BOOK 4 - Fairy Tail (Pirates) AU: On Magical Tides

CHAPTER V: The Mutiny of Death

<<Later that night>>

    Natsu, Lucy and the rest of the crew aboard Hades's ship gathered on the inside of the ship and decided to discuss the current situation. Now that they all knew that Lisanna had actually lied to them, they were having second thoughts about the entire trip they were involved in now.

    "The topic, gentlemen, is mutiny" Natsu said. "Mutiny most foul"

    "Yes. I signed up to sail under captain Natsu Dragneel, not some random pretender" one man replied.

    "And a lady, at that" another person said. "She never even mentioned anything about this uncanny crew"

    At that moment, Cana arrived at the gathering while carrying many sharp swords with her. The brunette had actually stolen all those swords from the ship's weapon storage room. And then, she gave one to each of her crew comrades. "On to it, then..." Natsu continued. "Hades... What are his habits?"

    "He stays mostly at his cabin" Cana replied as everyone else nodded.

What is more, Natsu kept on asking many more questions regarding the ancient pirate. But apparently, no one knew the slightest thing about him in the end. Turns out Hades had never actually left his cabin before. Nor has any of the people present ever sailed with him before, or even seen him to begin with. Something that seemed really weird to Natsu and Lucy.

"So he never leaves his cabin... None of you have sailed with him... And no one saw him..." Lucy said. "Natsu, you don't think that maybe...?"

"Yeah, that has to be it" the pinkette replied. "Gentlemen... I have great news. This is not Hades's ship. It's not the Grimoire Heart's Revenge"

Everyone startled at Natsu's claim. Then, the pinkette told everyone they had all actually been monstrously deceived, and that they had also been kept from knowing that ship's actual destination: the fountain of youth. Every single person present tensed up in fear after hearing about the fountain. And then, they all realized only 'death' was waiting for them after that dangerous trip... UNLESS... they all acted right now.

And so, the entire crew finally decided to get their hands dirty and take the ship for themselves. A mutiny began at that exact moment.

The sailors woke up the masked officers in an instant and started fighting against them for the control of the vessel. In the meantime, Lucy commanded a whole group of mutineers towards the main deck of the ship as Natsu decided to go pay Lisanna a visit before getting back in action.

Natsu found Lisanna sleeping inside her cabin. He decided to lay right next to her on her bed. But then, the white-haired girl sorely opened her eyes much to the pinkette's surprise. "Mmgh... Natsu..." Lisanna muttered. "If this is a dream, you can keep the sword and the boots... Or maybe it's not..."

"Yes, it is. Keep sleeping" Natsu replied. But suddenly, Lisanna opened her eyes in one go, and startled after hearing the entire noise coming from outside. She realized she wasn't sleeping after all. And so, Natsu quickly stood up and headed to exit. "I'm only here to tell you this is now my ship"

"Natsu! Come back here, you coward!" The pinkette closed the door and finally escaped. However, Lisanna then actually used her sword to pierce through the wooden door and barely missed cutting Natsu's head in half. After that, the pinkette pirate headed over to the main deck and finally joined the mutiny.

He fought against 2 of the masked officers and barely managed to disarm them both. However, those 2 were actually unbelievably resistant. So much that the slash of Natsu's sword was barely scratching them. But luckily, the pinkette wasn't fighting alone in that battle. Lucy joined him as well and, together, they were finally able to knock down the hypnotised sailors.