Natsu was defeated once again.
But the fire magic he had just displayed had successfully caught everyone's attention. Exclamations filled the room.
"Hey, are my eyes playing tricks on me? Natsu just made fire appear out of thin air?!"
"I do not see any magical items on him. Is that really something Natsu can do?!"
"And why is he so eager to fight? He ran at Chase with his fists raised. And he is so weak!"
Edo Levy: "He is also kind of stupid..."
She seemed to have inherited Lucy's talent for complaining. She could always find something to criticize.
"You are all overreacting."
Edo Lucy leaped at Natsu, who was trying to get up. She put him in a classic figure-four headlock and pinned him to the ground.
With a crack, Natsu cried out in pain. He was like a ragdoll, completely helpless.
Logically, Edo Lucy should not have been able to overpower Natsu, who had magic. But Natsu, in guild civil wars, was always at a disadvantage.
Besides, he was completely confused. Since when did Lucy become so violent and cruel?
"See? He is still Natsu~" Edo Lucy sat on Natsu's back, laughing.
In this world, Lucy often scared and bullied Natsu. She enjoyed it.
"There it is. Lucy's twenty-eighth style of punishment!" Edo Max and Edo Warren said.
Wendy took a step back. "Lucy... suddenly seems scary..."
"Aye~ Natsu, are you okay?" Happy walked over, trying not to laugh.
He did not look concerned at all. He was just mocking his friend.
"Do I look okay?!" Natsu's face was in the dirt.
Carla, still calm, walked over to Chase. "Chase, what is going on?"
No matter how she looked at it, this Fairy Tail was too strange.
Chase leaned back and crossed his legs. "Well, if Edolas has Mystogan, who looks just like Jellal, it makes sense there would be another Fairy Tail."
"So, these are not the people we know?"
Carla was smart. She understood quickly.
"Are you sure you are not taking this too well?!" Carla's eye twitched.
He was already drinking juice someone had given him.
At least this world's Mirajane seemed normal...
"Um, Lucy. Natsu looks uncomfortable. Please let him go," Edo Gray said.
Before Edo Lucy could answer, Natsu spoke. "Shut up, Gray! I do not need you to speak for me! I will punch you in the face!"
"How can you say that? Are we not best friends?" Edo Gray looked hurt.
"Can you have some dignity?" Edo Juvia scolded.
"But, Juvia..." Edo Gray sounded like he was about to cry.
Wendy did not know what to do with herself.
Then, a tall, beautiful woman with blue hair knelt before her.
"She really does look like I did when I was little. You must be the other world's me, right, Wendy?" Edo Wendy smiled.
It seemed that no matter the world, Fairy Tail members were good at accepting new things.
"Wh-what is..." Wendy turned bright red.
From her angle, she could see...
"It seems the age difference between us is even more noticeable than with Chase and Natsu," Edo Wendy said.
That is not the point!
"How cute~" Edo Cana said. She was wearing a sun hat and a conservative dress.
If not for her face, Wendy would never have recognized her.
"Hey, Wendy. Want some juice?" Edo Warren and Edo Max asked.
"Hey, you two. Do not even think about it. She is a child!" Edo Macao and Edo Wakaba warned.
Their personalities seemed to have swapped as well.
"Boring. As Natsu, I am supposed to be crying and begging for mercy."
Edo Lucy let go of Natsu and hugged Chase. She rubbed her cheek against his. "I missed you, little brother Chase."
"Lucy, they are from another world. They are not the people we know," said someone.
"So what? He is still Chase!"
Edo Lucy started poking and pinching Chase's face.
Chase: ...
If he was not afraid of hurting her, he would punch her.
It seemed the Edolas Fairy Tail had accepted the existence of Earthland and that Chase and the others were from there.
But there was one person who might not be so accepting.
A few seconds later, the door burst open.
"Bad news! The Fairy Hunter is here!"
Edo Elfman ran in. His face was full of panic.
The guild fell silent. Everyone grabbed their weapons.
"Fairy Hunter?"
Before Natsu and the others could react, everyone was ready to fight.
Chase sensed the familiar magic power. It was Erza.
He did nothing to stop them.
Outside, Erza, still in her racing outfit, was running toward the guild.
"That is strange. Was that Elfman? Why is the guild flag here?"
Before she could get a closer look, a barrage of magical beams shot out from the building.
The explosions sent smoke into the air.
Erza stood behind her shield. She had taken the hit.
"An enemy."
She changed into her Adamantine Armor. She looked toward the source of the attack.
Lucy and Gray arrived at the same time.
Gray had taken the river. Lucy had taken the path Chase had cleared.
"Erza, what is going on?" Gray asked.
"Wait, is that... Fairy Tail?" Lucy had spotted the building.
Then she saw the people running out. Her eyes nearly popped out of her head.
"Mirajane, Cana, Macao...and me?!"
The other group was just as surprised to see them.
The two groups stood in silence, staring at each other.
Chase was the one who had to explain.
Later.
Erza sat in a corner, saying nothing.
Thanks to Chase's explanation, everyone had accepted that she was not a threat.
But Erza could not accept that her counterpart was someone who hunted Fairy Tail.
The guild was everything to her. She could not forgive anyone who hurt it. Not even herself.
In the other corner, things were more lively.
"So the other me is best friends with that skinny monkey?!"
Edo Lucy and Edo Levy were shouting at each other.
Lucy felt a coming headache on.
"So, Mirajane. What is the other me like?" Chase asked.
He was curious. He was a transmigrator. He did not belong to this world. How could he have a counterpart here?
"Everyone is just joking. You are very skilled. Without you, we might not have survived," Edo Mirajane said.
"Skilled?"
"You improved most of our magical equipment. Like the teleportation device that can move the entire guild."
Edo Mirajane pointed to a machine in the corner.
"Wait. I made that?" Chase could not believe it.
He imagined himself wearing glasses, being a tech nerd.
"Yes!"
Edo Mirajane nodded. Then she looked at him. "You are very different from our Chase. You are not even blushing."
"Blushing?!"
"You only noticed now!"
Edo Levy appeared, holding some tools.
"Anyway, since you are Chase, come help me fix the teleportation device."
She turned and walked away. But she did not hear anyone following.
"Hey! Get over here! Stop flirting with Mirajane!"
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