It has been a long time coming guys, like a really long time coming…
Okay I have two things I must point out before this story starts. Due to revelations in Fairy tail regarding Devil Slayers, dragons as well as other thing. Certain aspects may seem like I have pulled it from my ass. For those familiar with his story you'll know that this story's previous season was done during 2015 and so certain things from the canon from then on are omitted for the sake of keeping this story to its roots.
2. I do not know if you guys want the chapter length to remain the usual 2,000 to 3,000 words or TOI's 5,000 to 6,000. The former will mean I can pump out more chapters in less time, but with a little less detail and pacing may be a tad wobbly every now and then. The latter will take forever to do, but I can squeeze in all of the juicy details and keep the pacing going on.
I'll be keeping this chapter 2,000 only to give you the introduction and so you can get back into the story's universe again. For new readers I must urge you to read the first season of this series 'The Ripple Effect' to fully understand where we are in this story.
Okay I have kept you here long enough. :D
LET'S READ!
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'Recap'
"He didn't attack you inside the dome did he?" She asked, but it sounded more like a statement.
"He is a man who Is angry at those who were supposed to be his his family. He isn't a thug who likes the pain of others for no reason..." She glared at Lucy…
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"Oohh Graaaayyy..." She sing songed. Gray looked at her and smiled.
"Flare?" He replied.
"I want to have some fun! Let's go on a job!"
"I'm not sure, why do you need me?"
She looked embarrassed…
"I don't know how this works, can you help me out here?"
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"Erza?" he asked in concern. What did she find?
"Master, y-you need to see this..." She stuttered brokenly before turning the lacrima to his children on what seemed to be a snowy mountain top with who seemed to b-.
"No..." he whispered to himself.
The figure looked like Gray…
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"I have just received a transmission from Erza, she has made a big discovery." This had everyone's attention. "Wendy and some others were on their way to Brago for what Mirajane said was 'a little historical tour'. I sent Erza to follow them out of suspicion as Brago doesn't have a tour guide system anywhere nearby. She followed them up a mountain and she spotted Wendy and co' making contact with Gray."
At this, Natsu let out a shout of anger and confusion…
"WHAT?! WHY WOULD THEY GO AFTER HIM ON THEIR OWN?! HE WON'T GO EASY ON THEM! WE NEED TO MOVE NOW!" Before Makarov could stop him, Natsu has rushed out from the door and had begun his trek to Brago.
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"Tenroujima is fairy tail's holy ground. It is said that the first guild master is buried their and that the tree gives the guild something or another, i'm not really sure on the details." His expression was cold, flare could understand that feeling alright. She herself had an angry expression plastered on her face at the mention of Fairy tail.
Gray then gave her some more news.
"if I am correct, in a few weeks the S-Class trials will begin too..." He said. Pondering on the possible connection. "Maybe the next set of trials will take place on Tenrou. It's not very easy to tell but it doesn't matter. We know that Grimore Heart are going to be there in two or three weeks so that means we will leave for the island in a week."
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"You know that you wouldn't be able to take him on! The only one who would've stood a chance would've been Mirajane! Not you or any of the others with you!"
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"Don't worry Meredy." Flare stopped. "There is no way that Fullbuster could've survived Zancrows most powerful attack, no one ever has." She listened in on the voice and paled when 'No way', 'Fullbuster' and 'survived' were strung together in the same sentence.
"No..." She blinked tears away, she wouldn't believe these damn lies that bitch was spouting.
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He was honestly surprised that he didn't care much the first time…
"You know I am still pissed at you, as well as others right?"
Erza just shook her head on his chest…
"I know! But please, I was wrong! I was wrong to think of you as guilty! I was scared for my family, but I got you thrown out because of that fear!" She calmed herself down before continuing on.
"Please, you were one of the only reasons my life is worth something, I don't want to lose you again over a stupid mistake we made… Forgive me..."
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"Alright! I can't wait to kick this guys ass!"
Team Natsu had finally made it to the downed airship. The ship landed before them and they all took the chance to rush up into the ship. Natsu got up to the top and knocked a massive hole in the wall, revealing the master of Grimore heart.
Natsu grit his teeth in anger. "So you were the one who hurt Gramps? Doesn't matter, you hurt our friends. Now i'm going to beat you to a pulp!" He shouted at Hades.
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Gray laid still for a moment to regain his senses and his energy.
He opened his eyes to see the hair mage looking down on him with a frightened expression plastered on her face.
"That. Was. Shitty..."
Before Flare could respond, a massive shadow loomed over her and Gray. Looking up her eyes landed on a creature she thought was extinct…
A Dragon…
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"Damn brat..." Makarov grumbled, staring off into the woods where his ex-guild member had rushed off into.
He sighed after a while, sitting and letting his thoughts do battle with his thinking had seemed to have helped him calm down during the hectic few hours that had transpired. He found himself almost wanting to go after Gray and apologise to him properly, and if it were not for recent events and the way his guild had treated the poor boy as of late he would have happily done so.
A first, he found himself angry, angry that a non-member had trespassed onto the holy ground of his beloved guild. No matter who it was and how loved or nice he was during his time as a member, The fact still stood that Gray was no longer a member of Fairy Tail. But he knowingly came to the island on the day of the S-Class trials for a job he had taken.
But he couldn't stay angry, he also had come to find out that some of his precious children would have been in much worse shape, possibly even killed, if he hadn't turned up, even that Raven Tail girl of his seemed to save Evergreen and Elfman from an enemy mage from their perspective.
Hell, if that wasn't enough to stave off his previous righteous storm then Laxus showing up and saving Gray and team Natsu definitely had enlightened him.
For the first time in a long time, he was left utterly confused and neutral…
On one hand, he wanted to give Gray and Laxus a massive hug for their efforts on the island, but then he also wanted to scold them big time…
He just didn't know… But one thing was for sure, Gray had every right to leave him and the rest of his children here to their fates, but he didn't. He had saved them and even had been saved by them. Things were certainly strained between the guild and Gray but he put it aside for the greater good.
Gray still had a good heart and head on him, even after his banishment…
'Maybe I have misjudged the poor boy.' He thought solemnly. Tearing his gaze away from the woods he looked on and over his guild members.
'I was unable to keep my family safe, therefore Gray had to step in and help them. From now on, I will have to step up my game. He smiled wanly. 'Can't be shown up by an old brat of mine and my grandson just yet… These old bones still have a fire in them.'
However, before he could call the guild members to him. The most terrifying booming roar blasted through the air, freezing those who heard it solid. The deep ominous and insane cry sent chills through the old man's spine as he felt the sheer force of magic rolling through the sound in tidal waves…
Luckily, it only lasted for a few seconds before echoing off into non-existence, as if it had never occurred in the first place. But it had left its mark, as he could see Lisanna, Levy and Natsu look up in slight fear as they saw the biggest moving shadow move towards them, the shadow felt blacker than the void itself and it briefly loomed over Makarov himself, and it felt suffocating to just be under.
Then he looked up and all of his doubts and worries over his entire life-time had all come up in a crushing front. His biggest fears rose in spades and a sense of hopelessness filled him more than had ever done so before…
For when he looked up, his aged eyes were glued towards the massive frame of a titanic, black, blue and grey dragon…
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That pain was something out of this world…
No one should ever need to be filled with such an overbearing hopeless agony that they end up destroying their throat and brain at once. To have their entire body flare up in a way that causes spasms so violent you could break a tree trunk with the wild swings and twitches…
But as Gray watched the threatening figure gaze down on the land with those blank expressionless white eyes he knew that that such a sensation existed, and that dragon was the very being that encapsulated it.
It stood up like a sore thumb as it flew over the bright and lively island. It seemed to exist for that reason. To stand against anything that was alive.
"It's… a dragon…?" He winced…
"H-how?" He heard Flare beside him, trying to ease him up as if he would fall apart any second. "Dragons don't exist any more… They can't exist any more!"
"Then explain that to me..." Gray hissed through clenched teeth. Pointing at the behemoth in question.
Flare didn't respond, she only watched on in horror as it stopped and glared at a piece of land hatfully. Suddenly, through mere seconds that felt like years, the dragon heaved in a massive breath, expanding its gut, before roaring once more, causing Gray to yell out again and clutch his head painfully as the dragon fired a devastatingly big ball of pure magic towards the piece of land it had been staring at…
The magical bolt was impeccably fast, faster than anything Flare had ever seen before, the sheer magical force could be felt in waves from the mile or so the were standing from and as the ball finally made contact with ground…
And completely decimated it…
"What…. No..." Absolute, unforgiving coldness sank into her stomach as she saw the massive span of land disappear within a matter of seconds.
'That power… it's unbelievable!' Flare quickly bolted upright, forcing herself to calm down, she began to hoist her friend up and onto his feet, stumbling a little at his weight fighting her befor ehe managed to gain control over his body again.
"Thanks..." Gray smiled thinly, still in pain. "But we need to get out of here befor-"
His sentence was cut off as he saw the dragon fire another bolt of magic at the big boat Fairy tail came in, his head felt like it had been filled with magma once again, but he was getting used to the pain by now, grunting loudly he cursed as the boat seemingly evaporated before his eyes.
And he could see a small commotion going down near the sight, his eyes widened as he saw the familiar sight of all of his ex-friends magic blasting into the mammoth of a creatures body, sending the beast back by maybe a few inches, shrugging off the entire attack with ease before the dragon slayer sent their own attacks its way, amazingly sending the creature into the side of the cliff of the island.
But the dragon clearly was untouched by the ferocious attacks. And even though he still disliked the guild he knew his morals would ultimately force him to try and help them. He had friends down there too, he couldn't just sit back and watch this happen to them…
"Flare… Get to the boat, get out of here..." He ordered. Pointing to the direction of their boat. But Flare wasn't moving.
"What are you going to do?" She asked quietly…
"You know I won't leave them to this fate. Look at that dragon. Do you think they can handle it without another slayer, I may be able to help them." He responded quickly, the tension palpable as he continued. "Now get going!"
"No! Not without you Gray!" Flare cried, arguing till the end…
"Flare..." He glared straight into her soul, letting her know just how serious he was. "I won't drag you into this, you will do what I say, take the prisoners we have, bring them to the authorities and get the money, move out of that damn guild and get that cabin on the river. I will be fine and you'll be fine too! Now get a fucking move on before I make you myself!"
His roar boomed, freezing the Hair Mage stiff as she watched the unwavering form of her 'saviour'. Nothing she could do would make him change his mind. He was a man of moral after-all. And even though the Fairies had hurt him and made him hate so much he still defended them and would fight with them for them…
A tear slipped down her cheek, as he looked down, his brow creasing down.
"I'm sorry for making you cry… I didn't mean to sound so aggressive to you." He replied softly, as he watched the dragon get back up and attack the island and guild once more. "But I won't leave them like they did me, I am better than them in that regard and I won't stoop to their level. You won't be without me…."
He paused, taking a breath before giving her a small hug.
"I promise..."
And that was it for her… All it took to convince her of his fate was a hug and his word...
She couldn't say no…. When Gray made a promise he kept it, he never went back on them. She knew this and understood his dedication to her and his life more fully than ever before.
But she still didn't want to let go… But she did…
She didn't want to comply with his direct orders… But she did…
And she didn't want to begin running to the boat, watching his form shrink into non-existence in the background as she rowed away on the only hope for anyone to escape had…
But she did…
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"How is it still able to move after that!?" Laxus roared, staring at the huge monster, unsure of how or why it could survive such an intense barrage of offensive magic at once. A shrill scream startled himself and the others as they saw Mirajane point at the dragon, inhaling again.
"Oh no..." Cana backed away slowly… a sense of terror filling her to the brim as the dragon glared at them all before firing.
Only it missed, going straight into the sky.
"RUN YOU DAMN BRATS!" Makarov's booming voice thundered through the island, stilling everything that could move even further besides the guild members.
The master had let loose his impressive magic, transforming his tiny body into his titan form similar to the deadly opponent before him, locking the beasts head in his arms he forced the startled beast upward just as it fired, unleashing its impressive world ending roar into the sky, physically piercing the clouds as it reached them.
Makarov glared at the monster with pure unadulterated rage, only receiving one back he knew this dragon was not going to stop until everything was broken, disassembled and under its intense grip. He couldn't allow this monster to take his family away from the world, but it was also a fact that he was barely holding his lock on the beast as is…
All he could simply do was hold the dragon off until his children were safe…
But they weren't moving, at least Natsu wasn't…
"LOOK AT ME YOU FOOL, I CAN'T HOLD THE DAMN THING FOREVER, GET MOVING!" He yelled, desperation starting to fill him as the rowdy Dragon Slayer continued to scream at him to come with them. But before he had to intervene again, Laxus had swooped him up in his arm before carrying Natsu off to safety.
'Thank you Laxus' Makarov smiled, before turning his head back to the dragon and with as much strength as he could muster, he eventually managed to slam the dragon into the cliff face again. His little victory was not felt for long, his face frowned as the dragon began to get back up.
"YOU STAY ON THE GROUND!" He bellowed, taking a strained leap at the dragon and trying to pin it down more.
But as soon as he was close enough he was immediately outclassed by the dragon as it easily lifted itself off of the ground and without any effort, flung him into the cliff side instead. The crushing force of the beasts sharp claws on his chest and forehead was painfully mobilizing… The fear he had for the beast, the muscles in his body giving out and his will to fight completely gone. He just laid there and stared into the dragons soulless eyes, smiling in triumph, despite losing this fight and soon to be his life by extension, he knew his children were safe, away from the dragons wrath…
That was when he saw it…
Ice…
Fire…
At the same time…
'What is this?' Confusion ensnared his mind, but it didn't last long, for a second later he could see one of the dragons arms being scaled by a blazing tidal wave of fire, angry red hot flames lashing out at the dragons thick scales. He could hear Natsu's shrill scream as he got closer and closer to the dragons face.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING BOY!?" He thundered, fear making its way up his body once again for the brat who wouldn't listen…
"What are you doing yourself you old bastard!" He heard from the right, the same voice that had been the forefront of the conversation of the guild… He looked over to the left and watched as a thick layer of purple ice quickly made its way over the dragons arm, seemingly freezing the appendage solid… On top and in front, he saw the shirtless boy with black marks covering half of his body, icy scythes slashing away at whatever weak tissue they could find.
"NATSU! GRAY!"
"We will deal with the bastard later Gramps, now the guild will beat this jackass dragon!" Natsu roared, pointing behind him briefly before running up to the head again.
Looking behind the dragon slayer, he could see what he meant…
'No...'
"We found some help Jii-Chan!"
"This bastard is done for!"
"You thought we'd actually leave you old coot? Not on my watch!"
They were all coming back…
Charging in on the enemy as if it were their last stand, Cana, Bixslow, Laxus, Wendy, all of them were running towards the dragon with a renewed vigour that seemed to come out of nowhere.
Inwardly, the guild master smiled. His brats were never going to listen, he found himself confused once again, stuck between telling the bunch he loved them or attempting to bat them away with a free hand (if he could manage).
Meanwhile, Gray and Natsu had finally made it to the top of the dragons head…
"Ice Devil: Rage!" The Devil let forth an intimidating scream, his deep tone piercing and his magical blizzard slamming into the head of the dragon with the force of a thousand wrecking balls. Forcing the dragons head into Natsu's ferocious attack.
"Fire Dragon: Roar!" An equally loud and devastating roar thundered through the air, the instantaneous jet of fire barrelling into the other side and forcing the dragon to roll away with the movement…
"Now everyone!" Natsu jumped off of the dragons shoulder and was caught by Happy, the blue cat praising the Dragon Slayer to high heavens as Gray used the dragons seemingly big reaction to the attacks by firing his signature Ice Lances into the claw on Makarov's head.
And as soon as the lances hit did the rest of the Members attack too, literally putting as much force and power into there best and most hard hitting moves as physically possible.
And the sheer amount of magic Makarovs felt as each attack hit the dragon was by far some of the strongest he could ever think of. His watched, stumped and amazed as the dragon was actually forced back by the force.
Enough force to move it off of him…
But he couldn't help, to his shame, he was completely battered and broken beyond belief, slowly, he shifted back into his tiny frame and waited for the inevitable splash as he hit the water below.
Which was shocking for him when it never happened, looking up he saw Elfman, hanging on the edge, arm stretched out as far as possible as he held on to his tiny wrist. A look of concentration and determination on his face.
"Don't worry gramps! It would be unmanly to leave you here!" He grinned, for once making the old man smile. Despite his recent misgivings, Elfman Strauss was a good man at heart.
And a few seconds of fighting later and the entire group of Fairy Tail Mages and Gray were on the ledge of Tenrou, watching as the beast was apparently struggling to even move.
Gray was the first to speak… though his words weren't words of victory or triumph.
"It isn't even slightly hurt..." He stated, on the verge of stuttering as he watched it rise. "Even after all of that, it was just playing with us..."
"How would YOU know assflake?!" Natsu sneered, his pupils shrinking angrily as he looked at his old friend. "Unlike you, we believe that we can take this bastard down!"
"Idiot." Was the reply he got. "Look at it, it has got up with no problem what so ever. Hades would have went down right away if he was hit with such a barrage. This thing is a monster..."
However, Natsu was past caring, willing to put everything aside to prove the one he hated wrong, he bolted for the dragon, barely avoiding Gildarts' arm and making a mad dash towards the beast. Despite hearing the shouts of Gildarts and Erza he went to jump for the kill…
"He won't make it..."
Turning to look at who spoke, Gray found himself looking at Gildarts. The man was watching in terror and anger. He briefly looked at his arm and then his leg before gazing at the dragon with fear.
The very sight actually scared Gray and chilled him to the bone…
"How? I said it because I thought I and the others couldn't do it. But you?" Gray watched Gildarts shift.
"That is no normal dragon..." He began, staring at Natsu…
"FIRE-"
"Its the one who took my arm..."
"DRAGON-"
The fact being shared truly had its effect, freezing the Devil Slayer solid as he looked at Gildarts with an expression that couldn't even be described with words such as fear, terror, shock…
"What is it?"
"ROAR!"
Gildarts took a second before looking at him, his eyes seemingly unseeing as if he were recalling very unpleasant memories…
"Achnologia..."
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Natsu's brilliant flames engulfed the dragon, completely covering it and the surrounding area in smoke and char.
Silence suffocated everyone…
"Ha! See?! You dumb Iceface! It was so eas- ACCCK!"
Natsu was suddenly slammed into a nearby boulder by a long, thick, black and spiky tail. Taken completely by surprise and thrown into the boulder without the luxury of bracing, probably giving him a massive concussion…
The entire group screamed in fear as they watched the dragon take into the sky, just above them and high enough that no one could get to it.
Then it did the one thing they all hope wouldn't happen.
Acnologia began to charge up its roar attack once more…
"Fuck! Everyone, get out of the area!" Gildarts shouted, fear taking over not just him but most other members as they all bolted away from the area, all almost trip[ping over themselves as they did so…
Gray knew he had to move, no one would survive that blast if it hit them, but just as he was about too run for it, he spotted the unconscious figure of Natsu embedded in the crater and way within the area of danger.
"Shit..." He looked up and saw Erza and Loke watching the Fire Dragon Slayer too… They didn't know what to do…
"You two!" He bellowed towards them. Catching their attention. Erza looked at him in shock, probably expecting him to have left by now. "Both of you! Get out of here, I'll get the idiot out myself!"
"But-"
He cut Erza off and glared.
"For fuck sake! Just move, I won't have anyone dying on my watch!" He stared, watching the two of them as he went to move in closer. "And I swear erza, you don't get yourself and Loke out I won't forgive you!"
That made Erza go white, she did glare slightly, but he knew she would move now…
And move she did, even lifting Loke up by the midriff and forcibly dragging him away as they left the area entirely.
"Thats two distractions out the way… Now..." He said. Glaring at the troublesome Dragon Slayer. "One asshole nuisance left to deal with."
And with that, he bolted into a mad dash towards Natsu, all the while keeping an eye on Achnologia and his clear magical ball of death brewing in his jaws. His eyes widened when he saw its size. It was almost complete by the time he had got to Natsu's side. But he was embedded deep in that rock, but if he was lucky and quick, he could get him out before they were both disassembled.
He quickly scrambled to work, grabbing Natsu's clothing by the front as he tried to rip him out of his hard coffin.
And of course, between his nerves, the awkward angling of his body and the ever looming threat of annihilation on the horizon, Natsu had to fuck everything up even more… By waking up…
"G-Gray…?"
"Shut up Flamebrain, I am getting you out of you well deserved confinement." Gray flicked him on the nose painfully. Getting a small squeak out of him.
"Watch it you bastard, when I get… get out of here… I… will..."
"Fall over and proceed to die? Yes you will, now shut up and let me help you. Idiot!"
Natsu went to retort, then he looked above them both and saw Achnologia charging up his fear inducing attack again. Seeing his hands tied Natsu knew that any help was better than nothing, even if was from Gray…
"Okay, on three, try and thrust forward okay?" Gray asked, getting a nod in return, he then began to count down from three.
"Okay… 3, 2, 1… Heave!"
And one massive effort later, Natsu came sprawling to the ground. Dizzyness overcame him quickly. Trying to stand was a straining effort in himself, then trying to move was impossible for him.
"Shit, this is what you deserve for trying to even damage that bastard!" Gray growled, watching him drop to one knee as a wave of dizzyness crashed through him. "You look so pathetic right now, I should just leave you here to suffer the consequences as I get home to Flare and my guild..."
And for once Gray sneered at Natsu…
"And do you know what?" He asked, grabbing Natsu by the chin and forcing him to look up at him.
"I won't do that."
"Wha-woah!"
Before Natsu could blink, he found his arm around Gray shoulders and his body being dragged away from his rocky prison and away from Achnologia.
But not far enough…
"Shit!" Gray cursed loudly, startling Natsu. "He's about to blow us to hell!"
And he was right, the low rumbling building up higher and higher showed that, Achnologia began moving to look down on the two mages with a gleeful stare.
Gray knew what was going to happen next, there was too much ground to cover before he and Natsu were toast. Natsu was still getting over his impairment and would probably end up dead with no help…
"Fuck..." He swallowed tightly. He had made up his mind as to what he was going to do… He turned to look at Natsu, who was looking at him weirdly…
"What are you doing, looking like that?!" Natsu glared at Gray… Unsure of what his next move would be…
"Sorry Natsu… You are probably going to either hate me further, or love. Depeneds on how much of a douche you are still."
Gray grinned at him, his confident eyes boring into Natsu's. And before he knew what was going on, Natsu found himself being propelled through the air at a high speed, far enough away to be relatively safe from harm.
Hitting a nearby tree, he shook his head and looked back at Gray, absolute shock plastered on his face.
"You asshole what are you doing!?" He bellowed at the Devil Slayer…
"Get to your family Char-Head… Tell them that you owe me one or i'll beat your ass harder than I ever have before." Gray smirked. But his eyes telling a different story, a story that Natsu instantly got…
He suddenly felt a rush of anger, sorrow and fear wash through him. He didn't know what to do, he had dreamed of beating Gray senseless for his evil actions, but now that he would get his comeuppance he suddenly didn't want it to happen at all… He didn't want THIS…
"Gray! No! Get out of there you icehead idiot!" He screamed… But to no avail…
"Too late for that asshole, look at me." He pointed at his stomach and Natsu saw what he was referring to… The wounds on his stomach were re-opened, probably from putting too much strain on it during the fight with Hades. It was starting to bleed again and it looked very painful. He could see why Gray hadn't started to run anymore. He must have started to use everything up trying to help him live…
Was it his fault?…
"Oh god, Gray fight it! Move!"
He even tried to move, but Gray noticed, his eyes flashed and a wall of ice appeared just as soon as he started taking steps towards him…
"Nice try, Natsu…" Gray retorted. "But as usual you are not helping things… Now fuck off."
He gave Natsu one last smile before Achnologia finally roared and engulfed the entire area… Gray was caught, unable to move out and Natsu had to watch as he was completely destroyed by the monsters legendary attack.
"GRAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!"
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"We can't escape..." Cana whispered, holding onto Gildarts and hugging him as tight as she could. The Crash mage reciprocated the gesture with the same hug, holding his daughter as she let the tears roll down her cheeks.
"The boat, it's gone." Freed gasped… "There's no way off the island..."
"Were done for..."
"No..."
Erza couldn't believe it… Was this how she and the others were going to die? On an old island with no way to escape? It was tragic, fantasy almost. But she knew this was no bad dream, she wasn't going to wake up from this and be in fairy hills.
Everything had gone so wrong so quickly… How could have gone so wrong though? This was meant to be a simple S-class trial, nothing out of the ordinary. Why did the Balaam alliance guild have to interfere? Why did they have to attract that dragon? Why did she have to leave Natsu and Gray behind?
It was so unfair, none of this was supposed to happen, she genuinely thought that Natsu was going to claim his desired S-class status and that she was going to be able to congratulate him and take him out on the S-class missions he had always wanted to do. Maybe she could have taught him to release his hatred of Gray and find it within his heart to forgive him some day, or at least tolerate him.
But none of that was happening now…
So maybe death was a mercy…
Soon enough Achnologia had found them all, looking at them with a malice unseen in anything alive.
That was when Natsu had trudged through the forest, a distant look in his eyes as he looked into the sky and watched the dragon lifelessly…
Erza had never seen Natsu like that, that fact scared her…
But she couldn't ask what was wrong, as Makarov told them to gather around him. So not one to disobey, she did…
"My children, Freed has come up with a possible way to keep us safe, but it requires all of us to give him our power to help make it work..." He announced. "Please everyone, join hands, we must let freed do his work…
As much as she wanted to see what was with Natsu she had no time, Juvia had grabbed her hand and Wendy did her other… Natsu took a little to even move but eventually he was stuck between Makarov and Laxus…
Suddenly the circle they had all formed began to glow in the centre, concentrating all magic into freed as he worked, he quickly entered the circle and joined hand with Laxus and Cana.
They all looked up to see Achnologia charging up one hell of a breath attack, it wouldn't be long now, soon they'll either be dead or alive somehow…
'I hope Gray is okay...' Erza thought just as Achnologia finally roared and sent the ball of imminent death down directly on the group… The ground began to rumble, shake and shatter underneath them. But it was okay, they would live… They had too…
And Erza knew that they would, even if the future seemed uncertain, it was something she just felt in her heart…
They would live on, they were not leaving the realm of living just yet…
So when Tenroujima Island was utterly destroyed, encapsulated in a miasma of death and terror. It was okay…
They would be back soon… Right…
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(7 years later)
'They'll be back soon… I hope...'
Those were the thoughts that infested Romeo Conbolt each and everyday… Everyday, he would look to the horizon of the sea and stare for a long as humanly possible, waiting to see the ship that would eventually back over that fine line and with it, it would bring them all back. Natsu, Erza, Mirajane, Cana, Gildarts…
It would bring them back soon enough…
He believed that…
::-()-::
Bad start to a second season huh?
Yeah this is what happens when I plan things out, I try to not plan to heavily otherwise. XD
So here we are, finally getting into the swing of things, The Ripple Effect: Season 2 has officially hit the fanfiction stores, buy now and get your free guest card to the behind the scenes specials. XD
So I thought to keep things fun I would bring back trivia time for this series, as it was a fun thing to do with you all in the previous season. I hope you don't mind. :)
TRIVIA TIME!
1: What is your dream job/career?
(I forgot if I ask this XD)
Mine is Acting or being an author. I still haven't changed from that pathway. But haven't got better at the latter obviously. ;)
2: What is your favourite comedian?
Lee Evans, although Frankie Boyle has been shooting up on my list recently…
3: What is your preferred ending for Fairy tail? (as the ending is really close)
Death please, kill Juvia, Gajeel, Makarov and bring some general tension to the arc. Have Achnologia held back until Zeref was dealt with, have E.N.D Go on a rampage, have him and Gray (with a secret weapon that's actually worth the wait) try to fight Achnologia but untimely fail until the rest of the slayers get involved and then they end up winning but with Gray dying to keep Natsu safe…
You make up the rest from there. :)
Of course E.N.D Doesn't stay… but maybe he does. Lol
So now that this has been done I hope you enjoyed this, leave your criticism or praise in reviews and I will see you next time. :D
Stay cool,
-Viperhat