The Onibus Town Players

Dawn hadn't yet approached in the town of Magnolia. Streams of fire was seen being shot into the air and around a small area. This also came with a couple of grunting sounds with each fire blast. Zuko was in an empty area of the forests close to Magnolia, he didn't wear a shirt and just had his red pants on, while the rest of his clothes were by a rock. He took a deep breath and he shot three quick fireballs from his fist before jumping up in the air and performing a horizontal swipe with his left foot and this sent a horizontal fire arc forward and it stopped before it burned the trees. He got on the ground and he rolled backwards and as he did he shot flames out of his right foot which created a temporary wheel of fire to protect himself from any fire attack and he shot a low fire attack and he quickly got up and shot a very powerful stream of fire from his right foot. Zuko maintained a fighting stance and he was breathing heavily. 
"This is so frustrating!" He yelled out. 
"I feel tired and yet I don't feel as if I've gotten stronger at all." He said to himself in frustration. He heard a noise in the bushes. "Who's there!?" he tightened his stance and a sword was speeding to him and it sped past his face and it impaled a tree and Zuko's eyes had grew wide and blood began to slowly trickle from his cheek.
"If you want to get stronger, you have to be faster than that." A familiar voice said to Zuko and he turned and saw Erza standing by a tree and the sword that was thrown at Zuko had disappeared.
"Erza? Why are you here?"
"You want to get stronger don't you, so you can defeat your sister in battle, isn't it?" The Armored Wizard asked.
"I don't plan on just defeating her, I plan to take it one step further." Erza was surrounded in a golden light and she was now in her Flame Empress Armor.
"If you are serious about defeating your sister, they you will fight me without holding back!" She aimed her blade at him.
"So what is this armor called?"
"This is my Flame Empress Armor, it halves the destructive power of all Fire attacks." Zuko glared at her. "Knowing this, do you still wish to fight me?"
"This is the only way I can get stronger, I have no other choice." He shot continuous fire jabs to Erza who appeared to take the jabs of fire without having to dodge as she moved to where they would hit her armor. Zuko charged to Erza and swiped upwards and this released a vertical fire arc but Erza block it with her fire sword. Zuko then jumped back into the air and while he was up he took a deep breath and he put his hands together over his head and he shot his hands forward and released a huge stream of flames that had engulfed Erza and he landed on the ground and panted and he saw that Erza was still standing tall. "What is this!? You're not even fighting me!"
"That is because I don't have to, your flames can't hurt me while I'm in this armor." Zuko got frustrated and he charged towards Erza and but she avoided his punch and she easily kicked him and he slid to the ground and when he looked up he saw Erza looking down at him and her Flame Sword was near his face. "You are letting your anger at your family blind you. Ask yourself, why are you still fighting?"
"I don't know anymore, the Fire Nation has won and I can bet My Father has already turned the world into a dictatorship that he is at the centre of."
"We don't know that." Erza replied as Zuko got up.
"You don't but I do, now that Aang couldn't beat him, the Fire Nation win."
"You can't just give up hope, Aang is still hopeful that everything will work itself out."
"He is the Avatar, he is supposed to be hopeful in these situations. My Father is changing the world in his image and my sister is helping him, and what am I doing!? Besides even if we could get back, there is no way we could beat the Fire Nation, not this time, because I can be pretty sure my Father will know we are coming."
"If you sit here feeling sorry for yourself, then nothing will change. Your friends are still fighting for a future where the Fire Nation's domination over your world is abolished. If you are serious about setting things right, then you shouldn't be talking like this."
Zuko got back up and he took in Erza's words. "You're right. Getting stuck here for some reason made me resent my family even more than I normally did, and I wasn't thinking clearly. It brought me back to how the old me was, how hopeless I felt when I kept failing to capture the Avatar. That I would never be able to go back to my home and earn my Father's love. But that was the old me, Be that as it may I still see myself having to fight Azula. Erza, Lets go for one more round." Zuko requested.
Erza gave a smile before it turned to a smirk. "Sounds good." The two then continued their spar right into the morning
----Later, that same morning, Toph and Sokka were walking through the woods. "Uh, Toph remind me why we are going through here?"
Toph then sighed. "Because the blue cat told me he lost something here, so I thought I would be nice and help find it for him."
"But you're blind-" Sokka protested.
"Which is why I need your eyes to help me find it."
"What exactly are we looking for?"
"Ah, you came just in time." a voice said and a chill went up Sokka's spine. He looked to his side and saw Erza leaning against a tree in her usual armor. "And I see you have acquired your new sword, what do you say we test is and your swordsmanship." she said and she got in a fighting stance.
Sokka's top part of his face was blue. "H-hold on, you brought me here just to fight Erza!?" Sokka exclaimed.
"Yep, now get in there. You're not scared of her are you?" Toph said knowing that would get Sokka to fight against her.
"N-no. Alright Erza! Show me what you got!" Sokka unsheathed his sword and he got in a sword stance.
"Good answer." Erza charged to Sokka and threw a sword slash at him but Sokka blocked with his sword and held it up with both hands upside down as it he was using it as a shield. The block made Erza stagger back and Sokka retaliated and he thrust his sword towards her but she blocked it with the armor on her arm and she forced Sokka back. Erza smirked before she ran to attack Sokka and she threw another sword slash with her right arm, Sokka parried the attack but a maroon magic seal had appeared in Erza's left hand and she summoned another blade and she was about to slash Sokka's midsection but suddenly, Sokka's blade glowed white and suddenly Sokka's arms moved so fast that it quickly blocked the other sword strike. However this strike was able to send Sokka sliding back.
"Woah! Me likey magic sword." Sokka said and he smirked and he then sprinted to Erza and the blade glowed white and he threw the hardest Slash he could and Erza crossed both her swords to block it, after his sword slash was blocked he threw a jab at her with his blade and it went in between her cross blade block and she quickly turned away and pulled Sokka's sword and this pulled the Water Tribesman forward too and Erza was soon looking down at him and she was about to bring her blade down on him and Sokka saw this and rolled away and Erza impaled the ground. Sokka then sliced the ground while running around in a circle around Erza and the sword begun to glow white and there was a huge dust cloud and Erza couldn't see through it.
"This is perfect, Erza's armor makes a clanging sound every time she moves, so all I have to do is listen out for the sound then..." Sokka closed his eyes and in the blackness the clanging sound was like a glint of light. 
"There!" Erza cleared the cloud but Sokka was in the air behind her. 
"Got you Erza!" Sokka yelled and the sword was glowing a white as it was about to slash Erza from behind but she saw him and her eyes widened and she pushed Sokka back very hard and he flew to a tree and he dropped his sword. He coughed out dust. "Hey, no fair." Sokka said.
"I apologize, you just caught me by surprise. But I must admit, your Swordsmanship is impressive. Even though your have a Sword capable of magic."
Erza offered a hand and he took it and she helped him up and she handed his sword back to him. "Its all about being creative and versatile, that's what my master taught me."
"You have a master? I would like to meet him someday."
"Yeah, I have a feeling that's going to be difficult."
"What do ya know Sokka. You didn't die after all." Toph joked.
"No thanks to you!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Hey, at least you got to test that magic sword of yours, at least now its pretty good."
"Y-yeah you're right. With this I can beat anyone and everyone!"
"Woah, lets not get ahead of ourselves big boy."
----Later in the Magical Council Fiore Branch Building. Master Makarov was standing trial for the war that took place between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord, all the members of the magical council were present as well as Siegrain and Ultear. During the proceedings Makarov was surprisingly sleeping through the trial and snoring could be heard, there was even a sleep bubble coming out from his nose and is grew and shrunk in sync with his breathing, much to the chagrin of all the members of the magical council, save for Siegrain and Ultear and the latter was slightly giggling at his actions.
"Uh, M-master Makarov, this is an important trial, I hope that you aren't sleeping." one of the frog judges said.
"Ah... O-of course not!" he exclaimed, suddenly waking up.
However hidden in the shadows of the building Ping was watching Makarov and was glaring at him. 
"I can't believe he is the guild master of Fairy Tail... he looks even weaker than Iroh. We got beaten by this old fool's guild how embarrassing..." Ping thought as she sweat dropped.
...
After the Trial had come to a close Makarov was sitting next to a friend of his, this was Yajima. "I know that this was a difficult trial, but to find Fairy Tail, almost completely innocent." Makarov began as he was talking to Yajima.
"You should be grateful, I helped vindicate Fairy Tail from trouble." Yajima said.
"I know, and I thank you for that. After the guild is rebuilt you should stop by some time, I will even treat you to some ramen."
"I would like twelve pork slices." Yajima requested.
"Isn't twelve too much for someone of your age?"
"Fairy Tail nearly broke every rule and regulation that has been set by the council... furthermore-"
"Fine, I'll give you twenty or thirty slices if you prefer."
"Twelve slices." Yajima said insisting twelve slices is what he was going to be sticking with.
Meanwhile from behind a pillar, watching the two was Ping and Chun and the latter was playing with her hands mimicking every time Makarov and Yajima were talking. "This is boring, why are we watching them, its just two old farts talking about old people stuff." Chun complained.
"This for the both of us, I can't say I fully trust that Siegrain guy, and the same goes for that Ultear woman, so I'm looking for any weaknesses that old man tends to spill."
"Boring-" Chun said out loud but Ping quickly covered her mouth.
"Shut up, you want to get us caught!?"
Yajima and Makarov continue to talk. "You should be careful not to be reckless and go out of control, there are members of the council such as Org and Michello who are pushing for Fairy Tail to disband. Makarov stares at Yajima then to the ground. "You should think about yourself for a change Macky, you should think of retiring." he told the Fairy Tail guild master.
Ping was still behind the pillar with Chun and she still covered her mouth. "So what? He's is going to retire soon?" She then felt her right hand suddenly fill with moisture and her eyes widened and she immediately let go of Chun's mouth in disgust. 
"Did you seriously lick my hand!?" She yelled but she saw a yellow dotted line outline of Chun was flashing in her place. She saw the young Firebender walking over to Makarov and Yajima. Ping held her hair in frustration. 
"What are you doing you damn idiot?!" She whispered to herself.
"Are you Master Makarov?" Chun asked as she approached the two old men.
"Indeed I am."
"Sorry, I'm a huge fan of your guild, I want to know who's the strongest you see." she asked with a sweet voice.
Ping's eyes widened and glass was heard breaking in her mind. "This girl is going to get us killed."
Makarov began to think. "The strongest, that is a tough one. That's not an easy question, that's pretty hard to say, why don't you come over some time and find out for yourself."
Chun's eyes widened and they sparkled. "That would be-"
"MIN!" the three heard and they all saw Ping running to them and she stopped in front of them. "Sorry, has my sister been bothering you? She likes to run off you see."
"Not a problem, she was actually a pleasure to talk to." Makarov admitted.
"Lets go, Min." Ping said and she dragged Chun away from the two.
Once the two girls were far enough from the two Chun was giggling. "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO!" she exclaimed and he head grew, she had no pupils, her teeth became jagged and her arms were flapping up and down. Chun giggled at this. "This isn't funny! We're not on vacation here!"
"C'mon, that Siegrain said all we have to do is play ball with his plan. Why are you worrying?" Chun asked while coming out of her laughing fit. "Besides you should have seen your face..."
"You're supposed to be a Firebending prodigy but you're acting like-like an immature brat!"
"Give me a break, I'm only eleven!"
"You are doing a service for the Fire Nation and Phoenix King Ozai, you should do well to remember that. You wouldn't want to suddenly 'get killed in battle' now would you."
Chun began to laugh. "What? Is that a threat? You can't scare me, you're nothing like Azula."
"So you're saying Azula scares you, you should look up to your Firebending teacher not fear her, You're lucky you're Fire Nation, otherwise, I would be calling you pathetic just like the rest of these damn wizards. You are on a mission for the Fire Nation to hunt the Avatar. Start acting like it!" Chun looked down, her mood suddenly going down as she complied to her leader.
"Yes, ma'am. Whatever you say." she said in an annoyed voice not looking at Ping
"Hmpf. That's more like it."
----Meanwhile, while the Guild is being re-built. Mirajane has something to announce. "Everyone! the request board is back up!" this got everyone's attention. "I know there isn't a lot but now there are jobs available!" she happily said as she standing by the temporary bar area.
Once she made the announcement many of the mages began looking at the request board.
"Well they seem exited." Katara said as she and Lucy were sitting next to each other.
"That seems weird, when most of the other guys do is drink and do nothing all day." Lucy muttered. 
"By the way, have any of you seen Loke?" She asked.
"Loke? Refresh my memory again." Katara requested.
"He is the one who is good with the ladies." Mira reminded.
"Right, I remember him." Katara said folding her arms. "I remember he gave me a rose and said that I was a vision of timeless beauty."
"Yep, that sounds like him." both Mira and Lucy said.
"Why do you want to see him Lucy, have you finally fallen for his charms?" Mira asked
"I dunno Lucy." Katara criticized. "He's kinda creepy if you ask me."
"It's not like that. I just know that he was there along with Iroh trying to save me when Gajeel took me, I just wanted to thank him is all. I already thanked Reedus, but Iroh isn't here so..."
Katara sighed in relief. "Thank goodness."
"By the way how are you spirits doing? I heard you dropped your keys again." Mira said.
"Oh well..." Lucy remembered that Aquarius made it clear to her never to drop her keys ever again.
"Didn't I tell you girl!? Never drop my keys ever again! HUH?" Lucy remembered and Aquarius had a whip in her hand and Lucy screamed in imagining that scenario.
"Oh, my butt just hurts from thinking about that." Lucy said while Katara put her hand on her shoulder.
Grey was behind the pair of them. "Want me to cool it down for you." he said as his right hand was surrounded by icy winds, this earned him a glare from Katara.
"I don't need your innuendo sexual harassment." Lucy said to Gray.
"She would enjoy it." Happy said.
"I don't need you overt sexual harassment!" Lucy yelled.
"Maybe Katara can heal it." Sokka said while chuckling.
"Not you too Sokka!" Katara frustratingly said.
Toph decided to get in on the jokes. "She could, but I dunno... it is a big butt."
"Both of you knock it off!" Katara said pointing at them.
"I wonder what will happen if I make it hurt more?" Natsu said with his hand on fire.
"...AND YOU'RE JUST THE DEVIL!" Lucy and Katara yelled.
"That's enough!" Erza yelled and a barrel was thrown to Natsu's head.
"Wanna repeat those words, dickhead!" Ash snapped.
"Guys we were just playing around..." Sokka said but it was clear that their attention wasn't to them, instead it was to a strong looking figure who was light skinned, had short but blonde pointy hair, he wore a yellow and black shirt with red jeans and he had grey shoes, he had a black fur coat over him but his arms were going through them.
"What's the prob..." Ryu cut himself off when he saw who they were mad at and became equally enraged. "That piece of...how dare you show your face here after screwing us over, Laxus!"
Laxus chuckled. 
"I'm saying we shouldn't have weaklings in our guild! Especially those two, whose names I don't know!" He said looking towards Jet and Droy. He looks to Lucy. "And her, the one who caused the entire Phantom issue."
"Enough Laxus, we already discussed this, the fault lies with no one, besides you have no right to talk about it, you didn't even help." Mira said
He chuckled to himself again. "Of course I didn't, if I did, it wouldn't have turned into a huge mess like it did."
"Hey! You can't talk to them like that! Who do you think you are!?" Katara said glaring at Laxus.
"I wouldn't be talking to the strongest person in the guild if I were you Missy. Weaklings won't have a place in this guild, when I inherit it and become master. And those who stand against me, will be dealt with."
They all heard laughing and they looked to Toph. 
"You become master? Oh please all I see is a blockhead who thinks he's too good for the rest of us, but really you're nothing but a damn coward! You call everyone weak, yet you choose not to help when your family is in danger. I don't care if you're an S-Class wizard, all I see is an arrogant pain in the ass!"
Laxus smiled. 
"Oho, a little too young to be saying stuff like that little girl, why don't you just go back to your over-caring parents who see you as the weakling you are." Laxus mocked and Toph's left eye twitched.
"THAT'S! IT! You've earned yourself a butt kicking!" She flung a huge boulder at him but suddenly Laxus disappeared in a flash of yellow lightning and dodged the boulder, he was suddenly behind Toph. His fist was surrounded in yellow sparks of electricity and he punched her in the side and she flew over to the bar and she narrowly missed Mirajane.
"TOPH!" Sokka, Natsu and Katara yelled.
Natsu charged to Laxus and his fist was on fire. "Fight me Laxus! You heartless bastard!"
"That's too much of a compliment for someone like him!" Katara mocked.
Laxus dodged Natsu's fiery punch and he grabbed him and threw him to a table. "Enough of this time to show you all what real power is." He outstretched his hand and he threw a lightning blast to the whole group.
"Knock it off, Laxus." Thor demanded after dispersing the lightning and glaring at him. "Or do you wish to test your power against an Asgardian."
"I'd leave if I were you." Aang angrily said. "I don't want to fight you Laxus, but make no mistake. I won't be so forgiving if you talk about my friends like that again." He threatened.
"I have no time for empty threats." Laxus began to walk the other way however he caught Zuko glaring at him. "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing. Keep walking." Zuko coldly said.
"Ha ha!" Laxus laughed and he disappeared in a bolt of yellow lightning.
Aang sighed in relief after Laxus was gone.
Toph got up and she jumped off the counter. 
"Where is the bastard!?" Toph exclaimed.
"He's gone." Gray said.
"Geez thinks he can just walk all over us like that? Who does that guy think he is!?"
"That jerk is our master's grandson." Ryu bitterly said.
"No wonder he was acting so uppity like he owns the place." Toph said.
"B-but someone like him as guild master? That is just horrible." Lucy said now scared of the idea that Laxus may become guild master someday. "And because he is Makarov's grandson the chances are high that it may happen."
"I say we kick him out, there is no way he can beat all of us if we fight him together." Toph said.
"It won't be that simple, it is the Master's decision to make, whether Laxus gets kicked out of the guild or not."
"Besides, we'd be lucky if we would even get close to him if we decide to attack him. He has the Thunder God Tribe watching his back." Gray said.
"The Thunder God Tribe. Who are they?" Sokka asked.
"They are Laxus' 'personal bodyguards' then don't show up that much or talk to anyone except themselves and Laxus." Mira explained.
"Who are they?" Zuko asked walking up the bar counter.
"Here, are their names; Bickslow, Evergreen, and Freed Justine. They share the same thoughts at Laxus does."
"So either they are powerful, but not at Laxus' level, or they are just piggy banking off the power that Laxus has."
"Are you saying they could be kissing his ass?" Toph asked.
"For lack of a better term, yes. But that is highly improbable." Zuko said.
"Yeah I have an unrelated question, Toph since when did you take up cursing?" Katara asked in a motherly tone as she placed her arms on her hips and looked at the Earthbender.
Toph folded her arms and looked away. "Hey, you're not my mom, you can't tell me what I can and can't say. Hey Natsu what do you say we find that jerk!"
"I'm in! I'm going to make that bastard pay!" Natsu yelled.
"Calm down, Natsu!" Erza said grabbing his shoulder.
"You too Toph, I'd hate to admit it, but right now we wouldn't stand a chance against that guy, especially since he has mages that protect him." Katara said.
"Why don't we go on a job. It will take you mind off him." Erza said to Natsu. "Grey and Lucy can come along. We've been together since the Eisenwald incident, and the four of us, five if you include Happy can make a team."
"Really, you would want someone like me in your team?" Lucy asked.
"Lucy, we don't want someone like you. We want exactly you. This team would be nothing without you."
Sokka then got the idea. 
"Why don't we do the same!" He exclaimed.
"Reform Team Avatar? I like the sound of that!" Toph said as she got excited.
"Sure, sounds like a good idea." Aang agreed.
"I'm into it if you guys are. What about you Zuko?" Katara asked.
"Sure why not?" Zuko agreed.
The others began to chat among themselves. 
"They really are Fairy Tail's strongest team." Macao said.
"Which team are you talking about?" Cana asked.
"Erza's team, they have Lucy who can summon Aquarius and wash them all away. Not to mention Natsu and Grey. And Erza has no competition."
"I wouldn't say that." Cana began "Katara can bend Grey's ice and Aquarius' water, Aang has four elements and magic on his side, Toph has the spirit of a rock, and Zuko-"
"Yeah! Zuko is a real man!" Elfman yelled
"What about us!?" Natsu and Gray growled in jealousy.
"Is there a problem?" Erza asked.
"Not at all!" They both said in fear.
Natsu and Sokka saw the Lupenous job. "We'll be taking this job thank you very much." Sokka said.
"As if, Fairy Tail's strongest team will be takin' that job." Natsu said.
"Yeah thanks for recognizing that we are the stronger team."
"I never said that! Besides you can't even bend!"
"I beat you remember?!"
"YOU CHEATED!" Natsu yelled.
"You can't cheat in battle, moron!"
"Who are you calling a moron?!" Natsu angrily asked.
"You, you moron!"
Both had their heads to each other and lightning was sparking in the background.
Toph chuckled. "Gray, you have been replaced."
"We'll both take the job." Erza said to end the argument. "How does that sound?"
"Well it was Erza's team who helped us fit in here." Aang said. "So lets do it."
"Alright, no lets start our first job together!" Sokka yelled.
----Night time had fallen and Master Makarov in his jester outfit was sitting on one of the unfinished walls of the Fairy Tail guild. "The Next Generation huh? But if I was to retire who would I trust the guild to? Laxus could since he is my grandson but his anger makes him unsuitable for the position. Mystogan is a poster child for reculsion. Maybe Erza, no she is still too young."
"Master!" he heard and he looked down and saw Mira.
"Oh, Mira."
"Thank goodness I found you. They have done it again!" Mira said as she held a stack of papers.
"Done what?" he asked.
"Erza and Aang's teams both completed the Lupenous job however, they have destroyed the town." Mira said while oddly smiling as she showed Makarov the stack of papers. Suddenly scary organ music plays in the background and Makarov's eyes had turned black and his jaw hung out. "The magic council is demanding that you submit a report and a written apology immediately." she said spreading the message and Makarov had soon turned to dust and was blown away by the wind. "Master?"
"RETIRE!? AS IF THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN! I'M NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE AT THIS RATE!" he yelled out as he was jumping in frustration.
----The next day Lucy and Katara were at the bar and they were talking to Mira and both girls had their heads on the table. Lucy began the story "Yesterday was bad, we completed the job but-"
"-Our teammates destroyed the entire town in the process." Katara finished as she looked annoyed.
"Natsu threw flames everywhere..." A figure of fire coming out of Natsu's mouth was seen and the sound of his screaming voice was heard
"Toph flung rocks everywhere and destroyed the road..." A figure of Toph making two boulders floating over her head was seen and the sound of earthbending was made.
"Grey froze everything..." A figure of Grey without his shirt and his hand had cold mists coming from it.
"Aang made Natsu's fires worse when he tried to put them out with his airbending..." A figure of Aang on his Air Scooter was made and the sound of winds blowing was heard
Both girls then said the last point. "And Erza..." the sound of Erza doing a battle cry was heard and both girls shuddered at what she did the day before.
"It was horrible..." Katara said and she planted her head on the table.
"And what's worse is that most of the reward money had gone to repairs for the town." She said. "How are we going to pay our rent now?" Lucy said with endless tears falling down her face.
"Don't worry. I have a job that I have been holding onto Lucy, and it is right up your alley. You might even like it Katara." she said as she winked to the two girls. "And you don't have to worry about your teammates destroying anything."
"Whatever it is. We'll take it!" Katara said. "Anything has got to be better than potential destruction.
----Later soaring through the sky was Appa and both Team Natsu and Avatar were on top of him and they were flying to Onibus Town. The sounds of Natsu laughing was heard
"Tell me again why we couldn't take the train?" Toph asked.
"Because both teams can get there faster if we fly on Appa." Sokka said. "It will be more efficient."
"But I hate flying..."
"I LOVE FLYING!" Natsu exclaimed as he was sitting next to Aang who was pulling the reins. "Now I can get to jobs without puking my guts out! Hahaha!" he then lies down and he looks towards Appa's left eye. "You and I are going to be spending A LOT of time together pal." Natsu gleefully said as he rubbed the Sky Bison's fur. Appa heard this and because of this the Sky Bison actually sweat dropped.
"Normally performing isn't my job, but as an aspiring writer, this will be the perfect stage for me so I can gain experience and take the stage myself." Lucy said.
"Well whatever this play is, I has got to be better than that play about us back at Ember Island." Sokka said.
"It thought we agreed to never talk about that again?" Katara said.
"By the way, where is Zuko?" Lucy said.
Sokka began to explain. "Actually, he said he didn't want to come, he said that plays remind him of how Azula always made him play the Dark Water Spirit in some play called 'Love amongst the dragons'. The Dark Water Spirit was the bad guy in that play apparently." Sokka explained.
Momo looked like he began talking to Happy. "Uh hu..." Happy said while he nodded in response to Momo's lemur noises. "I see..."
"Happy, you can understand Momo?" Lucy asked.
"Cool! What's he saying?" Aang asked.
Happy looked at the group as if he was about to say something important. "I don't know..." soon Lucy, Katara and Aang sweat dropped.
"Building us up for nothing." Lucy muttered.
"Hey guys! I think we are here!" Aang exclaimed as Appa had arrived at Onibus town and he landed next to the theater. Everyone got off the bison and Aang handed Appa a whole lettuce. "Stay here buddy." he ate it whole and Aang began rubbing his head.
They climbed up the stairs and began waiting. "So where is this guy? This better not have been a fake job?" Sokka asked.
"Thank you, very much." a voice said from behind a pillar and a short man with two very round ponytails on top of his head and and is curved at the centre, the hair was a dark purple, and he had a small mustache above his mouth, and he seemed to have a long face. He wore a red suit and dark green pants.
"Ahh! Small creepy man!" Sokka exclaimed as he jumped back.
"I apologize. My name is Rabian. I am the Chairman of this theater." He said. "Please follow me." He added.
Aang, then shrugged his shoulders and the group followed him inside. "This world just keeps getting weirder doesn't it?" Sokka said to himself.
...
They were inside the main dressing room for the actors. "So where are the actors?" Toph asked.
"Yeah, I've been meaning to ask that too." Gray said.
"Thank you." Rabian said.
"For what, exactly?" Happy said to himself.
"You see all the other actors left because of bad reviews of the performances. But I even still wanted to pursue my dream, I even focused on it so much that my wife left me, the theater is all I have left."
Erza had her eyes closed. "That is a shame, but you don't have to worry... Cause your actors are here!" Erza put her right arm over her chest and she began to sing.
"Erza can sing!" Lucy exclaimed as the armored wizard was still singing in the background.
"Is she shining?" Katara asked.
"She's doing vocal exercises." Happy exclaimed.
"Yeah, we're going to be actor- Wait what!?" Sokka exclaimed.
"Sokka!" Katara said glaring at him. "We'll be happy to help you, Rabian."
"Thank you very much!" he handed each of them a script.
Gray quickly noticed something. "Hey, doesn't the script seem kind of odd?" he asked after skimming through it
Sokka began to examine it carefully. "Not really though I have noticed something, according to the characters there only seem to be spaces for four, main characters. Maybe I could spice it up a little?"
Rabian began to think. "Now that you mention it, we may need to try and include everyone." he said.
"Hey! I'm an aspiring writer! Why are you letting him change the script!?" Lucy asked in anger.
"I thought you said that you wanted experience on the stage, besides one of the parts is perfect for you."
"Don't worry." Sokka said. "If I change a few things here and there without effecting the main story..." Sokka took out a pencil from nowhere and began scribbling on the script. "What do you think!?" he asked.
Rabian looked at it and his eyes sparkled. "It is brilliant, thank you very much!" he exclaimed.
"I'm a genius!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Let me see!" Toph asked and she snatched it from him and she gasped. "Sokka its perfect!" she exclaimed. "It is truly a sight to behold."
"I know ri-" Sokka then quickly remembered that Toph was blind and he snatched it back from her. "Stop it!"
"Hey, you handed the script to a blind girl, what did you think was going to happen?" Toph rhetorically asked. Soon the whole group laughed.
----In order to prepare for the show the entire group were doing rehearsals, because Sokka said he would help with the script, he was sort of a psuedo co-director to Rabian. They all had to memorize their lines which was tough for everyone particularly for Toph especially since she couldn't see. So Katara had to narrate her lines to her. When Sokka saw this he tried to made Toph's line easier to remember.
They also had the job of advertising the play. Happy flew in the air all over town dropping flyers from the sky. Aang had gone to the other half of town and he was leaving a trail of flyers were ever he went as he was on his air scooter and he riding it all over town while dropping the flyers.
During the week of preparation something unexpected happened.
Rabian walks over to them. "Hello, everyone. I am told that you have guests." he said.
They were confused. They all walked outside. "Well what do you know as if doing this play wasn't enough?" Toph muttered as she recognized the few from the group that had come to visit them.
"Yo!" Makarov said as he stood in front of the group and this surprised everyone, particularly Lucy. Master Makarov and Mira had come along with a plump man wearing a magenta spagetti strapped shirt with pink and purple shorts he was bald, he had blushes on his cheeks and he had hoop rings that tied together to make his necklace, he also oddly wore lipstick. He also had small white wings on his back. He had the blue emblem of a different guild on his right shoulder. This was Bob, guild master of Blue Pegasus.
Another figure had light brown hair and wore black sunglasses and wore a wizards like hat with a spiked collar around it, he also had a collar of the same design around his neck he wore black pants. He was Goldmine, guild master of Quatro Cerberus.
Other guests included Yajima, Chief Moka and Lulu from Galuna Island, the Pirate who befriended Erza while going to Galuna Island. There was also the Eisenwald Chicken and he kept saying. 'Meat.'
"Sorry to come on such short notice, but we just came to watch you guys perform." Mira said.
Sokka looked slightly creeped out. "Hey, is it me or does that man over there look like a lady?"
"Easy Sokka, sure he's different but he can't be all bad." Aang said.
"Oh so you two noticed me?" he asked in a flirtatious tone. He quickly moved over to them. "Have you been hiding these two from me Makarov? You never mentioned how delicious the Elemental Wizard looked." He said and he closed in on Aang.
"Okay... I'm all for attention and all, but this is a little weird... Um, Sokka help...?"
"Sorry, I'd love to but I have to meet the rest of these guys."
"You're on your own Twinkle Toes." Toph said as they both walked away from the two.
"Uh... actually there is someone else you see..." Aang tried to explain
Meanwhile the rest of the group was getting accuainted with the others. "Hey I remember you." Grey said to Lulu.
"Y-yeah we last saw each other on Galuna Island, its nice to see you again."
"Likewise."
Katara walked in on the two. "Wait, according to what Erza told me, everyone on Galuna Island are demons."
"Oh that is true, I just use my transformation magic to make me look human, see." Lulu then transformed into her demon form and Katara sweatdropped and looked spooked.
"Uh I see, quick question, you aren't evil right?"
"No, we may be demons but we don't want to hurt anyone."
Katara took a big sigh of relief. "Well that's a relief."
Meanwhile the pirate was looking at Erza with hearts in his eyes. "It is so nice to see you again, captain." he said to Erza.
"Likewise." she brought his head to her chest armor and it made a loud clanging sound.
"Hey I remember you, you're the fake Salamander, you're here too?" Lucy asked looking at Bora who posed as the Salamander when Lucy first arrived.
"Salamander? You used Natsu's name. Not cool." Sokka said folding his arms.
"How's it going?" Natsu asked in a friendly manner.
"After your friend punched me right in the face, I have decided that I will give up scouting for pin-up girls." he said and this surprised Lucy.
"Huh? That's what you were up to back then?"
"Yes, what did you think I was up to?"
"Lucy was thinking dirty thoughts." Happy said.
"Okay, I really don't want to know now." Sokka said. "Do you think badly of everyone?"
"No! I trust you didn't I?"
"You sent that spirit of yours that likes punishment to come and get me remember?" Sokka reminded.
"Not off to a great start Lucy." Happy said raising his paw in the air.
Soon Boze and Sue from Phantom walk towards them. "Hey, aren't you two from Phantom?" Toph asked coming to the group. "You both got caught up in the carnage like Blondie and I?"
"Yes, but our guild was disbanded. So we've come to watch you perform." Boze said. "And we also brought a gift." and he gestured to Sue who was holding a cloth.
She blushed in embarrassment. "Its not very much though." She showed them and it was a pound of raw meat.
"Are you kidding, this is meat. This is the best gift you could have given us!" Sokka yelled.
"Meat!" the Eisenwald Chicken yelled.
"Hey, it's not for you!" Sue exclaimed.
"Aww thanks you shouldn't have-" Sokka began but suddenly he was kicked high into the air by Sue.
"NOT FOR YOU!" She yelled. "It's for the red dog." she said and an arrow was pointing to Happy and she was looking at him and he got exited that he would be getting free food.
"Toph you think this girl is color blind?" Gray asked.
"Forget color blind, I think she is blind blind. If not then completely nuts."
Suddenly chief Moka appears behind Lucy. "So when are you going to destroy the moon huh?!" he asked with an angry voice.
"Excuse me!?" Katara yelled in disbelief.
"But not as nuts as that guy..." Toph continued
"You're still on that?" Lucy asked as she sweatdropped.
Soon Lucy was lying on the steps of the theater. "I can't belief I have to perform in front of everyone." Lucy said as she already looked exhasted.
----Soon the end of the week came and the theater is packed. Rabian looks through the curtains and he is filled with joy as soon as he sees the seats are full and he is elated. Makarov, Mira, Bob, Goldmine and Yajima had acquired seats at the top of the house and they looked down at the stage.
Sokka looked back and he saw the crowd. "Okay people lets do this, the sooner we finish this, the sooner we get payed." Sokka said as he looked to the others in their various costumes.
"Hey, you remember you're not the real director here." Lucy reminded
"I wasn't the director. I was Rabian's creative assistant." Sokka said trying to make the difference clea.
"Okay, you're up Lyra." Lucy said to the spirit.
"I'll do my best!" the Spirit happily exclaimed.
The curtains opened and Lyra began to sing out to the audience with the song explaining the backdrop for the story. The story was that the beautiful Princess Yanderica was kidnapped and the only person who could save her was Prince Frederick. While Lyra was singing the spotlight had focused on Erza as she played the part of Prince Frederick, her hair was tied in a ponytail, she wore a cream and red accented robe and she had her sword at her side, she wore white pants and black, white accented boots. She had a sea green like cape that was tied around her shoulders and she looked as if she had an air of confidence.
However as soon as Erza was meant to say her first line, something unexpected happened. She looked frozen stiff in a stance when she was holding her sword out. "I...I a-am... P-Prince... F-F-Frederic-Frederick..."
The crowd was confused as they were now wondering what was happening.
Meanwhile the rest of Team Natsu and Avatar were at the back watching this. "Hey, Armor queen isn't moving, what gives?" Toph asked.
"She must have that thing where she gets nervous for the real thing." Grey said.
"Stage Fright! She can scare people no problem but can't face big crowds?" Katara asked in disbelief.
"Haha, the irony, haha." Toph chuckled.
"This isn't funny, we have to do something." Lucy said.
"Am I going on next?" Natsu asked excitedly.
"No not you!" Lucy angrily said.
Erza was still stuttering through her lines. "I-I have ten s-swords!" she exclaimed and a magenta magic circle had appeared in front of her and she flung out ten swords into the audience and their confusion was replaced with fear.
"You could get killed watching this play!" Makarov yelled as he watched what was happening from above.
Aang was watching from the back. "Okay I'm going in." he said and he walked onto the stage with his costume and he was dressed in a long brown robe that touched the ground he had a wizards like hat that was brown as well and he held a long stick that was meant to act as a staff. He also had a long white beard that covered the lower half of his face.
"Why hello there, you must be the Prince right?" Aang asked in an old man's voice as he also hunched his back.
"Y-y-es t-t-that would be me."
"I am but a humble wizard. Now don't tell me, you are on a quest to save the Princess, but I warn you the path to her captors is very dangerous, knowing this do you still wish to continue on your quest?" he asked. He saw that Erza was still struggling with her lines. "Of course you would, now follow me and for we are about to pass through the Forgotten Swamp." he said the audience was still confused at why the Prince still wasn't saying anything.
The old man had led Prince Frederick to the swamp and the lights dimmed. "Fools!" A female voice yelled. "Who dare venture into my swamp?!" it asked and a trap door opened and it revealed Katara who was dressed in a moss green dress that covered her entire body, her long hair was in front of her face so that it would give a more scary look.
"Oh no! It is the water witch of the swamp, her water magic is deadly." Aang in his old man's voice said. Katara made mist cover her side of the stage.
"Tell me why you have decided to cross my swamp?!"
Erza suddenly snapped out of her nervousness and she walked in front of Aang. "I have come to rescue the Princess so step out of my way." she said though she was still moved as if she was a little stiff.
"As if, I am sick of the Princess, always so perfect. I wont let you save her because... I want to be your Princess?" Katara said as she slightly shuddered at the lines she had to say.
"No I will not marry you, you are ugly and unattractive." Erza said.
"And you smell like... six month old seaweed." Aang said.
"You have angered me, I will plant both of your pathetic souls at the bottom of my watery garden."
Sokka meanwhile had performed a fist pump. "Yes she got every line!" he exclaimed.
"Yeah, but you know she's going to get you back for making her a water which you know." Lucy said.
"When do I go on?" Natsu asked in a bored voice.
"Not yet!" both Lucy and Sokka exclaimed.
Katara had then made a body of water surround her in a circle and eight tendril like arms came out of them. "You are no match for me!"
Erza ran, still a little stiff from her nervousness and she sliced the one of the water tendrils.
"Ha-Ha-Ha. Your stupid sword cannot cut through my water you love sick fool." Katara said as the water witch.
Aang stepped. "Step back young whippersnapper, I know of an ancient spell that can defeat the water witch and send her to the under depths of whens she came."
"Forget it old man I am a very powerful wizard, the most powerful in all the lands."
"Oh really...?" Aang then began doing a very weird dance and most of the crowd had sweat dropped from this. "I cast Ignitis spell!" he then shoots a fireball from his hand and it sped towards Katara but she blocked it with the water around her yet she fell to her knees.
"Oh no! I am melting!" Katara lied on another trap door that had begun to sink and this gave the impression that she was sinking into the ground. "Oh whoa is me, you both have bested me and now I am dead because of my jealousy." she said and she was now under the stage.
"Oh yes we have cleared to swamp, however this is as far as I go, it is your destiny to save the princess." Aang said in the old voice and he began to walk off the stage but he tripped because of the long robe and he fell on his stomach. "Oh my bad, my legs must not be as un-clumsy as they used to be. Hahaha." he ran off the stage. and he took a deep breath. He walked to Katara and Sokka.
"What was that!?" Sokka asked.
"Sorry I kinda tripped, this robe is too long." Aang complained.
"And Sokka, the next time you decide to cast my character as a Water witch. I'll go all Water Witch on you if you know what I mean!" she said glaring at Sokka.
"Okay, if this happens next time, I'll give you a better role." Sokka said.
"Hopefully there wont be a next time." Aang muttered
Meanwhile on the stage Erza was by herself and she was stuttering her lines again.
"Oh great, her Stage Fright, just kicked in." Sokka frustratingly said.
"No worries I got this!" Lucy said and she ran to get prepared.
"Do I go on yet?" Natsu asked with hope.
"No Natsu." Aang, Sokka and Katara said monotonusly as he was proving to be a slight annoyance.
Meanwhile the curtains opened wider and Lucy who had her hair tied in huge bun with a princess tiara and she was wearing a dress. She was tied up by ropes and she was hanging from the top of the stage.
"Oh please save me my brave prince. I am the Princess Yanderica and I have been captured by Seighart and only you can save me." she said.
"Not so fast!" Grey suddenly came out and he was wearing a blue suit with a gold outline he had a red cape attached to his shoulders, he also wore white pants. Many of the girls in the audience had squealed at Grey's presence. "I am Julius and if you want to save the princess you must first defeat me in battle." he said.
The audience was confused thus far especially since Frederick has already found the Princess so quickly in the play.
"Y-y-you cannot b-b-beat m-m-m f-for I-I-I..." Erza tried to say as she struggled with her lines.
"I have to do something." Lucy muttered to herself. She took out one of her silver keys. "Open, Gate of the Clock Constellation: Horologium!" suddenly there was a huge puff of brown smoke and Horologium had appeared. "Oh great Clock, please assist the Prince as he is not feeling well." Lucy said and Erza was now inside Horologium.
Murmurs were heard from the audience as they now saw that Erza was inside the clock.
"Oh we are so not getting paid for this." Sokka muttered.
"Have a little faith, maybe Erza will soon get over the stage fright thing... eventually." Aang said to himself.
"I will be the one to defeat you, Julius. She says." Horologium said.
The audience began to ask if the clock now speaks for the Prince from now. Suddenly Erza has a serious face and she exits the Clock Spirit and glares at Grey.
"Thank you great Clock you may go now." Lucy said.
"As you wish." and the spirit disappeared in a gold glow.
Meanwhile backstage Aang had felt a presence suddenly disappear. "That felt weird..." he said to himself.
"What is it?" Katara asked.
"I don't know, one moment I felt a presence that was on stage a second ago, and the next minute it was gone. But I'm sure its nothing to worry about right?"
"Yeah, I'm sure you're right. Yeah, but didn't the clock just disappear?"
"It must be a coincidence."
Back on stage. Grey had summoned an Ice sword. "Let us dual with our swords!"
"You cannot beat me... I h-have t-ten swords!" Erza said while stuttering and a maroon seal had appeared in front of Erza and ten swords of the same design as the one Erza was holding had flown out and they had nearly impaled Gray as he didn't seem to expect that and they surrounded him in a circle.
"Aah! You have defeated me!" he yelled out and the audience was shocked as to how easy it was.
Erza had let Lucy down from the ropes. "Thank you for saving me my prince."
"It was no problem princess, now lets us go back home so that we may marry and have ten children!" Erza exclaimed and Lucy even had a shocked face.
This then shocked shocked the crowd even more.
"Isn't that moving a little too fast?" Yajima asked.
"My my." Mira said while smiling with her eyes closed.
Suddenly the stage began to shake and they sounded like footsteps. "This isn't over Prince Frederick!" a voice yelled and Toph had walked onto the stage and she was covered in bronze armor and she had a red headband replacing her regular green and yellow ones, she wore red puffy overalls and she had a red shirt that was covered by the bronze armor. She wore bronze gauntlets on her arms. "It is I Seighart! And I will be the one to marry the Princess and we will have twenty children, instead of just ten. Together we will raise an empire! Mwa ha ha ha ha!" Toph laughed as she looked to be really enjoying this.
Katara had her eyes wide open and so did Sokka as he was looking through the script. "It's not in the script. Is it?" Katara asked not even looking at Sokka.
"Yep, she's free-styling." Sokka simply said as he threw the script behind him.
"Your ten swords are no match for my..." Toph bended rocks that were place from behind the stage. "Twenty Rocks! Mwa ha ha ha!"
"Get behind me princess I'll protect you!" Erza yelled and Lucy got behind her. Another maroon magic circle had appeared in front of Erza and ten swords shot out to Toph but she bended the rocks to hit them back and she hit every sword accept for one that was caught by Toph and she placed it under her left armpit.
"Aargh you stabbed me! No you have defeated me and my future empire..." Toph then pretended to be dead and she stuck her tongue out. However she abruptly got up much to the surprise of the audience and they screamed out in shock. "If I can't have the princess, no one can! Come out my Dragon!" Suddenly Appa's roar was heard and a huge dragon prop costume was lifted by Happy and inside was Natsu.
"Yes! This is my Que!" He then started to shoot flames from his mouth and the crowd could fell the intensity of the flames. "I am an evil dragon! Hahaha!"
Sue looked up in the crowd. 
"It's the Red Dog!" She exclaimed.
"We must team up to fight the dragon!" Erza said to Gray
"No way, not after you killed my leader."
"Both of you run! I will hold off the dragon! You two try and escape." Lucy said.
Now the crowd was confused as it was now the princess who was fighting against the dragon, to them this was the last thing they were expecting.
Happy looked tired and strained from lifting the heavy costume while Natsu was spewing fire from inside it. He then dropped the dragon costume on the stage and a huge stream of fire had sped past Lucy.
Because of this now a part of her dress was on fire and she was screaming in terror. "SOMEONE! HELP ME!" she yelled.
"You got it Lucy!" Aang yelled
"Aang wait!" Katara yelled, but Aang blew a huge gust of wind from his mouth and the wind engulfed Lucy and the fire had become bigger.
"KYAAAA!" Lucy yelled and she was running around.
"Oops." Aang said while he cringed
"GRAY! ICE!" Lucy yelled.
"Alright hold your hor-" Erza had stepped on Grey's head as he charged up an ice attack. She was in the air and she slices up Lucy's clothes so much so that she had lost all of her clothes and Lucy screamed in horror.
"Holy cow..." Katara said with eyes wide open as she was blushing and had managed to block Aang's eyes before he could get a look at her.
The crowd was also screaming as they had also caught a glimpse of Lucy body.
"This is out of control..." Makarov said.
"My my..." Mira said and had her eyes closed.
Erza's cape was now covering Lucy body after her clothes have been torn and she suddenly the underside of the stage had moved and Taurus had emerged from the floor.
"I'll protect your body Lucy-san!" He yelled but he suddenly faced a rock to the face.
"Who invited you!?" Toph yelled.
Everyone was now surprised as her character was supposed to be dead.
Gray then tried to freeze Natsu because he was burning the stage. Toph saw this. "Hey Cork it!" She exclaimed and she made a rock come through the floor of the stage and covered the dragon costume's mouth. A stray pebble hit Erza and she glanced at Toph and flames had covered her eyes.
"You will pay for this! Seighart!" Erza yelled.
"You're still in character!?" Toph yelled and there was now fighting all over the stage and Lucy was close to backstage and Katara was next to her.
"The question we have to ask ourselves is... Why didn't we see this coming?" Katara asked as she narrowed her eyes towards the stage.
"I wonder if the building will hold..." Lucy wondered, from the outside the building a huge gash had torn through the centre of the building and it crumbled and fell to pieces.
Many of the crowd were getting up from the wreckage.
"They've done it again!?" Makarov yelled.
"Seriously, just hurry up and retire Macky..." Yajima said.
"My my..." Mira said getting up from the rubble.
Lucy had gotten up and the crowd had looked at where the stage used to be and they all began clapping and a couple of whistles were heard.
"Wow, they actually liked it." she thought and she smiled.
Soon the entire cast had got up on what used to be the stage and they all bowed.
----Soon they were back in the same dressing room some days later.
"Geez I can't believe they like it but I am pooped." Toph said as she felt tired.
"I know what you mean." Sokka said as he slumped down on a chair.
"Knock it off! You didn't even do anything!" Katara said in an annoyed voice.
Rajima walked in. "I can't believe that you wizards can act well. Well you better get prepared for today's show." he said.
"Oh man, seriously how many shows do we have to do?" Gray asked
"You still have to do three more shows today." Rajima said and right after he said that Erza was doing vocal exercises.
"Seriously, I don't think fighting the Fire Lord come close to how tiring this is..." Aang said.
"I just wanna go home..." Lucy said with endless tears streaming down her face as she was crawling on the floor.