Jose Porla POV
"Master, Fairy Tail is heading towards Oak Town as we speak; they're taking a train." Lifting my head, I glanced at the talking bird sitting on the windowsill, causing me to faintly smirk as I stood up while gently tapping my desk. "Good, Gajeel's provocation worked. What matters now is who is leading them? They wouldn't dare wage battle against us without someone being able to face me." Coming to a halt, I turned around and gazed at the bird, who leaped into my office while transforming into a young, yet bald man, one of my many guild members. "As you predicted, Master, Cooper, 'The Beast' is leading them, along with Erza 'Titania' by his side."
While it was unfortunate that I was unable to provoke Makarov, as I viewed him to be the most dangerous among the three in Fairy Tail, the plan had always been for Cooper, so I was happy regardless. "Hehe, good, good… Have Juvia and Sol entered Magnolia yet?" "Yes, Master; they stealthily entered a few minutes after Fairy Tail left to capture Lucy Heartfilia." I couldn't help but chuckle at how flawlessly my plan was performing; however, I quickly regained my composure after a bout of laughter. 'Now isn't the time to get arrogant; anything can happen.' Deciding to save my arrogance for after capturing Lucy and Cooper, I grabbed the microphone off my desk and held it close.
"Phantom Lord! Fairy Tail has declared war upon us and is headed this way as I speak! Show them the ferocity of our Guild and do not let me down!" As my voice echoed throughout the entire guild, I lowered the microphone and dismissed my scout, causing him to transform into a bird and fly out my window while I sat back down with a hardened gaze. "Heh, I wonder the expression you'll show after I torture your 'precious children', Makarov."
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Lucy POV
"Is there anything I can do to help Ms. Porlyusica?" Standing off to the side beside Master, I shifted my gaze away from Droy and glanced at Porlyusica, who was currently tending to Levy, as she was the most injured. "Go to my cabin and grab my satchel… Tsk, stupid Cooper, taking me without a chance to get my things." Said Porlyusica as she looked at me in annoyance while openly badmouthing Cooper, causing me to nod with a wry smile. "G-Got it, Ms. Porlyusica." Saluting to her, I turned around and left, though before I left, Master stopped me. "Don't go by yourself, Lucy, take Reedus with you." Said Master lightly, causing me to nod as I exited the infirmary and approached Reedus, who, surprisingly, wasn't painting.
'Huh, I should ask him to paint a picture of me some day.' "Reedus! Porlyusica has given us a job to retrieve her things from her cabin." With a smile to uplift the sour mood, I grabbed Reedus's arm and pulled him off his seat, which was immensely difficult given his 'large' size. "She did?" "Y-Yes, she needs her things to help Levy, Jet, and Droy. N-Now, p-please help m-me." Nodding to Reedus, I used all my strength and body weight to lift Reedus off his chair, but I wasn't able to even budge him, well, until he stood up on his own, causing me to fall onto my butt. 'Ouch.'
Standing up, I dusted myself off and grabbed Reedus's hand, leading him out of the guild while taking the east street. "Oh, I'm surprised, Lucy; I wouldn't expect you to know the way to Porlyusica's cabin." Said Reedus with a slightly surprised expression, causing me to proudly raise my head. "Heh, well, big bro taught me where Porlyusica's cabin resided." Puffing my chest out, I flashed a smile at Reedus, who nodded. "Ah, now that makes sense, despite their mutual dislike of each other, they have mutual respect… I think so, at least."
I was unsure about his remark, so I just stayed silent. "Though, speaking of big bro, you may not have noticed it, Lucy, but he's quite fond of you." Tilting my head to the side, I glanced at Reedus with a raised eyebrow. "Eh, really? I feel like he treats me just like everyone else." Despite his delinquent-like appearance and brash personality, he was soft to everyone in Fairy Tail. "Of course; he won't verbally express it, but big bro loves everyone in Fairy Tail, they're his family after all, he doesn't favor anyone over anyone, everyone is equal in his eyes…"
"... However, big bro is the lone wolf type. Whenever he's home, he tends to stay alone and rarely takes any quests with anyone. Yet, with you, Lucy, he doesn't seem to mind your presence." Said Reedus as he deeply gazed at me while tapping my head with his paintbrush, causing me to sheepishly chuckle. "H-Haha, I don't know what to say; maybe I remind him of someone from his past?" "Maybe, who knows?" Said Reedus lightly as she gently shook his head, causing me to curiously raise an eyebrow. "Eh, you don't know of big bro's past?" "No one but Master knows; well, Gray and Erza know a bit, but from what I've heard, it's vague, though it doesn't sound pleasant."
Nodding at Reedus, I lowered my head slightly while feeling pity for Cooper, though before I could dig deeper into his past, we were stopped by a weird man with green hair wearing a monocle. "Heh, this is just perfect, far enough away from the Guild Master and practically alone." Said the man with a creepy laugh as he twisted his mustache, causing me to reach for my pouch, only to be stopped by a watery hand. "Enough, Sol. Let us quickly finish our job and return to Phantom Lord." "Heh, alright, Juvia." Glancing at Juvia while it suddenly began to pour, I yanked my arm free and backed away, only to be trapped within a large water sphere.
'I-I can't move!' Failing to reach for my pouch, I glanced at Reedus, though he was quickly defeated by Sol, who used earth magic; gritting my teeth, I remained conscious for as long as possible, but without air, I began to drown. 'B-Big br–'
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Cooper POV
Dropping the chain that I'd been using to pull the train to Oak Town, as I found it to be too slow on its own, everyone exited the cabins one by one with Erza approaching me, though before she could open her mouth, probably to offer a plan of attack, I raised my hand, stopping her. "You're in charge, Erza." Giving each of my little siblings a once-over, I flashed them a feral grin and dashed out of the train station, heading for Phantom Lord in the near distance while Erza bashed my behavior, though even so, she and everyone else followed right behind me.
Leaping over houses and people, I arrived at the base of Phantom Lord's guild and dashed uphill, crashing through every sharp rock in my way as I carved a path for everyone to follow me. Arriving at the top, I came to a halt and narrowed my eyes at the front door of the guild, where I spotted numerous traps, but with a burst of magic power, I enhanced my body and charged through every trap before bursting through the front door. "PHANTOM LORD!!" Furiously yelling, announcing my arrival and their destruction, I was immediately bombarded with tens of magical attacks, yet their weak attacks could do nothing to me but get destroyed when they hit my body.
As a feral grin made its way onto my face, I lunged towards the nearest mage, breaking his jaw with a single punch and sending him crashing into several others; grabbing the face of a foolish mage that attempted to sneak attack me, I squeezed his head, cracking his skull and slamming him into the ground. However, just as I was about to go on a rampage, everyone finally caught up and leaped into the fray, attacking the numerous mages and turning the guild hall into a battlefield with hundreds of magical attacks being flung back and forth.
We were outnumbered, but even so, we were easily pushing the mages back with me brutally carving a path straight through the middle. "Big bro!" Hearing Erza, I turned around just in time to see her break the arm of a female mage before she shifted her gaze to me. "Don't waste your time down here, we're more than enough to handle them; go directly to Jose Porla… After we finish down here, we'll come to aid you." Stated Erza solemnly, causing me to lightly chuckle. "Hehe, you won't need to, Erza."
With a smile of her own, Erza took my place and led everyone deeper into the guild, defeating every mage while I leaped upwards, crashing through multiple floors until I arrived in front of Jose Porla, who was sitting atop a throne like some king. "Hehe, Cooper, I've been waiting for you." Said Jose with a wicked grin while his sinister magic power erupted from his body, enveloping him within a purple aura; doing the same, I matched his magic power with my own while furiously glaring at him. "I'm going to kill every member of Phantom Lord for daring to harm my siblings, and I'll start with you, Jose!"