Chaos II


It was a warm day. Very few clouds littered the vast blue sky. The sun was high and a certain trio of Fairy Tail mages were in a wagon on their way to rescue a missing member. Lucy sat up with a smile on her face, admiring her new guild mark. Natsu leaned back in his seat. An emotionless stare directed at nothing in his eye. Happy sat on Lucy's lap, happily kicking his legs and rocking side to side as he hummed a common tune.

"Natsu? Are you okay?" Lucy asked. Natsu was oddly quiet. If they were taking a carriage ride this long, he should speak to her at least once. Natsu shot her a glare.

"Why are you even here?"

"I didn't want you to go alone. I thought maybe you could use a friend."

"Well I don't," Natsu snapped. "And you could jump out of here and crawl back to Magnolia for all I care!"

"Sorry..."

Happy had stopped humming and an awkward, thick silence filled the air. The only sound was the huffing of the horses and the creaking of the carriage as they ascended towards a higher point of the snowy, steep, dangerous Mt. Hakobe.

Why were they headed up this mountain?

Natsu saw a boy, a guild member's kid, crying to Makarov that his dad hadn't returned from a job that was supposed to last only three days in a week. Lucy didn't understand why Natsu felt the need to rescue this boy's father when he felt no emotion towards any human besides hate.

Buried in deep thought, Lucy wasn't prepared when the wagon came to a sudden halt, and let out a short, but high pitched, squeal.

"Quit your screeching, Blondie. This is as high as he'll take us."

"Sorry… again..."

The trio exited the vehicle and stared up at the snowy white area. Natsu wandered around, probably trying to find traces of where the missing member could've gone. Happy hovered above him with interest and curiosity in his eyes and Lucy sat on the frozen ground shivering.

"W-why is it so c-cold?" She hugged herself, rubbing at her freezing arms.

"Maybe you shouldn't wear such revealing clothing. Dress like a prostitute, face the consequences."

"Maybe you should've told me where we were going! I could've changed into something warmer! How are you not cold anyway?"

"I was trained in conditions worse than this. If I wasn't fit to fight in any weather or temperature, I was weak, and weak is useless."

"Not all of us are so powerful and strong that we can walk around in temperatures below zero unfazed!"

"Maybe you shouldn't have come!"

"I thought you could use some help!"

"From someone as disposable as you? You're nothing but an inconvenience."

"Well I-"

"Be quiet!" Happy shouted. "You two are arguing like an old married couple! Can we just go find that kid's dad and be done with it?"

With a growl, Natsu stalked towards the blue cat. Happy, terrified, braced himself, yet the blow never came. Instead, Natsu had walked past him towards a steep path. Lucy and Happy gave each other a skeptic glance but followed suit.

After a couple minutes of walking, Lucy summoned Horologium, a clock spirit, and rode inside of him to keep warm. Yet she stayed silent, not wanting to make Natsu any angrier than he already was.

The trio continued walking. They didn't seem to be making any progress before a monster came out of nowhere.

"What the hell is that?" The clock spirit spoke Lucy's words.

"A Vulcan," Happy answered. "It's a type of hostile monster that lives in different environments and take over human bodies to survive. Natsu says they're too weak for his time and usually ignores them." His point was proved as Natsu didn't even bother to look at the Vulcan, instead walking right past it without a second thought.

Before the Vulcan could react, it caught sight of Lucy, who was still curled up inside the clock, and immediately lost all train of thought. With a grunt of "woman!" and a perverted stare, the monster snatched up Lucy, who screamed as she was carried away.


Next she knew, Lucy was in a cave. She stayed curled up in the clock until her time ran out.

"I'm sorry, Lucy. Time is up. Take care!"

"What? No! Don't disappear on me!"

Lucy was left alone and exposed in the icy cave as the Vulcan stalked towards her. She slowly backed away, begging silently to any god willing to listen before she heard a crash and a shout and saw her savior.

"Natsu!"

"Alright, chimp. Give it up. Where's Macao?" He crossed his arms. The monkey responded with a confused grunt.

"Don't play dumb with me, you perverted ape. I know you understand me. Where is Macao?"

"Man? Oh!" The Vulcan pointed towards an opening in his cave that led to nowhere but a long fall and inevitable death.

"What, you think I'm gonna walk over there so you can push me out? Nice try. Tell me where he is, or I'll beat it out of you." The monkey angrily let out a puff of breath and turned away.

"Fine. You asked for it." Natsu stormed over towards the Vulcan. He balled his hand into a fist and ignited it in flame. Lucy gasped.

"Iron fist." He mumbled. One punch and the monster was out.

"Woah. I've never seen him use magic." Lucy said. Happy nodded.

"Wait until you see him in Chaos mode. Fire is nothing!" Before the three could walk away, the unconscious Vulcan began to glow. Soon, it formed into the shape of a man.

"Macao."

The injured man grunted and sat up slowly, letting out a hiss of pain. He opened his eyes and let out a surprised gasp.

"Chaos? What are you doing here?" Natsu frowned and walked away.

"What happened, Macao?" Happy asked.

"I'm pathetic... I took out nineteen of them..." Lucy's jaw dropped. "...but the twentieth one got me. I'm so disappointed in myself. I didn't accomplish anything but disappointing my boy. How am I supposed to face him now?"

"Don't say that! Your son was so sad that you hadn't come back that he punched the guild master right in the nose! He really misses you. Why don't we go back and see him? He needs to know you're okay." Lucy grinned and offered him help up. Macao returned her smile and grabbed her outstretched arm.

"Thank you...?"

"Lucy. I just joined." Macao nodded.

"Thank you, Lucy."

And so, the trio escorted their injured comrade back to Magnolia. They walked down the empty street until they came across a young boy crying on the sidewalk..

"Romeo!" Said boy looked up and his tears fell ever harder, but they were of joy.

"Dad!" Romeo jumped into his father's arms.

"I'm sorry, kid. I didn't finish the job. But if those boys at your school tease you again, ask them if their old man can defeat nineteen Mt. Hakobe Vulcans all by himself?" They both erupted into a fit of laughter and Natsu, Lucy, and Happy decided to take their leave.

"Thanks, Lucy! Thanks, Happy!" Said two smiled. "Thank you too, Chaos!" Natsu faltered, not expecting a thanks. But he recovered quickly and kept walking.

What a day.


This chapter was published 19/9/18.

This chapter was edited 22/5/20.

(A/N 19/9/18): Hi. Me again. Been almost a whole year since I started this fic and I completely forgot about it AGAIN until recently. But, like, I promised I wouldn't abandon this. And I really hate breaking promises... so here! I'm actually taking Creative Writing this year, so hopefully I've improved? I really don't know. I guess I'm older... so smarter? I really don't know what I'm saying... Anyway...

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