~~~EPISODE 2: FIRE DRAGON, MONKEY, AND BULL~~~

***A/N: In the beginning, Luigi = Lucy***

We're finally here. Finally home to Fairy Tail. I was standing there with Luigi and Happy in front of the door. "Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Happy introduced.

"Wow!" She looked really happy and I felt glad. But now that I'm home, I have some business to take care of with a specific someone who told me about Bora, the fake Igneel.

"We're back!" Happy and I yelled as I kicked the door open, searching the room for the informant.

"Welcome back!" "Heya," were the replies we got. "You really went all out this time! I heard Hargeon was-" There he was that buck toothed liar. I rushed over to kick him right in the kisser.

"You little…!" I shouted as he went flying.

"Why…?!" Luigi yelled in confusion. There's her funny face again. She'll get used to this scene.

"You lied to me about the Salamander!" I raged on to the guy upside down across the room.

"Don't blame me! I only told you some rumors I happened to hear!" He got right side up again.

"What?!" I screamed.

"You wanna fight?!" Like he could ever beat me, the fire dragon slayer. I punched the table closest to me and it sent a chain of other tables, people included, into the air.

"Okay, Natsu. I think that's enough-" Happy was interrupted when a body fell on him. Now the entire guild was fighting with each other. I looked over to see Luigi's face to find her smiling. Weird girl. She was saying something but I wasn't paying much attention since I heard the voice of my worst rival.

"Oh? Natsu's back?!" That annoying squinty eyed pervert said. That stupid Gray just had to be in his stupid underwear again. "It's time to settle things from the other day, Natsu!"

"Gray, your clothes." Cana casually mentioned.

"Whoops!" Gray finally realized he was half naked. "Come on! Fight me!"

I looked at him. He still hasn't put on any clothes. "Put on some clothes first!" I yelled as I punished the buck toothed bastard.

"It's only noon and you're already whining and crying?" A deep voice came out from the big guy with white hair. "You aren't kids, you know."

He's really annoying so I turned to him and punched him. "Butt out!" Apparently, Gray did the same thing. I got pissed off and grabbed a broken table top to start swinging at Gray. Out of the corner of my eyes, I noticed Mira approach Luigi but then I got distracted by Gray again. I took his underwear off successfully and pushed him away. I started grinning as I swung his underwear around. Whoops, I threw him to Luigi.

"My boxers!" Gray cried out. Luigi started screaming from behind Gray, as she tried to cover her eyes. He went over to her. "Miss. Could you lend me some underwear-?"

"Yeah, right!" She smacked him with a weapon she got out of nowhere. She's not like Erza, right? Oh well, if she can hit Gray, she's on my favorite people list already. I was going over to her but Loke came and picked her up.

"I simply can't stand these insensitive fools." He was going to get a beating for multiple reasons.

"Real men speak with their fists!" Elfman beat me to it but he made Lucy get dropped so now he gets hit.

"I said butt out!" I yelled as I kicked him out of the way.

"Ugh, how annoying. I can't even have a nice, relaxing drink. You guys had better knock it off!" Cana ordered as she pulled out her cards.

"Now I'm mad!" Gray got into his stupid pose, with STILL just his underwear.

Elfman and Loke began to start up their magic as well. "What a nuisance you people are." Loke said.

This was more like it. I wrapped my hands with fire. "Bring it on!"

I was about to begin when a giant monster stamped his foot. "That's enough, you fools!" Everyone stopped whatever they were doing.

"Oh, you're still here, Master?" Mira broke the silence.

"Yeah."

"Master?!" Luigi seemed shocked.

I was too busy laughing about my victory. "What a bunch of wimps! Looks like I win this-" and Gramps stepped on me.

He finally noticed Luigi, though. "You new here?"

"Y-Yes!" No need to be scared of Gramps, Luigi. Even if he can step on people like me easily. He shrunk down to his normal size. Finally, his foot is heavy.

"Nice to meetcha!" He greeted her.

"Tiny! Wait, he's your master..?!" I was still on the floor.

"Yep! This is Mr. Makarov, Fairy Tail's master!" Mira explained. I got up from the floor as Gramps jumped to the second floor rail just to hit his back.

He composed himself and started. "You guys have gone and done it again! Just look at how much paperwork the council sent me this time!" He held up a bunch of papers. "And it's all complaints!" About what I wonder. "All you guys ever do is get the council mad at me!" He started shaking. "However…" He burned the papers in his hands. That looks tasty. "To hell with the council!" He threw the fire delicacy to the air and I leapt up to catch it in my mouth. Nom nom nom. "Listen up! Power that surpasses reason is still born from reason. Magic is not a miraculous power. It is only realized when the flow of energy inside us and the flow of energy in the natural world come into perfect sync! Magic comes from mental strength and focus, nay, it comes from your entire soul! Worry about the eyes watching from above and you will make no progress in the ways of magic! Don't let the fools on the council scare you! Follow the path you believe in! That's what Fairy Tail wizards do!" He finished his speech with the traditional Fairy Tail sign. Everyone cheered and did the same sign.

After a few minutes of cleaning up, I went to look at the request board for jobs. As Happy mentioned in Hargeon, we had no money. Luigi came up to me. "Look, Natsu! I got the Fairy Tail mark!" She lifted her right hand.

"Oh, yeah? That's great, Luigi." I was a bit preoccupied with the jobs.

"Lucy!" She corrected me. Ah, so her name was Lucy. Got it.

"Choose a good one, okay?" Happy requested me.

I found that good one, Happy. "Oh! 160,000 Jewels for getting rid of some thieves!" This was perfect!

"Then it's decided!" Happy said. Maybe we should invite Lucy along.

I heard a small voice. "Is my dad still not back yet?" I looked at the voice. It was Romeo.

"You're getting on my nerves, Romeo. If you're a wizard's son, have faith in your father and wait at home quietly!" I stared quietly as I listened to their conversation.

"He said he'd be back in three days, but he's been gone a week now!" Romeo shouted in frustration.

"If I recall, it was a job on Mt. Hakobe…" Thanks for the info, Gramps. I looked at the request paper in my hand.

"That isn't that far away! Go look for him!" Romeo hollered at Gramps.

"Your old man's a wizard! There's no wizard in this guild who can't take care of himself! Go home and have some milk or something!" Gramps lectured back.

"Stupidhead!" Romeo punched Gramps in the face. "Darn it!" He wailed as he ran out of the guild. I stared at Romeo as he ran out. Then I put the request paper back on the board. I understood exactly what Romeo was feeling.

"Hey! Natsu! Don't break it!" Nab called to me. Who cared about a stupid piece of wood. I grabbed my backpack and left the guild with Happy. I caught up to Romeo who was wiping his tears and patted him on the head as a promise to bring his father back.

Happy and I caught a carriage that was going to Mt. Hakobe. I was against the idea of going in but then someone pushed me inside. I sprawled all over the seat as my motion sickness kicked in. I looked at the person who pushed me. "Why are you here?" I managed to say to Lucy.

"What's the big deal? You and vehicles don't mix at all, huh? Oh, I feel bad for you in so many ways…" In many ways?

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked her in a strained voice.

"Oh, nothing." She stayed quiet for a while after that. I was still lying on the seat, sweating like crazy when the carriage stopped. "We've arrived?"

I got up immediately. "It stopped!" I was revived!

"Sorry! This is as far as I can go!" The driver explained. We went outside to find that we were in the snowy mountains with a blizzard happening.

"Wh-Whoa! What in the world?!" Lucy yelled. She could cause an avalanche with that voice. We started walking to our destination. "I'm freezing! I know we're on a mountain, but it's supposed to be summer! This blizzard isn't right!" She whined. It wasn't cold at all to me.

"That's what you get for wearing light clothes." I told her.

"You're not dressed any differently! Give me your blanket!" She grabbed my blanket from my backpack.

"Man, she's annoying." Why did she even come, anyway?

"Aye." Happy agreed with me.

"I know!" She seemed to get an idea. She pulled out a silver key."Open, Gate of the Clock Constellation! Horologium!" All of sudden, a clock appeared out of nowhere, and it had arms and a face!

"Oh! A clock!" A clock that can move.

"Cool!" Happy screamed in excitement.

Lucy started to say something from inside the clock. I couldn't hear her and my ears are sharper than normal. "Huh? I can't hear you."

"'I'm staying in here,' she says." The clock spoke.

"Why did she even come?" I questioned the clock.

"'What job brought Macao to a place like this?' she asks" The clock interpreted for us.

"You came along without knowing? He was gonna subdue a Vulcan, a vicious monster." I told her and started walking.

"'I want to go back.' She proclaims" the clock said.

"'Be my guest,' I reply" I copied the clock.

"Aye." Happy added. We continued walking but still found nothing.

"Macao! You there?! " I bellowed.

"Macao!" Happy shrieked. I heard something above us and when I looked up I saw a monkey coming down. I was able to dodge just in time. The monkey looked at us. "It's a Vulcan!" Happy screamed.

It snorted at us and dashed to where Lucy was. "Hey you!" I couldn't let him get to Lucy. He grabbed hold of the clock that Lucy was in.

"A human girl!" The Vulcan said.

I punched my fist to my palm. This was great. "It can talk?"

Before I knew it, the Vulcan ran off with Lucy. "'Help me already!' she says." The clock said calmly. Great. Now I have to look for Lucy and Macao. Although, all I need to do is find that talking Vulcan to tell me where Macao is. I ran after the Vulcan, using Lucy's scent as a guide. I reached a cave and I saw that stupid monkey hovering over Lucy. Oh, hell no.

"Monkey! Where is Macao?!" I hollered as I ran towards them. As I was running, I slipped on the ice floor. It reminded me of that damn Gray as I slid across the floor past the two of them.

"Whoa, so uncool. Can't he make an appearance like a normal person?" Lucy really needs to learn how to appreciate the people who are going to save her.

"Alright, monkey! Where's Macao?!" I stood up as Lucy ran to my side. "You understand me! Where's Macao! He's a human man!"

"Man?" This Vulcan was stupider than me.

"That's right! Where did you hide him?!" I pointed at the Vulcan.

"Whoa, you already decided he hid him?!" Lucy mentioned.

The Vulcan waved me over to a hole in the cave. "Oh, it understood!" I went over to the hole. "Where is he?!" I looked everywhere when the Vulcan decided to push me out of the cave. "Monkey!" I roared as I fell down.

"Natsu!" Lucy's voice reached my ears. I was still falling when Happy swooped in and grabbed me before I hit the ground. He flew me over to the hole I fell out of. When I reached the cave there was Lucy and the Vulcan, but this time, there was also a cow with an axe. Great, more monsters.

I ran over to the cow and kicked him in the face. "Natsu!" Lucy cried. "So weak!" She said to the cow.

"Hey. Is it me, or are there more monsters now?" I asked Lucy.

"He's an ally! A celestial spirit! She shrieked at me with an angry face.

"This monkey is?" Now I was confused.

"The bull!" It wasn't a cow? "Wait, how did you survive?" Wasn't she mad at me a second ago? Girls are weird.

"I owe that to Happy! Thanks!" I thanked the flying cat above us.

"Aye!" Happy said.

"You're no good when it comes to riding vehicles, but fine riding Happy?" She asked.

"What are you talking about?" I stared at her in disgust. "Happy isn't a vehicle. He's my friend. Wow, you're simpleminded."

"Y-You're right. I'm sorry…" She apologized.

Just then, the Vulcan jumped at me from behind. "My girl!" It roared. I blocked his fist with my arm.

"Listen up! All the members of Fairy Tail are my comrades and friends!" I swung my foot around and kicked the monkey away. "From Gramps and Mira to those annoying jerks Gray and Elfman! Happy and Lucy are my friends, too." I started my magic. "Which is why… I'm taking Macao back with me!" I declared as I punched the monkey in the stomach with my fire kick.

The Vulcan used a bunch of ice cones to throw at me. "That has no effect on fire!" I said as the ice melted evaporated before it touched my body. When the steam cleared, I saw the Vulcan holding a huge metal axe. That might, though. "Uh-oh."

"Taurus' axe!" Lucy said.

"Ms. Lucy…" the unconscious cow mumbled.

The Vulcan came at me, swinging the axe. I was able to swiftly dodge all of the attacks but then I slipped again. Just because the ice reminded me of Gray, I decided to beat Gray up when we got back home. Luckily, I got up quickly and grabbed the axe. It was about an inch from my face. The Vulcan was forcing it down. This monkey really wanted to kill me.

"Taurus! Go back! That'll make the axe disappear too!" Yeah, that would be helpful. Then I got a bright idea. I started to heat up my hands to melt the metal part of the axe. A few drops of the melted metal fell into my open mouth. "He melted the blade with his body heat?!"

Nom nom. "Now that I've eaten, I feel re-energized!" I said, chewing on the balls. I spit it out at the Vulcan. He let go of the axe. Now's my chance. "Here I come! Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" I punched to monkey as hard as I could.

The smoke cleared and the Vulcan was knocked out. "You did it!" Happy said.

"Wasn't this ape supposed to tell us where Macao is?" Whoops.

"Oops! I forgot!" I scratched my head. Now how were we supposed to find Macao.

"He's completely knocked out. " She noticed. Then the ape started glowing. It released a lot of smoke.

"Wh-What the…?!" I look at the ape. My eyes widened. The ape was gone but Macao was there. "Macao!"

"What?! He was that perverted ape?!" Lucy screamed.

"The Vulcan must've done a Take Over on him." Happy explained.

"Take Over?" Lucy questioned.

"It's a body possession spell. Vulcans are monsters that survive by stealing people's bodies and taking them over. It looks like he put up an intense fight before he was taken over." He looked badly injured.

"Macao! Don't you dare die! Romeo is waiting for you! Open your eyes!" I was not about to let a fellow member die in front of me.

Macao's eyes twitched. His eyes opened. "Natsu."

"Macao!" My face split into a grin.

"I'm pathetic… I defeated 19 of them… but the 20th took over me… I'm really mad at myself… Damn. I can't face Romeo now…" He mumbled to us.

Wow. 19 Vulcans. Macao was stronger than I thought. "Don't say that! Defeating that many is impressive enough!" I reached my hand out for Macao. "Now let's go see Romeo!" I can't wait to see the look on Romeo's face when he sees his dad come home.

We came down from the mountain and rode the carriage again. Macao needed to lie down on one side of the carriage so I had to lean on Lucy while I tried to deal with the moving. I was really tired and Lucy was really soft so I fell asleep. She woke me up when the carriage finally stopped. I got up and put Macao's arm around me so that he could have some support. We walked to Macao's house and found Romeo on the stairs, crying.

"Romeo!" I called out to him. He lifted his head and I waved to him with my free hand.

His face lit up as he saw his dad. He ran towards us and jumped on Macao. "Dad!" Macao fell backward and hit his head. "Dad! I'm sorry!"

"I'm sorry for worrying you." Macao told his son.

"It's okay! I'm a wizard's son!" Romeo cried.

"The next time those brats try to pick on you, ask 'em if their dads can beat 19 monsters on their own!" Lucy and I started to walk back to the guild.

"Natsu! Happy! Thank you!" Romeo yelled after us. He was a really good kid.

"No problem!" "Aye!" We replied.

"And thank you too, Lucy!" She turned to him and smiled, waving. Boy, did she look really happy with a tint of red on her cheeks. We raced back to guild to tell them of the good news.