Chapter 57: The stolen request

The pressure that was radiating from Zeldaris pushed Lisanna and Elfman to the ground.

Flames of chaos erupted and formed a circle around them, trapping the two with Zeldaris.

From Lisanna´s and Elfman´s point of view, could they only see Zeldaris´s eyes, which were filled with killing intent.

"If you can´t dodge this then you will die. [Secret Dragon Slayer Art: Crimson Lotus Exploding Flame Edge!]"

Zeldaris swipes his hands in a circular way, creating a gigantic torrent of flames that destroyed everything in their way.

Erza and Mirajane called out to Lisanna and Elfman, they didn´t know why Zeldaris was doing this.

They were about to run over and save the two, because if this torrent would hit them, then not even their ash would remain.

But Ophiuchus grabbed both of them at their necks and slammed them into the ground, making them unable to move.

Aversia and Vulcan did nothing and just continued to watch.

Erza tried multiple times to use her magic, but to no avail, she was unable to use it for some reason.

As for Mirajane, images appeared in her mind.

Her mind was at the edge of sanity, and something in her mind was about to break.

The same was true for Lisanna and Elfman, the images from two years ago filled their minds as they desperately tried to move.

But to where?

There was nothing behind them that could protect them from the incoming flames and there was no way that Lisanna and Elfman could outrun the flames and surrounding them from both sides were the flames of chaos.

Both had given up hope, when a single image popped inside their head and that was the image of Mirajane.

And somehow, this gave them the courage and the strength necessary to jump into the wall of flames that were surrounding them, just as the torrent of flames were about to reach them.

The second that the jumped into the wall of flames, grabbed a force hold of the two and shielded them from the flames, allowing them to land safely.

Aversia let go of Erza and Mirajane and in less then a blink of the eye stood before the torrent of flames and began to eat and absorb them.

Zeldaris turned back to normal and extinguished the wall of flames.

Erza and Mirajane needed a second to realize that they were free, before rushing toward Lisanna and Elfman, to make sure that the two were ok.

Lisanna and Elfman were still in the prosses of digesting what happened and why they were able to suddenly jump, but before finding an answer, both of them were overwhelmed by Erza and Mirajane.

Zeldaris, Aversia, Ophiuchus and Vulcan were standing a bit away and watched.

A few minutes later, and after making sure that Lisanna and Elfman were not hurt, they stood up and walked toward Zeldaris.

The second that they were in striking distance, both of them slapped Zeldaris in the face.

"What were you thinking? Do you want to kill them?" yelled Erza and Mirajane at the same time.

Two red handprints were left on Zeldaris´s face and he felt a bit of pain from them.

Zeldaris wanted to explain the situation to them, but was unable to even open his mouth, because of the frightening stares from the two girls.

Aversia on the other hand was laughing her ass off, she absolutely enjoyed the situation.

"Erza, Mirajane, please don´t be mad at him. Lisanna and Elfman were never in any real danger." said Vulcan, trying to calm them down.

"Yeah, I am sorry that we could not tell you anything, but there was a good reason for it, so please listen to what Vulcan has to say." added Ophiuchus.

Erza and Mirajane turned around to at least listen to his explanation, but they were quite skeptical about.

"Don´t forget that Aversia was still there, she was ready to intercept the attack."

"I am also here, you know?" said Ophiuchus.

"And if you think that my and Ophiuchus´s presences alone are not enough to convince you, then let me tell you that dad could have stopped that attack in no time and with ease. He is much more powerful than Zel and I, even when using all of our power." Said Aversia.

This shocked not only Erza and Mirajane, but also Lisanna and Elfman, were shocked as well.

To be fair Vulcan didn´t really like to talk about his magical abilities, he just liked his work as a blacksmith way too much.

Not even Makarov knew about his capabilities.

Vulcan was not a fighter and didn´t like to fight.

But he was still one of Irene´s true disciples and Irene taught Vulcan in every aspect of enchantments possible, no matter how many times he complained that he didn´t need this knowledge for his work.

Irene didn´t like to do half assed things, especially when it came to the training of her true disciples, of which she had only three, Tia, Wendy, and Vulcan.

And in the end Vulcan became a powerful enchanter and was in terms of power and abilities only below Irene and Tia, who were two of the most powerful enchanters that ever lived.

"This is also one of the reasons why Zel and I have no interest in the title of the strongest member, because we know who it is, even if we have never met Gildarts."

"Anyway, congratulations are in order for the two of you, Lisanna and Elfman, because you two have thought against your fears and overcame them. But let me warn you, to not get reckless and leap into every single dangerous situation possible." said Zeldaris to Lisanna and Elfman.

"You really think that we want to experience this again? No thanks."

"A real man knows his limits."

"Just had to make sure."

After that, they took a long and relaxing bath in the hot spring bath, the thing that everyone loved the most about the mansion.

But Erza, Mirajane, Lisanna and Elfman had to make sure not to stay to long in it, otherwise there could be negative side effects from the heavy amount of magical power inside the water.

Ophiuchus, Zeldaris and Aversia were the only ones that had no problem with it and could stay in it as long as they wanted.

Mirajane and the others stayed for the night, there were enough rooms for everyone.

The next day most of them woke up early and were getting ready for the day.

Mirajane, Zeldaris, Aversia, Vulcan, Ophiuchus and Erza were sitting at a table and were having breakfast.

All of them had their own reasons for getting up so early.

Vulcan had to prepare the forge for the day and make his preparations.

Mirajane had to open up the guild, clean the place and prepare the bar and kitchen.

The staff members, Zeldaris, Aversia and Ophiuchus would of course help her with that.

Erza had to do her morning routine and train.

As for Lisanna and Elfman, none of them wanted to wake them up.

At the guild building they meet some of the other staff members and they begun to prepare the hall for the day.

Not long after beginning the cleaning and preparations, Makarov arrived and looked at the diligent workers.

Mirajane and Ophiuchus were cleaning, Aversia was stooking up the bar and the kitchen, while Zeldaris was preparing the kitchen.

After finishing everything, the first people started to arrive and the normal everyday life in the guild started a new.

Around noon were Zeldaris and Aversia playing cards with Canna, Wakaba, and Macao.

Canna was one of the best card players in the guild and had a really good poker face.

It was to a point that Zeldaris and Aversia were not able to read her at all and would fall most of the times into her traps.

"OH NOOO!!"

It was Mirajane who suddenly yelled like that, surprising every member in the hall.

Mirajane was on the second floor to bring something up to Laxus, when she noticed something.

"Master!!! One of the requests on the second floor is missing!!!"

This news shocked everyone and there were some who even spat out what they were drinking, Makarov included.

Afterall a S-class request had been stolen.

Zeldaris and Aversia had a faint idea who it was that had taken it and were starting to get a headache.

'Please don´t let it be them. Please don´t let this be the reason they are not here.' were both of them praying in their head.

"Oh… Yesterday, I saw a cat stealing one of the jobs. The cat with the wings… Yes." Said Laxus, confirming the worries of Zeldaris and Aversia.

'God dammit!!!'

Everyone else realized who it was that stole the request, Natsu and Happy, and the fact that Lucy was not here, meant that she was in it as well.

The hall became noisy as everyone stated their thoughts, mostly calling Natsu and Happy idiots.

'Layla we are sorry.'

The reason they thought that was because it was absolutely forbidden to steal a request, much worse an S-class request for which one would get expelled from the guild.

"They just broke a principal rule. Hey geezer!!! When they return, they will get expelled… right? But I doubt that they are coming back alive. I mean taking an S-class job with their pathetic skills, laughable. Bahahaha"

"If you knew about this and even saw it, then why didn´t you try and stop them." yelled Zeldaris.

"I thought that it was just a thieving cat running away with a piece of paper in its mouth. I had no idea that it was Happy and that Natsu would run off with an S-class request."

Hearing this Mirajane became extremely angry and had a look on her face that her old self often had.

"Bulshit! You know damn well that there is no other cat like Happy that can fly and besides, he is blue, have you ever seen another blue cat besides Happy? You knew that it was Happy and what he had with him. You just wanted to kick them out, asshole."

It was surprisingly Zeldaris and not Aversia that was yelling that.

This doesn´t mean that Aversia wasn't about to tear Laxus into pieces.

"If it isn´t the loyal brother and sister. Like I said, I have nothing to do with this. And if you want to berate me then you need to have the strength for it."

"Why you little…"

"STOP IT ALL OF YOU!!!" yelled Makarov.

"Mirajane, which request is missing?"

"The curse island of Garuna."

"THE ISLAND OF DEAMONS!!!"

Everyone became quite after hearing this, the island of Garuna was infamous for being cursed and filled with demons, no one would even dare to get near to this place.

"Well then, I have job to take care of, so see you all later." said Laxus as he stood up.

"LAXUS!!!" yelled both Zeldaris and Aversia.

Makarov initially wanted to send Laxus, as a form of punishment, and he even considered forcing him to do it.

But luckily someone else volunteered.

"Don´t worry gramps, I will bring them back." Said Gray.

"Gray! Take Pii-chan with you, so that she can report to us back if anything happens." said Aversia.

"If you insist, sure. But I don´t think it will be necessary."

After saying that he rushed out the guild and run toward the train station.

Shortly later Erza entered the guild with a confused look on her face.

She saw Gray on the way and had no idea why he was in such a hurry.

Erza even called out to him, but he didn´t notice her.

So, she came to the guild to find out what happened, but all of them were too afraid to tell her.

Everyone was afraid of her wrath.

In the end Makarov explained to her the situation and as expected Erza became extremely angry, to the point that she was about to go after Natsu, Happy and Lucy herself.

But Zeldaris, Aversia, Mirajane and Makarov were able to hold her back.

"If Gray is unable to bring them back then you together with Zeldaris and Aversia will bring them back." Said Makarov in the end and Erza calmed down.

A few hours later Pii-chan appeared out of thin air and reported back what happened.

Gray had successfully found the three as they were searching for a ship to take them to the island.

He begun to argue with the three, mostly Natsu, and explained to them in what kind of trouble they were.

But Natsu was able to knock Gray out when he didn´t pay attention for a second and shortly after were able to find a boat that would bring them to the island.

Makarov sighed and closed his eyes.

"Erza, Zeldaris and Aversia. Bring those fools back to the guild, do what ever you think is necessary." He said before opening his eyes again.

"As you wish master." Said Erza and walked out of the guild.

"Don't worry we will bring them back." Said Zeldaris.

"Ophiuchus, are you coming or what?"

The spirit in question looked confused, before finally understanding what Aversia meant.

She would experience some action.