Ch 2. Results and rewards The Moon forest was quiet. The cabin that is placed there was currently barren. The only thing inside of it were 2 beds, placed perpendicular with each other, a desk, a closet, a fridge, and a wooden and steel stove. Currently on the stove was a pot simmering under a small fire, steam coming out from it to show that its nice and hot. Outside the cabin there were 2 figures standing in front of each other, being 4 meters apart, both looking ready to fight. One of the figures was Ashelot. He was going up against a person in a hooded jacket. The person stood to be 4’5” tall, his hood was short sleeved, dark blue, and had 2 small tails in the back. The cap had 2 ear holes in it and there were cat ears sticking out of it. On his wrist was a silver bracelet with 4 gems in it. He wore brown shorts that cut off at the knee. He also had blue fur and a long blue tail with a white tip. Part of his face was covered thanks to the hood, only his mouth and whiskers were visible. He's shown to be smiling at Ashelot who also was smiling back. The 2 stood there for a moment, seemingly trying to read what the other might do, or just waiting for the right second to take action. A breeze blew past there unmoving bodies, seting the mood for their upcoming clash. As soon as the breeze ended they both dashed forward at great speed. The blue furred covered feline swung his left leg at Ashelot, aiming for his hip. Ashelot blocked it with his leg and twisted around to elbow his opponent in head. His elbow was stopped by the cats hand paw, who pushed his elbow away. Ashelot used the momentum of the push to spin and drive his foot into his chest. The feline crossed his arms together and blocked but was still pushed back. Placing his feet back to the ground, Ashelot lunged forward to him, chopping his arm down at him. The cat narrowly dodged it. In the last second he was able to get his feet on the ground and swerved to the side. Taking advantage of ths opening he swung his fist up to ashelots face. With ease he dodged it and sent a right hook right at the blue cat, hitting him right in the face and sending him flying back. The cat looked back at him, while being flown away by his attack, and saw him run in his direction. He put his smile back on and backfliped to regain balance. He landed and jump towards Ashelot, coating his fist with darkness and sending a flurry of punches at him. Ashelot responded by doing the same, colliding his dark fist with the felines. The power clash went on for bit with neither side seemingly gaining the advantage. That is until Ashelot grabbed the others arms and flung them to the side, opening the cat up for attack. He formed a halberd with both his hands and thrusted them at his chest. The hooded mammal acted quick and brought his arms together in order to block, however Ashelot swiftly drew his arms back and raised his leg in a kicking motion toward the cat. He responded by slamming his foot down on Ashelot’s kick, both of them clouding there foot in dark magic. They pushed at each other, trying to out power the other. The leaves rustled from the tension of there clash. Ashelot swiftly kicked upwards, out powering the cat. The cat launched off his foot to avoid getting hit. The force of his kick sent a gust of wind blowing out at the feline, blowing the hood of his head. The blue cat landed on his feet and looked at Ashelot with his light brown eyes. Ashelot chuckled. “You actually dodged that this time. Impressive Happy.” Happy stood up and swiped his thumb against his nose (you know. The anime nose thing.) “Same trick won't work on me twice Sensei.” “That's funny...I could've sworn I hit you with that 3 times already.” “D-details shmetails!” Happy shouted out embarrassed. He brang his hands together. “Now then.” In quick succession he formed 3 hand symbols. “Ophidian!” From his hands 2 large black and silver skinned and red eyed snakes emerged and charged at Ashelot. He dodged the 1st snake and jumped over the second one. ‘Hm. His ninjutsu has approved greatly.’ He thought in his mind as he ducked to avoid a snake charging from behind Flashback 2 years ago. Happy was sitting in front of ashelot outside there cabin. He had grown taller over the year and his eyes were showing signs of changing color and form. His bracelet had 15 gems on it and 4 open sockets. “What did you want to show me?” “While you haven't gotten complete control of your magic, I thought it'd be a good idea to show you this.” Ashelot brang his hand together and slowly formed 3 hand symbols. “Ophidian.” from his hands 2 large white and green snakes emerged. “Whoa! Awesome!” Happy squealed in awe. “Is this a spell?” “Not quite. Its ninjutsu.” “Ninjutsu?” “Yes. It doesn't use ether like regular spells but instead it uses chakra.” “What's that?” “It's an energy inside the body. Spiritual energy that creates a bridge that bonds the spirit realm and the physical.” “Wow! I wanna try!” Happy brang his hand-paws together and formed the same hand signals as Ashelot. “Ophidian!” However nothing happened. “Huh?” Ashelot chuckled. “Hahaha you can't use it quite yet. Your chakra needs to awaken first.” “Well how do I do that?” “Well i'll tell you after you lose maybe 2 more gems.” “Aww no fair.” Happy pouted. “Sensei's rules.” Ashelot laughed Current time One of Happy's snakes darted towards Ashelot. He jumped and landed on its back and ran up it. Happy was waiting for that. He was on the back of the snake when he launched it at him and was ready for a surprise attack. He jumped at him and sent a roundhouse kick to his face yelling “Got ya!” The kick connected and sent Ashelot to the side, kicking him off the snake. Happy took the opportunity and sent his other snake to slam down on him. Ashelot brang his arms together, preparing to block the attack. The second snake darted down at him and slammed him to the ground. Ashelot was able to land on his feet and was pushing back against the serpent. He was vulnerable to an attack from the front and happy saw that. He landed in front of him and dispelled his other snake. Darkening his free paw, he pointed it towards Ashelot, and a magic circle appeared in front if him. “Black cat bullet barrage!” he yelled and from the magic circle was black balls of magic that shot out, each had what looked to be cat ears, going directly to Ashelot. Ashelot smirked and coated his arms in his dark magic. “Dual phantom slash!” He swiped both arms at the snake, producing 2 cuting waves that formed an X and sliced through its body, forcibly dispelling it. He brought his hand forward and 2 Red single curved sharp sickles appeared, laid against each other. The sickles spread out and formed a big crimson screen between them, taking the brunt of the bullets that Happy shot and taking no damage from it. Ashelot sent away the sickles only to see Happy charging at him, looking determined. “Wanna clash with me again huh?” He said mostly to himself, readying for the next attack from his pupil. Happy kept running towards Ashelot, keeping his eyes locked on him. He reached his hand downward and quickly rose it up. Ashelot looked at him quizzically before geting struck in the face by a sphere. The strike took him by suprise. It came from below him but he didnt have time to react as more spheres came from below and dealt a series of blows to his person. It was Happy's cat bullets. He had sent some below without him knowing or seeing and when he raised his hand up he had them rise out to attsck him. The final bullet hit Ashelot on the forehead sending him falling backwards. 'Nows my chance!’ Happy thought to himself. He jumped up high in the air. 'Black wings!’ Dark magic flowed out of his back and formed a pair of black hazy wings. He used them to charge downwards to his sensei, coating his fist in magic, reaching them forward, and spinning at fast speeds. “Diving drill!” The magic from his hands spiraled around him as he spun. Ashelot quickly adjusted himself, flipping back to land on his feet, seconds before Happy collided with him. “Chain mail!” He yelled and threw his hands at Happy. Chains shot from his palm and quickly wrapped around Happy, stopping his rotation. He then swung him down into the ground behind him before yanking him back, dragging him through the grass and earth, and kneeing him in the stomach. His knee hit so hard Happy coughed out the saliva in his throat along with almost all the air in his lungs. Happy gritted his teeth, crouched down, and lunged at Ashelot, driving his head into his chin. He next drove his foot into his chest, then kicked his other foot on the side of his face. Ashelot stumbled backwards, tasting the blood from his lips as it poured from the wound in it. As soon as he turned to face Happy, he was met with the formers knee colliding with his nose. He felt the fluids leak out a small bit before noticing his disciple about to slam his leg onto the top of his head. He smirked and grabbed a hold of Happy's leg before it connects, dragging him down and striking his fist hard against the exceeds cheek. Happy tried to rebalance himself quickly to retaliate but was slammed in the face again by Ashelot's fist. He then was grabbed on one shoulder and uppercutted in the stomach, getting risen of the ground. He felt the chains that were wrapped around him press and tighten, mostly around where he was punched. “Ogre club barrage!” Both of Ashelot's arms were covered in the aura of wooden clubs. He sent of barrage of blows to Happys person, keeping him afloat in the air as the cat groaned and cried in pain. He finished it with a strike to the body, driving the blue tomcat through the ground. He grabbed hold of his chains and yanked him back toward himself. As Happy was being yanked towards Asheleot, he felt his consciousness begin to fade away. However in his mind, he thought ‘Not yet! Just one more-’ his black wings unfurled from his back ‘strike!’ he flapped his wings and increased his speed towards Ashelot. “Hrrragh!” He yelled and crashed the top of his head against Ashelot's. Ashelot caught himself before he fell back. His head stung badly from Happy's surprise attack. Readying to retaliate, he brang his arm back, Ready to attack, but stopped himself as he looked forward. Happy had already fallen to the ground, knocked out. He had enough in him for one last shot and, after dealing it, all his energy was spent. Ashelot dispelled his chains. “Heh. May have overdid it some.” Ashelot said to himself. “Lunch is almost ready anyway.” He picked Happy up and put him over his shoulder. “1st time you made me go this far. Think you earned something for that.” he reached for his bracelet and tapped on of the gems. The gem broke and dissipated into nothing. Flashback. 3 years ago. Ashelot was placing 3 rocks on the ground. They were the size of happy and were placed 2 inches apart from each other. “Happy. Stand right here.” He pointed to a spot that was about 10 feet away from the stones. “Ok.” Happy responded moving to wear he was asked. “Right here?” “Yes. Now I want you to shot the top of the rock in the middle.” “What!? But I don't have control of new magic yet! I mean I did just meet you 2 hours ago!” “Which is why I'm not telling you to break the rock. Just shot it. Your body can't handle your magic power so what needs to be worked on first is dialing down you're output. We don't want another crater.” He said while pointing at the hole Happy made. “Y-ye true, but how am I supposed to do that?” “Concentrate, imagine the flow of magic in your body coming out like a small ball.” Happy frowned, uncertainly, at him before looking at his target. He took a deep breath. “Ok...concentrate.” He pointed his paw at the rock in the middle and closed his eyes. “Imagine….” He tensed his body to focus. Slowly the magic accumulated to the palm of his paw-hand. “Good. Keep it up.” Ashelot said on the side of him. “Hmmmmm.” He opened his eyes and looked at his target. 'Ok...focus...thats my target. Just gotta-’ the magic energy in his paw surged, growing to a big ball of dark purple magic. “Oh crap!” He yelled. Growing fearful of what grew in his paws, he shot it out. The magic crashed against the rock and blew up, breaking both the stone, and the 2 besided it, to bits. Happy fell back, holding his arm in pain. “Oooow!” Tears came out of his eyes as his arm stung badly. Ashelot crouched down and rubbed his chin curiously. “Whyd you fire it?” he asked him Happy stood up, still griping his arm, and replied. “What do you mean why? It was going crazy so i had too.” “Well why didn't you calm it?” “Calm it? How!?” “I see….fear.” “Huh?” Happy said in confusion “You're afraid of your new powers. That's why you couldn't calm it.” “Well...that does make sense. I know friends in my world that use dark magic but...I never imagined it'd be like this...I don't even know if this is what dark magic is like. This magic must be from the wish spell you mentioned but it feels so...malicious and that's what makes me so scared of it.” “I see. Well that can be used as a good way. It's ok to be fearful of your powers, but letting that fear take over is a bad decision. Instead let that fear guide you.” “H-how? How do i do that?” “That's not for me to tell or to find out. Only you have that answer. The question is how will you shape that fear?” “How will i shape it?” He said lowly to himself, pondering what he said. “I'll get some more stones, but I only want you to do that task unless you've figured it out. I'm not an earth mage so we don't have an unlimited supply of rocks.” He chuckled, going off to find some rocks. Happy sat down and looked at his paws. ‘How can i shape this fear? I feel like this power is gonna destroy me. The 1st time i used it I thought it was gonna tear my arm off. But what if its cause my body's weak? Wait! I know’ Ashelot was walking back holding the three rocks he said he'd return with. When getting back he spotted Happy doing...push ups? He approached happy and asked “What are you doing?” “Push-ups. Fourteen fifteen sixteen.” “Ok...why?” “To strengthen my body, seventeen, eighteen, so whenever I use my power I won't get hurt by it.” “And how will that help you control it?” “It will…” Happy stopped on his 20th push up “uhhhh…” “Exactly.” He set the stones down and sat next to happy. “Lets try this. Sit up straight.” “Ok.” Happy sat down and straightened himself. “Close your eyes and take a deep breath.” “Closing.” He closed his eyes shut and breathed in deeply. “Now I want you to concentrate and cover your body in magic.” “O-ok.” Happy slowly and hesitantly tried to do what Ashelot said. He felt it start at his feet and tail and noticed how it crept up his body, making his spine shiver. His hand paws tensed as it crawled up his body. As soon as it touched the bottom of his tail and his knees, his concentration broke and he took a sharp gasp, sweating lightly. “Hm. You made it just as far as I thought.” Ashelot commented. “But you didn't go all the way.” “Sorry..” Happy frowned. “Don't be. That's something that will take time. Let's keep trying till your able to fully cover your body.” “Ok.” He closed his eyes and tried again 1 month later Happy's body was completely covered in dark magic, his body tense as it was wrapped around him. “Ok good. Keep it up. Stay like this for a good 3 minutes At Least.” “A-alright.” Happy said, unsure of himself. The power that covered him made him feel sick. He felt like he was in a pool of blood and there were hands covered in scratches and wrinkles feeling him up. However he kept it up, he headed Ashelot's words to work that fear into a guidance. ‘How can i shape this!? How can something like this guide me? It feels like trying tear me apart! I can't keep this up!’ With a sharp heave of his breath he pushed away his magic and started to pant. “Almost made a full minute. What happened?” “I couldn't take it! It was so scary! I felt hands on me ready to tear me up!” Happy exclaimed “Did it?” Ashelot asked “Huh?” “Did it tear you apart?” “Well, no, cause I didn't give it a chance.” “Hm. Happy, what made you trust me?” “What do you mean?” “Why did you trust me and agree to let me teach you when we 1st met?” “Well...you just seem like someone trustworthy. You took care of me when you found me, calmed me before I launched another blast of magic, and explained to me what happened while offering me help.” “Do you think my looks have anything to do with it?” “I guess? You don't have the looks of a bad guy so that helps.” “But what if I did? Would you still agree?” “Um...you still helped me so yes, I would. You should never judge a book by it's cover.” “Do you think that's the same for your magic? It feels like something that its not, and your just judging a book by its cover?” “I um...I…” Happy was at loss for words. He had never thought about it like that. “I know I said you have to find the answer ro how to reshape your fear but, I'm going to help you just this once. How about changing it to a question. Instead 'It's going to hurt me’ think ‘Will it hurt me?’ Now. Try again with that thought.” “Aye.” Happy closed his eyes and tried again. 1 week afterwards Happy's body was completely calm. His magic cloaked his entire frame and he didn't feel afraid of it. It felt a bit creepy but he's used to that feeling and knows it won't hurt him, intentionally that is. “Good. Now. Hit the rock.” Ashelot commanded Happy opened his eyes, aimed his paw at his target and from his palm shot a quick small blast of darkness that scratched against the rock and dissipated from the contact. Happy's eyes lit up with excitement. “I did it!” He yelled with a pump of his fist. “Good job.” Ashelot said with a smirk. He reached to his bracelet and tapped on of the gems. The gem broke and dissipated into nothing. Happy watched with awe at the gem turning into nothing. “What was that?” “A showing of you're progress.” Was the response given. “Each gem you lose shows how far you've gotten and how close you're getting to mastering this power.” “Wow awesome!” Happy said standing up. “Hm?” Ashelot gave him a quizzical look “What?” “Did...you get taller?” Present time Happy startled awake with a gasp, quickly got up to his feet and looked around in a fighting pose. Noticing he was on his bed in his and Ashelot's shared room, he calmed down. “Guess I fainted.” He said to himself. His nose picked up the scent of food, resulting in his mouth watering and his stomach growling. “Mmm food!” He jumped of his bed and rushed to the kitchen. Inside the kitchen Ashelot was mixing a pot with one of his red sickles. “You were out for about 10 minutes. Lucky for you I kept our stew warm.” Happy took a seat and wrapped a cloth around his neck. “What kind of stew did you make this time?” He asked, waiting patiently for his serving. Ashelot set a bowl in front of him. “Its my special potato pig stew. I added extra pork loins in it.” he brang out a second sickle and a screen came between them. The 2 sickles turned in opposite directions,bending the screen, and turned into a scoop. He set a bowl infront of Happy and scooped some stew into his bowl. Happy took hold of his spoon. “Sensei font you think you're using to much chakra? You used up alot in our fight didn't you? So maybe you shouldn't use the Fang fan blades.” He took a spoonful of stew and stuck it in his mouth. His eyes lit up as the flavor hit his taste buds. “Yummy as ever!” He said while chewing the potatoes, carrots, and loins in his mouth, getting another spoonful. “Haha you're right. Luckily you had plenty of chakra to spare.” Ashelot set the pot down after getting a bowl full of stew for himself. Happy gagged, forcibly swallowed, and coughed violently. “You- Coh gah!- you leeched my chakra!?” Ashelot set himself down across from Happy. “You had plenty to spare. You only used one jutsu one me.” He started to eat his stew. “Yea but where's my consent! I put more chakra than usual in that spell to make it more effective!” “And boy was it effective. My nose still stings and I used a Moon drop to heal myself.” “Wow really?” That knews took happy by surprise. The moon drop Ashelot mentioned are a special type of seed that he learned how to grow. They're called revitalizing Moon drops and there grown from a plant called Moon viens. The were white, soft, and had jelly like inside. You had to eat it in one bite in order for it to work. Its purpose is to heal those who eat it. A fully grown drop completely heals but a half grown blue drop only heals a certain amount. The Moon veins were a rare plant that only grows in a single spot in the moon forest. They can be grown outside of the Moon forest but special care had to be taken into measures of doing so. First, shaven minerals had to be given to it before you water it. Its needs time to soak up the minerals and add it to the drops at the end of the vine, if you don't, the water will wash away the minerals before it can reach its destination. Second, before nightfall you have to lite it on fire so the jell in each drop can soften and expand. Third, you must squeeze a drop of tea straight from a tea leaf onto it every week. It's not necessary but it add flavors to it. Happy looked at his wrist and seen that he lost a gem. “Hey a gem went away!” He said with joy. He ate with more vigor knowing that knews. “Yep. And guess what that means?” “What?” “After we eat, were going to town.” “Really!?” Happy said with excitement. He had never been to the village. He wasn't allowed to while training with Ashelot, so hearing that he had progressed far enough to be able to leave the Moon forest made him extremely Happy. He wanted to inhale his food but knew that he'd choke of he rushed so he continued to eat at the same pace. 'Be patient happy. The town's not going anywhere.’ Ashelot looked at Happy and smiled. 'He's gotten so far in the past few years….’ He felt the side of his stomach. 'He really is gonna make me regret that wish…’ The two finished their meal and got ready to head out. The reached the edge of the forest, about to enter the town, and Happy's excitement could be seen clearly. His tail was wagging and his eyes were lighting up. “Now remember what I told you about the gravity and the atmosphere, ok?” Ashelot reminded him “I know, I know. Each place of this world has different weight in gravity and different density in the atmosphere. The Moon forest is light compared to the town. I remember that and i'm prepared!” He said with determination “Good. Now then.” They excited the forest and right in front if them, across a dirt path, was a large and lively town. “Let's go greet Shallot town.” “Whooooa!” Happy's eyes widened, and his mouth opened with a smile. “Hello Shallot town!” ________________ End. Next chapter: A tomcat who knows how to make friends. A/N: I'm trying to update this as fast as i can. This is my 1st ever fairy tail fanfic. I've always thought happy could be a great fighter and mage, if given the right tools, and always thought of the existence of another world in the fairy tail universe, besides edolas, an interesting concept so i mashed the two together. Tell me your thoughts please