As we walk up the summit Natsu and I have an arm around Lucy and Serena respectively.
"I think I smell a Vulcan, I haven't encountered one before but I can't imagine that smell coming from anything else." I say. The group scans the area for said Vulcan but none are to be seen. Then out of nowhere a Vulcan lands right in front of us.
"WOMAN! WOMAN! ME NO LIKE MAN, ME LIKE WOMAN!" The Vulcan shouts picking up Lucy and running off.
"Huh, I guess you don't count as a woman." I tease Serena.
"Well don't blame me, whose fault is it for waiting 17 years to start making a body!" She retorts.
"Fair point. Looks like Natsu ran off already." I state.
"Wanna go after him or sneak off?" Serena asks with affection in her eyes, assuming it wasn't just a glare...
"As much as I would love to now isn't the time or place for that." I reply "And there's a falling Natsu. Happy, you got him?" I say.
"AYE SIR" The blue furball shouts flying off to catch Natsu.
"METAL MAKE: WINGS! CONCIOUS TRANSFER!" I shout dispersing Serena's temporary body and reusing it as wings. As I fly up to the hole Natsu fell out I see Natsu holding Taurus' axe now wielded by the Vulcan, melting it into his mouth.
"Nice thinking Natsu, but here take these flames, I weakened them so you can eat them safely." I say lobbing a fireball to Natsu who then eats it.
"Thanks for the grub! BOOSTED FIRE DRAGON; ROAR!" Natsu yells shooting out flames with faint streaks of black knocking out the Vulcan.
"Any second now." I say. *poof* The Vulcan disappears and in its place appears Macao.
"Macao, you alright?" Natsu asks.
"I took out nineteen of those things, but the twentieth got the jump on me. Thanks for saving me you guys. Also, who are the two ladies?" Macao questions. As I had just recreated a body for Serena.
"Shut it and get some rest." I order as I walk over grabbing some bandages.
***
"We made it back with Macao!" Natsu yells kicking the door to the guild hall open.
"Hey Serena, maybe we should work on Draco's key." I say.
"Sure, its gonna be a day or two till they go on a mission and the following day Erza will arrive." Serena says, "Also, you got 20 points for helping a guild member."
"30 points till you have a full body." I say with a smirk and a wink.
"I'll have my hands full then." Serena says walking towards the blacksmith.
"Let's look for mithril and metals that rank a 4.5 on the ether scale such as ebony." I say.
"Good thinking, mithril is a 3 on the ether scale with no elemental properties while ebony for example is a 4.5 for fire and dark but a 2 for other elements." Serena replies as we enter a blacksmith.
"Hey, the names Smith, Smith the blacksmith. What can I do to help you?" Smith asks.
"A pound of mithril, and a half pound of all elemental metals that rank a 4.5 please." I say.
"Sure, this is the biggest order I've had for years, I'll give it to you for 30,000 jewel and throw in a quarter pound of stalhrim and promethium. They rank a 6 on the ether scale for ice and fire respectively." Smith offers generously.
"Then forgive me for being greedy, here's the money." I say handing him the money and receiving several ores such as ebony, electrum, pearl and many I don't recognize.
"If you ever need anything come back again, my sister Maple across the street is a carpenter, my wife Tayler is a tailor next door and my brother in law Mason is also across the street as a stonemason. Tell them I sent you if you ever need anything." Smith says.
"Why thank you for your generosity, let's go Iskandor." Serena says.
***
"Twenty-five failed attempts and now we have a working key, now all we need is Draco and to connect it to the celestial spirit realm. Also, you got 30 points for achieving the impossible." Serena notifies me.
"Then use it on life make, I will use it to make you a body after I take care of Draco." I tell Serena.
"Just remember I didn't forget that you called me a rust bucket on Mt. Hakobe." She retorts.
"Sure, though why do I have a feeling I'll like your punishment." I say as one could almost hear my smirk, "Anyways Life Make: Draco!" I shout creating a black scaled humanoid with wings and red eyes. "Draco as the spirit of the dragon you have the ability to transform into a dragon." I tell him.
"Thank you master." Draco says in a gravelly voice.
"Just call me Iskandor." I respond. "Anyways, it's time for stache face to come out so we can make a deal. YOU HEAR THAT?" I shout seemingly at nothing.
"How did you know I was watching?" The Celestial Spirit King asks taking no offense at being called stache face.
"Considering Serena could analyze Tauros' key it's only natural for you to be curious. After all it's not every day someone scans a gate key closely, much less comprehend how it works." I say.
"Good point. I assume you want Draco to be sent to the celestial spirit realm." He asks.
"Correct, as I'm sure you won't do it for free I can safely say that Aquarius' key will break if I don't intervene but I will stop that from happening." I bargain.
"Deal, Draco was at one point the strongest spirit but only Anna Hearfilia could wield him out of everyone who tried. After Anna passed no one was able to contract him and he eventually went dormant and now since you recreated him I shall fuse your Draco with the original. You will be the only one who can wield this new Draco. I thank you for reviving my old friend." The Celestial Spirit King States.
"Thank you." Draco and I say.