Ice Dragon Slayer/Chapter 31: Fitting In

The Fairy Tail mages awoke and found that they were still seated at the same spots they were in earlier. They noticed the party was still going on around them, as if no time had passed at all. They then looked across the table and saw the Earth Defenders were still sitting where they were, simply staring at them with blank expressions. Happy noticed that Rodan had a bowl full of fish in front of him and watched as he swallowed one whole, his eye's sparkling as he stared at the fish.
After a brief silence, Levy spoke first. "How long were we out?"
"About two minutes." Gorosaurus answered simply.
The mages were silent for a few moments, then...
"WHAT?!" They all shouted in unison.
Some of the Defenders covered their ears at the sudden shouting, while some shuddered at the loud noise. "Jeez, do you humans have to be so loud?" Baragon said as he held his paws over his large ears.
"We were only out for two minutes?!" Gray asked.
"Yeah, but I started to get hungry so that Kinana lady offered me some fish." Rodan said as he gestured over to the bar where the mages saw the purple haired girl waving at them.
"So..." Anguirus started. "...what did you think?"
"Now you know what exactly we were all those years ago." Kumonga said as the other Kaiju besides Godzilla had nervous looks on their faces.
However, they were surprised when the mages simply smiled at them, but were also a little uncomfortable when they didn't saw anything.
"Are you just going to keep sitting there looking creepy or are you going to answer the question?" Kamoebas asked in a nervous tone.
When Natsu eventually answered for the others, the Defenders were shocked by what they heard. "You guys are totally awesome!"
The others couldn't help but laugh at the shocked expressions the Kaiju had. Some of them spoke with clear surprise on their faces. "...EEEEHHHHH?!"
Manda spoke with a stutter after getting over her initial talk. "B-but, all the things we did-" she was cut off by Mira who held a hand up.
"That doesn't matter. You all were only doing what you thought was right, we still completely support you being a part of the guild." she said with a sweet smile.
"Yeah." Lisanna continued. "You all seem really sweet." The other mages nodded in agreement.
The Defenders were still silent for a moment until Varan slammed his hand on the table. "Ha! You heard them! Pay up Baragon!"
Baragon growled something incoherent before handing him a large slab of meat he got from the bar.
Lily cocked an eyebrow "What's that all about?"
Varan looked up at the wizards as he took a bit out of his steak. "Oh, me and Baragon had a bet on whether you guy's would allow us to stay or kick us out after you were done looking at the bosses memories." he then smirked at Baragon. "And it looks like I won!"
"Scaly rodent." Baragon muttered.
"C'mon. We wouldn't kick you guys out." Lucy said. "Your already part of our family."
Godzilla couldn't help but smile a when he noticed Lucy smile at him. King Caesar then spoke. "So...now what?"
Rodan shrugged and bent down to grab a fish when his beak hit the table, he noticed his bowl was gone. He looked and saw Happy running off with it and glared. "Oi! Get back here with that!" he shouted as he took off after the blue exceed.
"No way!" Happy yelled back as stared to run from the angry pterosaur.
The Defenders and mages all laughed as they continued to watch Rodan chase Happy around the guild hall. Godzilla gave a small smile. "I think we're going to fit in just fine here."
The Shobijin made their way onto Lea's head and sat down for a moment. The Defender's noticed they looked pretty exhausted. "You should really rest for a moment. You used up a lot of magic using that connection spell." Zilla said. The Shobijin simply nodded in unison before dozing off.
Mira and Lisanna gave the Mothra Twins a sad look as the larvae rested their heads on the ground. It was upsetting for them to know that their own mother would sacrifice herself to protect her children from being killed by her brother. Her brother especially. They turned to look at Godzilla.
"Godzilla?" Lisanna asked. "How did you know Mothra?"
The Defender's were quiet after that. Rodan and Happy stopped chasing each other when they heard Lisanna's question and came back over to the group. Godzilla gave a sad look to the Mothra Twin's, who both nodded at him, before looking back at the sisters.
"She saved my life once."
Mira gave a confused look. "How?"
Godzilla closed his eye's for a moment before he opened them again. "She and her children came to help me during a battle with a Kaiju called Destroyah six years ago."
Wendy cringed a little. "Just the name sounds scary."
"She sure is." Rodan said as he pulled a fish out of his bowl and handed it to Happy. "She's practically a demon."
"She is a demon." Everyone looked at Anguirus, who was staring at the ground with his face slightly twisted in anger.
Erza tilted her head a little. "Do you know her?"
Anguirus nodded. "I fought against her several years ago."
Godzilla knew what his old friend was thinking of. After all, he was the one who was called to face Destroyah after her first appearance and attack even though Godzilla was the one who the humans meant to call. He had heard about what happened during Anguirus' battle with her and was just glad that he was still alive. Knowing what he was going through now, Godzilla decided to take the attention off of him. "Anyway, Mothra was mortally wounded after she protected me from one of Destoroyah's attacks. We believe it was because of her injuries that Battra..." he started to trail off a little.
King Caesar followed up on that. "It was several months after the Battle of L.A. that Godzilla welcomed the twin's to our home on the Monster Islands."
Mira and Lisanna cast another sad glance at the larvae, who were giving Godzilla a sad look. The mood of the group grew a little sour, something Rodan quickly took notice of.
"C'mon, what's with the sour faces? Let's stop dwelling on the past so much and think about how much fun we're gonna be having from now on."
Godzilla smiled at his friend. "You really know how to lighten the mood, don't you?"
"What can I say? I can't stand seeing people all dark and gloomy." Rodan smirked. "And besides, helping lift people's spirit's is kinda my job."
Everyone at the table couldn't help but laugh. The mood started to lighten up a lot thank's to Rodan. Some of the guys went off to join in on the party, while the girls stayed behind with the Defender's.
Lucy finally decided to ask the big question that was on her mind. "Godzilla? Do you...ever regret having all those battles?"
Godzilla was slightly surprised by the question. He let it sink in for a moment before answering. "Not one bit. I did what I felt was the right thing to do."
The girls smiled at his answer. "You know, for a big, scaly monster, your actually really sweet." Mira said with a smile.
Godzilla looked rather uncomfortable after she said that and looked away for a moment, causing the other Defender's to laugh a little.
"I think these humans are already starting to get to us." Kumonga snickered.
"I think this place is going to suit us just fine, for now at least." Baragon smirked.
"I have a question as well." Erza said. "What will happen if these 'Earth Conquerors' you spoke of earlier find us?"
The Defenders looked at each other for a moment before nodding. They looked back at the girls and Godzilla answered with a serious expression. "We fight them."
Levy's eye's widened. "Seriously?! Your gonna fight them?!"
"Of course." Gorosaurus answered. "Should they ever hope to step foot in this place at all, we will fight them with everything we've got."
"Hell yeah!" Rodan cheered. "We'll send 'em back to Terra in tears!"
"That's an understatement." Anguirus said with a small smirk. "We'll send them back in body bag's."
Manda flashed a surprised look towards the ankylosaur. "Isn't that a little too dark?"
Anguirus shrugged. "Was it? I'm not too sure."
Varan laughed. "This world keeps getting better and better by the second! I bet I could handle any challenge this place can throw at me!"
"Oh yeah?" Cana smirked at him. "I'll bet you can't beat me at drinking."
Varan cocked an eye at the Card Mage, but then gave her a wicked smirk back. "Oh, your on lady." The two walked off towards the bar with the others watching in surprise.
"I never thought Cana would challenge one of you guy's to a drink off." Lisanna said.
Gorosaurus chuckled. "Varan's a risky gambler. He's always looking for a good challenge every now then. I guess he's found a rival in this Cana woman."
"I'm just a little worried how the alcohol will affect Varan, seeing how it already affects Cana." Levy said in a worried tone.
The other Defenders gave her confused looks. "Why? What does alcohol do to her?" Zilla asked curiously.
"You'll see soon enough." Evergreen deadpanned.
"When you put it like that..." Rodan said as he started sweating a little. "I don't think I want to find out."
"What do you know. The great 'Master of the Skies' is actually scared of how a drunken human will act, there's a first." Baragon laughed.
"Hey!" Rodan retorted.
"Master of the Skies?" Juvia repeated curiously.
"That's Rodan's title back on Earth." Anguirus stated. "He gained it due to that fact that he's known to be one of the fastest Kaiju who ever lived."
"But you never know." Kumonga added. "It's only a matter of time before someone surpasses you."
"No way!" Rodan shouted. "I could totally fly circles around anybody! Besides, I'm the fastest Kaiju there is."
Gorosaurus smirked. "Whatever you say Rodan."
"C'mon. Be nice to him boys." Manda said. "There's no need to poke fun at him just because he might one day become the second fastest."
"WHY THE HELL IS EVERYONE PICKING ON ME TODAY?!" Rodan exasperated in frustration.
"I'm not." Wendy said with a sweet smile. "I think you're really amazing."
Rodan couldn't help but blush a little and started rubbing the back of his head, slightly embarrassed. "Awww, thanks kid. At least someone here is nice enough to compliment me on how awesome I can be."
King Caesar cocked an eye at Rodan before smirking. "Is that why your blushing?"
Rodan noticed his face felt a little hot as the others started laughing again. Rodan glared at them. "Stop trying to tick me off you jerks!"
"Okay, that's enough out of all of you." Godzilla said sternly. "We shouldn't be putting any doubt in anyone's abilities, especially when their your comrades."
"Thank you!" Rodan breathed out in relief.
----Fairy Tail OST: Work Hard Lucy...
----Just as things started to calm down, they heard the sound of Natsu and Gray shouting insults at each other from across the guild hall.
"Say that again, frosty!" Natsu shouted.
"I told you to stop eating like a pig, you fire freak!" Gray retorted.
"Well maybe you should try keeping your clothes on when your in public, stripper boy!" Natsu shot back.
"What did you say?!" Gray snarled angrily.
"You heard me!" Natsu shouted again.
Gajeel knocked a table away as he stomped towards the two. "There's a fight going on? And you didn't bother to invite me?!"
"Looks like this situation calls for a real man like me!" Elfman exclaimed.
"I suppose I should get involved as well." Freed said calmly as he adjusted his sleeves.
"Yeah! This is gonna be a blast!" Bickslow shouted. "Blast! Blast! Blast!" his babies repeated.
"If you guy's going then I'm going in too!" Nab said as he thrust his fists in the air.
It wasn't long until almost every male member of Fairy Tail was engaged in an all out brawl. Tables, chairs and mugs were being demolished or tossed around like crazy as the brawling wizards continued to fight with fist's flying. Every now and then a torrent of fire, an iron club or a pillar of ice would be seen flying from the mass of people engaged in the brawl while the people not participating were cheering from their seats. The Defenders and the Fairy Tail ladies they sat with watched from their table, the former really surprised by how the situation seemed to just escalate out of nowhere. The fighting was so noisy that it woke the Shobijin from their little nap as they also watched the fighting with surprise.
Anguirus finally broke the silence. "Does this normally happen as well?"
Mira nodded with a smile. "Almost every day."
"Everyday?!" Kumonga shouted. "And you just let them?!"
"I wouldn't worry about it." Lisanna smiled as well. "It's really what makes guild life so much more exciting."
"I'm just surprised nobody's dying over there." Gorosaurus remarked.
"The humans of this world seem a lot more resilient than the ones back home." Kamoebas said.
Zilla nodded. "You can say that again."
As the mages continued to fight in an all out battle royal, Gajeel tossed a chair at Natsu, who quickly dodged out of the way, causing the chair keep going before striking Baragon in the head. The ladies flinched when the red kaiju shot his head up and looked towards the fighting group of mages with sheer rage plastered on his face.
"Alright! Which of you fools threw that?!" he shouted.
Gajeel shot a evil smirk towards him. "So what if I did dog breath?"
Baragon's eye began to twitch uncontrollably at Black Steels insult. "ALRIGHT! THAT'S IT!" He shot out of his seat and tackled the Iron Dragon Slayer into the mass of brawling Fairy Tail members. "I'M GONNA CLAW YOUR FACE OFF YOU IRON-STUDDED BASTARD!"
"GO AHEAD AND TRY PUPPY FACED LOSER!" Gajeel shot back as he turned his arms in iron clubs and started swinging at Baragon, with the latter countering him with his sharp claws.
Rodan tried to call to his fellow Defender. "Oi, Baragon! Calm down will ya?!"
"Relax Rodan." Caesar said as he put a paw on his shoulder. "Just let him go. He needs to blow off steam."
Kumonga looked up at the mutant pterosaur. "Yeah. Besides, Baragon isn't stupid enough to actually kill those humans. Unless he want's to get punished by the boss."
Rodan shivered at little at the thought. "I don't even want to think about what Chief would do." His expression began to calm a little. "I guess I just don't like getting involved in violence unless I need to."
Then, almost right on queue, a metal tray flew out from the fight and struck Rodan square in the face. The ladies giggled when they saw that Rodan's beak had actually made a deep dent in the tray when it fell off. They stopped when they noticed his body started trembling as he held his eyes closed.
"You know...when you think about it..." His eyes shot open as he sped away from the table and started plowing through the large group of brawling wizards. "I THINK THIS SITUATION CALLS FOR A GOOD OLD FASHION BEAT DOWN!"
"There he goes now." Anguirus said while keeping a straight face.
"Is he going to be okay?" Wendy asked.
"He'll be fine kid." Kamoebas said. "As long as you don't provoke him."
"I'VE BEEN FEELING PLENTY PROVOKED AS OF LATE!" Rodan shouted from the fight where he was seen kicking Max in the face and tossing Vijeeter into a table.
Godzilla noticed some of the Defenders seemed to be fidgeting a little and sighed. "If you want to join in, go ahead. I won't stop you."
The Defenders stared at him with surprised expressions for a moment before smiling and dashing off towards the fight. "AYE SIR!"
"HEY! THAT'S MY LINE!" Happy screamed after them.
Lucy shot a surprised look at Godzilla. "Your okay with letting them fight?"
Godzilla simply nodded. "They'll be fine. I've known them long enough to know they won't seriously hurt your comrades." The Mothra Twins seemed to nod in agreement.
"You seem quite confident in your team mates." Juvia remarked.
"The Defenders understand when too far is too far, so you won't have to worry about someone being seriously injured." The Shobijin said.
As they said this, Natsu was seen flying over their heads and crashing into several more tables before charging back towards the fight. "I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THAT ICE PRINCESS!"
"NOT UNLESS I GET YOU FIRST FLAME BRAIN!" Gray retorted.
"YOUR BOTH GONNA BE BRUISING BIG TIME WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU!" King Caesar declared as he delivered a roundhouse kick to Natsu and sent him flying into Gray, causing them to bowl into a group of onlooking guild members.
Lisanna smiled at the fighting mages and Kaiju before frowning and looking back at Godzilla. "Are you gonna join in with them?"
Godzilla shook his head. "I'd better not. I tend to accidentally go a little overboard when engaging multiple enemies."
Mira simply gave him another smile. "That's nothing new. A lot of us tend to go a little overboard from time to time."
Suddenly, a whole table was tossed towards the group (a stray shot from Natsu and Gray's fight), forcing the ladies to duck their heads and avoid being hit. Unfortunately, the table ended striking Godzilla square in the snout and crumbled upon making contact with his face. The larvae squeaked in surprise when they saw their friend get hit, but were surprised to see that he didn't even looked fazed. He simply sat where he was with his eye's closed, much to the ladies surprise, for several moments before they began to notice he was trembling as well.
"On second thought..." he said in a low, rumbling voice. His eye's shot open as well, but this time, they were pure white and he had a look of thunder on his face before he charged towards the fight and started plowing through the mages like they were nothing. "PERHAPS A LITTLE OVERBOARD IS JUST WHAT YOU FOOLS NEED!"
Kumonga looked over and blanched upon seeing the King of Monsters charging into the fight with fury. "Oh crap! The boss is pissed! Out of the way! Code Green! Code Green!"
The other Defenders heard the giant spiders warning and were quick to jump out of the way as Godzilla knocked over several mages and began to mercilessly knock the lights out of any nearby mages who got caught in his warpath.
"Oh my goodness." Mira giggled as she watched Godzilla put both Elfman and Nab in a double headlock before he slammed his tail down onto Gajeel and Baragon who were fighting close by.
"I think they are going to fit in just nicely." Erza said with a smirk.
"Yeah...if they don't accidentally destroy the whole guild hall first." Levy laughed nervously.
The whole guild was in chaos once the Defenders joined in on the brawl, Gildarts was watching from the bar and was laughing at the other mages misfortune while Makarov sat next to him and seemed to be crying over all the damage that was being done to the guild hall.
Meanwhile, Cana and Varan both were sitting at the end of the bar, each with a large mug filled with alcohol in hand and both looking quite wasted. The Card Mage noticed that the Earth Defender was looking quite buzzed and grinned at him. "What's the matter? Never had the experience of a good buzz before?"
Varan stared at his empty mug with blurry vision. "I have no idea what this stuff is, but it feels weird. I'm not so sure about this."
"Aww, what's wrong? Don't tell me you're gonna chicken out already." Cana teased with a drunk grin. "And I thought you enjoyed a good challenge. Guess even a big tall monster from another universe can't handle a little liquor."
Varan turned towards Cana with a challenging look in his eyes. He was NOT about to let his pride be wounded by this human woman's words. Cana's grin got even wider when she saw his expression. She knew she finally had him.
"I don't know what the Daiei you're talking about, but don't count me out yet!" Varan declared as he slammed his mug on the bar. "Someone get me another round! And make it extra strong!"
"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Cana laughed.
The Shobijin smiled as they watched the fight from their spot on Lea's head. Perhaps Erza was right.
The Defenders were definitely going to fit in just fine.
----Grimoire Heart Airship:
"Attention to all members of Grimoire Heart!" Master Hades announcement rang throughout the entire ship. "As you already know, we have some new allies joining our ranks for the time being. You are to treat them with as though they were your fellow soldiers and to follow whatever requests they ask of you. Furthermore, if I find you making any sort of threatening advances towards them, I will personally have you handed over to Ultear for immediate expulsion." Those who heard him say that last part shivered in fear. They knew what Hades meant by 'expulsion' and didn't dare hope it would come to that for them.
Hades stood up from his throne after finishing his announcement. The Seven Kin of Purgatory were still by his side, as well as Hades' Deputy Commander, Bluenote Stinger. Bluenote was already informed about their little alliance with the Earth Conquerors and while he wasn't overly excited about the idea of having to team up with a bunch of monsters, he decided he would go along with it for now. Speaking of the Conquerors, they were standing before Master Hades and the others while SpaceGodzilla stood directly in front of Hades, a blank expression on his face.
"Now that that's out of the way..." Hades started. "Your comrades are welcome to make themselves at home."
SpaceGodzilla simply nodded before speaking to his fellow Kaiju over his shoulder. "Conquerors, you are dismissed." The others nodded before exiting the room, leaving only Battra, Megaguirus, Destoroyah and Gabara with their leader.
"If you don't mind me asking." Ultear said as she turned to the crystalline beast. "Is this 'Godzilla' you spoke of really as powerful as you claim?"
"Believe me..." SpaceGodzilla replied in a low voice. "He among one of the strongest Kaiju to walk upon the face of our world. Only few have been able to stand against him, but even they were bested."
"But now that we're in this alliance, theirs no way that overgrown iguana stands a chance against us!" Gabara proclaimed while pumping his fist in the air.
"Don't go jumping to conclusion so quickly Gabara." Battra warned menacingly. "Don't forget how strong he's gotten over the last two years."
"Don't forget about Fairy Tail." Caprico added.
Zancrow snorted. "Please! There nothing but a joke! We could crush them without a problem!"
"You seem quite confident in yourself human." Destoroyah hissed. "With the Earth Defenders watching their backs now, it won't just be a walk in the park. There will no doubt be bloodshed."
Meredy slightly cringed at how the Serizawan Legacy had said that, but didn't allow it to show. She wanted to say something, but Zancrow cut her off. "Yeah right! Our guild is one of the most powerful Dark Guilds in all of Fiore. There's no way we could lose to those fairies just because they have monsters in their ranks now."
"Don't underestimate the power of the Earth Defenders." Megaguirus warned the blonde teen. "It will only cost you your life."
"Tell me SpaceGodzilla." Hades interjected. "Do you have some sort of plan for them?"
"Oh don't worry, I already have something planned for the Defenders." SpaceGodzilla answered. "As long as everything goes according to plan..." Another wicked smile formed on his face. "...not even my brother will be able to stop us."
----Fairy Tail OST: Friends...
----Back at Fairy Tail:
It was around midnight in Magnolia now and practically every member of Fairy Tail was completely knocked out with almost every table and chair either upturned or just knocked over. They had partied to the max earlier that day and now they were all spread throughout the entire guild hall, fast asleep. The only one awake was Lucy, who had fallen asleep on one of the few tables that weren't knocked over but just woke up recently. She looked around the guild hall and saw that even the Earth Defenders were wiped out. However, she noticed that some of them were passed out next to a Fairy Tail wizard or two.
Cana was passed out on the bar next to Varan, who was sleeping on top of an empty barrel. Baragon and Gajeel were also asleep next to each other with their bodies covered from head to toe in bruises and cuts from their fight earlier, but nothing too serious. Wendy was fast asleep with Carla on her lap, but what surprised Lucy was that she was cuddled up against Rodan, who was using his wing as a blanket for the young girl and the white exceed. She couldn't help but find the scene quite adorable. She also noticed Mirajane, Elfman and Lisanna were fast asleep while leaning up against a table that was knocked on it's side. It didn't take her long for her to notice that Mira and Lisanna were also cuddling with the Mothra Twin's, both the larvae sleeping with their heads resting on the Strauss sisters laps while the Shobijin slept on Lea's head.
Lucy felt a pang of sadness when she stared at the twin's. They had lost their mother and forced to go off on their own until eventually someone was kind enough to take them in. Unlike them, however, Lucy was forced to live with her father, who seemed to care more about their family fortune than he did her, after her mother died. But like the twin's, she too traveled around until she eventually find a group she could call her family. Fairy Tail was her true family now and she hoped that the Defenders would eventually come to accept them as a family like she did.
She then heard a growl and turned around to see Godzilla sleeping on his haunches with his arms resting on his knees and his head low. She also noticed Anguirus was curled up like a sleeping dog on Godzilla's left while King Caesar was leaning against the stage with his arms crossed on his right. She smiled as she saw Godzilla's face twitch a little every so often, as if he was having a dream.
'Despite all the battles you've faced and all the near death experiences...you still chose to fight.' Her smile got a little brighter. 'Just like Natsu.' As she thought that, she noticed Natsu was asleep right in the middle of the guild hall with Happy sleeping next to him. She bent down to look at Natsu a little closer with a slight frown. 'I wonder if Natsu ever feels sad or lonely, especially with him wanting to look for Igneel.' She then saw that he was starting to squirm in his sleep a little and couldn't help but smile again. 'You know, he's actually pretty cute when he's sleeping.'
Suddenly, a flaming fist by the still sleeping Fire Dragon Slayer hit Lucy in the face and sent her flying through the roof of the guild hall as she screamed the entire way. Natsu smiled in his sleep. "Heh heh. Told you not back talk to me, Gray." he mumbled to himself.
Lucy crawled out of the canal by her apartment with a massive bump on her cheek and was completely soaked. "Why am I not surprised?"
----Elsewhere:
A young man wearing a black and gold trimmed toga with a white cloth wrapped around his left shoulder and across his waist with a silver medallion wrapped around his neck was drinking from a small pond in the middle of the forest. After taking his last sip from his hand, he looked up at the moon above, his eyes hidden behind his jet black hair. Then, he heard several growls coming from behind him and turned around to see he was surrounded by a pack of wolves.
"Please...you mustn't come near me." he spoke in a low voice. The wolves continued to approach, their fangs dripping with saliva and their eyes brimming with hunger. The man put his hands up in front of him shakily. "No, stay back. I'm not your enemy, I mean you no harm!" His pleas went unanswered as the wolves all pounced at the man at the same time. Suddenly, an invisible wave shot through the air from the man as time itself seemed to slow down. Once the wolves seemed close, they all slumped to the ground without getting back up again.
They were all dead.
"I tried to warn you. I told you to stay away." the man spoke in a shaky voice. "...I'm sorry."
Then, out of nowhere, the plants started to turn dark and began to wither away, the trees began to grow limp and bare and birds started falling from the sky. Everything around the man started dying. "I don't mean to take the lives of others. It's as though the world is rejecting me." The man then looked up a little to reveal his dark eyes as he gave a sorrowful expression.
"Natsu...I hope that I will see you soon."