Earth land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Train Ride from Onibus to Kunugi Station.
June, x784.
Natsu, still feeling weak due to the moving train mustered all his strength and grabbed onto the young man's leg with both of his hands. Then, with all his available strength, he slowly pushed the young man's foot away from his face.
"Originally, I didn't care who you were." Natsu said through gritted teeth. "In fact, I still don't. Whether you're a good guy, bad guy, or just ugly, no one talks about Fairy Tail like that and gets away with it."
"Oh yeah, and what can you do about it?" The young man asked disdainfully as he put more force into the leg Natsu held.
Slowly, the young man's foot drew near to Natsu's face once again.
"Who are you, anyway?" Natsu asked through gritted teeth.
"Ha! The name's Kageyama." The young man, Kageyama, introduced himself smugly. "And a member of Eisenwald, a guild that the world will---"
*Screech~~~~~!*
Just at that moment, however, the trains emergency break was engaged, causing the rest of Kageyama's sentence to get stuck in his throat. On top of that, he lost his balance and leaned backwards. At the same time, Natsu, with Kageyama's leg still in his grasp, pushed both of his arms up with all the force he could.
"Argh! Damned Fairy Fly." Kageyama cursed as he fell backward and landed on his back.
Just as Kageyama hit the ground, however, the shadow he cast elongated in Natsu's direction. Then, just before it reached him, the shadow shot off the ground in the shape of an arm and fist.
'That's the same magic that took those goons away outside of Magnolia.' Natsu thought to himself as the shadow extended.
*Bang!*
Before he could react, Natsu was struck by the shadow hand with enough force to lift him off the floor.
"Gah!" Natsu groaned as he flew through the air.
Before Natsu landed on the floor, however, the train had finally come to a full stop. Then, as soon as he landed…
"Finally!" Natsu shouted happily. "We're not moving!"
Natsu cheered happily. But Kageyama was left confused.
"So what if we've stopped?" Kageyama asked disdainfully. "You're still gonna die today!"
"We'll see about that." Natsu said with a vicious smile on his face.
"Don't look down on me!" Kageyama shouted angrily. "[Shadow Magic: Knuckle Shadow]!"
Like before, Kageyama's shadow stretched toward Natsu. However, instead of only one fist punching at him from it, Natsu was attacked by four this time.
"Ha! Even if there are more of them, it's still the same trick." Natsu said as his hands were set ablaze. "And you'll definitely need more than that to beat me!"
After speaking, Natsu threw four extremely fast punches that intercepted all the incoming shadow fist. And with each impact, a whole was punched in one of the surfaces of the train car. With two breaking through the ceiling and one on each wall.
"Impossible!" Kageyama exclaimed in disbelief. "How could a weak fly like you match me in power?"
"Oh, I'll show you who the weakling is!" Natsu shouted as he dashed forward at Kageyama. "And I'll do much more than just match your strength. [Fire Dragon's Iron Fist]!"
This time, the intensity of the fire on Natsu's right fist skyrocketed while the flame on his left fist fizzled out. Then, Natsu's flaming uppercut landed on Kageyama's gut, sending him flying into the ceiling.
Though Kageyama's momentum was stopped completely when he slammed into the ceiling, the force was transferred to the ceiling in its entirety. As a result, a large portion of the train car's ceiling was blown away.
"Damn!" Natsu shouted in a depressed tone. "I haven't eaten Alfonzo's cooking in weeks. And if he finds out about this, he'll probably get Gramps and Mira to take away all the points I do have."
*Clatter!*
By this point, Kageyama had fallen to the floor. And next to him lay a creepy-looking, brown flute with a grinning skull at the end. However, there was a third eye in the middle of the skull's forehead. On top of that, all three eyes were glowing in an ominous purple color.
'What's up with that creepy flute.' Natsu thought to himself as he turned his attention to Kageyama, thinking of asking him to keep it a secret that he destroyed the train car.
*Rumble!*
At that moment, however, the train started up again. While Natsu's motion sickness kicked in immediately, Kageyama scrambled the grab the flute and hide it in his clothes once again.
Before the train could pick up too much speed, however, a blue blur entered through the hole in the roof of the car, grabbed Natsu, and flew away as quickly as it could.
"This isn't the end, Fairy Tail Fly!" Kageyama shouted as Natsu was carried away by Happy. "Next time we meet, I'm going to kill you!"
"Yeah right!" Natsu shouted back. "If we meet again, I'll kick your butt! Just like last time!"
With a that final exchange of words, Happy flew away with Natsu in the direction opposite the train.
Meanwhile, from the direction of Onibus, an old fashioned Magic vehicle was speeding along the train tracks toward Kunugi. This magic vehicle, however, looked nothing like a modern car. Instead, it looked like a metallic carriage that would normally be pulled by horses. Yet, there were none in front of this carriage.
Seated inside the carriage were Cana, who was once again drinking, Gray, and Lucy. Seated where the coachman would sit was Erza.
"Erza, you need to slow down!" Gray shouted in a concerned tone. "You're using up too much magic power!"
"This is nothing!" Erza shouted back in return as she glanced down at the device wrapped around her right wrist. "The only thing we need to worry about is recovering Natsu from the train."
The device wrapped around Erza's wrist is known as an SE, or Self Energy, plug. Sending her magic power into this SE plug allows Erza to increase or decrease the speed of the magic vehicle based on how much magic power she sends through it.
"I swear, Erza." Cana said before taking a swig from the bottle in her hand. "You're as stubborn as they come."
'It's my fault you were left on the train, Natsu.' Erza said to herself resolutely. 'So, it's my responsibility to get you off of it.'
Driving for a few minutes longer, the group of four spotted Natsu and Happy flying toward them. Immediately, Erza slowed the magic vehicle to a stop. A few moments later, everyone was standing on the ground in front of the magic vehicle.
"Oh man, my butt hurts." Lucy said while rubbing her butt. "I never felt like this when I rode with Alfonzo and Lici."
"Yeah, I didn't really get it back then, but Fonzie mentioned something about 'suspension,' or something like that." Cana said, taking another swig from her bottle. However, when she realized it was empty, she tossed it away with an annoyed expression on her face. "Anyway, whatever it is that Alfonzo did to his magic vehicles makes the ride so much smoother. I never have to worry about spilling my drink when I ride with them."
A moment later, Happy landed in front of the rest of the group with Natsu.
"Hey, guys." Natsu said with a smile. "I'm back."
*Clang!*
Quickly, Erza approached Natsu and pulled his head into her bosom. Unfortunately, she had forgotten that she was wearing armor, resulting in Natsu's head smashing face first into her chest plate again. Luckily, Natsu remained conscious this time. Even if he was rather shaken up.
"Thank goodness." Erza said dramatically. "I'm glad you're okay."
"Aye…" Natsu replied in a daze.
"Hey, Cana." Lucy whispered. "She's one of Alfonzo's girlfriends, like you, right?"
"Yeah, that's right." Cana said while uncorking another bottle of wine.
'Where does she keep pulling these bottles from?' Lucy wondered to herself.
"Then, why is she hugging Natsu like that?" Lucy asked curiously. "Wouldn't Alfonzo get angry?"
"Oh, I can see why you would think that." Cana replied with a giggle. "But you don't have to worry about that. Erza is like that with everyone. She worries a great deal over her friends. So, scene's like this happen a lot."
"I see." Lucy replied in a relieved tone, though she did not notice it herself.
Unfortunately, Cana did notice Lucy's tone.
"Why are you so worried about Alfonzo?" Cana asked playfully. "Don't tell me the new girl has fallen as well."
"Huh? No! Of course not!" Lucy said in a fluster. "But I don't wanna see him get cheated on either… Even if he is a playboy."
"A playboy, you say?" Cana asked with an eyebrow raised. "How can he be considered a playboy when his first girlfriend pushed him into accepting other girls? On top of that, all the girls know about the others and get along. Can a playboy say that about all his girls?"
"huh? I never thought about it like that." Lucy said in wonder.
'Great, now I'm helping him pick up other girls, too.' Cana thought to himself. 'Lici is really rubbing off on me. Actually, that sounds like fun. I'll get her to do that next time Fonzie is fucking her from the back. Hehe.'
*Bang!*
"He was from Eisenwald and you let him get away?" Erza asked angrily after punching Natsu in the head. "We already discussed that was the guild we were chasing after!"
"What are you talking about, Erza?" Natsu asked while rubbing the spot where Erza punched him. "This is the first time I'm hearing about this."
"Maybe if you paid attention when people were talking to you, you would have known about this." Erza scolded.
"She completely forgot that she knocked him out on the train ride to Onibus, didn't she." Lucy asked in a dry tone.
"Yup, she sure did." Gray replied.
"Doesn't surprise me." Cana added before taking a swig from her bottle. "*Burp*"
"That's Erza for ya!" Happy said cheerfully.
Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Kunugi.
"Get everyone and everything off the train!" A tall man with long white hair that covered the right side of his face and tattoos that covered most of his shirtless upper body and carrying a large scythe shouted after the train Natsu was on earlier arrived at Kunugi station.
"Yes, Sir!" The wizards who accompanied the white haired man shouted in reply.
One thing that the white-haired man and all the others had in common, however, was the emblem representing the Eisenwald guild was visible somewhere on their bodies.
For the next twenty minutes or so, the members of Eisenwald rushed through the train and forcefully removed everyone from inside, killing everyone who resisted.
"Hey, Erigor." Kageyama said while approaching the white-haired man. "I finally unsealed it."
The white-haired man, Erigor the Reaper, turned around after hearing his name called. When he saw Kageyama and remembered the words he just heard, Erigor smiled in satisfaction.
"Good work, Kageyama." Erigor praised. "I don't know how you did it, but you somehow managed to make your [Shadow Magic] dispel barriers and seals."
"I don't know how either." Kageyama replied. "It just kinda comes naturally to me."
After turning in Kageyama's direction, Erigor finally noticed the damaged train car.
"Kageyama, what happened to that train car?" Erigor asked curiously.
"Oh, that?" Kageyama asked, looking back at the car where he had his brief fight with Natsu. "I ran into one of those Fairy Tail Flies."
Kageyama then went on to tell Erigor about his encounter with Natsu.
*Shing!*
However, as soon as he mentioned the fac that Natsu mostly saw the flute, Erigor snapped and swung his scythe at Kageyama. Luckily, Kageyama was able to dodge back just enough to not be cut, falling on his backside. At the same time, the blade of the scythe pierced into the ground between Kageyama's legs, inches away from his family jewels.
"He saw the flute and you let him live?" Erigor asked angrily.
"It's not like he knew what the flute was." Kageyama said, defending himself. "And even if he did, there's nothing he or the rest of the flies could do to stop our plan."
Meanwhile, Cana, Gray, Erza, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy were back in the magic vehicle, with Erza driving and Natsu feeling like he would die any moment. Like Kageyama, Natsu had also described his encounter with the dark wizard, mentioning the creepy flute that he saw as well. Surprisingly, Lucy actually knew about the flute that Natsu described, quickly identifying it as Lullaby.
After naming the flute, Lucy briefly explained what she knew about it through books. And according to Lucy, a song played with that flute released a type of [Death Magic] that would lull anyone who heard it into an eternal sleep.
After hearing that, Erza drove even more recklessly to catch up to the members of Eisenwald.
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Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Oshibana.
June, x784.
By the time Cana, Gray, Erza, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy arrived at the train's next stop, Kunugi, they heard the town's folk talking about some mad men who took over the train and left without letting anyone board. On top of that, they kicked everyone else off the train.
So, instead of stopping, they continued driving toward the next stop in Oshibana . By the time they arrived, not only had Eisenwald taken over the train station, but apparently an army platoon, consisting of fifty troops stormed station before they arrived. Though, they are yet to return.
Currently, the Fairy Tail wizards were running, while Happy flew while carrying the still sick Natsu, through the station's entrance. And as they did, they saw the bodies of the countries soldiers strewn around, some with missing limbs, laying in pools of their own blood.
"This is terrible." Lucy said in a dejected tone.
"Indeed." Erza said through gritted teeth. "Only a Dark Guild would do something like this."
"So, what's the plan." Gray asked.
"If I know Erza as well as I think I do." Cana said, surprisingly, there was no alcohol in her hands. "Then, we'll go at them with full force until they either give up or unconscious."
"You do know me well, Cana." Erza replied.
"Yeah, I don't even know why I asked." Gray said.
'Seriously, that's considered a plan?' Lucy asked herself while giving the other three an unsure gaze.
Before long, the group found themselves in a large open area. All the empty ticket counters were lining the walls. There were signs that pointed toward the different platforms scattered around the hall, as well.
Standing opposite the wizards of Fairy Tail was a group of wizards, the members of Eisenwald. Standing at the forefront was Erigor with his scythe leaning on his shoulder.
"Well, well, well… If it isn't the Fairy Tail flies." Erigor said in a mocking tone. "I was really hoping there would be more of you. Putting more of you Magic Council lackeys to sleep at once would have been spectacular."
"I take it you're Erigor, correct?" Erza said, taking a step forward. "What are you planning?"
"I'll give you a hint." Erigor said with a confident smirk on his face.
The wind picked up around Erigor as he began to float into the air. A few moments later, he was next to a cluster of four speakers that were hanging from the ceiling.
"What's something that all train stations have?" Erigor asked in a teasing tone.
"A broadcast system…" Lucy muttered. Then, she raised her voice. "You're gonna play Lullaby's song over the station's broadcast system!?"
"That's right!" Erigor said with a manic expression on his face.
"Why would you do this?" Erza asked, clearly angered by the revelation.
"To give a wake up call to the brainless lambs who have given up their freedom." Erigor said explaining Eisenwald's goal.
"[Card Magic: Thunderbolt's Fate]." Cana chanted, interrupting Erigor's explanation.
A moment later, from the five cards in her hand, several powerful lightning bolts shot forward at Erigor, who dodged away effortlessly, and the rest of Eisenwald. Unfortunately, many of the members standing up front were not as agile as their ace, resulting in many laying on the ground and twitching with foam coming out of their mouths and their eyes rolled back in their sockets.
"Blah, blah, blah." Cana said disinterestedly. "Let me guess what you're gonna say next. The people are unaware of how the Magic Council takes away the rights of the wizards so they need to be punished. Or some dumb shit like that, right?"
"Are you mocking our goal?" Erigor asked through gritted teeth.
"No shit." Cana replied disdainfully. "Oh, boo hoo. The Magic Council told us we can't kill people for money anymore. Now we're gonna kill everyone for our rights. Please, you're worse than children."
"You Bitch! How dare you mock our ambitions!" A member of Eisenwald shouted as he raised his hand to fire a spell at Cana.
"[Card Magic: Random Throwing]." Cana said as she reached into the two card pouches on her waist.
A moment later, far faster than the dark wizard could fire his spell, several throwing star-like cards sank into his flesh. All in non-lethal areas, of course. Still, one was dangerously close to turning him into a eunuch.
"Now, now, now… That's not how you should speak to a lady." Cana said, flicking her hair out of her face as she spoke.
"What are you fools waiting for?" Erigor barked angrily. "Kill those Fairy Tail flies. I'll go set up Lullaby."
With that said, Erigor blended in with the wind and disappeared from the hall.
"You heard the man." Kageyama said with a malicious smile on his face. "Let's go, It's time to swat some flies. But the pink-haired one is mine."
At that moment, Natsu finally seemed to get over his motion sickness. And after hearing Kageyama's voice, he looked in that direction. Seeing the crowd of dark wizards, Natsu smiled with battle intent radiating from every fiber of his being.
"Wow, it looks like we're gonna have a party." Natsu said excitedly. "Now, I'm all fired up!"
"What are you talking about, Natsu?" Lucy asked. "We're about to fight an entire guild."
"Yeah, like I said, a party." Natsu said.
"Gray, Natsu, go after Erigor. "We can't let him play Lullaby's song over the speaker system. If the volume is loud enough, he could wipe out the entire town."
"Are you telling me to go with that fire breather?" Gray asked in a discontent tone.
"Yeah, I could take him alone." Natsu said in atone of complaint as well.
"What was that" Erza asked in an angry tone.
"Aye!" Gray and Natsu said simultaneously before turning around and running into one of the nearby corridors.
"You're not getting away." Kageyama said as he sunk into his shadow.
From there, things went a lot like they did in the canon. Though, Erza's magic power was not as exhausted with Cana's assistance in fighting Eisenwald. Gray defeated another wizard in the broadcast room and was told that Eisenwald's true aim was to play Lullaby's song in Clover, the next and final stop on the train line. More specifically, at the guild Master's meeting.
Angered that Makarov was being targeted with the rest of the guild masters, Gray froze his attacker, his life or death unknown.
At the same time, Erza sent Lucy to find Gray and Natsu and provide any support that she could. Meanwhile, Cana and Erza split up to search for Erigor as well. Before starting her search, however, Erza found a megaphone and walked out of the station to address all the onlookers.
She then proceeded to tell the people what Eisenwald was planning, resulting in panic among the people. However, once the crowd had cleared, a barrier of swirling wind surrounded the train station. Then, Erigor swooped down from above, kicked Erza through the barrier, and explained the same plan that Gray had just heard.
"Wait, you're attacking the Guild Master's meeting?" Erza asked with a bit of pity in her tone. "Well, I guess you're out of luck then."
"Do you think those old fools can do anything to stop me?" Erigor asked, clearly angered by Erza's statement.
"That's not what I meant." Erza said, shaking her head gently in response. "But there's someone there even stronger than I am with Master Makarov. And you probably couldn't even beat me."
"Don't underestimate me.!" Erigor shouted before flying away.
"*Sigh* Now I feel like I wasted all that magic power for nothing." Erza said, slumping her shoulders. "Well, I guess I better go tell the others what's going on. This really was a waste of time. Even if the whole Dark Guild attacked Clover, Alfonzo and Ultear could take them out on their own. *Sigh* Elicia was right. I really need to investigate more before jumping into action."
Meanwhile, all the conscious wizards in the train station felt the surge in magic power when Erigor erected the barrier. However, that did not stop the ongoing battle between Natsu and Kageyama.
Just like Natsu declared while Happy carried him away from the train, Natsu easily defeated Kageyama. However, just as he was about to start questioning Kageyama about where Erigor had gone, another member of Eisenwald appeared behind him and drove a hand through Kageyama's back and out of his chest in order to silence Kageyama and stop him from dispelling the barrier under torture.
Angered by the fact that Kageyama was attacked by one of his own, Natsu attacked the newcomer with his flames burning brighter and hotter than ever. In the end, the attacking wizard was smashed through several walls and into a satue with severe burns all over his body.
Not long after all the fighting stopped, Cana, Gray, Erza, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy regrouped outside of the station. They were still trapped inside the barrier, though.
"I found out Erigor's plan." Gray and Erza said simultaneously. Though their tones were markedly different.
While Gray seemed to be seething with rage, Erza sound calm and a bit annoyed.
"If you know what he's planning, why are you so calm, Erza?" Gray asked angrily.
"Gray, calm down." Cana said. Then, she looked at Erza and continued. "Gray still has all his clothes on, so this must be serious. Erza, what's going on?"
"Now that you mention it, he does have all his clothes on." Lucy said, looking at Gray with surprise in her eyes. "I've never seen him stay fully clothed this long."
"Erigor wants to play Lullaby's song in Clover." Erza said nonchalantly. "he's targeting the guild masters."
Hearing that, Natsu showed anger like Gray. Meanwhile, Lucy and Happy looked astonished. Cana, on the other hand, showed an expression of pity.
"*Sigh* If he's targeting Clover, I could have stayed home and had a drink." Cana said, sounding annoyed that she had been dragged along.
"Oh yea, because you haven't been drinking the whole time we've been gone." Lucy said as she watched a bottle of alcohol appear in Cana's hand. "And where is all that alcohol even coming from?"
"Oh, I have a [Storage Card]." Cana replied as she popped the top on the bottle.
"Why are you two so calm?" Natsu asked angrily. "He's trying to kill Gramps!"
"Calm down, Natsu." Erza said. "Did you forget?"
"Forget what?" Natsu asked in an irritated tone.
"Fonzie and Ultear went to Clover with Gramps." Cana said after taking a swig from her bottle.
With that, Gray and Natsu froze. Then, they both sighed in exasperation.
"Seriously, why are we even here?" Gray muttered in annoyance.
"Aw, man!" Natsu shouted in envy. "Alfonzo's gonna get to fight the wind guy. I'm so jealous."
"From the way you're all acting, I guess we don't need to hurry after that Erigor guy, right?" Lucy asked, surprised by the changes in demeanor of her companions. "So, what do we do now?"
"First, we need to find a way to dispel this barrier." Erza replied. "Then, we need to contact the Magic Council to take all these dark wizards into custody. None of you damaged the station, right?"
"Just a few burn marks from the lightning attack earlier." Cana replied before starting to chug her bottle.
"Nah." Gray replied. "But I did leave an ice statue in the broadcasting room.
Erza then turned toward Natsu, who was shivering and dripping cold sweat.
"Natsu, you didn't damage the station, right?" Erza asked again. This time, in a much more solemn tone.
"Well, you see… What had happened was…." Natsu said, clearly not wanting to answer the question.
"Out with it already!" Erza said, a tick mark appearing on her forehead.
"Aye!" Natsu replied instinctively. "Well, after I beat the shadow guy, I was about to ask him where the wind guy was. But before I could, this chubby guy appeared and attacked the shadow guy. And I got so angry that he attacked one of his friends that I might have hit him a teensy-weensy little bit too hard and knocked him through three walls and destroyed a statue."
"Haha! You're definitely gonna lose points for this, Flame brain." Gray said, laughing at Natsu's misfortune.
"Don't forget about that train car you destroyed, too." Happy chimed in.
At the same time, Natsu's face paled.
Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Clover.
With no interruptions, Erigor only took about an hour to arrive in Clover. In fact, the sun was just starting to set.
Wasting no time, Erigor flew toward the building where the Guild Masters were meeting. Upon arrival, he noticed Alfonzo's Escalade parked outside, however, he paid it no mind. Instead, he started laughing uproariously. Then, he started monologuing, loud enough that everyone in the building could hear him, about taking power from the Magic Council.
"Shut the fuck up!" Alfonzo shouted after rolling down the Escalade's window. "[Electromagnetism Magic: Lightning Cannon]."
As Alfonzo chanted the name of his spell, he stuck his left arm out of the car window and pointed his palm at Erigor who was floating in the air. Then, he condensed a ball of sparking, purple lightning on his hand before shooting it at Erigor.
Meanwhile, Erigor, surprised that someone would curse at him in this situation, stopped his speech and looked in the direction the voice came from. However, instead of a person, what he saw was an orb of purple energy. And based on the chant he just heard, he deduced that it was lightning.
However, before Erigor could counterattack, he was struck by the high-speed attack and carried further into the sky. A moment later, the lightning ball exploded, causing purple sparks to fly in all directions, looking as if someone had just fired of a large firework.
"Ahh~~~~~~~~~~!" Erigor screamed as the ball of lightning both burned and paralyzed him.
After the explosion, Erigor's figure could be seen falling toward the ground leaving a trail of smoke behind. On top of that, the Lullaby flute fell alongside him.
Meanwhile, Alfonzo was rolling the window back up.
"Fucking son of a bitch." Alfonzo muttered angrily. "We were just getting to the good part."
As he spoke, Alfonzo glanced toward the passenger seat, only to see Ultear straightening out her clothes with a blush on her face.
"All of you humans are worthless!" An angry, demonic voice shouted from nearby. "I don't even know why I relied on you. I should have started the devastation on my own."
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