"Bastard!"
"Gray, do something!"
"Lyon..."
Yet, what Kira and Erza didn't know was that the situation of Natsu, Gray, and Happy was more serious than they had thought. After all, unlike in the original, Lucy didn't follow them, and whether it was Natsu or Gray, they were outnumbered. What could one expect from Happy?
This quest, which they took, was far more dangerous than they had thought, despite thinking of how easy it would be.
To destroy the moon on the Galuna Island.
This was the content of the quest and how to break the curse within this island.
The purple moon was the source of the disaster on this island, and all of the people who lived on this island became demons.
Naturally, Natsu, Gray, and Happy were dumbfounded by the content of the quest, and the village chief was so crazy that he would appear so persistent and tried to force them. While they were all troubled, listening to the worry, sadness, and pain of the villagers of this island, who had been cursed into a demon, and could only live in agony due to their transformations, they decided to observe the island first.
Destroying a moon was impossible, as they had no power to do so.
Whether it was Natsu's Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, Gray's Ice Make Magic, or Happy's Aerial, none of them had a power that could destroy the moon. However, if this situation happened due to something else, such as an evil group that had caused all of this disaster, then they believed that they could defeat it!
"N-Natsu, G-Gray, w-we should go back..."
While Happy had a trust in Natsu and Gray, he also didn't have much trust in them, especially when they were often unreliable. Even on the Eisenwald incident, the one who protected him was Kira, and if possible, he wanted to bring Kira too. "You should bring Kira on this quest, Natsu."
Happy felt that if they asked Kira, he would help them.
"No, he must be with Mira. I can't bother him."
"Oh."
Happy noticed the awkwardness in Mirajane, and Gray also noticed it, but neither of them said anything, especially when Natsu's relationship with Mirajane was quite awkward.
In the guild, the relationship between Mirajane and Natsu was quite okay; no, she was like that with everyone, but at this moment, she had made someone she loved.
Yet, all of them, who had been together for so long, also understood that Mirajane wasn't like that before and that her big change happened in the past due to the loss of a certain someone.
However, the loss of that certain someone also affected Mirajane and Elfman, as well as Natsu, who had a close relationship with that certain someone.
If Kira dated a silly Lucy, Natsu might not think too much, but if it were Mirajane, he was afraid.
"Let's finish this quest as soon as possible!"
"Okay."
"Good."
Making up their minds, even though they were a bit nervous, they found an ancient temple and directly entered it without hesitation. If it were a normal person, they would be nervous and show hesitation, but fear probably never existed on their minds, as they might have lost it already.
Regardless, when they entered, Natsu put too much force on the old flooring and caused it to fall.
"Dammit, Natsu!"
"HAPPY, HELP US!"
"Natsu! Gray!"
Everyone was helpless, but as they fell into the underground, they saw a demonic figure that was covered in ice, frozen.
"W-What is this?!"
"A demon?!"
Natsu and Happy were startled, and somehow this demon reminded them of Lullaby, who had been fought by Kira and Erza. They had learned the story of Lullaby from Erza, Makarov, and Kira, so they felt that this gigantic demonic figure was similar, which made them think that they should bring Kira with them.
However, Gray's expression became ugly as the memories of his past broke apart and were released within his mind when he saw this gigantic demonic monster.
"D-Delioara?!"
His voice was mixed with anger, yet also nervous and fear when he stood before it. Even though this monster was completely frozen and defeated, it shouldn't have appeared in this place!
Who had moved this monster here?!
Also, what was the purpose?!
"Gray, hide! There is someone!"
The three quickly hid, then listened to the conversation of people who came to the underground, who appeared to be the ones who had moved the frozen demonic monster on this island.
The talks of those people were random, and they were just filled with anxiety and nervousness as they had to catch the intruders who had entered this place and their plan to release this demonic monster from the ice.
Naturally, those intruders were Natsu, Gray, and Happy, but while they might not be reliable most of the time, if they were surprised, they were quite good, and more importantly, those people who wanted to catch them didn't appear to be that reliable either.
Still, while Natsu and Happy didn't have much of a thought after they listened, Gray gritted his teeth, shivering, yet his eyes were filled with a solemnity that he would even use his life to stop everything!
"NATSU, HAPPY, WE HAVE TO STOP THEM!"
"Huh?" 2x
While they were confused by Gray's sudden agitation, Natsu and Happy didn't say much since they knew that those people should be the source of the curse within this island, so they decided to follow those people, and finally, they discovered that all of them were in the middle of the ritual, a ritual to melt the ice on that demonic monster.
While Gray became nervous, desperate, and in disbelief when he heard the voice that came from the masked figure, who was the mastermind behind everything, Natsu, who saw Gray's face, jumped out from his hiding place, stopped them, and fought!
"Natsu!"
"Let's fight them, Gray! Stop them together!"
Gray stared at Natsu for a while, as he shouted, "YOU IDIOT!" Yet, even so, he also walked out from his hiding place, facing all of the enemies together with his idiot.
As the two came out, it was impossible to hide, and in the end, Natsu and Gray fought against their opponent.
However, their battle was hard and they almost lost.
Natsu fought three mages at the same time, after all, and Gray's mind wasn't in the right condition, as he clearly knew the identity of the mastermind.
"NATSU! GRAY!"
Happy cried, wondering what he should do. He could only run away and fly, so no one could catch him, and no one also took him seriously since he was just a cat, but it was also because of this, he couldn't help them, or support them, especially when he thought that they would lose, and... might lose their lives.
At the same time, a petite masked figure was so sneaky, watching the fight with a grin in the corner, as he had no need to walk out from his hiding place.
"Fairy Tail..."
The Fairy Tail tattoo on Natsu, Gray, and Happy was so conspicuous, but fortunately, no troublesome mage came, and the three would soon lose sooner or later.
However, as he thought that no trouble was coming, all of a sudden—
BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!
A loud explosion happened in the area, causing an immense impact, a great crater, and thick dust that obstructed their sight.
"Cough! Cough!"
Yet, soon, the wind swept everything away and unveiled the hidden figure.
"ERZA!!!" 3X
With a black spiked, fearsome Purgatory Armor, Erza appeared before all of them, causing everyone to feel tense and scared, especially those of the opponents.
"The Titania..."
Everyone knew Erza was the strongest female mage, but when she appeared before them, they felt frightened due to her powerful, enraged aura.
Natsu, Gray, and Happy thought of their salvation, and at the same time, they knew that Kira also must have been somewhere since the only person who could bring Erza to this place must have been Kira!
After all, all the people in the Fairy Tail knew about Kira's ability to find anyone in this world.
However—
"Natsu, Gray, Happy, go back!"
Erza ignored those people on the side and stared at the three with boiling rage. "You have betrayed Master, so you should be prepared to be punished!"
"...." 3x
Ah, they were dead.