N/N: Hello everyone! We are back again for a new week's chapter. This one is much longer (almost 4 times longer than the prologue) as I *kind-of* promised. Well, no reason to wait any longer, let's start this week's chapter!

* Disclaimer: neither duodragoon nor I own/have any affiliation with Fairy Tail; all rights belong to Hiro Mashima. Seriously, we just do this for fun. *


The New Fairy Tail

Chapter 2: Iron Fist vs The Lava Spear


It is now high noon as we see the trailer speeding down a dirt road. Our heroes, once full of excitement and determination, are now full of boredom and restlessness. Jarvan was the first to speak out, deciding that would be better than going insane. "Yo Aki, how much longer 'til we get to town? Old J-Dog is getting restless back here yo" he asked Akiko who is still driving.

"Not too much longer now," she replies "ten to fifteen minutes tops. Look we're all suffering, some more than others..." She looks over at Hikari who looks like she just drank a gallon of rotten milk. "You okay girl?" Akiko asks. "Pills... Wearing... Off... Think... I'm... Gonna... Be... Sick..." she responds. "Hey if you're gonna do it, aim outside the trailer!" Akiko yells as she opens up the window and pushes her head out.

Seeing this as a perfect opportunity, Lucio then asks "Speaking of motion sickness...How's he doing Silvia?" To which she responds, "He's still sleeping surprisingly." " That's good, as we all know he's not good with motion sickness and refuses to take the medicine" Jarvan says wanting to join in the conversation. All three of them giggle for a time.

Jarvan and Lucio whisper something to each other, then begin to nudge each other, confusing Silvia. "So Silvia... When's the wedding?" Lucio asks mischievously. Silvia immediately turns a bright red, blushing at such a question. "A wedding!? What are you guys even talking about? We're not even dating" she replies flustered. Lucio teases, "You don't have to lie, it's obvious you two are in love. I mean, you guys spend almost all of your time together and do everything." "Even still he hasn't asked me, so we're just friends and if that's the way he likes it then..." Silvia quickly replies and gives a shrug.

"That's enough you guys," Akiko shouts "we're here!" "FINALLY" Jarvan says, jumping out of the back. He immediately tumbles and lands on his face, as the trailer stops a few feet away. "You could have warned us!" Jarvan yells as he gets up. To which Akiko responds, "You're the only one that jumped out while we were still moving, baka." They all get out of the cart except Hikari, who gets carried by Duo who mumbles, "This is why I don't take the medicine; not reliable." They all go to stand in a line on the side of the cart and look into the city.

"So, this is Talaran" Duo says.

Talaran is one of the largest, most thriving merchant hubs in all of Fiore. It is full of hotels and shops who sell a wide range of items from food to jewelry. It is the perfect place for any family looking for a vacation.

After a minute of admiring the scenery Akiko breaks the silence, "Whelp, fun's over everyone! Let's break up into teams and search." "Well I'm gonna take small fry here since I'm already carrying her and she probably won't be good for a while" Duo says, pointing to Hikari who is on his shoulder and mumbling random things like "What day is it?" and "Why is the sky browns?" Duo then begins to walk down one street still carrying Hikari "Thaaaaat's a good idea. Meet back here in an hour. Now, for the other two."

As if on cue, Lucio comes sliding in on one knee with a rose in hand. He stops right in front of Akiko and proclaims, "Akiko, my love, this is the perfect opportunity. In this beautiful city with a beautiful woman like you is a dream come true would you-" Not even acknowledging Lucio, Akiko turns to Silvia and asks, "You ready to go?" Silvia nods and they head down a different street than Duo and Hikari.

Lucio walks back to Jarvan's side feeling defeated and disappointed. Jarvan tries to cheer him up by saying, "Save the best team for last right buddy?" " Yeah sure, whatever. Let's go" Lucio replies as he sulks past him down the last road.

*With Silvia and Akiko*

Silvia and Akiko are walking through the streets of Talaran...or at least trying to. They just so happened to walk past the clothing district, and Akiko, being the fashionista that she is, wanted to check out all the different styles and makes of all the wears. Only once Silvia drags her out of a shop after twenty minutes and an unconfirmed amount of purchases later would they get back on track. That is, until Akiko saw another store she wanted to check out and the whole process started over.

They were the first ones back to the cart, so they decided to sit on a bench next to their trailer. Akiko was the first to comment on their failed search, "Aww man, I can't believe we did all that searching and found nothing. This sucks; I hope the others had more luck." Silvia thought, 'Well, we only actually did searching for ten minutes; you spent the rest of the time shopping.' However, she knew it would be bad for her health if she said that out loud, so she just smiled and nodded.

"So what's the deal with you and my cousin, eh?" Akiko asks with a sly grin. Silvia turns a pink brighter than Akiko's hair, "Wh-wh-what do you mean?" To which Akiko snickers, "You know what I mean: the hanging out, the head in your lap on long trips; you guys are obviously a couple. Have you guys... made it official?"

Steam starts to come out of Silvia's ears as she replies, "What of course not! We haven't even been on an actual date yet!" "Woah woah slow your road I was only joking no need to blow a fuse hahaha!" Akiko exclaims, "When the time comes he'll confess his feelings and you'll both live happily ever after; kicking butt and holding hands." Silvia nods then says, "You still haven't told anyone, have you?" "No, not yet, only you and Hikari know. It's no big deal" Akiko says quietly. Silvia grabs her hands and locks her in an intense stare, "When you need us we'll always be here nothing will change that." Akiko smiles and hugs Silvia, "Thank you, Silvia. I needed to hear that."

As soon as they finish hugging they hear, "YO!" bellow from down the street. They turn to see Duo and Hikari walking towards them.

*An hour earlier*

Duo is walking down the street, mumbling to himself some undisclosed words. Hikari, now fully recovered and feeling too awkward to stay in the position she was in, finally speaks up "...um Duo." "Yes?" "...could you please put me down? I'm okay now." Duo stops to look down at her and awkwardly smiles, "Sorry. I forgot that I was holding you." He gently puts her down and they start walking side by side. Duo asks her, "Do you smell anything yet?" "Not yet. What about you?" "Nothing; all I can smell is dirty merchants and..."

Both of their eyes widen and begin to water. "MEAT!" They both shout and rush over to a stand and begin devouring meat. An angry salesman shouts, "Y'all better be able to pay for all of this, or else!" Hikari stops to glare at the man, while Duo manages to let out a menacing growl through the meat; however, they both throw a large sum of Jewels at him and he walks away happy. Terrified, but happy nonetheless. When Hikari is done, she realizes that Duo has wondered off somewhere. She searches throughout her part of the town, but has no luck in finding him. "Where could he have gone?" She asks herself, "I can't rely on my smell to find him either, so what now?" As she ponders this, two thugs bump into her.

Turning around, the thugs threaten her saying, "Watch where you're going witch. Don't you know who we are?" "Yeah, don't you know we're members of Seer's Disciples." They both lift up their shirts to show their guild marks. Hikari, not really paying attention and worrying about where Duo is, quickly says "Okay" and starts to walk the other way. Annoyed, one of the thugs grabs her by the wrist and yells "Don't you DARE ignore us!"

Faster than you could blink, both of them were pinned against the wall with forearms across their throats. Not knowing what happened, they look up to see two glowing red eyes looking down on them. Without looking, Hikari knew that it was definitely Duo. Duo asks in what Hikari could only describe as his intimidating voice, "So, you punks are part of Seer's Disciples, huh?" They both nod quickly. "Okay, then first things first; apologize to the young lady." "We're sorry!" They both yell in unison. "Now that that's out of the way, tell me everything about your guild or else" he demands with a displeased look on his face.

Shortly after, Duo leaves their unconscious bodies in a pile and heads towards Hikari. "Are you ready to head back? If you want, we could do some shopping." "Okay," Hikari answers "but two questions. First, how did you find me; second, where did you go?" He responds, "Well to answer your first question I have all of our scents memorized, so finding one of us is never a problem for me. Second... I saw a shop that had something that I needed to buy; don't look into." She intensely stares at him for two minutes then smiles, "Okay let's go over there; I wanna see what they got." "Okay short stack, but remember we only got like fifteen minutes before we gotta go meet the others" Duo calls out to Hikari who is running off in front of him.

*Present time*

Silvia and Akiko rush over to Duo and Hikari. After catching her breath Akiko asks, "Did you find anything?" Hikari answers, "Well, we found out that the Seer's Disciples guild hall is the abandoned building on the outskirts of town, and they are gathering in an hour for some kind of meeting. So, that would be the best time to find someone to ask about Sage's Eye."

Both Silvia and Akiko stand there dumbfounded that Hikari had all this information. Hikari quickly adds, "Duo did all the work I just remembered." Akiko, finally waking out of her dumbfounded state, says, "Well then, good job you two. Now all we need is to find our last two and head over." As she says this, both Jarvan and Lucio run past them at an alarming speed while yelling "Run!" Not too far behind, a humongous mob of angry villagers run past chasing them; no one in the group looks even remotely amused. Hikari asks " Do we even wanna-" Akiko interrupts her. "We're leaving a note; let them work out whatever they did."

*An hour later*

Jarvan and Lucio eventually lost the angry mob, and our group is now on a hill overlooking a huge black mansion. The mansion has very small windows scattered about and huge oak doors. It has a haunted aura around it that would frighten some of the bravest adults, but our group looks eager. Lucio asks, "So, do we have a plan of attack? I mean, we have no clue how many are in there or their strengths."

"You know real plans don't work out with this group so let's just do what we always do" Duo responds. Then Duo, Jarvan, and Akiko all shout, " Jump in and kick butt!" "Well those with little brains have spoken," Lucio comments "Silvia, Hikari?" "Duo did have a point; no need to waist the time or effort in making a plan if it's not going to work." Hikari responds. "Don't say I never asked. Let's get started then." Lucio says with a smirk.

Inside there are a great number of people gathered in the parlor. The inside is just as bad as the outside and the people inside are all rugged and sloppy looking. "Attention!" someone yells and all chatter stops. The voice speaks again, "Now enters our esteemed leader of Seer's Disciples, the greatest dark wizard there is; high ruler Verconis." All the people begin to clap as a guy in a trashy looking robe, holding a scepter, walks in and takes a seat.

Right as he is about to speak there is a loud boom. Everyone turns to the door then there is another loud boom. Then one more boom right before the doors fall to the floor and in jumps the Fairy Tail team.

Up front is Duo who says, "We're Fairy Tail and we're here to kick all of your asses. So you have two choices: either make this easy and line up in an orderly fashion, or make this fun and fight us. Your choice." Lucio says, "You should probably pick the first option and save yourself." Then Jarvan says, "I seriously hope you try to fight us that would make my day."

Seer's Disciples then turn to look at their leader. He slowly rises and grumbles, "Kill the kids." Seer's Disciples then begin to rush at the six. "Oh joy, they're stupid" Lucio groans. In the blink of an eye all of them separate in different directions. Instantly, chaos ensues as bodies start flying. Jarvan is in a corner knocking out a lot of enemies just by swinging his arms. The grunts try jumping on him to bring him down, but that does not work.

After he's done with his group, Jarvan stands tall and confidently says, "Like I said all we need is J -Dog! I could have taken out this whole guild by myself." Being so arrogant, he fails to notice the giant stone hands that come up behind him. They grab him and pull him into the shadows that formed behind him.

Akiko is surrounded with no way out, but she doesn't look the slightest bit concerned. One of the Seer's Disciples comments "Hehehe whatchu gonna do now girly? You're surrounded." She responds, "Are all of your weapons made of metal?" Puzzled the guy answers "Uh yeah, why?" "'Because it makes this a lot easier" she says as she raises her arm, and right above the group a cloud forms. Lightning then rains down on all the enemies around Akiko, shocking and frying them. She is now surrounded by incapacitated bodies. "Wonder if I over did it?" she ponders while looking at her nails in a bored manner.

Looking towards Hikari, Akiko hears her call out the end of her spell, "... Roar!" as the last of her enemies are sent flying. Akiko walks over to Hikari and asks, "Everything good?" Hikari holds up her hand up as she is catching her breath, "Yeah…just a lot of them, and my crowd control skills are rusty. It's usually just you, Duo, and Jarvan, but it was nice to be in on the action this time." They both begin to laugh. Just as they let their guard down, two giant stone hands grab them from behind and take them into the shadows.

In another group, all you can see is a silver light zipping through waves of enemies followed by those enemies being sent flying. If we catch up to this blur, we see it is Lucio with a stern and focused look on his face. He passes by Silvia who is besting the enemies with waves of water. They both quickly defeat their attackers and Lucio stops in front of Silvia. "Any trouble?" Silvia shakes her head and responds, "No, what about you?" Lucio comments, "No, but I am worried. It seems like something or someone has taken some of our friends; we best be on our guard." Just as he finishes his sentence, stone hands take both of them into the shadows just like the previous three.

Duo was the first to finish and had been stacking the bodies of his fallen enemies. Hands start to reach out for him, but as they try to grab him he jumps up, out of reach and comes down on them so hard that they shatter into pieces. Duo being the only one left standing in the room looks up the stairs at Verconis and shouts, "So you're the boss, huh!? You need some better henchmen. Honestly, I didn't even break a sweat."

Verconis rises up and yells in a mildly menacing voice, "They are only my shield; they do things I don't want to. If you want a real challenge…" he takes off his cloak to reveal a lava rock body with black hair and red gleaming eyes "Battle me!" As he says this, five golems holding each of Duo's teammates comes out from behind Verconis. "Are you frightened yet?" Smirking, he looks down at Duo, who seems the most uninterested he could possibly be. "Are you not worried about your friends?" He turns to see Hikari reading, Silvia knitting, Jarvan sleeping, Akiko trying to keep a bee away, and Lucio actually trying to break free.

"Why aren't you guys scared?" Verconis asks displeased, "Your lives are in my hands!" Hikari says, "No they're not." "We've seen worse" Silvia adds. "I've seen dogs more threatening than you" Akiko comments really annoyed. "HEY!" Duo yells. Verconis turns to see a fist inches from his face. The impact sends Verconis flying through the wall to the outside. Cracking his knuckles, Duo taunts, " Regardless, you said you were a good fight and you tried to kidnap my friends. Let's do this." Duo jumps through the hole he made and now stand in front of Verconis who has recovered.

"You may be strong, but no one has been strong enough to break my lava defense." Verconis says preparing for battle. "Well then tell me have you ever faced..." Duo slams his fist into his palm and his skin instantly turns to metal and his eyes turn from black to crimson red, "an Iron Dragon Slayer!?" Duo finishes. Verconis's face changes from awe to excitement. "Well, this should be fun" he grins.

They stand in silence for a minute, then they instantly disappear followed by loud booms caused from clashes. Akiko, now annoyed and bored, has had enough, "Yo Jarvan wake up." She gets no response. "Wake up." Still nothing. "WAKE UP!" This time lightning comes down and strikes both him and the golem. This wakes Jarvan and he yells, "What did you do that for!?" To which Akiko replies, "Because you're the only one that can get us out of these things. So can you do that, like, now!?" Jarvan looks around and says "Ah okay. I'll see what I can do."

A huge, brown magic circle appears under them and instantly the whole mansion starts to shake and rumble. Pictures fall off walls, lamps and pots fall and shatter. One be one each golem begins to crumble; it takes about two or three minutes for all of the golems to break. After they're free, they all run past Jarvan to the hole in the wall. Lucio is the only one to say something to Jarvan, "Good job buddy." Then he heads to the hole also. "At least someone appreciates me" he says, then notices the metal spear in the ground next to where Verconis was.

They all look out the hole to see a battle going too fast for untrained eyes to see. Duo and Verconis are going back and forth, blow for blow. The impact of each blow sending a wave that shakes everything in its radius. It is Verconis who gets the upper hand and actually makes Duo stumble back. "Ha, had you not had to fight my meat shields you may have been able to beat me, but in your current state you're no match for me." "Shut up! Doesn't matter; I'm still gonna kick your ass!" Duo yells as he thinks to himself 'But he is right. There's no way I can keep up with him. I've used up too much energy.'

Just then a huge heap of metal weapons land right next to Duo. He looks up to see the rest of the group looking at Jarvan, who was obviously the one that dropped them. "Thought you could use a snack, now show this guy the power of Fairy Tail!" Jarvan yells from the hole. Duo grins, then begins to chow down on all the weapons. Verconis, looking confused, sees this as a perfect opportunity and lunges at Duo yelling, "You think I'm just gonna let you eat and get your power back!?" Just then a bolt of lightning comes down and stops his progress, "You know it's not polite to interrupt people while they're eating." Verconis looks up to see Akiko's hand up and a grin on her face. "Why you-" Verconis says taking a step towards her.

"HEY"

Verconis turns back to Duo who is now finished with his meal. He has a silver aura around him and somehow his features have gotten more demonic. He continues, "Your fight is with me, remember?" Feeling Duo's increase in power, Verconis now looks worried. "Your power boost means nothing to me!" Verconis says as he puts his fist up, a magic circle appears right in front of his fist. Duo pulls back his fist and just like Verconis a magic circle appears right in front of his fist. "It's time I finish this!" Verconis yells as he lunges at Duo, the ground quaking under his pressure. "Fine by me!" Duo yells in response, lunging at him as the ground caves and cracks under Duo's pressure.

"LAVA'S FINAL..."

"IRON DRAGON'S..."

"SPEAR!"

"GREAT FIST!"

The impact causes a blinding explosion. When the dust settles, a regular guy, who must be Verconis, is on the ground and a beat-up, powered down Duo stands over him. "Never in my wildest dreams would I think I would be bested. You truly are a strong wizard" Verconis praises. "And don't you forget it." Duo pants exhaustedly. "Now that I've beaten you, tell me what you know about Sage's Eye."

Verconis laughs and says, "Really now that's why you guys came here…Okay. There's a mountain range not too far east from here. In those mountains is a castle; that's where the guild's base is, but be warned. There are seven people stronger than me guarding their master, and he's the strongest of them all. People call them the 8 gates of hell."

Duo looks up and asks, "You guys got that?" Hikari puts her thumb up as she writes in her note book. "Alright it's getting late. Let's head back to town, get a room, and we head east first thing tomorrow." They all turn and walk away. Verconis laughs maniacally and yells to Duo's retreating form "Have fun dying." Duo stops and glances over his shoulder, "Once you get out of jail, let's fight again. I'd love for both of us to be at 100 percent from the start." He then turns and walks away.

Duo meets up with the others in front of the mansion. He is walking between Jarvan and Lucio and sees the perfect opportunity to ask: "So, what happened in town guys?" They both groan and say, "Don't ask."

…..…..

*Somewhere not so far away*

We see inside of the mysterious castle's throne room. Instead of just the throne we see six mysterious shadows, as well as the cloaked figure and the small old man. There is a giant image in the middle of the room where we can see our heroes being watched. One of the mysterious shadows speaks up, "So, those wizards made it past Verconis, color me impressed." Another one comments, "It makes no difference, they will come here to their doom." "Won't be long now until our dreams become a reality" says the cloaked figure sitting in the throne seat. The entire group began to laugh as the castle shook relentlessly.


N/N: That is the end of this week's chapter! It was actually quite long, duodragoon is pretty proud of himself. We are both very happy with the amount of views our story is getting, so to anyone who reads the updates, thank you for showing interest in this story. As always, please do leave a review to tell us how we are doing, what you think about the story, and/or tell us which guild member card to do in next week's chapter. Finally, this week's Guild Member Information Card is…Duo!

Fairy Tail Guild Member Information Card:

Name: Duo

Age: Unconfirmed

Height: 6'0"

Gender: Male

Magic Type: Iron Dragon Slayer

Affiliation: Fairy Tail

Favorite Snack: Steak

Hobbies: Sleeping, Cooking, Secretly helps any child that he can

And that is all! So, until next time FanFiction, this is

duodragoon & SkyFlameDragon

Signing off