Hey I'm back sorry that I haven't updated in a while, but here is the new chapter. I hope you guys like it.
3rd POV
Many citizens of Magnolia town were enjoying the Harvest Festival, unaware of what was occurring in their resident guild, Fairy Tail. A mysterious name that went the name, Relius Clover, had brought chaos to the magic guild for his own nefarious purpose.
Many guild members were trying to stop the man's metal puppet from harming anyone. Though they tried, the puppet, Relius' transformed wife Ignis, managed to free itself from anybody that trapped it in a matter of seconds. Even with some of the notable wizards of the guild struggled to trap it.
Currently Gray Fullbuster, half-naked due to his awkward stripping habit, was trying to stop Ignis' rampage. Once the robot was still, Gray jumped from his spot until he was above Ignis.
"Ice Make: Prison!"
After a series of hand motions a magic arch appeared in front of Gray's fists. A large detailed cage surrounded Relius' puppet, trapping her. But the prison didn't hold for long as Ignis brought both of her arms up and sliced the ice into pieces with her hooked hands.
"Open, Gate of the Lion. Leo!"
Lucy had come out from backstage and summoned Loke from the Celestial Spirit world. The gate opened and Loke came out in his usual attire.
"Hey there Lucy, you're looking more beautiful than ever."
Lucy ignored the celestial spirit's flirting and pointed to the crowd trying to stop Ignis.
"This is no time for flirting! Help them stop that puppet."
Ignis had turned its head towards the stage, somehow sensing the new threat of Loke. The lion spirit pushed his sunglasses up as his calm face turned into a determined glare.
"Don't worry Lucy I'm not going to let this thing hurt anyone I care about."
Loke's hand began to glow as he jumped off the stage, into the crowd. As he landed right in front of Ignis, he punched the robot, making it move back a bit. Loke continued the barrage of punches until Ignis grabbed one of his oncoming fists, stopping him in his place.
"What in the wor- UGH!"
Ignis used her other metal fist to punch Loke in the stomach, causing him to fly back towards the stage. The force Ignis punched him with KO'd him and sent him back to the celestial spirit world.
"It's useless to try to stop the Fluctus Redacium: Ignis. She is just a puppet, thus feels no pain so nothing will stop her."
Suddenly drops of water began floating out of nowhere, surrounding Relius and Ignis. Many guild members stepped back as Relius turned his head wondering why they we're so scared of water.
"Water Lock!"
All the droplets of water formed together to form a giant bubble surrounding the blonde man and his unemotional robot. Guild members stepped back to reveal Juvia Lockser, who was controlling the water with her magic.
"Juvia will not let you hurt Gray-sama or anyone else."
Relius was starting to struggle holding his breath as Ignis just float in the water without movement. Forcing himself, Relius said something that was inaudible to everyone outside of the bubble. Slowly the puppet raised her arms across her chest, until she brought both arms down, forming an X-shaped slice. The cut broke the bubble, as water started flooding some of the floor.
"*pant* *pant* Fine, if you are not going to give me the Murakumo units. I'll just have to force them out of here."
"Not if we have anything to say about it you asshole."
Relius turned to only see blurs of red and orange before being hit twice.
Meanwhile…
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Natsu was trying to punch the black blob, known as Arakune, but it kept sinking into a puddle, making Natsu constantly miss. After multiple attempts, the pink-haired boy was getting pissed off.
"Dammit stop moving you smelly piece of garbage and let me hit you!"
After a while, Natsu had yet again tried to punch Arakune when the corrupted scientist brought out a skull fist and punched Natsu from behind. The force of his hit made Natsu fall face-down to the wood flooring. As the dragon-slayer tried to get up Arakune somehow bent over him and part of his form opened, showing the various bugs inside his body.
Just as the he was about to release a swarm of insects on Natsu, Arakune was kicked by something.
"SQUIGGLY KICK!"
That kick made the blob splatter towards the nearby wall saving Natsu from a creepy experience. Natsu looked to see Taokaka in a fighting stance, with her cat tail standing up in anger.
"Squiggly I'm gonna beat you up! Nobody hurts fire-guy or anymore of my friends."
Arakune just laughed as he brought out the bone arm out again. The cat girl was prepared for this and she pounced towards her enemy.
"Squiggly Charge!"
She brought out her claws and punched the black slime bag along with stabbing it. Arakune slid back a little and seeped through the cracks on the floor. The girl looked side to side, trying to locate the monster. He slowly reappeared behind her, preparing to attack her with a bone claw.
Before the attack, a large hand crushed the bones and Arakune let a loud screech. Taokaka turned to see Tager's robotic hand clenching the thing's hand. Suddenly Natsu came up behind Arakune and looked at the Red Devil and the Kaka girl's eyes with a grin on his face.
"Hey big guy keep him still I'm going to show this bastard the true power of a Fire Dragon Slayer mage."
Both understood the mage's gesture and Taokaka jumped into the air while Tager kept a steady grip on Arakune. Natsu brought his fists together as he squatted down. He then was surrounded by rings of fire before he jumped into the air with flaming fists.
"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!"
The fire on his fist flared out as dove down and controlled the streams of fire like a dragon flapping its wings. As the attack was heading towards the ground, Tager let go of Arakune and punched him so he'd be in the fires' direction. The dragon slayer's attack had burned the blob and sent him flying. As it was spinning in the air, Arakune could not avoid the attack from the cat-girl behind her.
"Tao's Super ULTRA Squiggly Flying Kick!"
Taokaka attacked him with a massive flurry of kicks continuously until they got close to the ground. There the Kaka landed lightly on her feet while Arakune landed an unconscious blob.
Kokonoe walked towards the doorway and stood in front of her old coworker.
"Thanks for taking this piece of shit out. Now I can contain him."
The scientist brought out what appeared to be a miniature vacuum. Pressing the button on the handle, the machine started to suck up the unconscious creature. After all the black slime had been contained, a filled jar came out the other end of the machine. Kokonoe picked up the container that now held the mask wearing creature.
"At least that's a threat that we don't have to worry about now. Maybe I can make him run on a giant wheel like a hamster to power up the machine."
Above the jar, a magic arc instantly appeared. The jar with Arakune in it disappeared in dark red wisps.
"What the shit just happened?"
Meanwhile…
Relius had just been ambushed by Ragna and Makoto and was getting back up from the table he crashed into.
"Ah, Ragna the Bloodedge, it shouldn't be a surprise to see you here."
"Hey don't leave me out of it, Relius! Get away from here and Noelile."
Soon more Fairy Tail mages crowded around the puppeteer prepared to capture him.
"You think you can get rid of me? You fail to forget about Ignis."
With a smirk on his face and a snap of his fingers, the feminine puppet appeared before him.
But before she could attack anyone a large bolt of lightning came out of nowhere and struck Ignis. The electricity short-circuited her as she stood slouched and immobile.
"Man, I've come back for the festival and this place is already a mess. At least this time I wasn't the one who caused it this year."
Everyone turned towards the doorway to see someone at the doorway. He was a tall, muscular man with spiked, blond, hair with a lightning scar across one of his eyes. Around his shoulders was a tattered coat that covered most of his clothes.
Many of the guild members were surprised and speechless as they saw the man casually standing there. Ragna, still pointing his sword towards Relius, asked the nearby mages who that man was.
"That's Laxus Dreyar. He's the master's grandson and a very powerful lightning mage."
Ragna smirked at this as he turned his head back towards Relius.
"It looks like your little puppet is out of commission, asshole. And it looks like the cavalry is here too."
Suddenly guns, swords and more magical items surrounded Relius. The blonde man turned his head slightly to see all the Miss Fairy Tail contestants aiming their weapons at him. Markov then came forward and grew to a monstrous size.
"Anybody who harms my children will be severely punished. I suggest you surrender so you won't get hospitalized."
Relius smirked, instead of the expected sign of fear.
"It seems that I have arrived at the wrong time. No matter, I now know how capable this guild is. I think it's time for us to take our leave, Phantom."
On the empty stage the red magic arc from before black flames appeared. They dissipated quickly as a woman appeared in its place. She wore a purple robe and a witch hat to match. Her face was blocked by the shadows of her clothes and could hardly be seen. Floating by her side was the container that held an unconscious Arakune.
While everyone was distracted by the sudden appearance of the mage, Relius took the moment to grab the immobile Ignis and hopped to the stage.
"Let us take our leave now. Hazama will have a laugh about this I'm sure."
As soon as that name had been uttered Ragna jumped onto the stage his sword in hand. He was too late though because a dark red magic arch soon emerged from under their feet. As fast as they appeared they disappeared in black flames.
His blade splintered the stage where Relius once stood.
"Damn that stupid witch! Why does she look like her?"
Markov shrunk back to his normal, miniscule size and hopped onto the stage. He walked over to the irritated Ragna and patted him on the arm to calm him.
"It's ok Bloodedge I can tell that this isn't that last of them. Anyway…"
Markov turned back to the crowd of mages. He saw that only few were injured but were being patched up at this moment.
"That so called Relius Clover may have wrecked our guild, but we won't let that put us down. We can deal with repairs later but now, we must prepare for the long anticipated Fantasia parade. We'll make it even grander than last year's and show everyone that Fairy Tail is the best guild in Fiore! Who's with me?"
Everyone cheered and scattered to get ready for the most spectacular parade of the year.
Nightfall had arrived but the streets of Magnolia were shining brightly. People crowded the sidewalks and roofs in anticipation, donning items that represented Fairy Tail for what it was. Fireworks shot up into the sky and spectators roared as the parade started.
Floats came down the streets, surrounded by the many mages of the guild dressed in costumes. The well-known members of the guild were on the floats dressed in costumes that matched the theme of the structures they rode. Much of the floats were similar to last year but with even more details thanks to a certain pink-haired woman's modifications on the floats.
People watched and commented on how marvelous the floats were and how amazing they mages themselves were.
"To think that Fantasia was only just one year ago… Fairy Tail really kicked it up a notch!"
"Ah! Here come some of the new members that just joined!"
"I hear they're really powerful."
"Don't forget to mention hot!"
A float with a forest environment with a castle-like tree-house came rolling down the street. Out of the foliage, Makoto, Noel, and Nu popped out wearing green tribal outfits. Taokaka appeared at the base of the trees in her normal outfit as well as a makeshift lion mane out of a feather boa. Kokonoe had walked out of the castle wearing a more regal outfit as if she were a warrior queen. Holding four small spheres, the scientist threw them across the float. Each of the girls attacked the projectiles causing the objects to pop and dissipate into glitter and confetti.
"Look at those babes!"
"Ha! I bet that you don't even have a chance of dating them."
"Shut up you two here come the dragon slayer mages!"
The next float the move along the road consisted of four sets of pillars that stood in front of four caves. Out of the fire cave came out Natsu, the steel cave Gajeel, the cyclone cave Wendy, and the lightning cave Laxus. They all stood between the pillars and aimed at the same spot in the sky.
"Fire Dragon's-"
"Iron Dragon's-"
"Sky Dragon's-"
"Lightning Dragon's"
"ROAR!"
The four blasts met at one point and rather than exploding like people expected, the magic combined to form the word "FAIRY TAIL" as well as the guild insignia. The three Exceeds, Happy, Charle, and Pantherlily, appeared from behind the pillars and circled around the newfound display.
"Oh my god that was so cool!"
"I didn't even know that the master's grandson was back, that was some surprise."
"Bet the guild will be even more hectic."
On the street where the floats were being prepped Markov was preparing to go when he saw Tager and Ragna walk over.
"This is some parade you go here old man."
"Why thank you but we couldn't have done it without Miss Kokonoe. Her alterations to the parade floats made this year's Fantasia even better than last year's. Her idea for Natsu and the others was genius."
"Considering her, she probably saw it as child's play. I'm suprised that you managed to get her to partake in the event."
"It may have taken some Jewels but it was worth it. She does need to interact more with her cynical personality. By the way, you two aren't going to join in the festivities?"
"I'm not really sure how I could participate with the fact that I weigh over a ton and will break the floats."
"And if more people from our world ended up here like Relius, I don't to endanger the guild because of my wanted head. Not to mention that I'm not the kind of person who'd be in this kind of flashy parade."
"I understand and don't worry. All of you are our family and we won't anyone hurt you guys."
"Master! It's your turn now!"
"That's my cue! See you two later!"
Markov put on a silly hat and climbed up to the top of the float as it rolled down the street.
"Here comes the master!"
"That dance he's doing is just as silly as ever!"
The parade continued on, people unaware of the figures watching from the empty church that overlooked the city. In the bell tower, Relius stood there with another man. He had short green hair that was covered with a black fedora. The suit the man wore was covered by an open trench coat.
"Hehe, to think Bloodedge is with the good guys even though he's a fugitive."
"It looks like it won't be easy to retrieve the Murakumo units now. I think Kokonoe reprogramed the 13th and gave it more sentience while the 12th is most unwilling to join us."
"Don't worry about those robots, I have an idea. All I need to do is use my new connections to set up something."
"What are you planning Terumi?"
"Oh, just something I came up with while you were being pummeled my ex-subordinate. I'll tell it to you later."
The two men disappeared in smoke as fireworks lit up the sky once again. The mages of the guild raised their fists and cheered the same thing at the same time.
"WE ARE FAIRY TAIL!"
Yay finally finished it. Sorry it took so long, I sort of had an art block trying to think of the Fantasia parade so sorry if it's kinda sucky. Summer vacation has started for me so I'll have time to update more so don't worry. Hope you liked this chapter and review if you'd like.