deliora's hidden chamber, Lyon stood in the in cave where Deliora was kept, not only standing with several hooded figures who are classified as Deliora Survivors, but another new face stood a few from him. He was a male with a red mask with white horns and an odd symbol in the forehead area was covering his face with dark green hair in the back. Like the Deliora Survivors, he wore a green robe instead of the blue ones they wore. He had a slouched stature as he spoke to Lyon with the Ice wizard's alias.
"Cold Emperor, why did you not kill the boy named Gray?" he asked, smiling at Lyon who stood there with his arms folded.
"No particular reason." Lyon admitted coolly, "You know I detest blood. "
No, no, you say that." the masked man replied shaking his head, "But yet you are exterminating the villagers. You still have sentiments for your fellow pupils.
"Nonsense," the Cold Emperor replied coldly as his name implies, "After such a crushing defeat, he won't oppose me again." He paused but added, "Still, if he attempts to interfere, I won't hesitate…"
The masked man nodded, still smiling.
"Truly?" He asked.
In another part of the island, the once flying rat Angelica not laid all beat up from the impact with scratch marks all over its fur as it laid there out cold. Neither Lucy nor Sherry wasn't near the rat as Lucy rubbed her aching head from the fall.
"Ow…" she groaned. Maybe tickled the rat wasn't one of her brightest ideas, but at least the villagers are safe. Natsu, Aspen, Setsuko, and Lisanna defeated the other two, leaving her with the hot pink haired wizard. Speaking of a hot pink haired wizard, she rose up a little and observed her surroundings.
"Huh? Where is that girl?!" She asked.
From Lucy laid on, the hot pink haired girl looks at her while she herself looked back tears flooding her eyes. She was crying, her voice shaking when she demanded the Celestial Spirit wizard.
"How dare you that, Miss!"
'Miss, that makes her a year younger than me and Lisanna… maybe a few months.' Lucy thought.
"Now the Cold Emperor's trust in me will plummet!" she added tearfully, "He won't love me anymore!"
"Love?" she repeated in shocked disgusted, this all for love? Who is this girl?
Sherry started to wipe the tears from her eyes, adding, "And there's Angelica…" before looking at the blond-haired Celestial wizard with anger and tears in her blue eyes, "You will pay for this!"
Lucy grunted before staring up to face Sherry, her own eyes crossed with anger, "Listen, I really don't care about your love for the Cold Emperor or your pet." She stared down at the girl, her eyes staying focused, "Anyone who harms innocent people is a direct enemy to me and my comrades. You got that, so bring it on! I dare you!" she added with seriousness in her voice.
Sherry retaliated to Lucy, holding her left hand up as a pink magic circle appeared from it. Lucy looked on with confusion, wondering what this girl had in store for her, but hearing something moving behind her caught her attention. She turned around and gasped as to what was facing her. What looked like a moving tree with a face on it and larger than her was now in her line of vision when Sherry cried out.
"Wood Doll!"
"The tree is alive?!" she asked in realization. How can a tree move? They're living things like her, but not like this.
Sherry screamed with angry tears as the living tree hit Lucy, causing the Celestial Spirit wizard to be sent flying backwards. But Lucy quickly recovered before taking from her belt one of her golden Zodiac keys, "Open, gate of the Golden Bull! Tauros!" she called and emerging from the blue magic circle and ground was the large bovine Spirit his trusty ax on his back.
He said once summoned, "I'm not perverted, just faithful to my lust!"
With a battle cry of "Moo!" The bull spirit charged his way to the Wood Doll Sherry made and chopped it with his ax in one swing.
Sherry gasped, "Celestial spirit magic and a Zodiac Gate Key, at that?!"
"Nice job, Taurus!" Lucy congratulated the bull spirit with her right fist in the air.
"Your body is utterly the best, Ms. Lucy!" roared Taurus with pride.
"Only someone indecent would enjoy making her celestial spirit say that." Commented Sherry arms folded.
"I didn't make him say it and I don't enjoy it!" Lucy retorted angrily, feeling offended by the hot pink-haired girl.
"Moo!" responded Taurus.
Sherry grinned confidently at the wizard and spirit, a plan forming in her head, "Still, Celestial wizards are a terrible match for me."
"Taurus, get her!" Lucy ordered the Bull Zodiac spirit who responded with, "Moo!" and ran his way to Sherry, carrying his double-bladed ax in his hands ready to strike at the hot pink haired wizard. But Taurus stopped in his tracks, still facing Sherry but nowhere near her when he left Lucy's side.
"Moo?" responded the bull spirit lowering his weapon for some reason. He turned his gaze to Lucy, making the blond-haired Celestial wizard gasp in shock. What was up with Taurus, should he have attacked Sherry by now? Why isn't he attacking her? Sherry smiled darkly; it was all over now.
Taurus then aimed his ax at Lucy, who gasped in shock that Taurus would attack her. She dodged right away, missing the ax by only a second.
"What's with you, Taurus?" Lucy asked concerned. As perverted the bull was, he would never attack her for any reason. Taurus's ax while missing her skin nicked her top as was ready to fall off as Taurus grabbed the Celestial wizard by her shoulders, shocking her even more as she was pinned to the ground.
"Taurus, what…?!" Lucy asked in shock.
"I'm sorry Miss Lucy, but I can't control myself!" replied the bull spirit apologetically to the blond-haired Celestial wizard. His normal black eyes are now glowing.
"So, you haven't figured it out yet?" Sherry asked smiling evilly, "My Doll Play magic can control any living and non-living thing that isn't a human. That includes your spirits, Miss Lucy, was it?" she added before grinning wildly, "Now Taurus dear, strip the clothes off your master!"
"It would be my pleasure!" obeyed Taurus.
"Is he really controlled?" she asked.
"I'm so sorry, Miss Lucy!" cried Taurus, grabbing hold of her top and tearing it off revealing her pink tube top as she screamed.
"Now that was entertaining." Sherry grinned.
'She's insane, is love that much to her? I must do something, or Taurus will kill me…' Lucy retorted in her thoughts.
"Close, Gate of the Golden Bull!" she called out, hoping that it would work, but nothing happened. Taurus was still here, still pinning her.
You think you can force close your spirit's gate so easily, so one-sided in fact? Both the sides, the wizard and the spirit, must agree to close the gate." Sherry laughed. With her fingers out like a true puppeteer, she continued to order Taurus to harm Lucy. The bull spirit grabbed her by her neck with his left and was ready to punch her with his right.
"Taurus, close your gate and return to the Celestial Spirit world!" she ordered, feeling the bull's grip on her tighten. He then used his right fist to grab Lucy's left arm, ready to pull right out its socket, making the Celestial spirit wizard scream out in pain.
"Is this the strength of a Fairy Tail wizard; are they really at this level of magic power?" Sherry asked astonished by the girl's control of her own spirit if it could be controlled by her so easily, "No matter, Taurus!" she ordered again, still moving her fingers, "Destroy Miss Lucy for me!"
Lucy gasped in fright; one eye closed as Taurus was ready to finish her off. No way, I cannot give up; I must break that girl's control on him… I can do this; I know I can. Natsu… Lisanna... Setsuko... Aspen... The Villagers… they all are counting me, and I ammmm not going to let them down. I need to focus.' she thought desperately.
"Tarus, remember our contract, you promised to always protect me!" snap out of it!" Lucy cried, her closed waiting for another punch from the bull.
"Moo!" taurus cried out, a member flashing before his eyes.
Lucy did not expect her travels finding gate keys would find her at a farm where the Golden Key of the Taurus would be there. It was roughly a few years since leaving home to join a guild, traveling around looking for gate keys was not easy. She remembers only a year or so ago, she had dealings with a commotion in town that she had to get out of trouble where some trouble happened at a bar.
"So, your name is Lucy, huh?" the Bull greeted as she crossed her arms, "Your body is hot, it's making me droll," hearts in his eyes, he eyed the celestial spirit wizard, doing a little dance, "Oh, look at you!"
"I never would have imagined the zodiac of the golden bull would be such a pervert," she sighed, 'Then again, Cancer is Cancer and Aquarius... well, it is living my goal with her,' she added in thought before saying aloud, "I don't know if I want go through with this,"
"Moo!" Taurus exclaimed, finally getting Lucy's attention, flexing his arms up, "There is no need to worry pretty lady. If you make a contract with me, I Do everything to protect you and your hot body too," he said, with sparkles in his eyes.
"Promise?" Lucy asked, looked up at the bull.
"Moo!" was his reply still looking at her with hearts in his eyes, "I swear!"
Taurus was still in shock, the memory of meeting Lucy was still in his mind, even with Sherry controlling him. He promised to protect her, never to hurt her. Lucy was his master, Not Sherry. He must fight it; he must protect Miss Lucy!
"You promised you would always be around to protect me, remember?!" Lucy pleaded, and Taurus was stammering, trying to break control. Taurus held his head in pain, straining on the control of Sherry's magic and his promise to Lucy.
"What do you think you are doing? Destroy her!" Sherry commanded.
"You heard what she said, we can send you back, but we must do this together! You must fight it, Taurus!" Lucy pleaded to the Bull spirit, hoping this time her words could reach him. Taurus was about to punch Lucy but his fist only hovered inches from her face. A smile was on his face, thanking the Celestial spirit wizard as he disappeared back to the Celestial spirit world, the weight he had on Lucy finally gone as she held her hands up.
"Did I… really did it… Did I close his gate…?" she asked herself curiously, "Did I really force his gate closed?"
Sherry lowered her finger and sat down from the rock, still astonished as to what had just happened. "Miss Lucy, someone like you to pull off a Forced Gate Closure. I miscalculated about you, Fairy Tail wizard." she smiled.
"That you have," Lucy said getting up to face Sherry, her two hands held up ready to fight again, "But there's something you didn't know about me, girl is that Celestial Spirit magic isn't the only magic I can use." A golden magic circle appeared under her feet as light shines around her radiating her golden blond hair, "Get ready, because this will be the first time I use this in combat, and you won't be the last to see its power. So be prepared because I am ready to give it my all!"
Too be continued in chapter fourteen: Just do whatever
Michael: I do not know why in either story I never added the anime only scene, but I did, also we are not sure when Lucy obtained Tarus, I would say months before meeting Natsu and Happy. It would be worse for Taurus' character if he were pervy to Lucy when she is sixteen, it is why you have not seen Taurus' character much, it is a different time. But now that I am almost done reconstructing this, I will make progress in both soties, so expect both stories to be updated at the same time as they are the same except with small twerks. It is once I get to leave this arc the changes will be notice since of the different protagonists, Natsu the main protagonist here and Lisanna and Sting in A Different Fairy Tail. One thing I do want to do over time is get the manga, I need to get all the Anime and manga, it is hefty expense as a fan. But keep on the lookout in the coming weeks for the revised chapter fourteen.