Chapter 3

Fire Dragons and Monkeys and Cows is the third chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.

Full Summary
Lucy began by recapping how she got into the Fairy Tail Guild, how she met Natsu and Happy, and finally, how she became got captured by a Vulcan because of her curiosity. As the Vulcan got more excited because of finding a woman, Lucy wonders if she's at Vulcan's home, and if Natsu was alright. Horologium, all of a sudden, left because the time has expired, leaving a scared and nearly defenseless Lucy behind. Lucy asked for an extension of his time, but there was no additional reply. With the Vulcan came in closer and a scared Lucy, Natsu managed to catch up to them and demanded to know where Macao is. He, however, slipped and slammed into a wall, leaving Lucy asking why he can’t just enter normally.

Seeing Natsu had recovered, Lucy slowly moved away from the Vulcan. Natsu then demanded to know where the Vulcan hid Macao. Lucy retorted a bit, then thought what if something worse had happened to Macao. The Vulcan smiled cunningly, and pointed towards one opening of the cave. As Natsu stared and searched out of the window, the Vulcan pushed him off the cave, sending him to his demise. Lucy prayed for Natsu's safety, and became furious at the Vulcan's pervert attitude. Taking out a key, she summoned Taurus to fight against the Vulcan. Taurus, however, stopped to admire Lucy's 'udder'. The two beasts then argued that Lucy's its respective women/udder while Lucy wondered if she had enough Magic to keep Taurus around. Realizing that's not important right now, Lucy commanded Taurus to fight.

The battle, however, was interrupted when Natsu came back. Lucy was happy to see him, but quickly changed her mind when he One Hit KO Taurus with a kick. Lucy then asked how he was saved, and Natsu replied that Happy was the one who saved him. Lucy was surprised that he didn't get motion sickness from riding Happy, unlike from other transport, but Natsu wasn't happy with that statement and stated that Happy is his companion, not a vehicle. The Vulcan, seeing this opportunity, began to sneak attack while Natsu is lecturing Lucy about the importance of companions in Fairy Tail. With a flame-infused kick towards the Vulcan, he assured that he will bring Macao back. Vulcan attacks with icicle spears, but Natsu merely laughs it off as he sublime the spears. Vulcan then picked up Taurus's axe, and attacks Natsu with it. Realizing that he's at a disadvantage, Lucy tried to wake up Taurus and tell him to return to the Celestial World so the axe would disappear. Natsu managed to stop the axe with his hands and tried his best effort to avoid being ripped into two. Melting the metal, he began to chew and spit it out with a strong force on Vulcan, Natsu finished off the Vulcan with Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.

The Vulcan's defeat, however, surprised everyone else as the Vulcan was reverted back to Macao. Happy explained that it was the work of the magic Take over. The wall behind Macao crumbled and Macao began to fall out. Natsu, Happy, and Lucy ran up and caught each other, but the weight of all of them was too heavy that they almost all fell off the cliff. Taurus, who's now fully conscious, pulled them up without effort, and Natsu was happy to see that Taurus isn't the bad guy after all. With many injuries, a critical injury towards the abdominal region, and a lack of supply, Macao's condition wasn't favorable at all. Lucy was surprised by what Natsu tried, burning his wound to stop seal off the wound.

At the entrance of the city, Romeo was reading a book when he saw his father, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy came back. Romeo then had a flashback about how kids laughed at Fairy Tail, and asked Macao to do a job. As Romeo is about to apologize, Macao apologized first by letting him worry. He then told his son to brag to other kids about whether their father can beat 19 Vulcans alone. Romeo then thanked them for finding his father, and Lucy was happy to have come to this guild.

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