Chapter 6

Lullaby's Curse

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Magic"

Flashback

Location/ Date/ Noise

Clover

"Maki!" Master Bob of the Blue Pegasus guild approached the table that Makarovo was sitting on. "I heard you got a new member. I'm jealous; I bet she's super cute and full of life. I heard she roughed up some big shot and gave him quite the spanking."

"Oh, you mean Lucy?" Makarov asked looking away from his meal. "Yes, she did just join up. But she's gotta body that more than makes up for it."

"I wouldn't joke if I were you." Master Goldmine of the Quatro Cerberus guild told Makarov. "Having fun is one thing, but your wizards seem to go over board. The council members worried that Fairy Tail is going to destroy an entire city one day. Given your reputation, I can't say that I blame them."

"The council can blow it out their ass for all I care." Makarove said before drinking his beer. "They're just jealous can my wizards could kick their asses!"

"Master Makarov!" A bird with a hat flew into the meeting caring a letter. "A letter from miss Mirajane!" It placed the letter in Makarov's hand before it flew away.

He waved hand over the stamp and a magic seal appeared above it. From the seal, a hologram of Mira popped up. "Hi, Master. How's the conference?"

"Open your eyes, you old farts." Makarov shouted hold the letter for all to see. "This sweet piece is our drawing card, Mirajane."

"Master, you won't believe what happened. It might just be the greatest thing in the history of the guild!" Mirajane said in excitement. "Natsu, Laki, Gray and Erza have all joined forces. Of course Lucy and Happy are with them too. Isn't wonderful? They just made the strongest team in Fairy Tail. I'm sorry to bother you, but I just had to share the news with you. See you soon, master."

"Looks the council has good reason to be worried." Goldmine commented as Makarov collapsed onto the table.

'Not those four.' Makarov prayed it wasn't true. 'This can't be happening. They really could destroy an entire city. The conference ends today, so I should be back at Fairy Tail by tomorrow afternoon. Oh please, don't let anything happen between now and then!'

Kunugi Station

"What's it like out there, Lucy?" Laki asked, trying to keep Natsu from throwing up.

"They took over a train!" Lucy told her. "I understand cars and boats, but why a train? It can only go along the tracks."

"But it's got speed." Gray said from atop the mobile while unconsciously stripping. "Maybe they need to get some where real fast?"

"Why are you taking off your clothes?" Laki asked, scaring the stripper clothed. "The military's here, so they'll probably have them arrested before long, right?"

"I sure hope so..." Erza told the maker Mage before starting the vehicle again.

Oshibana

"Erza, you're going way to fast!" Gray shouted from the roof of the vehicle. "You're gonna overload the S.E. plug!"

"I can't slow down!" Erza told him. "There's no telling how many lives will be lost if Lullalby is played! We have to stop Eisenwald now, or it will be to late."

"But at this rate, you're gonna use up all your magic before the fighting even starts!" Laki told the red head from the window.

"Then I'll just have you make me a scythe and use that." Ezra responded. "Besides, I still have you three with me."

"I think there was something important I was suppose to tell you Lucy." Happy told the blonde.

"Oh, what was it?" Lucy asked.

"I can't remember. It was just important." Happy told her.

"I'm don't feel... so good." Natsu said before throwing himself out the window.

"Natsu! You're gonna fall out!" Laki shouted grabbing his legs and tried to pull him back in.

They all stopped talking when a high pitched sound coming to from the station ahead of them peirced their ears. "What is that?" Erza asked as she speed towards it.

Oshibana Station

"Please, stand back." A conductor on a megaphone told the crowd that had gathered. "The station is closed due to a freak derailing."

"Exuse me, what's going on?" Erza asked as she approached the man.

"Give me one reason why is should tell you?" He asked. That response earned him a head but, knocking him out.

One by one, she asked more conductors, only to repeat her actions before they could give her answer.

"Seems her questioning methods a little counter productive." Lucy pointed out.

"Erza's got her own way of getting things done." A near naked Gray told her, near naked until he heard Laki cracking her knuckles.

"Let's go inside." Erza told them.

"What, why is this my role?" Lucy asked, talking about Natsu.

"Give him here, Lucy. I'll take care of him." Laki said taking Natsu off her shoulder and onto her own. Once he was balanced, they ran into the station.

"A military platoon entered, but they've yet to return." Erza explained as they ran down the hall. "They must have been caught by the Eisenwald forces."

Thye turned the corner and found a scary sight. At least a hundred soldiers laid defeated, presumably by the hands of Eisenwald.

"They never stood a chance." Laki said as they countinued down the hall. Soon, they entered the main platform room.

"He-he." A voice laughed. "I knew you'd come, Fairy Tail." The group were meet with a mass of dark wizards.

"That's a lot of wizards." Lucy said scared. Next to her, Laki rested Natsu against a wall.

"Come on, Natsu." Laki shock her friend vigorously. "Wake up, we need you now."

"No good." Happy told her. "He went from a train, to a magic mobile, to Lucy. He won't get up no matter what."

"I'm not a vehicle, you stupid cat!" Lucy shouted.

"Enough!" Erza shouted. "What do you intend to do? Depending on your answer, I might have to hurt you."

"You don't get yet, do you?" Erigor asked as he jumped off the train and floated around. "What do all train stations have in common?" He landed atop a speaker pole.

"You plan to broadcast Lullaby?" Ezra asked in anger.

"Thousands have gathered around this station in a blind panic." Erigor explained. "Hell, if I turn the volume up enough, I might kill this entire town."

"Indiscriminate Mass murder!?" Erza was furious.

"Consider this a cleansing of all the fools who enjoyed their rights, never knowing that others had their rights taken away." Erigor explained as he spun around in the air. "They've turned a blind eye to our suffering. Therefor, the Reaper is ready to punish them!"

"You can't just kill these people and hope to get your rights back!" Laki shouted. "That's only gonna make thing worse!"

"Who said we wanted our rights back?" Erigor asked the purple haired girl. "All we want is the power to control our own futures!"

"It's a shame that you flies won't be able to see it!" Kageyama cried out as he use his magic to create a shadow hand that went right after Laki.

"I know that voice." Natsu sprung up and burned the shadows away before they could touch Laki. "No one messes with my friends." He then noticed the massive amount foes before him. "Huh, looks like we got a party."

"Natsu, these are the bad guys." Lucy told him.

"Exactly what he meant, Lucy." Laki explained, adjusting her glasses. "We got a party."

'The flies did exactly what I thought they'd do.' Erigor thought to himself. 'But I will not rest until 'they' hear Lullaby's melody. Only then will our revenge be complete.'

"This is Fairy Tails strongest team!" Lucy declared to the dark wizards. "Prepare yourselves!"

"I leave them to you!" Erigor told his men as he levitated into the air. "Let these clueless flies feel Eisenwald's darkness!" He vanished into the air once he was finished.

"Natsu, Gray, Laki, go after him." Erza ordered. "If you three work together, you can stop him."

"Come on, Laki." Natsu started running after the Reaper. "I beat we can take down this windbag before popsicle gets a chance!"

"What'd you say, ash breath?" Gray asked, running after Natsu.

"You heard him, Gray." Laki ran trying to catch up with the two.

"You're not getting away. I, Rayure, will stop you!" A member with a pharaoh-like hoodie shouted as black wrappings launched off his fingers and launched him over their railing.

"Hang on, I'm comin with you!" Kageyama shouted. "Pinky's gonna pay!" He sunk into the ground via shadow and followed Rayure.

Oshibana Station Hallway

"I can't believe Erza's making the three of us work together." Gray complained as he ran between Natsu and Laki. "There is no way, fire, ice and wood can work on the same team. Hell, I'm surprised you two can work well at all."

"That's because me and Laki aren't screaming perverts!" Natsu said before sticking his tongue out.

"What you say, charcoal pits?!" Gray shouted into Natsu's face. "Look, why don't you just turn around and accept your failures?"

"The hell are you talking about?" Natsu asked, slamming his face into Gray's. "You're the one who needs to turn around."

"Um, guys." Laki tried to interrupt them, but they couldn't hear her.

"I can beat up Erigor all my own! I don't need your help!" Both Gray and Natsu shouted at the same time.

"Guys." Laki said a little louder as she stopped running.

"Are you imitating me!?" Both asked as they slammed their heads into each other once more.

"Guys!" Laki shouted as loud as she could.

"WHAT?" Both turned their heads to Laki. She pointed ahead of them, and they looked ahead, slamming their heads into a wall.

"Wall." Laki nonchalantly told them as she walked over. "You know, if you two weren't arguing like children, you might have actually seen it coming." She he looked over and noticed some stairs to the left. "There are three ways he could have went. Looks like we're gonna have to split up."

"Alright!" Natsu popped up to his feet and ran down the right corridor. "See later, Laki! I'm gonna turn this reaper charcoal black for messing with Fairy Tail!"

"Natsu, wait!" Laki shouted but even with Natsu Dragon Slayer senses, he couldn't hear her. "Don't die." She whispered to herself, or so she thought.

"You really do love that idiot, don't you?" Gray asked, scaring Laki.

"H-Haha, Gray." Laki said sweating profusely. "That's, that's ridiculous. You said it yourself, fire and wood can't get along."

"Then why is your face redder than Erza's hair?" Gray asked with a raised eyebrow.

Laki realized that she had lost and let out a defeated sigh. "Please don't tell him." She begged.

"Why don't you just ask him out?" Gray countered. "I hate his guts, but I at least want you to be happy."

"I'm scared." Laki told him. "I'm scared that he doesn't feel the same way about me. What if he only had feelings for her? What if he'll only ever love her?"

"That's exactly why you need to do this." Gray encouraged her. "He needs to heal from her death and your the one who has to do it. Don't get caught up on the 'what if's', or else you're gonna start thinking about the 'why didn't I's'."

His words resonated with Laki as she looked up with a smile on her face. "You're right, Gray. The minute this Lullaby thing is over, I'm gonna ask Natsu out." She started running again, this time up the stairs. "Thanks, Gray!"

"I still don't know what she sees in that idiot." Gray muttered to himself before running down his hall. "I'll figure out women later. Right now, I gotta stop Erigor from broadcasting that damn flute!" He stopped running when he noticed a speaker in the hallway. "So that's how they plan to do it. Through the speaker system. I just need to find that room and their plan is done."

Gray raced through the hall and was eventually looking at the broadcast speaker room door. With one kick, he forced the door open and found himself in an empty room. "I don't get." He looked around the room. "If he's not here, does that mean they never planned to broadcast the melody?"

His gut told him to jump so he did, barely missing the black bindings that shot into the ground where he once was. Gray looked up and saw a member of the dark guild hanging from an open ceiling panel.

"Your instincts are pretty good, kid." Rayure said, an evil smirk on his face. "I like that, it makes the fights so much more fun."

"So you really are up to something, huh?" Gray asked as Rayure moved into a seated position. "Tell me what you're planning to do and you won't get hurt."

"I'll kill anyone who gets in our way." Rayure told Gray as lowered himself to the ground. He swung his wrappings in a whip like fashion, destroying the speaker equipment. "None can escape from my urumi!"

Gray slammed his fist into his palm and channeled his magic. "Ice-Make: Shield!" He raised his hands and a flower shaped shield manifested itself, blocking the attack.

"This punk's an Ice Mage?!" Rayure asked as he retracted his urumi.

"Ice-Make: Knuckles!" Gray chanted. A magic seal appeared beneath Rayure and five frozen fists launched out of seal, knocking Rayure through the wall behind him. "This is you're last chance. Tell me what your real plan is."

"Erigor's magic sealing wind should be up by now." Rayure chuckled.

"His what?" Gray asked.

"It's a barrier to keep you idiots from leaving this station!" Rayure explained as Gray's eyes went wide in anger.

Gray grabbed the dark wizard and held him against the wall behind him. "I hate stories so just get to the point. What's the plan?!"

"We knew you pests would cause problems, so we lured you here." Rayure explained. "Originally, we were just gonna block all traffic from this station to the final stop, Clover. We wanted no interference getting to Clover station. The only way to get there is by train, unless you can fly like Erigor."

"So Lullabys heading Clover? Why?" Gray asked, loosening his grip.

"Somethin' else is going on in Clover. Think hard and maybe you'll get it." Rayure taunted Gray while letting his urumi flowed from his fingers.

Gray's eyes went wide as the urumi slithered into striking position and shot forward. Gray brought his arms up to protect his vital organs. 'Clover. That's the town the conference is going on. This was their plan all along. They're targeting the guild masters!'

"Ha!" Rayure laughed as his weapon flailed around freely "I guess your smarter than you look! Well it's too late to stop us now!" He swung his urumi at gray who barely managed to stay up. "Those old idiots won't know what hit them until Lullaby's song starts playing, and by then it'll be too late! Soon our revenge will be complete!" His rambling was stopped when Gray slammed his hand into Rayure's face.

"Listen, punk!" Gray said as ice slowly creeped of his hand onto Rayure's face. "You mess with the guild masters and you mess with all of us. They may be old geezers, but they're the closest thing to parents we got!" He moved his hand away from Rayure, who was now covered in ice. "I'll show you that Fairy Tail can be scarier than any dark guild."

'I gotta go tell Erza! Maybe she'll know what to do.' Gray told himself as he ran, leaving the statue of Rayure. He ran through the halls until he arrived back at the main station. "Erza!" He shouted, drawing the red heads attention from the member of the dark guild she was interrogating.

"Gray, what happened to Natsu and Laki?" Erza asked.

"We got bigger issues then that!" Gray told her. "This station was just a trap for us! Their real target is the guild master conference in Clover! Erigor's headed there right now to play the Lullaby and kill them all!"

"I got the general idea from this one." Erza pointed at the one on the ground. "But there's a problem, the station is trapped under a giant cyclone."

"Yeah, I just saw it." Gray said jumping from floor above. "If we force our way out, we'll be minced."

"We have to do something!" Erza shouted. "Erigor's getting closer to the conference with every second while where stuck in here." Her mind race with different ideas for escape. "Wait, I remember them talking about some one named Kage back at the bar. We have to find him, Gray. He's the one who broke Lullabys seal."

"A dispeller?" Gray asked. "He can take down the wind barrier. Let's go!" He shouted as the two left the platform.

"Karakka." Byard groaned. "Are you gonna keep hiding?"

A magic seal,appeared on the wall and Karakka slowly emerged. "Sorry, but you know how scared I can get." He said rubbing the back of his head.

"Go find Kageyama." Byard told him. "He's being targeted by the two that where just here."

"Spare me, please!" Karakka begged his comrade. "I'm not the best in a fight. I won't be able to back him up!"

"Calm down." Byard explained. "It's a simple job. So simple in fact, you could do it blindfolded if you wanted to."

Station Hallway

'Where are you, Erigor?' Laki asked herself as she ran down the hallway. 'I just wanna get this over with. Then I can finally ask Natsu out.' "Waah!" Laki was taken out of her thoughts when she tripped over something.

"Watch where you're going!" She heard from the floor. Laki opened her eyes and saw a fat face with green hair sticking out of the ground. Her eyes twinkled as she recognized the man from the station platform. Unfortunately, the man recognized her as well. "Oh, crap! A Fairy!" Karakka sunk his head back into the ground in fear, leaving only a shadow as he moved.

Laki's eyes tracked the fast moving shadow with extreme difficulty. Slowly, she placed her hands in her maker stance. Once his shadow was on the wall, she charged her magic.

"Wood-Make: Violent Approach!" She shouted as a seal appeared in front of her and a spike ball launched out of it. The ball crashed into the wall, crushing the area where the shadow was. Unfortunately, Karakka had moved out of the way and his shadow raced towards her before his arm raised out of the ground and punched Laki's face.

"Damn! That hurt!" Laki said rubbing her face. She didn't get much time to rest as the shadow raced past her again and again, delivering punches to her face, torso, and legs. 'How can some so big move so fast?' Laki asked as her right shirt sleeve was ripped off. 'It's like trying to fight that mole Everlue again, only this time I don't have Lucy and Happy with me.'

Karakka launched himself out of the ground and forced Laki to the ground. Laki squirmed under his girth, as Karakka held her down by her arms. "Relax, soon it'll be over." He told her pressing his gut onto her face, trying to smother her. "Just breathe."

"Get off me!" Laki shouted as her legs flailed around. Realizing that her leg were free, she calmed down and raised her knee, hitting him right in the jewels. He let go of her arms to cup his wounded treasure, letting Laki caught her breathe before placing her hands together. "Wood-Make: Harvester of Souls!"

She swung her scythe and slammed the pole into his body. But his width was to much for the wood and it snapped. Karakka recovered from the blow and sank back into the ground. His shadow was traveling slower than before, but it was still fast.

Laki dodge blow after blow, but some still managed to hit her. 'I've got no choice. I have to use 'that'.' She stopped dodging and closed her eyes, focusing her magic. The shadow traveled around the room, from the ceiling to the wall to the floor. Laki snapped her eyes open, now showing eyes similar to Natsu.

With her new eyes, Laki could easily track Karakka's movements along the buildings interior. She slammed her hands to the ground and created a magic seal. "Wood-Make: Protecter of Home and Heart!" (A/N: My name for her Wood Wall spell.) A pointed wood slab, like the kind you'd see as a fence post, jutted out of the wall, hitting Karakka and forcing him out of the wall. With him now it's the air, Laki smirked as she brought her hand together one last time. "Wood-Make: Violent Approach!" A spiked ball shot out and collided with the dark wizard, sending him crashing into the wall behind him. The dust settled, revealing an unconscious Karakka stuck in the wall behind the spike ball.

Her magic used up, Laki fell to a knee. She panted heavily as footsteps came closer and closer to her. Laki willed herself to her feet and and channeled what little magic she had left.

"Laki!" Said girl recognized the voice and let out a sigh of relief. Erza and Gray turned the corner and ran over to Laki. "You okay, Laki?" Erza asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Laki said, panting. "You guys find Erigor?"

"No, he tricked us." Erza explaind everything: the wind wall trapping the station, Erigor's plan to kill all the guild masters in Clover, and how they need to find this Kage to dispel the wall. "Hey Laki, what's up with your eyes?"

"What are you talking about, Erza?" Laki asked, looking away. "Nothing's wrong with them."

"Then let me see them." Erza told her. Before she could look at them, the entire building shock fiercely. "What was that?"

"I bet it was coal breath." Gray told them. "Come on, it was close." He started running down the hallway towards the explosion.

"We'll talk later." Erza said as she and Laki started racing down the hallway to keep up with Gray.

The group rounded a corner and found a hole in the wall where a door once was. "Natsu! Are you okay?" Erza asked. "Have you found someone by the name of Kage? We need to dispel a massive wind barrier that's trapping the station."

"Wait, does this guy have like a black ponytail and a white trench coat?" Natsu asked worried.

Erza raised an eyebrow. 'How does he know that?' She looked over his shoulder and nearly throttled Natsu. Leaning against the blacked wall was the man they needed to get out, unconscious with a fist print on his face. "You idiot! He was our one chance to get out of here!"

"Laki, help!" Natsu begged only to have Laki step back from Erza. "Come on, Erza. It's not my fault. How was I suppose to know?" His pleas fell on deaf ears as Erza was cloaked in red aura.

"Hey, guys! What's ... going on?" Lucy slowed her run as she looked into the room. Natsu was pinned against the wall and Erza flinging swords around his frame. "Did we come at a bad time?"

Clover Canyon

"Clover..." Erigor muttered as he stared out at the chasms formations. "I'm so close, I can almost smell those old booze bags. What's more, the magic I used on that wind barrier is almost replenished." A dark smile graced his face. "I should speed up. After all, it's rude to keep the crowd waiting for the concerts start." A purple glow launched him into the air. "They took our rights and now it's time for them to pay. The Reapers cleansing is nigh!"

Oshibana Station Main Entrance

"What?" Natsu asked in anger. "Erigor's gonna kill Makarov and the other masters!? We gotta stop him!"

"Easier said than done." Erza pointed Kage, who they had taken with them and treated because Natsu almost killed him. "If you hadn't knocked this one out, he could have dispelled this barrier for us."

"I said I was sorry!" Natsu shouted back as he charged the wall with a flaming hand, only to be pushed back by the force of his attack, landing on his face.

"Natsu!" Laki rushed to her downed friend as Gray explained to Lucy that he already tried to freeze the wall and nothing happened. "We have do something! We can't just sit here!" Instantly, Natsu was up and tried to break through again, only to have the same thing happen again and again.

"Natsu, stop!" Lucy shouted before she and Laki pulled him away from the tornado. Natsu stared at Lucy before throwing them both off.

"I got it!" Natsu declared as he grabbed Lucy's shoulders. "We'll use your spirits!" Lucy just stared at him in shock. "I went through the spirit world back at Everlue's mansion, remember?!"

"He's right, I totally forgot about that." Laki added. "It worth a try."

"No, it's not!" Lucy shouted. "First of all, people can't breathe in that world so we would suffocate there. Secondly, spirit keys can only open gates where the wizard is standing." She noticed Natsu's confused face and decided to explain more simply. "Even if we could pass through the spirit world, we'd need another Celestial wizard outside the station to open the gate, understand?"

"That's totally confusing." Natsu said. "Just do it already!"

"I told you I can't!" Lucy shouted. "Humans entering the spirit world is a major contract breach! We got lucky that you used Everlue's key, not mine."

"Wait, Everlue's key?" Happy suddenly had an epiphany. "That's it! That's what I was trying to tell you, Lucy!" He flipped his pack around and pulled out a golden spirit key.

"How'd you get your paws on Virgo's key!?" Lucy shouted.

"Bad Happy." Laki said, grabbing the cats lips. "You've been stealing again, haven't you?"

"No, I didn't." Happy muttered through his crushed lips. "Virgo told me since Everlue went to jail, his contract was canceled. She asked me to give her key to Lucy, I swear."

"We're wasting our time with this." Gray told them. "How is a little key gonna helps out of this mess?"

"Look, thanks for letting me know, but I'll take of the contract later." Lucy told the cat.

"Wait, that's right!" Laki pounded her fist into her palm. "Didn't Virgo tunnel around that place? Can't we use her to make a tunnel under this wind barrier?"

"She what?" Ezra asked.

"Is that true!?" Gray shouted at Laki.

"That's right, I forgot about that!" Lucy shouted before taking the cat into her arms. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, Happy! When we get back from this, I'll buy you the biggest fish I can!"

"Deal!" Happy shouted as he tossed the key to Lucy.

"Here we go." Lucy told everyone as she held the key out in front of her. "I call upon the in the world of the Celestial Spirits. I beckon you to my side at once, pass through the gate!" Lucy held the key to the ground as a blue seal appeared before her. "Open, Gate of the Maiden - Virgo!" Something shot out of the seal, kicking up large amounts of dust. As the dust settle, the thing was revealed to be a small, pink haired girl in a maids uniform plus chains on her wrists.

Lucy stared at the girl, obviously expecting the giant maid from before. "Uhh, who are you?"

"Lucy, are you sure you did that ritual right?" Laki asked with an eyebrow raised. "Cause this girl looks nothing the one we fought at Everlue's place."

"Allow me to explain." Virgo told the two females. "I'm a loyal spirit who believes in pleasing her wizard. Because of that, I take on what ever form I think my key holder would find most appealing."

"You looked a lot more stronger and compelling before." Natsu added staring at the spirit.

"Really?" Virgo asked, thinking that Natsu was her wizard. "In that case." She glowed briefly before returning to her form she had with Everlue, scaring everyone around her. "I can switch back if you like."

"Don't listen to that pyro!" Lucy shouted at the now massive spirit. "I'm your wizard, and I prefer the other form than this one!"

"As you wish." Virgo said as she returned to her previous form.

"Look, we don't have time to work out the contract. Can we do it later?" Lucy asked.

"If you wish it, Mistress." Virgo told her while eyeing Lucy's whip.

"And one more thing, stop calling me mistress." Lucy huffed.

"Would you prefer the title of queen?" Virgo asked.

"Yeah, that's not that much better." Lucy told her.

"What about princess?" Virgo asked with a new suggestion.

"Oh, yeah, that's more like it." Lucy agreed as the others just looked on in disbelief.

"Lucy, if you're done fooling around, can you please have her dig our way out of here?" Laki asked as serious as she could.

"Of course, how rude of me." Virgo said as she jumped into the air before she landed and began tunneling her way through the dirt.

"Damn, that's impressive." Gray said as he watch the hole get dug. "Alright guys, let's get out of here and save gramps!" He looked over to see Nastu sling Kageyama over his arms. "What are you doing, Natsu?"

"I can't just leave him here when I'm the one who caused his injuries." Natsu said as he walked past Gray and jumped into the hole.

Outside the Wind Wall

"Looks like we made it!" Gray shouted as he stared at the cyclone covering the station.

"This wind is crazy!" Lucy shouted as she tried to maneuver around.

"Princess! Your underwear is almost showing!" Virgo held down Lucy's skirt, not caring that her own skirt was being kicked up by the wind, flashing Gray.

"Stop looking, you perv!" Laki smacked Gray on the back of the head. "Hey, did anyone see where Natsu went to?"

"Happy's gone to." Gray noticed as he rubbed the back of his head. "What gives?"

"They must have gone ahead." Erza said as she pulled up in the magic mobile. "Happy can fly pretty fast when he wants to. They're probably trying to intercept Erigor. Come on, let's go."

The others climbed inside the vehicle while Laki slung Kageyama over her shoulder and helped him into the car, before Erza started to drive it through the streets and then onto the train tracks.

"Why did you bring me along?" Kageyama asked as they drove on the tracks over Clover Canyon.

"No one else was in town, so we're taking you to a hospital in Clover." Lucy explained from thevseat across. "Try to be a little more grateful."

"That's not it." Kageyama muttered to himself. "You plan on using me as a bargaining chip, aren't you? Well, don't bother. Erigor could care less about his men."

"If you wanna die, we can make that happen." Gray told him. "There's more to this world than just the concepts of life and death. You and your friends should try to look for the positive." The car skewed for a second, making the people inside fly around. "Erza, you okay?" Gray asked from inside.

"It's fine." Erza shouted back. 'My vision, it's getting blurry. I must have used more magic power than I thought. Natsu, you have to stop Erigor.'

"Could your ass possibly be any bigger?" Kageyama asked Lucy, having been smacked in the face by it when the car skewed.

"Sexual harassment!" Lucy shouted before turning to the purple haired girl. "Laki, kill this pervert! He called my butt big!"

"That's not perversion, Lucy." Laki answered. "That's an accident. If he willing put his face in the path of your butt, then I'd have to kill him."

"Speaking of killings, that flaming idiot must be dead by now." Kageyama said as he looked out the window. "There's no way he can breakthrough Erigor's Storm Mail, not with just fire."

"That's what makes Natsu different." Laki told him. "He always shatters any expectation set for him. He will bet Erigor and end this, I bet my life on it."

They rounded a corner on the tracks and finally caught up with Natsu and Happy. Natsu was covered in cuts and bruises and his shirt had been ripped off. Behind him, Erigor laid prone and unconscious on the tracks, covered in even more bruises. Nearby, the Lullaby laid on its side, useless and unneeded.

'No way, Erigor never loses.' Kageyama told himself as he got out of the car.

Laki jumped out of the car and tackled the pink haired wizard. "I knew you could do it, Natsu!"

"Take it easy, Laki." Natsu said hugging his arm. "He got in a few good punches, but I still beat him."

"Why are you praising a desperate win?" Gray asked the two. "He's only making Fairy Tail look bad."

"Desperate?!" Natsu asked Gray in annoyance. "Who said it was desperate, ya snow monkey!?" This sparked another round of their famous insult battles.

'Well, this Lullaby fiasco is now over. Might as well do it while I still have the nerve.' Laki looked over at Natsu, small blush on her face. "Hey, Natsu. I was wondering something. Would you like to go out with me?"

"What, like on a job?" Natsu asked, missing the 'idiot' looks the others gave him. "Sure, we'll go right after I get to beat up Erza."

"No Natsu. I meant like go out on a..." Laki muttered the last part under her breath.

"What was that, Laki?" Natsu asked, causing her to blush hard.

"Go out on a date." Laki said a little louder.

"Huh? I can't hear you." Natsu told her, making her blush even harder.

"Will you go on a-" She was inturpted Kageyama who pulled the mobile ahead. "You just totally killed the moment!"

"You careless flies." Kageyama said as he grabbed the flute as he drove by. "The Lullaby is mine now! Serves you right!" He drove down the tracks, laughing like a mad man.

"That son of a bitch!" Laki shouted at the fading car. "This is how he repays us for saving his life?!"

"Get moving!" Erza ordered. "We're going after him!"

Nightime

Clover

"There he is!" Gray pointed to a clearing ahead of them, where Kageyama was standing. In his hands was the Lullaby, and in front of him was Makarov, apparently unaware of what the flute was.

"Master!" Laki was about to run over to him when an arm extended in front her, blocking her path. She followed the arm to a man in a dress with makeup.

"You're just in time for the best part." The man explained before he turned his attention to Natsu and Gray, creeping them out. "You two sure are cute."

"Who or what is that?" Lucy asked from behind Erza and Laki.

"That's Bob, master of the Blue Pegasus guild." Erza explained.

"Erza, Laki. You two have really filled out." Bob commented

Erza noticed that Kageyama was moving the flute to his lips again, but before she could rush over, a man with a spiked collar appeared leaning on a tree. "Could you keep it down? The good part is about to begin."

"He's with Quatro Cerberus!" Lucy shouted, recognizing the man from Sorcerer Weekly.

"That's Goldmine, their master." Laki told her. She was ready to jump in and stop Kage, but Goldmine stopped her. He pointed at Makarov and then to his ears, telling them all to listen.

Makarov gave a heart filled speech to Kageyama, telling him that killing the guild masters won't change human nature. But it was also human nature that created the guilds and friendships. Without them, Kageyama wouldn't even have met his friends in Eisenwald. Touched by the masters words, Kageyama dropped the flute and surrendered.

"Master!" Laki shouted as she and the others ran up to Makarov. Erza slammed the master into her breastplate in joy, nearly killing him.

"Enough!" A voice rang out from nowhere, startling everyone. "I grow tired of you cowardly wizards and your antics!"

"Laki!" Lucy turned to the purple haired girl. "Please tell me that was you trying to be funny." Her response was a massive magic seal that appeared in the sky.

"I will devour you all myself!" Purple lightning shot out of the seal before it faded, revealing a massive wooden monster with three eyes on its head. "I will dine on your pathetic souls!"

"What is that thing?" Kageyama asked just as scared as the rest. "I didn't know it could do this!"

"Oh, my. This is bad." Bob said.

"It's a demon from the book of Zeref." Goldmine explained. "It's living magic, Zeref's specialty."

"I knew Zeref was the darkest mage in history, but I never imagined that his legacy would threaten us now." Bob added.

"Now, which soul shall I gorge on first?" Lullaby asked, leaning in before stopping at Laki. "A Wood Mage? Perfect, you will be my appetizer."

"Lucy, stay back with the masters!" Erza ordered, as she and the others charged towards the monster.

"Don't have to tell me twice!" Lucy responded.

Erza Requiped into her Heavens Wheel armor and sliced Lullabys side, making it cry out.

Gray was on the ground in his maker stance and channeled his magic. "Ice-Make: Lance!" A magic seal appeared infront of him and a dozen frozen blades attacked Lullabys torso.

"Nastu, combo time!" Laki shouted before her own seal appeared. "Wood-Make: Violent Approach!" A few spike balls rested on the ground before Natsu hit them one by one with his Iron Fist spell, igniting them and sending them crashing into Lullaby.

Angered, Lullaby prepared to use its Melody of Death, but when it to play, all that came out was a whimper. "What? Why won't my song of death play?" Realizing that all the attacks ruined it's acoustic effect, Lullaby became even angrier. "I will kil you all!" Lullaby declared as it fired a massive beam, only to have it blocked by Gray's magic and the resulting fires eaten by Natsu. "You, you're a monster!"

"Like you have room to talk." Natsu shouted back as he climbed up the demons arm before jumping into the air.

Lullaby raised its arm to swat Natsu, but Laki saw this and countered with her own magic. "Wood-Make: Jaws of a Submerged Monster!" A large seal appeared and from it emerged a giant wooden sharks mouth. (A/N think megaladons mouth, 9 ft tall and 11 ft wide times 2 and that's what you've got for this spell.) The mouth launched forward and ripped off the arm before it fell to the ground. "Natsu, you're good!"

"Thanks, Laki!" Natsu called out as he ignited his fists. "With the flames on my right hand, and the flames on my left. Put the two together!" He slammed his palms into each other, creating a massive fireball. "And this is what you get! Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!" He flung his spell at the demon and when it hit it created a large explosion.

As the dust and debris settled, Kageyama was in awe. "Are all the Fairy Tail wizards as strong as these four?" The dust settled, revealing the four wizards who defeated the demon.

"I don't know what or why this happened, but I think we all owe Fairy Tail one." Goldmine said with a smirk.

"Maybe but..." One master started while staring at the CRATER where the conference hall once was as others followed his eyes.

"They went overboard!" All the masters said at once.

"Ha, sorry about that." Natsu told the angry mob of masters as he and the others fleed Clover, missing that Lullbay's flute had developed cracks in its face.

I'm back in college, so updates will be few and far between.