"Are you sure Gray won't need help? I could've stayed behind while you dealt with those three, big bro?" Asked Lucy in slight concern as she sat on my shoulder while I dashed through the forest, following Angelica from the ground. "Do you want me to hit you again, Lucy?" Raising an eyebrow, I glanced at Lucy, who sheepishly smiled while I softly chuckled before shaking my hand and lifting her into the air. "You good with the whip, Lucy?" "Um, d-decent enough… I think." Said Lucy hesitantly as she held my arm for support while I nodded before leaping high into the sky. "Land on Angelica and bring her down… I'll help after that."
Reeling my arm back, I threw Lucy toward Angelica, causing her to shoot through the sky like a missile as she speedily neared the large flying rat. Just before Lucy slammed into the rat, she summoned Cancer, who caught her before attacking the rat's tail, cutting it off and causing all of them to fall out of the air. 'Nice job, Lucy!' With a faint smile, I fell back to the ground and swiftly propelled myself through the forest, crashing through whatever was in my way before catching Lucy out of the air just before she hit the ground. Gently setting her down, I was about to compliment her, though before I could, she suddenly yanked my head by my hair. "W-What the hell was that, big bro!? I nearly died!?" Yelled Lucy as she swung me in a circle by my hair before tossing me at a tree, which I landed on.
I was about to refuse Lucy's crazy accusation of me attempting to kill her, but before I could, Angelica slammed into the ground along with Sherry, Toby, and Yuka, landing safely on her stomach. "Angelica!" Yelled Sherry in concern as she quickly inspected the unconscious rat while Toby and Yuka approached us, prompting Lucy to glare at me before shifting her gaze to our enemies. "Stop getting in our way!" Stated Toby as he and Yuka looked at us, though Lucy showed no signs of backing down as she clutched her whip. "Not a chance; I don't know what you need from that village, but I won't let any of you harm them." Faintly smirking at Lucy's firm stance, I dropped from the tree and stood beside her while we faced off against the three, with Sherry looking exceptionally furious with Lucy.
"You LITTLE! How dare you harm Angelica!" Yelled Sherry furiously as she glared at Lucy while I stepped toward Toby and Yuka. "Heh, looks like she has a personal vendetta against you, Lucy. I'll take care of these two; you handle Sherry." Seeing Lucy nod, I continued walking towards the two while she headed to Sherry. "Hmph, I don't care who or what you are, but you won't stop us from unsealing Deliora!" Stated Yuka arrogantly as he outstretched his hand, creating a transparent barrier that launched toward me, prompting me to shatter it with a punch while walking forward.
"What are you doing, Toby? Fight him; I'll keep him from using his magic." Said Yuka as he glanced at Toby, who enthusiastically nodded before baring his claws and lunging at me. "Don't get hit by my nails; they can kill instantly!" "Idiot! Why would you tell him that!?" Although they were my enemies, I had to nod in agreement, though, then again, I'd done something similar, so I was also an idiot. Once Toby neared me, he swiped at me with his long claws, which were covered with green paralysis magic, and when they stabbed into my neck, not only did the magic do nothing, but Toby's claws broke. "Eh? M-My claws!" Howling, Toby backed away and grabbed his hand while I rubbed where he had attacked me. "Your paralysis magic is apparently useless against me even without my magic."
Although it was a bit surprising to find out that my body alone was strong enough to resist paralysis magic, I didn't think too much about it and shattered another transparent barrier with my fist before grabbing Toby, who was sniffling about his broken claws. Tightly holding Toby's wrist, he raised his head and looked at me, though all he got was a brown fist as I punched his face; though since I was holding him, he remained where he stood, followed up with a punch to his stomach, sending him flying into Yuka. Watching the two disappear deep into the forest, I gave Lucy one last glance before following after them, mainly to give her some space and let her subconsciously think I wasn't there to help her.
"Now, time to question those two about the moon drip ritual." Faintly smirking, I pushed a tree to the side and followed the trail Toby and Yuka's bodies made through the forest.
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After questioning Yuka as I had knocked Toby unconscious, I returned to where Lucy was, and although she was exhausted and even somewhat injured, Sherry was lying unconscious beside the large rat, a sight that caused me to smile. "I-I defeated Sherry, big bro… It wasn't easy, ugh, I-I think I broke a few ribs." Said Lucy with a wry smile as she groaned in pain while touching her chest, causing me to chuckle as I squatted beside her and examined her chest. "Clearly, you're not used to pain, Lucy; your ribs are fine, though you have a few bruises… Huh, you've also got the biggest breasts in Fairy Tail; you're about an inch bigger than Cana's." Lightly shaking my head at Lucy, I grasped her chest and raised an eyebrow at its size, though I was also surprised at its softness.
"Big bro." "Yeah?" "Can you stop groping my chest?" Asked Lucy with a twitching expression as she slapped my face while I retracted my hands, causing her to cover her chest with a deep blush while I stretched my back. "Anyways, let's go reunite with Gray; he must be having a rather tough time defeating Lyon if he still hasn't returned to us." Outstretching my arm, I helped Lucy onto her feet, and we walked back to the temple, where Lyon and Gray were; however, we didn't even need to make it to the temple as we found an unconscious and bloody Gray leaning against one of the trees causing our eyes to widen.
"GRAY!" Yelled Lucy as she and I dashed to Gray with me using my magic on him, causing his body to shimmer gold. "Lucy, first aid!" "O-On it, big bro!" Once Lucy removed her first-aid kit from her pouch, she began to apply healing ointments onto Gray's wounds and wrapped them with bandages; when she finished, I retracted my magic and lifted him up. "We're heading to the Village." Glancing at Lucy, who was stuffing her first-aid kit in her pouch, I led the way back to the village, taking only forty minutes before we arrived. As it was night, the villagers were transformed into 'Demons' though they were all inside their houses, so we didn't see them.
Kicking open the door to the house, I placed Gray on the couch before looking at Lucy, who closed the door. "Rest, Lucy." "I can look after Gray, big bro-" Refusing to allow Lucy to finish speaking, I grabbed her hand and led her into one of the bedrooms before placing her on the bed while stuffing the blanket around her. "Please don't let this be the previous owner's bed." Muttered Lucy in hope while I left the room and sat beside Gray, staring at his wounded state with intense anger; however, although I was furious with Lyon for doing this to him and wanted to rip his intestines from his stomach, I was more concerned with Gray's actual well-being first.
Clicking my tongue, I closed my eyes, folded my arms, leaned back, and waited for Gray to awaken, which took two more hours, and by that time, Lucy had fallen asleep. "Ugh, that freaking hurt." Said Gray weakly as he groaned in pain while slowly sitting upright before glancing at me. "How long have I been asleep for?" Gray asked softly as he glanced at me while I snorted and stood up. "No more than four hours." Nodding, Gray lowered his head. "How do you feel?" "Some pain here and there, but other than that, I'm mostly fine." Gray replied with a smile while I faintly nodded before donning a scowl.
"Tsk, good; you stay here; I'll go and deal with Lyon." Licking my fangs in both anger and eagerness, before I could leave the house, an ice wall prevented me. "I can't let that big bro… This is something I need to handle on my own; even if it's you, I refuse to allow you to interfere between Lyon and me." Stated Gray firmly as he narrowed his eyes at me, causing me to furrow my brows and step toward him. "You just received an ass-whooping, and now you're refusing me to return said ass-whooping?" "Yes." Said Gray sternly as he refused to back down; we stared into each other's eyes for several seconds before I eventually conceded with a click of the tongue. "Fine… But if he beats you again, I'll kill him… No exceptions!"
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I just KNOW those things were soft! Wish I were Cooper, no lie!