章 31: Scarlet Red
He had it. He was almost close in righting Towa's wrongs. He was just a stepping stone away from not letting Mirajane's so-called "death" be in vain. But he failed miserably. Everything seemed meaningless to him now. After he was told why he was brought into this world for a sole purpose, there was nothing left Goku could feel in his heart. He got out of his blue form and kept thinking about what Towa said...
"Just know that you have the leading role to all of this."
"Your power automatically surpasses the other Gokus from varies timelines."
"I did not expect you of all Gokus to be so sentimental with a human in this timeline. How utterly strange."
"This is farewell for now, Son Goku. I've got to meet up with my accomplices. Wouldn't want to keep them waiting."
There were so many questions Goku had that needed to get answered. What is this leading role Towa forced onto Goku? Could this role perhaps be linked as to breaking this seal to bring back her demon god grandfather? How many Gokus did she face and killed? Who are the other evil-doers that Towa aligned herself with? Goku was filled with nothing but frustration and despair that he wanted to throw everything away.
The aftermath of his petty battle gave an atmosphere around him a cold shiver. Soon, the gray clouds started to appear and rain down on him. Being outside in the rain can give anyone a cold. Goku's not one to fall to cold so easily so he lets the drips of raindrop fall on him. He didn't care. Failing so miserably is one thing, but telling someone that their lives will be protected? It was nothing but a cruel demonstration that promises weren't always meant to be fulfilled...
A few minutes after, he let out a silent cry as it plays out in the rain...
Nighttime
Goku's House, the Guest Room...
This particular guest room had a total of six beds. Three, in fact, were occupied by Erza, Natsu & Gray. And as previously stated, Happy was watching over them. Seeing how it went down, the three nappers slept through the events that occurred in Magnolia. So they were unaware of what transpired. However, one out of the three was beginning to wake up. Out of the three was the Queen of Fairies, Erza Scarlet. The moment she opened her eyes, she was about to be in for a rude awakening...
"Haahh...!" Erza stretched her arms as she yawned, "That was pleasantly a fine nap." she smacks her lips.
"Erza!" Happy was the first to greet her, "You're awake."
"Hello there, Happy." Erza greeted back, "Is it just you that watched over us in this room? Wait, where are we?"
"We're on the second floor of Goku's house. This room's the guest room."
"Really? That's good to know. Swear, Goku's house is literally like a hotel, but much better. Say, am I the only one awake?"
"Yep! Natsu & Gray are right beside you." Happy pointed to her left, "Oh, are you hungry, Erza?"
"As a matter of fact, I am."
"Great! Head downstairs for some pizza Mira made!"
"Pizza, huh? Mira's cooking is a treat. Especially when it goes in Goku's stomach. Speaking of Goku, where is he?"
"Eh? Oh, um..." Happy was freaking out a little, "Goku's, uh... Let's just say something big went down and he was the main attraction."
"I... I don't get what you're trying to say."
"While you were out cold, something terrible happened to Mira & Master..."
"Is that right? Don't be afraid to tell me, Happy. It's probably nothing big to frap over so lay it on me."
"Are you sure? You should call it anything but nothing, Erza. It affected Goku the most..."
"I insist. Now tell me everything that happened while I was sleeping in my slumber, Happy."
"Okay... Well, don't say I didn't tell you so..."
To catch Erza up to speed, Happy was about to tell the recent event of Goku's battle with Ultear. Even though he was watching over the three of them, Happy took a short little break and headed downstairs to where he saw the body count of the unconscious four and maybe perhaps dead one. Having to be curious as to what happened, Lisanna, Lucy, & Juvia told him everything and now, Happy was about to tell Erza everything they told him.
For a good twenty-four minutes, Happy explained everything and above all else, he knew what Erza's reaction would be. It was silent. Erza's eyes were tense as they were wide. Of course, she wasn't happy with what she heard. So after being told about the "death" of Mirajane, & the beat-up bodies of Makarov, Hisui, & Ultear of Crime Sorcière, she immediately headed downstairs.
"H-Hey, Erza! Wait up a minute!" Happy tries to stop Erza but the moment he touched her arm, he was blown away by her aura.
From hearing it from the blue exceed cat, Erza made her way downstairs to the main living room. She couldn't fathom from not being apart of the Ultear situation. She gritted her teeth from not only getting careless of Natsu's recklessness in the Gravity Room that dragged her and Gray in but also letting the Ultear situation fly under her nose. By the time she arrived in the main living room, she didn't expect to see her entire guild present in front of him...
"This is a surprise..." Erza said as she welcomes herself in, "Why is everyone here?"
"Erza, you're awake!" Lucy was the first to spot Erza coming.
"Mind telling me what's going on, Lucy?"
"Did Happy tell you everything that transpired between Goku & Ultear?"
"Y-Yes, he has. But not the entire guild being here."
"Right, so, I'll tell you that, then. You see, Master ordered Macao & Wakaba to bring everyone back together because the demon that Goku mentioned, whose name is Towa, can mind control people. Like how she did with Jenny Realight."
"And she did the same to Ultear, didn't she?" Erza wanted to confirm as she looks at the unconscious bodies.
"That's right. Towa had Ultear run through Mira & the three others are just beaten up. They lost a lot of blood but not as much as Mira."
"And this happened while I was snoozing...?" Erza was walking to Makarov & Mirajane while horrified.
"Yeah, but not to worry, Erza." Lisanna came in, "Aside from Mira, Goku managed to save everyone else."
"And why is the Princess of Fiore here?" Erza noticed.
"It's a long story but we don't know that ourselves. I know this is hard to take in, Erza. We're still mourning over it for six hours now."
"This happened six hours ago!?" Erza raised her voice a little.
"Y-Yeah..." Lisanna was a little spooked.
"This is hard to take in here..." Erza tries to process all this in but then thinks about Goku, "And Goku? Where is he?"
"He said he found might've found Towa because he sensed the servants who served under her." Juvia stepped in to answer this time, "And because of that, he went to go handle the situation alone."
"Why would he shoulder that burden alone?"
"It's because he blamed himself for getting Mira killed. And if I remember right, he said that he wanted to protect her from any evil so he could feel what love is..." Levy interjects.
"But he failed to uphold that," Erza adds.
"Yeah..."
"The strangest thing when he left to face Towa was that his hair was blue." Lisanna brings up.
"Blue? What are you talking about?" Erza curiously asked.
"We all know about his SSJ hair being blonde, right? Well, this time, he showed us a power we couldn't detect for some reason. And to top it off, his blue hair was styled in the same way of his SSJ form!" Lisanna explains as Juvia & Lucy shakes their head in agreement.
"Blue hair and Ki undetectable? How weird..."
"Kch... Fucking damn it!" Elfman yelled.
"W-Whoa, Elfman, calm down!" Lucy tries calming Elfman down after being scared from his scream.
"How can I when my sis got injured?" Elfman looked at Lucy, "I was away on a mission and when I turned a blind eye, Mira got ran through. God... How could a man like me be so... unmanly!?"
"There was nothing you could've done to help your older sister, Elfman," Evergreen said as she fixes his glasses.
"Evergreen... What are you saying?"
"She's saying that even if you were there, Elfman, you would've probably ended up like Mirajane." Alzack backs up Evergreen.
"What did you say? How could you say that, Alzack?" said Elfman as he clenched both his fist, "Are you saying I should've let my sister get stabbed by an ice spear?"
"No, obviously not that. I'm saying you getting angry isn't going to bring back Mira. It's not going to solve anything here. And if you didn't remember what Lucy told us, I'll refresh your memory. Ultear went toe to toe with Goku in his SSJ form."
"But that was only because she was corrupted by Towa's magic!"
"Still, Elfman. I know he said it in a harsh way but he's not wrong. Goku's enemies are from his world, remember? They don't operate magic the way we do..."
"Oh, Lu..."
"Even if it would be futile, I still would've wanted to help out in any way I can." Erza said as she was holding Mirajane's & Makarov's hand, "I feel like crap, you guys. Not being able to sense something like this go down is just aggravating..."
"Yeah... We all know, Erza. We all know..." Lucy said.
Everyone in the room started to mope with Erza until a certain Card Mage broke the silence. As she was making her way to meet up with everyone, she was carrying Wendy with her right arm. She had news to spill that may or may not help Mirajane & the three others...
"Hey, everyone!" Cana said; barging in with the unconscious Sky Dragon Slayer.
"C-Cana!?" Max ululated, "Your yelling scared all of us!"
"Sorry about that but mind my yelling, will ya guys? Look, I might have something that could heal Master & the others!"
"Wait, what, you do!?" Levy & Lucy simultaneously said.
"Hold on... Why are you carrying Wendy?" Bisca asked as she was feeding Asuka.
"Oh, her? Haha, well, um, when I was running out the door to the room that might help Mira and the others, I fell onto of Wendy and suffocated her with my breast, again..." Cana was getting Déjà vu from chapter six.
"And it's always with your breast, isn't it, boobzilla!?" Carla took shots at her.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, Carla. Like I haven't heard that a million times already..."
"Enough with the breast, Cana! You said you have something that could fix Mira, Master & the other two?" Erza brings her back to the main topic.
"Well, it's a gamble but yes, I do."
"You do? What is it, then?" Freed wondered.
"Technically I don't know how to explain it but I can show you, instead! There's this room that has a machine that could heal Mira & the others back to full strength!"
"But... How can we heal a dead person, Cana?" Max brings up.
"That's the thing, Max. I don't think Mira is dead. I know it's not right for me to bring everyone's hopes up when saying that but trust me when I say that she can get fixed!"
"But, she lost a lot of blood. If you lose tons of blood, you'll die of blood loss." Levy stated.
"Just believe me on this, you guys! Mira's alive! Her will to live is strong! She wouldn't go out to blood loss, no. Now could you guys stop depriving me with more chit-chat and follow me upstairs?"
"S-Sure..." everyone followed after Cana.
Everyone followed Cana into the room on the second floor. When they arrived behind her, they were a bit taken back with what they were seeing. They were witnessing the presence of five healing chambers. Large containers filled with specialized liquid that was more than enough to be used for Mirajane, Makarov, Hisui, & Ultear. The tanks were purposely made for Vegeta & Goku should they ever get into a near-death fight...
"And what is all of this...?" Laxus asked as he was taking a look around, "Tanks?"
"It looks like some sort of advance healing equipment. Cana, this is what you wanted to show us?" Levy inquired.
"That's right, Levy. I'm certain we can use this to heal Master, Mira, & the other two. We just need to know how to operate it."
"And this is off of your intuition, too?" Lucy wanted her to confirm.
"Yes, Lu, yes." Cana nodded, "Levy, can you figure out a way to use this?"
"Well, I can give it a try. I'm not sure how these machines work because it's like Erza said, it's more advanced than anything we've ever seen in our time age. But I'll take a look at it, anyway."
"As long as you're trying, you'll definitely find a way!" Cana encourages.
"I gotta say, Cana, who would've thought you, of all people, would have somewhat of a great idea like this? I guess sometimes laying off the booze can get your brain flowing, huh?"
"Well, that and..." Cana looks at Lucy while chugging down a barrel of ale; making Lucy stand corrected, "If I'm gonna be honest, Lu, I just want Goku to be happy."
"How so?"
"Living with Goku brought me to what it's like being in a relationship. And since no one but Mira might have that, I tend to get a little jealous..."
"You have a crush on Goku, Cana?" Lucy was flabbergasted.
"Not exactly..." Cana was in denial, "I'm just very fond of him."
"We all are." Erza came in, "He's family to us and I wasn't there when he yelled at you girls but I can see why he would. Frustration isn't some kind of emotion we can easily dial down."
"And you're right about that. Oh, and by the way, Erza, where's Goku?"
"Your guess is as good as mind. And I must say, I'm wondering why you would go this far for him? Other than to heal our family & friends, why are you putting this much effort? Are you in love with Goku?"
"Err... No... But I do feel funny whenever I'm with him..."
"Could be love, Cana." Erza teased a little.
"Erza... I don't have a crush on him. I just want my housemate to be happy with the one person that can make him happy. Extremely happy."
"That's saying a lot. (She definitely has a thing with Goku. She probably developed this during the time she first moved in.) Well, let's go grab the bodies and put them in here. Get started on how to operate it, Levy." Erza issues.
"Right..."
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