Chapter 11: The Angel, The Pharaoh, and The Ghost

"What was that light!?" Luke Cloud asked from the outside. He stood around with the once frenzied war zone as the entire council stronghold shook on it's foundation until the light disappeared.
"I know exactly what it is.." Ceaser says, just loud enough for Jaxon, who stood beside him now to hear. "Well, what was it?" The weather mage asked him. "The fact you don't know what that light is, shows that your guild doesn't know much about your own guild mate, Kairi, but now isn't the time for that shorty." Ceaser then pointed to the Blue Pegasus ship. "Everyone needs to get off the island, right now!"
"Kairi?"Jaxon looked back at Ceaser, unsure of how to respond to his statement.
"What's going on!?" Elfman yelled in confusion.
"Everything doesn't need answers! Especially when we don't have time for them!" Taranis yelled.
"It's obvious that Taranis knows too. So what do they know about Kairi that we don't?" These thoughts rushed through Waiston's head, yet he couldn't put them together no matter how hard he tried.
"I could stop her...maybe. But...-"
"Ceaser!" Ceaser's thoughts were stopped immediately as Evanee yelled from the roof. She too knew what was happening, so she do use her voice towards the moronic mage. "I know what your thinking, and...not yet. Wait for my signal!"
Ceaser hesitated, even nervously shook a little, but he then nodded.
"You have knowledge of what's going on, so fill us in!" Rizu shouted towards the Twilight Zone ace. Evanee calmly turned to the head Council Warden. "Calm down. That giant beam of light.. Was a takeover."
"A takeover? That's what we're fearing?"
"Don't be ignorant." Evanee continued. "This is no ordinary takeover. Each takeover has a form that defies the strength of all other forms. Think of the takeovers you know so far."
Siegrain began counting. "Well, to my knowledge, there's the beast, Angel, demon, and ancient takeover that your buddy down there has."
Rizu then added. "And we have a prisoner who knows warrior takeover."
Evanee nodded. "Right. Now, whether they've learned it or not, they all have a takeover that's far more powerful then anything in their arsenal. But till this day...no one's successfully controlled it. The takeover takes a mind of it's own, so the nature of that takeover becomes the host, and nine times out of ten... It isn't a good natured soul."
"So..." Siegrain looked at the hole in the roof, squinting to try to depict who was in there. He spotted Kairi, but couldn't tell who she was holding. "Oh...it's the angel girl. Yeah she looks a lot different."
"Now would be a good time for everyone to evacuate." Evanee replies. Siegrain scoffed. "No one on this force is evacuating!"
"Don't be an idiot!" Rylo yelled back. "She's going to kill everyone here!"
Siegrain looked over at the magician, and gave a grin, as well as a shrug. Evanee watched his actions, then clenched her fists in annoyance and frustration. "Do you not care!? Everyone, including your men are going to die!"
"Soldiers are expendable, Evanee." Siegrain folded his arms as he walked to the edge of the tower. "The only thing hard to replace are my captains, and as you see, they are fine."
Before Evanee could move a muscle, with maiming the council leader on her mind, another loud explosion was heard. This time, as the stronghold shook, a giant beam of light and dark energy fire from out from the side of the stronghold. The giant beam traveled from the stronghold, all the way off the island and halfway across the ocean. Everyone watched in shock and awe at the beam until it finally dispersed. Once it did, a lone figure was seen falling towards the ground. His body was completely ruined. The only thing that was noticeable, was his blonde hair. Siegrain's eyes widened once he realized who was falling. "Correll!"
Everyone was on the edge of the tower at this time as they watched the blonde haired captain fall. It was evident that he was already dead, and once his body hit the ground, the rest of the council did nothing but stare with mortified expressions.
"Captain Correll...!" One of the councilmen of the stronghold, Trace, yelled. He couldn't believe what he just saw.
Evanee was the first to snap out of it. She yelled for Ceaser again.
"Ceaser! We need you!"
"R-right!" The cinnamon haired mage created a magic circle under his feet. The seal began to spin rapidly. "Okay Ceaser..you have five minutes. You can do this. Shorty is counting on you!" After giving himself a small pep talk, Ceaser erupted into a roar as a giant beam of light, similar to Kairi's shot up around him, and into the sky. His torso was now bare chested, except he now wore a tight, black, sleeveless open chest hoody with his hood over his head perfectly covering his eyes that now glowed red. On his wrist were golden braces that fit tightly and every finger except the thumb had a ring on them. His lower body was covered by a cloth, the front of the cloth longer than the rest, and was held up by a golden cross belt with a black jewel in the middle. His feet wore normal sandals and just like his wrist, his ankles had on tight golden braces. Ceaser now stood in his strongest takeover, Anubis. The countdown began in Evanee's head. Ceaser had five minutes before he lost control. He then leaped into the hole that Kairi created with one spring of his legs.
"Wait...now there's two monsters unleashed in there!?" Ultear asked as she looked through the roof hole cautiously.
"Ceaser has made amazing improvement on his takeover. He can control his for five minutes, and for such a takeover, that an amazing feat." Rylo's reassurance wasn't enough as Lahar, and Doranbolt first phased over to Ultear, and then to Siegrain. "We're ready when you are sir." Lahar says, as the three of them stood in front of him, waiting. Siegrain looked at all three of them, then nodded. "Stay ready, we're going to see how this plays out."

Odin, Layanna, and Valry all stood on the second floor. Oracion Seis was in a bruised mess, once again in handcuffs. Valry wiped her chin, scowling as she looked down on them. "You clowns were closer to escaping last time. You had Fairy Tail help and you couldn't even make it out. Speaking of Fairy Tail.." Valry turned her attention to a beaten down Natsu, being held up by Levy and Lucy. "I'll admit, you really put a hurt on this kid, even though you ganged up on him."
No one from the opposing side said a word, as Oracion Seis all sat on the ground, hands cuffed behind their backs. But then, Cobra's ears perked. He didn't say anything, but he heard something familiar. A small grin slowly etched upon his face as he whispered. "So you are around?"
Odin had his attention directed to the shaking. "We should probably get out of here. Valry you can escort them back into their cells I'm sure. You four..." He pointed to the Fairy Tail mages. "Follow us out."

Kairi was walking towards the hole in the wall she created, until Ceaser appeared in front of her, leaping through the hole itself.
"Shorty, can you hear me?" His voice was normal, signifying that it was still Ceaser. He then took a step forward, causing the hostile angel takeover to do the same. "Calm down, I don't want to fight, but you have to fight your takeover. I know you're in there."
He took another step forward, and immediately Kairi held her palms out to her side, rotating them to create small circles in the air. This caused two magic seals to form above the opponents head; one gold, for light magic, and one purple, for darkness magic. Once created, the two seals simultaneously rained down raw magic onto Ceaser. "Fall of Heavens." Her voice rung, though it wasn't her voice at all. As Ceaser covered up to shield himself from the light and shadow magic that rained upon him, he took note of Kairi's voice, coming to the conclusion that she was completely gone. Once Kairi's attack stopped, and the smoke cleared, Ceaser stood there, a few bruises on his body. His new body gave him a stronger defense as well, but now wasn't the time to admire the upgrade Anubis gave him. "It's the hard way then!" Ceaser yelled as he slammed his hand on the ground. Suddenly, the entire floor, or what was left of it, turns into ash, leaving the hallways completely floor-less. Kairi quickly began to hover as the floor disappeared. She quickly charged Ceaser, her right fist reared back. Before she could land her right hook, the ashes that were just created began to spin around him, like a protective tornado. Kairi swung her punch, only to have it reach in a stalemate against the spinning ashes. The ashes then wrapped around Kairi's arm, tightened it's grip and then flung her out the hole she created earlier. Kairi crashed into the ground, and everyone scattered, giving the angel takeover space, mostly because they didn't want to become a victim. Before she could stand, Ceaser leaped out of the tower as well, landing right on top of her and pinning her to the ground face first.
"Kairi!" Aira yelled, but as much as she wanted to help her, Kuro grabbed her by her arm, shaking his head no to calm her. "She'll kill you.."
Pinned down, but not out, Kairi struggled a bit, but then placed her palms on the ground, causing a gold/purple seal to form beneath her and Ceaser. The result of this attack was a violent vortex of Light and Darkness magic that ruthlessly assault them both. "Hell Bringing Light."
The vortex sent them both flying upward into the air, well above the tower due to the immense power behind the attack. Ceaser was able to recover, however, he didn't have wings like Kairi did. He was now a sitting duck it seemed as Kairi now recovered too. She used her wings to straighten herself up, and then swooped towards the Anubis takeover. In the blink of an eye, she slammed a hard left uppercut to Ceaser's gut. She then followed with a barrage of punches, all infused with light and dark magic. The punches landed all over the face and body of the ancient takeover with no hesitation. As her final blow to end the combination, she reared her right hand back, and palmed Ceaser's face with force. Kairi pushed him into the earth beneath him violently. The back of his head hit first, the rest of his body following as a well sized crater was made. There was a few seconds of awe inspiring silence. Everyone stood well away from the two. That silence was finally broken, as a giant explosion of dark magic towered into the sky. Kairi was spotted flying once again as she looked down at the crater, the smoke filling the giant hole in the ground.
"I...I can't even comprehend what's going on..." Luke said as he trembled.
"So this is a true takeover fight?" Alexander asked himself. "This is what it looked like back in ancient times? I don't know if Lucifer and Anubis ever fought, but we're getting the best example right now. That is..."
Alexander looked back at the smoky crater. "If Ceaser isn't already out.."
"One minute left..." Evanee said to herself so she wouldn't alarm everyone else who was too occupied with watching. "This wasn't a good idea. If we can't stop one, how will we stop both of them?"
Kairi continued to hover, looking down at the crater. Before the smoke could clear, the ground around the crater began to turn to ash. The mages around the crater continuously backed away to stay away from the ashes. The enormous radius of ashes then began to spin counterclockwise. Once the smoke cleared, Ceaser was seen standing in the eye of the whirlpool of ashes. The grey grains began to rise above him, and with an outward thrust of his arm, the heavily damaged Anubis take over unraveled the whirlpool of ashes, re shaping them into a drill as they hurled towards Kairi. She easily countered by cupping her hands together, then thrusting them forward to fire off another enormous beam of light and dark magic. The two attacks collide, creating yet another shroud. This time, in a blur, Ceaser leaped through it, appearing on the other side and right behind Kairi. She couldn't turn around fast enough, as he grabbed the angel's left wing. Immediately, it began turning into ash. She bared her teeth, and in seconds she freed herself from his grasp by slamming a hard kick to his temple. Ceaser fell to the ground again, but landed on his feet, creating a well sized crater from the impact.
"Ceaser!"
He looked up, it was Evanee again yelling towards him. "Power down, you have ten seconds left."
"Tch..! This was getting exciting too." A magic circle appeared under his feet, but before it could begin spinning, Kairi appeared in front of Ceaser, and grabbed his throat. She slammed him to the ground, and held her free hand like a knife. She jabbed it at his neck, but Ceaser was able to catch it, now in a stalemate if strength. "Shit! I can't power down now...!"
"Ceaser!" Evanee yelled.
"He can't now!" Rylo added. "If he does, Kairi will kill him in that position."
{3...2...1..}
At 1, Evanee leaped down, nose diving to the ground, she was far too late as Ceaser stopped moving for an instant, and though nothing seemed to change, everyone could feel a shift in the air. By the time Evanee was able to reach the ground it was too late. Ceaser was gone, and everyone could tell by the smirk that peered out of the hood that covered his face. He grabbed the arm that was gripping his throat, and slowly, Kairi's arm began turning grey with ash. Seething in pain, she immediately pulled away, and Ceaser took the opening, kipping up and slamming a right kick into her abdomen. Kairi goes crashing into the ground, unmoving.
"Ceaser! Stop, we're done!"
Stop he did, but then he turned towards Evanee herself. She slid into a defensive position, yet she had no means to fight her own guild mate as she slowly backed up with every step he took.
"He must be that strong...to make her back away."
Kuro turned to the one talking, Elfman. "What do you mean?"
"That guy is a man...that Evanee woman came into our guild, and we couldn't land a scratch on her. She wasn't on the defensive at all. But now..." Elfman gulped himself as he looked on. "She doesn't even want to get close to him."
Evanee continuously backed away in her stance as Ceaser walked towards her. He held both of his hands out, and in the next second, the ground beneath his hands began turning into the grey grains of ash as she circled around his palms. He gave a devious grin as he stepped closer and closer to the Twilight Zone ace, now holding his right arm out as if trying to reach her. "I don't have a choice.." She said to herself. She then began to build her own magical pressure, but before she could make a move, a puff of white smoke appeared between the two guild mates.
"He's here!" Waiston and Jaxon yelled simultaneously. The relief on the faces of White Eclipse appeared like a wave. Everyone else was still cautious of the situation, but the smoke cleared, and with his red scarf flowing eastward with the wind, Sidney Castle, the ace of White Eclipse appeared. He turned to face Ceaser, who grinned back at the slender, white haired male. Ceaser then placed his focus completely on him. Ceaser then reached out for Sidney, but before he could reach him, he disappeared in another cloud of white smoke. The takeover mage looked around in confusion, then finally spotted the ghost mage.
Kairi stood up finally, but before she could make a move, Sidney pinned her back down to the ground. With his right hand he clawed into her neck. Within seconds, Kairi drifted off into unconsciousness. Due to this, her body began to glow, and then finally reverted to her original self. Evanee looked on in astonishment with everyone else. "How's he that strong? No...I'm sure he's no stronger than me. He just beat her to the punch. I'm sure that's his plan..."
By this time, Ceaser leaped towards Sidney. He reared his ash covered right fist back, and swung it forward. Right before contact, Sidney's body went into a transparent state, causing Ceaser to literally phase right through him. Once again, before Ceaser could turn around, Sidney clawed his hand into his neck, wrestling the Anubis takeover to the ground. Nearly a minute of struggling went by before Ceaser finally passed out as well.
"He got them both." Evanee's look of astonishment quietly turned into an excited demeanor. Though she knew now wasn't the time, it was evident that she wanted a fight. This was the second time today she had this feeling, both inappropriate times as the first occurrence was held on the roof when she was trying to free Skye. Rizu had easily subdued her, but she knew she was better than that. And here she stood again, with Sidney knocking out both takeover mages, something she was sure she wasn't going to be able to so. Finally dismissing the thought, she refocused on Sidney as he garnered the attention of everyone around him. "Go home." He stated. "Skye's dead, and everyone who was captured is being released. So go home. Your senseless fights are annoying."
"You heard the man!" Siegrain yelled from the roof. "Party is over. Remember what I told you all though. You work for us now, so we'll be in touch soon! Oh and Reve..."
Siegrain turned to the gunslinger who was walking away. Reve stopped but didn't turn around. "Let me know when the funeral is, okay?"
He stood a bit longer, but then finally moved again as he made his way down the broken tower with Rylo.

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"The entire guild was there and the council still prevailed?"
"Yeah man! Our hero Seigrain and his soldiers easily took down Fairy Tail, White Eclipse, and Twilight Zone!"
"That's Siegrain! If Zeref himself can't win, what makes you think some wizards can!?"

Odin stood at the edge of Magnolia with the Fairy Tail. He faced them while they faced the city. "This is your only punishment. You're going to walk through this city, and not touch anyone. Whatever happens to you, no one is held accountable for. I must warn you, they're waiting for you, and the stones they have ready, they're itching to throw. So have fun, and we'll be in contact."
"They're gonna stone us..." Romeo said, trembling.
"This is low..why are we the only ones being punished?!" Lucy yelled tears already streaming from her face just from the fear of having rocks launched at her with no right to fight back.
"It'll be okay.." Erza said, lying through her teeth.
"I don't want to do this.." Wendy added.
"Either go, or rot in prison, your choice."
They all looked back at Odin, and once they faced back towards Magnolia, Natsu was already down the street. "Natsu!" Makarov yelled.
"Lets catch up! He's the only target right now!" Gray took off, with the rest of the guild behind Natsu and his exceed who walked beside him.
"Natsu..."
"Don't worry Happy. It's not a long street. We'll be out soon. Hide under my shirt so you won't get hurt."
Happy shook his head. "No, I'll be fine."
As soon as Happy finished speaking, it happened. A large stone was hurled, and slammed against Natsu's head. He didn't budge, yet his head was already trickling blood. By this time, the rest of the guild had caught up to him, and the more steps the took down the long road of the main street of Magnolia, the more stones were thrown. People gathered around the sidewalks as they continued to throw. Another well sized stone was launched, aiming right for Levy. She flinched, but as she opened her eyes, Gajeel stood in front of her, now bleeding from his forehead. "Ga..."
"Keep walking. I owe you a lot more." He replied to her unfinished sentence as he continued to shield her from the incoming stone projectiles. The more they walked down the street, the more hostile the crowds became, now yelling at the mages with the utmost disrespect.
"You're a threat to all of us!"
"Wait until we have magic!"
"We don't fear you bastards anymore!"
Natsu kept his head down, and he was getting the worst of it as he led the group in their trek back home. His head was busted open in several places. Lucy couldn't help but watch in horror as she was being covered along with the rest of the women of Fairy Tail. Another stone to the head later, she couldn't take anymore. "Natsu!" She broke through the shield of mages as she ran up to the front, but as she appeared, another rock came hurling in, and she was in it's direct line of sight. She watched, wide eyed and frozen in place. Before the stone could hit, Natsu quickly grabbed her and stepped in front of the celestial mage. The stone slammed right into the back of his head, opening another gash. The dragon slayer went limp for a second, causing Lucy to hold on to him to keep him up as she failed to contain her tears. A highly bruised Laxus then pulled them both back into the middle, eyeing the man who threw the stone. It was the same big guy who tried to take Lucy in before the entire situation got started. Still, no one could do anything as they continued walking, eventually out of the city as they finally make it to their guild. The atmosphere was as painful as the rocks they had thrown at them. The once prestigious Fairy Tail guild, was now being treated just like criminals.

But in Siegrain's new world.

They were.