Dragonslayer9907:
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Prologue
The Kingdom of Fiore is a peaceful land that is filled with magic. Magic is bought and sold there every day and is an integrated part of everyone's life. There are many that use magic in their occupations and these people are called wizard mages. These mages join guilds where find jobs and make friends. This is the story of a mage named Narakuryu and his fated encounter with Fairy Tail.
As long as Narakuryu could remember he was a slave in the Tower of Heaven. For three years he had known that he could use a secret form of lost magic, Myth Magic. He had been secretly training with Rob in the fine tuning and control of his magical power. After twelve years of imprisonment, he was finally able to start the escape plan for the group of kids that were with him. They were to use the air vents that ran throughout the tower to crawl out virtually undetected. Things, however, did not go as planned. The one leading the convoy of children hit a weak spot in the vents and caused them to collapse. The sound of 1000 kilos of metal and flesh falling 20 feet and hitting the ground echoed throughout the empty hallway. The kids were so close to the exit of the Tower when Shou and the others chickened out and started to cry saying that they would never be able to get out. Suddenly the guards spotted the children and came rushing over, inquiring from some distance about why the kids weren't in lockdown.
"Guys, I was the leader and the one that plotted the escape, UNDERSTAND!" Narakuryu whispered to the others in a quiet rage.
He barely finished his sentence when the guards arrived at the children's position and prepared to strike the group of kids down with their blunted spears when Narakuryu confessed that he plotted the whole thing. Even as he did so, the guards didn't believe that a lone child could plot such an elaborate plan and decided that a scarlet-haired girl named Erza was the weakest in the group and targeted her specifically.
"You? Plot an escape plan? Ha! You're splitting my sides kid, I mean honestly, you can't even defend this little boy here" exclaimed one of the guards as he brought down his weapon upon Erza's head.
"First of all, Erza is a girl, and if you want a fight you got one! Fight me!" It was Nakarukyu's voice.
He suddenly snapped. His magic power went out of control and the guards restraining him were blown back several feet. Narakuryu thought hysterically, trying to remember the right move to do to take out multiple enemies. The guards started to get back up on their feet, their iron armor dented and scratched
"You damn brat! I'm going to smash your skull in for damaging my brand new uniform! On your feet men! Let's get these troublemakers back to their cells"
"But boss, he just did this with magic!"
"What of it? Not like he can use it properly."
"Yessir!" the group of five soldiers began to charge with lethal, ceramic swords drawn, causing some of the kids to break off and run the other way.
'Crap crap crap, what spell what spell? Do I use my left hand or my right or both? Gah! Rob! Where are you?' Breaking into a cold sweat, Narakuryu rediscovered the spell he'd needed.
"Myth Magic: Card Summoner Evolution!" yelled Narakuryu. Grey runes appeared at his fingertips. He raised his right hand and lowered his left. He brought them together at the wrists and a circle of magic engulfed him. The light emitted from his spell stopped everyone in their tracks. The children running turned back and stared in awe, in new-found hope. The soldiers were shocked and started to back away.
The circle parted vertically at first, then horizontally as well. Narakuryu emerged from the magic circle in an array of glowing lights and dressed in a flowing cloak and ancient Egyptian battle armor with pockets full of decks of cards.
"The kid really can use magic! Call the magicians and get reinforcements!" one guard yelled.
"Card Magic! Dark Magician Summoning!" Narakuryu screamed at the top of his lungs as he pulled out a card from a deck and summoned a Duel Monster from the Shadow Realm. But something was different. Instead of the normal, high pitched voice he usually talked with, a voice about 12 octaves lower and with a thick Arabic accent boomed over the room.
He grabbed a card from his chest pocket and slammed it onto the floor. Golden light shone out of the card and a magic circle expanded around the area in front of him. First one arm, then another, then a head, followed by the rest of a cloaked and hooded figure appeared out of the light.
"Wha- what is that thing?"
"I don't know! Ju- just... get the hell back! Call for the regiment!"
"Stand your ground! Charge!" another group of five guards appeared out of a doorway. Orders were flung across the room, adding to the confusion.
"Dark Magician! Use the Blades of Shadows! Please, help us..." his voice was back to normal.
"As you wish, Master. Ka" He replied in his hissing, raspy voice.
Obsidian daggers appeared in the hands of the Dark Magician. He crossed his arms in an X over his chest.
"Death to all those who wish master harm, and suffering to those who wish ill upon his friends. Woe to the man or woman who crosses my path!" The sound of his voice blew out the eardrums of the guards and he flew straight at them. He spun just as he met them, striking three of the five guards in the area. For two their armor split across the chest and blood gushed out of the wound. The third had his head and body separated at the neck.
Dark Magician was butchering the enemy until the reinforcements arrived and shot a barrage of attacks at Narakuryu. The other children were hiding behind some crates while Narakuryu was blocking the guard's attacks and keeping them off of the kids. It was too much for just the two of them, he needed one more.
"Card Magic! Time Wizard Summoning!" yelled Narakuryu as he pulled another card from his deck and summoned the Duel Monster of Time from the Shadow Realm.
"Yes Master? Kao"
"Kill them! Kill all the guards!"
"As you wish, sire." Time Wizard said in his Old English accent.
"Time Bomb!" Time Wizard formed a sphere of light with the palm of his hand and lobbed it at the reinforcements.
"Back to the beginning of the universe! Big Bang!"
Gas expanded from the light, choking the soldiers. Then, a spark. It ignited the gas and caused a thundering explosion. Seconds later pieces of armor and flesh rained down from the ceiling.
"Avert thy eyes youth! For this is too gruesome for thine eyes!"
Though the two Summon Creatures were giving Narakuryu an edge in the fight, soon he was running low on magical power and his attacks were starting to falter. The two creatures disappeared mid battle as Narakuryu collapsed onto the floor. The magicians restrained him promptly and locked his magical power away with magic-sealing cuffs.
"Well since this little whelp has confessed to the crime of arranging an escape, so we're going to make an example out of him," the guards said.
"Wait! I was the co plotter of the whole scheme!" yelled Jellal.
"Jellal! What are you saying?" Narakuryu whispered in a familiar rage.
"Take that blue-haired one as well and let the others go back to the cells. Soon they will find out what happens to people that try to escape," said who seemed to be the captain of the magic regiment, "aahhaha yaaaaha ha ahahaha!" He began to laugh maniacally with pleasure at the thought of the torture of the two boys.
Erza and the rest of the children were sent back to their cell where they waited anxiously for any news about Jellal and Narakuryu. Their waking hours and sleep were haunted by the agonizing screams that they heard coming from the torture chambers and could only imagine what was happening. After days of gut-wrenching waiting, the guards came by and opened the cell door and promptly tossed something in that resembled a lump of bloody meat.
Erza rushed over, gagging and eyes watering, to see who it was but she couldn't tell if the hair was blue or pink due to the amount of blood that covered it. She flipped the body over she cried out in shock and turned around covering her eyes to block the horrible scene that she had just witnessed. Erza doubled over, and emptied the contents of her stomach. Narakuryu, the bloody lump, had had both his eyes gouged out; his bones shattered into countless pieces that stuck out at every possible angle and splintered back into his skin. The tormentors had cut his tendons slowly and deliberately, almost strand by strand. He featured disgusting welts and sores that were no doubt caused by blunt force trauma and had a laceration across his left cheek, still bleeding and badly infected. His normally spiky hair was completely flat and matted down with his own blood. He looked like the living dead and was on the verge of crossing over. When Erza finally got the courage to look at him again she saw that he was still breathing, even if it was weak and shallow. Erza couldn't stop herself from doubling over yet again. She was surprised when she heard a noise coming from him and got closer so she could make out the words.
"Erza? Is that you?" wheezed Narakuryu softly.
"Yes, I'm here," Erza replied.
"Is everyone okay?" Narakuryu asked. He only just got the words out before coughing blood onto her hands
"Everyone's fine except you and Jellal. Wha- what did they do to you two!" Erza inquired, wiping her hand on her skirt.
"I don't know what happened to Jellal, since we were tortured separately. But nothing that happens to us matters as long as you and the others are safe. Remember? That's what we promised each other before we started the plan... me and Jel-" Narakuryu said before succumbing to unconsciousness.
"Narakuryu! Rob ojii-san can you help him in anyway?" Erza pleaded.
"I can use my Soul Magic to keep him alive... and fix his limbs, but I'm afraid that he is going to be blind for the rest of his life," Rob replied after doing a full checkup to determine the severity of Narakuryu's injuries. "Give me a few minutes and he'll be in a stable condition." He crossed his arms horizontally, out in front of him. His palms were up.
Erza immediately knew what the stance was. It had been used on Rob shortly after she arrived.
"No! Please Rob! Is there anything else we can try!"
"I'm afraid not, my child. Do not weep, I will trade my life for one more useful to you."
"Soul Magic! Spirit Rebirth!" yelled Rob as a magic circle took his magical power and sent it into Narakuryu. After all of Rob's magical power was sent into Narakuryu, Rob dissipated into magical particles and Narakuryu's breathing became stronger.
Days later, Narakuryu became conscious and started to think aloud
"Why can't I see? Why can't I See! Erza? Jellal? Rob? Anyone!"
His outcries were greeted with a soft sob. It was that of Erza.
"Erza! Erza! Are you there?" Narakuryu asked worriedly as he started to remember the failed escape and his torture.
"Narakuryu! You're finally awake! How do you feel?" Erza asked as she carefully checked over his wounds.
"I'm fine, well besides the fact that I can't see a thing," Narakuryu said. "Well actually I'm kind of tired. I'm going to take a nap."
A week had passed. With practice Narakuryu got the hang of maneuvering around by using vibrations in the ground. He decided that there'd be another escape attempt, fueled by rage about what had happened to him and Jellal. Narakuryu started to scheme. He pondered and concentrated on the matter for hours on end. He finally decided on a plan that utilized a riot and the arrival of the head commander.
The day had arrived when the General came to inspect the Tower of Heaven. Narakuryu and the others broke the worker's chains with the help of a guard's sword. After disposing the body of the guard it was time to get everyone in the fighting spirit. With the majority of the guards in the conference room meeting with General Victus and the rest easily dispatched by the children and their array of metal tools turned weapons, they were free to do whatever they wanted... for a very limited amount of time. Narakuryu climbed on top of a few boxes, and faced towards the staircase that led down to the docks. Erza climbed up to his level, and turned him to face the direction of the crowd.
"Thank you, Erza," he whispered, "Please get everyone's attention."
"Okay," She replied, "Everybody! Please listen! It's very important! Please!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Everyone was too excited about the chains to notice.
"It's okay, you did your best. Their too excited, I guess I'm going to have to use magic" Narakuryu put his hand to his throat and whispered "Myth magic, throat of Zeus" Bright blue light illuminated his throat and palm, he held his throat as he spoke, "Everyone! I plead for your attention! We do not have much time!" As he opened his mouth thunder escaped in place of a human voice. Everyone's heads turned to see where the sound emitted. They stared in shock at the boy, throat glowing light blue.
"Listen! By a show of hands, who is here by choice?" no hands went up, "Look around you! Nobody is here because they want to further the construction of this... this... hell; we don't even know what the shit this is for! Look to your neighbors! They were captured, taken away from family and friends, beaten, malnourished, and treated like dirt by Victus! It's time we got our freedom back! It's time we got back to our cities, our villages, our friends, our families! We've been rent apart by these monsters, let us pay them back!" The crowd of 1,000 workers within earshot began to cheer and scream. They grabbed their tools and started to smash everything in sight, destroying what work they had done. They threw crates, started fires, and annihilated an unfortunate group of guards that wanted to check out what all the commotion was. There were many others like them on their way down from the tip of the tower.
Narakuryu picked up the guards' weapons and prepared for battle.
Armies of guards and magicians stormed the area to cease the uprising, yet to no avail, as they were pushed back by the hopeful slaves and Narakuryu. More and more reinforcements arrived, causing him to resort to magic.
"Myth Magic: Shinigami Evolution! Rise from the Shadows, Kageryumaru! Burn everything in your path, Fennikusuhinmaru!" yelled Narakuryu as lifted the two weapons vertically over his head, pointing them to the ceiling. The swords were engulfed in yellow light as they morphed into two double-headed spears; one with a dragon wrapped around it with the other a phoenix.
Using his myth magic and Zanpakutos, Narakuryu swept through the enemy as if they were toothpicks in the face of a giant. He charged the infantry, spears in hand. He thrusted one forward, catching a guard in the chest. Using that unfortunate man as a human shield, he used the spear in his left hand to sweep the other's heads right off. Blood sprayed everywhere and covered him. He was on a rampage. One guard tried to look into his eyes and was shocked at what he saw. Just two empty sockets. Yet everything went sour when a magician took a shot at an open Erza. The bolt of lightning streaked towards her face, but Narakuryu shoved her down and took the blast in the back. He felt the full power of the attack and collapsed.
Erza watched as Narakuryu was hit with a magic shot and his blood splattered onto her face. She wanted to shriek, to scream, to run away, to cry, but more than anything, she wanted the soldiers to die. She was surrounded by a light not unlike the one that engulfed Narakuryu's weapons. She began to levitate, and the ground below her displayed a brilliant yellow magic circle. Every weapon around her seemed to follow her commands and shot at the enemy decimating everyone in front of her. The guards dropped like flies, each one clutching his chest as he collapsed in a pool of his own blood. 500 guards, dead at the hand of one girl. It all happened so fast, the rest of the guards tried to flee, but the other prisoners gave them a thrashing, leaving them unconscious. Erza blacked out and received emergency medical treatment from her friends as the others helped Narakuryu. They both managed to get up and limp away. When all the slaves were on the boats leaving the Tower, Narakuryu heard Erza's voice and clamored for her face. When he found it, he made her face him. She couldn't help but look into the emptiness.
"Erza, get on a boat" Narakuryu said forcefully.
"What the hell are you saying? We have to leave together!" Erza exclaimed.
"That's exactly what I was thinking. You're forgetting one of our most valued friends" he replied in a dark tone, "Jellal is still in that death trap. I have to find him."
Slightly shocked that she'd forgotten about Jellal, she reluctantly let him go.
After saying goodbye to Erza and telling her to go to a boat, Narakuryu rushed up the 56 flights of stairs leading to the torture chambers half way up the tower to free Jellal. He kicked each cell door open. He found nothing. There was one last one. He turned the doorknob, it was unlocked. He opened the steel door to find a scene that would rock him to his core. When he got to the chambers where they were holding Jellal, he heard Jellal's voice there with a hint of evil in he spoke.
"Hello, old friend" there was no doubt about it, something was different.
"Jellal! What are you just standing there for? We gotta leave!" Narakuryu yelled in the hope that his ears were mistaken.
"Narakuryu, I'm not leaving. I'm going to complete the Tower of Heaven and bring peace to the world," Jellal spoke with power, some kind of new found authority. He was a different person than before.
"What are you talking about, Jellal? Have you gone mad? The Tower has and will only bring pain and suffering onto the world, not peace," yelled Narakuryu.
"Well since you won't help me, It would be better to get rid of you now than later on, when you actually know how to use that lost magic of yours," Jellal said casually as he shot a beam of pure magical power at Narakuryu. The dark purple magic raced across the room, straight towards his heart.
Narakuryu dodged, diving to the floor just in time.
"What the hell are you doing?" he cried out.
"I'm legitimately surprised that a blind boy could dodge so easily. Don't worry, this time I promise not to miss" Jellal was sounding more and more maniacal by the second.
Narakuryu heard the charging of the attack, and ran towards Jellal
attempting to uppercut him. Jellal grabbed his fist and lifted him. He aimed toward the west wall of the room and said a single word
"Begone."
The resulting explosion destroyed the whole hallway complex and sent Narakuryu flying off into the sea, and into the unknown.
Erza had just left the docks when she saw the Tower erupt in glorious purple fire. As soon as she realized that Narakuryu hadn't come out yet, she started to rush into the sea and tried to go back to the Tower only to be held back by her friends.
"Guys, Narakuryu is still in there! Jellal too! We can't just leave them behind!" Erza yelled as tears streamed down her face.
"Erza, there's no way that they could have survived that explosion. Didn't you want to go and join Fairy Tail and become a Fairy Tail Magician like Rob ojii-san? Well then go to Fairy Tail, get stronger and then come back to the Tower and get the revenge that you seek," said Simon, the biggest of her friends. "We'll see you around. Bye Erza."
"Okay, I guess you're right. I'll see you guys later, hopefully," Erza sputtered, as she was still sobbing.
Narakuryu washed up on the shore of a nearby island with near mortal wounds. A hermit named Kageryu took him on his travels and brought him to a healer. He cared for him and decided to help Narakuryu until he was ready to leave. After many years of intense and excruciating training under Kageryu, Narakuryu was considered to be an S-class mage and one of the Ten Wizard Saints. He created his own guild and found out that he had a biological brother who was born after he was taken away. His guild, Mythmasters was a very mysterious guild and had very few members, yet the members only took the most difficult of jobs and finished them with ease. Hundred year quests, Thousand year quests, even one Ten Thousand year quest were all finished by his guild. Not long after the creation of the guild, it was destroyed by Phantom Lord and a few other "light" guilds. He was notified beforehand that his guild was too powerful and was commanded to disband it. He refused, and they attacked. Ever since that happened, Narakuryu traveled the world with his friends and ended up in the port city of Hargeon. Little did he know that something that would happen in Hargeon would change his life forever.